Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One
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Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One is a cutting-edge, high-tech assembly plant owned by Blackrock Enterprises and designed by its rising star engineer Josie Beller. It is located in a suburb of Portland and produces the most technologically advanced jet fighters in the United States of America. So basically, the place was just begging to be sacked by whichever Decepticon heard about it first. As such, Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One became the second hideout the Decepticons created for themselves on Earth, succeeding Fortress Sinister and preceding the Wyoming base.
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Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
After the Decepticons attacked Blackrock Enterprises's new high-tech oil-drilling platform, G.B. Blackrock had defenses beefed up at Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One, which included the installation of artillery pieces and the hiring of a small private army. These measures were met with mixed feelings by the workers, but tolerated for the time being. Still, the new defenses would not be enough for the cunning of Soundwave, who waited in cassette deck-mode until a human would be so kind to bring him inside and get him past the brunt of the weaponry. This human was Gabe, and just like his pal Ferdy and many of his colleagues, he was imprisoned with the assembly plant when Soundwave and Laserbeak launched their attack and took over. Before contacting his superior, Shockwave, to report on a mission well-accomplished, Soundwave appeared before the gathered news crews outside as a silent warning to anyone who reckoned they could take back the assembly plant.
G.B. Blackrock learned of the hijack of Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One from a TV newscast. Naturally, he was pissed that the Decepticons were able to take over another of his installations, but moreso distraught that this was the second installation Josie Beller had designed for him that had been taken over by the Decepticons. Hence, his first response was not to organize a counter-attack, but to visit Josie in the Blackrock Chronic Care Institute and tell her the bad news himself as well as apologize. Josie listened to Blackrock calmly, as to her the story was only a minor extra incentive to continue work on her new anti-robot weapon. Warrior School! Repeat Performance! The Wrath of Guardian! DIS-Integrated Circuits!
The plant served as Decepticon headquarters as Shockwave used it to construct the Constructicons and Jetfire with the coerced help of the employee hostages. The Next Best Thing to Being There! Brainstorm!
The employees were able to escape after a Buster-controlled Jetfire knocked Shockwave offline. The Decepticons abandoned it completely after Optimus Prime threw Shockwave into the nearby swamp. Prime Time!
Earthforce
After the Decepticons had fled, the plant was left abandoned. Wheeljack infiltrated it, searching for clues about the advanced technology that had been used there to build Jetfire. Ravage found him and offered a deal... which he had no intention to keep, as Wheeljack later returned to find the aerospace plant engulfed in flames. ...Perchance to Dream
Notes
- There are some jets being assembled in the plant that resemble the Earth modes for the Coneheads. Presumably, when they came to Earth and took on Earth alternate modes in "Aerialbots over America!", they used these as a template.
