Beastwars 9-10 Patreon Watch Along

A Better Mousetrap - Rhinox finishes construction on an advanced defense program for the Axalon named Sentinel, but Rattrap and Dinobot's squabbling prematurely activates the system, forcing the Maximals to flee the base. Rattrap stays behind to deactivate Sentinel while Optimus and Tigatron find Waspinator acting strangely in Maximal airspace, but he disappears during the pursuit. Optimus returns to base as Tigatron continues following Waspinator's scent, discovering a cave underneath the Axalon where Blackarachnia and Terrorsaur are trying to use a sonic bomb to destroy the Maximal base. Tigatron foils their sabotage while Rattrap evades Sentinel's defenses, eventually arriving at its control unit. Although Sentinel nearly kills Rattrap, he deactivates the rogue system and retakes control of their base. Gorilla Warfare - While examining flowers on a reconnaissance mission, Optimus and Dinobot are ambushed by Scorponok, who infects Optimus with one of his cyber-bee drones. Dinobot informs the other Maximals that the cyber-bee reprograms its victims into cowards and will explode if removed. However, Optimus instead becomes a crazed berserker whose increased aggression is rapidly draining his Energon reserves. As the Maximals discuss how best to retrieve the cyber-bee's antidote from Scorponok, Optimus attacks the Darksyde alone and singlehandedly tears his way through the Predacons until reaching Scorponok's laboratory, where Megatron has the antidote. Megatron attempts to trade Optimus' loyalty for the antidote, but Optimus tears the drone off and is cured by the other Maximals as the drone explodes inside the Predacon base. Optimus awakens to find Dinobot at his bedside, who leaves him one of the flowers from their earlier mission.