Having fought DECEPTICON living weapon SIXSHOT to a standstill, OPTIMUS PRIME and the AUTOBOTS retreat to Ark-32 to lick their collective wounds, while SIXSHOT himself heads for Oregon, where the DECEPTICON Command Bunker has come under attack from an amalgamation of alien species calling themselves the Reapers. Meanwhile, the mystery of the Machination continues to unfold., as in Florida Hunter and SUNSTREAKER come to a meeting of minds and in Indiana HOT ROD and WHEELJACK feel the full power of the Headmasters…

PHASE THREE CONTINUES…