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Great War (G1)

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{{disambig3|Great War}}
{{disambig2|the sometimes third Cybertronian war in Generation 1|the third Cybertronian war in ''Animated''|Third Cybertronian War}}
:''The Great War is a historical event that is a prominent feature of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Battle For Cybertron battle.jpg|right|thumb]]
In the '''Great War''' (sometimes also known as the '''Third Cybertronian War'''), [[Autobot]]s [[Theme song|wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the]] [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
''The Great War came after a long period of tension between city-states and energy shortage, and a devastating war that wiped out [[Vos (polity)|Vos]] and [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]]. [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] had deliberately left its rivals to burn and the last [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] had died in the ruins, allowing [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (who had let the Overlord die) to form an army, the Decepticons, from the disgruntled Vos/Tarn survivors.'' {{storylink|State Games}} ''They were ignored as cranks''.{{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}
[[File:Battle for Cybertron Autobots.jpg|right|thumb]]
After eons of planning, plotting, and building up strength, Megatron and the Decepticons finally attacked, setting off global conflict of staggering proportions. The Decepticon plan was to conquer the world and turn it into a ''mobile'' "cosmic dreadnought" that would conquer the galaxy! {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}} Decepticon tactics were well-orchestrated, and Autobot casualties continued to mount until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arose from the Autobot ranks to become a warrior of great firepower and leader of great skill. With his help, Autobots were able to hold their own against the Decepticons {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''and he was given full command of the Autobot forces after the successful defence of Iacon: halting the Decepticon's then-unstoppable advance''. {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}

The very planet was knocked out of orbit, requiring the Autobots to clear its way through an asteroid field. The Decepticons attacked them as soon as it was done, leading to both Prime and Megatron to be lost. Before this happened, Optimus had been talking about the need to make peace with the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''This would not happen: the war continued under Decepticon leader [[Trannis]], who conquered the Prime-less planet but failed to crush the Autobot resistance.'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}} Four million years later, the war on Cybertron still raged on and when Optimus and Megatron awoke on [[Earth]], they carried on too.

====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Peace war begins anew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9]]
In the year [[2510]], the last Decepticon was killed. The ''next'' Great War, between embittered Autobot factions, broke out immediately after. {{storylink|Peace}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
The Great War is known by some chroniclers of Cybertronian history as the Third Cybertronian War. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} It was during a time of peace known as the [[Golden Age|Golden Age of Cybertron]] that Megatron re-organized the Decepticons for the purpose of challenging the Autobots for control of Cybertron. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
Nine million years ago, the [[Autobot High Command]] was keeping an eye on a nascent unorganized group of rogues called the Decepticons. However, open war erupted when the Decepticon movement became organized and conducted actions such as shooting down the ''[[Van De Graaff]]''. After saving the [[Matrix of Leadership|precious cargo]] of the ''Van De Graaff'' from the Decepticons, the crew of the [[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]], including [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], was inducted into the newly formed [[Elite Guard]] to fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

Within 10 years of the war's commencement, the Decepticons were led by the [[Decepticon Warlord]]s. However, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] ensured that he and Megatron remained the only rivals for power by assassinating the rest of the Warlords with [[Falcon (G1)|an unwitting suicide bomber]]. {{storylink|A Team Effort}} Megatron later became the sole leader of the Decepticons by defeating Deathsaurus in an unfair duel. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} Meanwhile, after being mostly massacred by the turncoat [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s, {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}} the Elite Guard was replaced by the new Autobot military led by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} The war later cooled down for a time as energy became scarce on Cybertron, prompting many Autobots and Decepticons to go enter [[stasis hibernation pod]]s or to go offworld aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Millions of years later, the Great War finally came to an end in [[2013]] C.E. with the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] by the Autobots, Decepticons, and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s clones at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. The peace treaty had come about in part due to the actions of Jhiaxus: in starting the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]] to achieve peace on Cybertron by exterminating all "First Generation" Transformers, he had unintentionally gotten Autobot and Decepticon alike to fight with each other rather than against each other. {{storylink|A Common Foe}} Unfortunately for the Decepticon commando unit [[Squadron X]], their location in deep space meant that they did not receive word of the war's end until it was too late. Setting a trap on [[Torax Prime]] for their foes the [[Wrecker]]s, who never came because they got word of the war's end, the members of Squadron X eventually killed each other off due to boredom. [[Tornado]] and [[Ferak]] were left as the unit's sole survivors. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{note|The ''Beast Wars'' writers loosely based their history on the G1 animated series and Marvel comics, but they stated that those original G1 stories had the same truth value as {{w|Arthurian legend}}.}}

The key turning point in the Great War was when the ''Ark'' crew reactivated in 1984, on Earth. The Predacons [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have said that the Great War ''started'' in 1984, which may be how the Predacons see it as their ancestors lost. (Or it could just be an error/shorthand by [[Bob Forward]]!). {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

Shortly after the war began, Megatron would encode a message to Cybertron on the {{w|Voyager Golden Record}} (also known as the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]) just in case he lost. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Over time, he was reformatted into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] by and the monster [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Possession}} In the end, in large part thanks to help from the [[human]]s, the Autobots would win the Great War. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} Optimus Prime was present for the Final Battle. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

The Great War was officially ended by the forming of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] with the Autobots the victors and the Decepticons placed under heavy restrictions. A number of Decepticons were granted amnesty and retired. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} Many records were restricted {{storylink|Possession}} and most of the ''Ark'' crew are legendary figures, indicating they had died or disappeared by the time of the ''Beast Wars''.

A period of uneasy peace followed with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] biding their time in preparation for their chance to challenge the supremacy of the [[Maximal]]s and start the Great War again, something that [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] couldn't understand. It was three hundred years after Pax Cybertronia when Primal was drawn into [[Megatron (BW)|one such challenge]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

====Dawn of Future's Past====
{{note|The events of "Dawn of Future's Past" are also integrated into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}
At the end of the Third Cybertronian War, the Decepticons ceased to be a viable threat to the Autobots. [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] then led the emergent [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] to become the main opposition to Autobot rule of Cybertron until he was assassinated by the [[Tripredacus Council]]. {{storylink|Razorclaw (G1)#Timelines|BotCon 2009 Razorclaw profile card}}

[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] was one of Megatron's most loyal soldiers during the Great War. {{storylink|Buzzsaw (G1)#Timelines|BotCon 2006 Buzzsaw profile card}}

====3H comics====
When Galvatron failed the Decepticons and the Great War ended, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] turned his loyalty to the gangster [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]]. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

====Waspscream continuity====
[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] was an Autobot general during the Great War. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|''Universe'' Obsidian profile}}

===''Beast Wars Neo'' manga===
[[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]] mentioned that [[Unicron]] was a terrifying lifeform killed by the [[Transformer]]s in the Great War twenty million years ago. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
{{stub}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
The seeds for the Great War (though it was not the [[First Cybertronian Civil War|first "great" war]]) were planted through many years of social stratification by an increasingly entitled upper class, who exploited everyone below them with the aid of a rigid and corrupt police system. The spark to the powder keg was provided when factions within the [[Senate]], the corrupted government of Cybertron, arranged for an attack upon the leading Prime, [[Nominus Prime]]. By doing this, in a failed attempt to gain access to the [[Matrix of Leadership]] which had been secreted away centuries before, they also gained an excuse to introduce the "[[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]", a planet-wide security regime which let them crack down on anyone who opposed them. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} As such, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] considered the Matrix to be the root cause of it all. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} During the Clampdown, the Autobots served as the Senate's peace-keeping force, enforcing their draconian rules. This caused frictions to rise even more and politically-minded Transformers spoke out loudly against it, only to be silenced brutally; and even now, within the Senate itself, some - specifically [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] - tried to exploit even the extreme social unrest for personal gain. An energon miner turned fugitive from justice turned underground gladiator named Megatron rallied a force of gladiators, escaped convicts, and other bots dissatisfied with the current leadership of Cybertron to rebellion based out of the city-state of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}} After Megatron's defeat of Sentinel Prime, and the routing of the corrupt Senate, peace seemed possible when Zeta Prime took over command of the security forces and became the de facto leader of Cybertron; however he revealed himself as the most ruthless dictator of all. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and Megatron found themselves working together to stop his army of Omega Sentinels, equipped with weapons of mass destruction, but after Megatron destroyed Zeta Prime with the proverbial 'Shot that started the war', the treaty ended...and the war truly began as Orion Pax - now Optimus Prime, after gaining the Matrix - and Megatron both strove to control Cybertron. {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}}

The war continued for over four million years, turning Cybertron into a lifeless husk until the "Chaos War" against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], which ended with the planet's restoration. Most Decepticons were imprisoned, thousands of neutral Transformers who had fled during the war began returning home, and the Great War was considered over. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Great War, also known as the Third Cybertronian War, began eleven million years ago and ended in [[2031]] after the apocalyptic battle later dubbed "the [[Scouring of Nebulos]]". The [[Human Confederacy]], along with other races in the galaxy, forcibly imposed an armistice on the battered combatants and restricted them to a small [[Allowed Zone]] consisting of Cybertron and nine colonies. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

After scrounging up some new [[Cyberdroid]] recruits from the backwater colony world of [[Master (planet)|Master]], Galvatron attempted to re-ignite the war by first taking out humanity in the [[Great Push]]. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} The battle against the Human Confederacy was a humiliating defeat for the Transformers, and as punishment the humans sterilized four colonies. {{storylink|Intersectionality}} {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] brought the war to a close after absorbing the [[Underbase]], driving him mad and prompting him to launch the [[Grand Mal]]; the Autobots and Decepticons formed a temporary truce to take down their mutual enemy. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Too decrepit to continue the war but unwilling to completely let old grudges go, the Autobots and Decepticons renamed themselves the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] and used the [[Energon Matrix|energon matrix]] to create their successors, the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s. They then crafted a system of gladiatorial [[Games]] that Maximals and Predacons would have to participate in, functioning as proxies for the Autobots and Decepticons' old grudge forever and providing endless entertainment for the mostly immobile Builders. That is, until Guardian of Order [[Lio Convoy]], holder of the energon matrix, had his eyes opened to the injustice of the status quo. Publicly exposing the Builders' conspiracy, he set the Fourth Cybertronian War, the [[Grand Uprising]], in motion. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] led the reconstituted [[Firestormer|Firestormer Squadron]] in the final battle of the third Cybertronian war against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]] at [[Mirtonia]]. The Autobots emerged victorious when the Decepticons accidentally blew up an experimental energon refinery and themselves with it. However, the massive explosion also blasted General Optimus Prime and [[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] out of their own reality and into [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}} {{storylink|Hound (G1)#Timelines|Sgt. Hound profile card}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
While the cause of the Great War is unknown, it swept across Cybertron in a fury, wiping away any trace of the once glorious civilization that had existed. The Decepticon aggressors quickly proved the better fighters, keeping the former Autobot ruling class on the back foot. As the war ground on, it began to spread to other planets, {{storylink|The Truth We Make}} with some combatants from both factions choosing to abandon Cybertron and live elsewhere in the galaxy. {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}}

Facing defeat, the Autobots undertook [[Ark (G1)|Project: Ark]] as a means of carrying their hopes beyond Cybertron, and their desire to see the war end. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}} An installation was also established on the planet [[Athenia]] where the Autobots worked on a project that was their last hope of winning the war. This facility was attacked and destroyed by [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], though footage of this found its way to [[Autobot High Command]]. {{storylink|The Truth We Make}}

[[Combiner]]s were a valued asset in the war, both sides devoting great time and resources to fuelling them. The Decepticons eventually managed to create the combiner that called itself [[Thunder Mayhem]], its destructive power bringing a decisive end to the Great War by razing the surface of Cybertron and the near-extinction of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

==Notes==
*This might be rather obvious to many people, but just in case: The "Great War" takes its name from an older name for the conflict known today as [[World War I]], which was simply referred to as "the Great War" before [[World War II]] necessitated the use of Roman numericals to differentiate between the two.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Great War''' (グレートウォー ''Gurēto Wō'')
*''Indonesian:'' '''Perang Besar''' (''Great War'')

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Great War (G1)

2020-10-03T15:25:29Z

Esparza3368:

{{disambig3|Great War}}
{{disambig2|the sometimes third Cybertronian war in Generation 1|the third Cybertronian war in ''Animated''|Third Cybertronian War}}
:''The Great War is a historical event that is a prominent feature of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

In the '''Great War''' (sometimes also known as the '''Third Cybertronian War'''), [[Autobot]]s [[Theme song|wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the]] [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Battle For Cybertron battle.jpg|right|thumb]]
''The Great War came after a long period of tension between city-states and energy shortage, and a devastating war that wiped out [[Vos (polity)|Vos]] and [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]]. [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] had deliberately left its rivals to burn and the last [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] had died in the ruins, allowing [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (who had let the Overlord die) to form an army, the Decepticons, from the disgruntled Vos/Tarn survivors.'' {{storylink|State Games}} ''They were ignored as cranks''.{{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}

After eons of planning, plotting, and building up strength, Megatron and the Decepticons finally attacked, setting off global conflict of staggering proportions. The Decepticon plan was to conquer the world and turn it into a ''mobile'' "cosmic dreadnought" that would conquer the galaxy! {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}} Decepticon tactics were well-orchestrated, and Autobot casualties continued to mount until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arose from the Autobot ranks to become a warrior of great firepower and leader of great skill. With his help, Autobots were able to hold their own against the Decepticons {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''and he was given full command of the Autobot forces after the successful defence of Iacon: halting the Decepticon's then-unstoppable advance''. {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}
[[File:Battle for Cybertron Autobots.jpg|right|thumb]]
The very planet was knocked out of orbit, requiring the Autobots to clear its way through an asteroid field. The Decepticons attacked them as soon as it was done, leading to both Prime and Megatron to be lost. Before this happened, Optimus had been talking about the need to make peace with the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''This would not happen: the war continued under Decepticon leader [[Trannis]], who conquered the Prime-less planet but failed to crush the Autobot resistance.'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}} Four million years later, the war on Cybertron still raged on and when Optimus and Megatron awoke on [[Earth]], they carried on too.

====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Peace war begins anew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9]]
In the year [[2510]], the last Decepticon was killed. The ''next'' Great War, between embittered Autobot factions, broke out immediately after. {{storylink|Peace}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
The Great War is known by some chroniclers of Cybertronian history as the Third Cybertronian War. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} It was during a time of peace known as the [[Golden Age|Golden Age of Cybertron]] that Megatron re-organized the Decepticons for the purpose of challenging the Autobots for control of Cybertron. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
Nine million years ago, the [[Autobot High Command]] was keeping an eye on a nascent unorganized group of rogues called the Decepticons. However, open war erupted when the Decepticon movement became organized and conducted actions such as shooting down the ''[[Van De Graaff]]''. After saving the [[Matrix of Leadership|precious cargo]] of the ''Van De Graaff'' from the Decepticons, the crew of the [[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]], including [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], was inducted into the newly formed [[Elite Guard]] to fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

Within 10 years of the war's commencement, the Decepticons were led by the [[Decepticon Warlord]]s. However, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] ensured that he and Megatron remained the only rivals for power by assassinating the rest of the Warlords with [[Falcon (G1)|an unwitting suicide bomber]]. {{storylink|A Team Effort}} Megatron later became the sole leader of the Decepticons by defeating Deathsaurus in an unfair duel. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} Meanwhile, after being mostly massacred by the turncoat [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s, {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}} the Elite Guard was replaced by the new Autobot military led by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} The war later cooled down for a time as energy became scarce on Cybertron, prompting many Autobots and Decepticons to go enter [[stasis hibernation pod]]s or to go offworld aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Millions of years later, the Great War finally came to an end in [[2013]] C.E. with the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] by the Autobots, Decepticons, and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s clones at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. The peace treaty had come about in part due to the actions of Jhiaxus: in starting the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]] to achieve peace on Cybertron by exterminating all "First Generation" Transformers, he had unintentionally gotten Autobot and Decepticon alike to fight with each other rather than against each other. {{storylink|A Common Foe}} Unfortunately for the Decepticon commando unit [[Squadron X]], their location in deep space meant that they did not receive word of the war's end until it was too late. Setting a trap on [[Torax Prime]] for their foes the [[Wrecker]]s, who never came because they got word of the war's end, the members of Squadron X eventually killed each other off due to boredom. [[Tornado]] and [[Ferak]] were left as the unit's sole survivors. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{note|The ''Beast Wars'' writers loosely based their history on the G1 animated series and Marvel comics, but they stated that those original G1 stories had the same truth value as {{w|Arthurian legend}}.}}

The key turning point in the Great War was when the ''Ark'' crew reactivated in 1984, on Earth. The Predacons [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have said that the Great War ''started'' in 1984, which may be how the Predacons see it as their ancestors lost. (Or it could just be an error/shorthand by [[Bob Forward]]!). {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

Shortly after the war began, Megatron would encode a message to Cybertron on the {{w|Voyager Golden Record}} (also known as the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]) just in case he lost. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Over time, he was reformatted into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] by and the monster [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Possession}} In the end, in large part thanks to help from the [[human]]s, the Autobots would win the Great War. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} Optimus Prime was present for the Final Battle. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

The Great War was officially ended by the forming of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] with the Autobots the victors and the Decepticons placed under heavy restrictions. A number of Decepticons were granted amnesty and retired. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} Many records were restricted {{storylink|Possession}} and most of the ''Ark'' crew are legendary figures, indicating they had died or disappeared by the time of the ''Beast Wars''.

A period of uneasy peace followed with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] biding their time in preparation for their chance to challenge the supremacy of the [[Maximal]]s and start the Great War again, something that [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] couldn't understand. It was three hundred years after Pax Cybertronia when Primal was drawn into [[Megatron (BW)|one such challenge]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

====Dawn of Future's Past====
{{note|The events of "Dawn of Future's Past" are also integrated into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}
At the end of the Third Cybertronian War, the Decepticons ceased to be a viable threat to the Autobots. [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] then led the emergent [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] to become the main opposition to Autobot rule of Cybertron until he was assassinated by the [[Tripredacus Council]]. {{storylink|Razorclaw (G1)#Timelines|BotCon 2009 Razorclaw profile card}}

[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] was one of Megatron's most loyal soldiers during the Great War. {{storylink|Buzzsaw (G1)#Timelines|BotCon 2006 Buzzsaw profile card}}

====3H comics====
When Galvatron failed the Decepticons and the Great War ended, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] turned his loyalty to the gangster [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]]. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

====Waspscream continuity====
[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] was an Autobot general during the Great War. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|''Universe'' Obsidian profile}}

===''Beast Wars Neo'' manga===
[[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]] mentioned that [[Unicron]] was a terrifying lifeform killed by the [[Transformer]]s in the Great War twenty million years ago. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
{{stub}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
The seeds for the Great War (though it was not the [[First Cybertronian Civil War|first "great" war]]) were planted through many years of social stratification by an increasingly entitled upper class, who exploited everyone below them with the aid of a rigid and corrupt police system. The spark to the powder keg was provided when factions within the [[Senate]], the corrupted government of Cybertron, arranged for an attack upon the leading Prime, [[Nominus Prime]]. By doing this, in a failed attempt to gain access to the [[Matrix of Leadership]] which had been secreted away centuries before, they also gained an excuse to introduce the "[[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]", a planet-wide security regime which let them crack down on anyone who opposed them. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} As such, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] considered the Matrix to be the root cause of it all. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} During the Clampdown, the Autobots served as the Senate's peace-keeping force, enforcing their draconian rules. This caused frictions to rise even more and politically-minded Transformers spoke out loudly against it, only to be silenced brutally; and even now, within the Senate itself, some - specifically [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] - tried to exploit even the extreme social unrest for personal gain. An energon miner turned fugitive from justice turned underground gladiator named Megatron rallied a force of gladiators, escaped convicts, and other bots dissatisfied with the current leadership of Cybertron to rebellion based out of the city-state of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}} After Megatron's defeat of Sentinel Prime, and the routing of the corrupt Senate, peace seemed possible when Zeta Prime took over command of the security forces and became the de facto leader of Cybertron; however he revealed himself as the most ruthless dictator of all. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and Megatron found themselves working together to stop his army of Omega Sentinels, equipped with weapons of mass destruction, but after Megatron destroyed Zeta Prime with the proverbial 'Shot that started the war', the treaty ended...and the war truly began as Orion Pax - now Optimus Prime, after gaining the Matrix - and Megatron both strove to control Cybertron. {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}}

The war continued for over four million years, turning Cybertron into a lifeless husk until the "Chaos War" against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], which ended with the planet's restoration. Most Decepticons were imprisoned, thousands of neutral Transformers who had fled during the war began returning home, and the Great War was considered over. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Great War, also known as the Third Cybertronian War, began eleven million years ago and ended in [[2031]] after the apocalyptic battle later dubbed "the [[Scouring of Nebulos]]". The [[Human Confederacy]], along with other races in the galaxy, forcibly imposed an armistice on the battered combatants and restricted them to a small [[Allowed Zone]] consisting of Cybertron and nine colonies. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

After scrounging up some new [[Cyberdroid]] recruits from the backwater colony world of [[Master (planet)|Master]], Galvatron attempted to re-ignite the war by first taking out humanity in the [[Great Push]]. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} The battle against the Human Confederacy was a humiliating defeat for the Transformers, and as punishment the humans sterilized four colonies. {{storylink|Intersectionality}} {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] brought the war to a close after absorbing the [[Underbase]], driving him mad and prompting him to launch the [[Grand Mal]]; the Autobots and Decepticons formed a temporary truce to take down their mutual enemy. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Too decrepit to continue the war but unwilling to completely let old grudges go, the Autobots and Decepticons renamed themselves the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] and used the [[Energon Matrix|energon matrix]] to create their successors, the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s. They then crafted a system of gladiatorial [[Games]] that Maximals and Predacons would have to participate in, functioning as proxies for the Autobots and Decepticons' old grudge forever and providing endless entertainment for the mostly immobile Builders. That is, until Guardian of Order [[Lio Convoy]], holder of the energon matrix, had his eyes opened to the injustice of the status quo. Publicly exposing the Builders' conspiracy, he set the Fourth Cybertronian War, the [[Grand Uprising]], in motion. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] led the reconstituted [[Firestormer|Firestormer Squadron]] in the final battle of the third Cybertronian war against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]] at [[Mirtonia]]. The Autobots emerged victorious when the Decepticons accidentally blew up an experimental energon refinery and themselves with it. However, the massive explosion also blasted General Optimus Prime and [[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] out of their own reality and into [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}} {{storylink|Hound (G1)#Timelines|Sgt. Hound profile card}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
While the cause of the Great War is unknown, it swept across Cybertron in a fury, wiping away any trace of the once glorious civilization that had existed. The Decepticon aggressors quickly proved the better fighters, keeping the former Autobot ruling class on the back foot. As the war ground on, it began to spread to other planets, {{storylink|The Truth We Make}} with some combatants from both factions choosing to abandon Cybertron and live elsewhere in the galaxy. {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}}

Facing defeat, the Autobots undertook [[Ark (G1)|Project: Ark]] as a means of carrying their hopes beyond Cybertron, and their desire to see the war end. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}} An installation was also established on the planet [[Athenia]] where the Autobots worked on a project that was their last hope of winning the war. This facility was attacked and destroyed by [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], though footage of this found its way to [[Autobot High Command]]. {{storylink|The Truth We Make}}

[[Combiner]]s were a valued asset in the war, both sides devoting great time and resources to fuelling them. The Decepticons eventually managed to create the combiner that called itself [[Thunder Mayhem]], its destructive power bringing a decisive end to the Great War by razing the surface of Cybertron and the near-extinction of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

==Notes==
*This might be rather obvious to many people, but just in case: The "Great War" takes its name from an older name for the conflict known today as [[World War I]], which was simply referred to as "the Great War" before [[World War II]] necessitated the use of Roman numericals to differentiate between the two.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Great War''' (グレートウォー ''Gurēto Wō'')
*''Indonesian:'' '''Perang Besar''' (''Great War'')

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Autobot fleet

2019-06-25T20:18:51Z

Esparza3368:

{{factions|autobot}}
[[File:Unicron3-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|upright=2.6|]]
The '''Autobot fleet''' (also known as the '''Autobot navy''') is a fleet of powerful warships dedicated to the defence of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Cybertronian colonies|its colonies]], and [[Milky Way|the larger galaxy]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:RegenerationOne98-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Is that everyone?"<br>"What you wanted ''more''?"]]
When the rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] returned to Cybertron and proved hostile, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} the Autobot fleet attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] but failed to defeat the technologically superior foe. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} Instead, the Hub was felled via the [[Wrecker]]s utilizing the Hub's own [[slam rail]] system against it and the efforts of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (admittedly with help from the [[Underbase]]) operating the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the Hub collapsed, what few ships survived limped back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} only to find the planet and its populace had been corrupted by the [[Dark Matrix]] entity. Once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had defeated the creature, the Autobot fleet abandoned Cybertron once more, taking on a new life as interstellar ambassadors and champions of peace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
{{-}}

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
[[File:DesertionDinobots Vanguard ships.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] sardonically referred to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] aboard [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] as the Autobot fleet and dispatched them to extradite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s group from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was revived by the [[Quintesson]]s, his brainwashing led him to lead the Autobot fleet into the path of a Quintesson doomsday device called "The Detonator". As per the Quintessons' plan, the Autobot fleet was utterly decimated by the Quintesson weapons, only being saved by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] purifying the malicious coding in Optimus's mind who ordered what remained of the fleet to return to Cybertron while he rammed the flagship into The Detonator, dying once again but saving his people. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
As the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] spread out into the larger galaxy, the Autobots joined several [[alien]] powers in forming the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] with the Autobots serving as the interstellar military force for the organization. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Transformers: Victory (cartoon)}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
The Autobot fleet was comprised of a multitude of starship classes, most of the ships were [[Ark (disambiguation)|''Ark'']]-class vessels. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}} {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Our Finest}} The fleet operated out of [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

In the 1700s, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], after a disastrous adventure on the planet [[Xetaxxis]], climbed into the [[Magnus Armor]], its recall function returning the scout to the Autobot fleet where reported on the mission to [[Autobot High Command]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

During the [[Expansion]], the fleet came under attack from the forces of the [[Dead Universe]] the ''[[Ark-12]]'' in particular suffering heavy damage. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Some years later, [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] betrayed the Autobots to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], granting the Decepticons all of the Autobot access codes. In what became known as the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], the Autobot fleet came under heavy attack, with the majority of its military might being wiped out. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

At some point around this time, the Decepticons stole a batch of Model 84 exploration vessels from the Autobots and began using them as prisoner escort ships. {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Following Cybertron's reboot, what remained of the Autobot fleet limped back home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}}

The Autobot fleet was rebuilt by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] launched its attack on the galaxy, the ''[[Ark-Zero]]'' serving as the flagship. Though [[Garnak]] had wished the fleet to jump to [[Devisiun (planet)| Devisiun]], {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} the fleet first massed above [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] to defend the colony from the monster and its [[Maximal]] army only to be ravaged by the beasts' numerical superiority, quantum jumping back to Cybertron once the world had been consumed. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} When Starscream announced the existence of the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] proposed adding its might to the Autobot fleet only for a communication to come in that the DVD was already facing off against the monster. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

Unicron soon arrived over Cybertron, now having assumed a towering [[robot mode]]. The Autobot fleet rushed into action only to be met by the DVD, the [[Decepticon fleet]] now warped into Unicron's service. Though the Autobots fought valiantly, they were ultimately defeated by the Decepticons' superior firepower, though not before they'd managed to destroy all the Decepticon [[Warworld]]s. {{storylink|Our Finest}} What few ships survived were teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[magic]] of the [[Spectral Knight]]s. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
By the 24th century, the [[Hydrax Plateau|Hydrax Spaceport]] was noted to serve as the dumping ground for the mothballed remains of the Cybertronian fleet, which presumably included the remains of the Autobot ships. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Unicron Trilogy comics====
When the [[Unicron Singularity]] threatened to destroy Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched the Autobot fleet to find the lost colony worlds and the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s they held. Magnus oversaw these operations from the Autobot flagship, the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====
[[File:Uprising-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
The Autobot fleet escorted the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] off Cybertron, warping into action once the Decepticon fleet made their move, the [[Hyperion (Armada)|''Hyperion'']] facing off against the ''[[Doomsday]]''. Though the ''Exodus'' suffered damage to its [[transwarp]] drive, the Autobot fleet was ultimately successful in helping the [[Mini-Con]]s escape Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

In [[2010]], when the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]'' arrived at Cybertron, a flotilla of Autobot ships scrambled to intercept it and destroy [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forever only for them to fall to the ''Hydra Cannon''<nowiki>'</nowiki> s might. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] soon arrived and had the flag transferred to the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to combat [[Unicron]], {{storylink|Alliance}} the Autobot fleet fought alongside its Decepticon counterpart against the Chaos Bringer, {{storylink|Union}} only for their attacks to have no effect on their foe, the god feeding off the hatred of the warriors. Unicron was only felled through Galvatron's sacrifice with what remained of the fleets returning to Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

Some ten years later, the ''[[Miranda II]]'' had become the fleet's new flagship. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} When a revived Unicron returned, the Autobot fleet moved to engage him and his Decepticon supporters, succeeding in returning the monster to [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

===''Animated''===
To match the brutal might of their Decepticon foes, the Autobots enacted [[Project Omega]] which augmented their fleet with twelve [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], powerful living weapons, the last of them, [[Sigma Supreme]], serving as the fleet's flagship. With this mighty fleet, the Autobots were able to enact a "planet-hopping" campaign and free all the captured colony worlds from Decepticon control. The [[Ambush of Floron III]] later saw the Autobot fleet decisively cripple its Decepticon counterpart. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

By the 21st century, the Autobot fleet had largely been decommissioned, with old warships being relegated to maintenance functions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} The militarily active remnants of the fleet scrambled into action during the [[Decepticon Uprisings]] but found their forces stretched to near breaking until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] called off the attacks. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:RageDinobots1-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
When [[Dark Energon]] contamination forced the [[Core]] to shut down, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to order a planetary evacuation. Though the Autobot fleet quickly mobilized, they were met by the orbiting [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] who used his cannon alternate mode to destroy any fleeing ships. Once Trypticon had been defeated, the fleet resumed its evacuation. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}} Before the battle of Iacon, a handful of transports escaped the planet, followed by the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' itself. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}} Sometime after the ''Ark'' had launched, [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] oversaw the departure of a later batch of ships, {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}} while some stragglers, [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] among them, later departed in personal ships, intending to meet up with the larger fleet. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

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Autobot fleet

2019-06-25T19:42:48Z

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{{factions|autobot}}
[[File:Unicron3-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|upright=2.6|]]
The '''Autobot fleet''' (also known as the '''Autobot navy''') is a fleet of powerful warships dedicated to the defence of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Cybertronian colonies|its colonies]], and [[Milky Way|the larger galaxy]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:RegenerationOne98-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Is that everyone?"<br>"What you wanted ''more''?"]]
When the rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] returned to Cybertron and proved hostile, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} the Autobot fleet attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] but failed to defeat the technologically superior foe. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} Instead, the Hub was felled via the [[Wrecker]]s utilizing the Hub's own [[slam rail]] system against it and the efforts of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (admittedly with help from the [[Underbase]]) operating the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the Hub collapsed, what few ships survived limped back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} only to find the planet and its populace had been corrupted by the [[Dark Matrix]] entity. Once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had defeated the creature, the Autobot fleet abandoned Cybertron once more, taking on a new life as interstellar ambassadors and champions of peace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
{{-}}

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] sardonically referred to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] aboard [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] as the Autobot fleet and dispatched them to extradite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s group from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was revived by the [[Quintesson]]s, his brainwashing led him to lead the Autobot fleet into the path of a Quintesson doomsday device called "The Detonator". As per the Quintessons' plan, the Autobot fleet was utterly decimated by the Quintesson weapons, only being saved by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] purifying the malicious coding in Optimus's mind who ordered what remained of the fleet to return to Cybertron while he rammed the flagship into The Detonator, dying once again but saving his people. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
As the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] spread out into the larger galaxy, the Autobots joined several [[alien]] powers in forming the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] with the Autobots serving as the interstellar military force for the organization. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Transformers: Victory (cartoon)}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
The Autobot fleet was comprised of a multitude of starship classes, most of the ships were [[Ark (disambiguation)|''Ark'']]-class vessels. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}} {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Our Finest}} The fleet operated out of [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

In the 1700s, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], after a disastrous adventure on the planet [[Xetaxxis]], climbed into the [[Magnus Armor]], its recall function returning the scout to the Autobot fleet where reported on the mission to [[Autobot High Command]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

During the [[Expansion]], the fleet came under attack from the forces of the [[Dead Universe]] the ''[[Ark-12]]'' in particular suffering heavy damage. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Some years later, [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] betrayed the Autobots to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], granting the Decepticons all of the Autobot access codes. In what became known as the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], the Autobot fleet came under heavy attack, with the majority of its military might being wiped out. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

At some point around this time, the Decepticons stole a batch of Model 84 exploration vessels from the Autobots and began using them as prisoner escort ships. {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Following Cybertron's reboot, what remained of the Autobot fleet limped back home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}}

The Autobot fleet was rebuilt by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] launched its attack on the galaxy, the ''[[Ark-Zero]]'' serving as the flagship. Though [[Garnak]] had wished the fleet to jump to [[Devisiun (planet)| Devisiun]], {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} the fleet first massed above [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] to defend the colony from the monster and its [[Maximal]] army only to be ravaged by the beasts' numerical superiority, quantum jumping back to Cybertron once the world had been consumed. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} When Starscream announced the existence of the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] proposed adding its might to the Autobot fleet only for a communication to come in that the DVD was already facing off against the monster. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

Unicron soon arrived over Cybertron, now having assumed a towering [[robot mode]]. The Autobot fleet rushed into action only to be met by the DVD, the [[Decepticon fleet]] now warped into Unicron's service. Though the Autobots fought valiantly, they were ultimately defeated by the Decepticons' superior firepower, though not before they'd managed to destroy all the Decepticon [[Warworld]]s. {{storylink|Our Finest}} What few ships survived were teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[magic]] of the [[Spectral Knight]]s. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
By the 24th century, the [[Hydrax Plateau|Hydrax Spaceport]] was noted to serve as the dumping ground for the mothballed remains of the Cybertronian fleet, which presumably included the remains of the Autobot ships. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Unicron Trilogy comics====
When the [[Unicron Singularity]] threatened to destroy Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched the Autobot fleet to find the lost colony worlds and the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s they held. Magnus oversaw these operations from the Autobot flagship, the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====
[[File:Uprising-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
The Autobot fleet escorted the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] off Cybertron, warping into action once the Decepticon fleet made their move, the [[Hyperion (Armada)|''Hyperion'']] facing off against the ''[[Doomsday]]''. Though the ''Exodus'' suffered damage to its [[transwarp]] drive, the Autobot fleet was ultimately successful in helping the [[Mini-Con]]s escape Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

In [[2010]], when the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]'' arrived at Cybertron, a flotilla of Autobot ships scrambled to intercept it and destroy [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forever only for them to fall to the ''Hydra Cannon''<nowiki>'</nowiki> s might. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] soon arrived and had the flag transferred to the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to combat [[Unicron]], {{storylink|Alliance}} the Autobot fleet fought alongside its Decepticon counterpart against the Chaos Bringer, {{storylink|Union}} only for their attacks to have no effect on their foe, the god feeding off the hatred of the warriors. Unicron was only felled through Galvatron's sacrifice with what remained of the fleets returning to Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

Some ten years later, the ''[[Miranda II]]'' had become the fleet's new flagship. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} When a revived Unicron returned, the Autobot fleet moved to engage him and his Decepticon supporters, succeeding in returning the monster to [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

===''Animated''===
To match the brutal might of their Decepticon foes, the Autobots enacted [[Project Omega]] which augmented their fleet with twelve [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], powerful living weapons, the last of them, [[Sigma Supreme]], serving as the fleet's flagship. With this mighty fleet, the Autobots were able to enact a "planet-hopping" campaign and free all the captured colony worlds from Decepticon control. The [[Ambush of Floron III]] later saw the Autobot fleet decisively cripple its Decepticon counterpart. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

By the 21st century, the Autobot fleet had largely been decommissioned, with old warships being relegated to maintenance functions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} The militarily active remnants of the fleet scrambled into action during the [[Decepticon Uprisings]] but found their forces stretched to near breaking until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] called off the attacks. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:RageDinobots1-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
When [[Dark Energon]] contamination forced the [[Core]] to shut down, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to order a planetary evacuation. Though the Autobot fleet quickly mobilized, they were met by the orbiting [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] who used his cannon alternate mode to destroy any fleeing ships. Once Trypticon had been defeated, the fleet resumed its evacuation. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}} Before the battle of Iacon, a handful of transports escaped the planet, followed by the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' itself. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}} Sometime after the ''Ark'' had launched, [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] oversaw the departure of a later batch of ships, {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}} while some stragglers, [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] among them, later departed in personal ships, intending to meet up with the larger fleet. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

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File:Uprising-AutobotFleet.jpg

2019-06-25T19:40:08Z

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Decepticon fleet

2019-06-23T19:45:48Z

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[[File:Unicron2-DecepticonVengeanceDivision.jpg|thumb|upright=2.6|"This is Commander Bludgeon of the Fire of Purification."]]
The primary military force of the [[Decepticon Empire]], the '''Decepticon fleet''' (alternatively known as the '''Decepticon armada''', '''Decepticon space fleet''', or '''Decepticon war fleet''') is a mighty fleet of warships dedicated to bringing the lesser [[alien]] species of the [[Milky Way|galaxy]] to heel.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
By the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] was known to have been the flagship of the Decepticon fleet. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
The ''Nemesis'' was built to be the flagship of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s fleet. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
In the space based phase of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Decepticons were known to have operated multiple fleets of ships, with multiple classes of ships. as their empire grew and expanded. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

[[File:LL21 GA Worldsweeper Fleet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Cue ''The Imperial March''.]]

One fleet, composed entirely of [[Worldsweeper]]s, went missing the in [[Dark Nebula]] and was immortalized as the [[Phantom Fleet]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} The fleet would emerge in the years following the Great War, having wound up in the possession of the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]. {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}} They faired poorly against the [[Functionist Council]]'s avatar of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

Shortly before [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s apocalyptic attack on the [[Council of Worlds]], [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] sent [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to rally all the lost Decepticon cells into a single unified fighting force forming an impromptu, yet extremely powerful, fleet known as the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]]. Believing his fleet could overcome the Chaos Bringer, Starscream ordered them to contain and destroy Unicron only for Bludgeon to betray the Decepticons to the monster. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} Warped by the power of [[Ore-11]], the DVD was forced to attack the [[Autobot fleet]] defending [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], {{storylink|Our Finest}} {{storylink|Road's End}} but was soon felled alongside their new master. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
In [[2031]], following the devastating [[Scouring of Nebulos]], the [[Human Confederacy]] quarantined the [[Transformer]]s within the [[Allowed Zone]]. Unwilling to accept this, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] brutally conquered every planet in the Zone and used their resources to rebuild his fleet. In [[2033]], the Decepticons launched the [[Great Push]], a desperate do or die attempt to destroy the humans once and for all. The attack failed miserably, with the [[Confederated Terran Colonial Fleet|Terran fleet]] obliterating the Decepticon one. What ships survived were left to rot away in the [[Hydrax Plateau|Hydrax]] spaceport. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Hyperion doomsday.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right]]
When the [[Mini-Con]] subspecies decided to leave Cybertron, both Autobots and Decepticons aided in the construction of an escape vessel. When the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] launched however, the Decepticon fleet moved to claim the craft. Anticipating this, the Autobot fleet was quick to counterattack, holding off the ''[[Doomsday]]'' long enough for the Mini-Cons to escape, though not before the Decepticon ships had damaged their [[transwarp]] drive. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

In 2010, when [[Unicron]] threatened Cybertron, the Decepticon fleet joined forces with their Autobot counterparts to stage an attack on the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Alliance}} Many ships, most notably the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]'', fell to the dark god's might, {{storylink|Union}} with the survivors going on to work alongside the Autobots in the new age. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

===Live-action film series===
During their torture of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] learnt that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was coming to [[Earth]]. Seeing a chance to wipe away the Autobots forever, the two attempted to make contact with Cybertron and summon the Decepticon fleet only for the scout, his [[human]] friend [[Charlie Watson]], and [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Jack Burns|Burns]] to prevent the transmission. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

As part of the plan to stripmine Earth and use its resources to revive Cybertron, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] called in a fleet of [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]s and [[Mothership]]s that quickly conquered [[Chicago]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
The Decepticon fleet had several early victories in the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], capturing many colony planets. In response to their foes' brutal might, the Autobots launched [[Project Omega]], resulting in the creation of twelve [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]] whose power quickly countered the Decepticon fleet's. [[Gamma Supreme]] in particular was noted for his success against the fleet, surviving three direct encounters with them.

When Autobot intelligence agent [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] cracked the Decepticon frequencies, the Autobots spread false information that the missing [[AllSpark]] was on [[Floron III]]. When the Decepticons arrived to collect it, the Autobots caught them by surprise, leading to the [[Ambush of Floron III]] which decisively crippled by the Decepticon fleet. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

Some two million stellar cycles later, the Decepticon fleet had been rebuilt to the point where it could carry out the [[Decepticon Uprisings]] only to withdraw at [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s order. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse - Eruption - Shockwave Cares Not.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|They're ''heeeere''.]]
When the Decepticons deduced that the [[AllSpark]] was on Earth, {{storylink|Fractured}} [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] sent [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]'s team to scout the planet. {{storylink|Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory}} Owing to their constant failures, he eventually decided to gather his fleet and come to the planet in force, {{storylink|Awaken Sleeping Giants}} arriving shortly after the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] crew had awoken. {{storylink|Eruption}}

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[[File:Unicron3-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|upright=2.6|"Autobot Fleet scrambling to defend Cybertron."]]
The '''Autobot fleet''' (also known as the '''Autobot navy''') is a fleet of powerful warships dedicated to the defence of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Cybertronian colonies|its colonies]], and [[Milky Way|the larger galaxy]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Regeneration One''====
When the rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] returned to Cybertron and proved hostile, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} the Autobot fleet attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] but failed to defeat the technologically superior foe. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} Instead, the Hub was felled via the [[Wrecker]]s utilizing the Hub's own [[slam rail]] system against it and the efforts of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (admittedly with help from the [[Underbase]]) operating the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the Hub collapsed, what few ships survived limped back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} only to find the planet and its populace had been corrupted by the [[Dark Matrix]] entity. Once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had defeated the creature, the Autobot fleet abandoned Cybertron once more, taking on a new life as interstellar ambassadors and champions of peace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
[[File:RegenerationOne98-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|upright=2.6|"Autobot Fleet attacking the Hub Network."]]
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] sardonically referred to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] aboard [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] as the Autobot fleet and dispatched them to extradite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s group from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was revived by the [[Quintesson]]s, his brainwashing led him to lead the Autobot fleet into the path of a Quintesson doomsday device called "The Detonator". As per the Quintessons' plan, the Autobot fleet was utterly decimated by the Quintesson weapons, only being saved by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] purifying the malicious coding in Optimus's mind who ordered what remained of the fleet to return to Cybertron while he rammed the flagship into The Detonator, dying once again but saving his people. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
As the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] spread out into the larger galaxy, the Autobots joined several [[alien]] powers in forming the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] with the Autobots serving as the interstellar military force for the organization. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Transformers: Victory (cartoon)}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
The Autobot fleet was comprised of a multitude of starship classes, most of the ships were [[Ark (disambiguation)|''Ark'']]-class vessels. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}} {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Our Finest}} The fleet operated out of [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

In the 1700s, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], after a disastrous adventure on the planet [[Xetaxxis]], climbed into the [[Magnus Armor]], its recall function returning the scout to the Autobot fleet where reported on the mission to [[Autobot High Command]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

During the [[Expansion]], the fleet came under attack from the forces of the [[Dead Universe]] the ''[[Ark-12]]'' in particular suffering heavy damage. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

At some point around this time, the Decepticons stole a batch of Model 84 exploration vessels from the Autobots and began using them as prisoner escort ships. {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Some years later, [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] betrayed the Autobots to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], granting the Decepticons all of the Autobot access codes. In what became known as the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], the Autobot fleet came under heavy attack, with the majority of its military might being wiped out. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

Following Cybertron's reboot, what remained of the Autobot fleet limped back home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}}
[[File:RageDinobots1-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|300px|upright=2.6|"Autobot Fleet evacuating Cybertron."]]
The Autobot fleet was rebuilt by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] launched its attack on the galaxy, the ''[[Ark-Zero]]'' serving as the flagship. The fleet massed to defend [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] from the monster and its [[Maximal]] army but was ravaged by the beasts' numerical superiority, quantum jumping back to Cybertron once Caminus had been consumed. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} When Starscream announced the existence of the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] proposed adding its might to the Autobot fleet only for a communication to come in that the DVD was already facing off against the monster. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

Unicron soon arrived over Cybertron, now having assumed a towering [[robot mode]]. The Autobot fleet rushed into action only to be met by the DVD, the [[Decepticon fleet]] now warped into Unicron's service. Though the Autobots fought valiantly, they were ultimately defeated by the Decepticons' superior firepower, though not before they'd managed to destroy all the Decepticon [[Warworld]]s. {{storylink|Our Finest}} What few ships survived were teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[magic]] of the [[Spectral Knight]]s. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
By the 24th century, the [[Hydrax Plateau|Hydrax Spaceport]] was noted to serve as the dumping ground for the mothballed remains of the Cybertronian fleet, which presumably included the remains of the Autobot ships. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Unicron Trilogy comics====
When the [[Unicron Singularity]] threatened to destroy Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched the Autobot fleet to find the lost colony worlds and the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s they held. Magnus oversaw these operations from the Autobot flagship, the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====
The Autobot fleet escorted the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] off Cybertron, warping into action once the Decepticon fleet made their move, the [[Hyperion (Armada)|''Hyperion'']] facing off against the ''[[Doomsday]]''. Though the ''Exodus'' suffered damage to its [[transwarp]] drive, the Autobot fleet was ultimately successful in helping the [[Mini-Con]]s escape Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

In [[2010]], when the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]'' arrived at Cybertron, a flotilla of Autobot ships scrambled to intercept it and destroy [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forever only for them to fall to the ''Hydra Cannon''<nowiki>'</nowiki> s might. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] soon arrived and had the flag transferred to the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to combat [[Unicron]], {{storylink|Alliance}} the Autobot fleet fought alongside its Decepticon counterpart against the Chaos Bringer, {{storylink|Union}} only for their attacks to have no effect on their foe, the god feeding off the hatred of the warriors. Unicron was only felled through Galvatron's sacrifice with what remained of the fleets returning to Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

Some ten years later, the ''[[Miranda II]]'' had become the fleet's new flagship. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} When a revived Unicron returned, the Autobot fleet moved to engage him and his Decepticon supporters, succeeding in returning the monster to [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

===''Animated''===
To match the brutal might of their Decepticon foes, the Autobots enacted [[Project Omega]] which augmented their fleet with twelve [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], powerful living weapons, the last of them, [[Sigma Supreme]], serving as the fleet's flagship. With this mighty fleet, the Autobots were able to enact a "planet-hopping" campaign and free all the captured colony worlds from Decepticon control. The [[Ambush of Floron III]] later saw the Autobot fleet decisively cripple its Decepticon counterpart. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

By the 21st century, the Autobot fleet had largely been decommissioned, with old warships being relegated to maintenance functions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} The militarily active remnants of the fleet scrambled into action during the [[Decepticon Uprisings]] but found their forces stretched to near breaking until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] called off the attacks. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===Aligned continuity family===
When [[Dark Energon]] contamination forced the [[Core]] to shut down, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to order a planetary evacuation. Though the Autobot fleet quickly mobilized, they were met by the orbiting [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] who used his cannon alternate mode to destroy any fleeing ships. Once Trypticon had been defeated, the fleet resumed its evacuation. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}} Before the battle of Iacon, a handful of transports escaped the planet, followed by the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' itself. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}} Sometime after the ''Ark'' had launched, [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] oversaw the departure of the last few ships. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

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Autobot fleet

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[[File:Unicron3-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|upright=2.6|"Autobot Fleet scrambling to defend Cybertron."]]
The '''Autobot fleet''' (also known as the '''Autobot navy''') is a fleet of powerful warships dedicated to the defence of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Cybertronian colonies|its colonies]], and [[Milky Way|the larger galaxy]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Regeneration One''====
When the rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] returned to Cybertron and proved hostile, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} the Autobot fleet attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] but failed to defeat the technologically superior foe. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} Instead, the Hub was felled via the [[Wrecker]]s utilizing the Hub's own [[slam rail]] system against it and the efforts of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (admittedly with help from the [[Underbase]]) operating the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the Hub collapsed, what few ships survived limped back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} only to find the planet and its populace had been corrupted by the [[Dark Matrix]] entity. Once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had defeated the creature, the Autobot fleet abandoned Cybertron once more, taking on a new life as interstellar ambassadors and champions of peace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] sardonically referred to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] aboard [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] as the Autobot fleet and dispatched them to extradite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s group from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was revived by the [[Quintesson]]s, his brainwashing led him to lead the Autobot fleet into the path of a Quintesson doomsday device called "The Detonator". As per the Quintessons' plan, the Autobot fleet was utterly decimated by the Quintesson weapons, only being saved by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] purifying the malicious coding in Optimus's mind who ordered what remained of the fleet to return to Cybertron while he rammed the flagship into The Detonator, dying once again but saving his people. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
As the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] spread out into the larger galaxy, the Autobots joined several [[alien]] powers in forming the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] with the Autobots serving as the interstellar military force for the organization. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Transformers: Victory (cartoon)}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
The Autobot fleet was comprised of a multitude of starship classes, most of the ships were [[Ark (disambiguation)|''Ark'']]-class vessels. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}} {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Our Finest}} The fleet operated out of [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

In the 1700s, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], after a disastrous adventure on the planet [[Xetaxxis]], climbed into the [[Magnus Armor]], its recall function returning the scout to the Autobot fleet where reported on the mission to [[Autobot High Command]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

During the [[Expansion]], the fleet came under attack from the forces of the [[Dead Universe]] the ''[[Ark-12]]'' in particular suffering heavy damage. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

At some point around this time, the Decepticons stole a batch of Model 84 exploration vessels from the Autobots and began using them as prisoner escort ships. {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Some years later, [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] betrayed the Autobots to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], granting the Decepticons all of the Autobot access codes. In what became known as the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], the Autobot fleet came under heavy attack, with the majority of its military might being wiped out. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

Following Cybertron's reboot, what remained of the Autobot fleet limped back home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}}
[[File:RageDinobots1-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|300px|upright=2.6|"Autobot Fleet evacuating Cybertron."]]
The Autobot fleet was rebuilt by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] launched its attack on the galaxy, the ''[[Ark-Zero]]'' serving as the flagship. The fleet massed to defend [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] from the monster and its [[Maximal]] army but was ravaged by the beasts' numerical superiority, quantum jumping back to Cybertron once Caminus had been consumed. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} When Starscream announced the existence of the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] proposed adding its might to the Autobot fleet only for a communication to come in that the DVD was already facing off against the monster. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

Unicron soon arrived over Cybertron, now having assumed a towering [[robot mode]]. The Autobot fleet rushed into action only to be met by the DVD, the [[Decepticon fleet]] now warped into Unicron's service. Though the Autobots fought valiantly, they were ultimately defeated by the Decepticons' superior firepower, though not before they'd managed to destroy all the Decepticon [[Warworld]]s. {{storylink|Our Finest}} What few ships survived were teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[magic]] of the [[Spectral Knight]]s. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
By the 24th century, the [[Hydrax Plateau|Hydrax Spaceport]] was noted to serve as the dumping ground for the mothballed remains of the Cybertronian fleet, which presumably included the remains of the Autobot ships. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Unicron Trilogy comics====
When the [[Unicron Singularity]] threatened to destroy Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched the Autobot fleet to find the lost colony worlds and the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s they held. Magnus oversaw these operations from the Autobot flagship, the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====
The Autobot fleet escorted the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] off Cybertron, warping into action once the Decepticon fleet made their move, the [[Hyperion (Armada)|''Hyperion'']] facing off against the ''[[Doomsday]]''. Though the ''Exodus'' suffered damage to its [[transwarp]] drive, the Autobot fleet was ultimately successful in helping the [[Mini-Con]]s escape Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

In [[2010]], when the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]'' arrived at Cybertron, a flotilla of Autobot ships scrambled to intercept it and destroy [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forever only for them to fall to the ''Hydra Cannon''<nowiki>'</nowiki> s might. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] soon arrived and had the flag transferred to the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to combat [[Unicron]], {{storylink|Alliance}} the Autobot fleet fought alongside its Decepticon counterpart against the Chaos Bringer, {{storylink|Union}} only for their attacks to have no effect on their foe, the god feeding off the hatred of the warriors. Unicron was only felled through Galvatron's sacrifice with what remained of the fleets returning to Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

Some ten years later, the ''[[Miranda II]]'' had become the fleet's new flagship. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} When a revived Unicron returned, the Autobot fleet moved to engage him and his Decepticon supporters, succeeding in returning the monster to [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

===''Animated''===
To match the brutal might of their Decepticon foes, the Autobots enacted [[Project Omega]] which augmented their fleet with twelve [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], powerful living weapons, the last of them, [[Sigma Supreme]], serving as the fleet's flagship. With this mighty fleet, the Autobots were able to enact a "planet-hopping" campaign and free all the captured colony worlds from Decepticon control. The [[Ambush of Floron III]] later saw the Autobot fleet decisively cripple its Decepticon counterpart. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

By the 21st century, the Autobot fleet had largely been decommissioned, with old warships being relegated to maintenance functions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} The militarily active remnants of the fleet scrambled into action during the [[Decepticon Uprisings]] but found their forces stretched to near breaking until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] called off the attacks. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===Aligned continuity family===
When [[Dark Energon]] contamination forced the [[Core]] to shut down, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to order a planetary evacuation. Though the Autobot fleet quickly mobilized, they were met by the orbiting [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] who used his cannon alternate mode to destroy any fleeing ships. Once Trypticon had been defeated, the fleet resumed its evacuation. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}} Before the battle of Iacon, a handful of transports escaped the planet, followed by the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' itself. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}} Sometime after the ''Ark'' had launched, [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] oversaw the departure of the last few ships. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

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Autobot fleet

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[[File:Unicron3-AutobotFleet.jpg|thumb|upright=2.6|"Autobot Fleet scrambling to defend Cybertron."]]
The '''Autobot fleet''' (also known as the '''Autobot navy''') is a fleet of powerful warships dedicated to the defence of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Cybertronian colonies|its colonies]], and [[Milky Way|the larger galaxy]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Regeneration One''====
When the rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] returned to Cybertron and proved hostile, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} the Autobot fleet attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] but failed to defeat the technologically superior foe. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} Instead, the Hub was felled via the [[Wrecker]]s utilizing the Hub's own [[slam rail]] system against it and the efforts of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (admittedly with help from the [[Underbase]]) operating the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the Hub collapsed, what few ships survived limped back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} only to find the planet and its populace had been corrupted by the [[Dark Matrix]] entity. Once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had defeated the creature, the Autobot fleet abandoned Cybertron once more, taking on a new life as interstellar ambassadors and champions of peace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] sardonically referred to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] aboard [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] as the Autobot fleet and dispatched them to extradite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s group from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was revived by the [[Quintesson]]s, his brainwashing led him to lead the Autobot fleet into the path of a Quintesson doomsday device called "The Detonator". As per the Quintessons' plan, the Autobot fleet was utterly decimated by the Quintesson weapons, only being saved by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] purifying the malicious coding in Optimus's mind who ordered what remained of the fleet to return to Cybertron while he rammed the flagship into The Detonator, dying once again but saving his people. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
As the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] spread out into the larger galaxy, the Autobots joined several [[alien]] powers in forming the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] with the Autobots serving as the interstellar military force for the organization. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Transformers: Victory (cartoon)}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
The Autobot fleet was comprised of a multitude of starship classes, most of the ships were [[Ark (disambiguation)|''Ark'']]-class vessels. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}} {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Our Finest}} The fleet operated out of [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

In the 1700s, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], after a disastrous adventure on the planet [[Xetaxxis]], climbed into the [[Magnus Armor]], its recall function returning the scout to the Autobot fleet where reported on the mission to [[Autobot High Command]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

During the [[Expansion]], the fleet came under attack from the forces of the [[Dead Universe]] the ''[[Ark-12]]'' in particular suffering heavy damage. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

At some point around this time, the Decepticons stole a batch of Model 84 exploration vessels from the Autobots and began using them as prisoner escort ships. {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Some years later, [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] betrayed the Autobots to [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], granting the Decepticons all of the Autobot access codes. In what became known as the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], the Autobot fleet came under heavy attack, with the majority of its military might being wiped out. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

Following Cybertron's reboot, what remained of the Autobot fleet limped back home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}}

The Autobot fleet was rebuilt by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] launched its attack on the galaxy, the ''[[Ark-Zero]]'' serving as the flagship. The fleet massed to defend [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] from the monster and its [[Maximal]] army but was ravaged by the beasts' numerical superiority, quantum jumping back to Cybertron once Caminus had been consumed. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} When Starscream announced the existence of the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] proposed adding its might to the Autobot fleet only for a communication to come in that the DVD was already facing off against the monster. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

Unicron soon arrived over Cybertron, now having assumed a towering [[robot mode]]. The Autobot fleet rushed into action only to be met by the DVD, the [[Decepticon fleet]] now warped into Unicron's service. Though the Autobots fought valiantly, they were ultimately defeated by the Decepticons' superior firepower, though not before they'd managed to destroy all the Decepticon [[Warworld]]s. {{storylink|Our Finest}} What few ships survived were teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[magic]] of the [[Spectral Knight]]s. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
By the 24th century, the [[Hydrax Plateau|Hydrax Spaceport]] was noted to serve as the dumping ground for the mothballed remains of the Cybertronian fleet, which presumably included the remains of the Autobot ships. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Unicron Trilogy comics====
When the [[Unicron Singularity]] threatened to destroy Cybertron, [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched the Autobot fleet to find the lost colony worlds and the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s they held. Magnus oversaw these operations from the Autobot flagship, the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====
The Autobot fleet escorted the [[Exodus (Armada)|''Exodus'']] off Cybertron, warping into action once the Decepticon fleet made their move, the [[Hyperion (Armada)|''Hyperion'']] facing off against the ''[[Doomsday]]''. Though the ''Exodus'' suffered damage to its [[transwarp]] drive, the Autobot fleet was ultimately successful in helping the [[Mini-Con]]s escape Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

In [[2010]], when the ''[[Hydra Cannon]]'' arrived at Cybertron, a flotilla of Autobot ships scrambled to intercept it and destroy [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forever only for them to fall to the ''Hydra Cannon''<nowiki>'</nowiki> s might. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] soon arrived and had the flag transferred to the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to combat [[Unicron]], {{storylink|Alliance}} the Autobot fleet fought alongside its Decepticon counterpart against the Chaos Bringer, {{storylink|Union}} only for their attacks to have no effect on their foe, the god feeding off the hatred of the warriors. Unicron was only felled through Galvatron's sacrifice with what remained of the fleets returning to Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

Some ten years later, the ''[[Miranda II]]'' had become the fleet's new flagship. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} When a revived Unicron returned, the Autobot fleet moved to engage him and his Decepticon supporters, succeeding in returning the monster to [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

===''Animated''===
To match the brutal might of their Decepticon foes, the Autobots enacted [[Project Omega]] which augmented their fleet with twelve [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], powerful living weapons, the last of them, [[Sigma Supreme]], serving as the fleet's flagship. With this mighty fleet, the Autobots were able to enact a "planet-hopping" campaign and free all the captured colony worlds from Decepticon control. The [[Ambush of Floron III]] later saw the Autobot fleet decisively cripple its Decepticon counterpart. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

By the 21st century, the Autobot fleet had largely been decommissioned, with old warships being relegated to maintenance functions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} The militarily active remnants of the fleet scrambled into action during the [[Decepticon Uprisings]] but found their forces stretched to near breaking until [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] called off the attacks. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

===Aligned continuity family===
When [[Dark Energon]] contamination forced the [[Core]] to shut down, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to order a planetary evacuation. Though the Autobot fleet quickly mobilized, they were met by the orbiting [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] who used his cannon alternate mode to destroy any fleeing ships. Once Trypticon had been defeated, the fleet resumed its evacuation. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}} Before the battle of Iacon, a handful of transports escaped the planet, followed by the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' itself. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}} Sometime after the ''Ark'' had launched, [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] oversaw the departure of the last few ships. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

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User talk:M Sipher

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[[User talk:M Sipher/Archive Pre-2015]]

== New to Transformers Wiki ==

Hi. New to this wiki and trying to contact an admin. Unlike the other wikis that I have made contributions to, I get a message stating that I don't have permission to create a new page. Unable to load an image, as keep getting that message. Who do I need to talk to in regards to the aforementioned?

[[User:Esparza3368|Esparza3368]] ([[User talk:Esparza3368|talk]]) 18:25, 22 June 2019 (EDT)

== Hero Mashers ==

I think you have to clarify more than "Fuck this noise" when you're merging all the Hero Mashers back despite them having their own universal stream cluster. Canon's not really on your side. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:08, 10 May 2015 (EDT)
:I left the (HM) pages intact so "canon" can be appeased. There's canon, and then there's stupidly obfuscating information by not having blatantly-based-on-specific-iterations-of-characters merch on the relevant pages because of some micro-reference in something the overwhelming majority of readership will basically never see. We do readers a disservice with the latter. I don't like just assuming someone's going to dig through a disambig link chain to maybe find stuff like this, and since we repeat full toy sections for repurposings, I don't see why repeating Hero Mashers or the like would be a problem. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 13:15, 10 May 2015 (EDT)
::That's fair enough. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:16, 10 May 2015 (EDT)

==Intruders==

Are the Intruders who built Medusa the same as the Intruders from G.I. Joe? --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 09:09, 18 July 2015 (EDT)

== Spambots ==

There's another one: [[User:Sdsfs]] -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 19:24, 3 February 2016 (EST)

==Misdirection==

I tried, i changed the file type, and i did a multiple image upload, so i couldnt give them all a correct discription. Will they be readded, or shall i do them individually? -
Junkheap117
Also, you need to calm your shit. It's just a fucking unofficial website, and you go on like it means the world to you. GET A FUCKING LIFE.
:Guess who's getting a time-out? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:34, 2 April 2016 (EDT)

==Angry Birds Transformers Characters and Accessories==
Thanks for taking the time to fill in information for the Angry Birds Transformers characters.
So far we're still missing comphrehensive profiles for Chuck, Hal, and the Minion Pig seekers. Could you also 'spice up' Red's Ultimate, Nemesis, and Epic Optimus Prime's profiles? (I wrote those profiles, but they're just information basic.)

The current Challenge event is for getting both Bumblebees' accessories, so for this and future events, could you make sure to get the gem costs of the accessories ''before'' getting them with tokens? Or else would take extra replaying from scratch to figure out the what the original gem costs were.

Also, some of the accessories were token-only exclusives, so you may have to change the cost columns for the accessories tables a bit.
--[[User:Woo224|Woo224]] ([[User talk:Woo224|talk]]) 23:14, 8 September 2016 (EDT)

==Uploads==

Hi, im a new user and when i upload an image it says i dont have permission to creat a new page. I have multiple screenshots from the new RID episode but i cant uplaod them, Any ideas? Thanks
--[[User:Hardshell101|Hardshell101]]

== Apology ==

Sorry about disrupting your work on the ''Combiner Wars'' toyline page. I didn't think you had progressed down that far yet. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:25, 2 October 2016 (EDT)

== Hiding pages from Recent Changes? ==

I had no idea my personal page edits were cluttering up the Recent Changes page; my bad. Is it possible for me to just hide everything under my username page from Recent Changes? I just find it much easier to work on individual subsections... but given how many there are it's going to keep cluttering RC until I'm done (and I keep wanting to make tweaks here and there). Thanks. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 13:52, 27 February 2017 (EST)
:Just noticed the "Minor edit" checkbox; I'll use that from now on for my stuff. Sorry again for my posts. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 13:54, 27 February 2017 (EST)

== Model Numbers? / Formatting - table vs list==

Hey, I noticed that you've deleted model numbers off of most of the toyline pages, which is very useful information. I registered to place them back in, but after a couple edits I notice that somebody undid them already. Apologies if I went about this wrong, but how can we get the model #'s reinstated onto the collection pages? =)

Also, when you deleted the model numbers for many pages, you converted the formatting from simple straight-down lists to table formats. As a result, everything looks more cluttered and less organized now. With model numbers in place, even though the page may be slightly longer, at least everything looks much more organized in numerical order. Would it be possible to consider putting everything back into straight-down list views? (but keep the improvements, such as the cool new mini-icons, etc.)
:No. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 14:48, 3 March 2017 (EST)
Ok, I suppose that's just cosmetic - but what about model #'s? That's actually functional information, which for some reason was stripped from many of the toyline pages? The only way to view that information now is to go back and look at older page revisions...
::Or you can click the link to the toy where all the toy-specific info goes. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:47, 3 March 2017 (EST)
Hey, thanks for your reply - I understand that you can click on each individual link, but it's more convenient for all the information to be collected in one place (particularly with Japanese toylines, for foreign collectors). Anyway, I wrote down some thoughts on the "Transformers Unite Warriors" discussion page, and won't push this any further - was just giving some suggestions from an outside user, which I thought might be helpful. I'll stick to simple edits & corrections from now on, and just appreciate the wiki for what it has to offer - thanks... =)
:::"All the information collected in one place" is called page bloat and over-redundancy, which in the past led to unreadable, ugly, overlong pages that challenged readers to slog through it all. A toyline page is meant to be a broad-strokes overview with links to more detailed pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:59, 4 March 2017 (EST)
I understand what you're saying about excessive information being "bloat", but model numbers are typically only 2-5 characters long and serve greatly to organize information, and provide a look of uniformity to lists; they are such integral pieces of information for many toys (and in many cases, synonymous with their names), particularly for Takara figures from Japan, and especially for collectors working on their collections. For example, Henkei Optimus is C-01 Convoy, United Megatron (the best version from the Classics Voyager mold) is UN-09 Megatron, Transformers Legends Arcee is LG10 Arcee, RobotMasters Optimus w/ DVD is RM-10 Convoy+DVD, Masterpiece Optimus is either MP-1/MP-4 or MP-10, Masterpiece Rodimus is either MP-9 or MP-28, etc. - these figures are referred to as such all over the web, on ebay, in forums, articles, buy/sale/trade lists, etc. For any collector, this information is invaluable and would never be considered as bloat if collected on a wiki toyline information page.

With all due respect (I know you and others have worked very hard on this site!), but if you look at all the pages pre- and post- overhaul where you reformatted into 4-column tables and stripped out model numbers (Transformers Unite Warriors, Transformers Legends (franchise), Transformers United, Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline), Robotmasters (franchise), etc.) - every single one of these pages looked cleaner and better laid out, and with MORE information (ie - model numbers), before the redesign than after. I think I know what you were trying to achieve (I used to work in web dev in a past life), but the current table implementation only looks good when wave distributions are fairly even (the "Transformers: Generations" page looks pretty decent in most places, except for the Japan section); however, in most other instances where waves are unevenly distributed, and information is presented in left-to-right then down fashion, it ends up being a convoluted mess that is more difficult to follow than necessary (due to uneven whitespacing, and having to scan waves left-to-right but then downwards per wave).

In fact, one easy improvement would be if you were to just simply flip the axis and list the waves top-down then right, then everything would read much better and be easier to follow, and would look better with uneven wave distributions (and then if model numbers were reinstated, they would look good as well because they would appear uniform and increase numerically as you're scanning down the lists)*. Another thing to consider - I know that it probably took a bit of effort to standardize on the current 4-column table view, and that uniformity across pages is desirable, but sometimes the one-size-fits-all approach is not necessarily the best. The Unite Warriors page is a pretty good example of this - the new version looks quite scattered, and is actually MORE bloated (in both page size, and vertical scroll area) even though information has been omitted (model #'s). There's no reason why those 12 entries shouldn't just be a simple downwards list like it was before, with just the new insignia mini-icons added (and model #'s intact!).

Anyway, as I said before, I didn't mean to push this any further - I like tfwiki too much, and don't want to risk offending any of you who control the site. I sought only to help and to give some constructive feedback for consideration, from the viewpoint of an outside user who has found the information collected here invaluable, but happened to notice some of the pages being changed for the worse and becoming more difficult to use. Anyway, thanks again for your time & long live tfwiki... =)

(*if there was a way for me to mock up a sample update of one of the pages, and place it somewhere that's not in production, I could should you what I mean, but I don't know how to do that here...)

== Divebomb/Grimlock ==

I'm not sure on the specifics, but I believe it's a real thing that Adventure Grimlock's new tooling has a bunch of really specific slots designed to fit Divebomb's armour pieces, for some weird reason. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 06:11, 24 October 2017 (EDT)

== Universe 2008 exclusives ==

[http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transformers:_Universe_(2008_toyline)&diff=1232847&oldid=1232845] Seriously... Please explain to me why listing the exact same items in the same list (thereby implying they were separate items, when they were identical down to the packaging) is preferable over a shorter list with a brief note. Whether the formatting for the note could be improved is one thing, but why would we list multiple toys twice for each individual availability when we don't do that for any other toyline list? We don't list Titans Return Arcee three times under "San Diego Comic-Con", "Hasbro Toy Shop" and "Toys"R"Us" either. Shouldn't the priority be "which toys were released under this line and how were they available", not "which venues got which toys"?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 05:47, 6 January 2018 (EST)

== "Who does this and why" ==

I wasn't responsible, but I believe that the international standard date format (yyyy-mm-dd) has been being used to avoid confusion that might stem from using either British or American date format. What's the problem with it? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 07:31, 11 March 2018 (EDT)
:I have literally NEVER seen that used in my life by anyone until someone started changing it on this wiki. Not once. What fucking confusion could there be? Is someone going to think "oh, that toy came out in 2006, on the 1987th of double-December"? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]])
::Well, uh, it ''is'' {{w|ISO 8601|the standard format for international communication}}. And obviously it's not confusing in that particular case, but if someone wrote 09-05-2005, are they talking about the 9th of May or September the 5th? On a wiki with significant quantities of both British and American-originated subject matter, I feel like it makes sense...? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 10:56, 12 March 2018 (EDT)

== Expired spoiler tag ==

Could you please remove the spoiler tag from the [[Transformers 5 set visit]] page? It's the only expired tag left, and I don't have the permissions to do it myself. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 02:28, 16 April 2018 (EDT)
:Thank you! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:16, 16 April 2018 (EDT)

== Why did you undo my revision? ==

Why did you undo my revision to the [[Aligned continuity family]] page? The information I added was correct, as Rescue Bots Academy will be taking place in the Aligned continuity. [[User:TheVoz|Vozhan]] ([[User talk:TheVoz|talk]]) 19:57, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:Block notice: "Abusing multiple accounts: Previously banned user." Banned users are not allowed to contribute even correct information. And here you are sockpuppeting again. Goodbye. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 20:33, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:: To be fair, though, they're absolutely right that RBA is looking to be Aligned continuity. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:16, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:::Kinda immaterial. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:24, 3 October 2018 (EDT)

== Just curious... ==

Hey, uh, how come you upload pictures under a new file instead of uploading a new version of previous file? Isn't it easier if you upload a new version, which also retains history? I don't personally have a problem with it, but I am curious... [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 18:35, 24 October 2018 (EDT)
:In the case of images, this can actually be a reasonable thing to do. When replacing stock images with user-taken images, it's better to delete the originals entirely because they're subject to copyright. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:46, 29 October 2018 (EDT)
::Ahh, makes sense. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:47, 29 October 2018 (EDT)

== User talk pages ==
"(Undo revision 1274491 by Cannonfodder4000 (talk) User talkpages are not to be blanked.)"

What's it to you if I blank my page? [[User:Cannonfodder4000 |--Cannonfodder4000]] ([[User talk:Cannonfodder4000|talk]]) 18 March 2019
:See [[Transformers Wiki:User page]]. But, basically, blanking your talk page is seen as trying to hide your past and possibly avoid disciplinary action. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 12:11, 18 March 2019 (EDT)

== Returning BotBot vandal? ==

I noticed [[Special:Contributions/Evelynkwapong54|‎Evelynkwapong541]] just showed up and started making similar if not identical edits to [[Special:Contributions/Kof4495|Kof4495]]. Since I know you were the one who banned the latter, can you please check the former out, see if we've got a block evasion on our hands? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:47, 28 March 2019 (EDT)

MediaWiki talk:Community Portal

2019-06-22T04:05:43Z

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This is the place for discussion of topics that affect the entire wiki. Some topics that would ordinarily be here have merited their own pages:

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* [[Transformers Wiki:Ads|Ads]]
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==Uploading Images==
Hi, I'm new to this wiki. I've made contributions on other wikis (Marvel, Shadowrun, Cyberpunk, etc) and was going to upload images, starting with two regarding the Autobot Fleet (IDW) but I keep getting the message that I don't have permission to create new pages. I've followed the instructions and continue to get that message. What am I missing or are only certain individuals permitted to upload images?

[[User:Esparza3368|Esparza3368]] ([[User talk:Esparza3368|talk]]) 00:05, 22 June 2019 (EDT)

==The latest vandal / scrubbing slurs==
Is there any way to scrub the changes and that username from the recent changes? Because now we've got a slur on multiple pages, and it'd be nice not to. We should probably also see if there's a way to prevent usernames from having that word too. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:01, 4 January 2019 (EST)
:I believe we're on a late enough version of MediaWiki that somebody with access to our LocalSettings.php (abates?) should be able to switch on the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:RevisionDelete 'revision delete'] function for sysops. That would let us scrub the offending edits from the article histories. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 19:08, 4 January 2019 (EST)
::Well, I found a way to rename the user, at least. Which scrubs SOME stuff but not everything. But yeah, if that works, let's. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:11, 4 January 2019 (EST)
:::He had another account that got banned yesterday; we should scrub all those too. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:10, 4 January 2019 (EST)
::Sounds good, I'll see about enabling revision deletion for admins. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:10, 4 January 2019 (EST)
:::All right, I've redacted a bunch of revisions from both instances. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:33, 4 January 2019 (EST)
::::The one instance that wasn't able to be gotten is McFeely's banning of the original username, since it hadn't been changed yet, but that's only in the "Recent changes" view; it should be fixed everywhere else. Unless you want to undo the edit summaries of all the reversions to strike his name(s) entirely from the record, we're probably all set. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:37, 4 January 2019 (EST)
:::::Thanks, I've changed the usernames in Recent Changes manually. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:01, 4 January 2019 (EST)

== Scheduled downtime ==

Our host has to do some maintenance on our server, so there's going to be some downtime on Jan 8, 8:30am UTC. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:25, 6 January 2019 (EST)

== Creating a new page for Dropkick ==
I think that we should separate the 2007 Dropkick with the BB Dropkick just like we did it with Crosshairs and Hound {{unsigned|Crosshairs}}
:I'm rather inclined to agree. ''Bumblebee'' Dropkick has nothing concretely connecting him to ''Transformers'' Dropkick. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 15:18, 15 January 2019 (EST)
:Why? They're both whiny blue movieverse Decepticon grunts who hate being on Earth. Other than altmode, what makes them more different than ROTF and AOE Lockdown? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 15:27, 15 January 2019 (EST)
::ROTF and AOE Lockdown are both based on the same character (Animated Lockdown). The Dropkicks aren't. [[User:Omegatron|Omegatron]] ([[User talk:Omegatron|talk]]) 19:20, 16 January 2019 (EST)

== Help With Where To Store Images For 'Fritos Poster - The Power Struggle' and 'Hi-C Poster / Calendar Battle In The Desert Valley' ==

I have high quality scans of all the images on the Fritos Poster 'The Power Struggle' and Hi-C 'Battle In the Desert Valley', but don't know where to put them. It does not appear you put all images of something (like a book) onto this site; that's why there are external links. It also doesn't look like you could make a separate subpage with all of the images on it. I do not know if I could upload them on this site, or if you have a recommend place to upload them or send to someone's website (like where the Transformers Manga is stored) and then include appropriate links when the images are up so people could read the whole thing. {{unsigned|TheScarletSpider}}
:We have no problem with hosting full posters, actually. In fact, we already have images for [[:File:BitDesertValley.jpg|Battle in the Desert Valley]] and [[:File:HiCThePowerStruggle.jpg|The Power Struggle]]. If yours are cleaner than ours, though, we'd love for you to upload them! You can use the "Upload a new version of this file" link for each image to replace the existing versions. Please be careful about the filesize, though; we generally prefer JPG files at 150 kb or less for bandwidth reasons, though given all the small text, we can probably make an exception for these as long as they're not too big. (Also, please make sure to sign your talk page posts! Just type four tildes at the end (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) and the wiki will take care of the rest.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:25, 7 February 2019 (EST)

== Wiki page titles with diacritics ==

I recently read about how SEO is somewhat unfriendly towards searches containing diacritics, resulting in diacritic-containing page titles getting found less often by Google. In that case, how should pages such as that of [[David Garcia Cruz|David García Cruz of Spain]] and [[Gabriel Rodriguez|Gabriel Rodríguez Pérez of Chile]] be titled, additionally considering that IDW in the U.S. often doesn't spell their names with the diacritics in business material? Far be it from me to advocate not spelling personal names natively, but comprising on that seems to be most helpful for the wiki's Internet presence. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 17:42, 10 February 2019 (EST)
:I don't think we should base our spellings of creators' names on what's relevant for SEO, but more the correct way it should be spelled. Though I do notice from googling both of those names that even they themselves spell them both with and without diacritics on their social media. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:19, 22 April 2019 (EDT)

=="Core Concepts" and the Main Page==
Okay so here's a thing, kind of a big major cascading-ish thing. Abates brought this up on the Allspark in the discussion of the [[Comics]] page revamp, and let's discuss it here. Namely, the "Categories" box on the Main Page is useless. Categories are a TERRIBLE "first step" to finding information on a wiki. Just a big wad-list of links. That space would be better served with links to actual pages, particularly "core concepts" pages that are good "basics"-level starting points/hubs to find more information, like the new version of the Comics page.<br>
The issue, though, is that many of the big "core concepts" pages... well, range from "are in need of work" to "are dogshit". "Comics" was clearly thrown togther 15 years ago then not touched significantly since then since it was not a glamourous page to work on... but it's an essential concept. SO. I want to gather a list of candidate pages for this "core concepts" section, stuff that's broad but important, and it'd be good to have folks really work at polishing them up and making them approachable, current-standards pages.
:*'''[[Comics]]''' - Well, most of that work's been done recently.
:*'''[[Cartoons]]''' - We don't have this yet, but we prolly should. Same general idea as the Comics, but should be a LOT simpler. I'll probably work on a version of this in a few days.
:*'''[[Toy]]''' - I mean, it IS the reason this whole damn enterprise exists. A brief glance at this page shows it too could really use a revamp. It's not ''awful'', but it's... not up to our current standards.
:*'''[[Video games]]''' - I'm not convinced the current setup of this page is the best way it could be done. At the very least it needs some pictures.
:*'''[[Continuity]]''' - This page is solid but could use a brush-up. But it's at the core of a lot of related concepts... better to ease someone into "continuity family" talk with the broad-strokes of "continuity" first.
:*'''[[Franchise]]''' - Hoooooo boy does this page need work. What an ugly kludge. BUT the page ''idea'' is a perfect hub for people to find out more about that thing they remember from when they were a kid.
:*'''[[Transformer]]''' - Another good hub for the broader concepts of TF biology and whatnot.
:*'''[[Fandom]]''' - Sure.
:*'''[[Factions]]''' - Maybe? Abates mentioned it as a possibility. Wouldn't be a bad lead-in to reworking the individual factions' pages.
Maybe call the box "Getting Started" instead of "Core Concepts". And honestly? It should probably go ABOVE "Continuity Families", which I'm... increasingly unsold on the need for on the Mainpage, but I'm not calling for it to be deleted (yet). --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 06:00, 15 February 2019 (EST)
:What about '''[[Character]]'''? As for the general name for these, "the Basics" would be good ... except McFeely's already taken it. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 06:59, 15 February 2019 (EST)
::Christ on a tilt-a-whirl, that page needs SERIOUS culling. It should be MAYBE a third of its current size. There's no way in hell I'd recommend that as a "starter" page. *''looks at edit history to see who did the most work on the page''* of fucking course --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 07:29, 15 February 2019 (EST)
:::Hey, I make no claim as to the quality of the page, I'm just saying that "character" is a core concept that should be in this group (whether the current version of that page or some totally new one or something in between, I have no opinion on).--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 11:26, 15 February 2019 (EST)
:I'd be willing to take a crack at the Video Games page, but I wonder whether we should continue to split them up by continuity, or do so by console generation instead? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 11:57, 15 February 2019 (EST)
::It's a good question. I'm not wild about breaking them up by continuity. Breaking them up by pre-Nintendo gaming systems, 8-bit/16-bit era, uh... whatever the PS/Xbox/GC up to now would be considered, mobile apps, and arcades? That what you're thinking? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:47, 15 February 2019 (EST)
:::More or less, yeah. I'm thinking we split it up into 3rd gen (8-bit systems), 5th gen (PS1/N64), 6th gen (GC/PS2), 7th gen (360/PS3/Wii), 8th gen (XB1/PS4/Wii U), mobile, and arcade, with a separate link to the [[Online game]] page because trying to merge all those in might actually bloat it too much. Depending on how the final breakdown looks, I might split off handheld games into their own section as well. Not sure yet whether to list games twice if they appeared across multiple console generations (like how some games were on both PS3 and PS4) or just once. I'll see how each approache looks, then decide where to go from there. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:46, 15 February 2019 (EST)
::::I'm'a be honest, I think distinguishing between 7 & 8 is kinda pointless, especially when you consider how many of those games were also on PC/Steam. 5 & 6 too also seem pretty much the same. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]])
:::::Fair enough. I started a [[User:Cyberlink420/vgsandbox|draft]] and sorted all the games accordingly into categories (though I haven't done any curation beyond that like putting them in release order). I'm gonna try and drill down further later, but I don't even know how to approach the mobile games section; whittling that one down into something digestible and/or writing a summary will probably require help from someone who actually plays the mobile games. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 03:13, 16 February 2019 (EST)
::::::You know, this might be a place for us to get a shade fancy. I'm thinking tables. Title, release date, system(s), franchise, with that little arrow in each column header that lets you sort the list by that column. Side benefit: not a bullet list leaving a lot of whitespace. I mean, still broken up by the current categories. Something to consider. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 04:02, 16 February 2019 (EST)
:::::::I did a quick and dirty mockup for the console games, with the systems themselves being a non-sortable column because it's not gonna make a difference when you've got like five or six of them in a single box. If this looks good, I'll do the same for the other sections. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 11:10, 16 February 2019 (EST)
::::::::Yeah, I like that. Has all the stuff most anyone might want to find a particular game, in a format much easier to find the variables in than our normal bullet points. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 18:10, 16 February 2019 (EST)
:::::::::Okay, the page is almost ready. There's still more to do, but I suggest we move further discussion to the [[User talk:Cyberlink420/vgsandbox|sandbox talk page]] so we're not taking up too much space here. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:55, 17 February 2019 (EST)
:::::::::The games page has officially been updated. I also have a WIP Toys section for Transformers that turn into gaming devices like consoles and controllers, but I decided to leave it off for fear that it'd bloat the page. If anyone else thinks it's worth including, though, I'm happy to add it as well. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:55, 20 February 2019 (EST)
:Just want to note that I feel like these links should be consistently pluralised? "Franchises", "Continuities"... - [[User:The Wadapan|The Wadapan]] ([[User talk:The Wadapan|talk]]) 13:25, 15 February 2019 (EST)

Okay, so, re-opening this discussion, since several of the above pages have gotten their overhauls. I'm feeling like both the "Continuity Families" and "Categories" boxes on the main page should go bye-bye in favor of a single "Fundamentals" section, with the pages listed above. Any thoughts to the contrary? (Sandboxing a box now.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 22:38, 27 February 2019 (EST)
:[[User:M_Sipher/Sandbox:Fundamentals|Started a "Fundamentals" sandbox page]]. And thought of a new addition... a "'''Movies'''" hub page, since there's been stuff in Japan not in the US... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 22:53, 27 February 2019 (EST)
::That looks like a great improvement over what we've got at the moment. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:49, 28 February 2019 (EST)
:::Unless someone's got any kinda objections/additions to discuss, I figure I'll just make the change once I get [[User:M Sipher/Sandbox:MoviesHub|the "Movies" page]] sorted... and also once we slap a warning or something on [[Character]] because jeezus, that page needs worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 04:09, 28 February 2019 (EST)

== Generation 1 toyline labeling ==

Of late, I have observed some "Generation 1" toy headers get changed to "The Transformers" (e.g. on the pages "[[Blowpipe (G1)]]", "[[Prowl (G1)/toys]]", "[[Roadhandler (G1)]]"), presumably because "''The Transformers''" was the actual series name on the original packaging. Is this a trend we want to propagate throughout the site? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 00:52, 19 February 2019 (EST)
:Oof. I'd definitely prefer keeping "Generation 1". "The Transformers" is so unhelpfully generic. Using G1 may not be technically accurate, but it's such a universally known and intuitive retroactive term that it just looks better, especially with toys that have "Generation 2" releases right below it. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 09:34, 20 February 2019 (EST)
::Thing is, "Generation 1" gets used for both the franchise AND the wider grouping that sits above it (whereas Unicron Trilogy → Armada, for instance). That's why other stuff has been changed to ''The Transformers'' in the past (e.g., articles for the cartoon/toyline/etc; as well as Fiction section headers), IIRC - to make it clearer whether (e.g,) G1 cartoons in general (including the JP Headmasters/Masterforce/etc sequels) or the series running from MTMTE pt 1 to The Rebirth pt 3 is the subject at hand. - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 21:22, 20 February 2019 (EST)
::I can say that personally, I've been using "The Transformers" only when I'm talking about the media and toyline specifically called that, and almost always something along the lines of "Marvel's ''The Transformers'' comic" or "Sunbow's ''The Transformers'' cartoon." When I'm talking about a character or whatnot, I'll say "Generation 1 Xnamehere." [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:47, 20 February 2019 (EST)
:::Well, that's in line with what Xaaron's objecting to, I think. Making (e.g.) the first subheader (under Toys) on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys]] say "The Transformers" (or a variation, like "The Transformers (1984)" - which would have precedent with the likes of Transformers (2007)/(2010), Robots in Disguise (2001)/(2015), Universe (2003)/(2008), etc) - rather than "Generation 1".
:::(And I was saying that I agree with the change, since if they're on the page of a "Generation 1" character, they're ''all'' "G1 toys", even if they weren't in the 1984-1991 toylines. We use "Generation 1" on multiple things whereas in other "continuity families" with multiple franchises, we use a term distinct from any of the constituent franchises, like [[Unicron Trilogy]], [[live-action film series]] or [[Aligned]]) - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 00:08, 21 February 2019 (EST)
Kind of related question: Why DO we consider the first franchise to officially be "The Transformers"? I know the "the" is right there in the logo, but it's in the same font as the "More than meets the eye" tagline which we don't consider part of the title. Aside from that, if we REALLY wanted to match the franchise name to the logo, wouldn't it be "The Trans {insert faction symbol here} Formers" or, at least, "The Trans Formers"? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 08:22, 21 February 2019 (EST)
:[[File:TFUSindiciasamples.jpg|thumb|Knew I'd seen one of these somewhere around here]] Well, the Marvel US series was formally "The Transformers", even after the "The" was dropped from the front cover logo... - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 19:40, 22 February 2019 (EST)

== Quotation punctuation on Siege toy entries ==

So, I noticed that pretty much all of the [[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|Siege]] toy entries use the American quotation style (commas and periods outside the quotation marks, like "this,") instead of the British/logical style (commas and periods inside the quotation marks, like "this",). I've never liked the American style, but personal opinions aside, I kinda find this odd, considering [[Help:Style guide#Grammar|this wiki perfers the logical style]]. Granted, our style guide also says "Respect other editors' style choices", but honestly, I think it'd be better to change to the logical style. After all, are those commas and periods really part of the weapons' names? [[User:ShootingStar7X|ShootingStar7X]] ([[User talk:ShootingStar7X|talk]]) 20:25, 19 February 2019 (EST)
:It seems to vary by personal choice of the editor, and in spite of that guideline, most users on this wiki prefer U.S.-style punctuation inside quotation marks (which is unfortunate, but oh well). [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:39, 15 March 2019 (EDT)

== Rename IDW Generation 1 continuity to IDW 2005 continuity? ==

Obviously, we have an imminent reboot, which the wiki will almost certainly classify as G1, 'cause that's what it does with comics. But even until now, the "IDW Generation 1 continuity" is not the ''only'' G1 based continuity IDW have published - ''Star Trek/Transformers'' has just finished, and there's been a bunch of other G1 "micro-continuities" they've done. "IDW Generation 1 continuity" only really works as a name if it's the ''only'' IDW G1 continuity. And even if you ignore the small stuff, that's not the case as of later this month. So how about switching to naming it by date? - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 10:02, 8 March 2019 (EST)
:Date seems to be the most future-proof naming scheme, in case they reboot again in another 10 years. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:57, 10 March 2019 (EDT)
::Yeah, I'm all for switching to date as well, but I'd like to get a few more folks to weigh in before I start updating things, since this change would effect a LOT of articles. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:04, 14 March 2019 (EDT)
:::Problem is, the longer you wait, the harder it becomes to actually do it, if people start slipping in "IDW Generation 1 (2019)" and similar styles that would get caught by find'n'replace. - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 21:21, 15 March 2019 (EDT)
::::Perhaps, but again, I think this is a big enough change that there needs to be some level of consensus before it starts getting implemented. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:43, 15 March 2019 (EDT)
:::::Distinguishing by date seems to have a lot of support in the Allspark thread. https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/101932-tfwikinet-thread-30/page-609 Not sure why more haven't weighed in here. "IDW 2005 continuity" and "IDW 2019 continuity" sounds good to me. [[User:NovaSaber|NovaSaber]] ([[User talk:NovaSaber|talk]]) 11:26, 16 March 2019 (EDT)
::::::In line with our RiD headers, I suggest adjusting that to "2005 IDW continuity" and "2019 IDW continuity". [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:42, 18 March 2019 (EDT)
:::::::The thing about that is that the pages for the RID cartoons are at [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)]] and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)]]. Wherever [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] goes needs to match the headers, because of the way split pages are done. Hence why I prefer "IDW (year) continuity"
:::::::And is anything actually HAPPENING with this? - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 20:03, 22 March 2019 (EDT)
::::::::It seems we've got a category problem on our hands. I'm seeing pages marked under "IDW 2005", "IDW (2005)", and "2005 IDW". Can we just pick one category banner name and stick with it?--[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 13:23, 04 April 2019 (EDT)
:::::::::There was some further discussion on AllSpark, and it sounds like the current consensus is "2005 IDW continuity". -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:27, 4 April 2019 (EDT)
::::::::::The main continuity page stands at "[[2005 IDW continuity]]" while categories should become "Category:IDW (2005) x" in line with our precedent of "Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) x". [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 15:57, 4 April 2019 (EDT)

== Guideline for fan opinions? ==

Hi, I'd just like to ask if there are general guidelines for citing fan opinions on pages (e.g. ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is bad, ''Masterpiece'' Prime is considered one of the best toys ever)? I noticed that some pages cite subjective opinions and some don't, but I'd just like to figure out when it's acceptable or not to do so. --[[User:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]] ([[User talk:Samus Aran|talk]]) 12:42, 22 May 2019 (EDT)

Talk:Autobot fleet

2019-06-22T04:00:43Z

Esparza3368: Created page with "I am trying to upload an image of the Autobot fleet (IDW) and I get the message that I don't have permission to create a new page. Can anyone contribute to this wiki or am I d..."

I am trying to upload an image of the Autobot fleet (IDW) and I get the message that I don't have permission to create a new page. Can anyone contribute to this wiki or am I doing it the wrong way?

[[User:Esparza3368|Esparza3368]] ([[User talk:Esparza3368|talk]]) 00:00, 22 June 2019 (EDT)