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StORy SO fAR:After an unsuccessful attack on the Combaticons, bumblebee is tasked with recruiting avaluable but unlikely ally: thundercracker. Since the president of the united States hasspoken out against any nation using Cybertronian soldiers, Skywatch engages in full-scaledeception, using Cosmos to redirect satellite information in order to allow the Autobotsto fight in the open. Confronting the Combaticons once more, this time with the aid ofthundercracker, it seems like this international incident might be coming to an end... untilthe arrival of the predacons further raises the stakes.

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