

The solitary vestigial reference to this preview in the finished War and Peace mini-series is in the text prologue printed on the inside cover of the first issue, noting that Prime's vision (the fit he suffers in this story) has brought the Autobots to the Arctic, but the ship is never mentioned, essentially "replaced" with a stasis capsule containing Scourge. Therefore, this preview is pretty much pointless in retrospect. When Sarracini was replaced by James McDonough Brad Mick as the writer of the second Generation 1 mini, that story direction was dropped and replaced by an entirely new plot.

Fisherman who for some reason failed to see all those large metal shards thus far.

"Kill this many? That'd have to be one huge explosion." One of the divers calls the Coast Guard captain via radio, asking for assistance. As the three divers reach 140 feet, they discover a large spaceship sporting a huge Autobot insignia. Although the captain of the fishing boat objects to the use of live divers, the Coast Guard captain insists that clearance for mech use takes too long, and he wants to find out what's going on underwater as soon as possible. The Coast Guard captain decides to send divers down to investigate. local time, a Coast Guard boat has arrived, and the crew starts questioning the fishing crew, who deny having seen anything out of the ordinary until the collision. Some time later, back in the Gulf of Alaska, at 8:33 P.M. Suddenly Prime has a seizure, loses his balance and falls off the hill, crashing onto the ground. Prime isn't listening, however, as he is having an inexplicable feeling that a huge threat for the Autobots, unlike anything they ever encountered before, is headed their way. Spike climbs up to talk to him, joking about getting older. Meanwhile, Optimus Prime is standing on a hilltop in the desert, staring at an electric storm at the horizon. Why are my feet so swollen? Why do my chest windows look like boobs?
