Posted: 27 February 2008 at 4:44pm | IP Logged

Matrix wrote: The Axalon's an exploration ship. Spare bodies are around in case someone gets injured. Ever gone exploring in the amazon basin without medical supplies? I thought not.

 

of course i havent ive never been to the amazon basin!! 

Posted: 19 August 2008 at 9:59am | IP Logged

cyber jam wrote: doesnt have answer in there the were the crew but primal ordered them in there for safety-they all have sparks but dont they minds so are changed to any side when reawaken! hence why they can remember sod all an=bout theyre past

I think that not being able to 'remember' only effected those transformers awakened from stasis following the quantum surge. Megatron deduced that this had wiped their data tracks (memory) and used this to his advantage.

The Axalon's mission has never been terribly clear - I think as well as purported 'exploration' they may have been intending to set up some form of outpost/ colony. They did seem to jettison an awful lot of stasis pods!

The only 'blank' protoform glimpsed in the series was the one Rhinox used to bring Primal back. The Maximals seemed a bit suprised that they'd been carrying a blank, which raised further questions in my mind. And highlighted one of the Maximal's weaknesses:

There seemed to be a lot more to the Axalon's mission than Primal was letting on to his crew, even to Rhinox. This unwillingness to share and act on information made them seem more duplicious than the Predacons! And it was of course, one of the reasons for Dinobot's frustrations with the  Maximals - he knew Megatron wouldn't be sitting about waiting for things to happen and was actively taking steps to forward his agenda. 

Posted: 19 August 2008 at 12:12pm | IP Logged

iceman wrote: The BotCon Timelines comic explained that Primal had been given a secondary mission - transporting Protoform X (Rampage). Actually, it was dumping him on the most barren rock they could find It was all kept a bit hush-hush - perhaps Rhinox knew, but the rest surely didn't. That also explains why Rampage was on board.

...and why by not telling the others they ended up unleashing protoform X again. Jettisoning it along with all the others, before they crashed

Posted: 19 August 2008 at 6:51pm | IP Logged

cloudrunner wrote: I thought one of the missions of the Axalon was to chase Megatron because he had stolen the golden discs or something

Haven't read the Timelines comic for a while, but in the TV show Primal and Rattrap have the following exchange:

R: We're an exploration ship! Not a battle cruiser!

P: We were the closest ship,Rattrap. The Golden Disk is one of Cybertron's most carefully guarded relics!

...not that I've watched the show a few times, or anything