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As was bound to a great peril when multiple licensees were producing unrelated pieces of fiction, the '''timeline of the [[live-action film series]]''' is rife with contradictory stories, some minor that a [[John Barber|talented writer]] could overcome if he so chose, and some insurmountable. This timeline is of what are essentially the "main" components: the films themselves, naturally, followed by those pieces of fiction that have over time actively attempted to keep continuity with one another, such as the novels and [[IDW Publishing]]'s assorted comic books, and assorted helpful nuggets of info from a myriad of other minor sources. That is not to say that there are ''no'' contradictions to be found here, but time has papered over many of them, and this article relates details as generally as possible to minimize any confusion, with footnotes to explain any particularly egregious instances.

Elements actively excluded from in this timeline are those from the [[Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven alternate reality game]], because it is set in a parallel reality that represents the films and associated media not as fiction, but as a [[Hungry Dragon|fictionalization of a real-life-event]], and information from all but the earliest of the UK's ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers Comic]]'', which is mostly either actively set in a parallel timeline, or is otherwise utterly irreconcilable with the more prominent pieces of media. See [[#Alternate timelines|Alternate timelines]] below for these separate chronologies.

==Prehistory==
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According to legend, the Transformer race begins when the [[AllSpark]] falls from the sky onto the barren world that will become [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], giving life to the planet, and to the first Cybertronian, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} From Primus and the cube come the [[Dynasty of Primes]], a race of trans-dimensional beings able to walk across space and time through the use of [[sarcophagus|sarcophagi]]. The Primes live in contentment until the distressing revelation that the AllSpark's power is not infinite, requiring the energy of suns in order to sustain its constant flow of [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]]. Despite their powers, the Dynasty find themselves unable to find any stars to sacrifice to the AllSpark, and so the AllSpark responds to their need, giving life to the next generation of Cybertronians. These new creations are able to transform their bodies into [[alternate mode]]s that will enable them to aid the Dynasty in their task: [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] to search for suns, and [[Constructicon (ROTF)|construction drones]] to build the [[star harvester]]s that will absorb and convert the stars' energy into Energon. [[Image:TalesoftheFallen4-theyshallpay.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Fallen in the Hiz-ouse!]] {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} The AllSpark creates the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the key that will activate these harvesters. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}

One of the Primes comes to believe that the AllSpark is "speaking" to him, and in his pursuit of power, he breaks the Dynasty's one law: he destroys the sun of a life-bearing world. This prompts the Dynasty to establish a new restriction, requiring them all to be present for the activation of a harvester. Undeterred, the renegade Prime secretly handpicks a selection of Cybertronians to be part of a new faction under his leadership, the [[Decepticon]]s, and builds a facsimile Matrix to carry on his work. His counterfeit Matrix proves inferior when his next star-harvesting attempt backfires and floods his body with primal energies, driving him to total insanity. For his repeated infraction, the Prime is cast out of the Dynasty by his brethren and dubbed "[[The Fallen]]". {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}
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===17,000 BC to 10,000 BC===

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Circa 17,000 BC, The Fallen brings his Decepticons to [[Earth]] and begins the construction of a star harvester, knowing that this attack on a life-bearing world will draw his brothers into the trap he has prepared. One of the Fallen's Seekers, [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], unable to countenance his master's dark acts any longer, rebels, prompting the Fallen to warp him and several of his other Decepticons away to battle elsewhere. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}} Subsequently, the Primes arrive to stop The Fallen's plan, but find themselves unprepared for his strength, and are slaughtered in quick succession until only [[Prima|one]] remains. The last survivor uses the combined lifeforce of his departed fellows to banish The Fallen to another plane of reality, sealing his sarcophagus to prevent him from returning. For his final act, the last Prime gives up his own life to fuse his body, and the bodies of his brothers, into a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] that will serve as the resting place of the Matrix. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}} The Fallen's Seekers begin searching the planet for the Matrix, but bereft of their master, their mission eventually degenerates into a series of interpersonal conflicts and challenges. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} The march of time eventually sends most (if not all) of them into stasis, but not before they are able to find a riddle that points the way to their objective. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
[[Image:Foundation1 freedom.jpg|right|thumb|200px|We stand united for all time! Right guys? Guys? For all time? Guys?]]
Over the following 7,000 years, with none to tend the AllSpark, Cybertron's energy supply steadily diminishes, leading the Cybertronians to split into various warring factions, fighting over what little they had left. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} The ferocity of this war wipes out any remaining traces of the Prime Dynasty and its descendants, save two: a young robot with no knowledge of his heritage named [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], hidden away to keep him safe, {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} and the elderly [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], the only robot who knows the stories of the Dynasty and the AllSpark to be anything more than legends. Recovering Optimus from hiding, Sentinel Prime rallies a small group to his side, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], and with their aid, he uncovers and raises the lost AllSpark from beneath the planet's surface. The scientific skill of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] is employed to teleport a sun into Cybertronic space, which proves able to feed the AllSpark without being absorbed, thereby restoring energy and peace to Cybertron. The AllSpark is enshrined in a temple at [[Simfur]], built by the [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]]. Sentinel reveals Optimus's heritage to him and offers him the position of leader of the new unified Cybertron, but Optimus does not believe that he is a Prime, and turns the offer down. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Instead, a dual leadership system is employed, with Optimus in charge of the archaeological [[Science Division]], and Megatron in command of the militaristic [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} However, Megatron had overheard Sentinel and Optimus's conversation, and begins to resent his brother-in-arms thanks to the knowledge that he was always "second best" in Sentinel's eyes. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}

Around the same time, Shockwave and Megatron rescue [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] from a [[Driller]], one of Cybertron's indigenous subterranean lifeforms. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Shockwave becomes fascinated with the creature, and is eventually able to trap and tame one. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

[[Image:Defiance4 Megatron TheFallen.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Wiki:Johnny The Homocidal Maniac|Megatron needs to feed his wall blood]].]]

Optimus and Megatron successfully lead Cybertron together for two generations, until the rise in activity of [[Malcontent]]s who oppose the current government gives Megatron's rage and resentment an outlet, allowing him to claim the primary position of power in the name of protecting Cybertron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Not long after, a dig by Optimus's Science Division uncovers The Fallen's intact sarcophagus. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} Through its eyes, the renegade Prime sees in Megatron the making of an apprentice, and he makes contact with him after he has been badly wounded following a battle with invading [[Eshems alien|aliens]] from the nearby [[Eshems Nebula]]. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} Under The Fallen's influence, Megatron reshapes his Defense Force into a military dictatorship that becomes the new incarnation of the Decepticons. Simultaneously, further archaeological discoveries lead Optimus to realize that Sentinel was correct, and that he is indeed descended from the Primes. Galvanized by this realization, he raises a small army of followers, the [[Autobot]]s, to stand against Megatron. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} Following The Fallen's direction, Megatron has the starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' constructed; learning of this, the Autobots refurbished an older craft, the [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]], in preparation for Megatron's next move. Soon, the ''Nemesis'' leaves the planet, captained by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and with The Fallen's sarcophagus on board, to seek out Earth and the Matrix. At some point on its journey, as a result of currently unknown causes, the ''Nemesis'' crashes on a lifeless planet and is abandoned by all but the sarcophagus. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

===10,000 BC
[[Image:Foundation3 sentinels torch.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"...and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow."]]
As the war worsens, Sentinel Prime invents a "torch" that will somehow end the conflict, and the Autobots ready for its mysterious use by preparing a second [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]. The torch must make contact with the AllSpark in order to be activated, so a large Autobot force mounts an attack on the Simfur temple. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} While most of the Autobots keep the Decepticons busy, Elita-One and her sisters [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] successfully reach the AllSpark and activate the torch. Elita brings it to Sentinel Prime, who boards the Ark and goes to pick up Optimus and the others from Simfur. Alas, Sentinel's Ark is attacked by Starscream upon arrival, and vanishes in an explosion, leaving the Autobots to believe Sentinel, the torch and all others aboard have been destroyed. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} In actuality, however, the Ark is blasted into space by the explosion, and drifts through the void for twelve thousand years. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

Consumed with rage at the death of his mentor, Optimus Prime resolves to kill Megatron outright, and storms his fortress with aid from Ironhide, only to find that Megatron has surrounded himself with defenceless [[hatchling]]s. {{storylink|Foundation|Foundation #1-3}} Concurrently, Wheeljack leads the rest of the Autobots in a second strike on Simfur, where they are able to overcome the weakened Decepticons and capture the AllSpark, removing it from the machine that brought Cybertron its sun. The sun disappears, plunging the planet into darkness, and Prime breaks off his confrontation with Megatron to save Ironhide from Shockwave and Starscream. Although he did not cross the line of no return, Optimus's actions forever taint his relationship with Elita-One, driving a wedge between the two friends. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

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Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime has it brought to [[Tyger Pax]] that it may be launched into space. In an effort to disguise his plan, most of the Autobots are stationed at Simfur as misdirection, with only a small unit led by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] guarding Tyger Pax. Unfortunately, Megatron is able to sense the AllSpark's true location and attacks Tyger Pax, crushing Bumblebee's vocal processor during the ensuing battle and robbing him of the ability to speak. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Simultaneously, at Simfur, Optimus Prime is attacked by a drone sent by Megatron before he can launch the AllSpark, so he entrusts the task to his assistant, [[Arctus]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}} Observing the AllSpark as it takes off, Megatron immediately pursues it into space, {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} Cosmically drawn to the location of the star harvester left behind by The Fallen, {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} the cube is disgorged in the [[Solar System]] and crash-lands on Earth, in what will become [[Colorado]]. Megatron summons [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] to occupy the Autobots delaying him, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} and follows the cube into the anomaly, but is spat out in the far reaches of the galaxy. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

Megatron and the AllSpark are not the only ones scattered across space: the overzealous Devastator detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Devastator defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}} and Jazz is nearly overwhelmed by the lure of a planet of pure information {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} before they are able to return to Cybertron. [[Image:MoviePrequel2-Megatrondownfall.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wiki:Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|YOU LEFT HULK IN THE POOL!]]]] But their return proves a short-lived one: without the AllSpark and the energy it provided, Cybertron begins to atrophy, and many of the Transformers depart the planet to find the AllSpark and restore life to their world. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}} Optimus Prime's best and brightest depart aboard the Ark, while [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] takes a large force aboard a second ship christened the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', including most of Megatron's elite troops, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} leaving [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in charge of the Decepticons in the planet. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} The Ark and ''Nemesis'' crews pass the majority of the next twelve thousand years in stasis aboard their ships. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

Eventually, after "countless solar spans" of searching, Megatron zeroes in on the AllSpark's resting place on Earth. While on the approach, he detects a distress signal being broadcast by the crashed ''Nemesis'' and detours to investigate, but is commanded by his furious master to carry on his course. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Upon entering Earth's atmosphere, however, Megatron's navigation system malfunctions, causing him to crash in the [[Arctic]], where he is frozen solid, trapped in stasis.<ref>The Wal-Mart exclusive "Beginnings" story claims Megatron crash-landed on Earth "four million years" ago, which is in stark contradiction to the dates included everywhere else, including the films themselves.</ref> {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

The earliest [[human]] civilizations form on Earth, and build their monuments over remains of Transformer activity on the planet. Around 2560 BC, construction of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] around the solar harvester is completed, then later, in 1200 BC, the Tomb of the Primes is hidden beneath Al Khazneh at [[Petra]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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==19th Century==

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In the year [[1897]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovers Megatron when the Arctic ice gives way under his feet and he tumbles into the cavern that holds Decepticon's frozen form.<ref>A document briefly seen while Frenzy hacks [[Air Force One]] in the film itself dates Witwicky's discovery of Megatron to September 7th, 1985.</ref> Witwicky's inadvertent entry into the cave triggers Megatron's navigation system, causing the release of a beam of light that imprints the AllSpark's co-ordinates onto Witwicky's spectacles. Witwicky is rescued by his crew, but once on their way home, the full extent of Megatron's beam on the captain's mind and body is revealed: his sanity slowly begins to slip away, and he is eventually rendered blind. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}
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Upon their return to shore, Witwicky's first mate [[Reginald Danco]] brings his captain to the [[Boston Secure Hospital]], where his ramblings catch the attention of the United States government. On New Year's Day, [[1898]], gentleman adventurers [[Walter Simmons]] and [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] are drafted by [[President of the United States|presidential order]] to investigate his claims. After "interviewing" the raving Witwicky, they, Danco, and a team of [[First Seven|four other men]]—[[Billy North]], [[Theodore Grant]], [[Philippe Bowen]] and [[Jack Arden]]—head for the Arctic to see Megatron first-hand. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} {{storylink|Original}} The group arrives in the Arctic in February, where their entry into Megatron's cave trips another of the Decepticon's systems, causing him to send out an energy pulse that is detected by Jetfire, who had been in hiding on Earth for millennia. Believing the signal to be The Fallen himself and desiring revenge, Jetfire sheds his disguise as a portion of the cruiser [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Maine (ACR-1)|USS Maine]] (inadvertently starting the Spanish-American War in the process) and flies to the Arctic, resulting in a confrontation with Simmons's group that culminates in the humans blasting the ice out from underneath the Seeker, sending him to the ocean's depths. North does not survive the battle, and his death convinces the group to dedicate itself to protecting Earth against future Cybertronian threats. {{storylink|Original}} Simmons takes charge of the operation to excavate and study the frozen "Mega-Man", as he calls it, and an environment dome is constructed around the site by [[1899]], which is eventually expanded to become a fully-manned base which serves as the group's [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base|Alpha Command Post]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}
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==20th Century==
===1900s===
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Sent on a mission to Tianjin, China by the President just after the turn of the century to recover a mysterious scepter, Theodore Wells finds himself embroiled in the middle of the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. He is saved from death at the hands of rebels by American expatriates and intelligence agents [[Herbert Hoover]] and his wife [[Lou Hoover|Lou]]. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1902]], the AllSpark is discovered at the bottom of the Colorado River by Simmons's group. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} News of this discovery reaches Wells and the Hoovers in China, and Wells brings his new allies into the organization, hoping that their mining and metallurgical skills will help in excavating and analyzing the find. Herbert puts into motion an extensive plan to redirect the river around the cube. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

When divers are sent to examine the cube, it unleashes a cosmic "scream" of sorts, which echoes across space and is felt by Shockwave, just after he has killed Chromia in the middle of a battle on Cybertron. Appointing [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] leader in his absence, Shockwave immediately departs for Earth aboard a faster-than-light vessel, reaching Earth on [[June 30]], [[1908]]. Unfortunately, he arrives at such speed that he loses control of his ship and crashes in Tunguska, [[Russia]], causing the [[Tunguska event]] and knocking himself into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===1910s===
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The diversion of the Colorado River is successfully completed in [[1913]], but the attempted excavation of the AllSpark by Simmons, Wells, the Hoovers and new junior member [[Roy Thompson]] is interrupted by Jetfire, who has tracked the cube down through a series of subterranean tunnels he has spent over a decade trapped in. At Jetfire's touch, the cube releases a surge of Energon which overloads his systems and [[AllSpark Mutation|brings to life]] a crane, a car, a radio and a gun. Jetfire escapes via [[space bridge]], while the humans are forced to break open the dam holding back the river to "drown" the AllSpark mutations and the cube. The [[Bonnie and Clyde's car|car]] survives, and escapes into the desert. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

Having seen how Simmons's obsession with Cybertronian threats had consumed him, Wells convinces Simmons's wife [[Clara Simmons|Clara]] to elope with him. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1919]], the inert Shockwave is unearthed by the military forces of the burgeoning [[Soviet Union]]. Unable to master the technological secrets of his body, the Soviets keep the Decepticon in cold storage at a gulag in the Siberian wastes. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===1920s===
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By [[1924]], Archibald Witwicky has been relocated to the [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane]] in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his delusions and visions having progressed to the point that he is somehow experiencing visions of the future. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

In [[1927]], Herbert Hoover formally dubs Simmons's group "[[Sector Seven]]", {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}} named after the stable sector of ground along the Colorado riverbed to which they plan to move the AllSpark. The following year, Herbert begins his run for presidency, with a view to using the power the position would convey to arrange for the construction of a permanent housing for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1929]], a battle between a Seeker known as [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]] and another of his kind over the latest potential lead to the location of the Matrix results in the accidental death of two civilians, and the crippling of their son, [[Carter Newell]]. Carter goes on to dedicate the next eighty years of his life to hunting down Transformers, founding the [[Initiative]] and capturing many of them, including the Seeker [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] and Fortress himself. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}
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===1930s===
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By [[1934]], Walter Simmons's estranged daughter [[Margaret Simmons|Margaret]] has married and given birth to a child, [[William Simmons|William]]. Following her separation from her husband (be it through death, divorce or something else), Margaret is given a low-level position in Sector Seven by her father, and together with Roy Thompson, she hunts down and destroys the [[Bonnie and Clyde's car|AllSpark Mutation]] that went missing in 1913, which had fallen in with outlaws [[Bonnie Parker|Bonnie]] and [[Clyde Barrow|Clyde]]. {{storylink|Together}}

Construction of Herbert Hoover's proposed enclosure for the AllSpark, the [[Hoover Dam]], is completed in [[1935]], including a subterranean facility that becomes Sector Seven's Beta Command Post. Walter Simmons visits the dam in the closing stages of construction, preparing to retire once Megatron is transported from there from the Arctic for study in conjunction with the cube. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} A malfunction in the cryo-blocks that will keep Megatron frozen delays the move, and the subsequent outbreak of [[World War II]] tables both Megatron's relocation and Simmons's retirement indefinitely. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}}

Archibald Witwicky dies on [[August 13]], [[1938]]. He is survived by his son [[Clarence Witwicky|Clarence]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}
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===1940s===
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At the height of World War II, Jetfire is captured by Nazi scientists, who reverse-engineered his body to create assorted transforming mecha bonded with human pilots. In [[1944]], after learning of this, Walter Simmons forcibly drafts his grandson William into Sector Seven for a mission behind enemy lines to destroy all traces of the technology. William proves the only survivor of the mission, but winds up freeing rather than destroying Jetfire upon discovering his true nature. Having previously actively eschewed following in his mother and grandfather's footsteps, the experience convinces William to permanently transfer to Sector Seven. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}}
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===1950s===
[[Image:Sector7 5 megatron breaks free.jpg|thumb|300px|Would Barber care to explain where my nose has run to?]]
William proceeds to make quite a name for himself in Sector Seven, not least of all by leading a campaign to have scientist [[Robert Oppenheimer]] discredited and ejected from the organization on allegations of Communism. In [[1953]], William marries fellow agent [[Anne Fischer]] in a secret ceremony, and close to the end of the year, Anne becomes pregnant with their son, [[Seymour Simmons]]. {{storylink|Frozen}}

Reginald Danco's [[Danco|grandson]], jealous of how his family has become sidelined in history in favour of the Simmons line, defects to the Communist Party. In February [[1954]], acting as an undercover agent, he sabotages the cooling system at Sector Seven's Arctic base, planning to use the escape of Megatron to cover his theft of Sector Seven data and flight to Russia. Walter Simmons calls for liquid nitrogen bombs to be dropped on the facility to stop Megatron from thawing out, at the expense of the lives of the base personnel, which includes his grandson William. [[Image:RisingStorm2_danco_commie.jpg|left|thumb|170px]] This prompts Jetfire to intervene, but the Seeker proves able only to save the lives of Anne Fischer and [[Philip Nolan]]. {{storylink|Frozen}}

Unbeknownst to Sector Seven, Danco survives and makes his way to the Soviet Union with the stolen information on Cybertronian technology. The data allows the Soviets to finally utilize the technology taken from the captive Shockwave, and with it, they create the world's first nuclear power plant, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, which is activated in June, 1954. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} {{storylink|Frozen}}

Seymour Simmons is born later in 1954. At Walter's wishes, Anne leaves Sector Seven in an effort to keep the child from ever learning of the legacy of obsession and death that has defined his family, and opens a delicatessen. {{storylink|Frozen}} Sadly, through unrevealed circumstances at some point over the next fifty years, Seymour does indeed go on to become aware of his legacy, and joins Sector Seven.
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===1960s===

In [[1961]], after tumbling through space for thousands of years, the wreckage of the Ark crash-lands on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]]. Its crash is detected by the United States government, and a "space race" begins to beat the Russians to the moon and be the first to plunder this alien treasure. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird jet makes its first flight in [[1964]]. At an unknown point in time during the next three decades, one of the jets malfunctions and crashes on top of Jetfire while he is wandering through a desert, and he adopts its form. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}}

In July [[1969]], [[NASA]] carries out the [[Apollo 11]] mission, successfully sending astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] to the Moon. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} A strategic twenty-one-minute blackout is staged by Sector Seven at NASA command to keep the true purpose of the moon landing a secret, and Walter Simmons directs the men in their investigation of the Ark. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}

Simultaneously, Sector Seven also exploits the fact that the eyes of the entire world are focused on Apollo 11 to stage two additional concurrent operations. First, they initiate the test flight of their own spacecraft, the ''[[Ghost 1]]'', created from Megatron's reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology. The ship is inadvertently sucked through a wormhole and deposited in a distant solar system, where Optimus Prime's Autobot and Starscream's Decepticons detect its arrival and clash over it. The battle concludes with the destruction of the ship and its crew, but in the course of events, both factions learn that Megatron and the AllSpark are on Earth. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}
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For their second operation, Sector Seven finally carry out the much-delayed move of Megatron form the Arctic to Hoover Dam. Further Soviet sabotage causes the convoy transporting Megatron to crash, resulting in damage to the cooling systems that allows the Decepticon leader to thaw out. Philip Nolan sacrifices his own life to re-freeze him with liquid nitrogen, {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}} and he is successfully delivered to Hoover Dam. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

One further manned moon landing is carried out in November of 1969, to continue excavation and research of the remains of the Ark. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===1970s===
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From [[1970]] to [[1972]], four further manned missions land on the moon to continue plundering the Ark. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

Missing in action since the abandonment of the ''Nemesis'', Soundwave returns, having tracked the AllSpark to Earth's Solar System. His attention is drawn specifically to Earth when he discovers the remains of the Ark on the planet's moon. Subsequently, in [[1973]], he carries out some form of unknown action at the [[Soviet Research Station Oktober]], ostensibly in preparation for Megatron's inevitable return. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

Continuing their use of Shockwave's technology to further their nuclear agenda, the Soviet Union spend most of this decade creating the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]. The United States also continue with the construction of more nuclear facilities, including the [[Three Mile Island]] power plant. A botched experiment with the energy of the AllSpark at this facility on [[March 28]], [[1979]] leads to a partial core meltdown. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

That same year, the Witwicky home in [[Springfield]], [[Missouri]], is sold by Clarence Witwicky's son [[Herbert Witwicky|Herbert]], and the proceeds are shared between his daughter and five sons, including [[Ben Witwicky|Ben]] and [[Ron Witwicky|Ronald]]. {{storylink|Interlude}}

===1980s===

The Chernobyl disaster occurs on [[April 26]], [[1986]].

===1990s===

[[Sam Witwicky]] is born to [[Ron Witwicky|Ronald]] and [[Judy Witwicky]].<ref>Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/timeline/sam_witwicky%27s_birth Vector Sigma timeline] states Sam was born [[October 10]], [[1990]]. However, Sam's driving license in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' reads [[September 13]] [[1991]]. Presumably, Sam's date of birth was adjusted so he would be 18 when he enrolled at college in 2009.</ref>

In [[1998]], Jetfire takes advantage of the SR-71 Blackbird's retirement from service to hole up in the [[Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]] and goes into stasis in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire's profile}}

==21st Century==
===2003 to 2007===
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Having followed the trail of the AllSpark to Earth's Solar System, Bumblebee briefly touches down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], where the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] captures an image of his arrival. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Designating him "[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|N.B.E.-2]]", Sector Seven tracks him to his landing site in [[Virginia]], but the Autobot scout avoids capture by adopting a local alternate mode. Discovering the history of Archibald Witwicky via the internet, Bumblebee sets out to track down the man's descendants. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}
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Hot on Bumblebee's trail, Starscream's ''Nemesis'' arrives on Mars, where an encounter with the [[Beagle 2 Rover]] prompts Starscream to lead a small group on to the rover's planet of origin. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)|Transformers teaser trailer}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Making planetfall in Afghanistan, the group attacks a local military base, where they learn of Sector Seven's "Project Iceman". In the course of the brief battle, [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] is disabled by an electromagnetic pulse, and after burying his body, the remaining Decepticons disseminate in disguise to carry out their quest.<ref>[[Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4]] and "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]" present two irreconcilable versions of the Decepticons' arrival on Earth. In the former, only Starscream, Barricade and Blackout arrive, in scattered locations around the world, with the date given as 2003 in accordance with the date given for the Mars Rover's destruction in the movie's teaser trailer. In the latter, Bonecrusher, Brawl and Wreckage are also part of the group, and they all arrive together in Afghanistan, with the end of the story implying they have arrived just before the beginning of the movie in 2007. The "Planetfall" version is given deference in this timeline because ''[[The Reign of Starscream]]'' corroborated it and used it as a basis for a portion of its plot; however, ''Reign'' also presented Wreckage as being captured by Sector Seven four months prior to the movie, contradicting the very narrow timeframe "Planetfall" suggests, indicating that the most "correct" combination of the stories is to place the events of "Planetfall" in 2003, per both the trailer and the original prequel.</ref> {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

While tracking Archibald Witwicky's descendants across the country, Bumblebee clashes with both Sector Seven agents led by Seymour Simmons and the Decepticons, before finally tracking the Witwicky lineage to Sam, who has inherited his great grandfather's glasses, along with the secret of the AllSpark printed upon them.<ref>The timeframe of this whole affair is a bit wonky: per Movie Prequel #4's adherence to the 2003 date of the teaser trailer, Bumblebee and the Decepticons spend ''four years'' flouncing around on Earth before finding Sam.</ref> {{storylink|Interlude}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}
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===2007===

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Wreckage's body is recovered from its desert resting place by Sector Seven and brought to their Nevada base for experimentation. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Reactivated by the organization, Wreckage trades information for his survival and provides Sector Seven with the means to create their [[Landmine (Movie)|L.M.-1 drones]], but is taken offline when he declines to co-operate any further and attempts escape. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}
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Four months later, with the Decepticons now closing in on Sam Witwicky following an attack by [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] and the hacking of [[Air Force One]] by [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], Bumblebee makes his move, positioning himself in a [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|used car lot]] to ensure that he will be purchased as the boy's first car. After summoning Optimus Prime's team to Earth, he is forced to reveal himself to Sam and his girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes]] to protect them from [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], following which Sam agrees to help the Autobots in their quest. A clash with Sector Seven ensues, which results in Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela being taken to their Hoover Dam base as captives, but when the Autobots pursue them, they inadvertently lead the way for Starscream's Decepticons, who attack the base and bring Megatron back online. A truce is orchestrated between the Autobots and Sector Seven with help from soldiers [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]], and they ally to battle their common foes.

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Events culminate in a colossal battle over the AllSpark in [[Mission City]], which ends when Sam plunges the cube into Megatron's chest, killing him and leaving only a small fragment of the cube behind. Starscream and Barricade are the only Decepticon survivors of the battle. Bumblebee regains his voice. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}

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As the Autobots and government operatives begin clean-up, destroying or rounding up any [[AllSpark Mutation]]s created during the battle, {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Starscream flees the scenes and reclaims Frenzy's body from Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Returning to Mars, where his ship and the rest of his crew have been waiting, Starscream has the information Frenzy had obtained on the AllSpark beamed back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} where it is used to create a huge [[replica AllSpark]]. After fending off an attack by a guerilla Autobot team led by Arcee, Starscream's forces return to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} planning to activate the facsimile cube through the sacrifice of five captive Autobots. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}} Arcee follows, and although she is unable to prevent the deaths of the Autobot captives—including her own sister, Elita-One—she is able to destroy the replica AllSpark, prompting Dreadwing to turn on Starscream for his failure. A brief battle for leadership ensues, with Starscream emerging the victor. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}}

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Back on Earth, the Mission City incident is covered up by government with a cover story that claims the Transformers were rampaging robotic constructs created by the company [[McClaren Robotics]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} One month after the battle of Mission City, Optimus Prime entrusts the remaining AllSpark fragment to Sector Seven scientists, but when it is brought to the same Nevada facility that houses Wreckage, its power inadvertently brings the Decepticon back online. Wreckage goes on a rampage, but is soon killed for treason by Starscream, who has been summoned back to Earth by Barricade. In the resultant firefight, Starscream badly wounds Bumblebee, robbing him of his voice once more, but also drops the remains of Frenzy, which are spirited away by Seymour Simmons. Soundwave establishes contact with Starscream, sending an army of warriors to search the Earth for the Matrix and the solar harvester. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}
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Sector Seven is officially disbanded by the government. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} The bodies of the deceased Decepticons are submerged in the [[Laurentian Abyss]], following which Optimus Prime broadcasts a message into space, encouraging other Autobots to join his team on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}} A joint human-Transformer taskforce is assembled, dubbed the Non-Biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty, or "[[NEST]]", and is headquartered on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], where the AllSpark fragment is now stored. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For its first mission, NEST engages and defeats [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] in [[San Francisco]]. Bumblebee is reassigned from frontline combat to live with Sam Witwicky and serve as his guardian. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}
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===2007 to 2009===
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Decepticon sightings and attacks continue around the world, and the Autobots repeatedly engage them month after month, obliterating all opposition. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #4}} Autobots [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] and [[Beachbreak]] arrive on Earth in response to Optimus Prime's summons and join NEST; two AllSpark Mutations from the Mission City incident previously contained by Sector Seven take the names [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and also join the organization. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}} Starscream, meanwhile, returns to the ''Nemesis'' to help spawn a new army of [[hatchling]]s that will be sustained by the Energon obtained once the Decepticons find the Matrix and harvester. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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Elsewhere, on an unknown planet, demented Decepticon [[Flatline]] begins conducting experiments to create a new breed of soldier under the supervision of [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]. Among the victims of his ministrations are the Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], whose processors are scrambled by the experience, Arcee, who is captured when Thundercracker shoots her ship down, and the deceased Elita-One and Chromia, whose remains have been claimed by Flatline. The Decepticon doctor uses Arcee's spark to reignite her siblings' lifeforces, bringing them back to life as a tripartate being bonded at the spark. The sisters use their new strength to free Skids and Mudflap and escape their captors, departing the planet in the Twins' ship. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 6|Tales of the Fallen #6}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} Picking up Optimus Prime's signal, they follow it to Earth and arrive at the same time as [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] in late [[2008]], upon which they are quickly inducted into NEST. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #4}}
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Sideswipe gets off to an ignominious start on Earth when he learns that his old foe, [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], is in hiding somewhere on the planet, and on [[November 17]], 2008, tears up Montevideo, [[Uruguay]], searching for him. The chase leads to [[Buenos Aires]], where Ironhide attempts to talk Sideswipe down in order to prevent human military incursion. Initially recalcitrant, Sideswipe acquiesces when an airstrike injures Ironhide, and he opts to save him rather than pursue Demolishor. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

Concurrently with all of this, Decepticon activity continues across Earth, with forces under the command of Starscream continuing the air commander's pursuit of power, while those directed by The Fallen, via Soundwave, take on a secondary objective: the acquisition of large amounts of energy to facilitate the resurrection of Megatron. While a team led by Optimus Prime pursues Starscream, foiling his plans to manipulate human crimelords across Africa and Europe, other NEST squads become aware of the Decepticons' new mission when they respond to attacks on an oil refinery in [[Peru]] and a uranium mine in [[Australia]], though they remain unaware of their specific goal. Around this time, Seymour Simmons begins experimenting with Frenzy's head, bringing the Decepticon back online in order to gain information from him.[[Image:TOTF1_bee_barricade_sam.jpg|right|thumb|250px]] Not particularly lucid, Frenzy causes a surge in Simmons's apartment building's electrical wiring, forcing Simmons to deactivate him and move the head to the basement of his mother's deli, where he has been working since Sector Seven's disbanding. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

Seeking the surviving fragment of the AllSpark as a means to revive Megatron, the Decepticons begin targeting Sam Witwicky as he is making preparations to go to [[Princeton University|college]]; Barricade abducts him and ransoms him for the fragment, but he is rescued by Bumblebee. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}} Consequently, subtler methods are soon employed, with the spy [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] being assigned to watch the Witwicky home, while the human-form [[Pretender]] [[Alice]] is installed at Sam's school in advance of his arrival. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===2009===
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Word reaches NEST of a fresh sighting of the fugitive Demolishor, hiding out in [[Shanghai]], {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}{{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} and a strike team is able to successfully destroy both him and his companion [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. Simultaneously, Sam Witwicky discovers a second surviving sliver of the AllSpark embedded in his old clothes, and upon touching it, the knowledge of the cube floods into his mind, giving him visions of Cybertronian symbols. The sliver also brings to life the [[Appliancebot]]s, which are quickly destroyed by Bumblebee. Sam entrusts the sliver to Mikaela before departing for college, making her a target for Wheelie, but she is able to overpower and capture the little scrap drone, eventually convincing him to switch sides to the Autobots.
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Soundwave dispatches [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to recover the AllSpark fragment from Diego Garcia, after which [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] and the Constructicons put it to use restoring Megatron to life. Knowing that the knowledge of the AllSpark—including the location of the Matrix and the harvester—has entered Sam's mind, The Fallen (at this point having been freed from his sarcophagus through unknown means<ref>John Barber opins in [http://hw.libsyn.com/p/f/f/0/ff0c495982248bdc/johnBarber.mp3?sid=b223027a5083a421f04927c42ab5fe7b&l_sid=24262&l_eid=&l_mid=2483642 this interview] that the sarcophagus must have "morphed" into The Fallen somehow, but this change has not been addressed in any media as of yet.</ref>) directs Megatron to abduct the boy, leading to a ferocious forest battle that climaxes with the death of Optimus Prime at Megatron's hands. With the last Prime's death, The Fallen believes his victory assured, and addresses Earth with the demand that Sam be handed over, forcing the youth to go on the run with Mikaela, his roommate [[Leo Spitz]], Bumblebee and the Twins.
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Leo is able to lead the group to Seymour Simmons, who shares them with them various purloined Sector Seven documents that Wheelie explains pinpoint the locations of the long-abandoned Seekers on Earth. The team locates Jetfire in the Smithsonian and reactivates him with the second AllSpark fragment; he teleports them to Egypt and explains the story of the Primes, The Fallen, the Matrix and the harvester. While NEST and the Decepticons gather at the great pyramid in Giza, which [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] tears open to reveal the harvester, Sam recovers the Matrix, only for it to disintegrate into dust at his touch. Undeterred, he heads into the battle erupting in Giza, but a blast from Megatron kills him, leading his soul to commune with the Dynasty of Primes in the [[Allspark|afterlife]]. They return him to life, in the process transferring the AllSpark knowledge from his mind into the Matrix, reconstructing it. Sam successfully uses it to bring Optimus back to life, but The Fallen claims the Matrix immediately thereafter and activates the harvester. An injured Jetfire sacrifices his own life so that Optimus can bond with his parts, which gives the Autobot leader the necessary power to destroy both The Fallen and the harvester. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===2009 to 2011===
[[Image:ROTF4 raising protoforms.jpg|right|thumb|275px|I fixed my arm and face... I just lost them again later.]]
Megatron returns to the ''Nemesis'' to tend the protoforms there. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 4|Revenge of the Fallen #4}} Sam Witwicky meets [[Carly Miller]] under unknown circumstances while at the [[White House]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Either before or after this, Mikaela Banes breaks up with him for reasons unknown. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} NEST initiate [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]], seeking to re-engineer the deceased Jetfire's parts into a form that will allow Optimus Prime to sustain his powered-up combined form. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Soundwave maintains surveillance of Earth. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}}{{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} More Autobots and Decepticons continue to arrive from space, some managing to join up with their respective factions, others becoming captives of Carter Newell's Initiative without their comrades ever knowing. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Among the new arrivals are Wheeljack and [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]], who are assigned to a new NEST base in Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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Several months after the [[Operation: Firestorm|battle in Egypt]], the Initiative recovers and reanimates the remains of Ravage, who had died during the conflict. Ravage recovers the deactivated Appliancebots from [[Guantanamo Bay]], {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}} from which the Initiative drains the animating energies of the AllSpark, in order to feed an [[Project Nefarious|artificial AllSpark construct]] they have created. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Discovering his minion is still alive, Soundwave investigates, as do the Autobots, leading to several clashes between the two and Soundwave's capture by NEST. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Soundwave is able to quickly engineer his escape through his numerous other minions, but while the Autobots are preoccupied with him, the Initiative raids Sector Seven's decommissioned Hoover Dam base for the residual AllSpark energy that remains there. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} Soundwave attacks the Initiative's base, but is repelled by the brainwashed Transformers they have captured, forcing him to propose an uneasy alliance to the Autobots. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave, the Autobots and NEST converge on the Initiative's base just as Newell activates his artificial AllSpark and uses it to power all the Transformers under the Initiative's control and send them into battle. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} The artificial AllSpark goes into meltdown, threatening to take out the Earth's Solar System, but it is teleported away into the depths of space by Fortress when he is freed from the Initiative's clutches by Carter's young relative [[Ingrid]]. Soundwave has Carter killed, but recovers from the Initiative's computers all the data on the AllSpark project. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}} NEST takes in all the brain-damaged Autobots controlled by the Initiative for rehabilitation; the Decepticons are likewise able to recover their warriors and put them back on the front lines before long. {{storylink|Rising Storm #1}}
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Learning of Project: Unite, Megatron charges [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] with obtaining its secrets for him, in return for command of the Earth-based Decepticon forces. Starscream objects and attempts to beat Bludgeon to the punch, fouling up his mission, and in the process obtaining a portion of the project's data. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Starscream sends [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] and Ravage to recover the deceased bodies of Decepticons currently in NEST custody, {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}} and then replicates the Unite process with their remains, giving himself a power-up. The Autobots and Bludgeon track him to his base among the [[Cyclades]] islands, but both parties arrive too late to stop him, {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}} and Starscream begins cutting a swathe of destruction across Earth, his mental state rapidly deteriorating due to his failure to obtain the neural upgrades necessary to process the strain of the combination on the mind. Neither the Autobots nor the Decepticon contingent scrambled by Soundwave can match his power, but they provide enough of a delay for Megatron to get the ''Nemesis'' airborne and return to Earth for a showdown. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|On the Road of Destruction}} The Autobots intervene in the resulting battle between the two Decepticons, creating a distraction that allows Ratchet to hit Starscream with a blast that burns out the Unite technology, putting it beyond Megatron's reach. {{storylink|The Strongest Weapon}}

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After a series of failed attempts at appropriating Energon from around the world, Megatron is abandoned by the vast majority of his disenfranchised Decepticon followers and ordered to depart Earth by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Cyber Missions}} Naturally, this is not an instruction Megatron takes to heart; instead, he forgoes his pride and finally adopts an Earth alternate mode to remain hidden on the planet, holing up in the deserts of [[Namibia]], [[Africa]].<ref>While ''[[Transformers: Starscream]]'' and ''[[Rising Storm]]'' are both written by [[John Barber]] and are clearly intended to tie in to one another, Megatron appears in his ''Dark of the Moon'' body in the former, but in his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body in the latter. Barber [http://twitter.com/#!/TheJohnBarber/status/70847010252656640 confirms] he is supposed to be in his ''Dark of the Moon'' form in ''Rising Storm'', but did not appear that way because of either an artwork mistake or an active desire on the part of Hasbro and/or Paramount to not feature the body in that comic. This is not uncommon: his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body was likewise the subject of secrecy in 2009, and Shockwave, Wheeljack and Mirage all featured different designs from their movie selves in ''Rising Storm'' (albeit with explanations for their changed appearances).</ref> Although he is joined there by Starscream, it is not long before the two have yet another altercation, prompting Starscream to finally break away from Megatron and reorganize the scattered Decepticons under his own command. He begins with [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]], a member of Soundwave's ''Nemesis'' crew who has been bumbling around Earth for a while, {{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}} and soon has him attack Arcee, Bumblebee and Sam, who are saved by Ratchet. {{storylink|Transformers: Ratchet}}
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To put his house back in order, Megatron brings the hatchlings from the ''Nemesis'' to Namibia, and liberates Shockwave from his Soviet prison, charging him with forcing his errant troops back into line. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Shockwave's plan entails allowing [[Brains]], a brain unit scrap drone, to "escape" from Decepticon clutches and make contact with Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee in [[Philadelphia]], then forcing Starscream and his followers back into Megatron's service and sending them to attack Sam's school to "recover" Brains. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} While Optimus Prime leads a NEST squad into action, Arcee, Elita-One and Chromia investigate Brains's point of origin, and discover that everything has been set up by Shockwave. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Shockwave assaults the undermanned Diego Garcia base, killing nearly all the Autobots and humans there, then arrives in Philadelphia for a showdown, only to be pummelled to within an inch of his life by an enraged Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

During the chaos at his school, Sam Witwicky meets up with Carly Miller again. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} They begin a relationship, and move to Washington, D.C. to live together. Wheelie and Brains go with them. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} New director of NEST [[Charlotte Mearing]] revokes Bumblebee's permission to live with Sam. Robert Epps retires from active duty and takes a consulting job. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} Having been critically damaged during the battle in Philadelphia, Shockwave, Mirage and Wheeljack's bodies are rebuilt into new forms. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}{{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Alternate timelines==

*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven.
*[[Titan Magazines movie timeline]]—Covering the UK take on the live-action movie universe, which diverges following the events of the first film. Also includes a timeline of the parallel universe where the events of the movie turned out differently.

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Live-action film series]]

Starscream (WFC)

2011-06-16T03:27:23Z

208.115.203.14: That was right. Leave it.

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:StarscreamPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|In a cruel twist of fate, the most legitimately competent Starscream ever, but no one will take him seriously for even a minute.]]
'''Starscream''' was an Air Commander of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and become the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] that would return the Transformers to the [[Golden Age]], and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-[[caste system|caste]] charade and be more honest about his lust for power.

These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with his lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron's right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream's extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it'd take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.

He may be a scientist, but [[Starscream (Prime)#Notes|we're not quite sure]].

{{quote|Perfect, just like the one who fired it!|Starscream after achieving a headshot|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Starscream may or may not have had a history as a scientist. Regardless of what he did prior, in the early days before the war began he was one of the leaders of the Cybertronian Air Command. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fell into chaos following bombings by [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] followers, Starscream was posted as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s bodyguard. He was with the Prime at [[Altihex]] Casino during a performance by comedian [[Armorhide (WFC)|Armorhide]] when the Decepticons attacked. Sentinel's attempt to flee rather than fight back made Starscream ashamed of his leader, so he had [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] take him to [[Kaon]] Prison rather than the safety of [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]]. This earned him loyalty with Megatron, but wary of how sour a revolution could quickly turn Starscream opted not to be directly involved in the gladiator's operations, posting his Seekers at [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] and [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. Megatron was intrigued by why Starscream wanted to occupy "that semi-sentient pile of junk" but despite [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]]'s research they found no clues, with information regarding the Station seemingly censored.

Whenever Starscream's Seekers were present, the Decepticons were victorious in battle against the [[Autobot]]s. Starscream however, found Megatron's strategies overly convoluted. As the war devolved into a siege of Iacon, Megatron and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]], by probing into forgotten areas of the [[DataNet]], discovered Trypticon was a storage of [[Dark Energon]], the life essence of [[Unicron]]. When questioned, Starscream explained since even the Air Command was not sure what Dark Energon was, he had forbidden its use, fearing the damage Megatron's gladiators would unleash. Megatron forgave Starscream, noting how he "was smart enough to be afraid of it", and was granted access.

Starscream sent a message to the Autobots proposing a meeting. Optimus only granted him a communication channel. Starscream stated if the Autobots did not know what Dark Energon was (they did) they would need to find out — and asked what would he could expect from them if something happened to Megatron. Optimus replied that he sought a just peace. Starscream said he understood, broke off the conversation and flew to [[Kaon]] Prison where Sentinel was held. Starscream offered Sentinel a chance to redeem his cowardly behavior at Altihex. The ultimate aim of this road to becoming Decepticon leader was to become [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in a peace settlement with Optimus, and lead Cybertron back to its [[Golden Age]]. Starscream then flew to Moon Base One when Megatron ordered him to Trypticon, where he found the Decepticons had invaded the Station and slaughtered and maimed his scientists.

Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] forced Starscream to select two survivors to absorb [[Dark Energon]], for what was a successful experiment. Requiring more for the Decepticon war effort, Megatron ordered Starscream to capture the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], below the ruins of [[Crystal City]]. Empowered by his first taste of Dark Energon, Starscream activated the device that transmitted Energon to the Station for it to be Darkened. But the Bridge still did not produce enough, and Starscream was ordered to find the Code [[Key of Power]] and [[Key of Justice]] to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[High Council Tower]] in Iacon. Starscream decided it was time to release Sentinel, renouncing Dark Energon after realizing Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts. Starscream found the Key of Power within the [[Hall of Justice]] and flew underground to find his plan had failed, as Megatron had mortally wounded Sentinel. He could see within Sentinel's body was the Key of Justice, but was prevented from taking it by [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]. Megatron fought Starscream to a standstill, sparing him because he realized he was a better soldier than a would-be example.

As Megatron entered the Chamber, [[Teletraan-1]] activated the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly it away. Aware Starscream had a better chance of escaping Omega's awakening, Megatron ordered Starscream and his Seekers to down Omega, in exchange for more Dark Energon. Giving up on his attempt to give up his addiction, Starscream gleefully accepted and they successfully blew Omega out of the sky, allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the Chamber and corrupt the [[core]]. As Cybertron became uninhabitable, the Autobots left on the largest starship ever built - the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Starscream left the planet with Megatron as they gave pursuit on Trypticon, now a ''Nemesis''-class supercruiser. The two ships entered a [[space bridge]], which separated the two ships to unknown parts of space... {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Prime'' comic===
[[Image:Primecomic-Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Hey, look, a backscratcher!]]
Starscream had been on [[Earth]] at some point, but was assigned by Megatron to scour the galaxy for remnants of space bridge technology. Returning to their dead homeworld, Starscream built a weapons lab in Kaon and began building a space bridge. He was informed by his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Eradicon]]s elsewhere they had apprehended the Autobot spy [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. Later, after basking in the glory of successfully activating the space bridge that would return them to Earth and its [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]], Starscream realized Cliffjumper was present. The Autobot claimed to be freed by his captors after defecting to the Decepticons, and warned them of [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]: this ruse successfully distracted Starscream long enough for Arcee to activate and overload the space bridge, but he jumped in after them moments before the lab was blown sky high.

Falling to Earth, a dazed Starscream picked up a [[bunny rabbit]], commenting that [[human]]s were smaller than he remembered. [[Scanning]] a fleet of jets flying overhead, he found Cliffjumper and Arcee driving on a road and launched a missile at them. He picked up Arcee's blown off arm and started battering Cliffjumper with it, but the Autobot blew up the rock formation above them and crushed Starscream with the rubble. Having received Starscream's signal, [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] came to his rescue, and the duo pursued and overwhelmed the Autobots. Just as Starscream was about to send them back to the [[AllSpark (Prime)|AllSpark]], Optimus jumped and landed on him, while gunning Breakdown away. As Starscream greeted his opponent, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] tapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. Optimus opted not to finish the job, allowing Starscream to escape and fight another day as he got Cliffjumper and Arcee to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Steve Blum]] (English)
[[Image:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|One look sells him as Starscream.]]
[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] had left [[Earth]] for the depths of space three years ago, leaving Starscream in charge. Starscream spent his time sending out [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon grunts]] to search for [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] deposits, and managed to set up a lucrative energon mine in secret. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} One energon search was intercepted by the Autobot [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. Once Cliffjumper was defeated, Starscream had him brought aboard his ship, where his captive asked where Megatron was. Assuring the defeated Autobot that he was his own master, he stabbed Cliffjumper with his fist, causing the Autobot to bleed out and finally succumb to his wounds. [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] played back a transmission of Cliffjumper and Arcee's last conversation, and Starscream declared she would be their next target, sending two drones after her.

Later, Soundwave picked up deep space transmissions, and a hesitant Starscream opened the space bridge for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Welcoming him to his energon mine, Starscream asked (quite snarkily) whether Megatron had raised a new army in his three year absence. His leader replied he had recovered [[Dark Energon]], the blood of Unicron himself, to the Seeker's concern; then he asked if Starscream were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, to test its abilities to raise the dead. Starscream ''declined'' his unhinged commander's request, offering Cliffjumper's corpse for the experiment. It resulted in a rabid [[zombie]] whose rampage was only stopped by Megatron slicing it in half: Starscream was left confused and unnerved by the idea Megatron intended to weaponise such things.

The zombie's activation made the Autobots think Cliffjumper was alive and they raided Starscream's energon mine to find it. Starscream reported this to Megatron, upset about losing the place, and was ordered to his annoyance to bomb the mine: Megatron believed Optimus survived, however. Feeling he had not spent enough time exploring Dark Energon's secrets, he promptly stabbed a shard into his spark, and Starscream looked in horror as a purple light infused Megatron's body... {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"No, Mister Fowler, I expect you to be saved at the last minute!"]]
With the success of the experiment, Megatron took off for parts unknown, leaving Starscream in charge once more. Starscream confided in Soundwave that he thought Megatron had gone a bit batty, and Soundwave responded by playing a sound byte of their master's last order. When Soundwave later picked up [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s transmissions, Starscream ordered the human be brought to him. This done, he attempted to interrogate Fowler, who responded not only responded with sarcasm but demanded to see the "manager". Starscream, enraged, called for an [[Energon prod]]. He offered Fowler one last chance, and when it was thrown back in his face, Starscream began jabbing Fowler with the prod, noting that energon and the human nervous system shouldn't mix.{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:Tfprimestarscreamsteppedon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bosses, always stepping on the little guy...]]
The torture eventually weakened Fowler to the point where he almost gave the location of the Autobot's base. However, the sound of battle outside brought about a bout of sarcasm. An annoyed Starscream shocked Fowler into unconsciousness before ordering a pair of Vehicons to find the source of the commotion. After Fowler regained consciousness, he proved to be dazed and incapable of answering anything. When Bulkhead and Bumblebee arrived and aimed their guns at Starscream, the 'Con in turn threatened to kill Fowler, only to discover that Arcee was perched above him, aiming her gun at his head. A stand off ensued, until another outburst by Fowler distracted Starscream, allowing the Autobots to fire on him. Realizing his disadvantage, Starscream fled. Once Megatron returned to the ship, he was outraged at Starscream's actions and proceeded to beat his subordinate for "delaying his plans". Starscream managed to quell his master's anger by announcing he had a way to get their plans back on course. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[Image:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Oh my God. It's called toothpaste, use it.]]
As it turned out, his plan was to send Soundwave down to use a radio dish array on Earth to set the space bridge's target. He kept a close eye on the team of Autobots who had appeared on the space bridge, confiding in Megatron that he thought they were up to something. When the space bridge appeared to veer off course, he contacted Soundwave to find out what was going on. Once the technical difficulties were sorted, Starscream opened the space bridge so that Megatron could throw the chunk of Dark Energon though. Starscream moved the ship back to a safe distance when the fighting on the rim of the space bridge became more intense, while imploring his master to withdraw as well. Alas, the space bridge exploded, apparently taking Megatron with it, and Starscream gave a brief eulogy before declaring himself leader. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[Image:Masters&Students-SoundwaveStarscream.jpg|thumb|250px|*ping* "FINE! FINE! I'LL WRITE A THANK-YOU NOTE!"]]

Hiding his joy at Megatron's demise, Starscream gave a speech to the troops, only for it to receive a lukewarm reception at best. Recalling that the Decepticons had left warriors on Earth to guard the energon deposits, Starscream took Soundwave to locate one. They found and reactivated [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], but to Starscream's disappointment, the newly-awakened Decepticon was not keen on accepting him as leader and belted him aside when the opportunity came to attack Optimus Prime. Starscream still believed he could salvage the situation if Skyquake successfully killed Prime under his watch, however a signal Soundwave detected coming from the location of the space bridge explosion meant a reluctant Starscream had to go and check it out. He found Megatron's body floating in space, having barely survived the explosion by virtue of the Dark Energon infusion. Starscream ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from him, but then realised he was being observed by Soundwave's [[Deployer (Prime)|drone]], and was forced to take Megatron back to the sick bay on the ''Nemesis''. Along with the news that Skyquake had been defeated by the Autobots, it was not a good day for Starscream. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Starscream's next plan, conceived when Soundwave detected a transmission from [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], was to have [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] masquerade as the Autobot and infiltrate the Autobot base in order to learn its whereabouts. Starscream paid a visit to the now-captive Wheeljack, who almost managed to goad Starscream into killing him. Soundwave stopped the killing blow, reminding Starscream that Wheeljack might be useful later. The two Decepticons retired to the upper hull to wait for Makeshift to activate the [[GroundBridge]], but while Starscream grew steadily impatient, Wheeljack broke free and climbed up to attack him. The GroundBridge opened and Wheeljack stormed through, but Starscream's order to his Vehicon troops came too late, as the GroundBridge closed. It opened again a short time later and Makeshift was thrown through, landing on Starscream. Starscream hoped Makeshift had at least discovered the base's location. Makeshift didn't get a chance to say, as Starscream spotted that the Autobots had triggered the grenade on his waist and flew off before it exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}} After Soundwave picked up on [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|another Autobot operation]], Starscream figured it was a good opportunity to get rid of the Autobots while they were distracted, and sent a squadron of Vehicons on a search and destroy mission (inadvertently exposing their existence to [[MECH]]). {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[Image:DeusExMachina-Screamer grins.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"We've had too much Energon shed. I think that a cleansing is in order."]]
To Starscream's discomfort, the crew held a vote and he was obliged to call in The Really Gay Bot [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] to aid in Megatron's recovery. The discovery that an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in an museum on Earth as all the excuse Starscream needed to put that on hold, and the other Decepticons soon obtained the device for him. He took it to [[Greece]] to try it out on an energon vein Breakdown had found there. When gay Knock Out tried to correct him on who had supplied the device, Starscream icily demonstrated its effectiveness on a passing Vehicon. When Bulkhead attacked them, Starscream turned the device on him as well, but then Bulkhead punched him in the face and broke the Harvester. When the rest of the Autobots arrived, and being ditched by ultragay Knock Out and Breakdown, Starscream fled. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

While checking up on Megatron's repairs, Starscream was displeased to learn that gay boi Knock Out had engaged in street races with the humans. Starscream instructed oh so gay Knock Out to seek his permission before engaging in such activity, and was exasperated that Knock Out, who is gay, insisted on calling him "Commander" Starscream, instead of "Lord" Starscream, as he still believed Megatron was headed for death. When that gay bot, Knock Out, returned having been bested by the Autobots after another street race, Starscream was furious, both at gayass Knock Out's disobedience, and the fact that he still called him "Commander". Insisting that it was '''LORD''', Starscream decided to make an example of that gay guy, Knock Out, starting with a "cosmetic" punishment. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

Some time later, after the ship's electromagnetic shielding failed, Starscream put the Vehicons to work fixing it. He enticed the very gay Knock Out into cooperating on the Megatron issue by offering the other 'Con a post as second-in-command. The pair attempted to persuade Soundwave that Megatron was a lost cause, and they should mercifully terminate their leader's life. Soundwave remained unconvinced and pointed out a strange cable attached to Megatron, which Starscream followed to find Arcee and Bumblebee. When Megatron's life support was damaged during the Autobots' exit, Starscream was overjoyed but reluctantly had to command that gay guy Knock Out to reconnect the cable to keep Soundwave happy. Knock Out, who is gay, later informed him that though Megatron was still alive, his brain activity had ceased. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

[[Image:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|That's NOT how ATB Megatron and Starscream combine!]]
Overjoyed at this development, Starscream taunted Megatron's body with the chunk of Dark Energon he'd previously extracted from it, and announced he was going to enact a new, epic plan that would prove him worthy of leadership to the other Decepticons. Once the Decepticons had stolen a large lens from an observatory in [[Hawaii]], Starscream had a heat ray constructed atop the ship, and began using it to melt a glacier to get to a huge energon deposit. Unfortunately the Autobots arrived, and Optimus was able to climb onto the ship. Starscream turned the heat ray onto the Autobot leader, but Optimus managed to slice the weapon, causing it to explode. An enraged Starscream prepared to terminate Optimus, only to be intercepted mid-dive by a resurrected Megatron. Megatron took his startled subordinate back to the ship, where Starscream first tried to weasel his way out of trouble, and then outright flee. Both attempts failed, and Megatron dragged the wailing Starscream away by his head. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:Shadowzone-gah.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"GASP!"]]
Fortunately for Starscream, Megatron did not terminate his would be usurper. Unfortunately for Starscream, he was so badly damaged at Megatron's hands that he ended up in the ship's infirmary, on the same slab Megatron had occupied. His leader dropped by to gloat, but Starscream had his own plans. He took the chunk of Dark Energon he'd taken from Megatron when he was in a coma, and went to the site of Skyquake's grave, intending to resurrect the warrior as well as imbuing himself with Dark Energon. Unfortunately the Autobots arrived before Skyquake rose, and Starscream had to retreat through the Decepticon Groundbridge, albeit minus his right arm. Back on the ''Nemesis'', he subjected himself to treatment from that gay bot called Knock Out. The medic attempted to interest him in a new arm, but when the Dark Energon shard he'd retained began flashing, Starscream realized that Skyquake must have reactivated after all. He speedily returned to the site under the guise of retrieving his original arm, only to encounter the Autobots human friends and Skyquake's zombified right arm, the latter of which attacked him. With the arrival of the Autobots, he retreated back to the ship and resigned himself to more of gay Knock Out's care. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Sam Riegel]] (English), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian)
[[Image:WFC_Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Where are your stupid Macross jokes now?!]]
{{quote|Have no fear, Lord Megatron. Under my leadership, Decepticon victory is assured!|Starscream being all modest|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

For the last thousand years of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing [[Dark Energon]], though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. The station's force of neutral soldiers were no match for Megatron's invading forces, while Starscream and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]'s repeated warnings that no one could control Dark Energon had no effect on Megatron's determination. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at — at least, at first. Starscream attempted to destroy the station's stock of Dark Energon before the Decepticon leader could reach it, but failed, and watched, first with amusement as Megatron entered the storage chamber...and then with shock as Megatron infused himself with the substance and bent it to his will within moments. Starscream quickly volunteered his services for the Decepticon cause, causing Jetfire to label him a traitor and leave to warn Zeta Prime. Megatron sent him with [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to reactivate the [[Energon Bridge]]. Starscream performed the mission successfully using his trademark style, flair, and modesty, never mind Megatron's taunting and unreasonable impatience, or Thundercracker's warning him of the danger of certain courses of action, or even Skywarp's cluing in to his constant insults.

During the Battle of [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon City]], Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]], and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the [[Omega Key]]. When Megatron's group met up with Brawl, Starscream refused to send Dark Energon bombers, saying that he wouldn't let Brawl waste anymore of "his ships". Megatron took issue with Starscream dubbing the bombers his, and overrode Starscream's refusal. Later that evening, while looking for the "real" Omega Key, they ran into it: [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Starscream assumed Megatron was killed when Omega attacked a dropship Megatron was heading for and declared himself Decepticon commander. Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off of Megatron's back. By the time Megatron's group were heading for the [[missile turret]]s, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode with the threat of marking any retreating Decepticon as "kill on sight". Fortunately, Megatron arrived moments later and managed to defeat Omega Supreme, making the retreat unnecessary. Later on, he was present at the Core of Cybertron as Megatron corrupted it with Dark Energon.

As the Battle of Iacon continued, Starscream fought through Jetfire and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and attacked [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus]]'s group in the [[Decagon]]. However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's [[Energon-axe]] and forced to retreat. The wound was apparently bad enough to cause him to sit out the remainder of the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': Sam Riegel (English), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)
Starscream had been in control of Trypticon Space Station for years, until Megatron and his forces invaded. Megatron wished to revive the Dark Energon project to aid him in his conquest of Cybertron, but Starscream would have none of it. Megatron was able to fight his way to Starscream himself, and after a brief battle, Starscream had lost. He begged for mercy, and Megatrons spared Starscream in exchange for loyalty to the Decepticons. Starscream obliged and Megatron was taken to the core of the station.

After a test run of the Dark Energon's effects on Decepticons in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only destroy the host. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefullness. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. When Megatron felled Zeta Prime and found the Omega Key, the titanic Autobot Omega Supreme was unleashed upon the Decepticons, quickly crushing them with ease.

Megatron was downright furious with Starscream, declaring he had brought Omega Supreme's rampage upon them all. Starscream retorted that if it wasn't for Megatron and his blind troops, none of this would've happened. Starscream invited Megatron to kill him, but warned him it wouldn't do a thing about Omega Supreme out for their blood. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron.

Sometime later, Starscream ambushed an [[Autobot rookie|Autobot recruit-in-training]], and would've killed him if it wasn't for Optimus charging to the rescue. He wasn't seen again after that.
{{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
:''Voice actor'': Sam Riegel (English), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)

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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron''===
[[Image:WFC_Legends_Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream in G1 Starscream colors as ''Prime'' Starscream. Confused? '''Good!''' *blam*]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2010)

: This redeco of Legends Class [[Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] appeared pretty much out of the blue one day, when, without fanfare, it was offered as a promotional giveaway in the United Kingdom to those who purchased the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video game from [http://www.shopto.net ShopTo.Net]. He transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter and features hidden weapons in his wing-sections/biceps: the right arm hides a blade, while the left arm has a non-firing cannon.

:This toy was later offered as a gift to attendees at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong fair 2010 if they made a combined purchase of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' toys]] amounting to more than HK$400.

:This mold was also used the make ''Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Cybertron|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)#Cybertron|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (LOC)#Toys|Sunstorm]], along with ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)#Universe (2008)|Thrust]].
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===''Prime''===
[[Image:Primetoy-StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's got legs, and he knows how to attach them to the underside of his jetmode.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
: Deluxe Class Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a [[Wikipedia:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] to a robot and back! He and the rest of his wave are due [[December 1]], [[2011]].
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*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
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==Notes==
[[Image:Tfprimestarscreamjet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''ooooo-ooooo/We fade to grey!'']]
*Starscream's backstory in Exodus is self-contradictory:
:''"Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..."'' (p. 78).
:''"See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists."'' (p. 158).
:*When asked via Twitter, Exodus's writer [[Alex Irvine]] stated "Let's say he's always been scientifically curious."<ref>[http://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/36051088754868224 Twitter post]</ref>
*Starscream's thin body recalls [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]], but his voice, colour scheme, Igor-like posture and subservience to Megatron recalls the [[Starscream (Movie)|live-action incarnation]]. The game design has the movie bulk but with a [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1]] head and colours.
*Starscream's chest design is basically his live-action incarnation's head design. Now that's a visual homage.
*''Prime'''s Starscream has [[Starscream (SG)|a red Decepticon insignia]].
*[[Steve Blum]] said he was a fan of [[Charlie Adler]] and [[Tom Kenny]]'s portrayals of Starscream, and had Adler give him his blessing after he got the part.<ref>[http://sknr.net/2011/04/20/steve-blum-talks-transformers-prime-guild-wars-2-bulletstorm-more/ Skewed magazine Steve Blum interview.]</ref>

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Exclusives]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Seekers]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Knockout (disambiguation)

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The name '''Knockout / Knock Out''' has been used for several different Transformers characters.

{{disamb|y=1990|[[Knockout (G1)|Knockout]] the [[Decepticon]] [[Micromaster]] [[Constructor Squad]] back-hoe from [[Generation 1]].}}

{{disamb|y=1991|[[Knockout (ROC)|Knockout]] the [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] [[Dump Shovel W Team]] back-hoe from ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2002|[[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] armored ATV from ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2004|[[Knock Out (Energon)|Knock Out]] the [[Mini-Con]] armored assault vehicle and partner to [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] from ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2009|[[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] the Autobot motorcycle from [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|''Revenge of the Fallen'']].}}

{{disamb|y=2010|[[Knock Out (Speed Stars)|Knock Out]] the Autobot Can-Am Spyder from ''[[Speed Stars]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2011|[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] the Decepticon sports car from ''[[Transformers: Prime]]''.}}

Knockout should not be confused with...

*[[Blackout (disambiguation)|Blackout]]

*[[Knockdown (disambiguation)|Knockdown]]

*[[Rollout (disambiguation)|Rollout]]

*[[Knockoff]]

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