Beast Machines: Transformers
Beast Machines is a continuation of Beast Wars. Fugitives on their own world, the Maximals have to retake Cybertron from Megatron and his army of drones, while adjusting to their new technorganic bodies. The new series opens as Optimus, Cheetor, Black Arachnia and Rattrap discover themselves suddenly back on the Transformer homeworld of Cybertron - with no memory of how they got there. Instead of a hero's welcome for winning the Beast Wars, our heroes are hunted by a mysterious new breed of Transformers - the Vehicons. These vicious machines enforce the will of Megatron, who has returned with a vengeance. Megatron has wrestled possesion of Cybertron, leaving Optimus and his team constantly under fire and on the run. Forced underground, the Maximals undergo a strange reformatting that not only alters their Beast/Robot bodies, but the very essence of HOW they transform. No longer an instantaneous response, transformation is now a disciplined skill that must be learned and refi
Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Cheetor and Blackarachnia find themselves in their old bodies, without any memories and unable to transform on a barren and deserted Cybertron that's been overrun by mysterious mindless vehicle Transformers. A guiding vision tells Optimus to lead his crew to the Oracle, which grants them strange technorganic bodies. However, they still have trouble transforming.
The Maximuls begin to understand and master their new bodies, only to find that Cybertron is now under the control of a old enemy.
The maximuls attempt to recover the cybetron backup files only to find them wiped clean. Blackaracnia begins having flashbacks of her missing comrades and heads out with rattrap to find some answers. Megatron gives them trouble though when he brings three sparks back online to give his drones an edge.
Rattrap uses a transformation enhancer, with disastrous results. Optimus tries to persuade Tankor to join them, successfully until Megatron regains control.
While patrolling, Optimus discovers a bat hiding in the shadows. At first he flees when Optimus tries to speak to him. At one point in the storyline, Jetstorm ambushes the Maximals and the new maximal must cooperate to save his life and at the same time, the life of his new friends.
On a recon mission Rattrap finally learns how to transform, but accidentally wrecks the mission. Humiliated and angry with his friends' reactions, he attempts to make a deal with Megatron.
Running from Vehicons, the Maximals find themselves in a giant spark extractor facility, surrounded by dead Cybertronians. When Thrust saves Blackarachnia, she realises that the sparks of their dead comrades are being recycled into drones.
Cheetor takes over while Optimus communes with the Allspark. Tankor unwittingly reveals their recent history as Rattrap taps into his mind. Jetstorm attacks Blackarachnia.
Nightscream fights to retrieve Black Arachnia's stolen Spark. Meanwhile, Optimus is able to contact Rhinox's Spark, but Rhinox deals him a major surprise.
A startling discovery reveals a disturbing secret about Cybertron's past. And reviving Rhinox may have been a very bad idea.
The Key to Vector Sigma transforms organic life into technomatter - and Tankor now possesses it. But if he's dead, how can he fulfil his own agenda?
Liquid from Cybertron's organic core nourishes the Maximal's orchard: Blackarachnia persuades Rattrap to let her use some to try to resurrect SIlverbolt's spark from within Thrust. But her belief proves false.
Megatron plans to use the Vector Sigma Keys to transform everything organic, including the planet's core, into technomatter: Optimus will counter by unleashing Plasma Energy, which destroys everything technological. Will anything survive?
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Ian James Corlett | Cheetor |
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Gary Chalk | Optimus Primal |
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Scott McNeil | Rattrap |
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Venus Terzo | Blackarachnia |
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Alessandro Juliani | Nightscream |
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David Kaye | Megatron |
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Brian Drummond | Jetstorm |
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Jim Byrnes | Thrust |
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Paul Dobson | Tankor |
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Christopher Gaze | Diagnostics Drone |
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Richard Newman | Rhinox-Tankor |
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Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff | The Oracle |
| Director | Steve Sacks |
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| William Lau |
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| George Samilski |
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| John Pozer |
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| James Taylor |
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| Writer | Steven Melching | |
| Producer | Christopher J. Brough, Asaph Fipke | |
| Musician | Robert Buckley | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Edition Release Date | Jul 03, 2007 |
| Regions | Region 2 |
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| Index | 852 |
| Added Date | Nov 03, 2014 21:24:07 |
| Modified Date | Mar 20, 2019 22:00:50 |