The cover for the third issue by Philip Murphy has the Decepticons facing the crew of the Enterprise. The fun continues with the writing team of John Barber and Mike Johnson with art by Jack Lawrence who has worked on Transformers: Lost Light for IDW. The art has the simple animation of the Filmation cartoon. A splash page has the combined might of Starscream and the Klingon D7 battle cruiser. The miners flee from Starscream’s blasts. Scotty and Spock try to fire their phasers at the cover of a rocky hill. The wounded Optimus Prime struggles to help the miners. He uses his body to take the direct fire from the helicopter Decepticon, Airarachnid! Yes, he is a robot, but this is bravery. Again, the Federation officers fire their phasers now at Shockwave, but he is not affected. In the mine, Ratchet hooks up Captain Kirk to a booth-like device.
Kirk has images of his past; as a boy running through the fields of Iowa and as a cadet at Starfleet Academy as well as the current conflict. Also, the image of his favorite starship whose blueprints are loaded onto a screen for Ratchet. M’Ress helps Kirk out of the booth and Jazz applauds his bravery. This is a bold plan! Starscreams revels in his command of the attack and challenges Optimus Prime. The leader of the Autobots offers himself up to allow the chance for the others to escape. Instead, Spock offers the surrender, Commander Kuri beams down to accept the surrender. Optimus Prime stands with Spock. This is heroic for all of the characters. Starscream boasts that he finally defeated Optimus Prime, you know he is going to eat those words! The next page is a two page spread of the Enterprise bursting from the mines above Optimus Prime and the Decepticons!
Bumblebee (with M’Ress at his steering wheel), Windblade (with Sulu trying to fly her), and Jazz race out. The Enterprise blasts the Klingon ship, but it is transforming into what Optimus Prime feared, the Tyrannosaurus rex Decepticon Trypticon! His blast tosses aside Bumblebee and Jazz! We find that Ratchet is watching over Kirk at the bridge hooked up to cables. Ratchet explains that the Enterprise is Cybertronian-sized. Bumblebee knocks down Soundwave. Arcee uses her sword to strike Airarachnid in helicopter form! Then, she leaps into a kick hitting Starscream. The miners are transported away. Then, Megatron appears and fires on Optimus Prime! The Klingons have disruptors on Scotty, Spock, and the others. They are all transported to the Enterprise! Kirk is straining, the Enterprise breaks apart, everyone on the ship and on the battlefield are amazed! Then, in a splash page, is the ultimate Transformer for this series, a Transformer Enterprise!
Five Energon cubes and Dilithium Crystals out of Five!
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