Recipe for Hate This didn't prevent him from being caught prisoner by them, though.

Hyperdrive was one of the first Micromasters to pull out his gun and called upon his fellow Micromasters to 'waste' the Insecticons. The Gray Race After the end of the race, the whole group of Micromasters was attacked by the Insecticons, who were in search of the Hot Rod Patrol.

He could first be seen hanging out in a secret nightclub in Little Iacon with the rest of the Micromasters and subsequently witnessing a race between Big Daddy and Roadhandler. Like many others, he appeared to be overall neutral, belonging neither to the Autobots nor the Decepticons. Hyperdrive was one of the many Micromasters being created by the Autobots and Decepticons in a joint venture after the launch of the Ark. From a distance, both sides witnessed the building go up in flames, seemingly signaling the end of both Ratchet and Megatron. The Sports Car Patrol's running battle with the Autobots luckily took them out of range of the massive explosion which leveled the entire complex when Ratchet teleported several bombs within it. Megatron was still more than capable of dealing with the Autobots however, and pitched all three of the new Pretenders outside, ordering his minions after them while he chased down Ratchet through his base's corridors. Once the Autobot managed to get the hang of remote-controlling his shell, Hyperdrive's group began losing ground. All the Familiar Faces! The Race Car Patrol swarmed Jazz, the battle going in their favor until Ratchet informed his teammate of his new capabilities as a Pretender. The Autobot then reactivated his buddies ( Jazz, Grimlock, and Bumblebee), and sicced them on Megatron and his minions. But Ratchet had been hatching a plot of his own, and caused a terminal in the lab to overload, catching Hyperdrive and the other Micromasters in its explosion. With Starscream fully repaired and upgraded into a mindless weapon of mass destruction, Megatron invited the Sports Car Patrol to join him in watching the Ark's destruction after they had disassembled Ratchet's lab. Megatron diffused the petty squabble between his troops, declaring their moment of triumph imminent.

Hyperdrive continued to be a punk, goading Detour into starting trouble with Megatron's other recruits, Darkwing and Dreadwind.

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