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G.I. Joe (team)

2012-01-17T03:20:53Z

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{{disambig2|the fictional counter-terrorist team|the real-world Hasbro franchise|G.I. Joe (franchise)}}

:''G.I. Joe is a [[human]] military organization from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|continuity family of the same name]].''

[[Image:GIJoe_GroupShot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Yo, Joes.]]

'''G.I. Joe''' is the code-name for [[United States of America|America]]'s daring, highly-trained special mission force! Its purpose: to defend [[human]] freedom against [[Cobra]], a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule [[Earth|the world]]!

It has been known to ally itself with the [[Autobot]]s, just as Cobra tends to ally with the [[Decepticon]]s.

The team is named after their founder and executive officer; [[Joe Colton]].

==Fiction==
{{stub|Fleshing out the Marvel section; adding storylinks to the DW and DD sections}}

===Marvel comic continuity===
====''Generation 1'' comics====
[[Image:JoeTF1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"We have [[to sell toys#Death|our orders]] from Hasbro!"]]

The G.I. Joe team was assigned to protect [[Power Station Alpha]] from harm and was involved in the events following its theft and ultimate destruction. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} {{storylink|Power Struggle}} {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

Members involved in this mission included [[Ace]], [[Beachhead]], [[Crankcase (G.I. Joe)|Crankcase]], [[Dial-Tone]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|General Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Lift-Ticket]], [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], [[Mutt]] & [[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)|Junkyard]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], [[Scarlett]], [[Sergeant Slaughter]], [[Slip-Stream]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Wild Bill]].

{{note|This crossover did not occur in the UK continuity. Instead, that series later crossed over with the [[Action Force (comic)|''Action Force'' comic]].}}
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====''Generation 2'' comics====
[[Image:NinjaForce.jpg|right|280px|thumb|The ''Joe'' comics, of course, were ''far'' more realistic than the cartoon.]]

After [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] bargained with Cobra for a new body, the G.I. Joe team attempted to invade and retake a small town under Cobra's control. {{storylink|Unfoldings!}} {{storylink|Realignments}} {{storylink|Goin' South}} {{storylink|Sucker Punch}} {{storylink|Final Transformations}} {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

Members involved in this mission included [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|General Hawk]], [[Scarlett]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Wild Bill]].

Later, the Decepticons launched an all-out assault on the Earth. With [[Washington, D.C.]] turned into a smouldering ruin, the task of salvaging the [[United States military]]'s counter-offensive fell to Hawk and G.I. Joe. They were not optimistic about how it was going. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Known members involved were Hawk and Flint, but we can assume others were as well.

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===Japanese ''Generation 1'' cartoon continuity===
G.I. Joe was formed in the early 1990s to combat the rising threat of Cobra. When a 1996 mission went sour, Joe member [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|D.R. Faireborn]] and his daughter [[Marissa Faireborn|Marissa]] were saved by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], beginning an odd "relationship" between Prime and Marissa that persisted for years. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline}}

{{note|Presumably, this date for the founding of G.I. Joe places the events of the ''G.I. Joe'' cartoon in the early '90s, several years after they were actually broadcast. But placing the creation of the group ''after'' the Transformers awoke on Earth does help to explain where Cobra and the Joes got all those lasers!}}

===Dreamwave ''Transformers / G.I. Joe'' comics===

[[Image:Transformers_GI_Joe_5_Duke.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The war was a dark time.]]

In 1938, Europe was overrun by the combined forces of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] and [[Cobra]]. G.I. Joe was formed to combat them and were led to their [[Terrordrome]] in the [[Fera Islands]] by a map carved out of the [[USS Hama]]'s hull by treacherous Cobra operatives. While engaging Cobra troops commanded by [[Storm Shadow]], the Joes encountered the [[Autobot|Autobots]], who soon repaired and revived themselves. The Joes soon found themselves under fire from a squadron of [[Rattler|Rattlers]] and [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] led by [[Wild Weasel]], but these were driven back by Lady Jaye and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]].

While the Cobra aircraft were driven off, they left behind paratroopers and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. The Joes managed to defeat the troops, and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and Scarlett destroyed Rumble, but [[Zartan]] managed to murder and replace Breaker in the confusion. He was quickly discovered, but not before he allowed [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to capture Flint.

Storm Shadow left the main Cobra force to engage in a deadly duel with his sword-brother Snake-Eyes, now a member of G.I. Joe. Despite the intervention of [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Snake-Eyes defeated Storm Shadow, who was then eaten by a shark.

Soon, Cobra prepared to defend the town of [[Torhavn]] against the approaching Autobots and Joes, using slaves as human shields. Another Cobra air attack was foiled by Lady Jaye and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]; soon afterwards, Lady Jaye defeated [[Major Bludd]] and the [[Dreadnoks]]. Meanwhile, a small Joe strike force infiltrated the Terrordrome, destroying [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in the process.

As the Joes, Autobots, and an Allied fleet neared, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] destroyed Superion and a number of ships, damaging himself severely in the process. But despite heavy losses, the Autobots soldiered on.

[[Destro]] and the [[Baroness]] took advantage of the chaos to unleash their monstrous creation [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] upon both sides—but not before slaying their co-conspirator, Starscream. Bruticus' attack crippled Cobra Commander, allowing the Baroness to execute him with Megatron's pistol form. Her victory was short-lived—before the Commander's body could cool, she and Destro were arrested by Scarlett and Snake-Eyes. As the metal monster tore through the Autobots, Snake-Eyes took the Matrix from the Commander's corpse and destroyed it, killing the Autobots, Decepticons, and Bruticus and ending the threat of Cobra.

[[Image:DW GIJoe Issue7 1.jpg|right|thumb|180px|'''USA! USA! USA! USA!''']]

Members involved in this mission included [[Beachhead]], [[Breaker]], [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], [[Grunt]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Leatherneck]], [[Lifeline]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], [[Scarlett]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]].

Some 45 years after the conquest of Europe, Cobra rose again, and G.I. Joe returned to combat it. Headquartered in the [[Pit (G.I. Joe)|Pit]], G.I. Joe was led by Duke, a veteran of the last Cobra war. In 1985, a G.I. Joe team led by Flint attacked a Cobra shipping facility. While the facility was largely destroyed, [[Destro]] and [[Scrap-Iron]] managed to escape via [[Flight Pod|Trouble Bubble]], an act that led to Flint being reprimanded. Soon afterwards, the Joes detected the crash of an [[Autobot]] shuttlecraft near [[Portland]]. Flint was sent to retrieve it with a team of rookies, and he managed to repel a Cobra strike team and recover an unconscious [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. Hours later, the team was briefed by Duke, Stalker, and Scarlett on the threat posed by the [[Transformer|Transformers]].

Members involved in this mission included [[Airtight]], [[Alpine]], [[Barbecue]], [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]], [[Blowtorch]], [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]], [[Cover Girl]], [[Doc (G.I. Joe)|Doc]], [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], [[Grand Slam (G.I. Joe)|Grand Slam]], [[Gung-Ho]], [[Mutt]] & [[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)|Junkyard]], [[Quick Kick]], [[Rock 'n Roll]], [[Scarlett]], [[Shipwreck]], [[Snake-Eyes]], [[Spirit]], [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], and [[Wild Bill]].

{{note|As [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] went bankrupt after only one issue of this series was published, it is unknown whether Snake-Eyes is in any way related to his 1930s counterpart.}}

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===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
After Cobra discovered the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and turned the Transformers within it into remote-controlled war machines, the G.I. Joe team was formed to oppose them. (The team was modelled on a 1970s group, the [[Adventure Team]])

Members involved in this mission included [[Ace]], [[Barbecue]], [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]], [[Breaker]], [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]], [[Dial-Tone]], [[Doc (G.I. Joe)|Doc]], [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], [[Gung-Ho]], [[Grunt]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Leatherneck]], [[Lifeline]], [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], [[Mercer]], [[Mutt]] & [[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)|Junkyard]], [[Quick Kick]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], [[Rock 'n Roll]], [[Scarlett]], [[Sci-Fi]], [[Shipwreck]], [[Snake-Eyes]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Spirit]], [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], and [[Wild Bill]].

Two years later, an attempt by Cobra to seize control of [[Teletran 3]] resulted in several Transformers being sent to various eras in Earth's history, threatening to alter the timestream catastrophically. Cobra and G.I.Joe were forced to work together to neutralize the threat. During this period, an America-Cybertron technology exchange meant the Joes briefly had ''awesome battle mechas''.

[[Image:GIJoe vs. the Transformers6 battle mech line-up.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Heavy metal.]]

Members involved in this mission included [[Barbecue]], [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]], [[Beachhead]], [[Chuckles]], [[Cover Girl]], [[Dial-Tone]], [[Dusty]], [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Gung-Ho]], [[Jinx]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], [[Scarlett]], [[Shipwreck]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Spirit]].

After the U.S. government's [[Serpent O.R.]] project awakened, several Joes were captured by his Decepticon forces, forcing the rest of the team to mount a rescue operation to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Members involved in this mission included [[Barbecue]], [[Beachhead]], [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Dusty]], [[Firewall]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], [[Rock 'n Roll]], [[Scarlett]], [[Sci-Fi]], [[Snake-Eyes]], [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], [[Storm Shadow]], and [[Tripwire (G.I. Joe)|Tripwire]].

Unicron was summoned to Earth by Cobra-La, and a small team of Joes stopped him from devouring the planet.

Operatives involved in this mission included [[Bushido]], [[Joe Colton]], [[Countdown (G.I. Joe)|Countdown]], [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Firewall]], [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], [[Payload (G.I. Joe)|Payload]], [[Red Spot]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], [[Scarlett]], [[Sci-Fi]], [[Snake-Eyes]], [[Snow Job]], & [[Windmill (G.I. Joe)|Windmill]].

==Notes==
* The original [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' crossover storyline was not printed in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] at the time that the ''Generation 1'' comic was referencing it. So in the UK ''Generation 1'' reprints, lines of dialogue were changed, and different circumstances were concocted for Bumblebee to be [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|destroyed]] and [[Hunters|rebuilt as Goldbug]]. Years later, ''G.I. Joe and the Transformers'' WAS finally reprinted, but no effort was made to work it back into continuity.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''G.I.ジョー''' (''G.I.Jō'', "G.I.Joe")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Comandos em Ação''' (Brazil)
*''Spanish:'' '''Comandos Heroicos''' (America)

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Cold War (history)

2012-01-17T03:06:34Z

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{{disambig3|Cold War}}
The '''Cold War''' is a period in [[Earth]] history (specifically after [[World War II]]) when [[human]]s dug a lot of bunkers. This was apparently due to post-war disagreements between the [[United States of America]] and the [[Soviet Union]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
In the Autobots awakening on modern earth, all of the planets nations set aside their differences to aid them (presumably meaning the wartime tensions were eased).{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} Tensions increased when an experimental [[Daina|Soviet stealth fighter]] was mysteriously stolen, threatening to ignite a [[Wikipedia:World War III|third global war]].{{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

===Live-action film series===
====Transformers: Beginnings====
During the Cold War, a bunker was built in [[New Mexico]]. [[Sector Seven]] later used it to try to trap [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] after he arrived on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Beginnings}}

====IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics====
A nuclear shelter was built in [[Odessa]], [[Texas]]. Many years later, [[NEST]] used it as a base of operations while they tried to capture [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

====Dark of the Moon====
The [[Apollo 11]] space mission, set during the war's "Space Race", secretly discovered Cybertronian life crashlanded on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. At the same time, the Soviet Union commandeered a Cybertronian engine part, which was apparently responsible for the Chernobyl event, not a nuclear meltdown.

===''Prime''===
[[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] was originally a Cold War nuclear missile silo. After the 'Bots came to Earth, the silo was reconfigured for their habitation.

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
At some point during the Cold War, a bunker was built under the fire station on [[Griffin Rock]]. After the [[Rescue Bots]] were assigned to the island as protectors, they made use of it. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]] on [[Wikipedia]]

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Cold War (history)

2012-01-10T23:33:21Z

74.69.212.232: /* Prime cartoon */

{{disambig3|Cold War}}
The '''Cold War''' is a period in [[Earth]] history (specifically after [[World War II]]) when [[human]]s dug a lot of bunkers. This was apparently due to post-war disagreements between the [[United States of America]] and the [[Soviet Union]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
In the Autobots awakening on modern earth, all of the planets nations set aside their differences to aid them (presumably meaning the wartime tensions were eased).{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} Tensions increased when an experimental [[Daina|Soviet stealth fighter]] was mysteriously stolen, threatening to ignite a [[Wikipedia:World War III|third global war]].{{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

===Live-action film series===
====Transformers: Beginnings====
During the Cold War, a bunker was built in [[New Mexico]]. [[Sector Seven]] later used it to try to trap [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] after he arrived on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Beginnings}}

====IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics====
A nuclear shelter was built in [[Odessa]], [[Texas]]. Many years later, [[NEST]] used it as a base of operations while they tried to capture [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

====Dark of the Moon====
The [[Apollo 11]] space mission, set during the war's "Space Race", secretly discovered Cybertronian life crashlanded on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. At the same time, the Soviet Union commandeered a Cybertronian engine part, which was apparently responsible for the Chernobyl event, not a nuclear meltdown.

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] was originally a Cold War nuclear missile silo. After the 'Bots came to Earth, the silo was reconfigured for their habitation.

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
At some point during the Cold War, a bunker was built under the fire station on [[Griffin Rock]]. After the [[Rescue Bots]] were assigned to the island as protectors, they made use of it. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]] on [[Wikipedia]]

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[[Category:Aligned history]]
[[Category:Live-action film series history]]
[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon]]
[[Category:Wars]]

Autobot Outpost Omega One

2012-01-10T23:30:51Z

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[[Image:ConJob-outpostomega1outside.jpg|right|thumb|400px|This expensive scenery will have to either die or leave by the end of the episode.]]
'''Autobot Outpost Omega One''' is the Autobots' hidden base on [[Earth]], located inside a mountain in [[Nevada]]. It serves as '''Autobot Central Command'''. It used to be a [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]] missile silo before it was converted: as a result, it's shielded against radio signals and is operated using old human machinery. Trying to run Cybertronian programs on human machinery is a recipe for bugs out the exhaust, much to [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet's]] irritation!

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' comic===
[[Team Prime]], then consisting of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], were already based in the missile solo when [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] answered Optimus's call and arrived on Earth. Optimus and Bumblebee used the [[GroundBridge]] to rescue the two from [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:Omega1entrance.jpg|thumb|left|]]

When [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] alerted [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] to the fact that [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] had run into trouble, he had the Autobots rendezvous back at base so they could use the [[GroundBridge]] to reach Cliffjumper's last known coordinates. Unfortunately, they were too late. After Arcee had an encounter with some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon troops]], Optimus ordered her to bring [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]], who had been exposed to the [[Transformer]] presence, in to base. She and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] brought ''three'' kids in, as they'd accidentally been seen by [[Miko Nakadai]] as well. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

Optimus explained the situation to the kids, but was interrupted by the arrival of their human liaison, [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. After the agent left, [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]'s equipment picked up Cliffjumper's life signature, and the other Autobots left him at base with the three kids. Raf proved handy in helping Ratchet work out some of the bugs with the base's computer systems, and the kids left for home once the other Autobots returned from their mission.

A sample of [[Dark Energon]] inadvertently brought into the base by Arcee infected a piece of equipment {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}, which attacked Ratchet. As a result, Optimus discerned [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s plan and took Ratchet on a mission, leaving Arcee in command of the base. Arcee promptly went out on patrol with Bumblebee, leaving [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in charge of both the base and kids. Following another visit by Fowler, the government agent was kidnapped, forcing Bulkhead to leave the kids in charge while he went to make a rescue. Unfortunately, the three kids followed him, leaving no one at the base when Arcee needed to use the GroundBridge to get back. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:Omega1mainfloor.jpg|thumb|300px|Thank Primus we have the right floor insignia.]]

The Autobots managed to rescue Fowler and return him to base, where he was installed on a medical stretcher. Ratchet used the base computers to analyse the intel Miko had brought back, revealing the extent of Megatron's plan to send Dark Energon to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} While the other Autobots went to stop the plan from being carried out by attacking Megatron's [[space bridge]], Ratchet and the kids monitored their progress from base. They were subsequently able to use the GroundBridge to get the kids to the radio dish array the Decepticons were using to set the space bridge target, but they were prevented from completely shutting down the Decepticon operation by [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]. Raf returned to base with space bridge schematics, which Ratchet was able to download into the base computer system and use to instruct the Autobot team in a bit of sabotage. Once the space bridge was destroyed, the Autobots bridged back to base. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

The kids decided to work on their science projects at the base, which caused a bit of a mess. This led to Ratchet trying to "help" them, which pretty much consisted of him taking over the projects and building them his way. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} Bulkhead and Bumblebree brought a mysterious pod back to the base from the [[Arctic]]. Unfortunately, the pod turned out to contain [[Scraplet]]s, which escaped and started chewing through the base's systems when the pod thawed. The Autobots and their three human friends were eventually able to repair the GroundBridge and expel the annoying creatures into the Arctic. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:Omegaonehumancorner.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Because aweing at giant robots does get tiring after a while.]]

In an attempt to learn the location of the base, Starscream had [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] masquerade as [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and infiltrate the Autobot ranks. The Scraplet attack had left the GroundBridge in an unstable state, and, unable to use it to bring in the other Decepticons right away, Makeshift was forced to continue his ruse. He was uncovered before the GroundBridge could be made operational, and the real Wheeljack turned up to set things straight. Makeshift subsequently failed to report the location of the Autobot base to Starscream and was blown up by a bomb the Autobots had planted on him. {{storylink|Con Job}}

Fowler contacted the base when his plane crashed and he needed help moving the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]]. Ratchet and the kids monitored the operation from base, and provided support when it came under attack from [[MECH]]. When Raf used the computer systems to alter the path of the train carrying the device, the MECH guys sent a virus through the base's computer system, stopping them from using the GroundBridge to rescue Jack and Miko on the train. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}} Ratchet used the base's equipment to construct a duplicate [[Energon Harvester]] when the Decepticons stole the original from a museum. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

After Jack got involved in street racing, Miko and Raf hung out at base and completely failed to cover for him. {{storylink|Speed Metal}} When Optimus was infected with [[cybonic plague]], he was rushed back to base for medical care. Ratchet monitored his condition there while the other Autobots went out to find a cure. They succeeded however Megatron's mind ended up in Bumblebee's head. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} During a basketball game in the main area between Bulkhead and Bumblebee, Bumblebee started having visions, eventually leading to Ratchet putting the scout in power-down. Megatron was able to take advantage of Bumblebee's downtime to use the base's GroundBridge to retrieve some Dark Energon and return to the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' to reclaim his own body. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

When the kids disappeared during a GroundBridge incident, Ratchet tried to locate them with the base's sensors. It wasn't until the kids rang [[Miko's phone]], which had accidentally been left at the base, that it turned out the kids were in a [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadow dimension]]. Ratchet worked out how to reconfigure the GroundBridge so the kids could escape back to reality. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] was kidnapped by MECH, leading the Autobots to go try to rescue their enemy. Bulkhead, as he had a personal stake in it, was left at base until Miko talked him into going on a one-Bot rescue mission. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Jack brought [[June Darby|his mom]] to the base after she found out about the existence of giant transforming robots. {{storylink|Crisscross}} She started visiting regularly, much to the annoyance of the kids, who felt oppressed. Also Arcee and Bulkhead brought a [[polarity gauntlet]] back to the base. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} The base's sensors picked up an ancient Decepticon signal which turned out to be the long-crashed ''[[Harbinger]]''. The ship contained the [[Immobilizer]], and when Bumblebee returned with Optimus and Bulkhead frozen by it, Ratchet rebuilt the weapon using the base's technology so they could unfreeze their friends. {{storylink|Partners}}

After the contents of a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] were downloaded into Bulkhead's brain, he started scrawling parts of a [[Synthetic Energon]] formula on pieces of the base. While the other Autobots tried to reclaim the cylinder from Megatron, Miko lured Bulkhead out of the base in an attempt to get him to remember who he was. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Ratchet managed to fill in the gaps and produce Synthetic Energon, but made the mistake of testing it on himself. This led to antics including Ratchet throwing Bulkhead through one of the base's walls. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Jack, Miko and Raf spent some time at the base surfing conspiracy websites so they could cover up the Autobots' activities. Fowler contacted the base to inform the Autobots that the 'Cons were stealing components for a new space bridge. When Raf was infected with Dark Energon, Ratchet tried to use the base's equipment to treat the boy, even calling in June Darby to help. Finally they managed to purge the Dark Energon from Raf using an infusion of energon. The base's sensors soon picked up that Optimus was in an area with a high concentration of Dark Energon {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} The other Autobots retrieved Optimus, however the Dark Energon began causing worldwide disasters. Fowler arrived at the base, and they monitored the disasters bother via television and the base's sensors. The Autobots eventually concluded the truth—[[Unicron]] was at the Earth's core, and began to scout the sites of the disasters for more information. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

After a battle with giant stone Unicrons, the Autobots took the unusual step of inviting Megatron back to the base so he could assist them in ending Unicron's threat. After a brief visit by the Decepticon leader, he and the Autobots bar Ratchet GroundBridged into the Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}} The base was rattle by an earthquake as Optimus defeated Unicron. Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee GroundBridged back without their leader, as he'd developed amnesia and joined Megatron. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
Ratchet constructed the [[Safe]], a training room on one of the lower levels of the base. In the process of testing it, the Autobots uncovered a live nuclear bomb. The warhead, which should have been taken away when the base was originally stripped, almost led to the discovery of the base by Vehicons. Luckily Raf was able to keep the bomb busy until Fowler arrived with some scientists to defuse it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

The Autobots decorated their base for [[Christmas]], however when Fowler told them the Decepticons had taken over a [[Yamal|nuclear-powered ship]], Optimus left Bulkhead and Arcee behind to work on their differences. On Raf's suggestion, the pair tried to find a common like, and eventually settled on ice skating. Then they turned the base into an indoor ice rink, which Ratchet didn't seem too enthusiastic about. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

{{spoiler|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|February 2, 2012}}
When Raf became hypnotised by a video game and activated the GroundBridge, hordes of Vehicons started pouring into the base. Ratchet activated the base's defenses, providing pop-up metal shields as cover while the Autobots fought back. Raf was eventually snapped out of his trance and turned the GroundBridge into a vacuum that sucking the Vehicons back out, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

==Notes==
* The name "Autobot Central Command" comes from a previous version of Ratchet's bio on [http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime the Hub website], though the Autobots mostly just called it "base." The codename was first mentioned in "[[Con Job]]".

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Cold War (history)

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The '''Cold War''' is a period in [[Earth]] history (specifically after [[World War II]]) when [[human]]s dug a lot of bunkers. This was apparently due to post-war disagreements between the [[United States of America]] and the [[Soviet Union]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
In the Autobots awakening on modern earth, all of the planets nations set aside their differences to aid them (presumably meaning the wartime tensions were eased).{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} Tensions increased when an experimental [[Daina|Soviet stealth fighter]] was mysteriously stolen, threatening to ignite a [[Wikipedia:World War III|third global war]].{{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

===Live-action film series===
====Transformers: Beginnings====
During the Cold War, a bunker was built in [[New Mexico]]. [[Sector Seven]] later used it to try to trap [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] after he arrived on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Beginnings}}

====IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics====
A nuclear shelter was built in [[Odessa]], [[Texas]]. Many years later, [[NEST]] used it as a base of operations while they tried to capture [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

====Dark of the Moon====
The [[Apollo 11]] space mission, set during the war's "Space Race", secretly discovered Cybertronian life crashlanded on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. At the same time, the Soviet Union commandeered a Cybertronian engine part, which was apparently responsible for the Chernobyl event, not a nuclear meltdown.

===''Prime'' cartoon===
The Autobot base was originally a Cold War nuclear missile silo. After the 'Bots came to Earth, the silo was reconfigured for their habitation.

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{spoiler|Family of Heroes|January 17, 2012}}
At some point during the Cold War, a bunker was built under the fire station on [[Griffin Rock]]. After the [[Rescue Bots]] were assigned to the island as protectors, they made use of it. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]] on [[Wikipedia]]

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