Transformers Prime Season 3 Episode 11 Persuasion
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00:00 Simply put, this combination of elements could allow us to cyberform entire worlds.
00:07 Then we will focus upon the successful reconstruction of the Omega Lock.
00:14 Prime, it's Kahn's again. In progress this time.
00:19 Ratchet, we will be returning with a Decepticon prisoner.
00:28 Why is Megatron stealing human technology? What is he attempting to build?
00:35 Naka first procured this unfinished shamble from the Autobot Medic.
00:41 The most efficient means to an end may be to recruit that Medic.
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01:28 It took a cataclysm to extinguish Cybertron's original Predacon inhabitants.
01:34 You never stood a chance against me, Prime.
01:38 In fact, the time has come for your extinction.
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02:20 Permission to hasten our progress, Chief?
02:24 Radlet!
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02:56 This is no place for a one-handed Autobot.
03:11 I'll take one bum hand over one good eye any day.
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03:19 Stand down, Predacon.
03:35 I am Predaking, and I will never bow to your kind.
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03:45 Predaking, I have been informed that our objective is at risk.
04:04 Secure it, now!
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04:36 Commander, objective secured.
04:42 Now might be a fine time to surrender.
04:46 A logical assumption, were it not for...
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06:01 Ratchet, we require immediate transport back to base.
06:08 Huh?
06:09 Stewardess, there's a man on the wing of this plane!
06:14 Ratchet, do you read?
06:17 I see.
06:21 Bulkhead, is everything all right?
06:25 Where's Ratchet?
06:28 He's...
06:33 He's gone!
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06:39 What do you want from me?
06:52 Your assistance, actually.
06:55 To help complete a little science project.
07:00 I will never cooperate.
07:03 Shockwave does not require your cooperation.
07:08 To siphon your knowledge, Doctor.
07:19 Peeled some paint off Laserbeak.
07:22 But if I were a better shot, Ratchet would still be here.
07:25 Chin up, soldier.
07:27 We've combed the entire floor.
07:29 For the moment, that remains our only clue.
07:32 Nothing in the ground bridge log.
07:34 If they bridged Ratchet out of here, they used theirs, not ours.
07:39 Why take Ratchet prisoner, but leave these two behind?
07:43 If Megatron intends to hold our medic hostage,
07:46 I find it curious that he's made no demands.
07:49 It would stand to reason that Ratchet must possess something the Decepticons want.
07:57 Well, whatever the cons are after, Ratchet won't give it up.
08:01 Right?
08:03 Lord Megatron.
08:11 I understand that you have brought in a cursed Autobot aboard this warship.
08:15 Indeed.
08:17 Then I will accomplish with him what I failed to with the Prime.
08:23 Predaking, this Autobot is more than a prisoner.
08:28 You do wish for Cybertron's restoration, do you not?
08:33 Our captive's usefulness will come to an end.
08:40 And when that time arrives, I assure you,
08:44 he will be all yours.
08:48 Listen, I need 24/7 satellite monitoring.
08:56 Eyes on the skies and ears to the ground.
08:59 Maybe Buckethead's after the techno babble.
09:05 The synth-n formula?
09:09 Why would the cons need the artificial stuff if they already control most of this planet's energon reserves?
09:15 Greed. What else?
09:17 If Megatron is truly rebuilding the Omega Lock, as Ratchet surmised,
09:23 synthetic energon might be a necessary component.
09:28 I hate to be the one to bring lightning to a thunderstorm, but there's one thing we're all ignoring.
09:34 If the cons found Ratchet here, they know the location of this base.
09:39 And what did the cortical psychic patch yield?
09:55 Only confirmation that the synthetic energon formula is unstable,
10:01 and that the Autobot medics' work on it remains incomplete.
10:05 Then it seems we must help Ratchet finish his work.
10:11 Are you through poking around inside my head?
10:24 You didn't find what you wanted, did you?
10:28 Or else you wouldn't be here.
10:30 What I want...
10:32 apparently does not yet exist.
10:36 And that would be?
10:38 We would very much like for you to complete your work
10:42 on the formula for synthetic energon.
10:46 Even if I were capable, do you think
10:49 that I would hand you a limitless supply of fuel and ammunition
10:53 just so you can turn around and use it against the Autobots?
10:58 Oh, you misunderstand, dearest Ratchet.
11:01 I intend to use your formula for the purpose of creation,
11:07 not destruction.
11:09 We have fortuitously discovered that your synth-N,
11:16 when combined with cybernucleic acid,
11:19 may in fact form the basis for an alternative cyber matter.
11:24 You are attempting to rebuild the Omega Lock.
11:28 We stand on the verge of a great moment in time, you and I.
11:34 The restoration of our very homeworld.
11:39 Collaborate with the barbarian
11:42 who essentially destroyed our planet in the first place?
11:46 Who sadistically crushed Bumblebee's voice box
11:50 while looking him in the eye?
11:53 No thank you.
11:55 Then I present you with a choice.
11:59 Complete your research, or...
12:03 Humans, always the weak link.
12:15 Are these humans supposed to mean something to me?
12:21 If not, I am certain this will.
12:26 As you must certainly be aware,
12:30 we know the location of your current base.
12:34 Accept my offer,
12:36 and I will allow your fellow Autobots and human pets
12:40 to remain unharmed.
12:43 Think it over, good doctor.
12:48 (Clock ticking)
12:51 My liege, you aren't really going to allow the Autobots to remain operational?
13:08 Of course not.
13:10 Assemble your armada, Starscream,
13:13 and decimate their base once again.
13:18 (Sigh)
13:24 All aerial search patterns are coming up empty.
13:27 No comlink chatter either.
13:29 And no ground activity.
13:32 It's a little too quiet out there.
13:35 Since the Decepticons no longer seek Predacon bones or Earth technology,
13:42 there is no activity to track.
13:45 So until Megatron makes a move, we're in a holding pattern.
13:50 Ratchet didn't think this new hand he built for me was good enough.
13:56 But I'll tell you what truly isn't good enough.
14:00 Giving up.
14:03 We have no choice but to play this old school.
14:06 Split into teams for maximum coverage.
14:10 We have incoming. A whole bleach work.
14:14 (Helicopter whirring)
14:40 Concentrate your fire on Hangar E.
14:44 Air cover's holding. For the moment.
14:57 (Helicopter whirring)
15:24 Lord Megatron, I am pleased to report that the Autobot base has been reduced to ashes.
15:34 The mess hall sure is a mess.
15:46 We are fortunate the Decepticons can be fooled by a simple paint job.
15:51 (Helicopter whirring)
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16:21 I'm sure you would more fully appreciate a tour of our facilities if you were comfortable.
16:28 How do you know I won't use these to amputate?
16:35 And pass up a chance to see our molecular masking field?
16:42 Your cloaking device.
16:45 (Helicopter whirring)
16:48 Shielding is shielding. High tech or low.
16:56 Perhaps you'll be more impressed by our Energon transfusion capacitor.
17:02 It allows us to maximize our consumption a thousand fold.
17:07 Decepticon engineering never fails to impress.
17:12 Doctor, we may be mortal enemies, but Autobots and Decepticons do share one common goal.
17:22 You would like to see the ruins of our devastated homeworld restored to their former brilliance, as would I.
17:39 Megatron, you would just try to conquer Cybertron all over again,
17:44 and enslave anyone who refuses to pledge allegiance to you.
17:48 Of course I would.
17:51 And your comrades would attempt to stop me as ever.
17:55 And at least we would once again possess a planet worth fighting over.
18:00 Perhaps. But you wouldn't stop there, would you?
18:04 Earth would be next, if not first.
18:08 What assurance do I have that you would leave humankind be,
18:13 and that you wouldn't instantly terminate me once you get what you need?
18:18 None whatsoever.
18:21 After all, we both know that as a Decepticon, any assurances I might offer would be worthless.
18:33 But that does not change the fact that you may be Cybertron's only hope of ever seeing life again.
18:43 So the kid clipped the business end of Laserbeak's transponder.
18:53 You're not such a bad shot after all.
18:59 We thought you might be the best one to provide an analysis, in Ratchet's absence.
19:05 It's trying to communicate with the warship.
19:08 How do you know?
19:09 It's telling us.
19:11 Uh, Raph, that's Cybertronian code.
19:17 Wait, first Raph understands Bumblebee, now he reads Cybertronian?
19:23 Are we sure he's not some kind of alien?
19:26 I've been learning for a while. In between stuff. When Ratchet had time to teach me.
19:35 Hey, Raph, we'll bring him back.
19:38 If it's the last thing we do.
19:41 If it's talking to its mom, can we triangulate the signal?
19:45 To a shielded warship.
19:48 If the transponder were still attached to Laserbeak, we could follow it.
19:52 Maybe we should give it wings.
19:55 We can use spare parts from the machine shop.
19:58 Then let's do it. For the Doc.
20:01 While your forces have put a tint in our resources,
20:08 Shockwave has been invaluable in updating our laboratory.
20:13 Should you choose to accept the task,
20:16 you shall have unrestricted access to our equipment.
20:22 Is that a quantum cryo-inducer?
20:25 Only two were ever made.
20:28 Three, actually.
20:30 You are holding the original prototype.
20:34 The frequency modulator keeps shorting out.
20:45 Easy, champ. Let me try uncrossing some wires.
20:49 Now there's something you don't see every day.
20:52 Jackie wasn't always a loner, you know.
20:55 Being a wrecker was all about the team.
20:58 Yeah, bip bip bip.
21:00 Nico, I needed that.
21:04 I was just trying to tighten up that thingamajig.
21:07 Pfft. Police.
21:10 Agent Fowler. Everything alright?
21:16 Preoccupied. Thinking about the close calls we humans have had with the Khans lately.
21:21 Smacked down by Soundwave, stuck in Knockout's trunk with your mom.
21:26 Moving on.
21:29 The uncomfortable reality is, the bots might not always be here.
21:34 And even if they are, they can't be everywhere at once, as we've learned.
21:39 This armor is the only thing that stood between Nico and that Predacon.
21:44 The reason she came back without a scratch.
21:47 Cybertech like that could be just what we need to give our agents on the front lines a fighting chance.
21:53 Agents like... maybe you someday.
21:57 What?
21:59 You'll be of age soon. And you're prime material, son.
22:04 Your mom thought you might be a good fit, seeing as you've been wishy-washy about future plans.
22:10 Wait. You've been talking to my mom about me?
22:15 Custer's Mustang!
22:38 Sorry, Agent Fowler.
22:40 I think I need to change my star-spangled shorts.
22:44 I'm still fine-tuning Chip's remote.
22:47 Chip?
22:49 So we're gonna let this doohickey fly back to Khan Central.
22:53 And lead us right to Ratchet.
22:56 Even if you manage to reconstruct the Omega Lock, it is a mystic force.
23:05 I've come to my senses.
23:07 The notion of scientifically replicating its capability is pure folly.
23:12 Madness, even.
23:14 But how will we ever know for certain, Doctor?
23:22 If we do not try.
23:34 And how can we not try, when the means finally lie within our reach?
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24:08 Are they all, Spark?
24:10 You've actually done it!
24:12 Decepticon engineering!
24:15 It will not take long for this Omega Lock's drives to be fully operational.
24:20 All that is still needed to restore our home is the Cyber Matter to launch through it.
24:28 Which requires a stabilized formula for the production of synthetic energon.
24:34 I have every confidence in you, Doctor.
24:39 I'll do it.
24:48 But then you already knew that, didn't you?
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