One day, Bulkhead and Miko enter the main part of the base with their chores finished. Miko wants to do some dune riding, but Bulkhead says he was picking sand out of his articulators for a week and suggests a monster truck rally. Ratchet warns Optimus of a star vessel inside the Solar System which is sending a Autobot tracking beacon on a restricted channel. Jack, at the time, didn't know that the masses had scattered the galaxy as Arcee explains. Optimus tells the pilot to identify himself, which he responds "I've had warmer welcomes from Decepticon Combat Brigades." Bulkhead immediately identifies him as his old pal Wheeljack from a Wreckers team he was on. He asks him how fast he can get here, which 'Jackie, this is what Bulkhead calls him, responds with probably the next day. Optimus