"Linkage", part 3

Credits

Written and Art by - Hirofumi Ichkawa

Story

Acting on a tip from a probe satellite, Redline, Servo, Flat-Out, and Stella travel to the Deccan Plateau of India, where a high-speed Transformers spaceship has landed. It's equipped with a cloaking device, and the newly-reactivated Minicon Rollbar volunteers to investigate. As Rollbar and Flat-Out approach the ship, Redline asks Stella to help serve as an intermediary with whatever Transformers are on board. If the Transformers are hostile, they'll escape using a nearby transporter.

The desert suddenly rings out with a taunt from two other Minicons, Top Gear and Midship, who promptly blast the transporter! They accuse Redline's team of being cowards, and Redline identifies them as the owners of the hunter machines they've faced before. As Servo takes Stella to safety, Midship captures Redline, and tells them that the Minicons are fated to fight in the Transformers' wars. While Flat-Out and Rollbar begin to notice that something's happening, Top Gear promises to "debug" Redline, even as he activates another Minicon of their own...