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Beast Wars timeline

2010-06-09T15:10:28Z

24.201.31.48: /* About 180,000 BCEPrimeval Dawn Part 2 */

The article includes ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]], [[3H Productions]], and [[Fun Publications]]' issue as main contents.

''For events from '''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''' and '''[[Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]''', see [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)]]''.

''For events from [[IDW Publishing]]'s issue, see [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)]]''.

{{note|Events from outside the ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' cartoons are in italics.}}

==Before the dawn of time==
* ''There once was a universe full of god-like beings, until [[Unicron]] ate them all and the universe they inhabited. But remnants coalesced, forming a new universe, and this new universe created [[Primus]] to protect it. ''

==Dawn of time==
* ''Primus traps Unicron and himself inside planetoids. Unicron reforms his physical form into a being that can transform between robot and planet modes. Primus plans to create a race of tiny beings that can do the same, but first he practices by cyberforming a moon, [[Protos]], and he creates a prototypical race, the [[Covenant]], to inhabit it. The Covenant are charged with preparing against the [[Omega Point]], a future cataclysm. {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point}}''

* ''[[Unicron]] enlists the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] to seek out the body of [[Primus]]. After discovering it in the form of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Quintessons decided to tell Unicron about it ... later. Forming a grand business venture, they tried to devise crude ways to control Primus's power, rejecting such prototype devices such as the [[Divine Light]] (which was lost). The Quintessons eventually constructed a shell program for [[Vector Sigma]], called the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}''

* ''But their creations, the Transformers, rebelled, and the Quintessons were forced off-planet. {{storylink|Disclosure}}''

==Four million years ago==
[[Image:Arkbw.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Italicize its name and die.]]
*The resources on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] dried up due to the long-term [[Great War (G1)|war]]. An [[Autobot]] space exploration team aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] left. While [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] led a crew of [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and chased the Ark. Both the Ark and Nemesis crashed on [[Earth]]. The Transformers enter a long period of [[stasis lock]] due to the impact.
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==About 180,000 BC<ref>[[Primeval Dawn Part 2]]</ref>==
[[Image:BeastWars2 clash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|They fight! And bite! They fight and bite and fight! Fight fight fight! Bite bite bite!]]
*[[Maximal|Maximals]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] come from the future via [[Transwarp]] technology and scan the animals of the planet for [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]]. The [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] begin. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

*The immortal life force of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] crosses time and space to reach Earth. He possesses a [[Waspinator (BW)|Predacon]] and attempts to take over, but fails. He returns to being a ghost and vanishes into the far reaches of time and space. {{storylink|Possession}}

*Due to the Maximals' and Predacons' interference in the [[Vok]] experiment on Earth, the Vok begin to terraform the planet. [[Optimus Primal]] sacrifices his life to stop this. As a result, Earth loses its second, mechanical moon, and the [[quantum surge]] is generated. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

*[[Protohuman|Humanity's ancestors]] develop the ability to create and use tools. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] saves them from destruction at the hands of the Predacons by sacrificing himself. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is sent from the future to kill everyone. He captures the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], but fails in his mission and is destroyed by [[Rattrap]]'s sabotage. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[Image:G1Prime BWMegs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Well that's hardly sporting.]]
*In [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] where the dormant Ark is located, the Predacon Megatron unearths the Ark and attacks Optimus Prime in an attempt to change history. As a result, a [[timestorm]] occurs, but [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] stops it. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] tracks [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from the future, winding up on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

* ''[[Apelinq]] arrives from the future. The [[Covenant]] travel to prehistoric Earth to join the Beast Warriors' battle with [[Shokaract]], a pawn of Unicron. By defeating him, they prevent a cataclysmic future that will destroy the universe. {{storylink|Terminus}}''

*The ''Nemesis'' is found by Predacon Megatron. Megatron tries to use the ''Nemesis'' to change history. However, the plan was stopped by the Maximals led by Optimus Primal. Predacon Megatron is captured and everyone returns to their own time on one of the Ark's shuttles, except for Waspinator who stays behind to be worshipped by the protohumans. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

*''[[Tarantulas]], thought dead, was left behind on prehistoric Earth and begins the Beast Wars anew. The Vok create a champion, [[Primal Prime]], but Tarantulas defeats him in battle and steals the [[Matrix of Leadership]], forcing the Vok to revive him all over again.{{storylink|Primeval Dawn}}''
{{note|3H ceased production of Transformers comics at this point so the storyline was never completed; artist [[Dan Khanna]] would eventually relay that the intended, largely unscripted denouement would have featured the recreated Primal Prime--along with [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Tigatron]], [[Packrat]], and [[Ramulus]]--defeating Tarantulas. Something unspecified would have happened to Airazor. The survivors would have returned to Cybertron's future along with Apelinq, [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] via a [[transwarp]] portal. As these story elements were never completed or published, their actual place in a timeline is up to the reader's [[personal canon]].}}
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==1984 AD==
* After four million years of dormancy, the inhabitants aboard the Ark are awakened and reignite the Great War. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)|The Agenda (Part III)}}

==2005 AD==
[[Image:Skidswreckers2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Woo, science!]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is killed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Starscream's mutant indestructible [[spark]] wanders through time and space. {{storylink|Possession|Possession}}

* ''[[Unicron]] is defeated. {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point|Reaching the Omega Point}}''

* ''The new Autobot leader, [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], commissions a science team shortly after [[Unicron]]'s defeat. The ''[[Sojourner's Passage]]'', crewed by [[Glyph (G1)|Glyph]], [[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]], and others, is launched. It crashlands on the distant planet of [[Archa Nine]] and is lost to the ages. {{storylink|Betrayal|Betrayal}}''
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==Around 2015 AD==
* ''An outbreak of an army of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] results in the death of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] goes into mourning. {{storylink|Departure|Departure}}''

==Latter 21st century AD==
* ''The [[Pax Cybertronia]] is signed as the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] truly ends. Autobots begin undergoing the [[Maximal Upgrade]] process. Arcee, still in mourning for Daniel, leaves this new society, and eventually becomes a techno-organic spider who can foresee others' deaths. {{storylink|Departure|Departure}}''

*The Transformers develop two offshoot factions/species on Cybertron, the [[Maximals]] from the Autobots and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] from the Decepticons, all members of which begin their lives as [[Protoform|protoforms]].

*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is granted amnesty. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

==Around 311 AU==
*The Maximals create a Transformer based on Starscream's indestructible spark. They try to use him as an immortal warrior, but his mind proves too unstable to control. {{storylink|Bad Spark|Bad Spark}} This "Protoform X" massacres [[Colony Omicron]]. All its residents are killed except for the heavily injured Depth Charge, the [[Imperial Peace Marshal]] of the colony. This event sets Depth Charge on a tireless hunt for Protoform X. {{storylink|Deep Metal|Deep Metal}}

==Around 315 AU==
*Four [[Stellar cycle|stellar cycles]] after the massacre on Colony Omicron, Protoform X is captured and turned over to the [[Maximal Elders]] by Depth Charge. The Maximal Elders decide to place Protoform X in a stasis pod and dump him on some barren world in deep space. The mission is assigned to [[Optimus Primal]] and his ship, the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

[[Image:Megatronbwtheft.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Where it all started, despite being most of the way down the page.]]
*''Under [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]'s orders, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] steals the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], which the Maximals have been safeguarding. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk|Theft of the Golden Disk}} With his underlings, Megatron travels to prehistoric Earth. [[Optimus Primal]] and his crew, who are departing for a deep-space exploration mission (with a covert stop to dispose of Protoform X), are ordered to chase down Megatron instead. Colony Omicron's former chief of security, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], begins tracing their ship. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past|Dawn of Future's Past}}''

*The Predacon [[Tripredacus Council]] view Megatron's independent actions as dangerous and send Ravage traveling back into the past to assassinate all Maximals and Predacons involved with the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Their plan ends in failure. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

*Depth Charge travels back in time, still in pursuit of X. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

*A "Quantum Cycle Upgrade" takes place on Cybertron, the entire population is fitted with [[DNA scanner|DNA scanners]]. {{storylink|Survivor}}
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==316 [[AU]] <ref>The date for Beast Machines, given in years "After Unicron," is established in [[Apelinq's War Journals]]. Other dates are established by working backwards and forwards from this.</ref>==
[[Image:Thereformattingmaximalsmaximize.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It was an evolution revolution.]]
*As Optimus Primal and his crew return to Cybertron via transwarp with the captured Megatron, Megatron escapes. He emerges on Cybertron in an earlier time period and uses a virus bomb to conquer the planet before Primal and his crew get there. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

*''All of the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] except for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Major]] and [[Apelinq]] are defeated by Megatron's drone armies. Apelinq disappears through a transwarp portal with an antidote to Megatron's virus during a fight with Vehicon [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]]. They both arrive in the middle of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}}''

*Primal and his crew are affected by the virus bomb and lose their memories and ability to transform, but through the guidance of Oracle, they are reformatted into new bodies. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

[[Image:Sentinelcryotekwreckersfinale.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Several licensees died to bring you this information.]]
*''Apelinq returns from the Beast Wars along with Primal Prime, his crew, and Waspinator. Along with Rodimus, all but Waspinator form the new Wreckers team under Primal Prime's leadership. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}} The Wreckers are given a mission from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to find the [[Divine Light]] and keep it from falling into the wrong hands. {{storylink|Departure}} They travel to [[Archa Nine]], where they meet up Glyph and Tap-Out, but they fail! {{storylink|Betrayal}}''

*It is revealed that Primal was sent into the past to bring organic beast bodies back to Cybertron as part of the Oracle's plan. Primal takes Megatron with him as he throws himself into the core of Cybertron, a fountain of organic energy. They die. The [[Spark|sparks]] Megatron captured are all freed, and Cybertron is reformatted into a verdant world with a balance of organic and mechanical. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

*'' One week after the [[Great Reformatting]], Cryotek and the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] invade Cybertron, but are repelled by the newly-technorganic natives. Cryotek is banished. Rodimus dies. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}''
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==317 AU==
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|300px|thumb|So this is how the Universe ends. Not with a bang, but with a two-panel speedy wrap-up.]]
*''One year later, Cybertron welcomes home a ship full of exiled [[Autobot|Autobots]]. When they and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are abducted by [[Unicron]], a new battle begins. Optimus Primal is reborn by the power of [[Primus]] to guide the [[Children of Primus]] against the [[Minions of Unicron]], but Primal's rebirth necessitates Megatron's return as well. {{storylink|Abduction}} {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}''

==Undetermined point in the future==
*''The [[Universe war]] ends with victory for the Children of Primus, as Unicron himself dissipates below the combatants. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}''

*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] is reborn, who plans to bring the Predacon army back to its former glory and crush the Maximals. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

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==32nd century C.E. (undone)==
*''At this point in time, would it not have been prevented, [[Shokaract]] rules Cybertron and a good portion of the rest of the universe. When he notices disturbances in the timestream that could endanger [[Matrix of Conquest|his current might]], he sends [[Herald of Shokaract|two of his elite]] to the past to secure it and later goes back in time himself to finish the job. However, Shokaract's reign is not unchallenged and some of his enemies too manage to get to the past to stop him.''

==References==
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The article includes ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]], [[3H Productions]], and [[Fun Publications]]' issue as main contents.

''For events from '''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''' and '''[[Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]''', see [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)]]''.

''For events from [[IDW Publishing]]'s issue, see [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)]]''.

{{note|Events from outside the ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' cartoons are in italics.}}

==Before the dawn of time==
* ''There once was a universe full of god-like beings, until [[Unicron]] ate them all and the universe they inhabited. But remnants coalesced, forming a new universe, and this new universe created [[Primus]] to protect it. ''

==Dawn of time==
* ''Primus traps Unicron and himself inside planetoids. Unicron reforms his physical form into a being that can transform between robot and planet modes. Primus plans to create a race of tiny beings that can do the same, but first he practices by cyberforming a moon, [[Protos]], and he creates a prototypical race, the [[Covenant]], to inhabit it. The Covenant are charged with preparing against the [[Omega Point]], a future cataclysm. {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point}}''

* ''[[Unicron]] enlists the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] to seek out the body of [[Primus]]. After discovering it in the form of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Quintessons decided to tell Unicron about it ... later. Forming a grand business venture, they tried to devise crude ways to control Primus's power, rejecting such prototype devices such as the [[Divine Light]] (which was lost). The Quintessons eventually constructed a shell program for [[Vector Sigma]], called the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}''

* ''But their creations, the Transformers, rebelled, and the Quintessons were forced off-planet. {{storylink|Disclosure}}''

==Four million years ago==
[[Image:Arkbw.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Italicize its name and die.]]
*The resources on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] dried up due to the long-term [[Great War (G1)|war]]. An [[Autobot]] space exploration team aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] left. While [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] led a crew of [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and chased the Ark. Both the Ark and Nemesis crashed on [[Earth]]. The Transformers enter a long period of [[stasis lock]] due to the impact.
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==About 180,000 BCE<ref>[[Primeval Dawn Part 2]]</ref>==
[[Image:BeastWars2 clash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|They fight! And bite! They fight and bite and fight! Fight fight fight! Bite bite bite!]]
*[[Maximal|Maximals]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] come from the future via [[Transwarp]] technology and scan the animals of the planet for [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]]. The [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] begin. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

*The immortal life force of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] crosses time and space to reach Earth. He possesses a [[Waspinator (BW)|Predacon]] and attempts to take over, but fails. He returns to being a ghost and vanishes into the far reaches of time and space. {{storylink|Possession}}

*Due to the Maximals' and Predacons' interference in the [[Vok]] experiment on Earth, the Vok begin to terraform the planet. [[Optimus Primal]] sacrifices his life to stop this. As a result, Earth loses its second, mechanical moon, and the [[quantum surge]] is generated. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

*[[Protohuman|Humanity's ancestors]] develop the ability to create and use tools. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] saves them from destruction at the hands of the Predacons by sacrificing himself. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is sent from the future to kill everyone. He captures the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], but fails in his mission and is destroyed by [[Rattrap]]'s sabotage. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[Image:G1Prime BWMegs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Well that's hardly sporting.]]
*In [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] where the dormant Ark is located, the Predacon Megatron unearths the Ark and attacks Optimus Prime in an attempt to change history. As a result, a [[timestorm]] occurs, but [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] stops it. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] tracks [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from the future, winding up on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

* ''[[Apelinq]] arrives from the future. The [[Covenant]] travel to prehistoric Earth to join the Beast Warriors' battle with [[Shokaract]], a pawn of Unicron. By defeating him, they prevent a cataclysmic future that will destroy the universe. {{storylink|Terminus}}''

*The ''Nemesis'' is found by Predacon Megatron. Megatron tries to use the ''Nemesis'' to change history. However, the plan was stopped by the Maximals led by Optimus Primal. Predacon Megatron is captured and everyone returns to their own time on one of the Ark's shuttles, except for Waspinator who stays behind to be worshipped by the protohumans. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

*''[[Tarantulas]], thought dead, was left behind on prehistoric Earth and begins the Beast Wars anew. The Vok create a champion, [[Primal Prime]], but Tarantulas defeats him in battle and steals the [[Matrix of Leadership]], forcing the Vok to revive him all over again.{{storylink|Primeval Dawn}}''
{{note|3H ceased production of Transformers comics at this point so the storyline was never completed; artist [[Dan Khanna]] would eventually relay that the intended, largely unscripted denouement would have featured the recreated Primal Prime--along with [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Tigatron]], [[Packrat]], and [[Ramulus]]--defeating Tarantulas. Something unspecified would have happened to Airazor. The survivors would have returned to Cybertron's future along with Apelinq, [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] via a [[transwarp]] portal. As these story elements were never completed or published, their actual place in a timeline is up to the reader's [[personal canon]].}}
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==1984 AD==
* After four million years of dormancy, the inhabitants aboard the Ark are awakened and reignite the Great War. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)|The Agenda (Part III)}}

==2005 AD==
[[Image:Skidswreckers2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Woo, science!]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is killed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Starscream's mutant indestructible [[spark]] wanders through time and space. {{storylink|Possession|Possession}}

* ''[[Unicron]] is defeated. {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point|Reaching the Omega Point}}''

* ''The new Autobot leader, [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], commissions a science team shortly after [[Unicron]]'s defeat. The ''[[Sojourner's Passage]]'', crewed by [[Glyph (G1)|Glyph]], [[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]], and others, is launched. It crashlands on the distant planet of [[Archa Nine]] and is lost to the ages. {{storylink|Betrayal|Betrayal}}''
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==Around 2015 AD==
* ''An outbreak of an army of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] results in the death of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] goes into mourning. {{storylink|Departure|Departure}}''

==Latter 21st century AD==
* ''The [[Pax Cybertronia]] is signed as the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] truly ends. Autobots begin undergoing the [[Maximal Upgrade]] process. Arcee, still in mourning for Daniel, leaves this new society, and eventually becomes a techno-organic spider who can foresee others' deaths. {{storylink|Departure|Departure}}''

*The Transformers develop two offshoot factions/species on Cybertron, the [[Maximals]] from the Autobots and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] from the Decepticons, all members of which begin their lives as [[Protoform|protoforms]].

*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is granted amnesty. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

==Around 311 AU==
*The Maximals create a Transformer based on Starscream's indestructible spark. They try to use him as an immortal warrior, but his mind proves too unstable to control. {{storylink|Bad Spark|Bad Spark}} This "Protoform X" massacres [[Colony Omicron]]. All its residents are killed except for the heavily injured Depth Charge, the [[Imperial Peace Marshal]] of the colony. This event sets Depth Charge on a tireless hunt for Protoform X. {{storylink|Deep Metal|Deep Metal}}

==Around 315 AU==
*Four [[Stellar cycle|stellar cycles]] after the massacre on Colony Omicron, Protoform X is captured and turned over to the [[Maximal Elders]] by Depth Charge. The Maximal Elders decide to place Protoform X in a stasis pod and dump him on some barren world in deep space. The mission is assigned to [[Optimus Primal]] and his ship, the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

[[Image:Megatronbwtheft.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Where it all started, despite being most of the way down the page.]]
*''Under [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]'s orders, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] steals the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], which the Maximals have been safeguarding. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk|Theft of the Golden Disk}} With his underlings, Megatron travels to prehistoric Earth. [[Optimus Primal]] and his crew, who are departing for a deep-space exploration mission (with a covert stop to dispose of Protoform X), are ordered to chase down Megatron instead. Colony Omicron's former chief of security, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], begins tracing their ship. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past|Dawn of Future's Past}}''

*The Predacon [[Tripredacus Council]] view Megatron's independent actions as dangerous and send Ravage traveling back into the past to assassinate all Maximals and Predacons involved with the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Their plan ends in failure. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

*Depth Charge travels back in time, still in pursuit of X. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

*A "Quantum Cycle Upgrade" takes place on Cybertron, the entire population is fitted with [[DNA scanner|DNA scanners]]. {{storylink|Survivor}}
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==316 [[AU]] <ref>The date for Beast Machines, given in years "After Unicron," is established in [[Apelinq's War Journals]]. Other dates are established by working backwards and forwards from this.</ref>==
[[Image:Thereformattingmaximalsmaximize.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It was an evolution revolution.]]
*As Optimus Primal and his crew return to Cybertron via transwarp with the captured Megatron, Megatron escapes. He emerges on Cybertron in an earlier time period and uses a virus bomb to conquer the planet before Primal and his crew get there. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

*''All of the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] except for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Major]] and [[Apelinq]] are defeated by Megatron's drone armies. Apelinq disappears through a transwarp portal with an antidote to Megatron's virus during a fight with Vehicon [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]]. They both arrive in the middle of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}}''

*Primal and his crew are affected by the virus bomb and lose their memories and ability to transform, but through the guidance of Oracle, they are reformatted into new bodies. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

[[Image:Sentinelcryotekwreckersfinale.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Several licensees died to bring you this information.]]
*''Apelinq returns from the Beast Wars along with Primal Prime, his crew, and Waspinator. Along with Rodimus, all but Waspinator form the new Wreckers team under Primal Prime's leadership. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}} The Wreckers are given a mission from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to find the [[Divine Light]] and keep it from falling into the wrong hands. {{storylink|Departure}} They travel to [[Archa Nine]], where they meet up Glyph and Tap-Out, but they fail! {{storylink|Betrayal}}''

*It is revealed that Primal was sent into the past to bring organic beast bodies back to Cybertron as part of the Oracle's plan. Primal takes Megatron with him as he throws himself into the core of Cybertron, a fountain of organic energy. They die. The [[Spark|sparks]] Megatron captured are all freed, and Cybertron is reformatted into a verdant world with a balance of organic and mechanical. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

*'' One week after the [[Great Reformatting]], Cryotek and the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] invade Cybertron, but are repelled by the newly-technorganic natives. Cryotek is banished. Rodimus dies. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}''
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==317 AU==
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|300px|thumb|So this is how the Universe ends. Not with a bang, but with a two-panel speedy wrap-up.]]
*''One year later, Cybertron welcomes home a ship full of exiled [[Autobot|Autobots]]. When they and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are abducted by [[Unicron]], a new battle begins. Optimus Primal is reborn by the power of [[Primus]] to guide the [[Children of Primus]] against the [[Minions of Unicron]], but Primal's rebirth necessitates Megatron's return as well. {{storylink|Abduction}} {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}''

==Undetermined point in the future==
*''The [[Universe war]] ends with victory for the Children of Primus, as Unicron himself dissipates below the combatants. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}''

*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] is reborn, who plans to bring the Predacon army back to its former glory and crush the Maximals. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

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==32nd century C.E. (undone)==
*''At this point in time, would it not have been prevented, [[Shokaract]] rules Cybertron and a good portion of the rest of the universe. When he notices disturbances in the timestream that could endanger [[Matrix of Conquest|his current might]], he sends [[Herald of Shokaract|two of his elite]] to the past to secure it and later goes back in time himself to finish the job. However, Shokaract's reign is not unchallenged and some of his enemies too manage to get to the past to stop him.''

==References==
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[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Beast Era| timeline]]
[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category:Beast Machines]]
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Beast Wars timeline

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24.201.31.48: /* About 180,000 BCEPrimeval Dawn Part 2 */

The article includes ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]], [[3H Productions]], and [[Fun Publications]]' issue as main contents.

''For events from '''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''' and '''[[Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]''', see [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)]]''.

''For events from [[IDW Publishing]]'s issue, see [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)]]''.

{{note|Events from outside the ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' cartoons are in italics.}}

==Before the dawn of time==
* ''There once was a universe full of god-like beings, until [[Unicron]] ate them all and the universe they inhabited. But remnants coalesced, forming a new universe, and this new universe created [[Primus]] to protect it. ''

==Dawn of time==
* ''Primus traps Unicron and himself inside planetoids. Unicron reforms his physical form into a being that can transform between robot and planet modes. Primus plans to create a race of tiny beings that can do the same, but first he practices by cyberforming a moon, [[Protos]], and he creates a prototypical race, the [[Covenant]], to inhabit it. The Covenant are charged with preparing against the [[Omega Point]], a future cataclysm. {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point}}''

* ''[[Unicron]] enlists the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] to seek out the body of [[Primus]]. After discovering it in the form of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Quintessons decided to tell Unicron about it ... later. Forming a grand business venture, they tried to devise crude ways to control Primus's power, rejecting such prototype devices such as the [[Divine Light]] (which was lost). The Quintessons eventually constructed a shell program for [[Vector Sigma]], called the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}''

* ''But their creations, the Transformers, rebelled, and the Quintessons were forced off-planet. {{storylink|Disclosure}}''

==Four million years ago==
[[Image:Arkbw.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Italicize its name and die.]]
*The resources on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] dried up due to the long-term [[Great War (G1)|war]]. An [[Autobot]] space exploration team aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] left. While [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] led a crew of [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and chased the Ark. Both the Ark and Nemesis crashed on [[Earth]]. The Transformers enter a long period of [[stasis lock]] due to the impact.
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==About 180,000 BC<ref>[[Primeval Dawn Part 2]]</ref>==
[[Image:BeastWars2 clash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|They fight! And bite! They fight and bite and fight! Fight fight fight! Bite bite bite!]]
*[[Maximal|Maximals]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] come from the future via [[Transwarp]] technology and scan the animals of the planet for [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]]. The [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] begin. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

*The immortal life force of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] crosses time and space to reach Earth. He possesses a [[Waspinator (BW)|Predacon]] and attempts to take over, but fails. He returns to being a ghost and vanishes into the far reaches of time and space. {{storylink|Possession}}

*Due to the Maximals' and Predacons' interference in the [[Vok]] experiment on Earth, the Vok begin to terraform the planet. [[Optimus Primal]] sacrifices his life to stop this. As a result, Earth loses its second, mechanical moon, and the [[quantum surge]] is generated. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

*[[Protohuman|Humanity's ancestors]] develop the ability to create and use tools. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] saves them from destruction at the hands of the Predacons by sacrificing himself. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is sent from the future to kill everyone. He captures the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], but fails in his mission and is destroyed by [[Rattrap]]'s sabotage. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[Image:G1Prime BWMegs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Well that's hardly sporting.]]
*In [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] where the dormant Ark is located, the Predacon Megatron unearths the Ark and attacks Optimus Prime in an attempt to change history. As a result, a [[timestorm]] occurs, but [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] stops it. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] tracks [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from the future, winding up on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

* ''[[Apelinq]] arrives from the future. The [[Covenant]] travel to prehistoric Earth to join the Beast Warriors' battle with [[Shokaract]], a pawn of Unicron. By defeating him, they prevent a cataclysmic future that will destroy the universe. {{storylink|Terminus}}''

*The ''Nemesis'' is found by Predacon Megatron. Megatron tries to use the ''Nemesis'' to change history. However, the plan was stopped by the Maximals led by Optimus Primal. Predacon Megatron is captured and everyone returns to their own time on one of the Ark's shuttles, except for Waspinator who stays behind to be worshipped by the protohumans. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

*''[[Tarantulas]], thought dead, was left behind on prehistoric Earth and begins the Beast Wars anew. The Vok create a champion, [[Primal Prime]], but Tarantulas defeats him in battle and steals the [[Matrix of Leadership]], forcing the Vok to revive him all over again.{{storylink|Primeval Dawn}}''
{{note|3H ceased production of Transformers comics at this point so the storyline was never completed; artist [[Dan Khanna]] would eventually relay that the intended, largely unscripted denouement would have featured the recreated Primal Prime--along with [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Tigatron]], [[Packrat]], and [[Ramulus]]--defeating Tarantulas. Something unspecified would have happened to Airazor. The survivors would have returned to Cybertron's future along with Apelinq, [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] via a [[transwarp]] portal. As these story elements were never completed or published, their actual place in a timeline is up to the reader's [[personal canon]].}}
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==1984 CE==
* After four million years of dormancy, the inhabitants aboard the Ark are awakened and reignite the Great War. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)|The Agenda (Part III)}}

==2005 CE==
[[Image:Skidswreckers2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Woo, science!]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is killed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Starscream's mutant indestructible [[spark]] wanders through time and space. {{storylink|Possession|Possession}}

* ''[[Unicron]] is defeated. {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point|Reaching the Omega Point}}''

* ''The new Autobot leader, [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], commissions a science team shortly after [[Unicron]]'s defeat. The ''[[Sojourner's Passage]]'', crewed by [[Glyph (G1)|Glyph]], [[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]], and others, is launched. It crashlands on the distant planet of [[Archa Nine]] and is lost to the ages. {{storylink|Betrayal|Betrayal}}''
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==Around 2015 CE==
* ''An outbreak of an army of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]] results in the death of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] goes into mourning. {{storylink|Departure|Departure}}''

==Latter 21st century CE==
* ''The [[Pax Cybertronia]] is signed as the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] truly ends. Autobots begin undergoing the [[Maximal Upgrade]] process. Arcee, still in mourning for Daniel, leaves this new society, and eventually becomes a techno-organic spider who can foresee others' deaths. {{storylink|Departure|Departure}}''

*The Transformers develop two offshoot factions/species on Cybertron, the [[Maximals]] from the Autobots and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] from the Decepticons, all members of which begin their lives as [[Protoform|protoforms]].

*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is granted amnesty. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

==Around 311 AU==
*The Maximals create a Transformer based on Starscream's indestructible spark. They try to use him as an immortal warrior, but his mind proves too unstable to control. {{storylink|Bad Spark|Bad Spark}} This "Protoform X" massacres [[Colony Omicron]]. All its residents are killed except for the heavily injured Depth Charge, the [[Imperial Peace Marshal]] of the colony. This event sets Depth Charge on a tireless hunt for Protoform X. {{storylink|Deep Metal|Deep Metal}}

==Around 315 AU==
*Four [[Stellar cycle|stellar cycles]] after the massacre on Colony Omicron, Protoform X is captured and turned over to the [[Maximal Elders]] by Depth Charge. The Maximal Elders decide to place Protoform X in a stasis pod and dump him on some barren world in deep space. The mission is assigned to [[Optimus Primal]] and his ship, the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

[[Image:Megatronbwtheft.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Where it all started, despite being most of the way down the page.]]
*''Under [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]'s orders, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] steals the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], which the Maximals have been safeguarding. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk|Theft of the Golden Disk}} With his underlings, Megatron travels to prehistoric Earth. [[Optimus Primal]] and his crew, who are departing for a deep-space exploration mission (with a covert stop to dispose of Protoform X), are ordered to chase down Megatron instead. Colony Omicron's former chief of security, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], begins tracing their ship. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past|Dawn of Future's Past}}''

*The Predacon [[Tripredacus Council]] view Megatron's independent actions as dangerous and send Ravage traveling back into the past to assassinate all Maximals and Predacons involved with the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Their plan ends in failure. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

*Depth Charge travels back in time, still in pursuit of X. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

*A "Quantum Cycle Upgrade" takes place on Cybertron, the entire population is fitted with [[DNA scanner|DNA scanners]]. {{storylink|Survivor}}
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==316 [[AU]] <ref>The date for Beast Machines, given in years "After Unicron," is established in [[Apelinq's War Journals]]. Other dates are established by working backwards and forwards from this.</ref>==
[[Image:Thereformattingmaximalsmaximize.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It was an evolution revolution.]]
*As Optimus Primal and his crew return to Cybertron via transwarp with the captured Megatron, Megatron escapes. He emerges on Cybertron in an earlier time period and uses a virus bomb to conquer the planet before Primal and his crew get there. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

*''All of the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] except for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Major]] and [[Apelinq]] are defeated by Megatron's drone armies. Apelinq disappears through a transwarp portal with an antidote to Megatron's virus during a fight with Vehicon [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]]. They both arrive in the middle of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}}''

*Primal and his crew are affected by the virus bomb and lose their memories and ability to transform, but through the guidance of Oracle, they are reformatted into new bodies. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

[[Image:Sentinelcryotekwreckersfinale.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Several licensees died to bring you this information.]]
*''Apelinq returns from the Beast Wars along with Primal Prime, his crew, and Waspinator. Along with Rodimus, all but Waspinator form the new Wreckers team under Primal Prime's leadership. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}} The Wreckers are given a mission from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to find the [[Divine Light]] and keep it from falling into the wrong hands. {{storylink|Departure}} They travel to [[Archa Nine]], where they meet up Glyph and Tap-Out, but they fail! {{storylink|Betrayal}}''

*It is revealed that Primal was sent into the past to bring organic beast bodies back to Cybertron as part of the Oracle's plan. Primal takes Megatron with him as he throws himself into the core of Cybertron, a fountain of organic energy. They die. The [[Spark|sparks]] Megatron captured are all freed, and Cybertron is reformatted into a verdant world with a balance of organic and mechanical. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

*'' One week after the [[Great Reformatting]], Cryotek and the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] invade Cybertron, but are repelled by the newly-technorganic natives. Cryotek is banished. Rodimus dies. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}''
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==317 AU==
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|300px|thumb|So this is how the Universe ends. Not with a bang, but with a two-panel speedy wrap-up.]]
*''One year later, Cybertron welcomes home a ship full of exiled [[Autobot|Autobots]]. When they and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are abducted by [[Unicron]], a new battle begins. Optimus Primal is reborn by the power of [[Primus]] to guide the [[Children of Primus]] against the [[Minions of Unicron]], but Primal's rebirth necessitates Megatron's return as well. {{storylink|Abduction}} {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}''

==Undetermined point in the future==
*''The [[Universe war]] ends with victory for the Children of Primus, as Unicron himself dissipates below the combatants. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}''

*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] is reborn, who plans to bring the Predacon army back to its former glory and crush the Maximals. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

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==32nd century C.E. (undone)==
*''At this point in time, would it not have been prevented, [[Shokaract]] rules Cybertron and a good portion of the rest of the universe. When he notices disturbances in the timestream that could endanger [[Matrix of Conquest|his current might]], he sends [[Herald of Shokaract|two of his elite]] to the past to secure it and later goes back in time himself to finish the job. However, Shokaract's reign is not unchallenged and some of his enemies too manage to get to the past to stop him.''

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Beast Era| timeline]]
[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category:Beast Machines]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]