Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 3 Dai Atlas Chapter

The origin of Dai Atlas's obsession with destroying evil is revealed during his final showdown with the Star Giant.

Synopsis

4 million years ago, Megatron creates Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire as the Poweredrons, a Decepticon unit equipped with unique engines that let them travel across the universe and develop other planets into energy-producing colony worlds. However, upon realizing Megatron is using the energy to conquer and terrorize the people of Cybertron, they abandon the Decepticons and steal their fleet of starships to evacuate the civilians to Paradron, a hidden world they secretly developed. When they return to Cybertron and join the Autobots as the renamed Powered Masters, Dai Atlas tells Optimus Prime of energy signs on the third planet of the Solar System, believing this energy can be used to destroy the Decepticons.

Dai Atlas's unforgiving attitude towards Decepticons hasn't changed to this day, announcing during his battle with Vion that he's opposed to reviving the Legends World if Megatron was the one who shaped it. Vion is pleased that Dai Atlas embraces the endless conflict, confirming the views of Smokescreen and Dreadwing as they watch from afar while Topspin and Twin Twist try to convince Roadfire that peace can be created in the Legends World. Roadfire silently leaves to join Sonic Bomber and Dai Atlas in forming Big Powered to clash with Vion, and even though Dai Atlas draws so much power from his partners' Powered Engines that it harms him, he pushes through and destroys his opponent. On the sidelines, Optimus Prime tells Cain and Akira of Dai Atlas's past as a Decepticon and that his obsession with destroying all evil is atonement for his own sins.

Having recovered his Powered Engine, Dai Atlas sets his sight on destroying Megatron himself, and when the other Decepticons interfere he attacks them as well. Topspin and Twin Twist try to stop their leader and tell him that the Legends World proved that Autobots and Decepticons can work together, only for Dai Atlas to cut their heads off and appropriate their transtectors to use as weapons, their Powered Engines being spares created for Dai Atlas to begin with. Crying out that he will never forgive Megatron for using him to hurt so many innocent people, he begins attacking the Star Giant in spite of pleas from Autobots and Decepticons alike and calls upon Sonic Bomber and Roadfire once more. The addition of the Jumpstarter bodies let them form Ultra Powered, only to discover that the Star Giant has ceased moving: knowing Dai Atlas needs to stay alive and revive the Legends World, Megatron is holding Dark Nova back!

While Dai Atlas is angered that Megatron won't fight back, Megatron requests that he be killed before Dark Nova absorbs him completely. He tells the story of a deceased friend who sought peace only for Megatron to ignore his wish and wage more war after being consumed by grief and revenge, but since the Legends World was where Megatron finally succeeded in creating the world his friend had wanted, he implores Dai Atlas to rebuild it. The Powered Master proceeds to cut the Star Giant in half, destroying Dark Nova and Megatron, and when he returns to the planet's surface he announces that he will honor Megatron's wish.

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