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Shadowcaster

2010-09-30T12:14:32Z

67.241.170.13: New page: ''Shadowcaster is a Decepticon from the G1 continuity family.'' Shadowcaster was the apparent leader of a Decepticon base located somewhere in the heart of Decepticon territory, a...

''Shadowcaster is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[G1 continuity family]].''

Shadowcaster was the apparent leader of a Decepticon base located somewhere in the heart of Decepticon territory, and was the target of a joint mission by the [[Autobot Elite Guard]] [[Combaticons]] and the [[Strike Team]].

His leadership, if he truly had one, didn't last long.

==Fiction==
===''Timelines: Wings of Honor''===
Shadowcaster was the subject of a rather swift yet brutal assassination by the Autobot Elite Guard. In particular, [[Onslaught]]'s Combaticons and [[Metalhawk]]'s Strike Team. The Combaticons had been brought on board to "decapitate" the growing Decepticon insurgency, any means necessary. Shadowcaster found out the hard way that included smoking out Decepticon leaders by bombing their hide out and shooting them in the head...all while observing the chaos from a safe distance.{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

Perhaps Shadowcaster got the last laugh though, as his base and his leadership role were apparent misdirection. A trap set by the Decepticon Warlord [[Deathsaurus]] to lure the Combaticons away from the Elite Guard for his own twisted purposes.{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}

==Notes==
* Shadowcaster would appear to share the [[Seeker]] body type.
* Similarly, one of Shadowcaster's soldiers is also very much similar to the Seekers from G1. Actually, he looks a lot like [[Thrust (G1)| Thrust]] despite the editor insisting they are indeed separate characters.

Halonix Maximus

2010-09-30T11:36:22Z

67.241.170.13: /* Timelines: Wings of Honor continuity */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard}}
:''Halo is a mighty warrior from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]... isn't he?''
[[Image:Heavymetalwar_giant_autobot.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Let me see your giant Autobot hologram.]]
[[Decepticon]]s scatter in fear at the merest sight of '''Halo'''. Towering over even the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], this incredible Autobot behemoth could surely shatter mountains and sunder the ground with his merest step. But he need not even take that step, need not set one foot upon the battlefield. The most meager of syllables uttered by his booming voice is enough to break the fighting spirit of the hardiest Decepticon and even put the fear of [[Primus]] into [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] himself.

...to such an extent that they won't bother to check whether he's actually there, and not just a product of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s [[hologram]] powers.

{{quote|"Nothing defeats the Devastator! Nothing!"<br/>"NOTHING, LITTLE ONE? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY... ABOUT '''ME'''?"|A hologram of Halo introduces himself to Devastator|"[[Heavy Metal War]]"|noquote=true}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English)
Believing that Megatron had legally defeated [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in a one-on-one duel that forced them to leave the planet, the Autobots were compelled to ignore a battle raging outside their [[Ark (G1)#Autobot Headquarters|headquarters]] between the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and the Decepticons' newest warrior, the towering [[combiner]] Devastator. When [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] revealed that Megatron had cheated in the battle, however, the Autobots immediately sprang into action. Lacking the physical power to take down Devastator, they turned to trickery and had Hound project a hologram of a massive Autobot, bigger even than Devastator, which mocked the Decepticon's claim that nothing could defeat him. The horrified Decepticons were stunned by the sudden appearance of this giant Autobot, and Optimus Prime exploited the opening to blast Devastator in just the right spot, forcing the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to disengage. The giant Autobot's purpose served, Hound shut off his hologram, and Megatron exploded with rage at the realization he had been tricked. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

===''Timelines: Wings of Honor'' continuity===
{{note|"Wings of Honor" stories take place in a continuity that includes all the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, but with some minor changes.}}
Halo is the leader of the Elite Guard's [[Artillery Team]] - which has also been referred to as the 116th.

Halo apparently has three names; Halo, Halonix Maximus - his "proper" name, and Gigantron. "Halo" was first mentioned at the Transformers Collectors' Club panel at Botcon 2010. "Halonix Maximus" came shortly after in a poll on the TCC message boards, in which fans chose which Elite Guard team would be the subject of the prose story, [[A Team Effort]]. "Gigantron" first appeared in Metalhawk's bio in issue #34 of the Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine, and later as a sardonic call sign for the massive Autobot in A Team Effort.

Halo, directed presumably by [[Padlock (G1)| Padlock]], rained death from above as three of [[Megatron (G1)| Megatron]]'s unfortunate warriors - [[Abacus]], [[Datamine]], and [[Deadbolt]] - bickered about the Decepticon Warlord's mission for them. A mission which was accurately described by Datamine as "'His' only expectation is that we die!" Back at Elite Guard Headquarters, [[Sentinel Major]] quipped about [[Big Bang]]'s new "call sign"-"Gigantron"-for the giant Autobot, saying that "He loves it." "He", of course, referring to Big Bang rather than Halo.{{storylink|A Team Effort}}

==Notes==
*Given that he's just a hologram...where's his voice coming from? Considering his voice actor, however, it's incredibly likely it was meant for Prime himself to be voicing the giant Autobot.
*Despite appearing just the once, the giant Autobot was immortalized in [[super deformed]] glory as part of a [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/japanese/pioneer/SDLDAutobots.jpg large illustration] of the entire cast of the cartoon, drawn by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] for [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]]'s laser disc release of the cartoon in Japan. That's him on the extreme right, looking very much like a last-minute addition to the image.
*At [[BotCon 2010]], it was revealed in [[Alex Milne]]'s [http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/botcon-2010-litho-168894761 official lithograph] and a [http://www.allspark.com/index.php?set_albumName=BotCon_2010_Friday&id=DSC04542&option=com_gallery&Itemid=4&include=view_photo.php TCC panel slide] that the giant Autobot would be getting a name in an upcoming [[Wings of Honor continuity|Wings of Honor]] story, and that he was a member of the [[Elite Guard]]'s four-member Artillery Team.

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Elite Guard]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]

Halonix Maximus

2010-09-30T11:35:21Z

67.241.170.13: /* The Transformers cartoon */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard}}
:''Halo is a mighty warrior from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]... isn't he?''
[[Image:Heavymetalwar_giant_autobot.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Let me see your giant Autobot hologram.]]
[[Decepticon]]s scatter in fear at the merest sight of '''Halo'''. Towering over even the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], this incredible Autobot behemoth could surely shatter mountains and sunder the ground with his merest step. But he need not even take that step, need not set one foot upon the battlefield. The most meager of syllables uttered by his booming voice is enough to break the fighting spirit of the hardiest Decepticon and even put the fear of [[Primus]] into [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] himself.

...to such an extent that they won't bother to check whether he's actually there, and not just a product of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s [[hologram]] powers.

{{quote|"Nothing defeats the Devastator! Nothing!"<br/>"NOTHING, LITTLE ONE? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY... ABOUT '''ME'''?"|A hologram of Halo introduces himself to Devastator|"[[Heavy Metal War]]"|noquote=true}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English)
Believing that Megatron had legally defeated [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in a one-on-one duel that forced them to leave the planet, the Autobots were compelled to ignore a battle raging outside their [[Ark (G1)#Autobot Headquarters|headquarters]] between the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and the Decepticons' newest warrior, the towering [[combiner]] Devastator. When [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] revealed that Megatron had cheated in the battle, however, the Autobots immediately sprang into action. Lacking the physical power to take down Devastator, they turned to trickery and had Hound project a hologram of a massive Autobot, bigger even than Devastator, which mocked the Decepticon's claim that nothing could defeat him. The horrified Decepticons were stunned by the sudden appearance of this giant Autobot, and Optimus Prime exploited the opening to blast Devastator in just the right spot, forcing the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to disengage. The giant Autobot's purpose served, Hound shut off his hologram, and Megatron exploded with rage at the realization he had been tricked. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

===''Timelines: Wings of Honor'' continuity===
{{note|"Wings of Honor" stories take place in a continuity that includes all the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, but with some minor changes.}}
Halo is the leader of the Elite Guard's [[Artillery Team]] - which has also been referred to as the 116th.

Halo apparently has three names; Halo, Halonix Maximus - his "proper" name, and Gigantron. "Halo" was first mentioned at the Transformers Collectors' Club panel at Botcon 2010. "Halonix" Maximus came shortly after in a poll on the TCC message boards, in which fans chose which Elite Guard team would be the subject of the prose story, [[A Team Effort]]. "Gigantron" first appeared in Metalhawk's bio in issue #34 of the Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine, and later as a sardonic call sign for the massive Autobot in A Team Effort.

Halo, directed presumably by [[Padlock (G1)| Padlock]], rained death from above as three of [[Megatron (G1)| Megatron]]'s unfortunate warriors - [[Abacus]], [[Datamine]], and [[Deadbolt]] - bickered about the Decepticon Warlord's mission for them. A mission which was accurately described by Datamine as "'His' only expectation is that we die!" Back at Elite Guard Headquarters, [[Sentinel Major]] quipped about [[Big Bang]]'s new "call sign"-"Gigantron"-for the giant Autobot, saying that "He loves it." "He", of course, referring to Big Bang rather than Halo.{{storylink|A Team Effort}}

==Notes==
*Given that he's just a hologram...where's his voice coming from? Considering his voice actor, however, it's incredibly likely it was meant for Prime himself to be voicing the giant Autobot.
*Despite appearing just the once, the giant Autobot was immortalized in [[super deformed]] glory as part of a [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/japanese/pioneer/SDLDAutobots.jpg large illustration] of the entire cast of the cartoon, drawn by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] for [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]]'s laser disc release of the cartoon in Japan. That's him on the extreme right, looking very much like a last-minute addition to the image.
*At [[BotCon 2010]], it was revealed in [[Alex Milne]]'s [http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/botcon-2010-litho-168894761 official lithograph] and a [http://www.allspark.com/index.php?set_albumName=BotCon_2010_Friday&id=DSC04542&option=com_gallery&Itemid=4&include=view_photo.php TCC panel slide] that the giant Autobot would be getting a name in an upcoming [[Wings of Honor continuity|Wings of Honor]] story, and that he was a member of the [[Elite Guard]]'s four-member Artillery Team.

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Elite Guard]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]

Bishop (Autobot)

2010-04-27T02:03:51Z

67.241.170.13: /* Wings of Honor */

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Bishop is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Wings of Honor]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Bishop AroundCybertron9.jpg|right|300px|thumb| I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords!]]
'''Bishop''' is a journalist trying to get the new ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' and ABN established as top names in [[Autobot]] news programming. He also serves as a mentor to [[Rook (Universe)|up and coming younger journalists]].

==Fiction==
===Wings of Honor===
The first broadcasts of ''Around Cybertron'' were bumpy ones, as Bishop and someone with a name ending in ...earhead dealt with recalcitrant technology. {{storylink|Around Cybertron#Around Cybertron #9|Around Cybertron #9}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Bishop transforms into an "Expedition Coupe", though in his younger days he called it a "Quad-Exhaust, Turbo-Charged Hyper-Cruiser".<ref>[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/155633813/1394938906 deviantART: Comment on Report by ~RID-NightViper]</ref>

*[[Chess|''Bishop'' is ''Rook''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s mentor]]. Feel free to groan at the pun.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Journalists]]

Nexus Prime

2009-12-07T14:05:44Z

67.241.170.13: /* Notes */

{{factions|autobot}}
[[Image:NexusPrimeflankedbyotherPrimes.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Insert batteries where?!]]
One of the [[thirteen original Transformers]], '''Nexus Prime''' was created to guard [[Rarified Energon]] by [[Primus]] shortly after he assumed his planet form. At an unknown point in time, this Transformer was broken into five other robots: [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], and [[Heatwave]].

He is sometimes, unfortunately, known as '''Nexus Maximus'''.
{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
===''Classics'' & "Shattered Glass"===
[[Image:Clubcombinercarving.jpg|left|200px|thumb|They drew his limbs arranged incorrectly!]]
The [[Caretaker]] told its components that Nexus Prime was "designated a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]", like the other original thirteen. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}
{{comingsoon|fanclub}}
{{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}
{{--}}
==Toys==
===Cybertron, Classics, and Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-NexusMaximus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Remember to use the instructions! You don't want to put something in the wrong hole.]]
*'''Nexus Maximus''' (2009)
:Nexus Maximus is composed of his five team members, with Heatwave forming his central body component. His limbs' [[energon weapon]]s form his hands and feet. Similarly to [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'s "[[Scramble City]]" combiner teams, Nexus Maximus (as well as [[Superion Maximus]], [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] and [[Constructicon Maximus]]) features universal connection points for the limbs, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different teams. His combined form's head was [[retool]]ed to give him a unique one, which is an amalgamation of visual elements of its components' own heads: Skyfall's eyes, Landquake's chin, Breakaway's forehead, Topspin's "hair", and Heatwave's "ears".

:Nexus Maximus is the combined form of the first five [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] freebie toys: Skyfall, Landquake, Breakaway, Topspin, and Heatwave.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFCCNexusMaximus/nexusmaximus.htm More information on Nexus Maximus at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*[[Fun Publications]] originally submitted the possible names "Prime Nexus" and "Maximus Prime" to [[Hasbro]] for the character (reflecting the fact that the character is a Prime in-fiction), Hasbro rejected these, apparently because they are feeling protective towards the use of the name Prime (despite previously having approved the fiction that already named him a Prime, written by their own [[Forest Lee]]). Hasbro suggested merging the non-Prime segments of the two names instead... oops.
*Apparently neither Hasbro nor Fun Publications did their research when naming Nexus Maximus, because there is another product which shares that name and was, as of [[May 24]], [[2009]], the top Google result (this wiki page has since surpassed it). While it is definitely a "toy", it is most assuredly not intended for ages 5 and up. It's also probably not safe for work, so [http://www.vixencreations.com/store/maximus.html click here] at your own risk. According to the Fun Publications Club panel at [[BotCon 2009]], Hasbro did a search for the name with "safe search" on, causing them to not see... well, ''that''.
*When he finally appeared in person in fiction, his name was given as indeed being Nexus Prime. Which makes much better sense story-wise but deprives us of many cheap and easy joke opportunities.
*The debate is still on whether Nexus Maximus constitutes a choking hazard.
*It's hard to say what toyline Nexus Prime is from, as his components are from multiple franchises. How often does that happen?
*Nexus Prime's backstory bears a noticeable similarity to that of [[wikipedia: Voltron|Voltron]].
*Fun Publications stated at BotCon 2009 that the official limb arrangement for Nexus Maximus is that of the configuration in his instructions. With Landquake as the right arm, Topspin as the left arm, Breakaway as the right leg, and Skyfall as the left leg.
*Pete Sinclair posted an image in the Transformers Collectors' Club forums of [[Aquarius]] blaming the "Nexus Maximus" name on a bad translation by [[Beta Maxx]].

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[[Category:Primus]]
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[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:TransTech characters]]

Units of time

2009-10-30T14:15:50Z

67.241.170.13: /* Specific unit definitions */

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<font size="4">'''[[Units of time/Continuity|»]]'''</font> ''See units of the times sorted by '''[[Units of time/Continuity|Continuities]]'''.''</div>

[[Transformer]]s, being extraterrestrials, are often overheard stating measurements in units that are unfamiliar to [[Human|humans]]. Further, Transformers in different [[Continuity|universes]] often use different units for measurement, and sometimes even use the same unit name but define it differently. Following is a list of '''units of [[time]]''' that Cybertronians have been observed using.
==Specific unit definitions==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!width="25%"|Name
!width="25%"|Duration
!width="50%"|Description
|-
|'''Astrosecond'''||.498 seconds||Defined by Dreamwave's ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' #8 as 1/1000th of a breem. Astroseconds as referenced in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]] seem to be much shorter, but were never defined. In particular, in "[[Divide and Conquer]]" Shockwave states that the [[Space bridge]] will materialize within 72 billion astroseconds, an interval exceeding a millennium if Dreamwave's definition is applied. Even ignoring this extreme case, astroseconds in general cartoon use appeared to be much less than one second each.
|-
|'''Breem'''||8.3 minutes||Originally defined in the [[Marvel Comics]], also used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] comics.
|-
|'''Century'''||???||In the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' premiere, "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", several references are made to the [[Great War (G1)|Great Wars]] ending "centuries ago", all prior to first contact between Transformers and [[Earth]]. This is probably a case of dialogue being written for human observers rather than indicating the existence of a "Cybertronian century", but it is included here for completeness. Similarly, the history video at the very beginning of the episode refers to "millions of years", an Earth unit. It is unclear how this time should be interpreted. Starscream also refers to the search for the All Spark as lasting "centuries", which is at odds with Megatron's own statement that it has been "four million solar cycles" (see below).
|-
|'''Cyber-week'''||A week?||A measurement used in the Shattered Glass universe. It is probably equivalent to a week.
|-
|'''Cycle''' (Animated)||~1.5 minutes||In "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]", [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] asks [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] if he can take a coolant break. Prime responds that he just had a break "two cycles ago". From this it sounds as if a cycle is relatively short -- less than a day, certainly -- but its actual duration is unclear. In "[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]", Prowl challenges Bumblebee to stay quiet for "ten cycles", and he talks 30 to 40 seconds later. Prowl then informs Bumblebee that he managed to stay quiet for "barely half a cycle", implying that it is close to a minute. [[The AllSpark Almanac]] defines it as 100 nanokliks or about 1.5 minutes.
|-
|'''Cycle''' (G1 UK comics)||2 hours||In the United Kingdom Generation 1 comic story, "[[Target: 2006]]", [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] timed his mission on Earth in Cycles that were exactly equal to 2 hours.
|-
|'''Cycle''' (Beast Wars)||~1 minute||[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] stated that the "cycles" used in their series were ''very roughly'' equivalent to a minute. Maybe more, maybe less, but something of that order of magnitude.
|-
|'''Cycle''' (IDW comics)||1 hour 15 minutes (1.25 hours)||Defined for use in the IDW universe by [[Simon Furman]] in a forum post.<ref name="furman">[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=150 Simon Furman defines IDW units in an IDW forum post]</ref>
|-
|'''Deca-cycle''' (Animated)||~10 days||In "[[A Fistful of Energon]]", [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] calls to report that [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] has escaped. He says that it happened "a decacycle ago", and that he would have called sooner but their [[Tachyon transmitter]] was missing. [[The AllSpark Almanac]] defines it as 10 solar cycles.
|-
|'''Deca-cycle''' (Beast Wars)||~1 year||As with the ''Beast Wars'' cycle, this unit is on the order of a year, as defined by the series's story editors.
|-
|'''Deca-cycle''' (IDW comics)||~3 weeks||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
|-
|'''Groon'''||~1 hour||Roughly equivalent to an hour. In "[[The Magnificent Six!]]", [[Megadeath]] let his broken Autobot prisoners go with a neutronic blast imminent in two groons. Retelling this event to [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] in 1990, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] described the time as two hours.
|-
|'''Joor'''||???||Used idiomatically like "hour", but of unknown duration. In "[[The Magnificent Six!]]", [[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]] had an inspection parade scheduled at 0700 joors, not long after Cybertron's lunar dawn.
|-
|'''Klik'''||1.2 minutes||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
|-
|'''Lightyear'''||(a very long time)||Used exclusively in the [[Unicron Trilogy]], a lightyear is an epochal unit of time.<ref>A [[Primus|unique digital entity]] came into being lightyears ago, and created the Transformers. {{storylink|First Encounter}}</ref><ref>[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] fought Unicron lightyears before Optimus Prime's Autobots even existed. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}</ref>
|-
|'''Megacycle''' (Animated)||~2.6 hours||In "[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]]" Ratchet estimated that it would take 10 mega-cycles to repair the [[Teletran-1|Autobots' ship]] even with the help of the [[AllSpark Key]]. The Autobots seemed to consider this to be a moderately long time, but not so long for it to be unrealistic that they might repair the ship before the Decepticons come at them in force. Later, in "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]", [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] defends the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]' behavior, asserting that "they've been online two, three megacycles tops." [[The AllSpark Almanac]] defines it as 100 cycles or about 2.6 hours.
|-
|'''Mega-cycle''' (Beast Wars)||~1 hour||As with the ''Beast Wars'' cycle, this unit is ''on the order of'' an hour, as defined by the series' story editors. Used incongruously in "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]" to refer to a much longer span of time. (One of the [[Tripredacus Council]] says, "His ship and the Axalon both vanished last megacycle. The Maximal probes never found them.") [[Ben Yee]] cites a statement from DiTillio that another unit—the deca-cycle—is roughly year-like in length.[[http://www.bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/geninfo.shtml|[1]]] This may be the unit that was intended for that line of dialogue.
|-
|'''Mega-cycle''' (IDW comics)||93 hours||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
|-
|'''Meta-cycle'''||13 months||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
|-
|'''Milli-cycle'''||???||A unit of undetermined duration. It was often mentioned since Episode 6 in [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]].
|-
|'''Minicon'''||???||A unit of unknown duration used in the Shattered Glass universe. Judging by its usage, it may be roughly equivalent to a minute. The term first appeared in the G1 episode "City of Steel".
|-
|'''Nanoklik''' (Animated)||~1 second||In "[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]", Optimus Prime enters Prowl's quarters asking, "Prowl, got a nanoclick?" Also, in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]" [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] tells [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to "Wait a nanoclick." [[The AllSpark Almanac]] defines it as the duration of 8,589,934,592 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom, or about a second.
|-
|'''Nano-klik''' (Beast Wars)||~1 second||As with the ''Beast Wars'' cycle, this unit is ''on the order of'' a second, as defined by the series' story editors. Used similarly in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics.
|-
|'''Orbital Cycle'''||~1 month||In ''[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]'', [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], after hearing all his clones, mutters to himself: "This is going to be a LONG orbital cycle." [[The AllSpark Almanac]] defines it as 32 solar cycles or about a month.
|-
|'''Orn'''||???||A unit of undetermined duration. It is apparently defined as "one Cybertronian lunar day".
|-
|'''Paracycle'''||???||When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] came to inspect the [[eco-structuring]] of a new planet in "[[The Power and the Glory]]", the one in charge said they were "almost a full paracycle ahead of schedule."
|-
|'''Quadricycle'''||???||A unit of unknown duration used in the Shattered Glass universe. Presumably "4" of something.
|-
|'''Quartex'''||~1 Earth month{{anchor|Quartex}}||[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] commanded the Decepticons for "nearly a Quartex" after the battle of [[Mission City]].{{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|RoS#4}} When [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] summoned him back to [[Earth]] after he was deposed, exactly one month had passed.{{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}
|-
|'''Solar cycle''' (Animated)||~1 day||In "[[Transform and Roll Out]], Part 1", Megatron says he has spent "the last four million solar cycles searching the galaxy" for the All Spark. The parallel to ''Generation 1'''s famous "four million years" implies that this unit is meant to be year-like. In "Part 3" Starscream refers to the 50-years of searching between the battle where "he defeated Megatron" and the present as 50 solar cycles, cementing this definition. However, in "Part 2", Optimus Prime and Ratchet have an exchange in which they use "solar cycle" in a way that is a better idiomatic match for "day" than "year". Further episodes continue with the "day" definition. [[The AllSpark Almanac]] defines it as 10 megacycles, or about a day.
|-
|'''Solar cycle''' (Beast Machines)||~1 day||In the ''Beast Machines'' episode "[[The Weak Component]]", Rattrap uses the term "half a solar cycle" to describe the amount of time the Maximal would leave Megatron alone in order to regain his strength: one night, from dusk-to-dawn.
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|'''Stellar cycle''' (Animated)||~1 year||In the ''Animated'' episode "[[Along Came a Spider]]", [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] says that her accident occurred "a thousand stellar cycles" ago. Further, in "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]" [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] refers to both "fifty stellar cycles" and "four million stellar cycles", using the term in the way that solar cycles had previously been used. [[The AllSpark Almanac]] defines it as 320 solar cycles, or about a year.
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|'''Stellar cycle''' (Beast Wars)<span id="bw_year"></span>||~400 days||Orbital period (a Cybertronian "year") for Cybertron as stated by Larry DiTillio in information sent to Ben Yee. DiTillio also volunteers that Cybertron's rotational period (a "day") is ~20 hours.
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|'''Stellar cycle''' (IDW comics)||~7.5 months||Defined for use in the IDW universe by Simon Furman in a forum post.<ref name="furman" />
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|'''Trimara'''||???||Used in [[The Ascending issue 2|''Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending'' #2]]. Likely "3" of something, but who knows what.
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|'''Vorn'''||83 years||Originally defined in the [[Marvel Comics]], also used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] comics.
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|'''Decivorn'''||8.3 years<ref>Assuming the prefix "deci" works the same here as in the [[wikipedia:SI prefix|metric system]].</ref>||{{storylink|The New World}}
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