Transformers: Armada
“Regeneration” – Episode 34
Written by Terry Klassen and Ward Perry
Transcription by Brandon Williams

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Narrator: The war between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages on as they struggle to retrieve the prized Mini-Cons. The side who wins is the side that collects the most. And if the Decepticons prove victorious, then Megatron and his corrupt Mini-Cons control the universe. The Earth’s only chance for a peaceful cosmos is for Optimus Prime and the Autobots to destroy their enemy. Now, get ready for a new battle.

[Transition]

Rad (VO): Smokescreen gave his all in the battle to protect the Mini-Cons. And now, while the other Autobots keep watch by his bedside, Smokescreen prepares for the greatest fight he’ll ever face – the fight for his life.

[Transition]

Carlos: Hey, what is that thing?

Optimus: That’s the spark.

Rad: What’s the spark?

Scavenger: It’s what keeps us Transformers alive.

Alexis: So, it’s like your heart then?

Jetfire: Yeah, in human terms, I suppose you can say that.

Fred: You mean my heart looks like that?

Billy: Nah, I’m guessing yours is a lot smaller.

Fred: Aaahh…

Red Alert: Good. Optimus, I’ve got some great news on Smokescreen’s condition. His spark is in excellent shape.

Optimus: Excellent. And what about his armour?

Red Alert: Smokescreen’s body has been severely damaged. I’d say at least 90%. He’s banged up pretty badly, you know. But he still might pull through this whole mess… I hope.

Optimus: You mean… he might not recover?

Red Alert: I’m not sure if I have the skills to bring him back exactly the way he was before. But I’ll do my best, I promise.

Optimus: We’re counting on you, Red Alert.

Red Alert: C’mon… Hang in there, Smokescreen. I know you can make it. You’re a real fighter, old buddy.

Hot Shot: Errggghh… Man! Megatron’s gonna pay for what he did to Smokescreen! C’mon, Sideswipe. Let’s go get ‘im.

Sideswipe: Uhhh… Sure. Where?

Megatron: Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha! The Requiem Blaster. It won’t be long before the whole universe is mine. And now that I have the Blaster, there’ll be no one to stop me. I owe it all to you, Thrust. You’ve done very well this time. And you will be rewarded for your efforts.

Thrust: Oh, thank you, sir.

Megatron: You have earned the right to call yourself a Decepticon warrior.

Cyclonus: No fair! We did all the work!

Demolishor: Yeah! How dare he take all the credit for himself.

Cyclonus & Demolishor: Huh?

Thrust: Huh?

Wheeljack: Uhh?

Megatron: Well, Starscream. You’re still alive. I suppose congratulations are in order.

Thrust: Yes, what a relief it is to see you. We were awfully worried, Starscream. What do you think you’re doing?

Starscream: You double-crossed me.

Thrust: What — what are you talking about?

Starscream: Why did you close the warp gate on me? You did that on purpose.

Thrust: No! You’ve got it wrong. I didn’t abandon you. There was a change in plans. I had to do it, honest! You would have done the same thing!

Starscream: I won’t listen to your lies anymore, Thrust!

Wheeljack: Oh no! Thrust is getting thrashed on.

Cyclonus: Ehh, I don’t really care.

Demolishor: Yeah, he deserves it, too.

Megatron: Starscream! That is quite enough.

Starscream: Yes, sir.

Megatron: I always knew that you were able to find your way back here. You’re a good warrior. Now stop all this bickering and go fix that damaged body of yours.

Starscream: ‘Sir.

Megatron: All of you, go back to your quarters and get some rest. It will be a busy day tomorrow.

[Commercial]

Starscream: There’s no need to worry about me! These injuries are nothing. I’ll be as good as new in no time. You three have also been damaged. This energy bath will fix you up. There, you see, isn’t that better? So what are you doing here?

Demolishor: Getting the Star Saber sword.

Starscream: What! There’s no way I’ll do that. Megatron entrusted these Mini-Cons to me and I —

Demolishor: — Megatron’s orders! If you have any complaints, you can talk to him yourself.

Starscream: All right, then. I’ll take these Mini-Cons to him directly.

Demolishor: No you can’t! He ordered me to bring them to him. Hmmm? Ohhh… Yeah… You take ’em.

Megatron: Hahaha… I can’t blame Starscream for being upset. He has been through a lot lately, hasn’t he?

Thrust: Yes, of course. But, uh, he brought it on himself, Megatron, sir.

Megatron: That’s true, Thrust. He sure gave you a beating. Can’t you take better care of yourself?

Thrust: Oh, he’s nothing I can’t handle. And — it was a small price to pay to put the Requiem Blaster back in your hands. It is the duty of a loyal Decepticon.

Megatron: I’m glad you feel that way, but I believe I might have underestimated Starscream. After all, he has brought the Star Saber back to me. So perhaps he will prove to be more valuable to us than I originally thought.

Thrust: Hmmm… Perhaps. Uh. I suppose I shouldn’t have left him at the warp gate. That was the one mistake a made in carrying out your plan. Heh, heh, heh.

Megatron: Hahaha…

Thrust: Well, at least we know who we’ll send in first the next time we run into the Autobots. Heh. Yes, I agree, sir. We should keep Starscream around a little longer. Hahaha.

Megatron: Poor Starscream doesn’t have a clue to what he’s gotten himself into, does he?

Thrust: I have so much to learn from you, sir. I admire your ability to be so cold, even if it means sacrificing one of your own men.

Megatron: Well, how else am I supposed to keep the Decepticons in line, let alone conquer the entire universe! Hahahahaha…

Thrust: Hahahahahahaha… Yes! Yes!

Megatron & Thrust: Huh?

Megatron: Is that you over there, Starscream?

Starscream: Why you…! Runway, Sonar, Jetstorm, pam! Powerlink! Star Saber sword!

Megatron: What?! What are you doing?!

Thrust: It’s a rebellion! Starscream is starting a rebellion! Run before it’s too late!

Starscream: Narrow Beam Cannon, fire!

Demolishor: What’s going on?

Thrust: It’s Starscream! He’s a traitor! What are you doing? Don’t let him get away!

Starscream: You haven’t seen the last of me, Megatron! All right. This is it. I’ll get them. Even if I have to join the Autobots.

Megatron: You wouldn’t dare. Starscream! I have always been suspicious of you. I know you’d like nothing better to defeat me, and take control of the Decepticons. But I won’t let that happen. Now hand over the Star Saber. You’re not a leader. You couldn’t handle the responsibility. Look what’s happened to you. You don’t even know it, but you’ve been taken over by your own emotions.

Starscream: Whaddya mean, ‘taken over by my emotions?’ You can think whatever you want, Megatron. I don’t care anymore!

Megatron: Really? You don’t care. Then good riddance! Yes, it’s true the Star Saber sword is quite impressive, but I doubt it can handle this.

Thrust: Megatron! Don’t do it! You’ll blow the whole base apart!

Starscream: Narrow Beam Cannons! Transform!

Megatron: Get him! And bring back the Star Saber sword!

Hot Shot: Yeah, great. Let’s go kick some Decepti-butts.

Sideswipe: Hey, could ya wait for me, bro?

Jetfire: That’s strange…

Optimus: What is it, Jetfire?

Jetfire: Hot Shot and Sideswipe have headed out on their own. I dunno why they’d do something like that.

Scavenger: Hot Shot wants to get revenge.

Carlos: Yeah! Go get ’em!

Billy: Yeah, it’s payback time for Smokescreen!

Fred: And freedom!

Blurr: We should get out there, Optimus.

Optimus: No. Wait a minute. Look at the monitor.

Alexis: It’s a chase. And that’s Starscream.

Scavenger: It doesn’t look like a decoy strategy, either.

Optimus: Hmmm…

[Commercial]

Starscream: Aaaaahhh! Aaaaahhh! Runway, Sonar, Jetstorm, stay with me.

Hot Shot: I’m not waiting for anyone. I’m gonna get revenge for Smokescreen.

Sideswipe: I’m ready to do this, thanks to your special training, bro. Let’s roll! Transform!

Hot Shot: Transform!

Starscream: Leave me alone. You don’t want to get caught up in this.

Hot Shot: You’re the one that’s caught, pal.

Starscream: Here he comes! Get down! You’ve got to get outta here!

Sideswipe: …Bro?

Hot Shot: Come back here! Erggghh!

Tidal Wave: Transform!

Hot Shot: Sideswipe, you go after Starscream. I’ll take care of this monster, okay?

Sideswipe: Okay! C’mere!

Hot Shot: Hey Jolt! Powerlink and transform!

Tidal Wave: Heh, heh!

Hot Shot: What, not even a scratch? Well let’s see how he likes this!

Sideswipe: I’ve gotcha now!

Tidal Wave: Must get Starscream.

Optimus: Jetfire, let’s link-up.

Jetfire: Roger.

Optimus: Powerlink! Transform!

Hot Shot: Whoaaa…

Starscream: I’ve got to help him… Optimus!

Hot Shot: Hey Optimus! Behind you!

Tidal Wave: The Star Saber…

Optimus: Thank you, Starscream.

Scavenger: You mean, Megatron actually abandoned you and tried to destroy you?

Starscream: It’s true.

Hot Shot: Yeah, right. You can’t actually believe this guy. He’s a Decepticon, remember? C’mon!

Scavenger: Quiet, Hot Shot!

Hot Shot: Have you forgotten that Megatron’ll use any dirty trick he can to defeat us?

Sideswipe: Anyone figured out what to do with this guy yet?

Scavenger: He risked his life to get away from the Decepticons. It wouldn’t be fair to send him back there.

Blurr: We have no choice. We’ll have to protect him, then.

Hot Shot: Wait a minute! What do you mean, ‘protect him?’ It’s because of creeps like him, Smokescreen’s in the shape he’s in now! He doesn’t deserve any special treatment from us. We should get rid of him right now!

Jetfire: I understand how you feel, Hot Shot. I’ll never forget what the Decepticons have done to our friend Smokescreen. But Starscream’s situation is different. He was double-crossed by Megatron and he almost paid the ultimate price because of it.

Hot Shot: I still don’t trust this guy. Let’s not forget Starscream betrayed the other Decepticons, too. He’s no better than Megatron. And it’s only a matter of time before he pulls one of his dirty tricks on us!

Sideswipe: Yeah!

Hot Shot: Remember Sideways?

Starscream: Don’t lump me together with him. We’re not the same.

Scavenger: I can just imagine what you think of me.

Hot Shot: Uh… well, you’re different, Scavenger. You’re just different.

Starscream: All right, then. Let’s go.

Blurr: Where are you going?

Starscream: If none of you are going to trust me, then there’s no point in hanging around here… I guess I’ll just have to go and fight Megatron on my own.

Alexis: You don’t have to leave. I think I can trust you, Starscream.

Carlos: Huh?

Rad: Yeah, me too. Look how upset Runway is over this whole thing. I think the Mini-Cons would never normally act like that.

Jetfire: What do you think we should do, Optimus?

Optimus: All right! From now on, we consider Starscream part of our team.

Hot Shot: Aw, you can’t be serious! Aww…

Starscream: I won’t let any of you down, I promise. And I think I have something to offer that might be of interest. It has something to do with the Decepticon base. Analyze my data, and you’ll be able to sneak into the Decepticons’ camp.

Hot Shot: Yeah, yeah.

Jetfire: All right then. Let’s get to work on that data.

Sideswipe: I’d like to help out too. I may not be the strongest fighter, but I do know a little bit about codes and how to break ’em. So whaddya say?

Jetfire: Sure, we could really use skills like that.

Hot Shot: Sideswipe, not you too.

Sideswipe: What’s wrong?

Hot Shot: I’m not finished with you yet, Starscream.

Red Alert: Mmmmm….

Hot Shot: I think you know why I called you out here.

Starscream: Mmm. You’ve got a grudge against me.

Hot Shot: Well that’s puttin’ it lightly.

Starscream: I can understand why you don’t trust me, but I really do despise Megatron now. But if you wanna fight, bring it on.

Jetfire: This is hard work. So far we’ve only been able to analyze about 20% of Starscream’s data.

Sideswipe: Well, these codes are all new to me, but I’m doing the best I can to decipher them.

Optimus: What’s the matter, Runway? I thought you were helping Starscream repair his damages.

Rad: Huh? What?! Hot Shot and Starscream are fighting right now?

Blurr: Hot Shot should learn how to cool off.

Jetfire: I was wondering why we hadn’t seen him around for a while.

Sideswipe: Hey, I bet I know what he’s doing.

Alexis: Why are we just standing here? We have to do something.

Jetfire: Well maybe we should just let them work it out.

Sideswipe: It will be hard to stop my bro.

Jetfire: Maybe Hot Shot will listen to you, Sideswipe.

Sideswipe: Of course he will, but I’m not a referee.

Alexis: Well if somebody doesn’t do something, then I will.

Jetfire: No, no, Alexis. There’s no need for that. We’ll go. Huh?

Optimus: Red Alert… How’s Smokescreen doing?

Red Alert: He’s okay. But I wasn’t able to regenerate his normal body, Optimus.

Hot Shot: Who’s out there? Would ya leave us alone?

Starscream: You…

Hot Shot: Transform!

Hoist: Eryah!

Hot Shot: Transform!

Starscream: You…

Hot Shot: Hey, c’mon, would you back off? I’m trying to avenge my friend here. I won’t be long.

Hoist: So who is this friend of yours, huh?

Hot Shot: Whoa, that can’t be who I think it is. It is! It’s Smokescreen!

Hoist: Hey! How ya doin’, little buddy?

Hot Shot: Uh, Smokescreen, what happened to your body?

Optimus: He’s been through some changes.

Hot Shot: Optimus? Red Alert? What’s going on here?

Optimus: Let me to introduce you to the new and improved Smokescreen.

Red Alert: Luckily, Smokescreen’s internal spark could be saved. But I had to give his body a complete overhaul.

Hot Shot: Yeah, I can see that.

Hoist: Sorry for barging in on your little skirmish, but I thought I’d come here and test out my new armour. See how it works in a real battle.

Hot Shot: Y’know, you coulda given me a little warning.

Hoist: Hey Hot Shot… I really appreciate what you were trying to do for me, but as you can see, I’m back and I’m better than ever. So there’s no need for you two to fight anymore. Optimus filled me in about the details about Starscream and the fact that you were sticking up for me, makes me feel a whole lot better.

Starscream: We’ll have to settle our differences another time…

Hoist: No, you’re on our side now, so you’ll just have to get along.

Hot Shot: All right…

Jetfire: We finally finished analyzing the data we took off Starscream.

Sideswipe: Optimus, sir. The data’s co-ordinates have been entered into the warp gate.

Optimus: Hmmm.

Jetfire: Once we go through the warp gate, you all know where we’ll be, right?

Scavenger: In the Decepticons’ base.

Optimus: All right, Autobots! Let’s do it.

[End]