ANTI-BLAZE, a junior member of the MINI-CON Council of Sages, was among those who argued most passionately against asking OPTIMUS PRIME and his AUTOBOTS for help. He felt that involvement with the larger TRANSFORMERS had brought only grief to the MINI-CON race, though he now regrets his position. He has been forced to make the unpleasant transition from a relatively unknown political figure to a military leader at the front lines as he fights against THRUST and the other evil MINI-CON rebels.

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For THRUST and his mates on the SKY TERROR TEAM there is no greater joy then to defy the laws of the MINI-CON Council of Sages. The peaceful MINI-CON colonies on the moons of CYBERTRON are more prison than home to THRUST, who thrives on chaos. The appearance of the black hole offered a rare opportunity for him. The Council of Sages' refusal to ask the AUTOBOTS for help made it easy for him to sabotage the ships intended to evacuate the MINI-CON robots, leaving them all trapped on the increasingly dangerous colonies as the black hole grows ever more powerful.