

Beast Hunters #2Īfter Optimus and Megatron left Cybertron with the majority of their forces, the Dinobots remained behind with remnant forces led by Ultra Magnus. When his teammates, similarly modified, escaped, and dubbed themselves "Dinobots", they did not search for Sludge, believing him deceased, and it was four cycles before he was recovered by an Autobot clean-up crew searching the tunnels for energon. After altering the Autobot to have an alien reptile alternate mode, the Decepticon scientist had the Insecticon Kickback dispose of Sludge in the tunnels beneath the facility without even reactivating him. Fragmentation Of all the Coalition, Sludge was left weakest from the battle, and Shockwave decided that he would experiment on him merely for practice. Sludge was then strung up and painfully vivisected. Once the whole team had been defeated, Shockwave began in earnest his experiments on Sludge and the others.
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Siege Mentality Though Grimlock managed to struggle free and engage Shockwave as his teammates were carted away by the Insecticons, the Coalition's leader proved no match for the Decepticon scientist. These enemy reinforcements overwhelmed the Lightning Strike Coalition. As soon as this was done however, Shockwave appeared in person, backed up by innumerable more Insecticons. Eventually muscling their way to Swoop, Sludge pulled his teammate free from a harness he was being held in. He and Grimlock took point while Snarl and Slag kept the Insecticons at bay. Despite this new obstacle, Sludge urged his teammates to press on, as he registered a lock on Swoop's signature. until they ran afoul of the multitude of Insecticons swarming Shockwave's installation. Secrets The Lightning Strike Coalition stormed the base head-on, encountering minimal resistance. Good Intentions Sludge and the others followed Grimlock, secure in his arrogance, who was glad that the fate of Cybertron rested in their hands. When the other four coalition members learned that Swoop had been captured by Shockwave at a Decepticon facility in the Sea of Rust, they disobeyed orders and went after him themselves. Swoop was sent to investigate Shockwave's energon sources but he worryingly disappeared.

Shortly before the Great Exodus, Sludge was a member of the Lightning Strike Coalition, a brutal subgroup of Autobots under the leadership of Grimlock, who reluctantly followed Optimus Prime's more cautious brand of warfare.
