Following the disappearance and reappearance of their shuttle and some of their group, a small handful of Autobots set down on the planet Ofsted XVII to await word from Rodimus. Bluestreak admires the spectacular sunrise—a product, Mainframe explains, of atmospheric distortion caused by extreme warp gate activity in the area following a battle between the Galactic Council, the Black Block Consortia and others over a wrecked spaceship—but Trailcutter is too busy reading Towards Peace to pay attention. Presently, a call from the fourth member of their group, First Aid, summons them to a nearby lecture theater, ruined in the battle, where the medic has discovered a gravely wounded Transformer of indeterminate faction. Mainframe questions whether they should help him, given that they do not know if he is an Autobot or a Decepticon, but First Aid insists that, peacetime or wartime, it shouldn't matter. As First Aid goes to unload medical equipment carried by Trailcutter, Bluestreak and Mainframe study the wounded 'bot and try to figure out what he turns into.

Flashback: Millions of years ago, the Senate's chief psychopathologist Froid arrives on the desolate mining world of Messatine. He is met by facility head Rolt, who provides him with a datapad on one of the mine's hardest workers: Megatron. Studying the document briefly, Froid "diagnoses" Megatron with a severe mental illness, and introduces Rolt to his colleague, who will help enact a "cure"... Trepan.

Present: First Aid returns to find that Bluestreak and Mainframe have moved the injured 'bot, drastically reducing his chances of survival. To ensure his patient lives, First Aid requests a donation of two fluid drams of active energon from each of the Autobots, but Mainframe is still unsure about going ahead, and brings up the concern that such a donation risks inducing spark failure. While First Aid tries to talk him around, Bluestreak gets a nasty surprise when he finds the wounded robot's face on the floor—little do the group realise, their patient is Decepticon Justice Division member Vos!

Flashback: In the mines of Messatine, Megatron is hard at work on his latest piece of writing when a cough from his roomate demands his attention. Terminus—Megatron's friend, proofreader, and the 'bot who somehow smuggles his works back to Cybertron—has been dismembered in a mining accident, and will die if he is not repaired. Sadly, the Functionist Council has deemed him replaceable, and Megatron now keeps him alive with donations of his own energon. Terminus tries to convince Megatron that, while his words are important, it may become necessary for him to take violent physical action to ensure his message is heard; sensing a change in his friend's tone, Megatron asks him what has happened to alter his viewpoint, and Terminus reveals that he has been visited by Senate agents who suspect that Megatron is still writing. Megatron proposes that he stop, just for a while, but Terminus insists that he redouble his efforts, as his writings are more necessary than ever. Megatron is prepared to argue, but suddenly, a taser strikes him, knocking him out.

Present: The weakened Vos chants repeatedly in Old Cybertronian, prompting Mainframe to try using some of the theater's translation equipment to decipher his words. Bluestreak continues to examine Vos's detached face, accidentally releasing the multiple stabbing spikes hidden within it—a ghastly revelation that says enough about Vos's nature to convince Mainframe to opt out of donating his energon. Bluestreak also refuses, and First Aid orders the two out of the room, but Trailcutter is still willing, even when First Aid gives him the option to bow out by admitting that he knew from the start that Vos was a Decepticon. First Aid begins transferring some of his own energon first, but as he does so, Trailcutter reads off the translated version of Vos's words: "Find. Kill. Cleanse." Recognizing the motto of the Decepticon Justice Division, the h

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