Episode 20: "Dark Voyage" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mining Energon

Energon was a power source that all the transformers used. The planet they were on was rich in the substance, which was to the detriment of the transformers. Energon had a special radiation that the transformers could only be exposed to for short times before going into stasis lock. To combat this, the transformers adopted the forms of the local wildlife to shield themselves.

Mining Energon was a difficult task. The unstable crystals had to be handled with care, and most of the work had to be done in beast mode.

Answer: No one

"You missed."
"Did I? Look again, moron."
-Dinobot and Scorponok

Dinobot found a particularly large vein of Energon, and called over his Maximal allies. Out of nowhere, an arrow landed in the middle of the Maximals. Scorponok and Waspinator appeared above, on a ledge. The Maximals thought Scorponok had missed, but he had actually planted the arrow in the Energon, destabilizing it. The vein blew up with the Maximals standing right on top of it. Scorponok wasn't sure there would even be any scraps of the Maximals to salvage.

Answer: Optics (sight)

When the Maximals woke back up, they noticed a number of important systems had been destroyed. Most prominently was their optics, making all four blind. They were also contaminated by the Energon blast, and their internal systems could not stop or repair it.

The contamination threatened to shut them down and extinguish their sparks if they did not get back to their base soon. The blind Maximals had to work together to make it back to the base in time.

Answer: A snake

The Maximals walked together through the forest, holding each others' tails to not get split up. While walking though the jungle, a large constrictor made its way down from the trees to dine on the helpless, blind morsels. Most of the Maximals panicked, but Rhinox managed to stay calm and save his fellow Maximals.

Answer: Cheetor

Rhinox heard the snake first, and stopped the group to listen for it. The group was scared, and started to split up. The snake fell on Cheetor, and started crushing him. Dinobot panicked and ran straight into a tree. Rattrap ran to save Cheetor, and distracted the large snake. The snake turned its attention towards the rat, and was just about to eat him when Rhinox stepped on its tail. Rhinox was then able to fling the snake away.

Cheetor was damaged, unable to move, and cold. Dinobot wanted to leave the cat, but that was not the Maximal way. Rhinox carried Cheetor out of the forest.

Answer: Energon contamination

Scorponok told Megatron that he had destroyed the Maximals, but Megatron wasn't going to believe anything until there was proof. Megatron sent Scorponok and Waspinator back to the crater. The two were unable to find any scrap, so Waspinator flew higher. What he saw was interesting. It looked like Energon footprints, leading away from the blast site.

Answer: Terrorsaur

While Waspinator was following a trail of Energon contamination, Tarantulas saw something equally interesting. His scanners were picking up Energon readings, but they appeared to be moving. Megatron sent Terrorsaur, the fastest Predacon, to help Waspinator destroy the Maximals.

Answer: Crossing over a waterfall

The Maximals knew that their base was along a river, and near a waterfall. They heard rushing water, and approached it, hoping it would be one of the streams that fed the river that led to their base. They found a waterfall, and Rattrap discovered a log that had fallen across it.

The Maximals were crossing the top of the waterfall when Waspinator spotted them, and dislodged the log. The four Maximals tumbled down into the crashing water. This time, Waspinator was determined to collect proof of their destruction. Luckily, Terrorsaur had just shown up to help him.

Answer: Imagine a targeting grid

After falling down the waterfall, the Maximals washed up along the river's shore. They were barely functioning, and could hardly move. Rhinox was determined to to not let them die, though. Rhinox had the other three Maximals transform and prepare to fight. He had each one imagine a targeting grid, similar to what they used in practice. He then listened for the incoming Predacon fliers. Rhinox gave each Maximal a set of coordinates to aim for. On his mark, they all fired, and managed to knock Terrorsaur out of the sky.

"Cheetor, vector 5-3-7. Rattrap, vector 5-4-2. Dinobot, vector 5,5,4. On my mark... Fire!" - Rhinox.

Answer: Rattrap

Waspinator was having a difficult day. Despite the Maximals being severely damaged and blind, he could not destroy them, and they kept fighting back. Terrorsaur was shot out of the sky, and sent into a cliff. Waspinator decided to try one last time. Instead of flying in low, he flew straight down at the Maximals. Unfortunately for him, Rhinox was quick, and had Rattrap take a shot.

"Rattrap, vector 1-3-9, quick!" -Rhinox

Waspinator was shot, and careened off into the river.

Despite fending off the Predacons, being in robot mode sped the Energon contamination, and the Maximals went into stasis lock. Things were looking grim for the Maximals, but Tigatron had heard the fighting, and called called for help. He and Optimus Primal managed to get the damaged Maximals back to the base just before it was too late.