>>98822339I'm not 100% sure of that, at least the Shock and Ore tracking device bit. It seems pretty weird that they'd need to do that if Rodimus was already in on the plan, you know? They attach an entire hidden super slow time cell for Overlord with Rodimus' full knowledge but only after the ship takes off does someone trick to install a tracking device?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing for or against anyone, or trying to assign blame. This is my first post in this conversation. I'm just thinking outoud that the tracker seemed pretty last minute and I wouldn't be surprised if Prowl had them install it without Rodimus' knowledge as a backup in case Rodimus fucked up. Which, let's be honest, is entirely likely.
I'll happily drop this musing if someone has a comic page that shows Rodimus knew. That's also entirely possible. I don't recall it, but I've forgotten much of the first season and, honestly, part of the second. It's just not as fun keeping up with it as it used to be.