Equal Measures
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Equal Measures is a first season episode of Beast Wars.
[edit] Synopsis
As part of an ongoing series of conflicts between the Maximals and Predacons, termed "The Beast Wars", the Maximals planned to use an explosive and a series of survey posts to blow up the Predacon base without destroying the Predacons in an attempt to gain a tactical advantage over them. Optimus Primal wanted to chart the area for energon deposits before trying anything, which couldn't be done until an energon storm passed. Dinobot disagreed, wanting to act quickly and convinced the eager Cheetor to set up the relays anyway. While setting up the relays, a chain reaction of lightning, energon, and the survey posts created a teleporter between the Maximal and Predacon comm rooms and placed Cheetor in the Predacon base.
As Terrorsaur was teleported to the Maximal base, he and Dinobot made a brief alliance that ended when Dinobot cast him out the Maximal ship. Dinobot then told Optimus of the teleporter and how they could place the bomb into the Predacon base now, and that Cheetor was dead. Primal placed the bomb reluctantly, but on the other end, Cheetor discovered that an underground vein of energon connected the two bases, and any explosion in one would destroy both bases. Cheetor managed to disarm the bomb and get back, destroying the teleporter in the process.
[edit] Trivia
- A DVD of this episode was packed with the 10th anniversary re-release of the Cheetor toy.