The Autobots reached Earth on Christmas Day, but once there, Optimus's focus on his mission began to waver. It's lovely weather for a Joyride together with you. Due to the show's steep admission fee, none of the others wound up partaking in Sky Lynx's rescue. He changed his mind when he learned that fellow Autobot Sky Lynx was part of the line-up, and investigated the carnival with Goldbug. Both Joyride and Slapdash were very impressed by what they saw, but Optimus wasn't about to change course while Autobots in need were waiting for them on the Earth's moon. On its way to Earth, the Steelhaven received a transmission advertising the ' Cosmic Carnival,' an intergalactic traveling show with attractions from many worlds. With all loose ends tied up on the alien world, Joyride embarked on the Steelhaven once more, and took to the stars with four new Nebulan teammates in tow. The new Autobot Powermasters fared much better against the Decepticon Powermasters when they fought once more, easily dodging their laser blasts and retaliating with utmost precision. Joyride was binary-bonded to Hotwire, a former 'chronic unlicensed private vehicle procurer', i.e. This enabled them to properly intake fuel and considerably boosted their fighting ability. In order to save themselves and properly reanimate Optimus Prime, Joyride and his fellows underwent the Powermaster process to binary-bond with a group of Nebulan scientists. The Autobots made a rather poor showing of themselves during this altercation, their energy supplies running dangerously low by its end. Despite the great risks to themselves, the Autobots were determined with seeing their mission through, and eagerly leaped into battle when the aforementioned Decepticons, Dreadwind and Darkwing, launched an attack on the Council of Peers. Joyride reacted poorly to Hi-Q's initial warnings that staying on Nebulos would surely mean the Autobots' doom, mistaking the scientist's words of caution for threats. Totaled! While there, they were forced to deal with not only a set of supercharged Decepticon bandits, but the planet-wide poisoning of the fuel supply which put them at risk of terminal systems shutdown. On Fortress Maximus's orders, he and his crewmates left the battle and took the ship back to Nebulos, on a mission to revive the fallen Optimus Prime. Their presence helped prevent the Steelhaven from being destroyed in a Decepticon attack. Joyride was under Fortress Maximus's command on board the Steelhaven, and was part of a skeleton crew left aboard the ship when everyone else disembarked to watch Grimlock and Blaster battle for leadership on the surface of the Moon. 'I'll get reckless in a sec, but first let's pause for the lineup.'

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