The merging of two animated franchises is coming to a conclusion! It features a cover by Philip Murphy, interior artist, that has Optimus Prime taking on Megatron in a heated space battle with Fortress Maximus transformed as the Enterprise and the actual Enterprise firing phasers at Decepticons! The story is continued by John Barber and Mike Johnson. The two allied ships are over Cygnus Seven, the mining planet that was the setting for most of the series, Captain Kirk is debating with the Transformer Ratchet over the invasion of the Klingon Empire. He wears the headband that gives him control of Fortress Maximus. Mr. Spock has command of the Enterprise, it is great to see the bridge crew again, he brings up concerns of the condition of the battle-worn Federation ship. The Autobots are in the Enterprise hangar and Optimus Prime vows to enter Klingon space to save them. Kirk brings up the Prime Directive and Optimus lays down his own version!
On Kronos, the homeward of the Klingons, the Klingon High Council considers the breaking of the Neutral Zone by what they suspect is Federation ships. Then, there is an explosion with the shadowy form of Starscream! He admires the Klingon language which eh learned, slams down rubble to form a throne, and declares himself emperor! The two allied ships are traveling at maximum warp, there is some strain on Kirk’s face, Optimus Prime says that he wishes he had more than one life to give and this gives Kirk and idea with the replicators. Starscream blasts and scatters the high council. Then, there is aerial strikes against the city. Starscream suspects the Autobots and is blasted several times. He discovers it is not the Autobots, but Megatron and the Decepticons! He orders Soundwave to unleash all of his cassettes against Starscream! He is defeated and of course Megatron declares himself emperor of New Kaon of the Deception Empire. Kaon is the capital city of the Decepticons on Cybertron. His lieutenant warns him of another threat!
We have a stunning two page spread with Fortress Maximus Kirk leading the combined forces and the Autobots rolling out against the Decepticons facing them in the foreground. Optimus Prime confronts Megatron who points to Commander Kuri as his ally. He defies his former ally and will oppose his “rule.” The green Decepticon jet, Acid Storm, lives up to his name, burning Transformer armor controlled by Spock and Mr. Sulu. Star Trek characters in Transformer armor? I can’t wait to see these toys! The battle is fierce and Mr. Scott in his armor mentions Sulu’s weapon, an extendible blade. Megatron has Soundwave unleash a sonic blast that stuns all of the fighters. He finds Commander Kuri there unaffected by Soundwave’s blast. He also mentions that Kirk had some modifications that has a fleet of Klingon bird-of-preys appear over the sky. So we have the conclusion to the Transformers battle in the Star Trek universe. Optimus Prime commands Fortress Maximus with the Autobots and Kirk says farewell. This series maximizes the potential of the two cartoon series and the merging of the two so I can’t wait to see if there are Star Trek Transformer toys! It has a strong Star Trek setting, if there is a next series, I hope it moves to Cybertron!
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