![]() ![]() Sari, Bumblebee and Bulkhead head into the Well chamber while the Centurions hold off the Predacons. Meanwhile, at the Well of All Sparks, Sari defends her friends from the Centurions’ attack by using the AllSpark container as a shield, correctly reasoning that the Centurions would not attack something birthed from the Well. I can see… I see… What’s a Timeless Child? Team Chaar’s absent member, Cyclonus, stalks the ship with a mission to offline the fallen leader – permanently! Then, at the trial, Strika orders the installation of Megatron’s head to his all-new marauder body! Elsewhere, in Omega Supreme, Ratchet observes the fight onscreen while tending to a comatose Ultra Magnus. Optimus overhears the immobilised Sentinel that this wasn’t the way things were meant to go. Optimus realises too late that Megatron’s plan was to radicalise this audience with a few well-chosen words, with Optimus himself given a front-row seat for Megatron’s final victory! With a riot about to break out, matters are complicated further by the arrival of Strika and Team Chaar! Sentinel makes a run for the Powermaster armour, but his motor relays are disabled by Scalpel. The Decepticon leader’s proclamations of returning Cybertron to its golden age at the heart of an empire sway the audience – an audience too young to remember the horrors of the war an audience disillusioned by Sentinel’s restrictive leadership. Even with the trial being a dead cert, Optimus introduces the only witness for the defence: Megatron himself. ![]() The witnesses for the prosecution – Blitzwing, Shockwave and Lugnut – zealously confirm Megatron’s plans for global domination. Alpha Trion lists Megatron’s many crimes, and when Megatron pleads innocence, Sentinel loudly denounces Megatron in an attempt to showboat for the crowd. The trial at Jekka Amphitheatre begins in earnest as Team Athenia bring in Megatron’s disembodied head! Megatron confides in Optimus that the Prime’s moral code will ensure proper due process. Elsewhere, Sentinel himself is surprised by the news – especially as it derails his own plans for the trial, plotted in co-operation with a sinister ally… Chapter Two: The Secret Origin of Sari Sumdac Optimus is concerned that the trial would be a perfect place for a Decepticon ambush, but Sentinel attempts to allay his fears by showing Optimus his custom-built Powermaster armour, hinting that he has more surprises in store… As does Megatron, who requests Optimus as his defence attorney! Optimus accepts, saying that his presence is the only way to stop Sentinel turning the trial into a circus. Meanwhile, Sentinel Magnus gloats to Optimus Prime that he plans to make Megatron’s war trial a public affair to boost Cybertronian morale. Blackarachnia seeks to dissect Sari and learn the secrets of organic technology so she can change Cybertron’s destiny forever! Fleeing the Predacons, Sari, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead come face to face with the Well of All Spark’s automated defences… the Centurion droids! The team are attacked by Inferno and Antagony, new Predacon experiments in league with Blackarachnia and Waspinator! Last seen on a primitive planet, Blackarachnia used leftover transwarp energy inside Waspinator to signal for a Decepticon ship to return them to Cybertron. This Magnus Hammer made the Autobots powerful enough that they created a universe-spanning empire. Its container was forged by a mysterious hammer that fell out of the sky – one that would come to the symbol and weapon of the Autobot leader. The three journey under Cybertron’s surface, where Bulkhead discovers a mural relating the AllSpark’s mythic origins: it rose out of the Well and breathed life into the planet. For this mission, and for her connection to the AllSpark, he chooses Sari, to be accompanied by Bumblebee and Bulkhead. With the AllSpark returned to Cybertron, Alpha Trion explains that it must be returned to its source, the Well of All Sparks, in order to restore its ability to birth new life to Cybertron. Note: This article was originally posted at on the 16th of August, 2017. Under Sentinel Magnus’s faltering leadership, Cybertron is a powder keg… and the trial of Megatron might just be what causes it to blow! While Optimus Prime does what he can on the surface, Sari heads underground on a quest for her origins! What she finds might hold the key to saving Cybertron… if she, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee can survive what lurks in the depths! You can read “Trial and Error” for free here! Without further ado, the defence presents its case… Hi! I’m Gherkin, and the nice folks here at the TFWiki Community blog have asked me to share my wiki-style synopsis and annotations for “Trial and Error”, a fan-produced graphic novel initially available at the British convention TFNation 2017. ![]()
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