Prime Suspect

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**Prime Suspect** is a Spotlight Mission featuring Prowl and Optimus Prime that ran from August 28.

## Synopsis

**A Missing Leader, An Ally Caught in the Crosshairs**

*Commanders!*

*Optimus Prime is missing. The Autobot leader has vanished, and the only Bot that can track him down is the one that all of the Autobots suspect of a brutal act of malfeasance. All suspicions point at Prowl, who is hot on the case.*

*It’s up to you to help Prowl prove his innocence in this month’s Spotlight Mission: Prime Suspect!*

## Transcript

### Chapter 1: The Touch

#### Mission 1: Instruments

##### Part 2

* Prowl: *Suspect Ramjet has been spotted. He is, unsurprisingly acting erratically...*
* *...suppose if he had any sense to his circuits he wouldn't be a Decepticon.*
* Ramjet: *OH! So you know all about me? See a decal on my nose-cone and you got my WHOLE story?*
* Prowl: *I can judge a book by its cover when the title is "Destroy the innocent".*
* Ramjet: *See, you already got it wrong, I wanna destroy EVERYBODY. Innocent is just more fun.*

##### Part 3

* Motormaster: *Back down Mr. Goody-Two-Axles. Before I run ya' off the road.*
* Prowl: *Put it in park Motormaster. Behave and maybe I can let you off with a warning or community service.*
* Motormaster: *Warn about what? Pulling a hydraulic line as I pound you into dust?*
* Prowl: *You don't want to test me.*
* Motormaster: *So ya' scrapped Optimus, you think ya' can take down the King of the Road?*
* Prowl: *OPTIMUS? What are you talking about?*
* Motormaster: *Yeah, play dumb. It suits you.*

#### Mission 2: Hunger

##### Part 1

* Prowl: *Log 917-84 continued: As expected, Ramjet and Motormaster paint chips matched those found scraped off against our base...*
* *...however, the case is far from closed. The head-butting buddies got it in their tchick domes that we were without leadership.*
* Starscream: *Oh, I heard more than just that...I hear that a certain good cop has gone delightfully bad.*
* Prowl: *You have the right to remain silent, Starscream. I suggest you make use of it.*
* Starscream: *Strong silent type isn't my brand.*

##### Part 2

* Starscream: *I know a thing or two about your case. Prime is missing and they found a siren at his last known whereabouts.*
* Prowl: *Circumstantial evidence that will be cleared up when I show up in fully working order.*
* Starscream: *Yeah, but if I punch a few of your lights out...that'd complicate things wouldn't it?*
* Prowl: *You talk better than you fight and you know it. Tell me where you got this intel.*
* Starscream: *I told you everything I want to. I'm not sharing one bit more.*
* Prowl: *Log 917-84 continued: Witness is hostile. I'll have to try some more drastic interrogation.*

##### Part 3

* Starscream: *Fine, I'll help you. But when I come back I'm going to be expecting some payment.*
* Ratchet: *PROWL! I came to see that the rumors weren't true but...Starscream doesn't work for anyone with good intentions.*
* Prowl: *It's not what it appears to be Ratchet, I'm finding answers and following protocols.*
* Ratchet: *You want protocol? Fine...shut down so I can run a full diagnostics on you. Maybe scan your optic save-files and see what you've been looking at.*
* Prowl: *We don't have time for that, the real suspect is getting further away as we argue.*
* Ratchet: *Never been like you to avoid the rules Prowl, think it's time for a forced reboot to your core systems.*

### Chapter 2: The Power

#### Mission 1: Dare

##### Part 1

* Prowl: *Log 917-84 continued: Ratchet is overzealous but not incorrect. Protocol is failing me. No more dealing with henchmen, I'm going straight for their bosses...*
* *However as I approach a known lair of Megatron, a 10-16 may be in progress.*
* Megatron:
**A CORRUPTION IS WHAT YOU ARE! YOU STINK OF UNICRON!**

* Galvatron:
**JEALOUSY! YOUR PATHETIC FORM IS WHAT FAILED US!**

* Megatron:
**THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT SLAYED PRIME!**

##### Part 2

* Prowl: *Megatron you're wanted for questioning in connection the the disappearance of Optimus Prime.*
* Megatron: *FOOL! I haven't meddled with that pathetic junkyard reject. I was speaking only when I first bested him.*
* Galvatron: *Hot Rod had more claim on that victory than you did, you were a limping wreck ready for the scrap heap.*
* Megatron:
**WHO ARE YOU TO SAY!?**

* Galvatron:
**I WAS THERE! I KNOW THE BITTER STING OF OUR DEFEAT!**

* Megatron: *You want to see a scrapped Autobot? Watch as I turn Prowl to powder!*

##### Part 3

* Galvatron: *As expected, failure. Galvatron is the only true power around here. No Megatron shall ever rule.*
* Megatron: *Megatronus will hear of your snide remarks.*
* Prowl: *Megatronus has slain Primes before...is he behind this?*
* Galvatron: *You're still here? I'll crush you and toss you in the Tomb that your Autobot compatriots used to delay Megatronus.*
* Prowl: *The Tomb of Relics...he was in there for months.*
* Galvatron: *Enough chatter! You shall be reduced to atoms!*

#### Mission 2: Stand

##### Part 1

* Prowl: *Log 917-84 continued: Entering abandoned Tomb of Relics. Small particles of shattered glass on the ground...*
* *..Glass is replicated from an automobile windshield. White metal flakes also present.*
* *Can't jump to any conclusions just yet. This Tomb has seen more than its share of battles, could be from a previous encounter.*
* *Tracker I planted on Starscream indicates he's headed towards my location. Hopefully with valuable intel...and not deadly intent.*

##### Part 2

* Megatronus:
**LEAVE THIS PLACE.**

* Prowl: *When a sinister force yells that, it always means you should stay.*
* Megatronus: *I am working towards a goal that will change worlds. I have not the time for your distraction.*
* Prowl: *What did you do to Optimus Prime?*
* Megatronus: *You chase 13? He is an afterthought, a weak whimper in the roar of my glory and unworthy of my attention.*
* Prowl: *You'll forgive me if I don't take your word on that.*
* Megatronus: *Know this, I may be struck down but shall soon be returning in a form that will melt the optics from your head to gaze upon.*
* Prowl: *I'll take that into consideration.*

Part 3

* Prowl: *Log 917-84 continued: Megatronus held no answers, just more questions. His Energon signature seems to indicate that--*
* Starscream:
**PROWL! BEHIND YOU!**

* Shockwave: *Starscream? Truly you are a traitor to all causes.*
* Starscream: *Spare me your false indignity Shockwave. As though you don't turn towards whatever power is in charge.*
* Shockwave: *I prioritize self preservation. Now stand aside.*
* Starscream: *I need this Autobot to continue functioning.*
* Shockwave: *Pointless squabbles on a world waiting to destroy us all. So be it, I shall end your struggles this day.*

### Chapter 3: The Heart

#### Mission 1: Escape

##### Part 1

* Starscream: *I may double cross, but Shockwave manages to triple or quadruple cross on this world.*
* Prowl: *Starscream, with your constant urge to defeat other Decepticons...It could be you're on the wrong side.*
* Starscream: *Are you calling ME an...AUTOBOT?*
* Prowl: *I'm saying, you keep this up you can be something besides a Decepticon.*
* Starscream: *Thanks...I hate it.*

##### Part 2

* Prowl: *What intel did you gather? You said you had information for me.*
* Starscream: *What ABOUT you than FOR you. There's a bounty on your head. I can only collect it if you're not scrapped.*
* Prowl: *THIS is why you stepped in with Shockwave?*
* Starscream: *Can't profit if you're in pieces, not until they've taken what they need.*
* Prowl: *Speak plainly, who is seeking me out?*
* Starscream: *You'll find out soon enough.*

##### Part 3

* Starscream: *Just...like I planned it.*
* Prowl: *I've changed my opinion on you Starscream. Your spark is black as midnight on a moonless night.*
* Starscream: *Your friend paid well for this reunion...*
* Grimlock:
**JET BOT BRING POLICE BOT! YOU COME WITH GRIMLOCK NOW!**

* Prowl: *Grimlock? There's no way you took out a bounty on me...*
* Grimlock:
**GRIMLOCK DO JOB! KNOCK DOWN POLICE BOT!**

#### Mission 2: Death

##### Part 1

* Prowl: *Log 917-84 Continued: Grimlock unlikely to be the mastermind of this, he is a blunt instrument..but who was wielding him.*
* *Megatronus claimed to be working on something bigger. Could be a lie. Could be a smoke-screen or some darker plan.*
* *...still this world is tearing itself apart. Time itself is unraveling, it's hard to tell what's coming next.*
* Arcee: *Prowl...help.*
* Prowl:
**ON MY WAY!**

##### Part 2

* Prowl: *Arcee? Where are you? What's happening?*
* Arcee: *As expected, you fly in to battle without looking, like a white knight.*
* Prowl: *...you sound different.*
* Arcee: *Different doesn't scratch the surface. I've passed through some doors that can't ever be shut again.*
* Prowl: *You're not Arcee are you?*
* Arcee: *Awww, look at you piecing things together. It's cute.*

##### Part 3

* Prowl: *Log 917-84 Continued: A duplicate, or possessed, or ...altered Arcee seems to be behind this plot. Will be taking her back to base for questioning.*
* Arcee: *You think I did this all alone? We have been sneaking through since the time-space gates shattered.*
* Prowl: *...You're from another timeline?*
* Arcee: *Another DIMENSION. We have been replacing you, replicating you, we ARE you. Look to the shadows, Prowl.*
* Prowl: *Log 917-84 Continued: There's a reflection here. Something is wrong. I...by the Primes...*
* *IT's ME! ... but one of his lights is cracked...*
* **THEY WERE RIGHT! PROWL DID DO SOMETHING TO PRIME!**
* **TRUST NO ONE!**

## Trivia

* For some reason, when this Mission first launched, a player can actually play each chapter separately. For example, they can play Chapter 1, Mission 1, then skip to Chapter 3, Mission 2.
	+ Which you'll probably go chronologically anyway if you're into the story.
	+ This was patched some time later.
* The chapter and mission names are references to *The Transformers: The Movie* soundtrack, more specifically:
	+ The chapter names are a reference to Stan Bush's "The Touch".
	+ Ch. 1, Mission 1's name is a reference to NRG's "Instruments of Destruction"; Mission 2's name is a reference to Spectre General's "Hunger".
	+ Ch. 2, Mission 1's name is a reference to Stan Bush's "Dare"; Mission 2's name is a reference to Spectre General's "Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way".
	+ Ch. 3, Mission 1's name is a reference to "Escape".
* The title of Prowl's log, Evidence Log 917-84, is a reference to September 17, 1984, the date the first episode of the *Generation 1* cartoon first aired.

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