Produced by 3H Productions for BotCon.
Writer - Simon Furman / Penciler - Andy Wildman with Stephen Baskerville / Lettering - Richard Starkings and Comicraft
On the unnamed Beast Wars planet, the Predacon scientist Fractyl is haunted by visions of apocalyptic explosions as he works at an outdoor camp. With a newly-discovered element called "Furmanite," he hopes to create an armor coating that will protect the Predacons from the planet's harmful energon levels. He is soon successful, creating a sphere of "energon armor" that contains the energon inside.
But before Fractyl can conduct further experiments, his armor sample is stolen by the Maximal scavenger, Packrat. When Inferno opens fire, he knocks a shard of armor into an energon vein, causing a massive explosion. Fractyl then realizes that the "Furmanite" is really anti-energon, and explodes when exposed to large amounts of energon. The implications are disasterous: if the stolen armor sample is brought into an area with a large energon deposit, the resulting chain reaction could destroy the planet!
On a nearby plain, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Airazor are enjoying the peaceful morning. The quiet is shattered by the sounds of gunfire -- from Inferno's attack on Packrat -- and Airazor and Cheetor race ahead to investigate. As Inferno closes in, Packrat transforms to robot mode, becoming infused with the energon armor. When Cheetor arrives, he is shot by Inferno, who is then savagely gunned down by Packrat.
While Fractyl meets Rhinox and warns him of the danger, Airazor asks Packrat about his uncharacteristic aggression. Packrat curtly dismisses her; protected by the armor, he is finally the most glorious Transformer on the planet, able to go anywhere he pleases. He then tries to prove it by heading for the Badlands, a dangerous area rich in energon, but is intercepted by Rhinox. Rhinox argues that respect must be earned, and that endangering the planet with his arrogance won't help him gain it.
Before Packrat can reply, Fractyl approaches him from behind, ready to siphon off the armor. Packrat cuffs him, insulted that he didn't get a chance to respond, then reluctantly allows Fractyl to remove the armor anyway. As the other Predacons approach, Fractyl tells the Maximals to leave, and prepares himself for Megatron's wrath. Rhinox commends him for his altruism, and Packrat gets an idea...
By the time Megatron and the Predacons arrive, Fractyl is single-handedly driving away the Maximals, a sign of courage that Megatron appreciates. And even as Packrat scolds himself for helping Fractyl, he is unaware of Rhinox's newfound respect for him.
Writer - Simon Furman / Penciler/Inker - Geoff Senior / Lettering - Richard Starkings and Comicraft / Colors - Andrew Wildman
In order to protect his future, Shokaract has arrived on prehistoric Earth to preserve his past. His objective is simple: destroy Windrazor and the Maximals before they can capture or destroy Unicron's essence, which is the key to his power. While Shokaract battles the Maximals, Megatron watches from nearby and tries to figure out Shokaract's motives, though he is also being spied on by Apelinq, another future-time traveller.
The battle grows in pitch; Shokaract has defeated Optimus Primal and prepares to devour his spark. Suddenly, a dimensional portal opens, and the Covenant of Primus leaps into the fray. Though he is staggered at first, Shokaract quickly recovers, killing several of the Covenant in the process. From the shadows, Apelinq commits himself to the fight, and leads his own attack against Shokaract. Meanwhile, Megatron has tracked down Unicron's essence. And although reality is starting to break down from Megatron's and Shokaract's recent time/space manipulations, Megatron ignores the dangers and attacks the essence directly!
Suddenly put at risk, Shokaract resurrects Cataclysm and Antagony to fight by his side. As Windrazor watches, Sandstorm appears with bad news -- he's failed to convince the J'nwan "Legends" to help in their battle. Their only hope now is to delay Shokaract long enough for the timestream to reclaim Unicron's essence, so Shokaract will ceast to exist.
Shokaract, meanwhile, has found Megatron, and quickly stops his disruption. As time splinters further, Beast Warriors from alternate realities appear and join in the battle, but Shokaract blasts them away with the Decepticon Matrix of Conquest -- his housing for Unicron's essence, the Heart of Darkness. As Shokaract's victory frows near, Sandstorm blasts several Beast Warriors, then prostrates himself before Shokaract and reveals himself as one of his Heralds!
As the Beast Warriors watch, Sandstorm approaches Shokaract; then, once inside Shokaract's defenses, he attacks! Sandstorm stands revealed as Scorpius, one of the Covenant of Primus, who disappeared eons ago on a deep-cover mission. Pained, Shokaract reels, transforms, then smashes Scorpius; Apelinq rallies the remaining Beast Warriors back into the attack for one last time.
Regrouping, Leonicus and the three surviving members of the Covenant finally understand the Chronarchitect's prophecy -- Shokaract can only be stopped if they "return to the beginning," reverting back to their original states as the Energy of Primus. Turning into energy beams, the members of the Covenant lance into Shokaract's Matrix, even as Optimus Prime, Megatron (the original), Grimlock, and other Cybertronian Legends emerge from the timestream and join the fight against Shokaract.
In the astral plane, the souls of the Covenant rejoin to become Primus, who battles Unicron's essence in the Heart of Darkness. Bypassing Unicron's defenses, Primus slashes the black cord binding Unicron and Shokaract -- Unicron's essence snaps back into the timestream as Point Omega -- the end of everything -- flashes in a blinding light.
Shokaract the Overlord has ceased to exist, and the never-ending battle never occurred.
Epilogue: In a future reality, Shokaract, a lowly Predacon warrior, is separated from his squad on an unnamed planet. Following a mysterious instinct of power, he stumbles into a dark and ominous cave ... but finds nothing but echoes.
Confused? That's not unexpected; "Reaching the Omega Point" is the conclusion of a three-year-long, BotCon-exclusive story arc by Simon Furman (and others). The entire story is divided as follows:
"Visitations" and "The Omega Point" can be read in their entirely at the BotCon Beyond web site.