The Battle for Leadership: Investing in Megatron from the Start

[Hot Rod from Alpha Mecha City is a Titan, a Transformer who survived from Cybertron’s ancient past. His size is based on Metroplex from the Transformers: War for Cybertron animated series. Adding characters from Machinima. The original body is too badly injured to move, so it splits off a part of itself from the activity room, which becomes Hot Rod. (At first, Megatron discovers and awakens him. Later, he joins Megatron in rebelling against the High Council.) Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Hot Rod become three best friends and end up having a hell of a time. Early on, when Ironhide is still his usual self, his ideals and Hot Rod’s are closely aligned. (The protagonist’s clone has no AllSpark and runs entirely on energy, making him a huge energy guzzler.)] Starscream: “What do you mean, I blew his chest apart, and then he sprayed some energon around and acted like nothing happened?” Apocalypse Doc: “Hot Rod isn’t a normal Cybertronian, from the inside out.” Soundwave: “…” Megatron, high on dark energon: “Unicron. I am your loyal servant, Megatron.” Hot Rod: “…If three punches can’t kill him, that’s a bum deal.”