A Bright New Tomorrow

**A Bright New Tomorrow** is the first issue of Season 3 of Autobot Academy, and the sixty-fourth issue overall.

## Synopsis

*A new future unfolds in front of our heroes, and with Great Convoy no longer looming over them, our favourite students can make it their own! Unfortunately, trouble still decides to rear its head. Hot Shot finds even the trip home isn't safe from low grade Decepticons, while Lightbright and Arcee find their trip across the commonwealth already hitting a snag! The journey continues...*

## Noteworthy Events

### Major Events

* The students depart Acadeimos, some going home as others prepare to tour the colonies of the Commonwealth.
* Hot Shot, Bumblebee, Armorhide, Tap-Out and Whirl and discover Chop Shop, Needler and Killswitch raiding the ship.
* Lightbright and Arcee find they haven't got enough Energon to reach their first destination, so travel to a nearby depot.
* After a fight, Steeljaw is able to eject Killswitch by dropping him with the ship's drop systems.
* After finding the depot abandoned, Lightbright and Arcee find out Aranea can allow them to take the energon.
* Riptide and Aranea discover LAI, and learn of an attack on the station.
* Hot Shot and his fellow students make it to Cybertron and reunite with their families.
* Lodestar and her crew manage to get on their way with their tour
* Overlord attacks Razorclaw and his group, before contacting Megatron to taunt him and dare him to stop him.

### Character Debuts

* Nightglider
* Killswitch
* L.A.I.
* Terugeto
* Takaporti
* Red Hot
* Discharge
* Ignitor
* Yokewing
* Crackhorn

## Characters

* Lodestar
* Apathet
* Fuego
* "Perihelion"
* Stardrive *(Feet Only)*
* Galaxy Flare
* Hosehead
* Tailgate
* Rust Dust
* Three-Wheeler
* Bound Rogue
* Bump
* Nightglider
* Strongarm
* Riptide
* Mixmatch
* Hightail
* Gridlock
* Misfire
* Aranea
* Longshot
* Weirdout
* Aileron
* Roadburn
* Ironfist
* Rumbler
* Arcee
* Lightbright
* Hot Shot
* Hubcap
* Mach Dart
* Splashdown
* Steeljaw
* Blastcharge
* Side Burn
* "Mini"
* AlbinoBug
* Armorhide
* Bumblebee
* Tap-Out
* Whirl
* Flamewar *(Image on T-Shirt)*
* Perceptor
* Bomb-Burst
* Circuit
* Moonracer
* Nightracer
* Sideswipe
* Sunstreaker
* Rampage
* Transmutate
* Skimmer
* Wedge
* X-Brawn
* Trailblazer
* Tracks
* Rubric
* Maxima
* L.A.I.
* Terugeto
* Takaporti
* Red Hot
* Discharge
* Horntrap
* Glyph
* Alpha Trion
* Firestar
* Inferno
* Ignitor
* Slicer
* Flare-Up
* Rotgut
* Yokewing
* Crackhorn
* Rampart
* Torox
* Divebomb
* Headstrong
* Razorclaw
* Autotroopers
* Megatron

### Villains

* Needler
* Chop Shop
* Killswitch
* Overlord

### Mentioned

* Rung *(Misremembered Name)*
* Barrage
* Sixshot
* Quickswitch
* Cronus *(Indirectly)*
* Mindfang *(Indirectly)*
* Strika (*Indirectly)*
* Pyra Magna *(Indirectly)*
* Hot Rodimus
* Drag Strip

## Trivia

* Strongarm and Riptide recall Riptide being eaten by an Amphiboid in **Siege of Acadeimos**.
* Hot Shot recollects fighting Sixshot alongside Pyra Magna and Strika in a deleted scene from **Return to Autobot Academy**.
* The shuttle Hot Shot is on makes use of a drop system due to being the same model as the *Xanthium* in **Bionics vs Biologicals**.

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\*Seasonal Special.