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| - Within Decepticon Headquarters, Starscream and Megatron are, as usual, having a spat. Predictably, it ends with Starscream shooting Megatron in the back and proclaiming himself the new leader. Megatron's tougher than that, though, and after waking up a few seconds later, he blasts Starscream and has Laserbeak dump him on Guadalcanal.
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| - Within Decepticon Headquarters, Starscream and Megatron are, as usual, having a spat. Predictably, it ends with Starscream shooting Megatron in the back and proclaiming himself the new leader. Megatron's tougher than that, though, and after waking up a few seconds later, he blasts Starscream and has Laserbeak dump him on Guadalcanal. Humiliated and infuriated, Starscream stumbles upon the remnants of some old World War II vehicles, which inspire him to create an army of his own. Entering the space bridge by threatening Skywarp, he travels to Cybertron and steals the personality components of five renegade Decepticons. Installing them into the wrecked vehicles, he transforms them into the Combaticons. The quarrelsome warriors threaten to simply beat Starscream to a pulp, until he reveals that their new bodies do not contain energy absorbers, without which they cannot refuel: "No energy, no life." In exchange for the needed equipment, the Combaticons agree to obey Starscream's orders for the moment. At the unveiling of the Optimus Prime Memorial, Starscream and the Combaticons attack and kidnap Jazz and Cliffjumper. They return to Guadalcanal, where the Combaticons demanded the energy absorbers from the captured Autobots. Starscream weaseled out, saying that rather than be accused of playing favorites, they should collect three more Transformers. Back at the Decepticon base, Shockwave informs Megatron that the Combaticons' personality components are missing. Assuming the Autobots are responsible, Megatron launches an attack on the Ark. However, Optimus Prime's demand to turn over Jazz and Cliffjumper causes Megatron to suspect Starscream. Megatron and the Decepticons met with the renegades at a subway station. During the ensuing shoot out, Soundwave reported that the the troop low on energy. Megatron commanded a retreat, leaving the down-and-captured Dirge and Ramjet, bringing their energy absorber count to four. Back at the Decepticon base, Megatron rallies his Decepticon against Starscream and company. They found and engaged the renegades refueling at a power plant. In the ensuing battle, Megatron's trump card, Devastator, is easily brushed aside when Starscream reveals that the Combaticons can likewise combine into a single titan: Bruticus! The massive combiner scoops up Megatron in one hand and forces him to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. The Autobots use the battle's distraction to rescue Jazz and Cliffjumper; meanwhile, the late-arriving Stunticons look over the situation, and decide that Starscream is too likely to continue his rampage. Merging into Menasor, they defeat the unsuspecting Bruticus with one massive punch. From the resultant crater, Megatron emerges; grabbing Starscream by the throat, he decrees that he and his army are banished from Earth. The usurpers are hauled away by Astrotrain and left stranded on a distant asteroid in deep space... from which Starscream swears vengeance.
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