Iacon (polity)

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'''Iacon''' is an [[Autobot]]-controlled city-state, located near the north pole of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. It is also the location of the capital city of the same name.

==Places of Interest==
Places of interest within Iacon:

===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Image:Iacon.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Dome, sweet dome.]]
*'''Autobot Base''' - Iacon is depicted as a walled headquarters, reachable by an extendable bridge. Autobots needed to signal their approach before being allowed into Iacon. Lining the path to Iacon were a series of lamp-post like structures -- the basis for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Cybertron-based alt-form.
*The [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s launch bay

===Marvel Comics===
*[[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]] (post-war)
*[[Jan-Ja]]
*The Celestial Temple
*The [[Tower of Pion]]
*Imperial Amphitheater
*[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]
*The [[Matrix Flame]] Chamber

===Dreamwave comics===
*The Border Regions
*The Central Spaceport
*The [[High Council Pavilions]]
*The Grand Oratory
*The Chamber of Ancients
*The Vaults
*The [[Decagon]]
*The [[Stellar Galleries]]
*The [[Oracle Tank]]
*The Energon Pools
*Iacon East
*Access Shaft 0-5 (sub-surface)
*Quadrant Epsilon
*[[Shockwave's Tower]]
*Sub-orbital District
*The [[Forum of Enlightenment]] (destroyed)
*Planetary Engine Vents (sub-surface)
*[[Virtue's Forum]]
*The Promontory

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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Iacon functioned as the heart of Autobot territory on Cybertron, and appears to have been the base of the [[Council of Autobot Elders]] prior to the departure of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his comrades from the planet. It was termed "greatest of the city-states" for the Autobots on Cybertron.

[[Image:Iaconfrom1986annual.jpg|left|275px|thumb|]]
''Without Prime's leadership, the Autobot war effort fell further and further into disarray -- but Iacon's defences remained steady. The Decepticons, led by [[Trannis]] succeeding [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], besieged the city and continued to attempt its capture for many thousands of years. Eventually, being in control of the remainder of Cybertron, Trannis decided it simply was not worth capturing Iacon intact and ordered his troops to level the city, which they did to such an extent that by the time Optimus Prime returned briefly to Cybertron, the city was completely in ruins.''

''Still, the Autobots maintained a presence in Iacon, if only from small resistance bases in its ruins. [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]] itself was located within these ruins at one point, and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] operated from this base conducting strikes and raids on Decepticon holdings on a continuing basis.''

===Generation 1 cartoon===
Iacon was the last Autobot safehaven on Cybertron. It was a large, domed fortress colored gold. It was the site of the Ark's launch for a search of new energy sources. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics===
Iacon was the capital of Cybertron and the headquarters of the Autobots. After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] became [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], he ordered an evacuation of Cybertron. However, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered a [[Planetary Engine]] vent to activate, destroying the [[Forum of Enlightenment]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went down beneath the wreckage, in an attempt to leave him isolated and vulnerable. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] then led an assault on Iacon, with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] leading the defense. During the assault, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] believed he killed Megatron, and activated the mecha-forming process, intending to destroy Iacon, the Autobots, and Shockwave, the only real threat to his leadership. After seeing the devastation that was Iacon, the Autobots agreed to Prime's evacuation order, but Optimus reversed the order and ordered the Autobots to dig in. {{storylink|The War Within|The War Within}}

[[Image:Iaconundershockwave.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
In the future, Iacon had completely shut down as part of a world-wide [[stasis lock]] across the face of Cybertron. The first to awaken, Shockwave saw the dead world as having infinite potential. As part of his efforts to restore the planet, Shockwave united Autobot and Decepticon factions and rebuilt the city as a testament to the supremacy of his rule. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

On Earth, Shockwave arrested Optimus Prime and the Autobots under his command and brought them back to Cybertron, Iacon specifically, planning to deactivate them. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden|Brothers' Burden}} Prime and the others escaped with help from the Autobot resistance and then staged an all-out assault on the city. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Iacon was the capital of Cybertron and the base of the [[Senate]], and where most Senators spent their time, rather than with their constituents. When the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began with the Battle of [[Kaon]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s Autobots were trying to contact Iacon for reinforcements. After Sentinel Prime's [[body]] was dropped in front of them, Prowl instead requested an evacuation to Iacon. {{storylink|Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}

===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
After the [[Great Upgrade]], Iacon was paved over and replaced with [[Cybertropolis]]. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] led [[Optimus Primal]] to believe that clues to the locations of the lost [[Spark|sparks]] could be located in Iacon's ruins, so Primal and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] went searching there. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

{{note|When the Maximals visit Iacon's ruins, everyone who speaks the city's name incorrectly pronounces it a "I'''o'''con. This isn't the first time [[Teletraan I (G1)|this kind of error]] has been made}}

===''Armada'' cartoon===
Starscream mentions having been a warrior since his "spark left the Iacon chamber." {{storylink|Rebellion}}

===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
Iacon has become the capital of Cybertron, apparently replacing [[Cyber City]] or [[Central City (Energon)|Central City]].

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Iacontoy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I can see my house from here.]]
*'''Primus''' (2006)

:Iacon is one of two distinguishable cities molded into the surface of [[Primus]]' planet mode. It features many major landmarks as depicted in the Dreamwave comics and DK's Transformers ''Ultimate Guide'', such as the Stellar Galleries, the Decagon, the Chamber of the Ancients, and the Tower of Pion.

:The other city is the Decepticon fortress [[Kolkular]], which, similar to the depiction on the Cybertron map in the ''Ultimate Guide'', is placed on the opposite end of the toy from Iacon. ''The War Within'' comics also describe Iacon being built on the surface above buried planetary engines that could conceivably maneuver Cybertron through space; likewise, the toy places Iacon directly over Primus' shoulder cannon shafts. Both of these details, however, are likely a coincidence.

===Cybertron===
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)

:Yep, it was still there when the toy was released months later in the ''Cybertron'' toyline.

==Notes==
* It has been suggested that the name Iacon was created as a reference automotive industry executive [[Wikipedia:Lee_Iacocca|Lee Iacocca]].

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