Robot Trek I

The Junkicons have returned as the Nonocons planning to destroy Gearatron and control the Universe

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Synopsis

The Zapbots have enjoyed peace in the galaxy for about a year now. As the High Council of Gearatron has agreed to allow the Zapbots to start exploring outside the galaxy, Botimus Prime picks Anthony up from his vacation sledding with his friends.

While enjoy time in his quarters, Anthony receives a warning from the Matrix. The Zapbots increase their speed to the edge of the galaxy as they receive a distress call from the Starship Macintosh. When the Zapbots approach the sector Fortress Misslemax is attacked by a new starship destroying their shields. After retaliation the Junkicons now called Nonocons reveal themselves as a passing alien race accidently rebuilt their bodies. Messy now goes by Amphotron, with his second in command now called Skyscreamer (formerly Showoff.) Through quick thinking the Zapbots disable the Nonocon ship with their array of new weapons and head away from the battle scene to repair their damage.

After repairing Misslemax the Zapbots receive a distress call from a Federation ship. As Misslemax is still without warp, Anthony takes Botimus and the Buildabots out to find the ship. They run into a newer version of the Eaton robot and through battle the Buildabots combine to form Almighty to destroy it. With the Zapbots succeeding they realize it was a diversion to lure them away from Misslemax and quickly return to find the ship under attack. The Zapbots make it aboard but during the battle Boaty and Flier are severally wounded.

When the Nonocons attack again, Shortstop is thrown from the bridge of the ship and awakes on an Asteriod. Converting back to X-O suit mode Anthony sets off for Gearatron to seek assistance. A vision from a dream tells him to head to Earth for help. After giving orders to commander Gaxator Anthony sets off for Earth to his old Battle base. Here he activates five Zapbots he made before the original Zapbots.

As the Zapbots retake the bridge, they are joined by Anthony who joins with a backup Shortstop body, and the newly reformed bodies of Boaty and Flier.

Back at Misslemax Amphotron and the Nonocons have taken over and holding the bridge crew hostage. Suddenly the Nonocon ships are being attacked by a new special team called the Smartabots with assistance from the Super Changers. The proceed to draw out the Nonocon army to help retake Fortress Misslemax.

Featured characters

Zapbots	Humans	Nonocons	Planets
Alert Boaty Botimus Prime Buildabots Teeth Scoop Hauler Two-ton Cement Cast Almighty Carry-On Click Combatabots - mentioned Dodge Duplaflex - mentioned Earnon Experiment First-Fire Flier Fortress Misslemax Gaxator Hightone Muncher Slywing Hot Shot Iron Lazer-Ray Omega Dupreme - mentioned Pick-Up Pliers Phiston Repairs Roberta Rup Scan Shortstop Smartabots Attacker Clipper Flashlight Pop-Up Roaddust Circuitbreaker Speedy Superrobot Support Terrain Tiny Ultra Attack Vebox Vision	Alan F. - mentioned Bill T. aka 'Billy' Matt R. aka 'Rogish' Mike Quartz Commander Tacton	Amphotron Creator Lowtone Skyscreamer Skydust Mercy Nonocon Spy Tape Birds	Earth Tockmak 3 Tockmak 5

Quotes

"I think this new upgrade to Misslemax was done by a bunch of humans! Half the doors won’t open, the warp drive is off line, and guess who’s job it is to fix it?"

Pliers submitting his personal log.

Notes

Production notes

• This is the first appearance of Buildabots, Smartabots, Gaxator, First-fire and of course Nonocons.
• Third pass to provide extra details and upgrades happened in 2021.

Other trivia

• This story borrows heavily from Star Trek V as this was one of my favorite movies at the time.