More Than Meets The Eye

## Gallery

### Participants

Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Constructicons, Sideswipe, Prowl, Hot Shot, Strongarm, Ratchet, Alexis Thi Dang, Spike Witwicky

## History

### The Exodus

After countless millennia of War, Cybertron is no longer capable of sustaining life. With this grim outcome for his home world, the Autobot Leader Optimus Prime issues a planet wide Exodus, forcing countless Cybertronians to venture among the stars. Optimus, wanting to be on the last vessel off world, issues the reconstruction and repurposing of the Starship the Ark.

While leaving Cybertron, the Ark is attack by a Decepticon ambush, led by Megatron, that see's the ship gain critical damage. Forced to make a last minute decision, the Autobots enter a nearby Wormhole, followed closely by the Constructicons. Crash landing on Earth, the Autobots on board the ship enter a 50 year Stasis period. While the Autobots rest, the Constructicons hide on the planet, searching for the Ark, and waiting for a commanding officer to arrive.

### The Rude Awakening

While exploring a nearby mountain side, Spike Witwicky and Alexis Thi Dang discover a small cave leading within. Inside, the pair discover a giant metal door. Trying to pry it open, Spike sets of an electric shock, waking one of the Autobots inside. Returning to the Research Facility, Spike and Alexis try to make theories on what they had just discovered.

Inside a damaged Ark, Sideswipe makes his way around the ship, trying to find any other activated Autobots. Coming across the medical bay, Sideswipe activates Ratchet. The pair travel to the Bridge of the ship, activating what they can of Teletraan 1's systems, one of which is a Sky Spy. Laying his optics upon what he could only describe as the perfect Alternate Form, Sideswipe volunteers to travel outside of the Ark to discover what the world they've crashed on has to offer. Meanwhile, Ratchet uses the resources at hand to reawaken as many Autobots as he possibly could.

Driving around with his new wheels, Sideswipe crosses paths with Spike and Alexis, scaring the pair when he turns into his robot form. He tries to comfort the humans when he offers to take them for a joyride if they tell him about Earth. In a nearby city, two construction vehicles pick up an Energon signature on their radars.

Back on the Ark, a furious Prowl questions Ratchet on why he let Sideswipe out, just as he receives a call for the door to be opened. Entering the Bridge in Vehicle mode, Sideswipe reveals that he had brought humans into the ship, introducing Spike and Alexis. Strongarm gains an immediate fascination by the small creatures, while Prowl yells at Sideswipe for breaking the rules of interplanetary interaction of species. When Ratchet manages to repair the Ark's planetary radar, he discovers two nearby Energon signatures in Briarwood. Prowl decides to take Sideswipe, Strongarm, and Hot Shot into the City to investigate, leaving Spike and Alexis behind with Ratchet.

In a nearby construction site, Prowl and his team discover Mixmaster and Scrapper making contact with an unknown Decepticon that they had discovered the Autobots location. After a firefight breaks out, the two Constructicons are called back by the Unknown Decepticon. Back at the Ark, Prowls group find an activated Optimus starting to repair what he can of the ship. They also find Spike and Alexis getting along with Ratchet. Prowl informs Optimus of the Decepticons presence on Earth. Using Teletraan 1, along with their Sky Spy, the Autobots discover that the Decepticons had constructed a bunker on Bermuda, using the Island as a base of operations. Preparing a functioning Drop Ship, Optimus takes a team of Autobots with him to the Island to deal with the Decepticons.

On the Island, the Autobots discover that the Constructicons are working for Soundwave, and that they plan on calling in reinforcements, more specifically Megatron. The Autobots and Decepticons fight, resulting in the communication systems of the Bunker becoming damaged. The Autobots return to the Ark viewing the battle as a victory.

### Aftermath

Optimus would request that Spike and Alexis keep the Autobots presence on the planet a secret, until he decides it's the right time to reveal their existence. At Optimus's request, however, Spike Witwicky would inform some of his Military friends of the Decepticon's Bunker on Bermuda.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Soundwave had been on Earth for years prior to the Arks arrival. Wanting to keep his presence on the planet a secret, Soundwave took out Boats and Aircraft, creating the myth of the Bermuda Triangle. When the Constructicons arrived, he secretly met them one-by-one, slowly revealing himself to them.

### Notes

* More Than Meets The Eye was the name of the Three Part Series premier of the Generation 1 Cartoon, while the event that takes place in Universe 2020.06 is more in line with Infiltration from the IDW comics when it comes to inspiration.