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Grimlock the Defender

2023-10-01T00:34:09Z

Revanche: /* Synopsis */ c/e

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|title="Grimlock the Defender"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 1]], 2021
|coverdate=September 2021
|written by=[[Steve Orlando]]
|art by=[[Agustin Padilla]]
|colors=[[Jeremy Colwell]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]], [[Tom Waltz]] and [[Riley Farmer]]
}}

'''Grimlock and Arko struggle to cooperate as they encounter dangers both familiar and unfamiliar in the Menonian wilderness.'''

==Synopsis==
As he pushes his way through the forests of [[Menonia]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] is confronted by a group of armed cyclopes, each carrying a blade inscribed with the [[Autobot]] [[insignia]]. Though the monsters fight for the [[Golden One]], the "chosen one of [[Soltron]]", the creatures prove no challenge for the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander: their weapons and fists simply bounce off of his metal hide, and when he [[transformation|transforms]], the monsters are momentarily awestruck by the sight of ''another'' shapeshifter, for only the Golden One has ever performed such a feat. The moment Grimlock obliterates the creatures with a burst of white-hot fire, however, the Dinobot leader is entangled by living vines and dragged underground, straight into the mouth of an enormous subterranean predator! Grimlock shifts back into robot mode to break free from the vines, but more appendages take their place—as jagged stone teeth close around him, however, the barbarian girl [[Arko]] leaps in after him, and uses her own sword to free him from the monster's lethal embrace. Despite Grimlock's insistence that he could've handled things alone, Arko explains that they're inside a gigantic [[ridge worm]]: the only way they can escape now is to fight their way through the creature's rocky intestines, fighting gut worms as they go.

As the pair battle their way through the monster's digestive system, Grimlock asks Arko about Soltron: the human explains that Soltron is the god of the Golden One, a deity who wears the face inscribed on Grimlock's chest. This confuses the Dinobot; as he explains to Arko, ''he'' worships the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]], and all Dinobots fight in the hope that their conquests will outstrip the Necrobot's capacity to log the deaths of their victims when they finally die. Arko snaps that Grimlock would've surely perished had she not intervened, and although Grimlock sulks that it would've been a ''worthy'' death, Arko declares that his strength is worthless without knowledge—indeed, Grimlock won't last a day in her world without her. Grimlock takes offense at the remark, and even unsheathes his energy sword, and despite the overwhelming odds Arko refuses to give in: she will not beg for Grimlock's respect and will gladly duel Grimlock to the death to save her village and her world. But when the barbarian girl charges in, Grimlock simply turns away and walks off, letting her sword bounce off of his armor. Arko's got the intelligence and anger of a warrior, Grimlock tells her... but fighting her would be too easy, and Grimlock will not use his strength to crush someone who can't fight back. Arko suggests a deal: teach her ''true'' strength, enough to kill the Golden One, and in return she'll teach him about Menonia. After a moment's contemplation, Grimlock accepts the offer.

Not long afterwards, Grimlock sees an opportunity for this first lesson when the pair spy a settlement aflame, under siege from invaders. Arko points out that the fishing village of [[Angloria]] has nothing of value, even for the likes of monsters like the Golden One. When Grimlock wonders if Arko will stand aside and let the weak be crushed, Arko points out that it's the same justification ''he'' used when her father asked him for help... but Grimlock's internal heads-up-display reveals that whatever is attacking the town isn't human: the town's under attack from huge, humanoid creatures carved from wood. Though Arko warns her compatriot that those are soldiers of the [[Mara-Al-Utha|Red Wizard]], Grimlock tells her that there is no strength to be found bullying the poor and weak. If these creatures want a ''real'' fight, they can take Grimlock and Arko instead!
Like a knight on horseback, Arko rides Grimlock's dinosaur mode into battle as they ford the river, charge the village, and reduce the wooden creatures to splinters. As he cuts his way through their army, Grimlock demands to know why warriors like them would reduce themselves to picking on the weak, but Arko tells him to save his breath—these are [[wood-bot]]s, mindless necromantic constructs slaved to the animating will of the Red Wizard.

Elsewhere, one of the surviving cyclopes reports to the Golden One on their recent failure to defeat Grimlock—the arrogant sorcerer has no patience for their excuses, however, and promptly disintegrates the emissary with a single blast of arcane power. As the other cyclopes cower, his minion [[Clatta]] points out that Grimlock ''is'' still alive and might yet decide to fight for the people of Menonia. Arrogant as ever, the Golden One remains confident that Grimlock fights for no one but himself—and if Grimlock attacks the Red Wizard out of disgust for his actions, then the Golden One will have removed a potential rival for the throne and subtly turned the rambunctious Dinobot to his side.

With the last of the wood-bots routed, Arko's initially pleased that they've saved the village, but Grimlock is troubled by the existence of the wood-bots. Arko explains that the wood-bots are unalive, unthinking beings, necromantic creations of the Red Wizard who kill the living so that they might rise again as the Red Wizard's undead servants. Grimlock explains that all [[Transformer|Cybertronian]]s are born with [[spark]]s; an animating life-force from whence they derive life, sentience, and free will—the wood-bots did not ''choose'' to be born or carry out such heinous acts, and Grimlock considers this a crime worse than anything the Golden One could possibly concoct. Although the Anglorians are throwing a feast in their honor, Grimlock announces his intent to confront the Red Wizard and make him pay—ignoring Arko's warnings that even the Golden One gives the Red Wizard a wide berth. From his tower, the Golden One gloats that while an Autobot wouldn't have hesitated to overthrow his cult of Soltron, a ''Dinobot'' is another matter entirely. Even now, Grimlock is easily misled and blinded by rage... as Arko voices her incredulity at the fact that he still won't fight for Menonia but will gladly pick a fight with a dangerous lich, Grimlock tells her that he won't abandon his kind. With that, Arko storms off—if Grimlock will throw everything away for a personal crusade, what can he teach her about ''real'' strength?

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s|c1=
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (1)

|c3=
* [[Arko]] (4)
* Other Anglorian (8)

|c4=
* Cyclopes (2)
* [[Ridge worm]] (3)
* [[Wood-bot]]s (5)
* [[Clatta]] (6)
* The [[Golden One]] (7)

}}

==Quotes==
"Me '''Grimlock''' no find '''god''' in the '''sky'''... he look to the '''battlefield'''. That where him '''Necrobot''' can be found. Every '''Dinobot''' knows story of Cybertron's '''great chronicler of death.''' Every Dinobot hope when their spark burn out... they leave '''log of bodies''' so long, '''Necrobot''' run out of '''data storage'''."
:—'''Grimlock'''

"We need your strength, but it's nothing without knowledge of the realm. This savage world is my home... for all your strength, you won't last a '''day''' without me!" 
"Them who '''talk''' like that to Grimlock last '''even less'''."
:—'''Arko''' and '''Grimlock'''

"Soltron sees all... '''AND FORGIVES NOTHING.'''"
:—'''The Golden One''' ices a cyclops

"All Autobots, '''all Dinobots''', when we come online... it with spark. Spark give us '''freedom'''... make '''sentient'''. Red Wizard make wood-bots. But no let them '''think?''' No let them '''live?''' Them wood-bots '''abominations'''. But no ask to be."
:—'''Grimlock'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The cyclopes in [[Grimlock the Rebel|issue #1]] were wielding weapons emblazoned with the [[Autobot]] insignia. The significance wasn't clear at the time, but this issue reveals that, in the land of Menonia, the Autobot insignia is synonymous with the deity [[Soltron]], patron god of the Golden One. Whether Soltron actually exists—or if he's just a garbled version of a previous Autobot visit to the planet—isn't yet clear.

===Transformers references===
* Grimlock notes that Dinobots worship the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]] as their god. This character originated in the pages of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''; although he was believed to be a mythological folk hero who bore a silent witness to the deaths of every Cybertronian, he was later unmasked as the decidedly mortal "Censere", who was still later revealed to be an alias of [[Mortilus]], the [[Guiding Hand]]'s god of death.
* The idea of the Autobot insignia having supernatural connotations is not a new one: ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Origin Myths|#10]] established a connection between the symbol as the "First Face" supposedly worn by [[Primus]] himself, although later developments in the continuity would throw this connection into question.
* In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Madman's Paradise]]", upon which ''King Grimlock'' is largely based, the Red Wizard was an alias for the disgraced Quintesson sorcerer [[Mara-Al-Utha]], who'd been banished to Menonia for the crime of practicing magic. Although the Golden One identifies him as an "outcast", he stops short of revealing his species.
* In the cartoon, the Red Wizard used several wooden, Transformer-like automatons as his servants. Here, he's noted to have created a legion of necromantic "wood-bots", although these wooden golems are decidedly more monstrous looking than their cartoon counterparts.

===Real-life references===
* In keeping with the theme of the miniseries, this issue is named after {{w|Conan the Defender|another ''Conan'' novel}}. The Dinobots' faith in the Necrobot is also reminiscent of Conan's attitude towards his patron deity, Crom.

===Other trivia===
* Backmatter for this plus-sized issue includes another ''Dungeons & Dragons''-style profile sheet for Arko, which reveals that she's a Chaotic Good barbarian with 2021 experience points (the year of her creation). Grimlock's sheet in the previous issue stated that he has only 1984 experience points; under ''5th Edition'' D&D rules, this would make them both level 3 characters.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Grimlock vs. the worm, by [[Alex Horley]]
* '''Cover B''': Grimlock in a lot of blood, by [[Ilas Kyriazis]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Fire-breathing Grimlock, by [[Paul Harding]]

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Grimlock the Rebel

2023-10-01T00:26:20Z

Revanche: /* Synopsis */ c/e

{{Comicstory
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|next=Grimlock the Defender
|caption=He's a rebel, he's a saint,
he's the salt of the earth, and he's dangerous.
|image=KingGrimlock 1 cvrA.jpg
|title="Grimlock the Rebel"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 4]], 2021
|coverdate=July 2021
|written by=[[Steve Orlando]]
|art by=[[Agustin Padilla]]
|colors=[[Jeremy Colwell]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]], [[Tom Waltz]] and [[Riley Farmer]]
}}

'''A magic spell leaves Grimlock stranded in a realm of swords, sandals, and sorcery—an untamed world where only the strongest can survive.

==Synopsis==
Brutal, bullheaded, and unpredictable, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s have never seen eye-to-eye with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s compassionate approach to warfare. As the two work together to defend the city of [[Harmonex]] from rogue [[Mecannibal]]s, this divide is sharply illustrated by how they treat their defeated foes: while Prime intends to honor [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s agreement with [[Master Mouth]] and ship the survivors back to [[Nebulon Station]] for punishment, Grimlock insists that they must make an example of their enemies and does so by cleaving the aliens in half with his sword. Prime reminds Grimlock that mercy is a strength all its own; before they continue this debate, however, the ground beneath their feet glows green with unusual energy. Although Prime thinks that it's an automated security field, the Dinobot leader senses something isn't right and shoves Prime to safety—moments before the light glows brighter, then engulfs Grimlock completely...

In an alien jungle, a cockatrice chases its prey through the undergrowth... until it's promptly crushed underneath Grimlock's huge metal fist as the Dinobot leader gets his bearings. Grimlock has no idea where he is or what's happened to him; as he tries and fails to raise Optimus on his communicator, he realizes that he might be lost, but he's not alone—without warning, a pack of huge, cat-like creatures charge toward him and nearly trample him underfoot! Grimlock fights back, but the monsters have weight and numbers on their side; although they quickly overwhelm Grimlock and drag him down, but they're only flesh and blood and can't pierce his metal hide. Thinking quickly, Grimlock counterattacks by transforming into dinosaur mode, swatting his attackers away with his tail, and unleashes a mighty gout of flame that reduces the creatures to cinders.

As Grimlock returns to robot mode, a voice compliments him on his victory over the [[leodon]] pack; Grimlock turns to see a group of unfamiliar humanoids, who hail him as the answer to their prayers! Their leader introduces himself as [[Arnak]], elder of [[Valerift]] and the one responsible for summoning Grimlock to the land of [[Menonia]]. Many centuries ago, he explains, Cybertronians liberated Menonia with the help of the [[Golden One]]—but time moves differently in this realm and the Golden One's power corrupted the once-wise ruler into a cruel despot. The rebels who opposed him could not defeat him themselves; their only hope was to cast a spell to summon the Cybertronian leader who'd saved them once before—Optimus Prime. Grimlock bristles at that name: he is ''not'' the Autobot leader, and snarls that if they want Prime then they can keep looking for him. Although Arnak's daughter [[Arko]] hates the sight of her father begging Grimlock for assistance, Arnak has no other choice and takes a different tack: it took all of their remaining power to bring Grimlock to Menonia—the ''only'' way Grimlock gets home is if he helps them defeat the Golden One and uses his magic to return to Cybertron.

Far away, in a towering citadel illuminated by the sun's rays, the Golden One himself uses his magically-enhanced senses to spy on Grimlock from the safety of his castle. The ruler of Menonia is intrigued that the rebels' plan has successfully worked, but can't hide his delight at the fact that they've summoned the wrong Cybertronian—as he explains to his servant [[Clatta]], ''Optimus'' might have rallied the rebels, but Grimlock is a blustering fool whose arrogance will only further divide them.

Arko interrupts to snap that the Golden One could attack at any moment—if their "saviour" won't do his job, then they'll just have to save themselves. Arnak explains to the new arrival that the Golden One punishes all Menonians who worship the "anti-sun" by shapeshifting into a mighty dragon and terrorizing the countryside by burning everything in his path. Grimlock might be the only being in Menonia who can defeat the Golden One... but the Dinobot growls that while their enemy is strong, they are not. Fighting their battles for them won't make Arnak and his men strong—the only way they can learn true strength is if they save ''themselves''. Arnak again tries to get Grimlock to see reason, by reminding him that there's only one way for him to return home, but Grimlock stubbornly stomps off into the woods. As one of Arnak's compatriots shouts that Optimus would never abandon them, Grimlock retorts that he's ''not'' Optimus and never will be; if the punishment for that is being stuck in Menonia alone for the rest of time, then so be it. Arko won't give up so easily, however: clearly, Grimlock has no patience for weakness and neither does she. As the Dinobot pushes his way through the jungle and stumbles on a trio of monstrous cyclopes wielding weapons bearing the Autobot [[insignia]], Arko follows his trail of destruction. If she can't ''persuade'' Grimlock to help, she vows, then she'll have to ''make'' him...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s|c1=
* [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] (1)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (2)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (4)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (5)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (7)

|c3=
* [[Arnak]] (8)
* [[Arko]] (9)
* Other Menonians (12, 13)

|c4=
* [[Mecannibal]]s (3)
* The [[Golden One]] (10)
* [[Clatta]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"There is '''strength''' in mercy, Grimlock. The universe cannot run on '''fear'''."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"That what you call a '''roar?'''" 
-'''CHOOM'''- 
"'''That''' a roar."
:—'''Grimlock'''

"Too bad for you human. After day like today... me Grimlock '''nobody's''' prayer."
:—'''Grimlock''' vs the leodons

"How can you speak like this, Father? Where is your '''pride?'''" 
"Be '''silent''', Arko. You'd '''doom''' us all. The '''fields''' are '''filled''' with the '''prideful dead'''."
:—'''Arko''' and '''Arnak'''

"But you'll be '''trapped''' here, to walk this '''savage world''' alone forever!" 
"'''Exactly.'''"
:—'''Arnak''' and '''Grimlock'''

"Grimlock is the first '''real''' warrior this place has seen in ages. No matter what dangers '''await''' in Menonia... he'll '''know''' how to crush them."
:—'''Arko'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Like many of IDW's recent miniseries, ''King Grimlock'' appears to be set in its own little universe distinct from IDW's [[2019 IDW continuity|ongoing ''Transformers'' continuity]]. Most notably, the Grimlock (and presumably the other Dinobots) of this continuity does not actually seem to ''be'' an Autobot, though he wears their insignia; in his exchanges with Optimus and Arnak, Grimlock identifies himself as a Dinobot only. He even directly states to Arnak that "[him] Grimlock '''not''' Autobot."

===Transformers references===
* This miniseries wastes no time in setting itself up as a pulp-fantasy inspired riff on "[[Madman's Paradise]]", a memorably strange episode of the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] which saw Grimlock and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] travel to the other-dimensional realm of [[Menonia]], a land of magic and sorcery ruled by [[Quintesson]] [[Mara-Al-Utha]] in the guise of "The Red Wizard". This comic seems to incorporate a ''version'' of this episode as having occurred in its distant past; Arko notes that Optimus once travelled here as a "liberator" and installed the Golden One on the throne, but differences large and small abound.
* While the cartoon version of the Golden One was a benevolent ruler whom Daniel and Grimlock helped return to the throne after deposing Mara-Al-Utha, this version has since become a more sinister figure: like the cartoon, he's a shapeshifter who can become a golden dragon, but ''unlike'' the cartoon he's now a tyrannical ruler who uses that form to terrorize towns and villages who don't worship him. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Arnak and his followers worship something called the "Anti-Sun"—given that the cartoon-universe Golden One derived his powers from solar radiation, he might have ulterior motives for going after followers of this deity.
* The Cybertronian city of [[Harmonex]] debuted in IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]'' miniseries, which also gave it the nickname "The Singing City". Grimlock and the other Autobots are shown fighting [[Mecannibal]]s, ravenous aliens who memorably guest-starred in [[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|issue #52]], of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel's ''The Transformers'' comic]], and Prime namedrops their leader [[Master Mouth]].
* Prime notes that the surviving Mecannibals will be deported to [[Nebulon Station]] for punishment, a location from the "Earthrise" season of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron'']] cartoon. This might also be a double reference—their debut story in the Marvel comics had the Mecannibals hanging out on [[Grand Central Space Station|another space station]].
* The D&D-esque character sheet in the backmatter uses the same stats as the original Grimlock toy's [[Tech Spec]]s.
* Grimlock and Optimus in this series use their [[evergreen]] designs. Unlike the first IDW continuity or ''Cyberverse'', which used stylised takes on the aesthetic, both are more direct translations of the original concept art.

===Real-life references===
* This issue's chapter is named after the 1980 novel, ''{{w|Conan the Rebel}}'', featuring the eponymous barbarian.
* "Grimlock strongest there is", boasts the Dinobot leader, copping one of the [[Hulk]]'s many catchphrases.

===Other trivia===
* Backmatter for this plus-sized issue includes concept art of both Arko and Grimlock, plus a Grimlock profile written in the style of a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' character sheet—in RPG terms, our hero is a Chaotic Good barbarian with 1984 experience points (the year the ''Transformers'' franchise debuted).

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Arko meets Grimlock, by [[Cary Nord]]
* '''Cover B''': The Dinobot leader arrives in Menonia, by [[Agustin Padilla]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Grimlock rolls for initiative, by [[Mateus Santolouco]] and [[Marcelo Maiolo]]

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Eaglemoss

2023-09-30T12:27:28Z

Revanche: c/e

[[File:Eaglemoss Logo.jpg|upright=1|thumb|You too can build Optimus Prime, in only 100 easy instalments!]]
'''Eaglemoss''', founded in [[1975]], was a company mostly known for publishing partwork publications, ranging from [[Doctor Who|the]] [[Star Trek|geeky]], to the not. In the Transformers world, however, they were known for publishing the fortnightly [[Transformers: Prime (Eaglemoss)|Transformers: Prime]] comic in [[Russia]]. It ran for 65 issues, from [[August 24]], [[2012]] to [[December 27]], [[2013]].

This incarnation of Eaglemoss was actually a merger of the original ''Eaglemoss'' and ''GE Fabbri'', which were separated prior to 2011. Presumably, this is why both are listed as producing the comic.

In [[2021]], Eaglemoss ran an unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign attempting to fund production of a [[Chess#Eaglemoss|''Transformers'' chess set]]. The company filed for bankruptcy a year later.

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Hot Rod (G1)

2023-09-21T00:09:20Z

Revanche: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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{{Disambigm|Hot Rod (disambiguation)|Rodimus (disambiguation)}}
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:''Hot Rod is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:DVDbox3d1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And yet he still gets carded.]]
'''Hot Rod''' (aka '''Rodimus''' and '''Hot Rodimus''') is brash and headstrong, with an overwhelming self-confidence that borders on arrogance. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] has assumed the role of mentor and advisor to the impetuous young Hot Rod, offering him wisdom and advice when he needs it (though Hot Rod rarely feels that he does, much to Kup's annoyance). [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] also serves as a calming influence on Hot Rod, and tends to either worry about him when he is not around, or deride and tease him when he is. Their relationship is antagonistic, but friendly. Exactly how deep Hot Rod's feelings for Arcee might run is unknown.

In contrast, his '''Rodimus Prime''' persona—while still headstrong and stubborn—seems to suffer from a severe lack of confidence, often doubting his own decisions and expressing distress over his position as an [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Of course, much of this comes from comparisons with his former commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]—and let's face it, shoes-to-be-filled just don't ''get'' much bigger than that.

One thing that both sides of this Autobot's identity have in common is their impatience—neither Hot Rod nor Rodimus Prime can stand to wait around when they could be doing something instead. He is also very self-reliant, rarely sending others to do anything when he could be doing it himself.

{{bigquote|I ''knew'' you had potential, lad.|[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] on Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus Prime|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Fightorflee Rodimus explosion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"What about you, Dad?"]]
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
At some point before [[2005]], Hot Rod became stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and so was present during the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. This was a turning point in the life of the turbo-revving young punk, because he became Autobot leader after gaining the [[Matrix of Leadership]] following the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. As Rodimus Prime, his first accomplishments were the defeat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and the return of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the Autobots.

During his time as [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Rodimus not only had to deal with the Decepticons and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|their new leader]], but also the political complexities of the planetary alliance Cybertron joined, the return of the Transformers' cruel masters from long ago, the [[Quintesson]]s, the possible revival of Unicron and the arrival of Unicron's "little brother" [[Tornedron]].

During the [[Hate Plague]] outbreak in [[2006]], Optimus Prime was brought back to life and Rodimus gave up his rank of Prime, becoming Hot Rod once more. He would then become a Targetmaster and live to see the next Cybertronian [[Golden Age]].

In a splinter timeline, Hot Rod would lose the Matrix a whole bunch of times. ''Constantly.'' Eventually, he would resign himself to his role as Rodimus Prime, leader, though in 2011 it was under his watch that Cybertron was destroyed. Rodimus would later discover the planet Micro and help develop Micromaster technology, becoming one himself and reverting back to Hot Rod.
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:Hoverscooter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheeeee....]]
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
Initially serving under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Hot Rod travelled to [[Nebulos]] where he became a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] and then on to [[Earth]] where he joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Returning to Cybertron, he survived the battle against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and formed part of the shaky Autobot-Decepticon alliance under the leadership of Prime's successor [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. Betrayed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons, Hot Rod was killed during the ambush on [[Klo]] but revived shortly afterwards by the power of the [[Last Autobot]].

In some [[splinter timeline]]s Hot Rod went on to become Rodimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, and took part in further battles against Unicron and his minion [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], albeit with mixed results. In others, he has yet to fulfil this part of his destiny.
{{-}}

===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===
[[File:PackIn RodimusPrimeRemembers Front.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Just like he remembers Woodstock.]]
Unicron just might consume the universe, and the Autobots need to determine who the Chosen One is so that he may rise from their ranks, unlock the Matrix of Power, and save all from Unicron! Unfortunately, not even the Chosen One himself knows his identity, and his discovery may come too late. {{storylink|The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:}}

There was a legendary conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons when Optimus Prime led Rodimus Prime and a large team of Autobots in a search for the future site of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. They were ambushed by Megatron and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and this became known as the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth. Rodimus Prime dubbed it "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]." {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}} Some of the Autobots were forced to retreat due to Thundercracker's "force shield," and Optimus Prime told Rodimus and the others that their only hope was to call in for additional troops. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}}

Later, Rodimus Prime remembered the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth. {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
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Hot Rod had a run in with the Battlechargers when they tried to destroy the golden gate bridge. The altercation was caught on television.

A couple of weeks later, Hot Rod was part of an expedition to the Antarctic along with Slingshot and Skydive to investigate the discovery of a highly advanced underground city. He was parked in the cargo bay of a troop-carrier aero-plane when he met the young human [[Jeff Grey]]. Together, they watched Hot Rod’s battle with the Battlechargers on Jeff’s [[chronovid wristwatch]]. Some time later, their plane was caught in a blizzard, and shot down by an energy beam. Though many humans perished in the crash, Hot Rod attempted to keep the survivors warm by increasing the current through his temperature control unit to emit heat. Hot Rod and his group of humans were then met by three inhabitants of the subterranean city, who invited them into their futuristic world.

[[File:BBTI-JeffGrey+HotRod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|Doesn't this image just scream "buy the toys"? Boy, I sure want an action figure of Old Man Shivering In The Snow.]]
The [[Watcher]], leader of the underground civilization, explained that they possessed technology far surpassing the surface world, save for their weaponry, as they were a peaceful people. The Watcher offered the humans a tour of the city while he and Hot Rod talked. Impressed by the technological wonders The Watcher’s people possessed, Hot Rod became convinced of their altruistic nature. He then met up with Skydive and Slingshot, who had gone on to rendezvous with the drilling team after being unable to locate the downed troop-carrier in the blizzard. The Watcher then showed them an image from the surface: Brawl, Vortex and Blast Off, the Decepticons the Watcher said were responsible for shooting down the troop-carrier. Skydive and Slingshot then took off to battle the Decepticons and draw them away from the city, leaving Hot Rod in charge of protecting the humans.

Hot Rod's group continued their tour of the city. They were shown a hologram chamber, where they encountered Ravage. Hot Rod warned the Decepticon to stay back from the humans, but Ravage assured him he wasn’t here as their enemy. Ravage informed Hot Rod that it wasn’t the Decepticons, but the city-dwellers that had shot down the plane. One of the city-dwellers entered the room with a weapon, intending to attack Ravage. Hot Rod accidentally shot him while aiming for Ravage, who had lept for the city-dweller's throat. Hot Rod was shocked to see the guide fall to the ground, seeing as his weapon only affected other robots. They came to the conclusion that Ravage was telling the truth; the city-dwellers were robots. They were after the warrior-factor encoded in both the Autobots and the Decepticons in order to turn themselves into a powerful army. Hot Rod and Ravage formed a temporary alliance to combat the city-dwellers. Jeff and Ravage then worked together to overwrite the city-dwellers’ programming with the cartoon antics of Gus Gopher that had been recorded by Jeff’s [[chronovid wristwatch]]. With the city-dwellers behaving like cartoon characters, Hot Rod made contact with the Aerialbots, and told them to stop fighting with the Combaticons, and to instead return to the city. The Autobots and Decepticons then went their separate ways on peaceful terms… for the moment being, at least. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}
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===Big Looker Storybook continuity===
[[File:CarShowBlowup-AutobotCity.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Hot Rod clearly does not pass emissions standards.]]
Kup and Hot Rod traveled to the coliseum to check out a robot car the [[human]]s had built that could respond to voice commands. They heard about it on their car radios! But when they arrived at the coliseum, Kup spotted Decepticons flying about. As some entered the back door, Kup shooed Hot Rod away, telling him to warn the others. If Hot Rod stayed, he would just get into trouble!

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When Hot Rod returned with the Autobots, Kup had been captured and held prisoner, so the others entered the coliseum in vehicle mode. Meanwhile, Hot Rod snuck up behind Kup and freed him. Yelling "Geronimo!" they jumped from the control room onto the coliseum floor, taking the Decepticons by surprise. Galvatron and the others escaped, but Kup and Hot Rod agreed that they'd be ready for him when he returned. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

Later, Kup led Hot Rod, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and in the middle of their journey, the ship began to have problems. Hot Rod reassured Arcee that everything would be okay, but the ship was going down! It crashed on a planet which Kup recognized. It was the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed their earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Visiting [[Oil Valley]] with Daniel one day, Hot Rod spotted a group of Decepticons lurking nearby. Taking Daniel into his car mode, he headed back to Autobot City to report back to Ultra Magnus. The Decepticons noticed Hot Rod driving away, and gave chase. As Hot Rod neared Autobot City, he ran into Grimlock and the Dinobots. He quickly informed them of the situation before continuing on his way into the city, while the Dinobots stayed back to fend off the Decepticons. Once Hot Rod informed Ultra Magnus of the situation, Hot Rod stayed behind in Autobot City with Daniel while Ultra Magnus assembled a strike team to head out and help the Dinobots fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

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Hot Rod was returning from a road trip with Daniel, Hound and Kup, Bumblebee, Blurr, Wheelie, Springer and Sunstreaker when the group paused to eat at a rest stop. As the Autobots ingested Energon Cubes, Hot Rod asked Kup to tell a story. Kup told the others the story of how, upon first crash landing in Mt. St. Hillary, the Ark had lost an enormous shipment of Energon Cubes that remained lost to the day. Enthralled by Kup's story, the rest of the group were all eager to go looking for this lost treasure. When they realized that Laserbeak had been spying on them the whole time, and would soon inform Galvatron about the lost Energon shipment, Hot Rod and the others rushed back to Metroplex to inform Ultra Magnus on the situation. Hot Rod made a quick stop first, however, dropping Daniel off at his parents; house. After a brief conference, Ultra Magnus led his troops to the Ark's crash site. Finding the Decepticons there already, the two factions began to fight. When the Energon stash was uncovered, it was completely gobbled up by Starscream who proclaimed himself the most powerful Decepticon. With nothing left to fight over, Hot Rod and the Autobots left Galvatron and Starscream to their squabble. As they headed back for Autobot City, Hot Rod asked Kup for another story. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

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===Ladybird Books continuity===
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[[File:DecepticonsatthePole-HotRodSparks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Say I'm badly drawn to my face, pal!]]
Hot Rod was one of several troops stationed on Earth when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was in charge and the Transformers' war was still a secret one. After a scrape with the Decepticons, he found himself in the Autobots' infirmary, impatiently telling Ratchet and Wheeljack to patch him up quickly so he could get going. Due to a shortage of [[cybernite]], however, Hot Rod's repairs took awhile. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}} He got along well with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], the two spending their downtime looking at car magazines together, and was quite pleased to receive some snazzy gold wheel-trims from the boy. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

In the time following this campaign, Hot Rod would mature into a more sensible warrior and even a team leader. During the early stages of the war on [[Nebulos]], Hot Rod was Autobot commander against [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]'s Decepticons before the return of Optimus Prime. At one point, he prevented the Decepticons causing Nebulos' destruction via cosmic radiation. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}} He also orchestrated a search for a new source of lubricant when the Autobots were running dry, and led the construction of a pipeline bringing the oil reservoir's contents to Autobot base.
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Out searching for a missing shuttle, Hot Rod and Kup spied it crashed on the Junk planet. They landed to find their friends engaged in battle with the natives, but Kup cautioned Hot Rod not to rashly jump in and join them. Kup's use of the Universal Autobot Greeting resulted in the Junkions abandoning the fight and making friends with the newcomers, and causing Hot Rod to exclaim "Holy cow!" The Junkions helped repair the damaged shuttle before the Autobots left. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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[[File:Wolf at the door desert of danger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|When you're weary, feelin' small...]]
Hot Rod had himself delivered by freight to the planet of Nebulos, where he and his Targetmaster partner Professor Sparks suspected the Decepticons were attempting reinforce their position in spite of a treaty in place to limit their numbers. With [[you]]r help they traced the Decepticons to the [[Wolf at the Door]] nightclub, an [[oil]] bar for Nebulan miners run by [[Monzo]], and discovered that [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] were importing [[Attack Squad robot]]s from Cybertron and awakening them from cryogenic suspension with a catalytic stimulant disguised as [[Sirian brandy]].

After a confrontation with the Decepticons that left Skullcruncher and Mindwipe out of action, Hot Rod faced off against Weirdwolf and Monzo. Weirdwolf was defiant, but Monzo wasn't feeling lucky and surrendered to the Autobot. Though the Headmasters had to be released under the terms of the treaty, the Attack Squad robots were destroyed. {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}
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===''PDTF Comic''===
[[File:Pdtype rodimus manga.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He's seen some slag.]]
Clutching a [[Blackball]], Rodimus Prime found himself being attacked by Galvatron. As the Decepticon leader attempted to throttle him, a light shone from Rodimus's chest, making Galvatron think it was the power of the Blackball. After Galvatron had fled, Rodimus revealed it was just a flashlight, and reflected on what an idiot his foe was. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##11 "Take a Stand! Rodimus Prime!"|Take a Stand! Rodimus Prime!}}

As Fortress Maximus and Mega Zarak clashed violently, Rodimus reminded Optimus that he had said never to let those two fight. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##14 "Watch Out! Mega Zarak!"|Watch Out! Mega Zarak!}}

Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime enjoyed many victories against the Decepticons, but [[Greatshot|who was that in the background?]] {{storylink|PDTF Comic##15 "No One Knows When he's Come or Gone. Greatshot..."|No One Knows When he's Come or Gone. Greatshot...}}

Together with Ultra Magnus, Rodimus engaged in battle against [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], but was terrified when the Decepticon ninja unleashed the fury of his "Six Shadow Selves"! Luckily for Rodimus, Sixshot's doppelgangers were actually other Decepticons whom he'd painted black (and weren't very happy about it). {{storylink|PDTF Comic##18|The Ninja of Space, Sixshot!!}}

In a later altercation with Sixshot, Rodimus attempted to use his Photon Eliminator gun to strike down the fleeing ninja. Though he managed to shoot ''every other'' Decepticon on the battlefield, he failed to hit his intended target. Rodimus sat pouting in the corner as the other Autobots convened to register their disappointment that Rodimus let Sixshot get away. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##21|Photon Eliminator}}

Joining [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]] and Ultra Magnus in an assault on Mega Zarak, Rodimus was terrified when the mammoth Decepticon unleashed his titanic Anti-Gravity Rifle. Fortunately for the Autobots, the gun jammed and Mega Zarak was left fiddling with it while they opened fire. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##24|Anti-Gravity Rifle}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:WarAgainstDestructions-HotRodApeface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|GRONK yourself!]]
As Ultra Magnus left for a mission to find an Energon source, Hot Rod assured him that everything would be fine on Cybertron, and if there was any hint of trouble "Rodimus" would pop up and save the day. When Magnus later checked in, Hot Rod reported that they'd made some process on Headmaster technology. Though Magnus was more concerned about the threat of war, Hot Rod told him not to worry, unaware that [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] was planning to throw him a surprise. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Hot Rod was pleased to have [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] back. Then [[Monitorus]] arrived with the news that [[Tau-Ursa]] had been attacked and leveled by Decepticons, and Hot Rod got to point out that the Tau-Ursans had refused the Autobots permission to build a defense base there. He shortly took part in an attempt to repel a Decepticon attack on Cybertron, finding himself fighting against Sixshot, who seemed more interested in goading him than fighting. This turned out to be a diversion, while [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used his new [[Nullification Cannon]] on the planet's Energon supplies.

Hot Rod and Blurr next visited Tau-Ursa to check for Decepticons, and encountered [[Apeface|Ape Face]], who had found a [[Logicon]] warning beacon. The two Autobots wrestled it from him and returned to Cybertron, where the beacon was found to hold the coordinates to [[Metascan Alpha]], a major Energon storehouse. Prime placed Hot Rod in charge of one of two teams to search for the planet, though the operation was hampered slightly by the discovery of the two Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s spying on them. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Both Hot Rod and Rodimus fought side-by-side during a tumultuous battle on a moon base. While Rodimus charged [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] alongside [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], Hot Rod received a punch to the face, courtesy of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

The Decepticons having stolen the Matrix of Creation, Hot Rod was called up by Ultra Magnus to help retrieve it. The Autobots used an army of [[decoy]]s to distract the Decepticons, while Hot Rod, Blurr, Kup and Ultra Magnus infiltrated their base. Hot Rod told Blurr of all people to hurry up and blast the Matrix out of same sort of crystal structure. The Autobots then made their getaway with the Matrix in hand. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}

When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with his memory damaged, Hot Rod joined a small strike force of Autobots called H.O.P.E. ([[Help Optimus Prime Escape]]) to retrieve him. {{Storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Autobot Alert!====
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While on a midnight spin, Hot Rod spotted Beachcomber, Springer and Blurr leaving Metroplex on a secret mission. The next day, after coming home from his karate lessons, Hot Rod began pestering Kup in order to glean more information on the nature of his fellow Autobots’ assignment. Before he learned anything of substance, an Autobot Alert sounded across the Autobots’ headquarters. The Autobots learned that the Decepticons were taking over Earth’s communication satellites. Shortly afterwards, Blurr returned prematurely from the aforementioned secret mission to deliver more bad news. The Decepticons had gotten their hands on an important coded message.

If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize the Decepticons’ orbital attack, Hot Rod became frustrated after once again being overlooked for a mission. Catching him sulking, Bumblebee approached Hot Rod and informed him that he had spotted Astrotrain skulking about nearby the previous night. Deducing that Astrotrain might have something to do with the ongoing Decepticon plot, the two Autobots decided to go on their own clandestine mission to investigate. They brought along a supply of "laser-ignited explosives" and went on their way. Soon happening upon the Decepticons’ control centre, the pair set out to sabotage the Decepticons’ operation. While Bumblebee wanted to sabotage the Decepticons’ communication centre on Earth, Hot Rod was in favour of sneaking aboard Astrotrain before he launched, and sabotage the Decepticons out in space.

If Hot Rod convinced Bumblebee to go along with his plan, the pair snuck aboard Astrotrain by concealing themselves within a trailer filled with bombs. As Astrotrain launched, Hot Rod happened upon a room filled with Decepticon space gear. The two Autobots donned the suits in order to disguise themselves. The disguises proved effective as Thrust and Starscream walked past the pair, none the wiser. As Hot Rod continued to explore Astrotrain, he spotted the giant Decepticon Cyclonus out of a nearby window, as well as the Autobot shuttle obliviously heading into a trap. Hot Rod had to then decide on two options. He could risk commandeering Astrotrain’s military command post, despite the Decepticons guarding the door, and warn the incoming Autobot shuttle about the Decepticons. Alternatively, he could find a hiding place from which he could attack Cyclonus himself.

If Hot Rod decided to commandeer the military commands, his disguise managed to fool the guards, but not Scourge, who happened upon them as Hot Rod was inspecting the commands. Bumblebee urged Hot Rod to go through with his plan quickly as Scourge approached them. Hot Rod succeeded in firing Astrotrain’s weapons at Cyclonus, warning the Autobot shuttle of the Decepticons, but was quickly overpowered by Scourge. Alongside Bumblebee, Hot Rod was flung out into the blackness of space by Scourge, stranded in zero-gravity, waiting for a rescue that might never come.

If instead Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to find themselves a hiding spot, the pair snuck into a room labelled "Dirty Tricks Department" in order to dodge the incoming Laserbeak. Finding a hatch to the space shuttle’s exterior, Hot Rod trained one of Perceptor’s inventions, a "rapid-fire, high-intensity rifle cannon" towards Cyclonus and fired. Having successfully blown a massive hole into Cyclonus, Hot Rod and Bumblebee hid out for the rest of the mission inside the Dirty Tricks department room, finding a way to escape later when it docked.

If instead of boarding Astrotrain, Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to infiltrate the Decepticons’ command centre on Earth, the two used Astrotrain’s take-off as cover for sneaking into the facility. The pair soon found themselves overhearing Galvatron’s latest pirate broadcast. As the nearby Decepticons troops were busy bowing to their leader’s image, Bumblebee and Hot Rod managed to find the Decepticons’ main computer room. Now in a position to thoroughly sabotage the Decepticons’ operation, Hot Rod spotted a button labelled "TOP SECURITY/DESTRUCT SYSTEM!" and was eager to press it. Bumblebee suggested instead that they use a code he had learned in Advanced Espionage that would scramble the Decepticons’ computer program.

If Hot Rod allowed Bumblebee to use his code, the Decepticons’ plan fell into disarray, and Bumblebee and Hot Rod made their way back to the Autobots’ base safely as the command centre blew itself apart behind them.

If Hot Rod went ahead and pressed the button, he soon discovered that it was a Decepticon trap, as sirens began blaring across the Decepticon base and iron bars prevented them from escaping. Galvatron’s image appeared on a nearby monitor, explaining that both Hot Rod and Bumblebee would be used as hostages in order to secure a Decepticon victory. Hot Rod could do nothing but cover his face in shame in shame.

In a completely different possible series of events, wherein Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, over the Decepticons’ signal hijacking, Hot Rod was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Hot Rod took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere had been discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If the Autobots decided to head for the crater, Hot Rod raced Blurr to the site, only to find it void of any Decepticon activity. Finding Beachcomber tied to an explosive device, the two Autobots worked together to free their comrade. Once freed, Beachcomber informed the pair that the Decepticons had long ago broken the code and were already en-route to retrieve the cybertite sphere. It would now be much to late to catch up to the Decepticons, and all hope to retrieve the orb before them was lost.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Hot Rod was part of the main Autobot force that headed for the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching.

In one of the possible plans that Ultra Magnus concocted, Hot Rod was tasked with searching the ship once Sludge had used his titanic strength to haul it from the deep. Hot Rod tore through the wrecked vessel, and found the sphere in a timely fashion. He then hid alongside his fellow Autobots, and ambushed the Decepticons as they arrived on-scene.

If Ultra Magnus decided to execute a different plan, wherein Hot Rod, Bumblebee and Grapple had to work together to fetch the sphere, the Autobots did not find the sphere before the Decepticons reached the coast. While Hot Rod searched the ship, dangling from Grapple’s hook over a nearby cliffside, Galvatron and his troops swooped in and blew both the ship and the sphere to smithereens. With the sphere destroyed and the Autobots being pummelled by the Decepticons’ superior firepower, the Autobots’ only hope rested with Hot Rod, dangling on the coast-side in a literal and figurative cliff-hanger!

In yet another possible scenario, where Hot Rod was not involved at all in the actual retrieval of the sphere, the ancient Autobot formula was safely retrieved and taken back to Metroplex. Hot Rod then watched on as Perceptor produced the first batch of power-booster. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====Project Brain Drain====
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In one possible scenario, upon hearing that the Decepticons were planning to use a "[[Brain Drain device]]" to syphon the intelligence of nearly 500, 000 concert goers, Ultra Magnus ordered his troops, Hot Rod included, to head for the concert to foil Galvatron’s plot. Rodimus and the other Autobots were told to hide themselves amidst the parked vehicles surrounding the concert, and lie in wait for the Decepticons. Once the Decepticons had shown themselves, Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to transform in unison and open fire on their enemies. But Galvatron had planned to light afire the parking lot in which the Autobots were standing in order to trap the humans. Being drenched from above by Decepticon jets dumping gasoline upon them, Ultra Magnus needed to decide whether the Autobots needed to retreat, or to keep on fighting and hope that they could defeat the Decepticons before the fire consumed them.

If Ultra Magnus decided on a retreat, Hot Rod was more than happy to rush out of the blazing inferno and move in closer to the humans in order to protect them. Hot Rod and the others fended off the airborne Decepticons who swooped down, unaffected by the blazing barrier encircling the concert.

In another possible scenario, wherein the Autobots stayed in the parking lot to battle at close-quarters the Decepticons, both he and Bumblebee noticed Soundwave pass the Brain Drain device to Galvatron after the latter had been able to fling Ultra Magnus away. If Hot Rod attempted to stop Galvatron, he successfully plucked the device out of the Decepticons’ hands and barrelled through the nearby circle of flames to make his escape. Just as he reached the other rim of the ring of fire, all four of his tires burst from the flames. He nonetheless skidded to safety, but found himself temporarily out of commission. Nonetheless, the Autobots managed to destroy the Brain Drain device, and Hot Rod was able to enjoy the concert-goers giving the Autobots a standing ovation as the Decepticons retreated.

In a completely different possible scenario, Hot Rod was out on patrol with Kup and Jazz when the three of them heard nearby commotion and went to investigate. Finding Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug being attacked by Thrust and Laserbeak, the Autobots moved in to rescue them and fended off the Decepticons. Hot Rod, Kup and Jazz were informed of the situation as it were; the Decepticons were going to drain the minds of the concert-goers with their Brain Drain device. The Autobots then decided whether they would launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons’ lab, or if they would send Hot Rod for reinforcements while the rest of them headed directly to the concert.

If the group settled on launching a counter-attack, the lot of them stormed the lab with such ferocity and suddenness that the Decepticons were caught completely unawares. Though most of the Decepticons’ forces scattered with the Autobots’ initial assault, Hot Rod and company still had to beat back a small contingency of Decepticons too afraid of Galvatron to desert their posts. Hot Rod and the others successfully beat them back, until Soundwave attempted to escape with the Brain Drain device in hand.

If Hot Rod attempted to shoot the device out of Soundwave’s hands, Soundwave tripped at the last moment over the fallen body of a Decepticon. Hot Rod’s blast his Soundwave’s shoulder, causing him to fling the Brain Drain device up in the air. Laserbeak then managed to snatch the device in mid-air, and flew off to rendezvous with Galvatron. Unable to follow, the Autobots realized that the concert-goers were doomed to all become incredibly stupid very soon. If Jazz attempted to stop him however, he was successful in doing so and the Autobots successfully destroyed the Brain Drain device.

Alternatively, if Hot Rod agreed to head off to Metroplex while the rest of the Autobots headed for the rock concert, he promised that he was soon meet up with them, backed up by an entire army of Autobots, and then sped off.

Some time later, Hot Rod finally arrived at the concert accompanied by Ultra Magnus and numerous other Autobots.

If Sparkplug was able to signal them, Hot Rod pinpointed the location at which his friends were fending off the Decepticons, and sped to meet them as Galvatron was beginning to active the Brain Drain device. Thanks to Ultra Magnus’s timely interference, the Brain Drain device was destroyed and the Autobots were victorious that day.

Otherwise, Hot Rod and the Autobots arrived just in time to congratulate Wreck-Gar, who had already destroyed the Brain Drain device. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
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Hot Rod accompanied Kup on a night drive in the desert, when he noticed a spacecraft barreling down from the heavens towards them. As it landed, Hot Rod perceived that it would alternate between being visible and invisible. Curious, he prompted Kup to come with him to investigate.

If Kup agreed to look into the spacecraft right away, the two Autobots were surprised to spot a young woman emerge from the craft. Though Hot Rod startled her at first, the woman was reassured that the Autobots were friendly beings by Kup. Hot Rod learned that her name was [[Sarah Sanders]], and that she was a scientist working to perfect her latest invention, an "[[Invisibility Device]]."

In one possible scenario, Hot Rod, unable to control himself, snatched the device away from Sarah. Despite Sarah’s protests, Hot Rod insisted that the device would be put at its best use in the hands of the Autobots, keeping the world safe from the Decepticons. As Hot Rod daydreamed of glory while driving towards the Autobots’ base, he accidentally triggered the Invisibility Device’s self-destruct mechanism. The ensuing explosion blew him to bits.

If Hot Rod and Kup attempted to politely coax Sarah into giving them the Invisibility Device willingly, Sarah informed the Autobots that she had a strong stance against her invention being used for warfare. As the three of them stood conversing in the open, they soon heard the Decepticons approaching. As the evil robots began to fire upon them, Hot Rod whisked Sarah away to safety. Upon realizing that the Decepticons weren’t pursuing them, and that the Invisibility Device had been left behind, the trio hid behind some nearby rocks to spy upon the Decepticons, who were busy inspecting Sarah’s ship and her Invisibility Device.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, they were easily defeated and destroyed by the Decepticons.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to lay low in an attempt to steal the device back from the Decepticons, they first told Sarah to wait for them here, then the pair sneakily followed the Decepticons as they left for their headquarters. As the Decepticons descended into a canyon, Hot Rod was eager to follow them in, but was stopped by Kup. Kup told the young Autobot of how he defeated the Decepticons on Renerian, and the two of them put into action a similar plan. Driving back and forth atop the canyon’s edge, firing from all angles while remaining hidden in the dark, they tricked the Decepticons into thinking a whole team of Autobots had ambushed them. Hot Rod the snuck down into the canyon to retrieve the Invisibility Device. As he crept closer to Shockwave, clutching the device in his robotic arms, Hot Rod noticed that Galvatron was nearby, with his back turned to him.

If Hot Rod forewent attaining the Invisibility Device and attempted to take out Galvatron instead, Starscream spotted him before he could do so, and Hot Rod was promptly dispatched.

If Hot Rod went through with his plan to steal the device back from the Decepticons, he successfully snatched Sarah’s invention from Shockwave’s grasp and took off. Though the Decepticons gave chase, If they were unable to catch him before Kup fired down onto the canyon’s walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks. Convinced that Sarah Sanders would now allow the Autobots to use her device now that she had seen how evil the Decepticons were, Hot Rod and Kup drove back to meet up with her.

In a different possible scenario, the Decepticons took off in Sarah’s spaceship upon finding it, forcing Kup and Hot Rod to head back to Metroplex city for reinforcements and a ship of their own. Hot Rod and Kup were joined by Ultra Magnus, Prowl, Jazz and Springer, and blasted off. Once in space, however, they found it difficult to locate the Decepticons. The ship’s crew had to decided where to look next for the Decepticons.

If the Autobots decided to investigate the dark side of the moon, they found themselves unable to see anything on the satellite’s shadowy surface. Hot Rod suggested that they fire down laser blasts, in the hopes of making the Decepticons fire back, making them reveal their position. Jazz dismissed Hot Rod’s plan as being too risky.

If Ultra Magnus decided to go through with Hot Rod’s plan, the Autobots succeeded only in making themselves an easy target for the Decepticons, who blasted their shuttle to bits. Hot Rod and his friends were reduced to space junk.

If Ultra Magnus listened to Jazz’s plan, he ordered his Autobots to remain silent, and to shut off all of the shuttle’s lights and mechanisms. Launching a probe as a decoy, the Autobots successfully tricked the Decepticons into revealing their position when they mistook the probe as their shuttle and opened fire upon it. Firing back, the Autobots began crippling the Decepticons’ ship, until a lucky shot rocked their own shuttle. Though the Decepticons attempted to escape while the Autobots were off-balance, the Autobots were able to deliver the finishing blow, ending the Decepticons’ menace as the evil robots' ship exploded.

In an alternate scenario wherein the Autobots listened to Prowl’s suggested and searched the Asteroid Belt beyond Mars, they soon found themselves struggling to get through the maze of floating rocks. Hot Rod was in favour of retreating from the asteroid field when it proved increasingly difficult to navigate it.

If the Autobots pushed on their search in the Asteroid Belt, they soon found themselves on a collision course with two enormous asteroids. If they only managed to blast one of asteroids, the Autobots were forced to retreat back to Earth after their shuttle took substantial damage. If the Autobots managed to blast neither of the Asteroids, they were all crushed between the giant pieces of space debris.

If they managed to blast away both asteroids, they reached a vast, empty expanse of space within the asteroid belt. Despite no longer being in danger of being crushed, Hot Rod announced that he had a horrible sense of foreboding about their situation. His feelings of being watched were confirmed when the Decepticons, now invisible, began firing upon them. The Autobots considered retreating, but Kup reminded them that Sarah Sanders had not perfected her device yet, and the Decepticons’ invisibility may yet wear off.

If the Autobots attempted to flee from the Decepticons’ attack, they found themselves at too much of a disadvantage to successfully make it out of the Asteroid Belt. They were blown into space junk before they could reach Earth.

If the Autobots held their ground, they were instructed by Ultra Magnus not to open fire upon the Decepticons until ordered to do so. Though things were tense as the Autobots were hit over and over again by their invisible opponents, soon the enemy ship came into view, just as Kup had predicted. The Autobots opened fire on the flimsier vessel, blowing it and the Decepticons within to smithereens. Hot Rod noted that it was a shame the invisibility device had been lost in the process, but Ultra Magnus comforted him, noting that at least the Decepticons had been taken care of, once and for all.

If the Autobots did retreat out of the Asteroid Belt, they convinced one another that the Decepticons most likely perished within it. Then, a few days later, when the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Hot Rod and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In a completely different scenario, wherein Hot Rod and Kup returned to Autobot headquarters for reinforcements after seeing the spaceship land, the two of them reported to Ultra Magnus directly, who agreed the situation necessitated further investigation. Hot Rod and Kup returned to the ship’s landing site accompanied by Jazz, Sunstreaker, Prowl and Springer. When they arrived, the ship in question was nowhere to be found, prompting Jazz and Springer to second-guess the veracity of Hot Rod and Kup’s story.

If Jazz and Springer convinced Hot Rod and Kup to return to Metroplex city to make sure they didn’t have a few wires loose, Ratchet found nothing wrong with the pair, but the incident was forgotten nonetheless. That is, until Galvatron returned with a fleet of identical ships, and destroyed both Metroplex and all of its inhabitants.

If Hot Rod and Kup convinced the other Autobots to keep on looking, Hot Rod eventually found trail marks, indicating that a heavy object the size of their spacecraft had indeed landed and had been dragged away. Hot Rod and the others followed the trail to a more rocky terrain, where tracking the ship would become more difficult. The trail seemingly lost, the Autobots then heard someone incoming, and took cover. From their hiding places, they saw the Decepticons Scavenger, a human captive within the grasp of his steam-shovel.

If the Autobots decided to rescue Sarah immediately, Scavenger dropped the woman, and cried for help while attempting to flee.

If the Autobots pursued Scavenger, they found him rejoining a whole squadron of Decepticons. Fighting the Decepticons immediately would cost them their lives. Otherwise, if the Autobots decided on a retreat when faced by the whole squadron of Decepticons, they managed to do so by blinding their enemies by their high beams and then splitting off into different direction. They later regrouped and found Sarah Sanders wandering in the desert.

If the Autobots paused a moment to listen to Sarah, she informed them of her spacecraft and its invisibility capabilities.

If the Autobots asked Sarah to build them their own Invisibility Device, Sarah refused, stating she would not build weapons for war. Running away from the group Sarah was almost killed when Dirge passed overhead and dropped a missile on her position. After rescuing her from the Decepticon attack, Hot Rod and the others brought Sarah to safety within Metroplex. Grateful for the rescue, Sarah showed the Autobots how to create an [[Invisibility Scrambler]] to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came. As Starscream, having been taking prisoner, was being escorted to his cell Hot Rod made a quip about seeing "right through the Decepticons’ plans."

If instead of asking Sarah to build them an Invisibility Device, Hot Rod and the others attempted once more to retrieve her ship, the whole group snuck over to where the Decepticons were stationed. Once there, Hot Rod and Prowl argued over which plan of action would be the smartest to undertake next.

If the Autobots agreed with Hot Rod to try and take the Decepticons by surprise with a head-on attack, the Autobots manage to stun the Decepticons by dazzling them with their headlights. While the Decepticons were distracted, Hot Rod raced down, snatched the Invisibility Device out of the hands, and retreated while the rest of the group provided cover fire. The Autobots then successfully peeled back, congratulating one another on a job well done.

If the Autobots agreed with Prowl to take a moment to come up with a more detailed plan, Prowl instructed Hot Rod to taunt the Decepticons into following him. The plan worked, and the bulk of the Decepticons took off after the young Autobot. Though Hot Rod encountered a canyon that blocked off his escape route, by keeping his wits about him, he managed to come out on top. In one scenario, Hot Rod even discovered a secret Decepticon base, which the Autobots managed to destroy thanks to him. In another, Hot Rod watched on as Sarah left in her spaceship in order to destroy it, vowing it would never be used to bring destruction.

In an alternate scenario where the Autobots silently trailed Scavenger while the Decepticon held Sarah Sanders captive, Hot Rod and the others followed him all the way to the Decepticons’ secret desert base. Inside, they spied upon Galvatron telling Sarah Sanders that the Decepticons would use Cerebro-Shells to control her mind, so that she would reveal to them to secret of invisibility. At this point, the Autobots decided to step in. A direct attack would only end in the Autobots’ defeat. In order to rescue Sarah, the Autobots would need to employ trickery. Using Jazz’s special abilities, the Autobots could do just that. In this scenario, the Autobots grabbed Sarah while the Decepticons were too dazzled by the illusions that Jazz projected. Sarah directed the Autobots towards where the Decepticons had stored her ship. Upon following her directions, Hot Rod and the others came upon two doors, unable to tell behind which one they would find their means of escape. If the Autobots happened upon Sarah’s ship as they were, they would be destroyed by the droids guarding it. However, if the Autobots first opened the door which led to a closet filled with Decepticon spare parts, they found a pile of spare Decepticon emblems. Donning them, Hot Rod and the rest of his team were able to fool the Decepticon Droids guarding Sarah’s ship. Escaping in the ship, despite the Decepticons best efforts to stop them, the Autobots returned to Metroplex. Sarah then gave the Autobots the secret to her Invisibility Device, ensuring the Autobots their victory in their war against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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Hot Rod served on an alien spacecraft with the Autobots [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] under the command of Ultra Magnus. While fighting Decepticons, their spaceship took heavy damage and crash-landed on the planet [[Barrenikon]]. There, he met [[you]], having just emerged from the Vortex, a portal through space and time contained within the planet. Together, you went on an adventure, fighting Decepticons, braving Barrenikon's barren desert or its putrid swamp, and trying to find a way to get the Autobots space-bound once more. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Hot Rod joined an underground Autobot cell led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] takeover of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Among the members of the cell was [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], whom Hot Rod became attached to. From the [[Wastelands]], Hot Rod, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] observed an incoming Decepticon shuttle carrying the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Shortly afterward, the cell rescued [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], and took him to their base. After awakening, Prime attacked [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], Blurr, and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], forcing Hot Rod (who didn't recognize him) to hold the Autobot leader at gunpoint. After receiving a corrective slap from and being admonished by Kup, Hot Rod apologized. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

After Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian robot]]s on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Prime organized the resistance cell and other Autobot forces on the planet in an assault on Shockwave's citadel. Fighting alongside the Autobot leader, Hot Rod was amazed that the stories Kup had told him about Prime's courage and heroism had all been true. As an injured Prime breached the citadel, Hot Rod, Ironhide and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] provided cover fire, taking down a number of Guardians in the process. Along with the rest of Iacon, they witnessed the divine light of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] when Shockwave activated it. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

As Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] battled Shockwave within the citadel, Hot Rod and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] took down [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. Immediately afterward, they were confronted with the looming threat of a remaining Guardian robot—a threat that was soon neutralized by the arrival of the [[Wreckers]], the [[Autobot High Council]], and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The unified Autobot group soon breached the citadel, and successfully brought to an end Shockwave's reign. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Some time later, Hot Rod ran a simulation combat scenario against Kup, and won using tactics that, in Kup's opinion, would have killed them both had it been real. Only after his victory did Hot Rod remember that he'd promised to take Arcee to see an [[Earth]]-bound shuttle launch—a duty Springer was happy to relieve him of. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Soon afterward, he was assigned to perimeter guard duty at [[Autobase]] with Gnaw and Wheelie, separating him from Arcee. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

Optimus Prime once experienced a vision showing, at some unknown point in the future, Hot Rod had become a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]].{{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

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After looking upon the still-recovering Optimus Prime with Wheelie and Gnaw, Hot Rod was accosted by several "[[Female Autobots|Transformer-like warriors]]," and knocked off-line. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:Skidswreckers2.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|It's funny because Rodimus sucked at everything.]]
A few months after he destroyed [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in 2005, {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}} Rodimus Prime spearheaded an effort to establish multiple recon posts to watch for advancing threats... even though some of his scientists said he shouldn't. When only two of the five launched ships were ever heard from again. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

After the Great Wars ended and the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, he changed his name to simply "Rodimus" and decided to check out the new "[[Great Upgrade|Maximal Upgrade]]". His relationship with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] ended shortly after, as the latter went through dark gripping depression over the death of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and vanished.

Rodimus joined the [[Wreckers]] at some undetermined point afterward. After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] took over Cybertron with his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]], Wrecker leader [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] got stranded on prehistoric [[Earth]], leaving Rodimus in charge. True to form, he ditched leadership duties to [[Primal Prime]] as soon as possible.

After Primal Prime got his marching orders from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], he met Rodimus deep inside Cybertron's caverns, where Arcee—in a new Maximal body—lurked and stewed in her depression. Realizing he couldn't convince her to give a damn about anything, he left, rejoining the main Wrecker force in battle. Making it onto an ancient Autobot shuttle, the Wreckers blasted off... with late-arrival Arcee. {{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Except you're the size of my arm now.]]
Rodimus recognized the homing beacon emitting from [[Akalo|Archa Nine]] as one of those missing exploration parties mentioned before. When the shuttle landed, Rodimus stayed behind to help repair the damage the ship had suffered. The entire Wrecker team later gathered in an [[Akalouthan]] village, where Rodimus was reunited with [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]], who took them to see the artifact known as the [[Divine Light]]. The Wreckers' analysis of the item was cut short, as it was stolen by the traitor [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Rodimus saw the back-in-his-old-body [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] off, who was sent to chase after Cyclonus, while the Wreckers made for their next destination... even though several of them were now leery of the visions Primal Prime had been getting. Because they'd really done ''so well'' by the Wreckers so far. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Upon landing on the frozen planet, Rodimus was part of the search party immediately dispatched to look for... something. Primal Prime wasn't too specific. They came across [[Al-badur]], an exiled [[Quintesson]], who gave them a little history lesson. They were then promptly attacked by a school of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]], but the Wreckers made short work of them. They made their way back to the ship, with Al-badur in tow, and made for their next destination... {{storylink|Disclosure}}

[[File:WreckersFinaleII-RodimusCyclonus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If Optimus can die, so can I!]]
...Cybertron. As Primal Prime took some Wreckers after their true foe, [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], Rodimus tried to get their injured to a safe place. Unfortunately, the planet was under a full scale Quintesson invasion, and some anti-aircraft fire inevitably clipped the ship and sent them plummeting downwards. After they made it to safe ground, Rodimus and the crew hooked up with his fellow [[Matrix Templar]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and followed his insight to the battle. They confronted Cryotek's underling, Cyclonus, and his purloined squad of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. With casualties mounting on both sides, Cyclonus beat a safe retreat, collapsing the tunnel behind him to prevent pursuit. Rodimus was quick enough to dive through the falling debris, however, leaving the two old enemies alone to do battle. Centuries of bad blood carried them through the conflict, until both drew their weapons at point blank range, and fired.

Horribly damaged by this last attack, Rodimus struggled to keep up with the other Wreckers and the running conflict between [[Sentinel Maximus]] and Cryotek. The fighting came to an end at a Quintesson banishing chamber, where the treacherous Al-badur had attempted to toss Sentinel and Cryotek into a formless void. The two warriors were trapped behind an energy dome, barely able to fight off the portal's pull using their flight systems. Once [[Fractyl]] pointed out that Cryotek was empowered by the Divine Light, a fraction of Primus's own power, Rodimus realized that as Matrix Templars he and Cheetor could drain that power away from the Predacon. They managed to extract most of it before Cryotek cut off their siphoning effect. In the end, Sentinel Maximus sacrificed himself to pull Cryotek into the void with him. Rodimus finally expired from his wounds from fighting Cyclonus, quietly passing on into the Matrix. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoeTFHotRod70s.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"That bumperchest really doesn't feel right. How do Prowl and Jazz live with it?"]]
Hot Rod was one of [[Teletran 3]]'s unfortunate victims when the computer malfunctioned and transported a random number of Transformers to random points in Earth's timeline. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Hot Rod ended up in mid-1970's [[San Francisco]], where he was locked into the form of a Ford Mustang muscle car. The dormant Autobot was soon stolen by a car thief, but was chased down by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members sent to retrieve the Transformers. Discovering [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in the process, the humans equipped both vehicles with [[disruption unit]] that awakened the Transformers and sent them back to present-day Cybertron seconds after Hot Rod commented about feeling "really weird." {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Back on Cybertron, they were stuck waiting inside the force field Ultra Magnus had erected to prevent [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] from capturing Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Some time after his time travel adventure, Hot Rod reported to Optimus Prime that [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s team on Earth had been sidetracked by a Cobra attack. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} When said team ended up disappearing in Cybertron's [[Gladiator Zone]], Hot Rod convinced Optimus to stay behind and take care of an Autobot peace ceremony instead of going out and searching for them. Hot Rod then assembled his own search party, but they failed to find the missing Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Unfortunately, [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces attacked the peace ceremony and captured Optimus Prime, leading to Hot Rod assembling a new team intent on rescuing him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} [[File:Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus BlackHorizon1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9]] They fought Serpent O.R.'s Decepticon army together with reinforcements from G.I. Joe, and during the battle, Hot Rod paused in horror as he saw the light of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] being opened inside the Decepticon base. The Decepticon army eventually defeated, and by the time Hot Rod reached inside their base, Serpent O.R. had been killed as well. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

A few months later, Hot Rod questioned Optimus Prime's choice to go to Earth again, accusing his leader of feeling guilty about [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death at Serpent O.R.'s hands and doing everything by himself just to prevent more people from dying. Prime just looked at him sadly before leaving, causing Ultra Magnus to tell Hot Rod that he really needed to learn when to stop talking. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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[[File:SpotlightHotRod-HotRodcvrAexcerpt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|As much as anything else, this was to troll [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]].]]
Originating from the city-state of [[Nyon]], {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Hot Rod destroyed it to keep its population from being painfully, fatally drained to fuel the corrupt [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s war machines. {{storylink|Purge}}

Years later, Hot Rod held a fairly high rank in the Autobot army, equivalent to [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], and was sent on a mission to [[Ki-Aleta]] to retrieve the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] which turned into a only technically-successful disaster, with himself the only apparent survivor. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hot Rod}} When he found out [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] had also survived, he rescued him from a Decepticon prison, unaware that he was the traitor who had caused things to go so wrong. Soon after, he was called to Earth to aid [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], but briefly returned to retrieve the Magnificence to gain information on the [[Expansion]], during which he discovered Dealer's treachery and killed him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}} Thereafter, he returned to his information-gathering task on the [[Machination]], and though was badly beaten by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], he still aided in the Decepticon's defeat. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

After surviving the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}} and watching Optimus surrender to [[Skywatch]], {{storylink|...For All Mankind}} Hot Rod led a group of Autobots to make an alliance with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to get off Earth, with the capitalist Decepticon buttering him up by dubbing him "Rodimus Prime". {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} Adopting the name, Rodimus fled his bad decisions by stealing [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]' spacecraft, hoping to redeem himself by reclaiming the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. After fighting his way through the Decepticons and reclaiming the talisman, Rodimus was blasted into space by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], leading to a trip that involved the discovery of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron's]] army-building. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}} Returning the Matrix and this information to Optimus, he was permanently redubbed Rodimus and joined him in facing Galvatron, {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} convincing Optimus that only the Matrix could undo the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]]' contamination of Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

With the Great War considered over and Cybertron reborn, the Autobots oversaw the return of their planet's [[NAIL|neutral population]]. When a map leading to the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]] was found in the depleted core of the Matrix, Rodimus decided to leave Cybertron, hoping to find the Knights so they could bring peace to the planet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Emotionally manipulated by Prowl however, Rodimus allowed the [[Phase Sixer]] [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] to be smuggled aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' in an attempt to extract information from the former Decepticon. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} After he broke free of his restraints, Overlord went on a rampage, leaving much of the crew dead or wounded, {{storylink|The Gloaming}} setting the crew on a collision course with the rogue [[Chief Justice]] [[Solomus|Tyrest]], stopping his mad scheme to commit genocide against all constructed cold Cybertronians. Though the day had been saved, Rodimus' Matrix half, and the map within, had been shattered. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

After a brief stopover at Cybertron to stop [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s evil plan, {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} Rodimus found himself, thanks to loophole exploitation, sharing the captaincy with a repentant Megatron. The ''Lost Light'' set course for [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], also seeking the Knights, {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} with the legendary Autobot joining the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}}

Following their heroics at [[Miliarium]], [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Team Rodimus]] travelled to [[Necroworld]], finding a vengeful [[Decepticon Justice Division]] waiting for them. Trying to call for help, the Autobots found that [[Getaway]] had taken over the ''Lost Light'', the majority of the crew disgusted at Team Rodimus' acceptance of Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Salvation for the resource-starved group when [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] sacrificed himself to supercharge everyone to [[Outlier (group)|outlier]] levels of power, {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} buying enough time for Megatron's gambits to defeat the DJD. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

When trying to return to Cybertron, Team Rodimus found that they had been shunted into a [[Functionist Universe|parallel universe]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} While they quickly managed to return home, Megatron, much to Rodimus' fury, had managed to stay behind. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}}

When the group instead flew after the ''Lost Light'', they were forced to abandon ship, {{storylink|Sardines}} falling into the orbit of the original [[Mederi]] which Rodimus deduced was the legendary [[Cyberutopia]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} Finding themselves caught in the plans of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]], Rodimus managed to reclaim the ''Lost Light'' {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} before Megatron returned from the parallel universe alongside the threat the Architect had prepared for, the alternate [[Functionist Council]] whose version of Cybertron they'd turned into a planet-sized monster. The Architect then revealed himself to be Adaptus, naming the other members of the [[Guiding Hand]], all of whom Rodimus had crossed paths with in his life. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} After Adaptus had been killed, {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Rung, the new identity of Primus himself, gave his life to produce twelve duplicates of the Matrix, allowing the ''Lost Light'' crew to overload [[Vector Sigma]] via Cybertron's [[Hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spots]], disintegrating the Functionist Council. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Amomg Embers}}

With the quest over, Rodimus said goodbye to Megatron, carted off for trial and punishment by the [[Galactic Council]], while the ''Lost Light'' itself was disassembled to aid in the rebuilding of "New Cybertron". In the centuries that followed, Rodimus found himself unable to properly adapt to peacetime, finding solace in alcohol. Eventually he signed onto the ''[[Exitus]]'' in a futile attempt to relive the glory days. When [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] died, a slightly drunk Rodimus placed Megatron's withered [[Rodimus Star]] on the medic's tomb but promised to stay in touch with [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When a surprise party was thrown for Optimus in honor of the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Hot Rod didn't wind up getting invited. He bemoaned that no one ever remembered ''his'' anniversary.

Later, Optimus told a couple of humans that the Transformers were in the midst of doing something really interesting... and showed them Hot Rod and Sunstreaker eating a pie! {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
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While the other Autobots were busy dealing with a rampaging [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Astrotrain]], Hot Rod disrupted [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Megatron]] and the other Decepticons' attack on a power plant by engaging them solo. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} Unable to tackle Megatron in hand-to-hand combat, he was able to get [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Starscream]] to accidentally blast his leader instead, but this did little more than annoy Megatron, who flattened Hot Rod with a [[fusion cannon]] blast. With Hot Rod defeated, the Decepticons pulled out, but the Autobot cavalier didn't let the defeat get him down, and he sped off to join the other Autobots in battling Astrotrain. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}} Soon after, Hot Rod helped defend another power plant against a Decepticon attack, shielding the human workers from Starscream's blasts with his own body. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}

When the mysterious new Decepticon warrior [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Cyclonus]] provided Megatron with the means to transform himself into the monstrous [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Galvatron]], Hot Rod, [[Ironhide (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Ironhide]] and [[Mirage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Mirage]] trailed Cyclonus's Targetmaster partner [[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]] to the volcano in which Megatron was carrying out his transformation. Despite resistance from Starscream and Cyclonus, Hot Rod and his team were able to collapse the volcano's cone in on itself. They believed they had sealed Megatron within, and were about to focus their attack on Starscream when they were sent scattering by the explosive emergence of Galvatron from the remains of the caldera. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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Following the defeat of [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Galvatron]] on [[Earth]], Hot Rod was among the Autobots that [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Optimus Prime]] summoned to the planet. Together with [[Ironhide (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ironhide]], [[Hound (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Hound]] and [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]], Hot Rod was to protect the planet while Optimus's team set off for Cybertron in pursuit of the fleeing Galvatron. {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===Fire Rodimus===
{{note|Fire Rodimus is based on an unproduced toy concept. For information about the toy concept, see [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Notes|here]].}}
[[File:TFGRodimus.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|New Rodimus, not to be confused with New Coke.]]

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], Rodimus (in his [[Micromaster]] body) was severely injured defending [[Micro|Zone]] from a [[Galaman|Great Galaman]] invasion. Subsequently, Rodimus's essence was transferred into [[Duke Fire]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Star Convoy]]'s power-up being, and Rodimus became known as Fire Rodimus. Star Convoy and Fire Rodimus's powerful combined form, Supernova Convoy, defeated [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Ultra Megatron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/15}}

====''Regeneration One''====
Fire Rodimus was among the many alternate universe incarnations glimpsed by [[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]'s [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} and was also summoned to Primax 512.5 Gamma to fight the [[Dark Matrix]] creature. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
After being asked to by [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the [[Autobot]]s, including Rodimus, attacked the Decepticon Base and chased away [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. {{Storylink|A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell}} After Megatron transformed into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus helped stop Galvatron's rampage by distracting him long enough for [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] to take Galvatron's helmet off, returning him to normal. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:TFvsJoe4 hotrod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Flame deco now available with Kirby Krackle!]]

Polymath warrior prince '''Imhotep Rodimus''' was Optimus Prime's chosen successor as Autobot leader. Unfortunately for Rodimus, when Optimus disappeared and Megatron seized control of Cybertron, Dinobot leader Grimlock objected to the "chosen one" taking leadership and defeated him in combat, casting him out of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Fallen and dejected, with no fight left in him, the young 'bot became a cog in Megatron's great machine, and wound with a lowly job in reactor maintenance, cleaning up vermin droppings and ferrying around the tubular [[energon]] containers from which he took his new name: Hot Rod.

On a routine collection of [[turborat]] traps, Hot Rod was puzzled to find that one trap contained not the robotic pests he was used to, but small, organic beings: unfortunate members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], who had recently arrived on the planet. Tossing them in with the rest of his cargo and going on his weary way past the [[smelting pool]]s, he was suddenly confronted by Autobot revolutionary Blaster, who despised him for his defection and opened fire on him. A G.I. Joe [[G.I.Rocket|missile bombardment]] subsequently took Blaster out, but when Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Demolisher (G1)|Demolisher]] arrived, they assumed Hot Rod was responsible and congratulated him. Praise from these low-lifes was the last straw for Hot Rod, and he threw the pair into one of the furnaces, loaded up the unconscious Blaster, and roared off back to Metroplex, unintentionally providing the Joes with an escape from their own missiles in the process. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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Hot Rod returned to Metroplex just as it was coming under attack from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. He managed to get inside the Autobot city anyways, and brought Blaster to Ratchet, urging the medic to save the brave Autobot to whom he owed his reawakening. Hot Rod then made his way to Metroplex's control room and ordered him to convert to his battle mode. Before he could convince the traumatized city to do so, Grimlock happened by. The Dinobot tried to chase off Hot Rod as he had done so in the past, but with a solid left hook Rodimus challenged Grimlock for leadership once more. Whatever the outcome of the duel, Grimlock expired shortly thereafter at the hands of Megatron. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} Afterwards, Rodimus, Brawn, and Mirage found that [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]], while in a trance, had drawn a map to the Chamber of Primus on Metroplex's floor. Following the map, the three Autobots, Bazooka, Cover Girl, and Duke found the face of the dormant Cybertronian god whispering: "No will but Megatron's"... Decepticobra guards, posted at a nearby Megatronian temple, caught sight of them, and a firefight began between both sides. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

The group's pilgrimage took them deep beneath the surface of Cybertron, where they encountered the mysterious [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. The Keeper told the group about the creation of Cybertron from its progenitor [[Daiakuron]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Their tour of the netherworld was cut short by tremors from above, and the team made a break for it. Rodimus made up to the surface safely, where he dispatched Springer and some Joes to rescue the individuals who hadn't made it out. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} As the maddened Primus drew closer to the sun, both sides prepared for the final confrontation. Rodimus rallied the shellshocked Metroplex, convincing him to transform into his robot form for the first time in millennia. As the Jotobots attacked Trypticon, Rodimus rode Sky Lynx into the battle. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

Rodimus was one of the many Autobots forced to combine with Megatron to form "Mega-Megatron". After the resurrection of Optimus Prime and the end of the war, Optimus departed Cybertron aboard the ''Ark-2'', once again offering Rodimus a second chance to rule Cybertron. Rodimus gratefully accepted the opportunity. As a peacetime "philosopher-king", he and Wreck-Gar frequently visited [[Uranus]] to contemplate. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kenshō Ono]] (Japanese)}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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During the original Great War, Hot Rod fought on Earth and once tore off [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s wing in a parking garage. {{storylink|Derailment}}

When the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] came into power, Hot Rod quickly became aware of how oppressive their rule was. He believed he could work within their system however, and set about implementing gradual change without resorting to violence. To this end, he downsized his body and became a [[Micromaster]], even though doing so meant he lost much of his status in the government's hierarchy. Hot Rod worked the system for seventy years, along the way getting posted as the head of [[Micropolis]]. Then, in the late 24th century, [[Lio Convoy]] sparked a revolution among the [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] populace, calling for an aggressive societal reform. Hot Rod and his team, [[Drillbuster]], [[Blackout (G1)|Blackout]], [[Spaceshot]], and [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]], were assigned to deal with and counter the [[Resistance]]'s [[Grand Uprising]].

In energy-starved times, Hot Rod, like most other members of society, was privy to a very limited amount of fuel. It surprised him then when he was given a full tank in preparation for an upcoming mission. The severity of the situation cleared up why he had been allowed more than his usual ration: the Resistance had managed to steal the [[G-Virus]]. This potent weapon had been reverse-engineered from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s remains, and would replicate the process that transformed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] into the mad scion of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in anyone that was infected with it. Hot Rod was furious to learn that the one who had orchestrated the theft was none other than [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]; his former teammate had previously transplanted his spark into a Maximal body and then led many violent attacks against the government. Hot Rod did find solace in the fact that Grimlock was a predictable opponent though. He quickly puzzled out that the Resistance's next target would be the first [[Games (competition)|gladiatorial game]] to be hosted since Lio Convoy's call to arms. Hot Rod called in every favor owed to him to secure two hundred extra guards for [[Tesarus (polity)|Tesarus Arena]], with an extra three-hundred [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] officers to patrol the stadium's crowd.

Despite these precautions, Grimlock's cell managed to come dangerously close to the crowd before Hot Rod was alerted to their presence. He went to deal with the intruders in person, leaving most of his troops in place in case Grimlock was merely creating a diversion for another attack. Hitching a ride atop of Blackout and Spaceshot's combined vehicle mode, he managed to reach the Resistance fighters before they were in position to infect the Builders enjoying the Game. While his subordinates dealt with The [[Manterror|Man Terror]] and [[Snapper]], two Predacons operating under Grimlock, Hot Rod took on the former [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] himself. The battle that ensued left both Hot Rod and his opponent gravely wounded. Many verbal attacks were also traded between them, with Grimlock accusing Hot Rod of spitting on everything the Autobot badge once stood for by siding with the Builders. Hot Rod countered that though he hated what their world had become, he was leading by example, unlike Grimlock who had remained a violent brute. Their brawl eventually led to both 'bots tumbling out into the arena crowd. Grimlock's remaining allies came to his aid, and Hot Rod was tossed aside as Snapper prepared to unleash a virulent payload on the unsuspecting crowd. Hot Rod pleaded with him not to, explaining to the Predacon what the virus actually did; Grimlock had neglected to inform his underlings of this particular detail. Snapper was swayed to not unleash a thousand more mad tyrants on Cybertron, and destroyed the virus. Though Hot Rod had been specifically instructed to retrieve the G-Virus, he was simply content with the fact that it had not been unleashed. In thanks for his cooperation, Hot Rod promised Snapper that he would be treated fairly as he was taken into custody. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
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In one universe, Rodimus fought alongside his fellow Autobots against Megatron's Decepticons until the Cybertronian civil war led to the creation of the monstrous combiner, [[Thunder Mayhem]]. Thunder Mayhem turned on his masters, ultimately leading to him rampaging across Cybertron. Rodimus presumably perished during the reckoning of his homeworld. {{storylink|History}}

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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Ben Pronsky]] (''Combiner Wars'', English), [[Judd Nelson]] (''Titans Return'', ''Power of the Primes'', English)}}

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At some point around the end of the Great War, Hot Rod accepted the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to become Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} In his new role as leader, Rodimus became a member of Cybertron's [[Council of Worlds]] alongside [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the [[Mistress of Flame]]. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}} {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade}}

When the Council of Worlds convened to discuss the out-of-control [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] that threatened both Cybertron and its outlying colonies, Rodimus first suggested fighting fire with fire by using the [[Enigma of Combination]] to create more combiners. As the three members debated how to best handle the problem, Rodimus suggested getting [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] involved before [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] attempted to eliminate the Enigma and accidentally injured Starscream when her shot went wide. {{storylink|The Council}}

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Later, the Council of Worlds examined the corpses of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] when security cameras detected Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Windblade on approach to destroy the Enigma. In desperation, the Mistress suggested using the Enigma of Combination to intimidate Prime's team into standing down, but Rodimus advocated a peaceful approach, and the three went to meet with the intruders face-to-face. Eventually, however, negotiations broke down when Megatron fired on his former lieutenant, and amidst the chaos [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked from below, ripped one of Rodimus's arms off, and hurled him away. {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}}

Rodimus's injuries left him too damaged to safely activate the Enigma, and this injury allowed Starscream to get his hands on the Enigma and betray his nominal allies by taking the relic's power for himself.
{{storylink|A War of Giants}} As Starscream struggled to maintain control of his new form, a burst of energy sent Rodimus and the Mistress of Flame flying. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} After Starscream's defeat, Rodimus and the Mistress of Flame stood by as Windblade made a peace offering by handing the Enigma over to [[Victorion]]. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

Following the Combiner Wars, Rodimus returned to the [[Primal Basilica]], where he asked the [[Chorus of the Primes]] to take back the [[Matrix of Leadership]], as he no longer believed himself worthy to carry it. The Chorus agreed and restored his arm before reformatting him back into his previous body as Hot Rod. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} When the [[Mistress of Flame]] alerted him to [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s attack, he rushed back towards [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex City]] to help fight, assuring the Mistress he wouldn't be long. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} {{storylink|The Fight Begins}}

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Finally arriving, he ran into Windblade and the two worked together to attack Trypticon, though they were unable to save Metroplex. When [[Emissary (TR)|Emissary]] was swallowed by Trypticon, Hot Rod entered Trypticon's body himself and rescued the [[Titan Master]], though he was hit by Trypticon's tail and sustained severe damage. Unable to move, he asked Windblade to take Emissary and find [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. As he lay on the ground, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] arrived and forced the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]] into the weakened Hot Rod's chest, corrupting him. {{storylink|At the Last Second}} The two later observed the end of the conflict and the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] from afar. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

[[File:Volcanicus-RodimusCron.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Carbon fiber, 28 caliber, made in China; if you want to kill a public servant, Mr. Maroni, I recommend you buy American.]]

Now an acolyte of Megatronus, Hot Rod found himself dramatically powered up by the Matrix of Chaos, which granted him the new name '''Rodimus Cron'''. He joined Overlord in assaulting the remaining Combiners, killing [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and disabling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. He proceeded to destroy Devastator's limbs one by one until [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] finally confessed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s whereabouts, only to finish the job anyway before departing for [[Primal Swamp]] with Overlord. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}}

At first their search proved fruitless, but they spotted the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and took them down, attempting to interrogate them for Megatron's whereabouts. Rodimus found himself momentarily possessed by [[Unicron]], who identified the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]] from [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s description before killing [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] as a warning, leaving Rodimus's body as he and Overlord headed for the library. There, they caught Megatron's team unaware, giving Rodimus the opportunity to kill Victorion. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} Rodimus then proceeded to beat down any member of the team that came his way, culminating in him strangling Windblade when she moved to defend Megatron. Though she pleaded with him in an attempt to reach him, he assured her the old Hot Rod was dead and tossed her aside. He again prepared to execute Megatron, but Overlord insisted he do it himself. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}}

Unfortunately for him, Megatron used the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] to kill Overlord, overwhelming Rodimus with its power and leaving him on the ground. As Megatronus arrived to take the blaster, revealing his intention to combine it with the Matrix, Rodimus was again possessed by Unicron. Hellbent on destroying the Matrix, he approached Megatronus, but was knocked away before the Fallen Prime escaped with the blaster. Undeterred, Rodimus got to his feet and gave chase in vehicle mode. Although Windblade still hoped to save her friend, the others all agreed that if the time came, Rodimus might have to be sacrificed to save their race. {{storylink|Consequences}} Rodimus eventually arrived at the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]] just as Megatronus had incapacitated everyone but Megatron, and the power of Unicron morphed him into an even stronger form. {{storylink|Collision Course}}

[[File:POTP-Ep10-Saga's-End-Rodimus-Cron-evolves.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"We are [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]]."]]

Now fully possessed by Unicron, Rodimus battled Megatronus for the Matrix. When [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] got his hands on it instead and transformed into Optimal Optimus, he drew Rodimus's attention and the two began fighting, seemingly evenly matched. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} Ultimately, Optimal got the upper hand and managed to remove the Matrix of Chaos from Rodimus, freeing him from Unicron's control and turning him back to Hot Rod. With Unicron now attempting to take control of Megatron, the still-weak Hot Rod confirmed their only option was to kill them both, to which Optimal obliged. In the aftermath, Hot Rod was placed in intensive care to recover from his experience, though Optimus Prime suspected that the emotional wounds from his time as Rodimus Cron would never heal. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

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===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:ChaosOnVelocitron-Rodimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|YEEHAW!!!]]
Hot Rod was partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Firebolt (G1)|Firedrive]], who granted him the ability to use electrostatic fire blasts to disable enemy systems. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Firedrive/Hot Rod toy bio}} Later, during a mission to [[Velocitron]], Rodimus Prime crossed the finish line in a race to win the power of dominion over speed, but he had to convert himself into a Titan Master to use the power.<ref>''Titans Return'' Chaos on Velocitron bios</ref>
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===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===
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With the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Hot Rod could evolve into Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Skrapnel packaging bio}} However, when corrupted by the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]], Nemesis Hot Rod evolved into Rodimus Unicronus. Either form could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Evolution Rodimus Prime and Evolution Rodimus Unicronus packaging bios}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Rodimus Prime and Rodimus Unicronus, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===

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A group of mysterious dimensional observers observed a potential future where Hot Rod and Star Convoy stood side-by-side with [[Great Mazinger]]. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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In a dystopian 2015 created from the Decepticons' monopoly over [[time travel]], Rodimus Prime led the few remaining Autobots from [[Hill Valley]]'s [[Delgado Mine]]. When the defected Decepticon [[Gigawatt]], having scanned the [[DeLorean time machine]], came before Rodimus and informed him of how Megatron had gained time travel, Rodimus sent him back to [[1974]] to undo the perversion of history. As a result of his damaged [[flux capacitor]] however, Gigawatt was unable to complete his mission, instead bringing [[Marty McFly]], from the year [[1985]] before Rodimus. Though Rodimus had hoped Marty could repair the flux capacitor, the human told him that only [[Doc Brown]] could repair it. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

Soon afterwards, Rodimus led the Autobots to a distress signal, finding that Starscream, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and [[Biff Tannen]] had surrounded Doc Brown as well as Marty's parents [[Lorraine Baines-McFly|Lorraine]] and her husband [[George McFly|George]]. Though Rodimus advocated caution, Marty ran in, providing enough of a distraction for the Autobots to engage. The Autobots and their allies emerged victorious but before they could roll out, the Hill Valley courthouse unexpectedly revealed itself to be [[Watchtower]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}}

Ordering the humans to retreat, Rodimus boldly led the charge against Watchtower but quickly found his troops outmatched by the giant's firepower. When Gigawatt was injured by the battle, Rodimus ordered Skilz to back the humans up, fighting alone until he was simply stomped to death by Watchtower. Following Marty and Gigawatt altering time so that the Decepticons were never awakened, Rodimus never ascended to leadership of the Autobots. When Marty returned to 2015 with the [[DeLorean time machine]], Rodimus greeted him. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}}
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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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After the Decepticons' pilfering of [[Equestria]]n artifacts had brought several ponies to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}} Hot Rod was among the Cybertronian youths who befriended the displaced [[Scootaloo]], showing their guest some Cybertronian stunts before the group reunited the equine with her aunts [[Holiday]] and [[Lofty]]. {{storylink|A Real Mother}}

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===''Last Bot Standing''===
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Hot Rod was forged during the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons. Although some of his comrades convinced themselves that conflict was intrinsically ingrained into their civilization, the fact that Hot Rod had never known a Cybertron at peace didn't make his duty of fighting against the Decepticons any easier. In time, Hot Rod rose to become "Rodimus Prime" then, at some point afterwards, shed the title to become simply "Rodimus". During his career, Rodimus stood shoulder-to-shoulder with many heroes of the war, including Optimus Prime, but developed a one-sided rivalry with [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. He also at some point had a familiarity with a "[[Lost Light|lost light]]". {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

Rodimus was stationed on [[Earth]] when the increasingly violent Cybertronian war obliterated the planet, and he would remember the planet's destruction for many years afterwards. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} Over and over again, innocent species found themselves caught between the two factions and paid the price—including [[human]]s, [[Nebulan]]s, and [[Klozian|Klovian]]s—and with each new casualty Rodimus came to believe that his kind didn't deserve redemption. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

After ages of endless war, the Autobots and Decepticons finally became victims of their own success: their conflict had drained the universe of the [[energon]] and raw materials required to sustain themselves, and, one by one, the Cybertronians followed their victims into extinction. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} Eventually, Rodimus, [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]], and [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]] believed themselves to be the last three Cybertronians left in the universe, until they stumbled onto a pair of Decepticon warships. The Decepticons pursued them to the planet [[Donnokt]], a barren backwater on the very edge of the universe. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}} However, the three Autobots made a shocking discovery: in a universe otherwise devoid of resources, Donnokt possessed vast seams of raw, highly volatile energon. Rodimus correctly deduced that, if other Cybertronians learned of this geological miracle, their presence would only begin the war all over again; after killing the Decepticons who'd pursued them to the planet, Rodimus, despite his friends' reservations, decided that they would lie low and simply run out the clock until their shipboard energon reserves ran dry. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}} To their surprise, however, the three discovered a primitive race of pre-sapient humanoids. The discovery caused Rodimus to realize that, if they ''weren't'' the last Transformers left, the planet's abundant energon could attract other potential survivors, and so the three settled on a plan: as the primitive organics developed a tribal society, Rodimus opened contact with their most trustworthy individuals and gifted them three [[energon key]]s that could awaken their Cybertronian guardians in an emergency. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} At some point, Rodimus recorded a video message for the natives in which he warned them to avoid the energon buried in their planet's crust, lest they attract the attention of other "visitors" from beyond the stars. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}}

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For the most part, Rodimus and his comrades kept to themselves, content to let the aliens evolve without any interference. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} Over time, however, Strongarm grew increasingly restless, and petitioned Rodimus to take their starship and search for other Cybertronian survivors. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} Thousands of years later, tragedy struck their little enclave: Gripper had an accident while recklessly driving in the mountains, and without the resources, energon, or skills required to repair their comrade, Strongarm and Rodimus couldn't save him. Some time later, an increasingly erratic Strongarm finally snapped and tried to steal their ship in an attempt to find other Cybertronians. Although Rodimus only intended to clip the ship's wings, he accidentally destroyed his only way off Donnokt and killed Strongarm with it. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

As his advanced age and lack of energon slowly caught up with him, Rodimus located the Wallkis family—remote descendants of the tribes he'd contacted thousands of years ago, and the current keepers of the energon keys—and made them an offer: if they kept him safe, he would protect their world from any outsiders who would do them harm. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} The Wallkises accepted the deal, and Rodimus shifted into a fuel-conserving low-power mode after assuming his [[alternate mode]]. Rodimus's dormant body found new use as a humble covered wagon, an heirloom to be passed down from parent to child; {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} by the time that the people of Donnokt had begun to mine their planet's energon and use it to fuel an industrial revolution, he and the energon keys eventually found their way into the possession of [[Shib Wallkis|Shib]], the eldest of three Wallkis siblings after the deaths of her parents. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}}

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Pulled by [[Sparks (IDW)|Sparks]] and [[Firebolt (IDW)|Firebolt]], Shib used Rodimus's body to run an all-purpose courier service in the little settlement of [[Fembrance]], even though a new generation of fast, steam-powered cars threatened to undercut Shib's livelihood. One evening, after she helped rescue some miners from a cave-in up in the mountains, Shib returned to the town square just in time to see [[Nitro (IDW)|another Cybertronian]] approaching the village. The sight roused Rodimus into action, who promptly broke cover and decapitated the invader after a short, one-sided fight. Gathering the remnants of his wagon disguise around himself as a makeshift cape, Rodimus set out to investigate where the "visitor" had come from, and warned the inhabitants of Fembrance not to follow him. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}}

Rodimus followed the trail all the way out into the remote desert, where he discovered that the other Transformer had come to Donnokt using a one-way space capsule caked in a greasy, organic liquid. When Shib caught up with him, Rodimus briefly took in the sight of the stars going out overhead—a relativistic legacy of the universe-ravaging Cybertronian war—before explaining the sad history of his people to the girl. Before he could make any more headway on his investigation, however, a group of townsfolk led by alderman [[Errold]] caught up with him and demanded he return to town for questioning. After some back-and-forth, Rodimus agreed to play along, and even let them tie him down if it made him feel safe. As dawn broke, however, a completely fuel-deprived Rodimus couldn't free himself, and the arrival of [[Override (BWU)|Override]] and [[Riotgear (G1)|Riotgear]], searching of their compatriot, interrupted Shib's attempt to rescue her friend when they freed Rodimus, and brought him back to their base camp. Once there, Rodimus met their leader, [[Steel Jaw|Steeljaw]], who'd found a new way for him and his band of Cybertronian remnants to survive in an energon-depleted universe by processing living beings into [[biofuel]], before he finally passed out from fuel depletion. Upon coming to, Rodimus discovered that Shib had stowed away in his cape, and that Steeljaw's men planned to forcibly induct Rodimus into their ranks after turning Shib into a batch of biofuel. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

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While Rodimus mourned Shib's looming death, Steeljaw returned with an unexpected compatriot—[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s severed head, who'd found new life as the "Veteran": a living library of knowledge who remembered everything that Steeljaw and his crew had forgotten from fuel depletion. Although Steeljaw initially welcomed Rodimus into their group, Rodimus announced that he'd sooner die than convert to their parasitic lifestyle; when Steeljaw pushed the issue, Rodimus spat in his eye. Undeterred, Steeljaw left with his men to ransack Fembrance and take as many prisoners at they could for processing; while [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] prepared to turn Shib into fuel, Wheelie allowed the pair a moment to say goodbye. However, Shib took advantage of Wheelie's goodwill to use the energon key she'd been carrying to supercharge Rodimus, heal his injuries, and return him to fighting shape. The re-energized Rodimus quickly dispatched his guards, destroyed their refinery, and kicked Wheelie's head into orbit. Rodimus and Shib raced back to town, dispatching [[Treadshock (G1)|Treadshock]] and [[Vex]] on the way, but arrived too late to prevent Steeljaw from taking most of the town prisoner. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

[[File:LastBotStanding4-Rodimus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his fanservice level?]]

Once he'd arrived, a furious Steeljaw, who'd stolen the two remaining energon keys, promptly confronted him with the video message he'd recorded thousands of years ago and accused him of living in the midst of plenty while he and his "family" had spent millennia subsisting on low-quality biofuel. Ignoring Rodimus's warnings that any large-scale excavation would put the entire planet at risk, Steeljaw announced his intent to process the citizens of Fembrance into biofuel, then convert back to processing energon. However, Steeljaw's men turned on him as they squabbled over who'd get to use the key and wound up destroying one entirely; amidst the confusion, Rodimus helped free the townsfolk, then, as Shib grabbed the last key and ran, caused a distraction by igniting a pair of energon-powered steam cars and hurling them at the other Transformers—only for the blowback to knock him unconscious. When Rodimus came to, he found that the remaining members of Steeljaw's pack had pooled their remaining fuel and [[combiner|combined]] themselves into the malformed [[Unstoppimus]].

Although Rodimus quickly took down the giant by ripping its head from its body, the distraction meant that he'd already begun to run out of fuel again; by the time he caught up with Steeljaw and Sharpclaw inside the energon mine, the pair had already captured Shib and used the last remaining energon key to supercharge Steeljaw. The two ex-Decepticons ambushed and fatally wounded Rodimus, but, in the face of Steeljaw's furious speech that they'd kill everyone on Donnokt and use their biofuel to convert their systems back to energon, Rodimus just laughed: he'd already destroyed their biofuel refinery, meaning that they had no way to harvest or process Donnokt's abundant energon. Screaming in rage, Steeljaw impaled Rodimus through the chest and hurled him down the mineshaft—only for the raw crystals to heal the old Autobot's injuries. As Steeljaw prepared to ignite the mineshaft and blow apart the whole planet in a final fit of spite, a supercharged Rodimus leapt from the shaft, blew off Steeljaw's arm, and, as his foe moved to kill Shib, blew Steeljaw's head to bits.

Having won the last battle his species would ever fight, Rodimus ripped his blasters from his arms and took in the sunset with Shib, where he thanked her for being the best boss he'd ever had. Over the next few months, Rodimus worked with the citizens of Fembrance and taught them how to more efficiently harness their planet's energon supplies, allowing them to reap the benefits of faster steam cars and an electrical grid. In the meantime, Rodimus turned his attention to salvaging whatever remained of Steeljaw's ship and the stasis chambers inside. After taking custody of Steeljaw's remaining followers and imprisoning them inside, Rodimus launched his starship into orbit around Donnokt—just in case any other Cybertronians came calling—and eventually returned to stasis. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}}

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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
[[File:GoGo11-HotRod.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Y'know, the thing about a shark, he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes, like a doll's eyes.]]

While Hot Rod was on a drive with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the pair spied an enormous metal shark. Rather than fight it head-on, Hot Rod suggested they try to fish it up instead. Although his prey momentarily got the better of him when it swallowed the red Autobot, Hot Rod successfully cooked the giant fish from the inside out. {{storylink|Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!}}

One day, Hot Rod slept in on the date of an important Autobot meeting. An annoyed Ultra Magnus barged into his house and forced him to get ready, but as he raced out the door Hot Rod forgot his favourite handkerchief. As Magnus ran after Hot Rod, he wound up hitting his head on the door frame and collapsing Hot Rod's house on himself. {{storylink|Don't Oversleep and Forget Things!!}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Hot Rod, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] came to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s aid when the Autobot leader was fighting against [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Hot Rod taunted the Decepticons, telling them to "watch my smoke!" {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
*Hot Rod and Kup found themselves stranded on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. The two Autobots drove up to the edge of a greenish pool, from which a pile of Sharkticons emerged and attacked. The duo fist-fighted their way through the enemy 'bots, with the help of an intervening [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}
*A stone sculpture of Rodimus was savaged by Weirdwolf as part of his training. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Rodimus Prime charged into battle with Kup, Blurr, and Wheelie against Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge. Then [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined the scuffle. Rodimus took the brunt of many of the Six-Changer's attacks, getting fired upon while Sixshot was in his jet fighter mode, pounced onto when Sixshot assumed his "wheeled wolf" mode, and blasted once more by the Decepticon's "laser pistol" mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}
*Rodimus handed his totally trustworthy agent [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] an important device, and saluted him as he drove off. Unbeknownst to Rodimus, Punch would meet with the Decepticons under his "Counterpunch" guise and hand the device over to Galvatron himself! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}
*Rodimus and Blurr drove to an Autobot laboratory, only to be informed by a distressed Kup that there had been an accident; the newest Autobots were monsters! Thankfully, they were still Autobots nonetheless, and helped ward off a Decepticon attack. After seeing how viciously the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s dealt with the Decepticons, Rodimus expressed relief that these new 'bots were on his side. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Monsterbots|Monsterbots commercial}}
*The Autobots were caught by surprise when it seemed at first that a tank and jet were about to crash into one another on the battlefield, only for them to transform together into the Decepticon [[Flywheels]]! Rodimus was unfazed by this turn of events, and pounced onto this new combatant. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Duocons and Throttlebots|Duocons and Throttlebots commercial}}
*Rodimus Prime fought next to Blurr against Galvatron and his cronies while Transformers from both factions prepared to leave Cybertron and expand their war to the planet [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Hot Rod's voice narrated a handful of commercials, including:
**The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
**The [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
Hot Rod was one of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth''===
[[File:C64RodimusPrime.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|YOU'RE Hot Rot, I'M Hot Rod! Are there any [[Hot Rod (disambiguation)|other Hot Rods]] I should know about?]]
[[File:C64HotRod.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|[[The Matrix]] brakes in the middle of my transformation.]]
Along with their fellow Autobots, Hotrod{{sic}} and Rodimus Prime protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. Hotrod was ostensibly under the command of Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}

{{note|In this game, "Hotrod" and Rodimus Prime are separate characters who can be in the same place at the same time. Don't try to think about this too hard.}}
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===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Mysteryofconvoy rodimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
When Optimus Prime went missing under mysterious circumstances, Ultra Magnus was given the task of battling hordes of Decepticons in order to solve the mystery of his whereabouts. The Decepticons had also stolen a collection of seven energon cubes belonging to Rodimus Prime, which Magnus strove to recover during his fight. When all seven were successfully obtained and the battle was won, a new challenge rose its head, but with his energon cubes back, Rodimus was able to take up the fight! He had a funny habit of looking like an orange Ultra Magnus if you looked at him sideways. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}
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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
Rodimus Prime was kidnapped by the Decepticons and held captive on Cybertron by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. He was rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and his other comrades, and in turn helped rescue those who were still imprisoned. Once they had reunited, Rodimus Prime and the others met with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] for the last battle against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter von Gomm]] (English)}}
====Autobot story====
[[File:Callofthefuture rodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"I am from the future and know a lot about history!"]]

When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] gained the incredible power of the [[Zel Quartz]] in the year 2010 and began cutting a swath of destruction across the galaxy, Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] resolved to prevent this devastation by traveling back in time and eliminating the quartz in the past, thereby altering their future. Using a [[unspace|Transwarp]]-equipped ship supplied by the [[Quintesson]]s, they traveled to the world of [[Zel Samine]] in the year 2003, where they ran across teams of present-day Autobots and Decepticons led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who were carrying out investigations on their own on the planet.

Making matters worse, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] also followed them back in time, and the two teams allied themselves with their respective present-day factions in order to locate the Zel Quartz. It wasn't necessarily an easy alliance to make: Rodimus was barely able to keep his cool when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], not believing that he and his team were really Autobots, demanded to know if Rodimus was Autobot leader in the future, what happened to Optimus? Fortunately, Optimus calmed his lieutenant down and welcomed the trio of future Autobots into his forces.

Working with the present day Autobots was not easy for Rodimus, as he was well aware of the fate that awaited them. On a number of occasions, he struggled with his knowledge of the future, knowing he could prevent a [[Battle of Autobot City|great tragedy]] but could also cause untold damage to the timestream by doing so. He also showed some interest in Arcee when he attempted to give her a precious stone he'd found during a mission to a mine, only for the female Autobot to scold him for taking something that didn't belong to him. Luckily for him, Optimus stepped in and settled things by ordering Rodimus and Arcee to return the stone. That Optimus makes one heck of a wingman.

After several false leads, the quartz was eventually located, serving as the power source of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array. After fighting their way through the likes of Cyclonus, Scourge, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and both [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his future counterpart Soundblaster, Rodimus and Optimus engaged Megatron and Galvatron in a two-on-two battle over ELTA, using the power of their twin Matrices to stop the computer from self-destructing. Once the dust from the fight had settled, Starscream reemerged and snatched up the Zel Quartz, only to promptly take it off-planet, where it disintegrated without Zel Samine's atmosphere and electromagnetic properties to sustain it. With their future thus averted, Rodimus and his Autobots began fading away to rejoin the timestream. Before they disappeared, Rodimus attempted to warn Optimus of the coming dangers in the future, including his Optimus's death (for which Rodimus continued to blame himself), but Optimus silenced him, telling him that he did not need to know what the future held. Rodimus told Optimus that he would always be the greatest leader in Autobot history, but Optimus told him that he was merely a soldier who loved justice, and that that was all Rodimus needed to be too.

====Decepticon story====
Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave encountered Rodimus Prime while investigating the presence of unknown craft over Zel Samine. Rodimus was stunned to see the Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]] before reminding himself of the era he was in. For his part, Megatron thought he was facing Hot Rod, but quickly realised his mistake. After a short, sharp fight that saw Rodimus defeated, Megatron was distracted enough by the appearance of Galvatron to allow the future Autobot to escape.

Rodimus would again battle Megatron as well as Galvatron at the ELTA power transmission array, this time alongside his hero Optimus Prime. He was shocked that despite the fact the two Primes were working together, they were still defeated. When Megatron and Galvatron resolved to destroy the ELTA array Rodimus pleaded with them to stop, pointing out that the array generated a massive amount of energy, the same energy the Decepticons so loved. Sadly, the two Emperors of Destruction felt that with the Zel Quartz now in their possession, they no longer needed the array and proceeded to destroy it with their combined power. The wounded Rodimus barely escaped.

He presumably returned to the future alongside all the future Transformers when Starscream unwittingly rendered the Zel Quartz powerless. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Rodimus, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of an Autobot team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Decepticons in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Menasor, Trypticon, Astrotrain, Starscream, and Megatron, Rodimus was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:RodimusLegends.jpg|thumb]]
Following [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rebirth as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus led the Autobots to a decisive victory over the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|All Hail Galvatron}} When Galvatron summoned [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to the battlefield, Rodimus attempted to block the Decepticon advance with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], though unsuccessfully. {{storylink|The Colossus War}}

Rodimus and [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] were put on trial by the [[Quintesson]]s. They faced death by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] organized a well-timed coup. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}} The Autobots subsequently found themselves up against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Rodimus defeated the monster by opening the [[Matrix of Leadership]], saving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and becoming the new Autobot leader in the process. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}}

When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were abducted by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and Rodimus Prime traveled to [[Chaar]] to see if the Decepticons were responsible. Damaged in an attack, he had a vision revealing the Quintessons were behind the kidnapping. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} He almost sacrificed himself on the planet Goo to save the rest of his team. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} Rodimus traveled into the Matrix to learn the origin of the Transformer race. Following an attack on Cybertron, Galvatron was only prevented from fighting with Rodimus by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

Following an Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus, alongside Spike, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and Ultra Magnus were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. This did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from his tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. Rodimus returned the Matrix of Leadership to the resurrected Autobot leader, reverting to Hot Rod in the process. Once in possession of the Matrix, however, Optimus fled for Cybertron, leaving the other Autobots stranded. The Matrix was returned to Hot Rod when Optimus regained his senses, who sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap, much to the chagrin of the Autobots. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

Arcee, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, and Springer were trapped in human bodies by [[Victor Drath]] and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], but still managed to foil the pair's plan to destroy Autobot City. They were later successfully returned to their robot bodies. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}

Rodimus attempted to defend an experimental space bridge from Galvatron and his forces, only for a stray shot to hit the space bridge, sending all nearby combatants hurtling back in time. Finding themselves in a time where Primus and Unicron were battling one another, shaking the very cosmos with their blows, Rodimus and his troops allied themselves with their creator, while the mad Galvatron ordered his troops to help the Chaos Bringer. Despite the superior amount of beings that Unicron was able to will into being, the Autobots prevailed. Unicron was sent into a retreat, and the time-displaced Transformers were sent back to their proper place in the timestream by Primus. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Chuck (AB)#As Rodimus}}
Rodimus appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events or with in-app purchases. He is portrayed by Chuck. He also appears as [[Chuck (AB)#As Nemesis Hot Rod|Nemesis Hot Rod]], who is basically Rodimus Cron. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Rodimus-(CW).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|We've got to get a new travel agent.]]
Rodimus (CW) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be acquired as a reward in the "Optimus Maximus Awakes!" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:RodimusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]
Hot Rod encounters [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Transformers:Earth Wars|Nemesis Prime]].
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Light our Darkest Hour event}}

[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] met with Hot Rod to offer information on [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s dimensional recruitment scheme; Hot Rod was skeptical, and when the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s arrived on the scene, Hot Rod declared that it was an ambush. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Rogue Trader}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' Hot Rod wields two blasters. ''And'' he can also throw a hand grenade from a distance and set a building on fire!
*'''Ability: Blessing of the Matrix:''' Makes a friendly bot invulnerable to damage and stun effects for 8 seconds. Upgrading this ability increases duration.
**'''Cost''': 6 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:HotRod Hot Rod at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Image and story from all three cutscenes upon obtaining him, and after Researching twice.}}}}

;'''Rodimus Prime'''
[[File:Rodimus_Prime_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|That's right folks, the Matrix can also cure pipe bending!(Becoming the next leader of the Autobots included)]]

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: ''' Matrix Burst - Overcharge the Sparks of your allies, making them deal damage in an area around them over 5 seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:rodimus-prime Rodimus Prime at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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;'''Rodimus Unicronus'''
[[File:RodimusUnicronusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]

He teams up with [[Straxus]] in the hopes of stopping Rodimus from fighting back this control.

Take Rodimus Prime, twist all that's good and noble inside him into cruelty and hatred, and the hollow shell of evil you're left with is Rodimus Unicronus.

Corrupted by Megatronus, this version of Rodimus has all the brash, take-action nature of the original and none of the self-doubt. Why? Because he's no longer responsible for anything. As far as he's concerned, he's not even responsible for the atrocities he commits. After all, the universe deserves to burn. And burn it will, as he's lost none of the speed, strength, and skill of his former self.

Perhaps some of the old Rodimus is still in there, but if you want to come looking for it, you better start by telling Ratchet how to dispose of your remains. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Rodimus Unicronus bio}}

*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: '''To Battle!: Rush into combat and inspire your allies, giving them an increase to all damage (including abilities) for 5 seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:rodimus-unicronus Rodimus Unicronus at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|All information on character, after he comes out.}}}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Hot Rod was once known as an impetuous troublemaker. In the present day, however, he was stationed at [[Autobot City]] and renowned for his compassion. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
*Rodimus Prime's preliminary name was '''Hot Rodimus''', which eventually became his name in [[Japan]].
*Like the rest of the [[1986]] movie's original characters, Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime had early designs by [[Floro Dery]] which the toys were based on, and then final models were drawn from the finished toys. The models that were used in the ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile books and subsequent [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comics had them using their pre-final models. See [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Character models]].
*Rodimus Prime's toy followed the model set by Optimus Prime before him by having a trailer that disconnected and transformed into a battle station (in this case, called the "[[Mobile Defense Bay]]"). Unlike Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]], however, Rodimus's Defense Bay failed to make the leap to fiction, with the cartoon simply depicting his trailer as somewhat unfeasibly folding up into his legs and body <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120627165723/http://www.allspark.com/content/stories/tfpulp/8704TVM/k.gif Image of Rodimus Prime's animated transformation scheme from TV Magazine]</ref> (barring a few animation errors that depicted it as a separate unit). This [[Transformation|transformation scheme]] was realized in toy form with Rodimus's [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|6" ''Titanium Series'' action figure]].
*A lot of early secondary material uses Hot Rod and Rodimus in ways that don't fit the main movie-established dynamic. As with stories from the same era that portrayed Megatron and Galvatron as separate beings, this was likely to avoid spoiling the movie's ending.
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]'s powered up form has a color scheme which resembles Hot Rod's. The reference came full circle with [[Side Burn (RID)#Timelines|Generation 1 Side Burn]], who was a redeco of the ''Classics'' Rodimus toy.
*Aside from the ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Rodimus (Energon)|namesake character]], Hot Rod has also been [[homage]]d twice (or possibly thrice depending on how you look at it) in the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]. For ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', the "[[Powerlinx]]" upgrade of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was given a very Hot-Rod-inspired deco. In ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] made a redeco of Hot Shot (well, "Exillion"), who already had some Hot Rod homage elements in his toy design, with Hot Rod deco as a DVD-pack-in [[exclusive]]. [[Hasbro]] then took this deco, altered it, and released it in the US line at mass retail as the new character [[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]].
*This Rodimus Prime, along with the original [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], makes a cameo appearance as one of the four elders who began the [[space bridge]] project in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Balance]]".

===Foreign names===
====Hot Rod====
*''Japanese:'' '''Hot Rodimus''' (ホットロディマス ''Hotto Rodimasu''), '''Hot Rod''' (ホットロッド ''Hotto Roddo'')
*''English:'' '''Roadimus Prime''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Météorite''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Nagyágyú''' ("Hot Shot"), '''Peca''' (''The Movie'', "Fisher")
*''Italian:'' '''Folgore'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rod''' (Taiwan, 羅德 ''Luódé''), '''Rè Pò''' (China, 热破, "Hot Break")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Roda Quente''' (Portugal comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Patron''' (cartoon, Патрон, "Cartridge")

====Rodimus Prime====
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus Convoy''' (ロディマスコンボイ ''Rodimasu Konboi''), '''Rodimus Prime''' (ロディマスプライム ''Rodimasu Puraimu'')
*''French:'' '''Rodimus Primo''' (Canada toy, "Rodimus First"), '''Rodimus Primus''' (Canada cartoon)
*''German:'' '''Rodius Prime''' ([[Condor Verlag]] comics)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Rodimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Commander Rodimus")
*''Italian:'' '''Captain'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rodi Zhìzūn''' (Taiwan, 羅迪至尊 ''Luódí Zhìzūn'', "Rodimus Prime"), '''Bǔ Tīan Shì''' (China, 补天士, "Gentleman Who {{w|Nüwa|Repairs the Sky}}")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodimus Supremo''' (Portugal comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Rodimes Prime''' (cartoon, Родаймес Прайм)
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Rodimus Naykrashchyy''' (ICTV, Родімус Найкращий, "Rodimus the Best")
*''Polish:'' '''Radamus'''

====Nemesis Hot Rod====
*''Japanese:'' '''Nemesis Hot Rod''' (ネメシスホットロッド ''Nemeshisu Hotto Roddo'')

====Rodimus Unicronus====
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus Unicronus''' (ロディマスユニクロナス ''Rodimasu Yunikuronasu'')

==References==
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Tornedron

2023-09-20T09:36:55Z

Revanche: /* Fiction */ copyedits

[[File:TornadronFace1.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Some people/space monkeys never learn.]]
Untold eons after his most powerful creation, [[Unicron]], rebelled and nearly destroyed him, the immortal mad scientist, [[Primacron]], decided to have another go at it. This time, he created a monster entirely of energy. The result was '''Tornedron''', a being capable of taking any form it chooses. Tornedron can suck all manner of energy from anything in the known galaxy, and is capable of splitting its form into numerous pieces to hunt multiple prey at once, and then reforming.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Neil Ross]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese)}}

Tornedron was created by Primacron as his second means to take over the Universe. It was first created from an atom, which grew larger as it multiplied. When it was fed an [[Energon cube]], it took an energy form and ascended into space, feasting on the energy of a comet. Sensing the danger Tornedron presented, [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's Assistant]] (now a disembodied energy being, himself), telepathically summoned all the "[[Primitive]]s" among the Transformers. The Primitives were charged with defeating Tornedron, who had already sucked all the energy from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Earth]].

The Primitives performed rather poorly, all being drained of energy save for [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], who managed to elude Tornedron. As one could expect, Tornedron quickly rebelled against Primacron just as Unicron had, and threatened to "eat" his creator. Before Tornedron had the chance (well, okay, he had a ''lot'' of chance, he was just taking his dear sweet time to do so, like a big dumb doof), Grimlock came to the rescue and randomly flipped a reversal switch which caused all of Tornedron's energies to disperse. All the energy he had devoured was returned to its rightful place, and in celebration, Grimlock destroyed Primacron's laboratory. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

===MegaWing Galvatron continuity===
In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]], Primacron also created Tornedron, who drained the entire universe dry of life and energy. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tornedron''' (トルネドロン ''Torunedoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xiēzijīng''' (China, 蝎子精, "Scorpion Spirit")

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Michelle Yeoh

2022-10-17T00:24:36Z

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'''Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng''' (born [[August 6]], [[1962]]) is a Malaysian actress. Her first claim to prominence was starring in a number of action films in Hong Kong during the late 20th century. Consisting of the likes of ''Yes, Madam'', ''Police Story 3: Super Cop'', ''The Heroic Trio'', ''Tai Chi Master'' and ''Wing Chun''. Between 1997 through 2000, she achieved international fame for starring as the James Bond girl, Wai Lin in ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' and Yu Shu Lien in Ang Lee's Wuxia epic, ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''. Her later film credits include ''Memoirs of a Geisha'', ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', ''Crazy Rich Asians'', the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2'' and ''Shang Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings'', the ''Avatar'' sequels and ''Everything Everywhere All at Once''. On the television front, she has starred as Captain (and Emperor) Philippa Georgiou in ''Star Trek Discovery'' and Guanyin in ''American Born Chinese''.

In the realm of voice acting, she has voiced the Soothsayer in ''Kung Fu Panda 2'', Master Chow in ''Minions: the Rise of Gru'' and Yuki in ''Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''===
*[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]]

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000706/ Michelle Yeoh on IMDB]

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Michelle Yeoh

2022-10-17T00:24:23Z

Revanche:

'''Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng''' (born [[August 6]], [[1962]]) is a Malaysian actress. Her first claim to prominence was starring in a number of action films in Hong Kong during the late 20th century. Consisting of the likes of ''Yes, Madam'', ''Police Story 3: Super Cop'', ''The Heroic Trio'', ''Tai Chi Master'' and ''Wing Chun''. Between 1997 through 2000, she achieved international fame for starring as the James Bond girl, Wai Lin in ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' and Yu Shu Lien in Ang Lee's Wuxia epic, ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''. Her later film credits include ''Memoirs of a Geisha'', ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', ''Crazy Rich Asians'', the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2'' and ''Shang Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings'', the ''Avatar'' sequels and ''Everything Everywhere All at Once''. On the television front, she has starred as two Captain (and Emperor) Philippa Georgiou in ''Star Trek Discovery'' and Guanyin in ''American Born Chinese''.

In the realm of voice acting, she has voiced the Soothsayer in ''Kung Fu Panda 2'', Master Chow in ''Minions: the Rise of Gru'' and Yuki in ''Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''===
*[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]]

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000706/ Michelle Yeoh on IMDB]

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Alpha Bravo

2020-10-24T01:31:00Z

Revanche: /* Of Masters and Mayhem */

{{faction|autobot|wreckers}}
:''Alpha Bravo is an [[Autobot]] [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:GenerationsAlphaBravo-packagingart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Whoa mama!]]

'''Alpha Bravo''' is the newest member of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], bringing some variety to the team in the form of his assault helicopter mode. However, this also leaves him the slowest member of the group, and the new recruit consequently feels like he has something to prove to his comrades. Alpha Bravo is equipped with tracker missiles, which can lock on to the very [[spark]] of a target. He typically forms the right leg of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]],<ref>According to trivia on the official ''Transformers'' mobile app.</ref> but sometimes he forms the left arm of [[Ultra Prime]] or the left leg of [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]].

He is not [[Slingshot (G1)|some other dude]].
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==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World of Tomorrow|''Robots in Disguise'' #33]]}}

[[File:TheWorldofTomorrow-AlphaBravo.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|More like...Beta Replace-o.]]
When it was unclear whether all of the damaged [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s component robots could be saved, Alpha Bravo volunteered as a potential replacement. He coldly informed [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] that protecting [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was more important than matters of affiliation, prompting the more laid-back [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] to good-naturedly tell him off. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} He was present when Wheeljack received the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]. Alpha Bravo and Powerglide were both exposed to the energies of the artifact, granting them the power to combine with the other Aerialbots as part of the new Superion. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}

As part of [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s political maneuvers, Silverbolt and the new Aerialbots were deployed to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] to stop [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Alpha Bravo was keen on the idea of combining, although [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] wasn't quite as enthused. Even so, Superion was able to dispatch the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] combiner. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Following a clash with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Superion was briefly reduced to his components, although Starscream thought otherwise and forcibly reintegrated the Aerialbots back into Superion. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

[[File:EdgeOfTheEarth AerialbotsAttacked.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Also takes on Slingshot's share of abuse.]]
Much to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s concern, Superion hadn't separated since the fight with Devastator; Prowl commented that for all intents and purposes Superion ''was'' the new default form for the Aerialbots. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

As Superion joined Optimus Prime's Autobots on [[Earth]], he disassembled into his individual Aerialbot components from time to time. Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots performed a "bombing" run in the arid desert, releasing payloads that caused dramatic botanical growth where they fell, providing food to support the local humans. Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots then fled the air resistance they faced, reluctantly holding to Prime's orders to not engage any human counter-strikes. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}} He was later seen on a raft recuperating with the rest of the Aerialbots while the remaining Decepticons were being taken into custody. {{storylink|White Light}}

Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots returned to Cybertron and took to the skies when [[Shockwave (G1)|Onyx Prime]] descended on their homeworld in his [[Nemesis (BWII)|personal vessel]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} During the battle with [[Unicron]], he combined with his fellow Aerialbots into Superion to help defeat the planet-eater for good. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Alpha Bravo was still in training when [[Thunder Mayhem]] ravaged Cybertron, and was spared the gruesome fate of the other Aerialbots when they fell victim to Thunder Mayhem. He fled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] shortly afterwards and travelled to [[Abraxas]]. There, he adopted a local vehicle mode as a disguise, and hid out in the motor pool of an urban rescue force. The pilot assigned to him, [[Feenliess|Lieutenant Feenliess]], had no idea that her vehicle was in fact a Transformer in hiding.

[[File:DeadlyAim AlphaBravoOffroad.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left]]
Alpha Bravo spent several years alone on the planet until a strange "meteor" crash-landed on the planet. Alpha Bravo investigated and discovered [[Offroad]], another refugee from Cybertron. Alpha Bravo was momentarily put off by the fact that Offroad was a Decepticon, but promised to help him integrate into Abraxan society anyway. Alpha Bravo helped Offroad find a local disguise based on some of the local vehicles, and Offroad soon joined Alpha Bravo's rescue team.

The two Cybertronians helped out when they could, developing a deep friendship as they did so. Their friendship was paralleled by that of Feenliess and [[Jorrval|Captain Jorrval]], the rescue workers who regularly operated them. A string of mysterious fires led the Abraxan security forces to realize that a gang of local arsonists had provoked the blazes. Offroad broke cover to try and rescue four of their hostages, but neither he nor Alpha Bravo were able to extricate the hostages before the building went down, killing all the Abraxans. In the aftermath of this disastrous operation, Alpha Bravo fell into a deep depression, feigning engine trouble to discourage his human pilots from taking him out into the field. Offroad managed to comfort him and talk him out of his depression, and Alpha Bravo soon returned to active duty.

The two Transformers were later discovered by [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], who recruited them into his new makeshift team of [[Wrecker]]s, a team ''en route'' to Cybertron to confront Thunder Mayhem. [[Fractyl]] filled them in on Impactor's plan: to create a new combiner of their own to counter Thunder Mayhem. Both Offroad and Alpha Bravo had already been prepped with combiner technology. After Fractyl augmented [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]] with a sample of [[Greenergon]], the Wreckers headed out to test their strength against a nest of [[Mecannibal]]s. Their combined form, [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]], easily trounced the metal-eaters, but then quickly spiraled out of control.

After separating and regaining consciousness in the medbay, Alpha Bravo came to the conclusion that he had to stop Wreckage from re-forming by any means necessary. Though he considered committing suicide, he reasoned that another bot needed to die as well, lest Impactor simply take Alpha Bravo's place. The other members of the team were far too difficult to kill, so with a heavy [[Spark]], Alpha Bravo took advantage of a candid moment and murdered Offroad. Cradling his best friend's body, Alpha Bravo subsequently allowed himself to be slain by Toxitron. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

==Commercial appearances==
Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Aerialbots combined into Superion to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were planning to create a new batch of Decepticons, the Autobots responded by returning to Cybertron and building the Aerialbots. Both they and the Stunticons were brought to life at the same time before Vector Sigma, and Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots fought to defend the supercomputer from the Decepticons. Though it seemed that the Decepticons might win thanks to the power of Menasor, the Aerialbots managed to rout the Decepticons and chase them away. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 (Legends)|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Alpha Bravo and the rest of the Aerialbots clashed against the Stunticons once more on Earth, when the Decepticons attempted to use the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to transform the planet into a new Cybertron. He and his teammates merged into Superion, and they were ultimately victorious. {{storylink|Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsAlphaBravo.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Did anybody call for backup?]]
Alpha Bravo participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character that could be recruited by collecting 105 units of Cybermetal, and 48 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Alpha-Bravo-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75| Rockets for everyone!]]
Forget speed—that's for others. Alpha Bravo is all about precision and maneuverability—his helicopter alt-mode tailor-made for getting into tight spots no other flyer can reach.

Nevertheless, Alpha Bravo has the tiniest bit of an inferiority complex when in the company of his fellow Aerialbots, and sometimes takes unnecessary risks to prove he's every bit as good as them.{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Alpha Bravo Bio}}

*'''Class''': Gunner
*'''Weapons''' Alpha Bravo provides ground support and coverage using a standard issue Grenade launcher.
*'''Ability: Rocket Barrage''' Fire off 4 homing rockets from long range dealing damage from afar! Useful for taking out those pesky Mortars.
**'''**Cost:''' 6 ability points +2 for reuses.
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==Toys==
===''Generations''===
[[File:CW-toy AlphaBravo.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]? [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]? Never heard of 'em.]]
*'''Alpha Bravo''' (Deluxe Class, [[2015]])
**'''4 OF 5: [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, Weapon/Combiner extremity

: Released as part of the first wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxes, Alpha Bravo transforms from a white helicopter that resembles an Aerospatiale Dauphin into a robot that resembles [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. He includes a large cannon sculpted to resemble a pair of chain guns and a smaller rifle designed after an M230 chain gun, plus a collector card featuring his packaging artwork.

: He is also able to form either an arm or leg for any Voyager Class toys from the ''Combiner Wars'' or ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' lines, or form one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, but is of course intended to combine with his fellow Deluxe Aerialbots ([[Air Raid (G1)#Generations|Air Raid]], [[Fireflight (G1)#Generations|Firefly]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]]) and Voyager Class [[Silverbolt (G1)#Generations|Silverbolt]] to form [[Superion (G1)#Generations|Superion]]. He is also officially associated with [[Ultra Prime#Toys|Ultra Prime]] and [[Wreckage (G1)#Toys|Wreckage]].

: Alpha Bravo lost blue [[paint operation]]s on his shoulders between [[:File:Alpha Bravo Generations.jpg|initial stock photos]] and the final product (likely because of the shoulders being molded with [[unpaintable plastic]]). In addition, some stock photos that depict a near-final sample feature [[:File:CW Alpha Bravo sample yellow stock.jpg|''yellow'' paint operations for his missiles]], which is different from all his other stock photos as well as the final figure, but explains that particular coloring choice for his [[package art]].

: He was [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed various times throughout the ''Combiner Wars'' line, being the basis for [[Blades (G1)#Generations|Blades]] and [[Vortex (G1)#Generations|Vortex]] among many others. Alpha Bravo himself however did not receive a ''Unite Warriors'' release, and was replaced by [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]] in all Superion gift set releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWAlphaBravo/alphabravo.htm More information on Alpha Bravo at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W2AlphaBravo.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T46'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops was released as part of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners. Like all other members of [[combiner]] teams released in the set, Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops is a folding card, with the Bot and Alt modes being depicted when the card is folded in half, and a holofoil portion of the the combined mode depicted when unfolded. The reverse of Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops depicts [[Superion (G1)|Superion's]] right leg, which is formed by Alpha Bravo in the artwork.

:The artwork for Bot Mode is reused from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Air Raid toy's packaging art, and is based on said figure.

:Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops can be used to form Superion, Sky Protector with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Aerialbot Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Aerialbots are in Bot mode on the battlefield or KO area.
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==Notes==
*"Alpha Bravo" ("AB") are the first two letters in the {{w|NATO phonetic alphabet}}.
*Like most Scramble-City related Transformers, Alpha Bravo's nominal position in Superion's combination is not concrete, although he is most often seen acting as a leg for the Combiner.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Alpha Bravo''' (アルファブラボー ''Arufa Burabō'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Líng Yún''' (凌云, "Rising Cloud")

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
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Cog (G1)

2020-09-23T17:29:04Z

Revanche: /* War for Cybertron: Siege */

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{{disambigm|Cog (disambiguation)|Gasket (disambiguation)}}
:''Cog is an [[Autobot]] [[drone]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:TV Magazine Cog.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Clockwise from top: Cog, Gasket, and Grommet. Not pictured: Widget, Doodad, and Thingamajigger.]]

'''Cog''' is the combined robotic form of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s vehicular drones, '''Gasket''' and '''Grommet'''. Cog has no independent will of his (its?) own and is completely under Maximus's control. Functioning as both mechanic and warrior, he allows Fortress Maximus to be at other places while in city mode, as well as to interact with more normally-sized beings.<ref>Fortress Maximus's bios in the [[The Transformers Universe|Marvel ''Transformers Universe'']] and [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Dreamwave ''More than Meets the Eye'']]. Remarkably, the two bios entirely agree with each other's presentation of Cog, as his drone status had already been established in Fortress Maximus's on-package bio.</ref> (Why Maximus would need this when he already has [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] is unclear, but might have to do with Cerebros not possessing a [[vehicle mode]].)

When Cog is feeling at his most sentient, he's quick to express skepticism in his leaders' actions, even directly to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Someone's got to be the wet blanket, because sometimes the wet blanket's correct.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Marvelhm01 Cog speaks.jpg|left|thumb|Dammit, Max, stop doing your ventriloquist act and ''fight!'']]
[[File:Marvelhm01 gasketandgourmet.jpg|165px|thumb|Dammit, Max, stop repainting your drones and ''fight!'']]

Cog was among [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s troops that ambushed a prisoner-of-war death march led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. He stood at Fortress Maximus's side as he held the troops, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, then split into his component vehicles Gasket and Grommet for the attack. Cog returned to [[robot mode]] by the time the Decepticons' battle line broke, and he counseled Fortress Maximus to finish off the fleeing Decepticons. Maximus refused, instead calling for a mutual retreat. Both Cog's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s were seen returning to the [[Manganese Mountains]] with the rescued prisoners.

Much later, after a disastrous military confrontation with the natives on planet [[Nebulos]], [[:File:Marveluk133 cog sedition.jpg|Cog]] was one of the Autobots that gathered around [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] to talk smack about Fortress Maximus's pacifist-aggressive leadership style. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Cog, Gasket, and Grommet were identified as some of the names or aspects of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in the Builders' era when [[Survive]] led a unit to eliminate the robot/base. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===''Legends'' comic===
In [[2038]], Cog became a butler and attendant to Fortress of [[Master (planet)|Master]]. In the past, Fortress had risked his health whenever he combined with his Battleship Maximus [[Transtector|transtector]] to become the massive and powerful Fortress Maximus. Cog helped circumvent Fortress's problems by combining with the battleship too, serving as Fortress's life support system. Together, they formed "Weaponizer Fortress Maximus" and joined many Autobot Supreme Commanders in defending Cybertron from [[Dark Nova|Unicron Neo]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|Big Powered Prologue, Part 1}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor| [[Brian Robert Burns]] (English), [[Yūki Shin]] (Japanese)|[[Yann Sundberg]] (French)}}

[[File:SiegeEpisode2-Cog.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I'm here to finally show up in a cartoon and support Optimus Prime, and I'm all out of supporting Optimus Prime!]]

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] reported to the Autobots camped within the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had surrendered to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Cog expressed anger and frustration. Ultra Magnus knew the location of their base and all their secrets, and his actions had put them all in danger. Cog continued these feelings later after Optimus Prime explained to everyone that Ultra Magnus had sent a message claiming Megatron was hunting for the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], including coordinates to its location. Cog countered that not only was the Allspark a myth, but any action the Autobots could take to counter this plan could be a trap. Nevertheless, Cog joined the other Autobots in checking out the coordinates, and he and the others found themselves surrounded by hostile Decepticons, as he had predicted. Cog was shot through his midsection by [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and had to be dragged off the battlefield. Once back at the Ark, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] started repairs. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}}

[[File:SiegeEpisode5-WeaponizedCog.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I make other people awesome!]]

After Cog returned to duty, Optimus Prime used the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]] to locate the Allspark within the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], and Cog warned Optimus that no Autobot who entered the region had ever returned. While Optimus Prime led a team into the Sea of Rust despite Cog's warnings, Cog joined [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] in a mission to grift the elusive [[Mercenary]] [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] of his [[Energon]] reserves. Soundblaster found the trio out, however, and Cog transformed and weaponized Arcee to aid in their escape, {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} which was successful.

Cog, Bumblebee, and Arcee returned to the Ark with enough Energon to power its launch, and Cog helped crew the Ark towards a [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]. When the Decepticons sieged the Ark, Cog joined in its defense, and ultimately he and the rest of the Ark crew disappeared through the Space Bridge to a location unknown. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Cogtoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Sit on my face and tell me that you love me."]]
* '''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
**''Accessories'': "Laser" rifle

: Cog was only available as part of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] set. He is formed by combining the two armored cars, Gasket and Grommet; the process involves little more than removing Gasket's arms and re-pegging them on his sides and then pegging the two vehicles together. The top of Gasket's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is sculpted to securely fit [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Toys|Spike]] (pictured) or any other large Headmaster figure.

:Cog, Gasket and Grommet were redecoed into [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Grand Maximus]]'s [[Cog (Masterforce)#Toys|Cog, Onomisu, and Koka]], and [[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Toys|Cybertron City]]'s [[Gadep#Toys|Gadep, Guardia, and Protect]].

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Cog/cog.htm More information on Cog at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 2013)
:The first re-release of Fortress Maximus in ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' comes with Cog once again. There are no significant differences between the re-release Cog and the original.
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===''Generations''===
====''War for Cybertron: Siege''====
[[File:War-for-Cybertron-Siege-Deluxe-Cog.jpg|thumb|300px|He's back, in Cog form!]]
*'''Cog''' (Deluxe Weaponizer, [[2018]])
**''ID Number'': '''WFC-S8'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''SG-05'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[February 23]], [[2019]]'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "RT-5 Circuit Welder" pistols

:Part of the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Deluxe Class figures, Cog is a new mold which transforms from robot into armored vehicle and back. Cog also retains his ability to split into Gasket and Grommet, a trait proudly demonstrated by the packaging artwork. His official alternate mode is a combined half-track vehicle consisting of the two individual vehicles plugged together. However, the flat rectangular tab that holds them together doesn't have a particularly tight fit, and has a tendency to come undone during handling. He can also accommodate "Fire Blast" effect pieces from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment to simulate blaster fire, or ''taking'' blaster fire. His forearms also have minor hints of battle damage.

:As a Weaponizer, he can also be disassembled into an arsenal of weapons, armor, and other upgrades compatible with various other ''Siege'' figures as part of the interchangeable/connectable-weapon [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]... or, really, ''any'' figures with [[5 mm post]] attachment points. He splits into a "C-40 Neutron Synthesis Shield" (torso), "C-LR Thermal Booster" (hips and waist), two "C-HV Electro-Scramblers" (arms), and two "C-M3 HF Spectrum Disruptors" (legs), with a pair of "RT-5 Circuit Welders" (his handguns) left over. His instructions show two suggested combinations with Deluxe-level figures: the "Defensive Loadout" turns Cog into a shield, pair of platform shoes and an anti-aircraft backpack, while the "Offensive Loadout" uses nearly all his parts to make a huge artillery-laden backpack with marginally bigger cannons. Cog's transformation is also the most simple of the ''Siege'' "Weaponizer" molds, as it only requires the detachment of three parts.

:The 5mm pegs on his guns are trimmed on the side, and consequently don't fit securely into his hands or the 5 mm ports on other figures. Additionally, most of the pegholes featured on Cog's body are in fact hexagonal as opposed to circular, which combined with the trimmed circles leaves them unable to stay positioned properly.

:This mold was later [[retool]]ed to make [[Aragon#Generations|''Siege'' Aragon]].
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==Games==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3SergeantCog.jpg|thumb|Having a new toy does wonders for an old obscure bot's exposure.]]
*'''Sergeant Cog, Artillery-Mechanic/Heavy Force Defensebreaker Cannon''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T42/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10
:Sergeant Cog, Artillery-Mechanic is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I. As a [[Weaponizer]], Sergeant Cog, Artillery-Mechanic begins the game in Bot Mode. Instead of being sent to the KO Area once his Health drops to zero, the card is flipped to the Upgrade side, becoming the Heavy Force Defensebreaker Cannon, and equipped in the Weapons slot of another character on the player's side of the battlefield.

:The artwork for Bot Mode is reused from the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Cog toy's packaging art.
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==Notes==
[[File:Marvelhm01 gromet decepticon.jpg|110px|thumb|It's the wrong trousers, {{w|Wallace and Gromit|Gromit}}! And they've gone wrong!]]
*Cog's in-story portrayal as an independent entity who conversed with Fortress Maximus is clearly at odds with all of his [[bio]]s, including the one published in a later issue of the comic. Not only that, but Cog-the-drone didn't even have a reason to ''exist'' at this point, since Maximus had not yet been enlarged to "city"-size. Whether this appearance should be considered an art error or an indication of unknown events is up to the reader.
* Cog and his components were variously miscolored in almost every appearance in the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' book. Such art errors were ''extremely'' common in the miniseries.
* The one time any of his components was colored ''right'' was when Grommet was shown fighting alongside the [[Decepticon]]s (see right).
* Cog's speaking line makes more sense in the context of the art errors: he's colored like [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], and his advice to Fortress Maximus suits Hardhead's aggressive nature. So the most likely explanation is that he was incorrectly drawn as Cog, and [[Nelson Yomtov|the colorist]] was actually using the ''correct'' color scheme from the scripted character. This is supported by the fact that Fortress Maximus is also colored correctly—but is drawn like Hardhead!
[[File:Marveluk130 cog dewback.jpg|110px|thumb|You're ''not helping,'' England.]]
* In the UK printing, someone noticed the errors and decided that the colors and script were wrong, not the line-art. So the dialogue was changed to have Cog addressing Hardhead, not Fortress Maximus. Unfortunately, not only does this negate the possibility that what appears to be Cog is actually Hardhead himself, but it also attributes the followup line ("There's been enough destruction!") to Hardhead, which does not suit his personality at all.
* Additionally, Cog's comic book appearance uses Cerebros's cartoon head design; in turn ''Siege'' Cog homages Cerebros's distinct mouthplate as opposed to the traditional mouthplate on his original toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cog''' (コグ ''Kogu''), '''Gasket''' (ガスケット ''Gasuketto''), '''Gromme''' (グロメ ''Gurome'')

==References==
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'Til all are one

2020-09-23T00:31:13Z

Revanche: wlink

{{disambig3|'Til All Are One}}
[[File:RodimusTFMMarvel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I SAID that already!]]

"'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Til all are one'''" is a phrase knit through [[Transformer]]s mythology and legend, often used as a rallying cry by the [[Autobot]]s. It's been translated as either until the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], when all Transformers shed their factional affiliations, or until all are rejoined into the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] of [[Primus]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
The phrase was first introduced as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s deathbed mantra, and it would then be repeated regularly by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], and many of the other Autobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|It even appears in [[The Transformers (Theme)|movie's closing theme]]: The last verse ends with a declaration that although the stand has been made and the immediate battle is over, the war with the powers of darkness will continue "'til the day when all are one."}}

Having seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] gloated that "all shall be one" under his rule. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
''After leading the [[Wrecker]]s on a successful raid against a [[Decepticon fuel store]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] returned to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to deliver a speech to [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]'s Autobots. After revealing that he intended to return to [[Earth]] to continue the fight there, he promised to come back and lead them to victory, finishing with "And all will be one!".'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] refers to the [[Transformer afterlife|Matrix dimension]] as a place "where all are one." {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
As [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] consumed the captured sparks of every Cybertronian, he urged "let us all become one!" {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}

===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline===
[[Omega Prime]]'s [[Matrix Blade]] had this phrase written across the hilt. {{storylink|Omega Prime#Car_Robots|Omega Prime toy}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Ancients.jpg|thumb|You're on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Prime.]]
The Autobot [[Council of Ancients]] held court in a chamber embossed with the same logo that had appeared on [[Omega Prime]]'s [[sword]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

The [[Seal of Primus]] also had "'til all are one" written on it. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
====''Cybertron'' comic====
When [[Primus]] appeared in robot mode above the [[Mini-Con]] civil war occurring on one of Cybertron's moons, all the combatants were dumbstruck. [[Sentinel Maximus]] asked, "Have all become one at last?" {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
When communicating with the Autobots, [[Primus]] would intone the phrase in reference to their quest to restore his Allspark. Later, when he created the ''[[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]]'' out of the four Cybertronian starships signifying the unity of the Transformers, he said that all were finally one. {{Storylink|End}} Optimus later invoked the phrase as the four ships set off on the new [[space bridge]] project. {{storylink|Beginning}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
"All shall be one" was an ancient prophecy believed to hail from the days of the [[Guiding Hand]] and [[Knights of Cybertron]]. [[Nova Prime]] took the phrase to mean that their race could be improved by the merging of several Transformers into one, resulting in the creation of the first [[combiner]], [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] knew this to be a faulty interpretation. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} An ornate hall in the [[Acropolex]], a disguise worn by the ancient [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], had the sentence "True freedom exists when all are one." inscribed on the floor. {{storylink|Ruins}}

The Decepticons seemed to have a much darker use for the phrase. During a gladiatorial death match between [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and an [[Cy-Kill (G1)|unnamed opponent]], the crowd began to chant the phrase, apparently attempting to goad Megatron into finishing off his opponent. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

During the war, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] became famous for his use of the phrase. [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] made fun of [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]'s [[primus apotheosis]] by tricking him into saying "'til all are one." {{storylink|Bullets}} [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] observed that [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] overused the phrase. "Rodimus" replied that Optimus Prime used it, and Drift simply replied that the legendary Autobot leader had used it about "once a decade" in epic circumstances, not just because they won at [[Cybertronian games#Fullstasis|Fullstasis]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Much like Nova Prime, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] referred to the combiner technology he was working on as "all-who-are-one". {{storylink|Devisive}}

While [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] probed [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s memories, he inserted a "[[Trepan's Trigger]]", altering the Decepticon's memories so that the phrase was associated with all his past defeats. Later, when Rodimus inevitably said it while being choked by Overlord, the phrase triggered Overlord's pathological fear of defeat and immobilized him. The crew was able to force Overlord into his [[slow cell]], and Chromedome launched the cell into space and destroyed it. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

[[Baron Karza]] uttered the phrase when he powered himself up by absorbing an army of [[Dire Wraith]]s into his body. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
The evil [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] sports a mocking juxtaposition of the famous saying on his [[alternate mode]], reading "'Til all are gone!" {{storylink|Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}

The mantra of [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Nova Prime]] was "Til all are redeemed." {{storylink|Optimus Prime (SG)#NovaPrime|''Timelines'' Nova Prime profile card}}

===Aligned continuity===
While discussing the secrets of [[Combiner|combining]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] explained to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] that "Autobots cannot truly combine 'til all are one." Bumblebee later interpreted this as his team having to be one in spirit, allowing them to become [[Ultra Bee]]. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] included the phrase in a speech he wrote for [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]], {{storylink|Maccadam's}} which he delivered before a crowd to premiere the Decepticon movement. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}

==Notes==
*The phrase has its roots in early script drafts of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Rather than feature the [[Matrix of Leadership]], early versions of the movie's story instead had "[[Life Spark]]s", Transformer life-forces very similar to the [[spark]]s that would later be introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''. Upon his death, Prime transfers his own Life Spark to Ultra Magnus, and then utters a prototypical version of the phrase clearly derived from this practise: "Til all Life Sparks are one!" The [[authorial intent|original intent]] of the phrase, then, was clearly to reference a time when all Transformer life had ceased and become one in the afterlife, ''long'' before the idea of a [[Transformer afterlife|singular afterlife for the entire race]] was independently created by other writers.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Uchū o hitotsu ni''' (宇宙を一つに)
*''French:'' '''Jusqu'à ce que nous ne fassions qu'un'''

==See also==
*[[Darkest hour]]

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Alpha Trion Protocols

2020-09-13T19:35:37Z

Revanche: /* War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon */

[[File:WarForCybertronSiege Ep4.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"We have a new enemy... Luke Skywalker.."]]
The '''Alpha Trion Protocols''' were the total sum of knowledge of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], as well as the protocol by which it could be downloaded into the [[brain module]] of a worthy [[bot]]. Sometimes, the bot in question might fall into the depths of their mind and consult a simulacrum of Alpha Trion himself. If the host was ever killed then the Protocols transferred to another worthy Cybertronian.

==Fiction==
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
Long ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Alpha Trion compiled all of his accumulated knowledge into a form that could be transmitted into the mind of a Cybertronian. By this time, he had two students, namely [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. As the [[Autobot|Autobots]] formed, the two disciples decided to share the power of their mentor, with Optimus being given the [[Matrix of Leadership]] so he could benefit from its wisdom whilst Magnus was host to the Alpha Trion Protocols.

Eventually [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] killed Ultra Magnus. Optimus sensed his death and believed that the Alpha Trion Protocols had downloaded to a new bot. He believed that the Protocols might have gone to one of the [[Guardian robot|Guardians]], but in reality, the Protocols had downloaded into the mind of a lone neutral scout named [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. The [[Energon]] scavenger went to the Autobots' hidden base to learn what happened to him; there, in the depths of his mind, he met a simulacrum of Alpha Trion who informed him of the location of the [[AllSpark|Allspark]]. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}}

[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] later created a virus in order to cripple the Autobots' communication systems and destroy the Protocols after [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] detected their existence. The virus was successful, deleting the Protocols within Bumblebee's mind. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege]]

Pious Pools

2020-09-12T02:42:06Z

Revanche: no entry nor reference to the hot spots

The '''Pious Pools''' are a geographical feature of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] was claimed to be from the Pious Pools. {{storylink|Little Victories}} He lived near the [[Vinvissius Canals]] during his youth, before they were redeveloped into the Vinvissius Heights. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}} The "[[Disappeared]]" Transformer Flux also hailed from the Pious Pools. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}}

The Pious Pools were wiped off the planet in the rebirth initiated by [[Vector Sigma]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] mourned their loss, along with those of other locations. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] later showed him images of pre-war Cybertron, including one of the Pious Pools and [[Warrior's Gate]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

==Notes==

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Pious Pool''' (パイオス・プール<ref>Japanese reprint of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' vol. 1.</ref> ''Paiosu Pūru'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]

Petrex

2020-09-11T12:31:13Z

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'''Petrex''' is a twin-mode town on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], located north of the [[Pancontinental Expressway]] and bordering [[Esserlon]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Before the war, Petrex was governed by [[functionism|functionists]] who believed a Cybertronian's [[alternate mode|altmode]] dictated their function and would throw you in prison if they caught you complaining about your assigned lot in life. Their strict rules taught [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], who was brought up in Petrex, to respect order and discipline. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} The town was eventually liberated from functionism by [[Senate|Senator]] [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} At one point during the war, tensions escalated at the border between Petrex and Esserlon, prompting the Autobots to commission [[Operation: Doom Patrol]] and with it, [[Dipstick]]. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the [[Grand Uprising]], Petrex was captured by the [[Resistance]]. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}} For a time, it held the Resistance's main headquarters. {{storylink|Derailment}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising polities]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]]
[[Category:Polities on Cybertron]]

Kaon (polity)

2020-09-11T12:09:57Z

Revanche:

{{disambig3|Kaon}}
[[File:Kolkular.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Kolkular: Cue the Smurfs' [[theme song|theme]].]]

'''Kaon''' is a [[Decepticon]]-controlled [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] in the southern hemisphere of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Under Decepticon rule, its capitol is the fortress of [[Kolkular]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
Far from the civilized metropolitan titans of the north half of the planet, Kaon was inhabited by a radical citizenry unsatisfied with the [[Autobot High Council]] and its maintained status quo. It was here that the industrial creations, the [[smelting pool]]s, were first used to melt down living beings, a practice other city-states found horrible and barbaric. Disaffected, unruly, and thirsty for slaughter, Kaon was an obvious location for the fomenting of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s underground Decepticon movement.

Optimus Prime forced Megatron through a [[space bridge]] in Kaon, causing the space bridge to explode and both to disappear. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

====''Classics''====
[[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], revived since his demise in [[Tokyo]], missed Cybertron badly. In particular, he missed the days in Kaon, when the Decepticons were still a proper army and he could steal small things from his fellow soldiers without everyone immediately suspecting him. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|''Classics'' Skywarp profile in Club magazine #14}}

====Wings Universe====
As the Decepticon movement began to grow on Cybertron, Kaon was among the first city-states to declare allegiance to the cause. Since Kaon controlled the smelting pools and forges of Cybertron that produced the majority of construction materials, [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s had little choice but to align his people with the Decepticon cause as well. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|Devastator's "Wings of Honor" Profile}} It would be under the command of [[Preditron]] and served a base to his [[Destronger]]s. It can be inferred that Kaon was added to [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s territory after he sent a suicide bomber to the war council, killing Preditron along with the other Decepticon warlords. {{Storylink|A Team Effort}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
Kaon was known to be one of the worst places on Cybertron. Thus, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was operating out there at the time [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and his fellow miners had chosen it as their place of hiding. One of Kaon's notable features was a series of underground [[gladiatorial combat]]s run by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]...until Megatron killed him and took over the games as a method of recruiting gladiators into the Decepticon army. After being freed by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], the Decepticons launched an attack on Kaon and took control of the city, using it as their base to direct the [[Great War (G1)|campaign]] against the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}} As the first city to fall to the Decepticons, Kaon marked the beginning of the [[Fall of the First Five Cities]]. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}

In an attempt to sway [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] into joining the Decepticons, Megatron "invited" him to the [[Jump Joint]], a bar in Kaon. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} He later spied on Orion from his throne at Kolkular, {{storylink|Ruins}} then brought the Autobot and his subordinates there to discuss the possibility of an alliance. {{storylink|Choices}} Following Megatron's first major defeat, the Decepticons fell into disarray and parts of Kaon were abandoned, including [[Wreckage Row]]. {{storylink|Derelicts}}

Kaon was abandoned during the war and believed destroyed when [[Vector Sigma]] "reset" Cybertron, but while investigating an energy surge in the area, Starscream and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] found that the city had somehow survived in the planet's underground. The surge was revealed to have been caused by the reawakening of Sentinel Prime, who had blasted his way out from under Kaon. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} After Windblade returned from Earth, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] spoke to her of the many things they had to do, among them recolonizing and rebuilding Kaon. {{storylink|Ping}} When warning the [[Council of Worlds]] of the danger posed by [[Liege Maximo]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] said Kaon had to be brought back online so that the Cybertronians could be at their full strength when the corrupt Prime returned. {{storylink|Heavy}} When [[Vigilem]] jumped into Starscream's mind, the landscape manifested as a decaying Kaon, only slightly better off than it was in the real world. {{storylink|Your First Mistake}}

Along with the rest of Cybertron, Kaon was destroyed by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] when the planet-eater attacked and consumed the Transformer homeworld. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
The fortress-city of Kaon bordered the cities of [[Kalis]] and [[Uraya]] {{storylink|Safe Spaces}} and hosted the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]], dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Decepticon movement. {{storylink|Identity Politics}} During the [[Grand Uprising]], [[Lio Convoy]] personally led the [[Resistance]] attack on the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]-held city, relying on their [[beast mode]]s to bypass traditional supply lines. The Builders and their [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] loyalists retaliated by destroying the land behind them as the city fell to the Resistance. A year later, the city remained a contested battleground, with the intact half still in Builder hands and directing all output towards the war effort. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} {{storylink|Safe Spaces}} By the time of the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], the Resistance only held an eighth of the city. Lio Convoy considered surrendering their foothold in the city to the [[Independent Predacus States]] as part of a gambit to prematurely end the war. {{storylink|Derailment}}

====''Siege'' bios====
Home to Megatron, the impenetrable metropolis of Kaon had hosted the gladitoarial games that allowed the Decepticons to rise to prominence, and now served as both the Decepticon's base of operations and Megatron's seat of power. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toy bios}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
====''Universe'' toy bios====
[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] went in hiding in the ruins of Kaon after [[the Powerlinx Battles]]. Having fallen into madness due to the disappearance of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], he began terrorizing the southern polar regions of Cybertron with hit-and-run maneuvers on whomever he happened to stumble upon. {{storylink|Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat's ''Universe'' bio}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Whether Decepticons were ever stationed here is unknown. What is known is that there are some smart-nukes in cold storage. After [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] was defeated and imprisoned, [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], now in control of the planetary network, saw that one of Ramjets [[Mini-Con]]s (which one is never revealed) had escaped, so he sent one of the smart-nukes after it. It appeared to have made its mark. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===Live-action film series===
Kaon existed and was surrounded by Kolkular, the area in which the Smelting Pool was located, [[Altihex]], [[Moon Alpha Spaceport|Moon Alpha]] and the area containing [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadams]]. {{storylink|Risk: Cybertron War Edition|Risk}}

====Target.com profile====
Some Autobot prisoners were being detained by [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]] and the other Decepticons in Kaon. They were rescued when [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] stormed in single-handedly and offered the Decepticons their kicked [[Anatomic euphemism#Transistor|transistor]]s on a silver platter. {{storylink|Explore the Cyberglyph Wall for Secrets and Savings#The Story of Leadfoot|The Story of Leadfoot}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:StuntiConJob Trypticon Prison.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|It was a dark and stormy night...]]
{{Idw-tfa}}
[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] is known as the ''Kaon Krusher''. That's just ''scary''. {{storylink|Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut's toy bio}}

''No longer welcome on Cybertron, the Decepticons built a colony world for themselves on Pyrovar {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} which they named [[New Kaon]].'' {{storylink|Dispatches}}

Autobot-controlled Kaon was the location of [[Trypticon Prison]], a former Decepticon stronghold. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
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{{storylink|Do Over}} {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:SickMind-Kaon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|If we know our hellish, lava-filled landscapes, either [[Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] is about to get his skin roasted off, or Scar is about to break into a musical number to his hyena minions.]]
====Aligned novels====
Built on a plateau three times the size of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Kaon was the industrial heart of Cybertron, where nameless members of the low [[caste system|castes]] toiled endlessly. It was a dark, smoking mess of a city that was impossible to navigate without the [[Communication Grid]]. The [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] ignored the emerging [[gladiatorial combat]] in the areas surrounding Kaon, acknowledging it was the inhabitants' only escape in their lives. A champion taking the name [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] emerged. This [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] took control of the gladiators and formed the [[Decepticon]]s. His base was a single, large pyramid.

During the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] rescued [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] from the pyramid, which had become Kaon Prison. Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] had made a deal with the [[Underworld]]ers to chain the prisoners underground. The Autobots were only confronted by two gibbering guards, which Optimus presumed was the toll of [[Dark Energon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

====''Prime'' comic====
Before the Great War, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] explored the tunnels in Kaon. In the present, she returned with [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] to find [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who had constructed a [[space bridge]] there. Cliffjumper distracted Starscream's [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] forces while Arcee overloaded the space bridge's controls. She, Cliffjumper and Starscream jumped through the space bridge portal to [[Earth]] before it exploded. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Prime}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OrionPax3 Kaon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Little does Megatron know, someone doodled "''For a good time call Meg''" on his statue, and ''that's'' the reason he's been getting weird calls for the past four million stellar cycles!]]
[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] honed his gladiator skills in "the pits of Kaon". {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}} He took Kaon in the war for Cybertron as a capital, however he was completely unaware that a powerful device called Vector Sigma was right beneath his feet. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Following the Great Exodus, Starscream seeking information from Autobots Arcee and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] took the two Autobots to Kaon. Once there, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] abstracted codes with a message from Optimus Prime. After escaping their captives, Cliffjumper and Arcee discovered a space bridge beneath Kaon set for Optimus Prime's location. After damaging it, they used it as a means of escape from Shockwave and to get to Earth {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] used a [[cortical psychic patch]] to enter Megatron's subconscious, he found himself in a recreation of the city. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Attempting to find [[Vector Sigma]], [[Jack Darby]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] were led to Kaon by the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} They managed to wake up an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] sentry which attacked Arcee while Jack went below ground to the Vector Sigma chamber. He was able to download the contents of the Matrix from the computer, despite interference from [[scraplet]]s, and he and Arcee headed back for the space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Megatron initially named his new Earth fortress "New Kaon" after his capital on Cybertron {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} but later changed his mind and renamed it "[[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]". {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

After Megatron's death and the Autobots' victory and restoration of Cybertron, Optimus promoted Bumblebee to warrior class in the same pit of Kaon where Vector Sigma dwelled beneath. To celebrate the occasion and the beginning of their reconstruction of their home, [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] blew up the statue of the deceased Decepticon warlord. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)}}

====''Hall of Fame'' bios====
[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] was a gladiator from Kaon, but chose to join the Autobots early on in the war. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
The Decepticon gladiator [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] hailed from Kaon. {{storylink|The Champ}}

Years after the disbandment of the Decepticons, Kaon had become a bustling, lively city on the repopulated Cybertron. Bumblebee and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] were on patrol in [[Kaon Plaza]] when they came across delinquent road hazard [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]]. After taking him into custody, Bumblebee was guided by a vision of the late Optimus to the [[Cybertron History Museum]], where they illegally made use of a space bridge to get to Earth. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}}

Exposure to [[Nightstrike]]'s powers caused Strongarm to hallucinate herself being chased by the Kaon Police. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}
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==Games==
====''Transformers: War for Cybertron''====
Kaon was the capital city of the Decepticons and home to a massive prison complex where Autobot captives, including Autobot leader Zeta Prime, are held. Megatron put Soundwave in command of the Kaon Prison Complex. The prisoners there are loaded onto Decepticon Dropships. The dropships transport the prisoners from any battlefield to Kaon Prison, where they are either escorted to cells, executed, or sent to 'recycling', where the prisoners are thrown into a strong current and crushed in a masher. The city houses huge industrial buildings, which may include weapons manufacturing, or experimental labs.

During the Decepticons' assault of Iacon, Soundwave raided an Autobot outpost, taking several prisoners and most of the outpost's energon supply. When Optimus and his team arrived, Soundwave spotted them and ordered a duo of rocket troopers to attack and destroy them, while he and the other Decepticons left in a dropship for Kaon with the energon and prisoners. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===Bot Shots Battle Game!===
[[File:BotShotsGame Kaon Battle Zone.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Kaon's Battle Zone was one of the many places on Cybertron that the Bot Shots did battle. It was right next to the [[Chamber of Battle]] and [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Rise of the Dark Spark''===
After retrieving the [[Dark Spark]], Shockwave set out for Kaon to deliver it to Megatron. Despite the Autobots mounting an attack on the gates of Kaon, the power of [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]] allowed the Decepticons to enter their city along with the added bonus of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. Optimus and Jazz infiltrated Kaon via side tunnels that led them to [[Kolkular]]'s lower levels. After Cliffjumper had been freed, Optimus had Jazz take him back to Autobot territory while he stayed behind to confront Megatron eventually managing to send the Dark Spark off Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Kolkulartoy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|A fungus among us.]]
*'''Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)

:Kolkular is one of two distinguishable cities molded into the surface of [[Primus]]'s planet mode, designed specifically to match its appearance in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''The War Within'' comics and DK's ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''. In Primus's [[robot mode]], Kolkular ends up on the underside of Primus's heel, which is probably symbolic.

:The other city is the Autobot city-state [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], which, similar to the depiction on the Cybertron map in the ''Ultimate Guide'', is placed on the opposite end of the toy from Kolkular. Its placement, however, is likely a coincidence.

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

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

===Transformers 2010===
[[File:Kolkular2010toy.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Creator Primus''' (Supreme 2010)
:Still here! And it's a new color!

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==Merchandise==
* '''Transformers Monopoly''' (2007)
: Kaon replaces Virginia Ave in this version of the game.

* '''RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition''' (2007)
: Kaon is one of the purple zones on the board.

==Notes==
*Kaon's fortress capitol Kolkular was first non-[[canon]]ically mentioned in the short story "[[Alignment]]".
*It seems likely that [[Megatron's castle]], a building that has only appeared in the ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' series, is located in Kaon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kaon''' (ケイオン ''Keion'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kalon''' (卡隆 ''Kǎlóng'')

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Ultirex

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'''Ultirex''' is either the name or the location of a [[technoversity]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]], and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] were doing research at the technoversity of Ultirex at the time [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] rallied for the people of Cybertron into his [[Autobot]] army. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Ultirex was one of the cities within the [[Tagan Heights|Tagon Heights]]. Years into the [[Grand Uprising]], the [[Maximal Command Security Force]] took over the Tagon Heights and annexed Ultirex into their new "[[Maximal Nation]]". {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} {{storylink|Safe Spaces}}

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Quintesson

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 alien race|their home planet which is called "Quintesson" in the Marvel Comic UK continuity|Quintessa (planet)}}
[[File:Quint.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Hahahaha—[whir] —hahahahaha—[whir] —–hahahahaha—[whir] ——hahahahahaha—[whir] ——–hahahahahaha!"]]

The '''Quintessons''' are a bizarre and ancient race, whose dark history and shadowy machinations are bound up with the history of the [[Transformer]]s, with connections to both [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]]. They are known galaxy-wide as traders, entrepreneurs and businessmen, but their dealings are very rarely on the level, often laced with intrigue and betrayals. They prefer subtle manipulation, scheming, and advanced technology over brute force, but if those don't work, they can fall back on the legion of deadly [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and [[Allicon]]s at their command and a fleet of battle-ready [[Quintesson spacecraft|spaceships]] as well. However, the Quintessons themselves have zero fighting abilities and are absolute cowards if they have nothing to hide behind. For example, they are seen to be powerless against a Sharkticon revolt.

{{quote|[We] are ''Quintessons''! ''Arrogance'' is our life’s blood, ''ambition'' is our food and drink, but most of all, ''hubris is the air we breathe!!''|[[Al-Badur]] dissin' his peeps|"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"}}

{{quote|Deceivers! Betrayers! Five-faced slime of the nebula!|[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] on the Quintessons|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"}}

==Types of Quintessons==
The Quintessons appear to be mostly (if not entirely) mechanical beings. They come in several distinct forms, some of which are identified by their place in the Quintessons' bizarre court system.
*[[Quintesson Judge]]
*[[Quintesson Bailiff]]
*[[Quintesson Executioner]]
*[[Quintesson Prosecutor]]
*[[Quintesson Scientist]]

[[File:Quint two faced.jpg|125px|thumb|My tentacles are on fire!]]
The Judges are not the only Quintessons to have multiple faces, though the only known exception is the '''three-faced scientist''' who was the primary creator of the [[Trans-Organic]]s. One of his faces was grievously damaged, a scar left by the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]], which he covered with a mask.

This scientist instigated a plan to get the [[Decepticon]]s to unwittingly release the trans-organics from their prisons deep within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so they would wipe out all Transformer life. The plan ultimately backfired; the Dweller killed the other trans-organics, and was launched into space by the [[Autobot]]s... where it smashed into the scientist's ship, which was en-route to Cybertron. Presumably, the scientist finally met his end as the Dweller drained the energy from the ship and everyone within it. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:Quint rentacops.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Game over, man! Game over!"]]
'''Security officers''' appear to have been an ancient model of Quintesson, and possibly the only kind with built-in offensive capabilities, some having one set of arm-tentacles replaced with over-sized blasters. These blasters availed them naught, however, against the Trans-Organic beasts. It is unknown if any of this model of Quintesson exist in "modern" times. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:Quint humanoid.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|No one remembers we exist.]]
Non-bailiff, non-executioner '''Humanoid''' Quintessons are exceedingly rare. One accompanied [[Inquirata (G1)|Inquirata]] on his mission to use a [[Time Window]] to change Cybertron's history, stopping the slave revolt that drove the Quintessons off-planet. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

And then there's [[Mirdane]]. A rarity among Quintessons, in that he has a name, and that's ''it''. He has only ever been mentioned by others, never seen, so what body type he has/had is unknown. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}
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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Regis Cordic]], [[Roger C. Carmel]] and [[Jack Angel]] (English, primary recurring voices, see [[#Notes|Notes]]), [[Dick Gautier]] ("[[The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar]]"), [[Tony Pope]] ("[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]" and "[[The Dweller in the Depths]]"), [[Paul Eiding]] ("[[The Quintesson Journal]]"), [[Charlie Adler]] ("[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]"), [[Corey Burton]] ("[[Madman's Paradise]]"), [[Aron Kincaid]] ("[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime]]")}}
{{quote|We Transformers have looked into the face of our creators... and seen the face of an enemy.|[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"}}

[[File:FFOD4 Early Quintessons.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|The new Powerpuff Girls series never really got off the ground.]]
In ages long past, a race of aliens called the Quintessons existed on the planet-sized factory known as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Some of their early experiments in creating artificial life resulted in the [[Trans-Organic]]s. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}} Some Quintessons turned to forbidden arts, and were banished to other dimensions. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} The Quintessons eventually created two lines of sentient robots: one was a line of robots designed for domestic duties and labor (known as [[Autobot]]s), and the other was a line designed for military use (known as [[Decepticon]]s). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} The Quintessons were exceptionally cruel to their creations, eventually leading to wide-spread rebellion, a rebellion started by the Autobot [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]]. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} Forced to flee the planet, the Quintessons eventually settled on the small, twisted planet of [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], but fostered an undying hatred of all Transformers for the next eleven million years. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

They also spent this time productively, selling technology to other races, and often manipulating the political and military climate of regions of space to increase their sales, all the while diligently keeping track of their work by recording it in [[Quintesson Journal|journals]]. {{Storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} Occasionally a race as the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] would arise that could potentially threaten the Quintessons, and they would deal with it by sealing off whole sections of space with [[quadrant lock]]s. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

[[File:FFOD2 Quintesson court.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Believe it or not, you really do have better chances in Texas.]]
In 2005, they were shown to capture prisoners for trial and feeding to their army of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. The mock trials held by the Quintesson Court seemed to have no purpose at all, except maybe for the Quintessons' amusement, as defendants were still immediately fed to the ravenous Sharkticons even when the Judge determined them to be innocent. However, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] managed to rescue the pair of Autobots the Quintessons had captured. Worse, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] inspired the Sharkticons to rebel... by stomping his foot on the ground and telling them to do so. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|The Quintessons' involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

One year (or possibly five years, [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|depending on whom you ask]]) after the defeat of [[Unicron]], the Quintessons reappeared. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} They first sent a commando team of Sharkticons to abduct various Autobots (as well as [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], though that may have been unintentional). Upon capturing the 'bots, the Quintessons seemed more interested in interrogating their prisoners than feeding them to the Sharkticons. However, they eventually did find the captured Transformers to be guilty of the crime of... being Transformers (Spike was guilty by association). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

[[File:FFOD4 Quintessons raised tentacles and Galvatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Look out, it's Galvatron! Quick, make yourselves look big and maybe he'll leave us alone!"]]
After [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] mounted a rescue for their captive friends, the Quintessons attempted to kill the would-be rescuers by destroying the entire planet of Quintessa. After this plan failed, the surviving Quintessons approached the currently leaderless Decepticons, offering them [[energon]] in exchange for attacking the Autobots who had fled to the planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} When the newly revived [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived intending to reclaim his army, the Quintessons made an alliance with him to attack Cybertron in return for the [[Decepticon Matrix|Decepticon Matrix of Leadership]], an object which didn't actually exist outside the Quintessons' fertile imaginations. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The Quintessons betrayed Galvatron almost immediately after the battle had been won, sending the Sharkticons to pull a [[Large switch|switch]] which would cause all Transformers the galaxy over literally to freeze where they stood. Though the Sharkticons were fought off, Galvatron pulled the lever anyway. The Quintessons landed on Cybertron, intending to reclaim the planet, however Spike destroyed the switch and the Quintessons were forced to abandon the planet in an escape pod. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later plots by the Quintessons were no less nefarious. A rogue Quintesson scientist abducted three Transformers and a [[Marissa Faireborn|human]] for behavioral study, a scheme that nearly killed the entire group after they drifted into a black hole. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}} Later, the Quintessons revived the deceased [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] in an attempt to lure all the Autobots into a trap and destroy them with a supernova. However, the Quintessons did not count upon Hot Rod forcing Optimus Prime to overcome his programming, nor Optimus Prime's ability to sacrifice himself to save the Autobots. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

[[File:ForeverLongTimeComing various Quintessons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"Damn it! Who ate my yogurt?!"]]
Later still, the Quintessons attempted to rewrite history by preventing their loss of Cybertron, creating a [[Time Window]] on an asteroid, directed at Cybertron eleven million years in the past. The Autobots attacked the asteroid, occupying it as several of their number passed through the Time Window and resulting in the very fabric of reality starting to unravel the longer the window remained open. The Quintessons made several desperate attempts to retake the asteroid before convincing Rodimus Prime to shut the Time Window down, though their plans were still ruined as the time-displaced A-3 returned to the past to take his part in the rebellion. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

After a Quintesson journal was lost on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], the Quintessons began inserting subliminal messages into the Junkions' [[television]] in an attempt to make them tidy and instill a distrust of other life forms. Unfortunately the equipment sending the subliminal signal was damaged during an attempt to retrieve the journal, resulting in the Junkions transmitting subliminal messages to the rest of the galaxy. In the ensuing battle, the Quintessons again tried to retrieve the journal, only to lose it when a stray shot knocked it loose from their tractor beam. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} The journal resurfaced again in the [[Angarrix sector]] at the same time that the Autobots were conducting peace talks with [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], two planets whom the Quintessons had manipulated into war so that they could sell weapons. Despite the Quintessons' best attempts the journal reached the conference where their interference was exposed, and the Autobots destroyed the Quintesson ship as it tried to deliver two [[omega bomb]]s intended to destroy the planets. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

The Quintessons would try other schemes to destroy the Autobots. One involved kidnapping [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and hooking him to a device which manifested his dreams in real life. Unfortunately the dream constructs turned on them when Rodimus was able to reach Daniel's sleeping mind. {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}} Another was to manipulate Galvatron into releasing the Trans-Organics. Though Galvatron succeeded, releasing the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]], the Autobots managed to expel the creature into space, where it attacked the Quintesson ship. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:MadmansParadise Mara-Al-Utha.jpg|thumb|left|240px|''"Why not Zoidberg?!'']]
Finding Galvatron interfering with the quadrant lock sealing [[Quadrant X]], the Quintessons entered the lock, taking a number of Transformers through with them. Unfortunately their [[isolator key]], needed to reopen the lock, was damaged, forcing them to obtain [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[universal emulator]]. Perceptor was able to program the emulator so that when the Quintessons used it, it disabled the quadrant lock for good. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}} In another dimension on [[Menonia]], the Autobots found the rogue Quintesson scientist [[Mara-Al-Utha]], and defeated him with the help of local wizard named the [[Golden One]]. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:ReturnOptimusPrime Quintesson holding tool.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.45|"Right, where am I sticking this?"]]
The Quintessons suggested to Cyclonus that he take Galvatron to [[Torkulon]], believing the experience would prove fatal for the Decepticons. It didn't. {{storylink|Webworld}} A group of Quintessons based on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] made a deal with [[Dirk Manus]] to deliver them the [[Recreator]], while also sending the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] to attack him. Multiple double-crosses ensued until in one final double-cross, Manus set [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] on the Quintessons and they retreated without the Recreator. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

When Rodimus asked [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to find him a Quintesson, Sky Lynx complained that the Quintessons had gone into hiding in the farthest reaches of the galaxy and would be difficult to find. Nonetheless Sky Lynx managed to find [[Klementia|one being chased]] by [[Hate Plague]] infected Sharkticons, and took him to Earth to restore life to the body of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} The lone Quintesson also restored a number of other Autobots to help Optimus retrieve the Matrix from Rodimus. He did his best to hold off the infected Transformers while Optimus journeyed into the Matrix and found a way to cure the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}
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=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
======''Legends'' comic======
Millions of years ago, the Quintessons arrived on the planet that would become Cybertron and discovered the essence of the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] as well as the [[Matrix of Leadership|vessel]] that had once kept it. They subjugated the Oracle by encasing him within [[Vector Sigma]] and creating the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to control his powers, which they used to transform the planet into a metallic world. They went on to use Cybertron as a factory for [[Transformer|robotic slaves]] until their creations rebelled and drove them off the planet, claiming the Oracle's vessel and finding it full of malicious energy after years of accumulating the wisdom of its Quintesson owners. They promptly dumped out the Quintesson wisdom, which would one day go on to become [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

In need of new territory after being driven off Cybertron, the Quintessons opened a portal to another dimension, the [[Legends World]], and invaded it with an army of [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharges]] led by a lone Quintesson. They were beaten back by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], leading to the Quintessons labeling the Legends World dangerous and sealing away its creators, the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]], with a [[quadrant lock]]. However, the Quintessons were unaware that their portal had in fact spanned time as well as space and led to the far future, and the Legends World would only be created ''after'' the Zamojin were released from the lock. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

======''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages======
Teaming up with the Decepticons, the Quintessons began developing new warriors for their "allies". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 2}} The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s were constructed by the Quintessons during this alliance. The Sharkticons, also considered to be part of the Predacon faction, were leased to the Decepticons to bolster their ranks. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 3}} The Quintessons evidently consider the Sharkticons to be "the Pride of the Quintessons" and developed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] specifically to outdo all previous Decepticon [[combiner]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 4}}

During [[Dark Awakening (episode)|the time they had Optimus Prime's corpse in their clutches]], the Quintessons copied his schematics. They also received schematics of Megatron from their alliance with the Decepticons and developed the Colossal Cannon Soldier [[Gilthor]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 4}}

======''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga======
[[File:2010manga04-title.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"Great Guns", "Colossal Cannons", it's all semantics.]]

The Quintessons feigned to have created Gilthor as a subordinate for Galvatron, but in reality they had allied themselves with the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who gave the robot life. Gilthor quickly turned on Galvatron during an ambush on Rodimus Prime. He would have won, had Rodimus and Galvatron not worked together to defeat him, foiling the plans of the Quintessons. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4}}
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======''Macrocosmic Seekers''======
The [[Seeker (United)|Seeker]], during the enslavement of Transformers, realized the potential for Transformer evolution and noted that rebellion was imminent. He was laughed at, but the Seeker got the last laugh when he left Cybertron before the rebellion and evolved beyond his Quintesson origins. {{Storylink|A Treasure's True Worth}}

======Controverse======
When [[Primacron]] was taken into custody for unleashing [[Tornedron]] into the cosmos, the galactic council appointed the Quintesson judge [[Adveraros]] to preside over the scientist's trial. To guard the prisoner, the Quintessons brought along several Bailiffs and Sharkticons. Though Adveraros at first seemed to give a sensible ruling (acquittal by reason of insanity) in truth the Quintessons were planning to harvest Primacron's brain once he had been sent to [[Doruka III]], an asylum planet. The plot was foiled by Primacron himself, who fashioned a high-tech whistle out of his mechanical manacles, and took control of all nearby "[[Primitive]]" Transformers. Having restrained Adveraros with his own Sharkticon guards, Primacron revealed that he had once created bacterial machines, which he proposed was the Quintessons' distant ancestors. Adveraros loudly denounced this claim as the Autobots came in to take protective custody of Primacron. {{storylink|Controverse}}

======''Kiss Players''======
[[File:KPMaximus2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Do cameos count as canon?]]
[[File:KPQuints.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is all kinds of crazy.]]
The [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] [[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Atari Hitotonari]], and [[Shaoshao Li]], together with the [[Sparkbot]]s [[Angela]], [[Star Dust]], and [[Zangetsu]], were traveling through time aboard [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] when the space fortress suddenly went out of control.

The six found themselves on a strange, alien world in the year 2011. With their ship ensnared, they were herded by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] to the Space Tribunal, where the Quintessons put them on trial for time-traveling without their permission.

When Shaoshao asked if being cute was a crime, the Quintessons threatened to charge her with contempt of court. Atari suggested using their Kiss Play abilities to transform into cute costumes and ask the "octopusses" nicely to let them go. But turning into a swimsuit-clad elementary school girl and asking the judge's permission to go to the potty only resulted in Atari and her friends being found "not guilty" and dropped into the Sharkticon pit below.

Rescued by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]], they fled back to Brave Maximus and re-entered the time portal. Sucked into the maelstrom along with them, the Quintessons demanded that the process stop, saying that they were the last of their kind. But it was too late, and the aliens were trapped inside the hole in space-time. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}
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======''Generations Selects Special Comic''======
In [[2050]], thanks to humanity discovering and evacuating [[Earth]]'s [[Angolmois Energy]] and the unique temporal properties of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], the Quintessons managed to escape from their dimensional prison and immediately set out to subdue the island's [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] residents to sell as merchandise. The Dinobots weren't keen on this idea, and so the leading Judge released the [[Recreator]] {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} to bring forth a reborn [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] when the [[Allicon]]s weren't up to the task. Predaking had the Dinobots on the ropes, but they managed to tap into an [[Energon Matrix]] and Angolmois Energy to combine into [[Volcanicus (Generations)|Volcanicus]]. The Dinosaur combiner was able to easily defeat Predaking, although the Quintessons fled before they could be taken care of. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

======Story of Binaltech======
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======''Alternity''======
As a result of a [[quadrant lock]] the Quintessons placed upon the [[BT World]] to trap the [[Binaltech]] Autobots, the planet was frozen in time until the [[Alternity]] were born and broke through it 900,000 years later. During the intervening time, however, a tragic fate befell the Quintessons. {{storylink|Alternation}}

=====''Wings Universe''=====
{{wingsnote}}
Very early in the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobot ship ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' was shot down over [[Beta-Nine]] while transporting a [[Matrix of Leadership|vital cargo]]. The Autobots initially believed that the crash was the result of a Decepticon attack, but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], a crewmember of the rescue ship ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'', discovered the truth when he found green tentacled remains alongside the corpses of the murdered ''Van De Graaff'' crew. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

The Quintessons created [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] to lead a new generation of Sharkticons. In [[2010]], they sent Sky-Byte and several Sharkticons to Earth in an alliance with the [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

By [[2984]], Quintesson space had come under the control of the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]s. In that year, the temporally-displaced pirates known as the [[Star Seeker]]s traveled near former Quintesson space on their way to find the immortal spark of the infamous Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. The Star Seekers eventually gained access to a [[Shut-Up-Tornado-I'm-Trying-To-Think|planetoid]] existing in a pocket of space surrounded by black holes. In a chamber on the planetoid, they encountered a lone Quintesson who claimed to have been betrayed and marooned by Starscream on the planetoid some time earlier. The Star Seekers gave the Quintesson passage off of the planetoid in exchange for telling all that he knew of Starscream's last known destination. However as it turned out, the Quintesson was long dead, and Starscream's immortal spark had been using the Quintesson's body as a puppet. Forming an alliance with the Decepticon Star Seeker [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], Starscream discarded the Quintesson's body and hijacked Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s body for himself, simultaneously allowing Flamewar to take control of the Star Seekers for herself. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

=====''Transformers: All Spark''=====
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In an unstable [[Iocus]] universe engineered by the machinations of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]], the Quintessons on Quintessa were replaced by the [[Master Renegade]] and the [[Monster GoBot]]s on [[Antares 3|Antares III]] during the events of the [[Unicron War]]. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

=====''Deviations''=====
A group of Quintessons were presiding over the execution of Kranix when Optimus Prime and the Autobots intervened, forcing the Quintessons to abandon their kangaroo court and flee. Optimus noted a feeling of familiarity towards the aliens and their planet but could not place it. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

=====Big Looker storybooks=====
[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Rarely do encounters with Autobots work out well for the Quintessons.]]
An Autobot ship crashed on Quintesson, with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] the only survivor. The Quintessons captured him, throwing him in a dungeon. They intended to execute him, taking him to a Sharkticon pit, however he managed to evade them and escaped into the jungles of Quintesson. When Hot Rod's ship also crashed on the planet, the Quintessons tried to mount a sneak attack, only for Wheelie to appear and fight them off single-handed. The Quintessons returned with Sharkticon backup, stalking the Autobots as Wheelie tried to lead them away from the crash site, however as it turned out even with their Sharkticons, the Quintesson were no match for the Autobots and most of them were killed in the battle that ensued. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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====Beast Era====
=====''Beast Machines''=====
The [[Maximal]] [[Beast Rider]] [[Che]] was encased in a unique Quintessian{{sic}} alloy found in the lower levels of Cybertron.<ref>Che's packaging bio</ref>

=====3H comics=====
Millennia ago, the Quintessons were the minions of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], send out to locate [[Primus]]. The Quintessons succeeded, but rather than turn Primus over to Unicron, they instead constructed barriers around him, intending to make use of him to create consumer product lines. They eventually succeeded in doing so through [[Vector Sigma]], though some of their number such as [[Al-Badur]] warned of the danger of trying to control Primus's creations. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

Out on the arm of the Orion Cluster, [[New Quintessa]] sat awaiting the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant Beast]]s, Cybertronians without [[robot mode]]s who had been dispatched by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] of [[Vector Sigma]] to regain what they had lost. [[Icebird]] believed they were on a sacred mission; in truth, it was a fool's errand. The Quintesson Supreme Imperial Magistrate [[Derodomontatus]] fed the Mutants to the Sharkticons before continuing his discussions with the free trader, [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]]. Plans proceeded apace, as both the Mutants and the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]s were dealt with by this deadly alliance, and Cryotek assured Derodomontatus that the last Cybertronian team, the [[Wrecker]]s, would soon be extinguished as well. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Meanwhile the Wreckers encountered Al-Badur on an icy world, and he filled them in on the origin of Cybertron and bargained for his departure from the planet in exchange for information about the [[Divine Light]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

The invasion of Cybertron soon began, and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]], [[Longhorn]], and [[Skydive (BM)|Skydive]] spotted Quintessons herding mass hordes of Sharkticons towards the Cybertronian settlements.

{{Note|The following is unofficial material for the intended script to the Wreckers #4, never published.}}

Derodomontatus cheered on the advancing troops with his fellow Quintessons, before proceeding with Cryotek and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] to complete his part of their bargain. The fighting intensified on the surface as [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] and the Dinobots arrived, shortly before the Wreckers returned to Cybertron as well. [[Primal Prime]] and [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] led a contingent after Cryotek and the Quintessons deeper into Cybertron's core. They arrived in time to see Cryotek had successfully mutated himself into a god-like being with the power of the [[Divine Light]]. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

{{note|And now, back to the official material.}}
Derodomontatus, realizing the extent to which Cryotek had now surpassed the Quintessons, begged the free trader to remember their contract and honor it. In response, Cryotek sent his pet [[Chro]] to rip the Quintesson's faces off.

As their Imperial Magistrate faced a hostile takeover beneath the planet's surface, the Quintesson troops on open ground found their advancement equally stymied. Expecting the newly reformatted Cybertron to be filled with docile and disoriented cattle, the Quintessons were ill-prepared for the resistance they faced from all corners of the globe and all sectors of the populace. In [[Ankmor Park|Ankmor]], Judge [[Brinn]]'s patrol were stalked by the Maximal techno-organic, [[Night Viper]]. In a deserted city, a contingent led by Overseer [[Rexian]] were overcome by Decepticons criminals recently restored to their bodies. Overseer [[Vashik]] and [[In-Saba Nur]] assaulted the new Predacon capital of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] with predictable results, as Lord [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] squashed them beneath his heel ([[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] helped). Oh yes, and then there were ''Dinobots''. Admiral [[Krahulik]] was prepared to initiate orbital bombardment from the ''Paradigm'' hovering over [[Polyhex]] before [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] brought down the Quintesson warships as well. The Quintessons began to retreat in hordes, returning to their landing ships and launching out into space...right into the path of the planetary defense systems, recently brought back on-line.

All in all, the invasion of Cybertron was an unmitigated disaster. Judge [[Heirodyus]] watched the annihilation from New Quintessa with a mixture of horror and smugness, silently congratulating himself for escaping the fate of his brothers. He hadn't. The Mutant Beasts Icebird and [[Poison Bite]] had survived their dip in the Sharkticon pools, and returned imbued with the light of Primus himself. Heirodyus and the Quintessons were soon wiped from the surface of New Quintessa. Icebird and Poison Bite assumed control of the planet, spreading the techno-organic plant life made from Cybertron's reformatting, and teaching the Sharkticons the ways of peace. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

=====''Beast Wars: Uprising''=====
Several millennia ago, the Cybertronians bought some surplus [[Terrorbot]] drones from the Quintessons, including the cumbersome and inefficient [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] drones. {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}

Following the failed [[Great Push]] of [[2033]], a Quintesson court found Galvatron and his compatriots guilty of their many war crimes, sentencing them to death. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} By the 24th century, the Quintessons were among the few species still allowed to travel in and out of the [[Allowed Zone]] due to pre-existing contractual relationships with Cybertron; the [[Human Confederacy]] regarded the Quintessons with suspicion.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3361342 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums]</ref>

====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
=====Marvel UK future timeline=====
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Like those creepy little pilotfish that swarm behind sharks, snapping at stray scraps, the Quintessons were vile enforcers for [[Unicron]], savagely hunting down and picking off those who attempted to escape his maw. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe#Issue .234|Transformers Universe}}

In an alternate future of 2005, the Quintessons took Hot Rod, Kup and several other Autobots hostage on their homeworld and chucked them into the Sharkticon pits for punishment. The Autobots were able to escape, however, and the Sharkticons quickly turned on their cruel masters. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

''In 2008, Quintesson scientists realized that their planet, Quintesson, was threatened with destruction by a time rift that was caused by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s time-traveling. Though they scoped out several other worlds to move their civilization to, the [[Quintesson Journal|journal]] containing the records on these planets was lost on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}} ''In an attempt to retrieve it, they captured [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and had him interrogated by the [[Mister Regan|Galaxy's greatest torturer]]. After being left to the torturer's tender mercies for some time, Wreck-Gar "confessed," in an elaborate story, that the journal was lost in the void of space. The Quintessons quickly deduced that whole tale had been nothing but [[Quintesson#The Big Broadcast of 2006|a fabrication]], and executed the torturer for failing to deliver the journal's true location.'' {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

''Desperate for their race to survive, they launched a surprise attack on Autobot City, capturing it for themselves. Most of the Autobots were deactivated, except for [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], who was outside the city at the time of the attack, and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], who were hidden inside [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s cassette compartment.''

''Using [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] as bait, the Quintessons captured the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] from Rodimus, and he reverted to Hot Rod. Out of options, Hot Rod activated the core of Autobot City, a giant Autobot called [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who transformed and drove the Quintessons off but caused massive damage to the city in the process.''

''The Quintessons fled, but were ordered by Lord Kledji ''not'' to return to Quintesson, but to roam the stars instead to rebuild their forces and seek revenge on the Transformers, since their home planet was doomed beyond hope. How that went for them is unknown, but as they'd managed to cheese off most of the known metallic species by that point, it probably didn't go too well.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
{{NoteMarvelBB2006}}
After a [[Quintesson Journal|journal]] of great importance to the Quintessons was lost on the planet Junkion, the Quintessons sent down a school of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] planet-side to retrieve it. Though the Sharkticons came close to completing their mission, they were chased off at the last moment by the planet's natives, much to the Quintessons' frustration. Deciding to make another attempt at its retrieval through more surreptitious means, the Quintessons sent down a television set the next day, knowing of the Junkions' fondness for Earth broadcasts. Their television set, however, also broadcasted a subliminal message, which caused the Junkions to act aggressively towards all outsiders, and made compelled them to clean up their planet. The Quintessons hoped this would allow them to more easily find their journal amidst Junkion's heaps of garbage, while keeping any other parties who might interfere at bay.

As soon as the Junkions found the Quintessons' journal, the latter moved in. But the Autobots and Decepticons had caught wind that something was amiss on Junkion by this time, and both factions also became involved, forcing the Quintessons to attack them. The Autobot [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] proved too mighty for them however, and the Quintesson were forced to retreat without their prize in hand. Worse yet, during the Autobots' and the Decepticons' scuffle in Junkion's orbit, the Quintessons' transmitter was damaged, ultimately resulting in its broadcast being sent all around the galaxy. Various species gathered around the planet to duke it out between themselves as a result. Seeing another opportunity to seize their lost journal, the Quintessons sent down a shuttle-craft to retrieve it while everyone else was distracted in the melee. But as the journal was captured in the shuttle-craft's tractor beam, a wild shot hit it, sending the journal off into the void of space, and out of the Quintessons' reach. The Quintesson tasked with retrieving the journal was sentenced to death for failing to fulfill his mission. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====''The Invisibility Factor''====
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In one possible scenario, the Quintessons, currently allied with the Decepticons, sent a messenger craft to Earth. They informed Galvatron that they were ready to send in troops to help in a full-scale invasion of the Earth. Without any Autobots around to interfere with the messages they were relaying the Quintessons and the Decepticons soon turned Earth into one giant refuelling station.{{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

====''Transformers in 3-D''====
A Quintesson sent two [[Observer|aliens]] to spy on the Autobots and Decepticons, and download the contents of their databases. The two aliens were puzzled, but the Quintesson remained cagy about what the data was for. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
The Quintessons were an alien race which appeared to have conquered Cybertron at some point, but were driven off. However, they continued to maintain watch over Cybertron, eventually coming to manipulate the [[Council of Ancients]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] claimed this was the reason that he started the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

Megatron's animosity towards the Quintessons did not stop him from making a deal with the aliens, who provided him with the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and a bunch of [[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Piranacons]]. Knowing Megatron and the Quintessons, both were planning to betray each other when the time was right. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Megatron had promised to deliver Cybertron's core to the Quintessons in exchange for the army they had provided him, but Megatron forestalled on completing the deal once he had conquered Cybertron. The Quintessons grew annoyed, and began to rightly suspect that Megatron planned to renege on their transaction. Little did they know that [[Flash (G1)|Flash]], having been accidently been transported to Quintessa, was eavesdropping on their conversation, learning the true nature of Cybertron's conquest. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} The Quintessons discovered Flash spying on them, but he escaped thanks to his superior speed. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} The Quintessons then attempted to remotely extract Cybertron's core, only for their efforts to be thwarted by Starscream. Though their plans ended in failure, the Quintessons learned that the power they sought was also contained within Optimus Prime, a target much more attainable than Cybertron's core. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

The Quintessons began plotting further in earnest against Cybertron after a totalitarian regime headed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was toppled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Noting that [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] might stand in their way, the Quintessons readied to put into use one of their agents on Cybertron, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who they could use to "distract" him. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} When Arcee informed that Hot Rod would soon be put in a mostly isolated position, the Quintessons excitedly put their plans of conquest in motion ahead of schedule. They called upon [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] to ready herself {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} and her [[Female Autobots|extraction team]] to invade Cybertron. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One #11}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}

Under the Quintessons' supervision, the extraction team successfully knocked out Hot Rod and retrieved the unconscious Autobot. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

====''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''====
[[File:Historyofcybertron.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|What order is this read in?!]]
When [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] downloaded information on Cybertron's history from [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s databanks, he saw the Quintessons create the [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the Transformers. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}
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====2005 IDW continuity====
An enigmatic Quintesson historian named [[Pentius]] was shipwrecked on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] for centuries until he was freed by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], who needed a guide to get off the planet. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} During their time together, the Quintesson nurtured Megatron's evil ambitions in order to shape him into a true monster, though his motives for doing so were clouded in mystery. The Decepticon eventually killed Pentius to use his [[spark]]'s energy as fuel, but he was content with his death as it proved Megatron's training was complete. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After inserting Pentius's spark into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Megatron accessed the giant's jumbled memories and saw other Quintessons, which he described as "devils" that preyed upon and destroyed entire civilizations. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}}

Some time after [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s [[Ore-1]] [[Regenesis]] missiles struck the planet [[LV-117]], someone painted the Death face of a Quintesson Judge on top of the [[Decepticon]] insignia adorning it. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} A strange inscription of a Quintesson judge was also present inside the ruins of some unknown ancient civilization on the planet. Through the cracks in the stone it was carved into, its eerie eyes glowed... {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

As [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] began consuming LV-117, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Varta]] planned to flee the planet on a [[Quintesson Cruiser|familiar screw-shaped ship]]. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} {{storylink|Our Darkest}} After crashing the ship on [[LV-118]], Wheelie claimed to have stolen it from someone, but didn't specify who. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

A similar ship - this one chock full of Sharkticons - was used by Wreck-Gar and [[Rum-Maj|Rum-Maj's]] group of Junkions to travel to Earth. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

When a trio of Autobots entered Unicron's internals, they found the remains of the Quintesson engraving. [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] questioned its significance only for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] to point out the painting presence's meant they were nearing Unicron's core. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

====''Kre-O'' online comics====
[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked a Quintesson and spun it around by the tentacles during his rampage. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

====''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''====
The mysterious fifth dimensional beings known only as "the Makers" created the universe and with it [[Daiakuron]], a living planet which they imbued with the power to create life on its own. They went on to merge together, five at a time, into [[combiner|gestalt]] forms, becoming the Quintessons. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Taking up residence in the [[Transwarp|Void]], the Quintessons were displeased that the life spawned from Daiakuron had developed sentience, something they had not intended. Seizing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] the three were placed on trial for theft of the body and the soul. Reviewing their memories, acquiring the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], being trained by the Blind Master in martial arts and living at odds with his step-father, respectively the trio was found guilty! Before persecution could be passed they escaped back into reality. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} After learning the identity of their creators, the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] sent a joint crew to [[Quadrant X]] to find the Quintessons. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

====''Transformers/Ghostbusters''====
When [[Gozer]] appeared on Cybertron, the [[Temple of Gozer|temple]] it summoned was adorned with Quintesson visages. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Alpha Q Faces.jpg|thumb|150px|left|"Show all five faces? With our budget?"]]
:''See [[Alpha Quintesson]]''

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Three hundred million years ago, give or take, the Autobots, engaged in a major colonization push, had border skirmishes with the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. This conflict ended the Age of [[Expansion]]. The [[Autobot Commonwealth]] and the Co-Prosperity Sphere still border each other, as well as the [[Nebulon Republic]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] received his [[Sonic Jammer 3000]] from the Quintessons. According to him, they are nice folks that give you a good deal and all the oil you can drink. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:Quintesson aquarius.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Dude.]]

{{quote|We are all one or we are all gone.|[[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]]|[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]}}

This universe's Quintessons are an enigmatic and benevolent species holding sway over a large section of space known as the '''Quintesson Collective'''. They share technology and cooperate with many other species, whether organic, [[technorganic]], or mechanical, using culture as a unifying notion instead of evolutionary origins. They long ago perfected zero-point energy engines, food and parts replication technologies, and advanced biomedics, allowing any individual to change features, organs, and overall designs, eliminating such things as [[Exclusive|scarcity]], and thus material value, "mortality", and even the concept of "species". These technological advances are shared and freely available to all those who join their "ultra-species".

The Quintessons usually rely on [[Federation|cautious observation before making first contact]] with other unenlightened peoples, demanding years of study and careful cultural guidance before even considering allowing membership into the Collective. They rarely use direct means to steer a culture onto the enlightened path, but have been known to occasionally take [[Fortress Maximus (SG)|more direct action]] to protect their interests, doing the "dirty work" themselves. {{storylink|Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}
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====Shattered Expectations====
When [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] and [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw]] confronted the evil Autobots [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], Starscream ordered the Autobots to surrender in the name of the '''[[Quintesson Federation]]'''. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations}}

===Aligned continuity family===
The Quintessons were small, organic, squid-like creatures. Physically frail, easily injured, and extremely cowardly, the Quintessons themselves were rarely seen, and did most of their dirty work through various proxies, willing or unwilling. When the Quintessons did need to expose themselves to further their own ends, they frequently encased themselves in mechanical suits styled after their various slave races, often claiming to be representatives of other races.

At some point after the creation of the first Transformers, [[Quintus Prime]] left Cybertron to seed other worlds in the universe with life with the [[Emberstone]], in the hopes that other peaceful, space-faring civilizations would one day contact Cybertron to form friendly alliances. Among his earliest creations were the Quintessons. So that didn't work out too well.

After creating the Quintessons, Quintus Prime was never heard from again; [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] idly speculated that the Quintessons may have killed their creator. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

The Quintessons developed interstellar travel before the Transformers. At some point in the past, the Quintessons stole and reverse-engineered [[space bridge]] technology from an unknown source. They eventually discovered Cybertron toward the end of that planet's Age of Origins. As the first alien beings ever to make contact with the planet, the arrival of their ships awed the young Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} The Quintessons claimed to be benevolent entities sent to "uplift" the Cybertronians from their primitive existence, so that they could join the galactic community. By giving Cybertronians the "gift" of transformation and the power to assume [[alternate mode]]s, the Quintessons won Cybertron's public support. In reality, though, the Quintessons had simply learned to manipulate the dormant [[transformation cog]]s present in every Transformer. The dispersal of Quintesson technology and tutelage turned the feudal, tribe-based planet into a sophisticated spacefaring civilization almost overnight. The Quintessons established rule of law and eventually a global order overseen by the [[Elite Guard]] member [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] and the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]].

Secretly, the Quintessons aimed to slowly rob the Cybertronians of their individuality, then sell them into slavery as mindless drones. To further this goal, they began implanting various Cybertronians, such as the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], with cockpits intended to house Quintesson pilots. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} The Quintessons organized other Cybertronians into working collectives and attempted to tamper with the Well of All Sparks itself; newborn Transformers began emerging without names or identities, and instead received alphanumeric designations. The Quintesson's twisted, bizarre sense of justice led to the construction of the [[Supreme Court]] on Cybertron, a kangaroo court where innocents could be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

Eventually, a resistance movement formed, and the Quintessons were defeated in a rebellion led by Sentinel Prime, who led Cybertron into a subsequent [[Golden Age]]. Traces of their rule, such as the cockpits implanted in many Cybertronians, would remain even as Cybertron slowly rid itself of their influence. Some of the Cybertronians who had lived through this disturbing period- including a young librarian named [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]- suppressed their traumatic memories of Cybertron's occupation, and eventually forgot about the Quintessons almost entirely. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} Generations later, Orion Pax claimed Sentinel and the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] had enslaved Cybertron with the [[caste system]] instead of having it forced on them by the Quintessons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

The Quintessons never forgot about their humiliating rout at the hands of their former servants, and for many centuries the embittered race enviously regarded the planet and its inhabitants as rightfully theirs. At some point after Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], the Quintessons discovered and colonized the Transformers's ex-colony world of [[Aquatron]], modifying the bodies of its inhabitants to produce techno-organic monstrosities such as the [[Gamekeeper]] and the [[Hydratron]]. Aquatron was eventually subsumed into the Quintesson Imperium, and the Quintessons used their new [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] slaves as aquatic shock troopers.

When the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' entered the Aquatron system during Optimus Prime's search for the [[AllSpark]], the Quintessons awakened [[Inquirata (Prime)|Inquirata]] and his associate [[Xeros]] to carry out their deception that would eventually lead to the second invasion of Cybertron. Manipulating both Optimus and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to the planet's surface under the guise of a peace treaty, the Quintessons were eventually able to place both Autobots and Decepticons under arrest and take them to court. During the trial, the Quintessons claimed that they had colonized Cybertron and literally built the first Transformers; Optimus quickly saw through their deception and maintained that all Cybertronians were creations of [[Primus]] alone. The Quintesson judges found Optimus innocent, and forced him to duel to the death with Megatron; siphoning energy from the two leaders, they powered a Space Bridge to Cybertron and launched a second invasion force to re-colonize and enslave Cybertron. Their genetically engineered leader [[Tyrannicon]] spearheaded the Sharkticon invasion and was able to swiftly overwhelm the weakened planet. The invasion was only defeated after Megatron, forced into a temporary truce with his archenemy, discovered the [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] and used it to override Tyrannicon's hold on his troops. In the ensuing fight, Xeros, Tyrannicon, and Inquirata were all killed, and Aquatron itself was freed of Quintesson control. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

The [[Mutacon]]s knew of the Quintessons but considered the law-bound Quintesson way of life to be boring and a worse fate than death. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeremy Levy]] (Death, English), [[Saskia Marx]] (Judgement and Cruelty, English), [[Dick Terhune]] (Chaos and [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]], English), [[Mike Rose]] (Ego, English), [[Billy Bob Thompson]] (Starscream, English), [[Sophia Isabella]] (Gray, English), [[Ryan Nicolls]] (Velgrox, English)}}
The Quintessons were a strange race of aliens, interdimensional beings who travelled the [[multiverse]] using their [[multiverse drive]] and passed judgement on which universes deserved to live or be destroyed. {{storylink|The Trial}} To do so, the Quintessons would create "[[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judges]]", hybrid beings based on the native lifeforms of that universe; if the universe was found guilty, then the Judge would oversee the destruction of the universe by using [[Transwarp|unspace]] to obliterate all matter. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} The [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]] traditionally oversaw the process, and in his travels developed a fondness for collecting various iterations of [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] he plucked from the various doomed universes his kind had passed judgement upon. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

When exactly it is that the Quintessons found this particular universe is not clear; hieroglyphs inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Croaton]] suggested that the aliens had invaded his colony and abducted his inhabitants long before the present day, {{storylink|Ghost Town}} with [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]] referencing the Quintesson reputation for engineering when affecting repairs to a disused [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

Either way, the Quintessons had established an outpost in a distant region of the galaxy at some point before [[2007]]. Having previously encountered the [[Velgrox]] and the [[Gray]], incorporating a member of both races into their latest Judge, the Quintessons discovered that Cybertronians existed in this universe after Croaton, in search of his missing citizens, flew past the outpost, taking the hapless [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] with him. Although the current Judge planned to simply judge and dispose of their new prisoner, the ambitious Seeker tried to win over his captors by revealing the existence of the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Seeing this as a power source to fuel the creation of the new Judge, the Quintessons made for Cybertron and "rewarded" Starscream with their highest honor: assimilation into the next Judge. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}}

Arriving shortly after [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s defeat, the Quintessons quickly conquered the planet and ensnared the city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in the tendrils of their command tower. The Cybertronians were rounded up and placed in a virtual reality simulation designed to keep them happy and docile while the Scientist both drained their [[spark]]s and tapped into the Allspark's energy itself to fuel the creation of this new Judge. {{storylink|The Loop}} {{storylink|The Scientist}} Unfortunately, their machinations were upset by [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]], who the Quintessons had overlooked during their conquest of the planet. The ad hoc Cybertronian resistance he assembled operated out of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam]]'s, invisible to Quintesson sensors, and threatened to undermine their control of the planet. Although the Quintesson forces eventually captured Hot Rod, the Autobot leader proved uncooperative and was found guilty. {{storylink|The Trial}}

Soon, the resistance infiltrated the command tower and clashed with the Scientist himself, their battle putting the unborn Judge at risk and severing their hostages' connection to the virtual reality loop. {{storylink|The Scientist}} Freed of their prison, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]], and their respective forces rebelled against the Quintessons, with the conflict escalating into open war between the two forces. Despite their best efforts, the Cybertronians proved unable to breach the force field that protected the Quintesson headquarters, but the partial activation of [[Iaconus]] pushed their [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] warriors into a retreat. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

The Quintessons eventually gained the advantage, primarily by the Judge's rage at Megatron's theft of their multiverse escape pod, disabling nearly all enemy combatants. However, the Judge was attacked and overwhelmed by the resistance leaders and, in their damage and frenzy, they crashed into the command tower, seemingly perishing as it exploded and collapsed. Although the prior Judge was killed, it had survived long enough for the gestation of their new Judge to finish. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

The new Judge Starscream rounded up nearly all his enemies, only to monologue over them while Optimus Prime and Megatron were being located. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} Iaconus was soon awakened and battled the enslaved Croaton under Judge Starscream's command. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}} Despite the Scientist being killed off by Wheeljack, Judge Starscream used unspace to slay Iaconus. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}}

Despite his victory over Iaconus, Judge Starscream soon lost control of Croaton. As his enemies broke free and rallied, he was soon overwhelmed and seemingly destroyed by the dual [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrices]] of Optimus Prime and a returned Megatron. The Quintesson invasion was effectively overthrown, and the remainder of their forces were subsequently dealt with by the Autobots and Deceptions. No trace of their occupation remained by the time of the factions' split control of the planet. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

====Alternate universe====
In the universe from which [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]] hailed from, the tyrant used a [[laser snare]] to destroy the Quintesson flagship as it descended onto Cybertron before salvaging its technology for his own ends. {{storylink|The Other One}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends Quintesson.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|You spin me right round baby, right round.]]
The Quintessons put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] on trial. Unfortunately [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] arrived and promptly turned the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] on their masters. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}} Intending to disrupt the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], the Quintessons allied with [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and sent her in to cause trouble. {{storylink|The Galactic Games}} They also send [[Skuxxoid]]s to the games to kidnap [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} When the trio were rescued post-sentencing by the other Autobots, the Quintessons destroyed their own home planet, Quintesson, in an attempt to eliminate them. The Quints then tried to enlist the help of the Decepticons to wipe out the Autobots, only for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to arrive and reclaim his troops. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} They soon struck an alliance with Galvatron and attacked Cybertron, with the end result that they activated an ancient device to deactivate all Transformers. After the device was destroyed by Spike, the Quintessons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

The Quintessons observed from afar Ultra Magnus and his Autobots celebrated the activation of a new power core. Enraged by the sight, the Quintessons plotted to get revenge on both Autobots and Decepticons. They then approached Galvatron and gave the Decepticon leader false coordinates to a power core. The Quintessons had in truth led Galvatron to the location of their old creations, the Dweller and the Trans-Organics. After the ensuing battle that took place between the Autobots, the Decepticons and the Quintessons' ancient creations, a faint Quintesson cry for help was broadcast from deep underground... {{storylink|Dweller in the Depths (Legends)|Dweller in the Depths}}
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===Transformers: Forged to Fight===
[[File:Quintessons-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|450px|Like a color-changing lamp!]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''[[Alpha Quintesson]]''' (Mega, [[2005]])
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, base, three tentacles
[[File:Alpha Quintesson toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I do hope you'll bring these gadgets back in one piece, 007.]]

:One of the last toys in the [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' line]], Alpha Quintesson is fairly unique in that he is one of the only toys in the history of the main ''Transformers'' line that does not transform in any manner or even come with any kind of transforming accessory (like the [[Action Master]]s).

:Alpha Quintesson requires quite a bit of assembly out of the box, coming in six separate pieces: his main body, a solid "bed of tentacles" that serves as a wheeled base that the body plugs into, a firing missile launcher which plugs into his back (via a standard 5mm peg that also allows other characters to wield it) and points up over his head, and three rubber, wire-poseable tentacles which attach to the base. The tentacles end in a large yellow clamp, a red chainsaw, and a purple energy arc, and spin around via a gear-wheel system when the base is rolled back and forth. The figure features nine circular ports (three on each arm and three on the base), to which either [[Energon star|energon chip]]s or any weapons featuring 5mm pegs can be attached.

:The main body is notably very [[Show-accuracy|accurate]] to the CGI model from the animated series, save for its coloration and the addition of the missile launcher. As a toy that was entirely dull green from top to bottom would not have been a very interesting sight, the figure features several shades of green with yellow highlights, plus a red paint wash on its "underbelly" and arms. The main body contains its own gimmick, involving Alpha Q's spinning faces as seen in the cartoon. Opening the armor's jaws reveals Alpha Q's head, recessed within the body (though unable to move forward into a more prominent position as seen in the show), and pressing the trigger on the back of the body, disguised as one of the spinal fins, causes the head to spin from face to face. The toy only features the character's first three faces (Angry, Whiny and Crazy); the purple, calm face is not featured.

:As an allegiance was needed to brand the figure with for marketing purposes, Alpha Quintesson's toy is sold as a Decepticon, despite that faction not really being where his loyalties lie. There were also many reports of the toy coming misassembled, missing the hard point where the figure connected to the base, making it nigh impossible for the toy to stand up on its own.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AlphaQuintesson/alphaquintesson.htm More information on Alpha Quintesson at TFU.info]''

===Cyberverse===
*'''Quintesson Invasion''' (Multi-pack, [[2019]])
[[File:CyberverseQuintessonToy.jpeg|thumb|200px|The Big Surprise of 2019]]

:The Quintesson Judge included in this set is a new roughly deluxe-sized mold, with five different faces that rotate when the top of the body is pushed down and released. The molded tentacle base/body has 4 ball-jointed tentacles that can pose freely.

:Also included in the set are the Spark Armor [[Prowl (Cyberverse)|Prowl]] and [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Shockwave]], now ''sans'' the spark armor and with new mind control helmet accessories. Additionally, the mind control helmets can plug into any Battle Class spark armor figure. Ironically, Shockwave and Prowl died before encountering the Quintessons in the actual cartoon.

:The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Target]], and appeared at retail in December 2019 with no prior announcement by [[Hasbro]].
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Voyager-Quintesson-Judge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"It is a day so long in coming that I am uncertain how to celebrate it."]]
*'''Quintesson Judge''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])
**''ID number'': '''WFC-E22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''ER EX-08'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[August 1]], 2020'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, cage, seat, blast effect
:The first [[show accuracy|G1-accurate]] Quintesson toy, released at the Voyager [[pricepoint]] as part of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' toyline. The Quintesson Judge converts into a modular battle station and prison in 16 steps. The prison cell is large enough to fit a Battlemaster, and the five faces have articulated mouths and a rotating gimmick. The included blaster resembles the welding / repair gun that a Quintesson Judge used in "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]". The order of the faces matches Transformers: The Movie, which means it does not match the order in the cartoon show or the comics, which had Rage and Doubt surrounding Death, rather than Bitterness and Laughter.

:Two faces (Rage and Doubt) come detached in the package, requiring owners to plug them into their respective sides; strangely, there have been multiple reports from owners that Rage was far more difficult to plug in. Promotional photos depicted a yellow levitation beam but production pieces were clear.

:He was originally supposed to be released in the second wave, but was changed to the third wave, with Starscream replacing him. In Japan, the Quintesson Judge was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.
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[[File:QuintPitOfJudgment.jpeg|upright=1.66|thumb|They've got this case all wrapped up.]]
*'''Quintesson Pit of Judgment''' (2020)
**''Accessories:'' Judge's blaster, cage, seat, blast effect; Bailiff's staff; Sharkticon's tail/mace
:This [[giftset]] represents the "trial" of [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] during ''The Transformers: The Movie''. The set includes a Quintesson Judge (a brighter [[redeco]] of the ''Earthrise'' toy above); a Bailiff (a [[retool]] of the ''Earthrise'' [[Allicon#Toys|Allicon]] with a new head, chest, shoulders, and axe); a non-transforming Prosecutor; a Sharkticon (a redeco of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Sharkticon (species)#Generations|Sharkticon]]); and a non-transforming Kranix. The interior packaging forms the Sharkticon execution pit.

:This piece was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the United States. It was announced to the public before the "standard" versions of the Judge and Allicon were released, and was available first for people who attended the Hasbro Fans Expo in [[Hong Kong]] and preordered the set.
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==Notes==
[[File:FloroDery originalquintesson.jpg|thumb|Touch the Rainbow, Taste the Rainbow!]]
*The Quintessons were named after a local restaurant.<ref>Flint Dille interview at TFcon 2016</ref>
*An early design for the Quintessons, described in an April 1985 draft of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', gave them spindly bipedal bodies with large heads. Per this draft, the Autobots would have been shocked to discover that, in reality, they were ''all head''; when Hot Rod grabbed one, its head would disconnect from its body, fly off, and link up to another body in waiting. Somewhere along the way, the body idea got dropped, but not before designer [[Floro Dery]] produced a design seemingly based on this early idea, seen at right, revealed through his [https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/FDartstudio?ref=l2-shopheader-name Etsy store] in October 2014. The idea did not disappear completely, however; the mini-series "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" was produced before the movie's script was finalized, and contains a few references to ideas from this early draft, including a scene in which one of [[Deliberata]]'s faces detaches—seemingly derived from the idea of a removable head.
*When asked about the finalized Quintesson design in an interview, Dery stated they were based on a cylindrical toy he designed at some point.<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref>
*In their first appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the two speaking Quintessons are voiced by [[Regis Cordic]] (who plays the judge) and [[Roger C. Carmel]] (the prosecutor). These two actors then became the primary recurring voices of the Quintessons in the third season of the cartoon, usually playing judges, with [[Jack Angel]] normally serving as a third in episodes where more than two speaking roles were required. In [[AKOM]]-animated episodes, Cordic's Quintesson (usually designated "Quintesson #1" in scripts) would commonly speak from the Face of Doubt, while Carmel's ("Quintesson #2") used the Face of Laughter; Angel's intermittently-appearing third Quintesson would most often use the Face of Death, but animation errors, and Quintesson face-rotating meant that these were not ''absolute'' rules. In [[Toei Animation|Toei]] episodes, judges usually spoke from the Face of Death regardless of actor, and prosecutors got more screen time, with Cordic, as the "lead" Quintesson actor, voicing most of them. Numerous guest actors also played assorted "guest" Quintesson roles in various episodes.
*Since [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]] never explains what the characters are being charged with, and offers no logical progression to a verdict, it's usually interpreted that Quintesson justice simply operates on reverse terminology for the sake of humor—that the Quintessons ''say'' "innocent", but dohohoho, they're aliens, and to them, that ''means'' "guilty", so the accused is sentenced to death. This was certainly the assumption [[Simon Furman]] was working off of when he first used the Quintessons in the UK-only framing sequence of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" and had a Quintesson find [[Mister Regan|an interrogator]] to be "innocent" of things which he is unambiguously guilty of. The 2014 novel ''[[Transformers: Retribution|Retribution]]'' also followed this path, with the note that "innocent" must "mean something different" to the aliens, as the characters on trial are indeed entirely guilty of what they are being accused of. What is consistently overlooked, however, is the one instance in all Transformers canon of the Quintessons actually finding someone guilty, which happens to Kup and Ultra Magnus in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]". And they ''are'' guilty of the charges put before them: being Autobots, the race who stole Cybertron from the Quintessons. While it may have started out that way at some point in the script process of the movie, the cartoon universe made clear very early on that Quintesson justice isn't supposed to operate on reverse terminology for humor's sake; the aliens know the difference between the two terms, and the trials are just trivial, for their own amusement, before they kill you anyway.
*In a Q&A, [[Simon Furman]] said he considered making the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] a Quintesson artifact but changed his mind.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032 SIMON FURMAN - Q&A Nov/Dec 2008 at IDW Publishing Forums]</ref>
*The ''Animated'' Quintessons are just off-screen mentions, but as their empire's name is near-identical to [[Japan|Imperial Japan]]'s {{w|Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere}}, we can assume they're ''very nasty''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quintessa-seijin''' (クインテッサ星人, "Planet Quintessa People"), '''Quintesson''' (クインテッサン ''Kuintessan'')
*''Italian:'' '''Quintessenziali''' ("Quintessentials")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wǔ Miàn Guài''' (五面怪, "Five-faced Monster")

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Termagax

2020-08-27T00:21:23Z

Revanche: /* 2019 IDW continuity */

{{factions|ascenticon}}
:''Termagax is an [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] from the [[2019 IDW continuity|2019 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:TheCracksBeneathYourFeetPartTwo-Termagax.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

'''Termagax''' used to be a major player in Cybertronian society. An accomplished bot-of-all-trades, the scientist, philosopher, teacher, engineer, and historian took a keen interest in the development of Cybertron, and its newest members, encouraging her students to forge their own future, regardless of fear.

That was a long time ago. Now, the once brilliant mind has become a bitter, anti-social recluse, quite content to ignore and be ignored by the outside world, unconcerned as to the world she helped shape, and the [[Decepticon|monsters]] she has unwittingly helped create.

{{bigquote|Sometimes the price of progress is shattering the present.|[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] quoting Termagax|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

==Fiction==
===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part One|''Transformers'' #1]] (mentioned), [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two|''Transformers'' #8]] (full appearance)}}

Before the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Termagax was among those who witnessed the rampage of the [[Abominus (G1)|monstrous first combiner]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}} She would go on to take in at least one newly forged 'bot to be mentored as part of the young one's customary rite of passage: she had a profound effect on the young Transformer named [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who came to embrace, then champion the values of idealism and self-determination that she held dear. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

An accomplished engineer and architect herself, Termagax was a major force behind the rebuilding of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in the aftermath of the War of the Threefold Spark. Where some, such as her colleague [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], saw only devastation, Termagax saw an opportunity to do more than just ''rebuild'', but to ''reshape'' the city into something better than that which had come before. To this end, she recruited six visionary young builders, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, and allowed them to take the lead on the project—something that irritated the more conservative Wheeljack. The six builders stumbled across the [[Enigma of Combination]] buried beneath the ruins of [[Rivets Field]], and Termagax saw the opportunity to push them to the next level, pooling their strength and intellect together as a new [[combiner]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} Although difficult and sometimes unstable, the team were able to use this [[Devastator (G1)|new form]] as a powerful tool to rebuild vast swathes of the metropolis, despite Wheeljack's concerns over the safety of the huge Transformer. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}} In the meantime, Termagax herself conceived of the [[Winged Moon]], a re-engineered Cybertronian satellite that would distill fuel from spacetime itself, and the great [[Tether]] that would connect it to Iacon. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}}

However, the ascension of [[Nominus Prime]] to the [[Senate]] and the ratification of the [[Nominus Edict]] quickly pushed Termagax into the political battleground to argue the Constructicons' case to the Senate when Wheeljack raised his concerns to the leader of Cybertron. Nominus Prime disagreed with her opinions, but Termagax remained stubbornly supportive of her students, and eventually the Prime relented and allowed them to continue with the rebuilding. However, once the repairs were complete, Nominus suggested that the Constructicons make a noble sacrifice, leaving Cybertron behind to help alleviate the planet's energon burdens, a position Termagax reluctantly agreed with. Before they departed, she cautioned the team to be wary of those who had not left the planet for such noble reasons. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}}

Deprived of her promising students, Termagax made it her duty to become one of Nominus Prime's most ardent critics, decrying the increasing stultification of Cybertronian society under the Nominus Edict and pushing for a return of Cybertronian conquest and colonization. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}} Termagax's writings emphasized the importance of freedom and the right to be in charge of one's own destiny: by ignoring the traditions of the past, she opined, a 'bot could pave the way for a free and open future for the next generation. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} Termagax would found the political party known as the [[Decepticon|Ascenticons]], which adhered to her writings and idolized her as the first of their number. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} However, facing fierce political opposition from Nominus Prime and his [[Autobot]]s, Termagax would eventually leave the political arena behind, and, eventually, Cybertronian society altogether, believing that her species had become too encumbered by rules and laws. Until the nature of Cybertronian society changed, Termagax vowed to live a life of seclusion out in the wilderness, busying herself with a bohemian lifestyle and many projects. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] was known to pop by every few kilocycles to see if the visionary would return to society, and she forced him away on one occasion by detonating a shock drone beside his head. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}}

When the Winged Moon came online, Termagax sent Megatron in her place to take in the sight of her masterpiece. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}} In time, Megatron himself would come to understand that Termagax had lacked conviction in her own ideas and a willingness to see them through; as the ex-miner grew more and more involved in the Ascenticon movement, he rationalized that only ''he'' had the strength to impose his will on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} Thanks to Megatron's provocation tactics, the peaceful movement grew increasingly radicalized and violent. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}}

At [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s funeral, Orion wondered how Termagax would view the recent surge in violent acts and if she might be open to giving a public statement denouncing the violence only for Megatron to remind him of the visionary's seclusion. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

After [[Rubble]]'s death, Megatron went to visit Termagax to make an appraisal of her state and whether or not she would be coming out of seclusion anytime soon. Barely looking up from her work, Termagax saw her pupil out, dryly noting she'd been right in saying that the government would never change. Once he'd left, Megatron contacted [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and informed him that Termagax could be expected not to interfere with their upcoming plans. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}}

==Notes==
*"Termagax" may be a play on "{{w|termagant}}", an English stage theatre term meaning either 'stock bully character' or 'pagan god'.
*Termagax's name is similar to that of a mentor to Megatron in another continuity: [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]]. Coincidence..?

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Devastation Derby!

2020-08-26T22:13:35Z

Revanche: /* Part 1 */

{{comicstory|
|prev=Robot Buster!
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #61–62
|next=Second Generation!
|image=MarvelUK-061.jpg
|caption=Constructicheerleaders
|title="Devastation Derby!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=Part 1: [[May 10|10th May]], 1986 Part 2: [[May 17|17th May]], 1986
|coverdate=Part 1: [[May 17|17th May]], 1986 Part 2: [[May 24|24th May]], 1986
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Will Simpson]]
|colours=[[John Burns]]
|lettering=[[Mike Scott]]
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline|1986]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] (Marvel UK)
}}
'''Soundwave and the Constructicons attempt to abduct Buster Witwicky.'''

==Synopsis==
===Part 1===
[[File:DemolitionDerby buster draws superion.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
In a junkyard, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] trains [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to improve his combat performance after his disappointing first outing. Presently, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] arrives with new orders for the group: to capture a human. Soundwave is incredulous at the thought of wasting [[Decepticon]] resources on so frivolous a matter, but Shockwave silences him by revealing that his particular human can be used against the [[Autobot]]s... for Shockwave seeks the capture of their enemies' human friend, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]!

That night, at the Witwicky household, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] is brought running by the sound of Buster's screams: the boy has had a vivid nightmare, and in his sleep, has drawn the image of a huge, unfamiliar robot on his bedroom door. The experience leaves Buster rattled and unenthusiastic about accompanying his girlfriend [[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]] to the annual demolition derby the next day, but Sparkplug encourages him to go enjoy himself, and Buster reluctantly acquiesces. Sparkplug has an ulterior motive, though; with Buster gone, his father is able to remove his bedroom door and take it to the Autobots, suspecting they may have some answers about what is plaguing him. A fascinated [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] is able to identify the drawing as an "[[combiner|amalgam model]]" Transformer made up of multiple other robots—a technology only the Decepticons have thus far been able to master. At a loss to explain the phenomenon, a wary Optimus Prime orders a squad of Autobots to go with Sparkplug to the demolition derby and keep an eye on Buster.

At the derby, Buster seems to be in better spirits, and the Autobots enjoy watching the action. After [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] demonstrates his [[facsimile construct]] driver for Sparkplug (accidentally releasing it while the man is ''sitting on the seat it pops out of''), he decides he'd like to take part in the derby himself, and drives right into the midst of it with Sparkplug inside. His fun is short-lived, however: the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] soon arrive, smashing their way into the arena and sending panicked people running everywhere. The Autobots transform for battle, but in response, the Constructicons combine into Devastator... the mere sight of whom causes Buster to have a fit and pass out!

===Part 2: "Devastated!"===
[[File:DemolitionDerby the bigger they are.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.75]]
The Autobots engage Devastator in battle, with [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] firing on him and Smokescreen getting under his feet and unbalancing him, while [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] tries to find Buster and Jesse in the panicked crowd. He is beaten to the punch by Soundwave, who uses his mind-reading powers to determine what has befallen Buster, wanting him to be in "perfect condition" for delivery to Shockwave. Spotting the Decepticon communications officer and realizing that he must be after Buster, Sparkplug orders Smokescreen to make a beeline for him; a moment later, a well-timed blast of black light from Tracks blinds Devastator, buying Smokescreen the time to break away from the fight and take on Soundwave. In the short length of time it takes Smokescreen to reach him, however, Soundwave has completed his scan of Buster's mind, and been shocked at what he has found. He immediately apologizes to the Autobots for his "mistake" and orders the Constructicons to retreat with him.

The baffled Autobots radio the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], summoning medical assistance for Buster. Sparkplug would rather take his son to a human hospital, but when an ambulance arrives minutes later, he fails to realize that it is [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] before loading his son aboard. With Sparkplug protesting all the way, the Autobots return to the Ark with Buster, who begins to suffer another nightmare...

At the Decepticon base, Shockwave is incensed to learn that Soundwave has refused to carry out his orders. Before Shockwave blasts him for insubordination, Soundwave calmly explains his reasons: within Buster's mind, he saw a vision left by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] when it temporarily resided there... a vision that foretells the future evolution of the Transformer race!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (15)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (16)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (17)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (18)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (19)
|c2=
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (3)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (4)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (5)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (6)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (7)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (8)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (9)
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*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (10)
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (11)
*[[Jesse (G1)|Jessie]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"By the Matrix! Literally!"
:—'''Soundwave''' discovers the secret within Buster's mind

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:UK62 Devastator.JPG|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*This issue marks the first appearance of the Constructicons as a team since their debut in [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|US issue #10]], in which the less-than-stellar initial performance by Devastator that both Soundwave and Ironhide recall took place. Barring Scavenger, who appeared in "[[Dinobot Hunt!]]", they've been in off-panel limbo ever since, and the US series does not account for their whereabouts during the current period of instability that has seen the Decepticons break into two groups. "Devastation Derby" places them with Shockwave's group.
*Speaking of which, over in the US stories, Soundwave is not part of Shockwave's Decepticons. When last seen in [[I, Robot-Master!|US issue #15]], Soundwave was with Megatron in [[Wyoming]], having previously been undercover in alternate mode in a human electronics shop for some time. Conversely, when this story begins, Soundwave is already part of Shockwave's group; he is not surprised to see Shockwave, indicating that they have had an off-panel reunion prior to this. This will be clarified in [[Second Generation!|issue #65]], in which it is explained that Soundwave left Megatron to feel out Shockwave in advance of organizing a meeting between the two leaders.
*Shockwave's fixation on Buster comes about as the result of the preceding story, "[[Robot Buster!]]," the events of which Optimus recounts for Sparkplug.
*The Autobots use their [[facsimile construct]]s, introduced in [[Rock and Roll-Out!|US issue #14]]. Brawn and Ironhide are revealed to also have been equipped with them; having survived "[[Dinobot Hunt!]]" unscathed, these two Autobots remain active in the UK stories despite being on the injured list in the US ones.
*Regarding the base in which Soundwave meets Shockwave at the end of the story: The [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|most recent US story]] made the anomalous claim that Shockwave had a "makeshift fortress," so it may be that; on the other hand, "Robot Buster!" reintroduced the [[Fortress Sinister|original Decepticon fortress]], so it might be ''that''. It's also possible the UK comic intended for the original fortress and the makeshift fortress to be the same place.
*Soundwave reminds Shockwave that Buster's mind previously held the Creation Matrix, as seen in [[The Worse of Two Evils!|US issues #6]]-[[Prime Time!|12]].
{{--}}
===Transformers references===
*The "amalgam model" Transformer Buster draws is [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], combined form of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. These characters are still quite some way from being introduced in the US stories, but readers of the UK series are likely to recognize the character from the special bonus comic, "[[The Special Teams Have Arrived]]", included with [[Rock and Roll-Out!|issue #54]] a few months earlier.

===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:DevastationDerby swaves.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
[[File:DevastationDerby ironhide transform.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*Shockwave's eye is purple instead of yellow throughout part 1 (right).
*Part 1, page 2, panel 3:
**Long Haul's name is spelled "Longhaul."
**In addition to Long Haul's abdomen being purple instead of green, all six of the Constructicons' heads are purple, when they should be blue-black. This continues into the next panel for Bonecrusher and Hook, but Long Haul's is corrected; they're then the right colour on the next page.
*Part 1, page 3:
**Panel 3: Soundwave's eyes are uncoloured white instead of yellow.
**Panel 4: There's a blank speech bubble coming from Soundwave. Presumably he was supposed to be yelling "WHAT?" or somesuch, interrupting Shockwave and leading into his dialogue in the next panel.
*Part 1, page 4: The tip of the marker Buster uses to draw Superion is left white, but it should obviously be black.
*A pair of strange speech bubbles appear on both page 6, panel 7 (Sparkplug exclaiming "OOOW!") and page 7, panel 1 (the ticket booth attendant going "YIII!"), in which the dialogue is printed type, rather than hand-lettering like the rest of the issue. This feels like it's connected to Soundwave's blank balloon from page 3 in some way (it too is a "starburst" balloon to indicate shouting), but it's not clear why these are rendered this way.
*Tracks's face is black instead of red throughout part 2, a coloration derived from his toy [[package art]]. Artist Will Simpson commonly referenced the toy art for his work on the series; it looks like colorist John Burns was following suit here.
*Part 2, page 6, panel 7 and page 7, panel 1: Soundwave's eyes are again uncoloured white.

===Other trivia===
*A poster singles out "[[Mike Mayhem]]" as one of the drivers at the demolition derby. No relation to [[Miles Mayhem|Miles]], we're fairly certain!
*Ironhide's transformation sequence at the end of Part 1 is drawn based on Ratchet's from [[Warrior School!|US issue #7]] (right)
*In issue #61's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]], Soundwave shares his thoughts on the recent ''[[Robotix]]'' backup strip, remarking: "I have to admit my sympathies lie with the [[Terrakor]]s."
{{--}}
===Back-up material===
'''Issue #61:'''
*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''Rocket Raccoon'' ("Masque of the Red Breath," Part 4), ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''. The first page of ''Rocket Racoon'' is misprinted, with the magenta and cyan inks switched. The third installment of the comic strip advert for ''{{w|Biggles (1986)|Biggles}}'' also runs this issue.
*'''[[Fact File|Fact File Interface]]:''' [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
'''Issue #62:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Rocket Raccoon'' ("The Book of Revelations," Part 1) and ''Robo-Capers''. The advert for next issue is a whole page instead of the usual half-page, so ''Matt and the Cat'' sits this issue out; the fourth part of ''Biggles'' also appears.

===Covers (2)===
*'''UK issue #61:''' the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] discuss Buster's fate, by [[Will Simpson]].
*'''UK issue #62:''' Jesse cradles a prone Buster while the [[Autobot]]s fight Devastator, by [[Robin Smith]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-061.jpg|'''Issue #61'''
File:MarvelUK-062.jpg|'''Issue #62'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
<gallery>
File:Tfcolcom09.jpg|'''[[Transformers Collected Comics#9 – Summer Special 1988|''Collected Comics'' #9]]''' (Marvel UK, 1988)
File:TitanSG.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: Second Generation]]''''' (Titan Books, 2005)
File:Classicuk2.jpg|'''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 2]]''' (IDW Publishing, 2012)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v4.jpg|'''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|''The Definitive G1 Collection, Vol. 4: Second Generation'']]''' (Hachette Partworks, Ltd., 2018)
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Nexus (cluster)

2020-08-26T22:10:53Z

Revanche:

'''Nexus''' is a [[universal stream|universal cluster]].

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
Nexus is a smaller cluster than most, with the few universes in existence unbalanced in technological development compared to the other universal clusters. The universes of Nexus are mostly extremely primitive with a small number of highly advanced streams, as in Nexus 208.0 Epsilon. The top 1% of Nexus streams are 2-4 million stellar cycles ahead of the rest of the cluster, with the top 0.1% percent, including 208.0 Epsilon, running 10 million stellar cycles ahead. Even the most primitive [[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]] and [[Terrakor]] denizens of the cluster benefit from generally not having century-spanning civil wars. [[Vector Prime]] hadn't heard of a negative polarity Nexus universe, and the very thought of a TransTech Cybertron unified by evil and conquest scared him immensely. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/23}}

==Notes==
*The Nexus Cluster encompasses the ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]'' [[continuity]].

==See also==
*[[List of universal streams#Nexus|List of Nexus universal streams]]

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Prime (rank)

2020-08-17T14:38:59Z

Revanche: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

{{disambig3|Prime}}
{{quote|We are Primus. We are Prima. We are Prime Nova. We are Sentinel Prime. We are Optimus Prime.}}
[[File:Primes IDW.JPG|300px|upright=1.1|thumb|[[To sell toys|Get on it, Hasbro!]]]]

'''Prime''' is a rank of highest distinction in many ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' continuities. Typically, it is used as the identification for the leader of the [[Autobot]]s, something that is bestowed only on those that carry the [[Matrix of Leadership]] within them. It is [[Retcon|retroactively]] derived from [[Primus]], the creator of the Transformers.

With the retcon that Primus is one singular entity that exists (and '''must''' exist) threaded through ([[Transformers Animated (franchise)|almost]]) all Transformer continuities, the term Prime is likewise given one singular origin. It was, first of all, the designation granted by Primus to many of the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] created, by his own hand, at the dawn of the physical universe to crew his planetary form.

In universes where the Transformers speak Japanese, the equivalent rank is '''[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]'''.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
"Prime" did not initially seem to hold any significance as a title or rank.
*Optimus Prime's Marvel Comics ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile describes his "Optimus" module as his humanoid robot component and his "Prime" module as his small cart-shaped component that is also known as [[Roller (G1)|Roller]].
*The Decepticons did not know who held the Creation Matrix until [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] calculated with 99.7% certainty that it was Optimus Prime.{{storylink|The New Order}}
*In a flashback to events early in the war, "Optimus Prime" was simply a [[Lieutenant Commander]]. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

Nevertheless, "Prime" eventually developed into a title of sorts. A direct lineage of Creation Matrix bearers was established, each of whom took on a derivation of the name of their god Primus. They were [[Prima]], [[Prime Nova]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. However, following the lead of the animated movie, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] briefly bore the Matrix without taking the title of "Prime" in the UK's future continuity.<ref>In [[Target: 2006]] part 7, the time-traveling [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] called the 1986 version of Ultra Magnus "Ultra Magnus" even though he mistook him for the future Ultra Magnus who was the current bearer of the Matrix.</ref>

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
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The evidence for "Prime" being a rank here is weaker than elsewhere, but the case can still be made. Though many Matrix-Bearers are seen, and all are by definition Autobot Leaders, only four are ever named; 2 Primes, 2 not: [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], Optimus Prime, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and Rodimus Prime. Without knowing any other names it is hard to make a concrete case here for "Prime" being a title given only to Matrix-Bearers.

It is of note though that if it were, then "Prime" in this continuity would be a military/political title (since it is the "Matrix of Leadership"), rather than the religious title of the Marvel Comics.

''"Prime" is a title/rank similar in use to Marvel Comics. There is a nearly complete linage of Matrix of Leadership bearers taking the rank. They are: [[Primon]], [[Prima]], [[Prime Nova]], [[Guardian Prime]], [[Zeta Prime (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Zeta Prime]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generation 1 cartoon|Sentinel Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]].'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

{{note|Not all Convoys are Primes (and vice-versa). If you can lead [[Antroid]]s to a picnic, you're a Convoy in Japan.}}

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
It's only passingly touched on, but may be noteworthy that the phrase, "Who died and made you Prime?" was used by [[Maximal]] characters in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]],'' implying that, to them, "prime" was roughly equivalent to "leader". They also used the word to mean "great" or "good" in the phrases "That's just prime," (said sarcastically), and "Feeling prime."

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
This continuity also establishes Prime as designating the leader of the Autobots, but there is some muddled information. The Prime carried within him the Matrix of Leadership, but it appears that the Matrix doesn't contain the wisdom of past leaders, as that was held on a [[Golden Disk (council)|separate datatrak]]. Also, the Prime did not appoint his successor. A new Prime was chosen by the [[Council of Ancients]], supposedly through divine authority.

It's unknown what powers the Prime shared with the Council of Ancients, but the Primes themselves had several powers. In addition to being commander-in-chief of the Autobot Army, the Prime also had the authority to order a planet wide evacuation. Autobots gave oaths of loyalty to the Prime, and were expected to risk their lives for the Prime's safety (whether the Prime wanted them to or not). {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

There are five known Primes in [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], listed in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #8. These are [[Primon|Alpha Prime]], Guardian Prime, Sentinel Prime, Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime. The list does not specify chronology, and Rodimus Prime never appeared in any actual Dreamwave issues.

====2005 IDW continuity====
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Following the [[God War]] and the subsequent departure of the mythological [[Knights of Cybertron]], the next generation of Cybertronians reverted to a state of barbarism, carving up the planet into a series of smaller kingdoms and villages. From these scattered regions arose the lineage of the Primes—powerful, charismatic Cybertronians that climbed the ranks to become respected leaders. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} It was into this state of affairs that the Decepticon scientist [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] arrived, hurled backwards in time from the distant future. Recognizing the political state of Cybertron from his studies into the planet's ancient history, Shockwave sought to guide history along the preordained course that he ''knew'' it must take, all as part of a much grander scheme to ensure the perpetual dominion of the Cybertronian race by building up, and subsequently burning down, every Cybertronian creed and faction. To this end, Shockwave first slew and then impersonated [[Onyx Prime]], adopting his identity and recruiting [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] to unify the planet through conquest, {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} slaying those Primes, such as [[Septimus Prime]], who history did not record and thus could not survive into the present day. {{storylink|Origin Myths}}

When Megatronus marched on the [[Crystal City]], "Onyx Prime," pretending to be one of Megatronus's victims, rallied the defenders of Crystal City to fight back, and eventually was able to ratify a truce between Megatronus's [[Darklands|Darklander]]s and the forces of the Crystal City—laying the foundations for the second unification of the planet under the benevolent guidance of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Before long, however, the Primes became spoiled and debauched, believing themselves to be innately superior to other Cybertronians. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Soon, they came to believe that only a Prime could kill another Prime, a sentiment that spread to their followers. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Encouraged by "Onyx Prime," the Thirteen began their first attempts at interplanetary colonization by invading the world of [[Antilla]]; the conflict ended in a stalemate after an [[Antillan]] scientist created a [[Talisman (G1)|doomsday weapon]] that destroyed all life on the planet, warping it into a [[Unicron/Generation 1|harbringer of death]]. In the wake of this disaster, Onyx manipulated events so that Megatronus and [[Liege Maximo]] would spark the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], which saw the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the imprisonment of Liege Maximo. {{storylink|Heavy}} The war raged between the tribes for a period and ultimately saw the reign of the Thirteen collapse after [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] disproved the myth of a Prime's immortality by slaughtering [[Nexus Prime]]. The truth revealed, all the remaining Primes save [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] fled Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|The Crucible}} With Alpha's blessing, [[Nova Prime|Nova Major]] and Galvatron ended the war, and Nova then took on the title, intending to unite Cybertron under a single Prime. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Supposedly, at least some members of the Thirteen left Cybertron aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titans]], gigantic living ships that carried [[Spark]]-producing [[hot spot]]s. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} According to legend, thirteen Titans left Cybertron and colonized distant worlds with Transformer life in an attempt to produce a utopic [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Left to their own devices and cut off from the string of injustices committed by Nova and his successors, the isolated colonies developed religions that deified the Thirteen and their lineage as living gods. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

[[File:AllGoodThings-NovaPrimeAndFriends.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Nova Prime presided over an era in which the populace believed the Cybertronian race's destiny was in the stars, and commissioned the first [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'' spacecraft]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} The people of Cybertron believed the ''Ark'' was for exploration, but Nova's true goal was aggressive expansionism at the cost of other civilizations. Despite being a Matrix bearer (the exact circumstances of how he acquired the Matrix are unknown) {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}, he was referred to by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a "false Prime" most likely due to his behaviour betraying the ideals of Primus. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Nova was thought lost after he disappeared into the [[Benzuli Expanse]] while aboard the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Nova was succeeded by [[Nominus Prime]], who rose to become the leader of a corrupt Cybertron where the ruling elite oppressed the lower citizens whose roles in life were determined by the bodies they were built in. His rule ended when a group within the [[Senate]] conspired against him in order to take the power of the Matrix for themselves, {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} only to find that his Matrix was a fake. They quickly had Nominus killed, covered it up and publicly announced that their head of security [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]], part of the conspiracy, was showing signs of Matrix affinity. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Unbeknownst to the Senate, "Sentinel" was a false identity constructed by the tiny [[Titan Master]] [[Infinitus]], who had served [[Nexus Prime]] in ages past and sought to rebuild his master's brutal hegemony where the strong ruled the weak. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Thus Sentinel became Sentinel Prime, who during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]] served as the head of the Security Services, the chief law enforcement and military body on Cybertron. However, he stressed that he was ultimately subservient to the will of the Senate who enacted the laws he enforced. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} His tenure was a short one, as he was defeated by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] during the first [[Decepticon]] uprising, {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} reduced to Infinitus once more, he secretly abandoned his old body and worked to rebuild a new form for himself. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

[[File:DanceAmongTheShadows-zetaprime.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

[[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] rose to power shortly after the deaths of Sentinel and the old Senate, and on the surface looked to be a change in pace from their corrupt regime. Together with his officer [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] he created the Autobots to stand against the Decepticon threat. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} In truth he wasn't much better than his predecessors, reinstating the [[Institute]] {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} and growing increasingly ruthless in his methods of fighting the Decepticons, no matter what the New Senate had to say or what the common Cybertronian had to go through. {{storylink|Parasites}} He was destroyed by Megatron after Orion Pax turned against him. {{storylink|Overthrown}}

Shortly after Zeta's death, Orion Pax happened upon the real Matrix, which called out to him and transformed him into Optimus Prime, the first Prime in ages to be chosen by the Matrix. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} After Cybertron was rendered uninhabitable, Optimus Prime was the apparent highest ranking Autobot, directing the galaxy-spanning conflict to deny the Decepticons conquest of additional planets. In this task, he occasionally sought the guidance of the ancient Autobot and weapon of last resort Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} While he was a fair and wise leader, the lineage of corrupt and militant Primes that preceded him had already tarnished the title of Prime in the eyes of [[NAIL|neutral Cybertronians]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} With the loss of the Matrix in battle with a creature called the [[D-Void]] and the realization that the neutrals saw him as a warmonger and not a leader, Optimus Prime abandoned his title and went back to being Orion Pax once the war was over. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} A battle with Nova Prime and encouragement from [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] eventually made him realize the actions of his lineage didn't define him, causing him to regain his confidence and begin calling himself Optimus Prime again. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

Hot Rod called himself "Rodimus Prime" for a while, a name coined by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in an attempt to appeal to the Autobot's ego. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}}

[[File:TheSumAndItsParts-OptimusMatrix.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

When Cybertron finally recontacted its former colonies, Optimus Prime travelled to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], where his status as a Matrix bearer prompted bowing when he met the [[Forgefire Parliament]]. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} The [[Council of Worlds]] soon took shape and Prime discovered, much to his displeasure, that almost all of the various colonies saw him in much the same way. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Unsure of his place in this rapidly changing postwar world, Prime began leaning on the faith of the colonists' belief in his infallibility as he used his newfound clout to make several controversial decisions, including the annexation of [[Earth]] into Cybertron's new government. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

During this time, Optimus and his forces briefly contended with the reborn Sentinel Prime. Claiming to be the herald of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s return, he eventually travelled to [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] to raise an undead army of Titans to wipe Cybertron clean. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

Optimus' terrestrial peacekeeping force was soon joined by a team of [[Colonist Soldiers|young recruits]] from different colony worlds, who were fanatically devoted to the Prime and began wearing [[mouthplate]]s in order to better emulate Optimus Prime. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

However, it soon became clear that the ugly legacy of the Primes was not so easily buried; when "Onyx Prime" returned to Cybertron and was subsequently unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave, the full scope of his machinations and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s assault on the galaxy prompted Optimus to wonder if the title of Prime had ever truly meant ''anything''. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} When the Autobots and their allies battled Unicron in Earth's orbit, Optimus finally relinquished the title of Prime for good. Therefore, the last Prime died with the spirit of [[Unicron's creator]] in a final act of atonement. {{storylink|Ceremony}} {{storylink|Post}}
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====''Generations Selects'' comic====
In the universe preceding the [[OG World|G1 World]], "Prime" ({{ruby|元師|プライム}}) was the equivalent word for "Origin Master". Two leaders in the [[Primus Vanguard]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Red]] and [[Go Prime|Black]], held this title, which ranked them above the [[Convoy (rank)|Convoys]] (meaning "Commander") that made up the rest of the leaders. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
Prime is indeed a title given to leaders and Matrix-bearers here, as evidenced by both [[Vector Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], but no other Primes are ever named. In ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Galaxy Force]]'', [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (Nitro Convoy), [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (Flame Convoy), [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (Live Convoy), and [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (Megalo Convoy) all hold the title of Convoy as leaders of their respective planets, but this scheme does not carry over into the western translation, and so the Prime appellation does not apply. Likewise, in ''Super Link'', the Japanese version of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] is known as "Rodimus Convoy", hearkening back to the name of [[Hot Rod (G1)|his G1 predecessor]]. But again, this does not follow through in Hasbro's materials.

Interestingly, Vector Prime is not known as Vector Convoy in Japan, but Vector Prime, while Optimus maintains the traditional Convoy title as Galaxy Convoy.

===Live-action film series===
{{main|Dynasty of Primes}}

{{note|The following has been [[retcon]]ned during the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] phase of the film series.}}
The title of Prime was bestowed upon the civilian and spiritual leader of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] but at the same time, aided the [[Lord High Protector]] in stewarding the [[AllSpark]] just as the Lord High Protector was co-ruler. Optimus Prime held this title before, during and after the war for the AllSpark as leader of the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday}}

According to The Quest For the ALLSPARK paperback's opening paragraph, "...Most revered were Optimus and Megatron. They were twin brothers of the Prime dynasty."

This, along with the note from the Autobots version of the same DS game that Megatron "took the spark" of his and Optimus's father, implies that “Prime” may have been their father’s name and that Megatron may have also had the surname "Prime" as well.

The Primes were ancient Transformers, the first of the race and that the [[Dynasty of Primes]] led the race until the Fallen betrayed his brothers and they sacrificed themselves to prevent him from getting the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. By 2007, Optimus Prime was the only Prime known to still be alive (no one knew that Sentinel was still alive in the ruins of the ''Ark'' on Earth's Moon) and the only one who could defeat the Fallen as "only a Prime can defeat the Fallen." The Fallen had him killed by Megatron and tried his original plan to harvest Earth's sun for Energon, but was killed by the resurrected Optimus with help from [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] and thanks to the efforts of [[Sam Witwicky]].

Eventually, the remains of the ''Ark'' were discovered on the Moon, along with the body of Sentinel Prime; he was also revived by the Matrix of Leadership like Optimus once was. But Sentinel was revealed to be a traitor, and killed in a battle by Optimus Prime with help from Megatron.

[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] claimed to be "the Prime of life" when introducing herself to Optimus but given that she was later called "the Great Deceiver", the validity of this claim is in question.

===''Animated'' continuity family===
Prime is still a rank in this continuity family, but (uniquely) it is distinctly lower than commander of all Autobots (that would be [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] — the "[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]" refers to his rank). This is revealed when [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] attempts to give an order to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]. Optimus is able to disregard this order because regardless of Sentinel's standing on the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]], they are both still Primes of equal rank. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}} Both Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Prime have bars on their forearms, with more bars present for the superior officer. Optimus Prime lacks these, and as such it is unknown if they are only present on the Elite Guard. The rank of Prime seems to be roughly equivalent to the human naval rank of captain.

In addition to Optimus and Sentinel, there are also [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]. Longarm was presumably given the rank as head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]].

In the Animated continuity family, there are also the ranks of "[[Minor (rank)|Minor]]" and "[[Major (rank)|Major]]", which lie below Prime.

===Fun Publications comics===
[[File:Clubcombinercarving.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|A component of the Prime of Rarified Energon looks at a portrait of his complete self...]]
It is revealed that the first [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] created by Primus to crew his planetary form were all designated Primes. In addition to this designation, each was given a specific task or role in sustaining the multiverse.

[[Vector Prime]] was granted guardianship of space-time. The Prime who would become [[The Fallen]] was charged to oversee the force of entropy. [[Nexus Prime|Another of these Primes]] was made the guardian of [[Rarified Energon]]. Logos Prime and Prima's specific functions are still unknown.

These Primes are [[Multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] (like their creator, only one version of each existing across all realities).
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===''Shattered Glass''===
The title of Prime is not an honorary rank but the title of the diabolical leader of the Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] stands as the current Prime. For now. [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]], [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] or [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] may very well usurp the title and position in the future.

===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
Following the War of the [[Thirteen|Original Thirteen Primes]], the [[Covenant of Primus]] decreed there would only be one Prime ruling Cybertron at a time. It was technically [[Primus]]'s right to appoint the Prime and bestow them the Matrix, but gradually his children became ignorant of his presence. It almost seems [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] was the only Prime between the Age of the Primes and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], as he fought off the [[Quintesson]]s, established the [[Golden Age]] and tried to combat its decline by establishing the [[caste system]], to [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]'s displeasure. Sentinel was unworthy of the Matrix, and the [[Core]] said it was only after his death that Optimus could receive it for being a Prime was not a status Trion or the High Council could grant. The civil war began and continues as [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] both want to be Prime and bear the Matrix. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''War for Cybertron'' video game====
In Xbox 360/PS3/PC version of ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'', the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] declare they exist to choose the Primes, and seemingly referencing the Thirteen, note they have watched as many Primes fell to their greed and pride.

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] to visit a tomb known to hold the remains of a [[Liege Maximo|Prime]]. He severed the arm of the Prime and attached it to his own body to gain control of the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. With the Forge, he crafted the [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

As he prepared to sacrifice himself to restore the [[AllSpark]] to the [[core]] of Cybertron, Optimus Prime told his team members that, although they may not technically be Primes, he believed that they had each demonstrated the worth of a Prime in the recent conflict against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
The Thirteen Primes had a personal mystic plane of existence known as the [[Realm of the Primes]]. After becoming one with the AllSpark, Optimus Prime trained here in preparation for a coming threat to both Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

When the threat, the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], came, [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] took Optimus to consult the other Primes on their next course of action. Though the other Primes thought that Optimus's training was not complete, Optimus convinced them to give him their power and send him to Earth to deal with Megatronus immediately. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

==Notes==
*In the UK Marvel Comics continuity story "[[Space Pirates!]]", Rodimus Prime lost control of the Creation Matrix and immediately reverted to "Hot Rod", apparently losing the rank of Prime along with the Matrix. Optimus Prime, on the other hand, continued to be known as "Prime" during the long stretch of time when the Creation Matrix was lost.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Prime''' (プライム ''Puraimu'')

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Autobot commander (disambiguation)|Autobot Commander]]
*[[Supreme Commander]]
*[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]
*[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]

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Knights of Cybertron

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Revanche: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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{{disambig2|legendary group from several continuities|the namesake group from the ''Wings Universe''|Cybertronian Knight}}
[[File:YouAreHere-KnightsOfCybertron.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Not to be confused with [[Knights of Unicron (band)|those Knights serving the other guy]].]]

The '''Knights of Cybertron''' are a mythical group that existed on the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. In the present day, they have disappeared, leaving little trace of their existence behind.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Some time after the creation of [[Rung (G1)|Primus]] and the other four robots who would come to be remembered as the "[[Guiding Hand]]," the Knights of Cybertron were the first generation of Cybertronians to emerge from Cybertron's [[hot spot]]s, marking them as the first true generation of Cybertronians. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Little is known about the earliest eras of their history; later mythologies would remember them as having turned Cybertron into a "paradise," a utopia for both the mind and spirit, {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} and ruling the planet from the [[Halls of Order]]. {{storylink|Ruins}}

During the "[[God War]]," some twelve million years ago, this peaceful era came to a disastrous end when the ambitious [[Adaptus]] turned on his four siblings, a conflict that ended with the rogue Adaptus turning [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] into an electromagnetic weapon designed to wipe the memories of the planet's inhabitants, leaving them disoriented long enough for him to make his escape. The Knights of Cybertron were among those afflicted; in the aftermath, they would come to forget the Guiding Hand, inventing new mythologies that mis-remembered the conflict as having been spurred by [[Mortilus]] instead, falsely remembering the kindly robot as a malevolent god of death. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Later generations would claim that the "death" of Mortilus had rendered the Knights of Cybertron immortal and wise. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Some time afterwards, the Knights of Cybertron left the planet entirely, hoping to spread their "enlightenment" throughout the cosmos aboard a fleet of [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} They brought with them the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which they dubbed the "Creation Matrix" for its life-giving properties. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} The Knights marched under the banner of Adaptus, remembered as the god of transformation, hoping to "change and be changed" by their new adventures. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

While the Knights did indeed make contact with [[alien]] lifeforms, the extended stay in deep space resulted in those Knights becoming patients zero for a new degenerative disease brought on by extended contact with organic life: [[atrophosia]]. Seeking treatment, the Knights made their way to the medical moon of [[Mederi]] after two million years of travel. Detecting that the Knights wanted to both return to Cybertron but also find new worlds, the moon's euthanasia protocols resolved this paradox by creating a telepathic illusion of a perfect Cybertron for them to inhabit, a "[[Cyberutopia]]." Unaware of the true nature of the world they landed on and in such a state of bliss that they'd forgotten they were dying, the Knights inscribed a map in the crystalline core of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] and sent it back to Cybertron so that the rest of their kind could follow it and join them in utopia – where, presumably, they all died. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

Without the guiding influence of the Knights however, Cybertron had devolved into a primitive, tribal, society run by various [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] and warlords. Peace eventually came about when the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]] emerged to unite the warring factions. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Indeed Cybertronian society had devolved so far that it was not well into the reign of the Thirteen that Cybertronians would again leave their planet. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

All the texts and artifacts about the Knights were considered to be dubious following the War of the Primes. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The [[Senate]], however, knew that they existed and were once in control of the Matrix of Leadership, even being aware that the Knights had referred to the talisman as the "Creation Matrix". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} As a result of the Knights marching under Adaptus's sigil, the symbols of the other members of the Guiding Hand were conflated as having belonged to other clans of the Knights. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}} {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} Lore on the Knights had survived on the colony worlds as well with [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] of [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] being familiar with them prior to her emigration to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

Before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Cybertronian society included a high class elite with the lower castes being subjugated leading to elements of discontent with these classes. When [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] stood up for himself, upper-caste bullies mocked him by asking him if he was a descendant of the Knights. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} Later that day, upon hearing that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] didn't believe in the Matrix's divinity, [[Springarm]] asked him if he also thought stuff like the [[Primal Prophecies]] or the [[Underbase]] were made up by the Knights of Cybertron. Orion responded that he didn't even know if he believed in the Knights or not. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

After becoming on speaking terms with the [[Omega Guardian]]s, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] incorrectly theorized that the Magnificence was what remained of one of the Knights of Cybertron, unaware that he had actually located [[Epistemus]]. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

[[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and the [[Circle of Light]] believed in the Knights and their example, which more cynical Autobots like [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] thought was an excuse to duck out of the war. Dai Atlas was, however, a true believer: even his ''name'', in old Cybertron (Dei Atlas), translated into "God Map". {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

In modern times, [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] told Optimus Prime that if he won the war, he would bring about a rebirth of the Cybertronian race and create a new golden age that would put the works of the Knights of Cybertron to shame. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

After the war ended, the Matrix's map was discovered. [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], a disciple of the Circle of Light, believed it pointed to the legendary [[Cyberutopia]]. [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] seized on this, believing that if they found the Knights they could restore the culture and Golden Age that the war had destroyed. He gathered a team of like-minded Autobots to search for Cyberutopia, taking the ''[[Lost Light]]'' as their flagship. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

[[Solomus|Tyrest]] believed that he found the location of the Knights and Cyberutopia after he drilled a hole into his head but was unable to pass through the [[space bridge]] to this location. He believed that by using a [[universal killswitch]] to kill everyone Cybertronian that was "constructed cold" he could atone for his previous sins in life and pass through the portal. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} While circumstances prevented Tyrest from crossing over, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] discovered he could do so, and found himself in the mind of Adaptus. Though the god tried to communicate with the Autobot, even revealing his sigil, the theoretician soon ran back through the portal which burnt itself out shortly afterwards. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}
[[File:Mtmte50-talkaboutthis.jpg|thumb|right|Megatron knows an arc symbol when he sees it.]]

When questioned by Nautica, Metroplex would not reveal anything to her about the Knights other than the fact that she did not "deserve to know". {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

Even after adopting the persona of the "Grand Architect", Adaptus continued to utilize his insignia. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} The ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s repeated encounters with the sigil, alongside the other four emblems, led the crew to theorize that it was the coat of arms for a particular chapter of the Knights. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

After [[Team Rodimus]] had been exiled, {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} the new bridge crew examined Rodimus' map to Cyberutopia with [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] scribbling the symbols of the other four gods around the target planet. The crew theorized that the many hieroglyphs they had seen represented the various clans of the Knights of Cybertron converging on Cyberutopia. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

Team Rodimus soon found their way to [[Mederi]], where they discovered the fate that had befallen the Knights. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} When they later confronted Adaptus, he bluntly stated the Knights, as the stories recounted them, didn't exist, having always been more myth than fact. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

===Live-action film series===
Knowing the great power that the [[AllSpark]] possessed, [[Alpha Trion (ROTF)|Alpha Trion]] appointed a small group of Cybertronians as the Knights of Cybertron, tasked with preventing the AllSpark from falling into Decepticon hands.

After [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] sent the AllSpark into space, the Knights were approached by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with a deal, offering to surrender himself in exchange for amnesty. The Knights were reluctant to accept, but because they wanted peace for Cybertron, they agreed. All of their members gathered for a meeting to discuss the deal, with the exception of junior member [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]]. As the meeting began, Megatron revealed it to be a trap, and his Decepticons launched a surprise attack. The Knights contacted Alpha Trion, but he was unable to offer any assistance, and the Knights were completely wiped out, leaving the absent Evac as the only one to survive. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)#Images|Prepare for Battle}}

===''Wings Universe''===
The Knights of Cybertron were a fabled group in Cybertronian history. Sometime after the [[Great Reformatting]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] formed the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s as a special unit to defend Cybertron, naming the unit in honor of the original Knights. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

==Notes==
*The Knights were thought up by [[Mike Costa]] as a "sketchy" post-''Chaos'' idea, but he couldn't get much enthusiasm for the idea. He handed the concept to [[James Roberts]].<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/webpage/the-underbase-reviews-ongoing-31 Moonbase 2 interview with Mike Costa ("Special Guest")]</ref>
*The ''Robots in Disguise'' story "[[Primus: All Good Things]]" has the Titan said to be part of the ''Guiding Hand's'' fleet. While this was probably a case of John Barber mixing up the Knights with the Hand, it could be said to mirror how real-world religions will get historical details wrong or conflated (a recurring theme in the latter half of IDW's first continuity).
*The [[Senate]] were descendants of "the [[Progenitor]]s". What relation the Progenitors have to the Knights is unknown.
*In the movie universe they are said to be marked with [[Cyberglyphics|glyphs similar to the ones]] found on the [[AllSpark]] they have sworn to protect.
*''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|#18]] identifies [[Prima]] as the "last true Knight of Cybertron," though given the circumstances it's not immediately clear if Prima really ''is'' a member of the Knights who opted to stay behind on Cybertron, or if he merely selfishly co-opted the name following their departure.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Knights of Cybertron''' (ナイツ・オブ・サイバートロン ''Naitsu obu Saibātoron'')

==See also==
*[[Cybertronian Knight]]
*[[Dinobot (AOE)]]
*[[Guardian Knight]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:IDW (2005) legends]]
[[Category:Live-action film series]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Nightstick (Headmasters)

2020-08-12T16:54:31Z

Revanche: /* The Headmasters manga */

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{{disambig3|Nightstick}}
:''Nightstick is an [[Autobot]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:NightstickArtfireManga01.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|]]
'''Nightstick''' (ナイトスティック ''Naitosutikku'') is the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner of [[Artfire]]. He transforms into a "space beam gun", the exact effects of which are unknown. Nightstick assists his partner in various fire and rescue duties, often helping retrieve those who are trapped in burning buildings where a giant robot that turns into a truck would be too bulky to reach. By all visual evidence, he and Artfire share a cooperative relationship, though Nightstick appears to take orders and direction from his partner and does as he's told.

==Fiction==
===''The Headmasters'' manga===
In an [[Earth]] city, the [[Decepticon]] Targetmasters [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] set a blazing inferno. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] were having trouble controlling the fire when Artfire and [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], accompanied by their partners Nightstick and [[Nebulon (Headmasters)|Nebulon]], showed up to help. Artfire quickly quenched the blaze while Nightstick helped rescue the people trapped in burning buildings. With the fire under control, the Autobots then set their attentions on the Decepticons and sent them into a retreat. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}

==Toys==
===The Headmasters===
[[File:G1toy-ScourgeTM.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Ignore that guy I'm with! He's my ex.]]
*'''Artfire''' (Targetmaster, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-108'''
:Nightstick is identical to [[Fracas#Generation 1|Fracas]], Hasbro [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Scourge]]'s Targetmaster partner. Nightstick was released with [[Artfire#The Headmasters|Artfire]], a retool of [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Inferno]]. This was the only release of Nightstick in Japan; Scourge was never sold as a Targetmaster.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Cybertron/Artfire/artfire.htm More information on Nightstick/Artfire at TFU.info]''
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Nightstickagain.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Nightstick''' ([[2012]])
:Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through ''[[Transformers Generations 2012]]'' Vol. 1, Nightstick is yet another redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Nightstick (G1)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]]. He comes with Artfire, a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Inferno]]/[[Grapple (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Grapple]], and [[Sparks#United 2|Sparks]], a redeco of ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Pinpoint]].

:This mold was also used to make [[Rocketbot]], ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Krunix (SG)#Timelines|Krunix]] and [[Nebulon (SG)#Timelines|Nebulon]], [[Vector Oracle]], and [[Tornado#Timelines|Tornado]].
{{UniverseNightstickMold}}
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===Masterpiece===
[[File:Masterpiece MP-37 Nightstick.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Artfire''' ([[2017]]-[[May 27|05-27]])
**''ID Number'': '''MP-37'''
**''Accessories'': TBA

:Available with ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Artfire#Masterpiece|Artfire]], Nightstick is the first Takara ''Masterpiece'' Targetmaster, preceded only by Hasbro's [[Firebolt (G1)#Transformers (2010)|"Offshoot" version of Firebolt]].
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==Notes==
*Nightstick's name is a source of confusion. Here's the story: Cyclonus and Scourge weren't Targetmasters in Japan, but [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] still sold their weapons, partnered with the Autobots Ricochet and Artfire. Takara tried to carry their names over, to varying degrees of success. One was called "Nightstick", but the other was called "Nebulon" (which is how Scourge's on-package bio referred to [[Fracas|his partner]]). On top of that, they were ''switched:'' the Nightstick-lookalike was called "Nebulon" and vice-versa. To the Japanese audience, there was no problem, since they had no knowledge of the English-language versions. But, years later, Hasbro would release the Nebulon toy in North America as the Autobot "Nightstick". Which, while technically "corrected", really only makes everyone's heads hurt just a little bit more.
**It probably doesn't help the confusion that in the American comics and cartoon, their [[character model]]s ended up switched, so that Scourge's [[Fracas]] looked like Nightstick, and Cyclonus' Nightstick looked like Fracas. So, in essence, Artfire's Nightstick is identical to how Cyclonus' Nightstick was depicted in said fiction.
*In "[[A Brush With Infamy–Prologue]]", this Nightstick is replaced by the regular Fracas—who later defects to the Decepticons—as a playful way to explain why they look identical.<ref>[[Jim Sorenson]] at Allspark Forums, 2nd December 2016: "[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/101932-tfwikinet-thread-30/?p=3392670 Artfire's partner was definitely Fracas. But then he became partners with Scourge...the whole point of that little arc was to explain all of the discrepancies of those little guys.]"</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Nebulans]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:United Autobots]]

The Transformers: Autocracy

2020-08-07T00:23:48Z

Revanche:

[[Image:Autocracy-TPB.jpg|right|230px|thumb|That look was sooo [[Chaos Theory Part 1|last year]]]]
'''''The Transformers: Autocracy''''' is a twelve-part miniseries, published by [[IDW Publishing]] in [[2012]]. The series focuses on the days just before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. It is set after ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', and presents the [[Decepticon]]s as an established force, sowing dissent across [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] primarily through terrorist actions. The series focuses on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]], an [[Autobot]] commander charged with rooting out these cells.

The series is written by [[Chris Metzen]] and [[Flint Dille]], with [[Livio Ramondelli]] providing art.

{{chapters |title=''The Transformers: Autocracy'' issues: |style=3 |prev=|next=The Transformers: Monstrosity|content=
*[[Law and Disorder|#1]]
*[[Parasites|#2]]
*[[The Hunt for Soundwave|#3]]
*[[Cause and Effect|#4]]
*[[Ruins|#5]]
*[[Purge|#6]]
*[[Choices|#7]]
*[[Overthrown|#8]]
*[[Transformation (issue)|#9]]
*[[Rise|#10]]
*[[Broadcast|#11]]
*[[Endgame|#12]]
}}

{{quote|noquote=true|"Before Optimus became a Prime... he fought for order. Before [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] became a conqueror... he fought for freedom. Before they were enemies... They stood against -
AUTOCRACY"|'''Trailer'''}}

==Overview==
The Decepticons have taken the city-state of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. They now work to sow dissent across Cybertron via terrorist cells. Orion Pax leads a team in an effort to stop them, while confronting the true nature of what it means to be an Autobot.

==Collections==
* '''''The Transformers: Autocracy''''' TPB ([[July 25]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613772904 / ISBN 978-1613772904
:* Contains issues #1 to #12.
:* Bonus material: foreword by Chris Metzen.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2]]''''' ([[August 4]], 2015) ISBN 1631403648 / ISBN 978-1631403644
:*Includes ''Autocracy'' #1–12, ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'', ''[[The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist]]'', ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #6–8, ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' #7–9, and ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]''.

* '''''[[The Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy]]''''' ([[March 1]], [[2017]]) ISBN 1631408070 / ISBN 978-1631408076
:* Contains issues #1–12, as well as all issues of ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Primacy|Primacy]]''.
:* Bonus material: Art gallery, featuring works of Andrew Griffith, Sarah Stone, and Livio Ramondelli.

* '''''The Transformers: Rise of the Autobots''''' TPB ([[June 21]], 2017) ISBN 1684050766 / ISBN 978-1684050765
:* A reissue of ''Autocracy'' under a new title.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 34: Autocracy''''' ([[October 16]], [[2019]])
:*Includes ''Autocracy'' and ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.
:*Bonus material includes "Creating the IDW-Verse — Optimus Origin": a one-page article on ''Autocracy'', including an interview with co-writer [[Chris Metzen]], a cover gallery, and an introduction by [[Simon Furman]].

<gallery>
File:Autocracy-TPB.jpg|'''''Autocracy''''' TPB; art by [[Livio Ramondelli]].
File:IDWCollectionP2V2.jpg|'''''IDW Collection: Phase Two V2'''''; art by [[Sarah Stone]].
File:IDW-Autocracy-Trilogy-HC.jpg|'''''Autocracy Trilogy'''''; art by Livio Ramondelli.
File:IDW-RiseoftheAutobots-TPB.jpg|'''''Rise of the Autobots'''''; art by Livio Ramondelli.
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v34.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 34: Autocracy'''''; cover art by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] (Thundercracker) and Livio Ramondelli
</gallery>

==Notes==
* It is the first digital-only ''Transformers'' title, released as a series of biweekly, low price chapters of eight pages.
* The project had been thought up for years and would originally have been a present-day character piece with a lot of flashbacks. Since some of the ideas and themes were similar to "[[Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory]]" (which hadn't come out yet), [[Andy Schmidt]] walked them through what [[James Roberts]] was doing and that led to Metzen and Dille going full-on flashback.<ref>[http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/idw-transformers-autocracy-3-blizzplanet-interviews-chris-metzen-and-flint-dille Blizz Planet interview with Metzen and Dille for ''Autocracy'' issue 3]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXZy_ZfSbA Official trailer]{{dead}}
* [http://idwpublishing.com/digitalcomics/transformers IDW Site]

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Transformers Trading Card Game

2020-08-05T22:31:08Z

Revanche: copy edits

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[[File:Transformers TCG clean logo.jpg|right|upright=1.67|300px]]
The '''Transformers Trading Card Game''' is a collectible card game in which players build teams of both [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s (and later [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]]) to battle other players. The game was revealed in July 2018 by [[Wizards of the Coast]], with attendees of [[Gen-Con]] and [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] able to purchase an exclusive set-card pack.

The game uses simple mechanics in which players take turns doing a multitude of things, from drawing cards, flipping their character cards their alt-modes, playing action and upgrade cards, and battling.

Between Summer 2018 and Summer 2020, five full sets of cards were released, as well as several promotional cards and five ready-to-play box sets. On July 20, 2020 it was announced through various social media channels that Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack would be the final release of the Transformers Trading Card Game. The official statement included: "While the retailer and player community continued to grow, our product offerings didn’t meet the expectations of the broader fan base to engage further with the brand", as well as problems posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic as reasons for the cancellation of the game.

==Wave 1==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterPack.jpg|thumb|150px|Maybe this one will actually have that holofoil Charizard...]]
:The initial wave of the Transformers Trading Card Game was released on September 28, 2018 in the United States, with staggered releases in other regions. Set contained 40 double-sided character cards and 81 battle cards. Released concurrently with the set was the '''Autobot Starter Set''', which included four unique character cards, and a ready-to-play battle deck that could be split between players. The set also includes the '''Metroplex Deck''', which included four character cards (including an oversized character card for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex, Autobot City]]) and a ready-to-play battle deck containing three cards exclusive to the Metroplex Deck, released on November 20, 2018.
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Hound (G1)|Autobot Hound]], Long-Range Scout
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], Merciless Insecticon
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], Insecticon Mind-Controller
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Courageous Scout
* [[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]], Hot-Headed Warrior
* [[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]], Fearsome Flyer
* [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], Veteran Decepticon
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Decepticon Leader
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Freedom Fighter
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], Sky Smasher
* [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]], Veteran Sergeant
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Scheming Second-in-Command}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Jazz (G1)|Autobot Jazz]], Special Ops
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]], Lone Wolf
* [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]], Sneaky Insecticon
* [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]], Bounty Hunter
* [[Demolisher]], Devoted Decepticon
* [[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]], Mighty Stomper
* [[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]], Desert Warrior
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], Fearless Firefighter
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Air Guardian
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], Cunning Insecticon
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], Military Strategist
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], Insecticon Commando
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], Sneaky Prankster
* Starscream, Air Commander
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], Mach Warrior
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Weapons Inventor}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Skilled Fighter
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Autobot Cosmos]], Recon & Communication
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], Special Ops
* [[Straxus (G1)|Darkmount]], Cruel Overlord
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Decepticon Shockwave]], Cybertron Commander
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], Dinobot Leader
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Insecticon Skrapnel]], Insecticon Leader
* Megatron, Living Weapon
* Optimus Prime, Battlefield Legend
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], Fusion Flyer}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee, Legendary Warrior
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], Dark Clone}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Battle Ready
* Brainstorm
* Crushing Size
* Data Pad
* Drill Arms
* [[Flamethrower]]
* [[Force field|Force Field]]
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Incoming Transmission
* Inspiring Leadership
* Leap into Battle
* Medic!
* New Designs
* Piercing Blaster
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Ready for Action
* Reinforced Plating
* Repair Bay
* Scrapper Gauntlets
* Supercharge
* Zap}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerial Recon
* Armed Hovercraft
* Backup Plan
* Blast Shield
* Body Armor
* Bug Bomb
* Collateral Damage
* Computer Sabotage
* Crushing Treads
* Debilitating Crystal
* Disarm
* Disruption
* Disruptive Entrance
* Emergency Maintenance
* Equipment Enthusiast
* Grenade Launcher
* Jaws of Steel
* Multi-Mission Gear
* Multi-Tool
* Plasma Burst
* [[Great Sword|Power Sword]]
* Ramming Speed
* Rapid Ascent
* Strafing Run
* Swap Missions
* Treasure Hunt
* Turbo Boosters}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Agility of Bumblebee
* Bombing Run
* Cargo Trailer
* Combat Training
* [[Cybertonium bow|Cybertonium Bow]]
* Data Bank
* Dino-Chomp!
* [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]]
* [[Fusion cannon|Fusion Cannon]] of Megatron
* Heroism
* Hunker Down
* I Still Function!
* [[Ion blaster|Ion Blaster]] of Optimus Prime
* [[Matrix of Leadership]]
* [[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] of Starscream
* One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall
* Peace through Tyranny
* [[Photon bomb|Photon Bomb]]
* Roll Out!
* Salvage for Parts
* Security Checkpoint
* Shock Absorbers
* Start Your Engines
* [[Static Laser]] of Ironhide
* Swap Parts
* Swarm!
* System Reboot
* Team-Up Tactics
* The Bigger They Are
* [[Thermal weaponry|Thermal Weaponry]]}}

===Box Sets===
====Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee, Brave Warrior
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Veteran Autobot
* Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], Security Chief}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Debilitating Crystal (x2)
* Flamethrower (x2)
* Grenade Launcher (x2)
* Handheld Blaster (x2)
* Improvised Shield (x2)
* Incoming Transmission (x2)
* Inspiring Leadership (x2)
* Leap into Battle (x2)
* New Designs (x2)
* Piercing Blaster (x2)
* Plasma Burst (x2)
* Primary Laser (x2)
* Ramming Speed (x2)
* Rapid Ascent (x2)
* Rapid Conversion (x2)
* Ready for Action (x2)
* Repair Bay (x2)
* Team-Up Tactics (x2)}}

====Metroplex Deck====
[[File:Six gun.jpg|thumb|150px|Batteries not included.]]
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Autobot City
* [[Scamper]], City Patrol
* [[Six-Gun]], Heavy Weapons Expert
* [[Slammer]], Combat Drone*}}
:''* Slammer is a drone, so it doesn’t flip between modes like other character cards.''

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x3)
* Backup Plan (x3)
* Combat Training (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Flamethrower (x3)
* Force Field (x3)
* Handheld Blaster (x3)
* Height Advantage (x3)
* Improvised Shield (x3)
* Inspiring Leadership (x3)
* Protected By Metroplex (x3)
* Rally the City (x3)
* Rapid Conversion (x3)
* Supercharge (x3)}}
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==Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterBox.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|300px|Your wallet will suffer at the hands of ''Predaking''!]]
:Wave 2 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, "Rise of the Combiners" was released on March 1, 2019 and added new characters and battle cards, including the titular [[Combiner|Combiners]]. This wave consisted of 46 character cards and 81 battle cards. The set also included a ready-to-play '''[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]''' deck, released on March 29, 2019, which included exclusive cards for the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] as well as a ready-to-play battle deck that included 4 exclusive battle cards. A second starter set was also released as part of this set on May 3, 2019. The '''Bumblebee vs. Megatron''' starter set contained 4 exclusive character cards and another ready-to-play battle deck that can be split between two players.
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Firestar (G1)|Autobot Novastar]], Search and Rescue
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Trusted Lieutenant
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Arrogant Ruler
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], Combat Assault}}

=====[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], Menacing Colossus=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], Paranoid Scout
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], Doomed Loner
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Decepticon Drag Strip]], Cutthroat Warrior
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], Stunticon Leader
*[[Offroad]], All-Terrain Soldier}}

=====[[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Sky Protector=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], Fearless Flyer
*[[Alpha Bravo]], Airborne Special Ops
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], Sky High Recon
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], Aerialbot Leader
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], Air Warfare Specialist}}

=====[[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]], Sky Destroyer=====
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], Air Defense
*[[Darkwing (G1)|Blackwing]], Aerial Attacker

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], Reluctant Soldier
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], Fastest Bot in the Galaxy
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], Doombringer
* [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], Autobot Architect
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], Supersonic Interceptor}}

=====[[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]], Ultimate Defender=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Autobot Hot Rod]], Impulsive Fighter
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]], Counterintelligence
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Steadfast Brawler
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Gleaming Commander
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], Strategic Mastermind
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], Bold Warrior}}

=====[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], Ferocious Hunter=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], Aerial Assault
* [[Headstrong (G1)|Predacon Headstrong]], Ground Assault
* [[Rampage (G1)|Predacon Rampage]], Savage Hunter
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], Predacon Leader
* [[Tantrum (G1)|Torox]], Fueler}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]], Toxic Terror
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], Decepticon Psy Ops
*[[Venom (G1)|Decepticon Venin]], Insecticon Tyrant
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], Teleporting Seeker}}

=====[[Volcanicus (Generations)|Volcanicus]], Fiery Champion=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]], Dino Demolitions
*[[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]], Battering Ram
*[[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]], Spiked Battler
*[[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]], Bombardier
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], Powerful Commander}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Springer (G1)|Autobot Springer]], Aerial Defense
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], Relentless Foe
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Decepticon King
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Combiner Hunter}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Bashing Shield
* Confidence
* Cooling Vents
* Energon Slingshot
* Enforcement Batons
* Erratic Lightning
* Escape Route
* Field Communicator
* Field Repair
* Fling
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Rest and Relaxation
* Security Console
* Spare Parts
* Surprise Attack
* Swindled
* Tech Research
* Testify
* Underhanded Tactics
* Vaporize}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Enigma
* Attack Drone
* Backup Beam
* Bolt of Lightning
* Bravery
* Cornered!
* Enemy Combat Analysis
* Evasive Maneuvers
* Focus Fire
* Leap of Faith
* Noble's Blaster
* Pep Talk
* Power Punch
* Reckless Charge
* Scoundrel's Blaster
* Scrounge
* Secret Dealings
* Smelt
* Sonic Scramble
* Sparring Gear
* Stealthiness
* Stunticon Enigma
* Superior Cannon
* Superior Jetpack
* Superior Plating
* Universal Network Access
* Vandalize}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Formation
* Ancient Wisdom
* Bad Attitude
* Bumpers
* Combat Commands
* Crash Landing
* Decepticon Crown
* Defensive Driving
* Dinobot Enigma
* Electrified Spikes
* Energized Field
* Espionage
* Fog of War
* Heavy-Handed
* Inferno Breath
* Intelligence Mission
* Inverted!
* Marksmanship
* Master Plan
* Mining Pick
* Mounted Missiles
* Predacon Enigma
* Press the Advantage
* Recon System
* Sentinel Enigma
* Steamroll
* Stunticon Swagger
* Tackle
* Tooth and Claw
* Unleash Potential}}

===Box Sets===
====Devastator Deck====
=====[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Towering Warrior=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], Demolitions
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]], Surgical Engineer
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Longhaul]], Transport
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]], Materials Fabrication
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], Mining and Salvage
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], Construction Foreman}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Blast Shield (x3)
*Builder's Tools (x3)
*Constructicon Enigma (x3)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x3)
*Heavy Landing (x3)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Pep Talk (x3)
*Primary Laser (x3)
*Ramming Speed (x2)
*Rapid Conversion (x3)
*Reclaim (x3)
*Scrapper Gauntlets (x3)
*Tower Tracker (x1)
*Work Overtime (x3)}}

====Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Least Likely, Most Dangerous
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Cybertronian Tyrant
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Decepticon Lieutenant
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Defender of Truth}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Armored Plating (x2)
*Backup Beam (x2)
*Enforcement Batons (x2)
*Equipment Enthusiast (x2)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x2)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Inferno Breath (x2)
*Leap of Faith (x1)
*New Designs (x2)
*Pep Talk (x2)
*Primary Laser (x2)
*Reckless Charge (x2)
*Rest and Relaxation (x2)
*Security Console (x2)
*Sparring Gear (x2)
*Stealthiness (x2)
*Strafing Run (x1)
*Super Charge (x2)
*Surprise Attack (x2)
*Vaporize (x2)}}

==Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I==
A tie-in to the concurrently running [[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|War for Cybertron: Siege]] toyline, Wave 3 features many characters from the line, though there are several game exclusive additions to the cast as well. Though Wave 2's Combiners sit this wave out, the game does add two new types of Character Cards in the form of [[Micromaster|Micro]] and [[Battle Master]]s. This wave also sees the debut of original art for all of the wave's Battle Cards, each drawn by a variety of artists who've worked on [[IDW Publishing]]'s Transformers comics.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Prowl (G1)|Major Prowl]], Infantry-Strategist
*[[Arcee (G1)|Private Arcee]], Special Ops-Warrior
*[[Flak (G1)|Private Flak]], Artillery-Tactics
*[[Mudslinger (G1)|Private Mudslinger]], Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]], Medical-Medic
*[[Red Hot|Private Red Heat]], Infantry-Emergency Response
*[[Stakeout (G1)|Private Stakeout]], Infantry-Communications
*[[Big Shot|Private Top Shot]], Artillery-Patrol Leader
*[[Tote|Private Tote]], Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Detour (G1)|Raider Detour]], Infantry-Demolitions
*[[Ion Storm|Raider Ion Storm]], Infantry-Rainmaker
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Raider Laserbeak]], Espionage-Interrogation
*[[Ravage (G1)|Raider Ravage]], Espionage-Saboteur
*[[Road Hugger (G1)|Raider Road Hugger]], Infantry-Tactics
*[[Runabout (G1)|Raider Runabout]], Infantry-Soldier
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Raider Runamuck]], Infantry-Soldier
*[[Storm Cloud (G1)|Raider Storm Cloud]], Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Whisper (G1)|Raider Visper]], Infantry-Patrol Leader
*[[Chromia (G1)|Sergeant Chromia]], Special Ops-Counterintelligence
*[[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]], Infantry-Recon
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Sergeant Skrapnel]], Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Sparkstalker|Sergeant Sparkstalker]], Black Ops-Cryptology}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Captain Wheeljack]], Engineering-Scientist
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Major Soundwave]], Espionage-Spy
*[[Firebolt (G1)|Private Firedrive]], Ground Command-Artillery/Duo-Charge Electrostatic Photon Cannon
*[[Lionizer (G1)|Private Lionizer]], Ground Command-Artillery/RS Firesteel Saber
*[[Pteraxadon|Private Pteraxadon]], Air Command-Artillery/Binary Edgewind Scythe
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Transformers Trading Card Game|Private Sideswipe]], Infantry-Soldier
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Private Trailbreaker]], Infantry-Fortification & Defense
*[[Aimless (G1)|Raider Aimless]], Air Force-Weapons/Manifold Ion Particle Blaster
*[[Blowpipe (G1)|Raider Blowpipe]], Air Force Weapons/Dual-Impact Shatterblast Cannon
*[[Flamefeather (G1)|Raider Flamefeather]], Black Ops-Soldier
*[[Nightstick (G1)|Raider Nightstick]], Ground Force-Weapons/Black Beam Blaster
*[[Triggerhappy (G1)|Raider Triggerhappy]], Air Force-Gunner
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Specialist Flamewar]], Special Ops-Hunter
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Specialist Ratchet]], Engineering-Rescue & Repair}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], Cybertronian Sage
*[[Elita One (G1)|Captain Elita-1]], Special Ops-Ranger
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Captain Ironhide]], Infantry-Bodyguard
*[[Starscream (G1)|Captain Starscream]], Infantry-Air Commander
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]], Infantry-Leader
*[[Cindersaur (G1)|Raider Cindersaur]], Black Ops-Demolitions
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Raider Needlenose]], Air Force-Soldier
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Sergeant Skywarp]], Black Ops-Seeker}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Megatron (G1)|General Megatron]], Infantry-Leader
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Major Shockwave]], Applied Sciences-Scientist
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Major Ultra Magnus]], Infantry-City Commander
*[[Cog (G1)|Sergeant Cog]], Artillery-Mechanic/Heavy Force Defensebreaker Cannon}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Battlefield Report
*Brainstorm
*Calculated Strike
*Combat Dagger
*Dismantling Claw
*Force Field
*Medic!
*Pep Talk
*Reactive Armor
*Repurpose
*Smoke Cloak}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Compact Shield
*Device Virus
*EMP Wave
*Energy Pack
*Fuel Cache
*Full Loadout
*Rock Toss
*Spinner Rims
*Squish Them Like Bugs
*Steady Shot}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*Battering Ram
*Callous Leadership
*Dampening Field
*Emergency Defense Field
*Erratic Energy Grenade
*Heat of Battle
*Heroic Team-Up
*Infiltrate
*Laser Cutlass
*Pop a Wheelie
*Quartermaster
*RR Disruptor Blade
*Scavenge the Battlefield
*Special Ops Mission
*Take Cover
*Two-Pronged Attack
*[[Magnus Armor|Ultra Magnus Armor]]
*Unconventional Flying Object}}

===Box Sets===
====Blaster vs. Soundwave====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], Communications
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Spy
* [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], Electronic Surveillance
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], Warrior
* [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], Warrior
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Saboteur
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], Communications
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Tracker}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Backup Beam (x3)
*Basic Combat Protocol (x2)
*Blast Shield (x3)
*Buzzsaw, Ravage, Frenzy Attack! (x3)
*Calculated Strike (x3)
*Daring Counterattack (x3)
*Dismantle (x2)
*Escape Route (x6)
*Flamethrower (x2)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x6)
*Incoming Transmission (x2)
*Inner Groove (x3)
*Intercept Communications (x3)
*Interpret The Airwaves (x3)
*Obstructive Rhythm (x3)
*Pep Talk (x6)
*Piercing Blaster (x2)
*Recover Cassette (x6)
*Scoundrel's Blaster (x3)
*Smoke Cloak (x3)
*Steady Shot (x3)
*Vaporize (x3)
*Zap (x2)}}

==Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II==
Wave 4 continues the toyline tie-in of Wave 3, offering a variety of characters featured in the War for Cybertron toyline. Triple Changers and, in a way, Combiners make their return in this wave. Unlike Wave 2's combiners, Wave 4's Captain Omega Supreme and Private Skytread start out as component alt mode parts that the player must fulfill a certain condition to unite into robot mode. Unlike Wave 3's Sergeant Cog, Wave 4's Weaponizers Sergeant Six-Gun and Raider Brunt split up into two separate Weapon type upgrades upon their defeat. Wave 4 also sees the debut of a third faction to the game, the [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]] who will go on to be featured in the next War for Cybertron toyline, [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]].

Players who purchase a full Booster Box of War for Cybertron: Siege II cards also receive a new Titan card, Trypticon, and his three minions.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Captain Astrotrain]], Space Force-Transport
*[[Impactor (G1)|Captain Impactor]], Special Ops-Wrecker
*[[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]], Bounty Hunter
*[[Mudflap (G1)|Mudflap]], Hired Muscle
*[[Fixit (G1)|Private Fixit]], Rescue Patrol-Medic
*[[Highjump (G1)|Private Highjump]], Off-Road Patrol-Infiltration
*[[Powertrain|Private Powertrain]], Off-Road Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Seawatch|Private Seawatch]], Rescue Patrol-Search & Rescue
*[[Sidetrack (G1)|Private Sidetrack]], Battle Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Private Smokecreen]], Special Ops-Soldier
*[[Sunrunner (G1)|Private Sunrunner]], Battle Patrol-Air Defense
*[[Apeface|Raider Apeface]], Espionage-Commando
*[[Blackjack|Raider Blackjack]], Sports Car Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Chop Shop (G1)|Raider Chop Shop]], Infantry-Soldier
*[[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Raider Hyperdrive]], Sports Car Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Nightflight (G1)|Raider Nightflight]], Air Strike Patrol-Spy
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Raider Nova Storm]], Infantry-Combustion Specialist
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Raider Ratbat]], Spy Patrol-Fuel Scout
*[[Rumble (G1)|Raider Rumble]], Spy Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Tailwind (G1)|Raider Tailwind]], Air Strike Patrol-Strategist
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Sergeant Barricade]], Infantry-Enforcer
*[[Mirage (G1)|Sergeant Mirage]], Special Ops-Spy
*[[Springer (G1)|Sergeant Springer]], Special Ops-Aerial Defense
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Specialist Sandstorm]], Special Ops-Advance Guard}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]], Soldier of Fortune
*[[Dazzlestrike|Private Dazzlestrike]], Ground Command-Artillery/Shadowsteel Iceblade
*[[Greenlight|Private Greenlight]], Special Ops-Recon
*[[Turbo Board|Private Turbo Board]], Air Command-Evac/Anti-Gravity Turbo Pack
*[[Vanguard|Private Vanguard]], Ground Command-Advance Guard/Anti-Ballistic Turret Helmet
*[[Caliburst (G1)|Raider Caliburst]], Air Force-Weapons/Oxidation Cannon
*[[Kickback (G1)|Raider Kickback]], Infantry-Soldier
*[[Needler (G1)|Raider Needler]], Ground Force-Demolitions/Steelbite Incisor Mask
*[[Sights (G1)|Raider Sights]], Air Force-Artillery/Multi-Maneuver Glider Wings
*[[Spinister (G1)|Raider Spinister]], Infantry-Aerial Assault
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Sergeant Crosshairs]], Artillery-Weapons Supervisor}}

=====[[Flywheels|Raider Skytread]], Special Ops-Soldier=====
{{columnlist|2|*Skytread (Plane)
*Skytread (Tank)}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Jetfire (G1)|Captain Jetfire]], Engineering-Air Guardian
*[[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]], Arms Dealer
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Private Hot Rod]], Infantry-Soldier
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Sergeant Thundercracker]], Infantry-Seeker
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Captain Omega Supreme]], Transport-City Defender
**Omega Supreme (Base)
**Omega Supreme (Spaceship)
**Omega Supreme (Tank)
*[[Six-Gun|Sergeant Six-Gun]], Artillery-Soldier
**MTX-M2 Anti-Gravity Cannon
**MTX-S2A Guided Missile Launcher
*[[Brunt (G1)|Raider Brunt]], Weapons-Soldier
**TTC-HD Turret Armor
**TTC-HP Oblivio Launcher}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]], Galactic Commander
*[[Megatron (G1)|Lord Megatron]], Conqueror of Cybertron
*[[Octane|Octone]], Capricious Aggressor
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Sergeant Soundblaster]], Weapons-Arms Dealer}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Crowbar
*Designated Target
*Fight for Position
*Guarded Posture
*Hazardous Shield
*Head-On Collision
*Hidden Fortification
*Kinetic Convertor
*Kinetic Intensifier Whip
*Medic's Protective Field
*Minor Medic Kit
*Reprocess
*Showing Off
*Soldier's Blaster
*Special Delivery
*Stable Cover
*Terrifying Resilience
*Unflinching Courage
*War of Attrition
*Wedge Formation}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Acute Reflexes
*Adaptive Plating
*Battlefield Incursion
*Blast Suit
*Contract Contingency
*Decipher
*Dual Wield
*Energy Transfer
*Erratic Cannon
*Even the Score
*Heroic Resolve
*Immersed in Shadow
*Increased Durability
*Indestructible Sword
*New Orders
*Plunder
*Point Position
*Sabotaged Armaments
*Sturdy Javelin
*Swerve}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*4-Wheel Drive
*Backfire
*Composite Armor
*Conversion Engine
*Coup
*Crude Club
*Daring Escape
*Defensive Configuration
*Hijack
*Involuntary Promotion
*Jam Signals
*Lucky Vest
*Multi-Missile Pod
*Opportune Offensive
*Opportune Repairs
*Overheat
*Overwhelming Advantage
*Pincer Movement
*Pocket Processor
*Relentless Invasion
*Shoulder Holster
*Step Forward
*Toolbox
*Valuable Contract}}

===Booster Box Exclusives===
{{columnlist|4|*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Assault Base
*[[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]], Artillery Drone
*[[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]], Base Recon
*[[Wipe-Out]], Devoted Minion}}

==Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack==
Breaking with the previous two wave's tie-ins with the current toyline, '''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack''' is based on the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' toyline. This wave introduces a mechanic for character cards: [[Titan Master|Titan Masters]] and Body Mode character cards, as well as new Stratagem cards.

Players who purchase a full Booster Box receive a new Titan card, Fortress Maximus, Great War Veteran, and his two Titan Masters, and players who purchase a Booster Box from participating WPN dealers receive promotional Perceptor and Convex cards.

This set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Gears (G1)|Autobot Gears]], Transport & Reconnaissance
*[[Outback (G1)|Autobot Outback]], Gunner
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], Geologist
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], Electric Warrior
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Demolitions
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], Data Collector
*[[Wingspan]], Data Processor}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Hi-Q|Apex]]
*[[Stylor|Autobot Stylor]]
*[[Chasm]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Computer Programmer
*[[Doomshot]]
*[[Flameout]]
*[[Horri-Bull]], Ground Trooper
*[[Kreb]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Fallen Hero
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Hypnotist
*[[Monzo|Monxo]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Legendary Warrior
*[[Parsec]]
*[[Quake (G1)|Quake]], Ground Assault
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]], Air & Space Assault
*[[Twin Twist]], Demolitions
*[[Vorath]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Wolfwire]], Ground Tracker
}}
====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|
*[[Nautica (G1)|Autobot Nautica]], Camien Engineer
*[[Arcana|Autobot Teslor]]
*[[Brainstorm|Brainstorm (G1]], Biomechanical Engineer
*[[Brisko]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]]
*[[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], Spy Tracker
*[[Recoil (G1)|Flintlock]]
*[[Freezeout (Generations)|Freezeout]]
*[[Grax]]
*[[Ominus]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]], Wrecker Leader
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullsmasher]], Swamp Warrior}}

=====[[Black Shadow (Victory)|Sky Shadow]], Elite Warrior=====
{{columnlist|2|*Sky Shadow (Plane)
*Sky Shadow (Tank)}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Whirl (G1)|Autobot Whirl]], Aeriel Assault
*[[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Gunner
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], Ground Assault Commander
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], Autobot Warrior
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], Autobot Warrior
*[[Windsweeper]], Air Defense}}

===Stratagems===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Data Protection
*Duty & Honor
*[[Metallikato]] Stance
*Resilience
*Revenge
*Sabotage
*Science Officer
*Sky Shadow Sync
*Strategic Airlift}}
====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Aerial Enhancements
*All-Out
*Heroic Spotlight
*Infiltration
*Me Grimlock, You Grimlock!
*Pop-Up Attack
*Saturation Bombing
*Stealth Mission
*Villainous Spotlight
*Weapons Cache}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*Better Things to do than Die
*Camien Toughness
*Jurassic Punch
*Master Converter
*More Guns
*Orbital Strike
*Swap Heads
*The Usurper
*Who's Next?
}}
===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Blade Flurry
*Brass Knuckles
*Camien Crash
*Concealing Contrails
*Conversion Expertise
*Decoy Flares
*Emergency Barricade
*[[Grav-inhibitor|Grav-Inhibitor]]
*Handheld Blaster
*Hit and Run
*Hold the Line
*Hull Down
*Improvised Shield
*Industrial-Grade [[Phase-charge|Phase Charge]]
*[[Laser scalpel|Laser Scalpel]]
*Lock On Target
*Mission Briefing
*Scouting Mission
*Sharpened Talons
*Spiked Bracelet}}
====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Crystal of Power]]
*Electro-Optical Visor
*Enhanced Power Cell
*Emergency Repair Patch
*[[Fusion-borer|Fusion Borer]]
*Hand-to-Hand Combat
*High Five
*Junk Cannon
*Last Stand
*Lucky Dodge
*[[Magnetic dysfunction ray|Magnetic Dysfunction Ray]]
*Supporting Fire
*Temporal Quagmire
*[[Triangulator]]
*Tripwire
*Turn the Tide}}
====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*Belligerence
*Counterespionage
*End Hostilities
*[[Energon mace|Energon Mace]]
*Escape Capsule
*Ghost Shield
*Headbutt
*Intrusion Countermeasures Software
*Lose the Initiative
*Master of [[Metallikato]]
*[[Master Sword]]
*Nitro Booster
*Overrule
*[[Paralyzo box|Paralyzo Box]]
*Plasma Horns
*Reflect Damage
*Regenerative Core
*Scout Armor
*[[Sonic stun-gun|Sonic Stun-Gun]]
*Speed Trap
*Spymaster's Ruse
*Staggering Might
*[[Trithyllium]] Shield
*Versatility}}
===Booster Box Exclusives===
{{columnlist|3|*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], Great War Veteran
*[[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]], City Commander
*[[Emissary (Generations)|Emissary]]}}

==Exclusives==
[[File:Booster sdcc.jpg|thumb|150px|"And how do I get ''you''?" "Don't ask!"]]
===Convention Pack 2018===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], Renegade Warrior
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]], Strategic [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]}}

====Battle Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* All-Out Attack
*Tandem Targeting System}}

===Convention Pack 2019===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Camshaft (G1)|Private Camshaft]], Special Ops-Scout
*[[Downshift (G1)|Private Downshift]], Special Ops-Security Agent
*[[Overdrive|Sergeant Overdrive]], Special Ops-Strategist}}

===Lootcrate===
====Character Cards====
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], Autobot Defense Base

===Chinese New Year Promotion===
====Character Cards====
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Silver Gold Warrior

===In-Store Play Promo Cards===
====Character Cards====
=====Wave 3=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Smashdown|Private Smashdown]], Ground Command-Artillery/Airquake Hammerclaw
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Trusted Lieutenant (Gold Foil)
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], Veteran Decepticon (Gold Foil)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]], Medical-Medic (Gold Foil)}}
=====Wave 4=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], Enigmatic Agent
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Raider Runamuck]], Infantry-Soldier (Gold Foil)
*[[Runabout (G1)|Raider Runabout]], Infantry-Soldier (Gold Foil)
*[[Road Hugger (G1)|Raider Road Hugger]], Infantry-Tactics (Gold Foil)}}
=====Wave 5=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Arcana]]
*[[Convex]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], Precise Sniper}}
======[[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]], Dark Fleet======
{{columnlist|3|*Tidal Wave, Dark Fleet (Aircraft Carrier
*Tidal Wave, Dark Fleet (Transport)
*Tidal Wave, Dark Fleet (Battleship)}}

==Notes==
* The artwork used on the cards originates from various sources. Character cards, for example largely reuse packaging art and character art from ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'', while the battle card artwork is sourced from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]]. Beginning with Wave 2, some new cards such as [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade: Combiner Hunter]] featured all new art. As of Wave 3, all battle card art is completely original while character cards remain a mix of reused packaging and ''Legends'' art, albeit with a much more generous portion of new art as well.
* Before the game was canceled, the team expressed interest in waves based off Beast Wars, Japanese G1, and another Combiner-centric set. How these would have interacted with the War For Cybertron Trilogy waves is unknown. Seaspray was also confirmed as a "major consideration" for a future wave, presumably the first Earthrise wave.
* Had a third SDCC pack been released, it would have been card reissues, as Drew Nolosco disliked the way some characters could only be acquired through said packs.

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[[File:FillingInTheBlanks TheWarren.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|The universe's most complicated habitrail.]]

Space is big. Really big. So big that even the fastest of starships equipped with the most advanced [[quantum generator]]s can't jump across it in seconds. But if you really need to get somewhere really fast then look no further than the '''Warren''', a knot of invisible quantum tunnels so big that it spans both space and time. Millions of years wide, it allows for arrival at a point in time before the traveler actually left. Prolonged exposure to super-compressed space can be fatal, requiring ships to return to normal space for periods of time.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
In the forgotten past, one of the [[Omega Guardian]]s sought to return from the [[Higher Realms]] into the three-dimensional universe via a crack between realities in the [[Benzene Cluster]]. The attempt killed the Guardian, their four-dimensional corpse becoming the Warren. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

After his exile from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Adaptus]] fled to [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] where he began researching interstellar travel, discovering the Warren and piloting the moon through it. He emerged several million years in the future to witness the [[Functionist Council]]'s avatar of [[Primus]] rip [[Mederi]] to shreds, the sheer terror of the sight driving him back into the Warren and to his native timeframe, whereupon he began dedicating himself to fighting off the coming threat. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

Clues relating to the Warren's existence were detailed in the [[Book of Adaptus]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

Circa 2009, [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] manipulated the Warren to open a portal directly in [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]]'s cell at [[Garrus-9]]. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

After capturing [[Autobot]] [[Special Operations]] officer [[Getaway]], {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} [[Solomus|Tyrest]] used the Autobot as a ranting board where he revealed his plan to use the Warren as a shortcut so as to fly his base of [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] to [[Cyberutopia]]. His plan hit a snag, however, when he failed to actually ''find'' an opening to the Warren so he opted for a [[space bridge]] instead. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

After leading a mutiny against [[Team Rodimus]], {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Getaway charged [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] with finding an opening to the Warren. After weeks of study, Perceptor did indeed find one. In a meeting of the bridge crew, Getaway used the opening as an excuse to avoid helping the planet [[Frayus]]. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

After using one of the Warren's tunnels, Perceptor was amazed to find that the ''[[Lost Light]]'' had emerged four minutes prior to its departure despite the vast distance covered. Another jump took the ship directly to what appeared to be [[Cyberutopia]]. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

As [[Team Rodimus]] travelled aboard the corpse of [[Skip]], the Omega Guardians began manipulating events, eventually speaking through [[Ten]] who told the crew to listen to "him", {{storylink|Sardines}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} before instructing [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] and [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] on how to modify the Skip's engines so they could use the Warren as a shortcut to a [[Mederi]] facility. Though the engine modifications were successful, Skip's mass displacement gave out mid-transit, forcing his passengers to "abandon Skip". {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} Though the effects of super-compressed space ravaged their bodies, Team Rodimus had managed to come within spitting distance of the ''original'' Mederi whereupon they crash-landed. The clinic fixed them up with the telepathic field leading the crew to believe they had perished and gone to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

Needing the artificial moon for to complete the ontological paradox that sent him on his crusade, the Grand Architect had his forces open a tear in the Warren above Mederi and used a [[geobomb]] to shunt the moon through the rift and into the [[Benzene Cluster]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

On [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s instructions, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] had [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] fly Luna 1 through the Warren, travelling slightly back in time, so that they could strike a crippling blow to the Functionist avatar of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

====The Functionist Universe====
After reading the Book of Adaptus, the [[Functionist Council]] discovered the Warren and constructed a set of [[planetary engine]]s so as to move [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] across the universe and enact their holy war against alien life with the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] following. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

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Detention Banks

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[[File:ColdWar Detention Banks.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Carlton's less well-behaved cousin.]]
Located in [[Quadrant Epsilon]], the '''Detention Banks''' holds various individuals deemed too dangerous to walk around locked away. The inmates are reduced to [[protoform]] state to keep them handleable.

It has absolutely ''lousy'' security.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] needed a diversion for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], so he sent [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] to the Detention Banks to reactivate the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]/[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Their orders were to go undetected, which they pulled off without much effort until [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] made his presence known to them. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Having a few plans of his own, he forced the two [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassettes]] to assist him in freeing [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} When Menasor reawakened a little while later, he pretty much destroyed the Detention Banks. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

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[[Category:Iacon]]
[[Category:Penal institutions]]

Iacon (polity)

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{{disambig3|Iacon}}
'''Iacon''', sometimes called '''Iacon City''', is an [[Autobot]]-controlled [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] at the north pole of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Iacon often is the planet's capital.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
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[[File:Iaconfrom1986annual.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
*'''Locations'''
**Iacon Central
***The [[Great Dome]]
***The [[Celestial Spires]]
****The Celestial Temple
**[[Academy of Science and Technology]]
**[[Autobase]] (post-war)
**[[Jan-Ja]]
**[[Imperial Amphitheatre]]
**[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]
**The [[Matrix Flame]] Chamber

{{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}} {{storylink|Surrender!}}/{{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}} {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}} {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

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

''When the planet suffered from global fuel shortages, Iacon was one of the big cities who monopolised what resources there were. Unlike its rivals, [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], Iacon's council gave out rationed fuel to its smaller neighbours. When the Vos-Tarn war brok out, Iacon accepted refugees but decided to let the two cities wipe themselves out: a mistake, as Megatron would use them as a scapegoat to fire up the survivors.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

[[File:Target 2006 Imperial Amphitheatre hologram.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb]]
''Without Prime's leadership, the Autobot war effort fell further and further into disarray—but Iacon's defences remained steady. The Decepticons, led by [[Trannis]] succeeding [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], besieged the city and continued to attempt its capture for many thousands of years. Eventually, being in control of the remainder of Cybertron, Trannis decided it simply was not worth capturing Iacon intact and ordered his troops to level the city, which they did to such an extent that by the time Optimus Prime returned briefly to Cybertron, the city was completely in ruins.''

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

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====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
{{note|As one of the two starter continuities, [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]] was not influenced by the Marvel comics' depiction of Iacon as Cybertron's capital city. Instead, Iacon was the name of the Autobots' headquarters on Cybertron, appearing as a large, domed fortress colored gold. When Iacon needed to be actually shown in the Marvel comics, the artists took "[[:File:Cartoon Cybertron Marvel Iacon case 1.jpg|inspiration]]" from the cartoon and reinterpreted the domed fortress as the [[Great Dome]], a defensive structure surrounding Iacon Central that was the only part of Iacon to survive the millennia of war, thus becoming synonymous with the city. Whether such a history should be applied to the cartoon version is debatable, but the domed fortress was "just" called <s>Cybertron</s> Autobot Base in ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' and [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]]. Moreso, ''War for Cybertron'' fiction has established that the [[Hall of Records]], a building that appeared first in the ''The Transformers'' cartoon, is located in Iacon. What goes for one [[continuity family]] does not necessarily go for another, but Cybertron's locations have thus far been reasonably alike across them. Either way, see the aforementioned buildings' pages for more information on what-could-be-Iacon in the original cartoon.}}

====The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual====
When the Decepticons initiated the war, they caught the Autobots unaware and steamrolled through their army like it didn't even exist until the they reached the capital city-state of Iacon. {{storylink|From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues...}} [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] personally led the attack that was supposed to result in one of the Decepticons' greatest victories, {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Megatron's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} but instead encountered the first actual opposition since the start of the war. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues...}} This was thanks to the leadership skills of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], a junior officer in the Autobot defense forces stationed at Iacon. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Optimus Prime's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} Megatron tried to have Optimus killed in a surprise attack, but Optimus's second-in-command, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], saved him, sealing the Decepticons' first defeat. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Jazz's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:Sparkwar2 Maximals over iacon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
After the [[Great Upgrade]], Iacon was paved over and replaced with [[Cybertropolis]]. During the [[Battle for the Sparks]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] led [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] to believe that clues to the locations of the lost [[spark]]s could be located in Iacon's ruins, so Primal and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] went searching there. They came across a [[Hologram|holographic]] [[Optimus Prime memorial|statue]] of the legendary [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], which suddenly moved and picked up Optimus Primal. Primal went into a sort of trance in which Prime told him not to worry about the disappearance of the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], because it still existed within him. Primal accepted this idea and tried to access the Oracle data within him, only to see Optimus Prime's visage suddenly change into Megatron's. Megatron accessed Optimus Primal's mind to obtain the Oracle data, while Primal took a risk by not resisting but using the connection to figure out where the missing sparks were. Meanwhile, Nightscream was attacked by [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and [[Cycle Drone|his drones]]. Outnumbered, the young [[Maximal]] was nearly killed. He was saved by the sudden appearance of [[Noble (BM)|Noble]], who by unknown means and for unknown reasons had also found his way to Iacon. Upon seeing the creature, the drones fled in panic and Noble chased after them. Next, Primal finally awoke from his trance and ordered Nightscream to follow him and rendezvous with the others. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

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

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
[[File:The Ultimate Guide High Council Pavilions.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
*'''Locations'''
**The [[Alpha Preserve]]
**The [[Border Regions]] (sub-orbital district)
***The [[Forum of Enlightenment]]
***The [[Promontory]]
**The [[Central Spaceport]]
**The [[High Council Pavilions]]
***The [[Chamber of the Ancients]]
***The [[Decagon]]
***The [[Energon Pools]]
***The [[Grand Oratory]]
***The [[Stellar Galleries]]
****The [[Oracle Tank]]
***The [[Tower of Pion]]
***The [[Vaults]]
***[[Central Hall]]
**Iacon East
**Access Shaft 0-5 (sub-surface)
**[[Quadrant Epsilon]]
***The [[Detention Banks]]
***Shockwave's secret laboratory
**[[Shockwave's Tower]]
**[[Planetary engine|Planetary engine vents]] (sub-surface)
**[[Virtue's Forum]]

Iacon was the capital of Cybertron and the headquarters of the Autobots. After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] became [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], he ordered an evacuation of Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} However, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered a [[planetary engine]] vent to activate, destroying the [[Forum of Enlightenment]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was lured beneath the wreckage, in an attempt to leave him isolated and vulnerable. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] then led an assault on Iacon, with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] leading the defense. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During the assault, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] believed he killed Megatron, and activated the mecha-forming process, intending to destroy Iacon, the Autobots, and Shockwave, the only real threat to his leadership. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} After seeing the devastation that was Iacon, the Autobots agreed to Prime's evacuation order, but Optimus reversed the order and ordered the Autobots to dig in. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[File:Iaconundershockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
In the future, Iacon had completely shut down as part of a worldwide [[stasis lock]] across the face of Cybertron. The first to awaken, Shockwave saw the dead world as having infinite potential. As part of his efforts to restore the planet, Shockwave united Autobot and Decepticon factions and rebuilt the city as a testament to the supremacy of his rule. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

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

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====2005 IDW continuity====
*'''Locations'''
**The [[Ark-1 Memorial Grounds|''Ark-1'' Memorial Grounds]]
**The [[Celestial Spires]]
**The [[Citadel]]
**[[Iaconian Aerial Academy]]
**[[Institute for Higher Programming]]
**[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]
**[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
**The [[Spire]]
**[[Trion Square]]
**The [[Undergrid]]

Iacon was one of Cybertron's city-states; unusually, the city incorporated three of the planet's twelve primary [[hot spot]]s, from which new Transformers were born: [[Rivets Field]], [[Vespertine Blue]], and [[Port Residua]]. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} According to Cybertronian mythology, [[Rung (G1)|the first Transformer]] realized he could transform while standing in Rivets Field. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} When the [[Crystal City]] went missing in the wake of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] some ten million years ago, {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}
Iacon's portentous position in the planet's history might explain why the city was eventually recognized as Cybertron's new capital. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

During his reign over Cybertron, [[Nova Prime]] launched the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark-1]]'' from Rivets Field. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Nova Prime and his inner retinue vanished from history after crossing the [[Benzuli Expanse]], and in the aftermath Iacon became home to the [[Senate]], who, under the jurisdiction of [[Nominus Prime]], organized the planet's day-to-day affairs from within the [[Grand Imperium]]. A [[Ark-1 Memorial Grounds|memorial]] for the ship and its crew was eventually commissioned somewhere in the city. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} In time, however, many Cybertronians would come to feel that most Senators chose to live cushy lives in Iacon instead of actually helping their constituents. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}} [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] was one such senator, who initially moved ot the city to become a street hustler and subsequently climbed the social ladder. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] was [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|forged]] in Iacon, {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} as was [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]; the latter being among the last generation born before Iacon's hot spots cooled, never to reignite. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} {{storylink|Ghost Stories}} Other Transformers who hailed from Iacon included [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]], {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} and the [[Disappeared]] Transformers Barrelstop, Blocksmasher, Nightclaw, Responder, Scrambler, Skyhaven, Viewport, Wingshot, and Zap. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}}

When the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began with the assault on [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s Autobots were trying to contact Iacon for reinforcements. After Sentinel Prime's [[Structure|body]] was dropped in front of them, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] instead requested an evacuation to Iacon. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}

[[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], Sentinel's successor, led the fight against the Decepticons from the Citadel in Iacon. {{storylink|Parasites}} After Zeta Prime's death, the Decepticons took over Iacon and ruled Cybertron until the Autobots came to fight against them with a new leader, Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Broadcast}} Once the Decepticons had been driven out of the city, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] became its capital by transforming into city mode above the ruins of the Citadel, which had been annihilated during the battle. {{storylink|Endgame}} Over the course of war, Iacon became the primary stronghold and staging ground for the Autobots. Half a million years ago, however, the Decepticons laid siege to the city; realizing that he would need to keep Metroplex and his miraculous [[space bridge|spacebridge]] technology out of Decepticon hands, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and Metroplex departed Cybertron, leaving what remained of Iacon to the Autobots. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}}

[[File:TheAutonomyLesson-spaceport.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]
The war eventually became too much for the planet to bear, and in the wake of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s world-ending rampage Cybertron as left incapable of supporting life, necessitating the final evacuation and abandonment of Iacon as the war moved off-world. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} In the wake of the [[D-Void]]'s attack on the planet, Cybertron "reset" itself into a primordial state, wiping Iacon and every other Cybertronian city off the map. The Autobots made their new headquarters in the remains of [[Kimia Facility]], which had crashed on the planet following the Chaos War. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} When hordes of [[NAIL|neutral Transformers]] began returning home, they landed their ships and set up camp where it had once been - the "new" Iacon soon grew into a shanty town, a ramshackle mixture of landed spacecraft and temporary housing. As the Autobots, Decepticons, and NAILs struggled to cooperate, [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] announced his intention to assemble a crew and search for the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]]. Their ship, the ''[[Lost Light]]'', launched off Iacon... only to seemingly explode moments after takeoff. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} In the meantime, various noncombatants chose to try and begin a functioning base of commerce in the new Iacon, including the grand re-opening of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

Tensions continued to rise between the three factions until [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] returned from the wilderness, kicking off a series of destructive Decepticon riots that culminated in a reborn [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] running amok and destroying vast swaths of the city. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Decepticon-turned-rhetorician [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] took advantage of Megatron's defeat, cast off his insignia, and declared that Iacon was a city for NAILs and NAILs alone: those who refused to revoke their badges would be cast out into the wilds of Cybertron. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

Starscream and his new citizens struggled to get the ravaged city back up and running, but it wasn't long before a "death wave" created by a recently arrived [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] quickly undid whatever progress they had managed to make and then some, engulfing the city in flames. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} In the remains of the city, the Autobots and Decepticons made their mutual stand against [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] and his [[Ammonite]] allies, aiming to thwart his mad attempt to destroy the universe. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11}}

[[File:TowardsPeace-metroplex.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
When that crisis had passed, the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] transformed into his city mode and integrated himself into what remained of Iacon. His city mode provided energy, housing, and a stable seat of power for Starscream's NAIL government. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} After six months of rebuilding, Iacon was once again inhabitable — while the NAILs and Autobots lived within Metroplex, the Decepticons were coalesced around the fringe of the city, forming a resentful ghetto. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} The recently arrived [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] turned her [[cityspeaker]] skills towards nursing Metroplex back to health. Her efforts were temporarily interrupted by a surreptitious bombing campaign orchestrated by her friend [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], who was hoping to force her friend back to her safe home planet to avoid the still-volatile political situation on Cybertron. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}}

Iacon later became the capital of the new [[Republic of Cybertron]]; its governing body, the interplanetary legislature known as the [[Council of Worlds]], convened in Iacon's [[Spire]]. {{storylink|Ping}} {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} A fresh wave of immigration from Cybertron's colony planets populated the city with a wide variety of immigrants, {{storylink|Choose Me}} while some Iaconian Decepticons chose to move to Caminus to make a fresh start. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} In this new political landscape, Windblade's clandestine investigations into [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s whereabouts ended with yet another combiner rampage, with the berserk [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] prompting a brief evacuation of the city before the combiner could be dealt with. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] returned to life after a long convalescence, he attacked Iacon's Decepticon ghetto. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} While he eventually fled Cybertron, he soon found [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] and decided to purge the planet of its "impurities" by reanimating a horde of undead Titans and siccing them on Iacon. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} Transformers from all across Iacon and the colonies came together to defend the city; even Metroplex transformed into his robot mode to help defeat his undead brethren. Metroplex was eventually felled however prompting Starscream to ask [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] to send [[Vigilem|Carcer]] down as aid only for Elita to refuse. {{storylink|Ping}} The reason being that "Carcer" was in fact Vigilem, Titan of [[Liege Maximo]]. Nonetheless Vigilem defeated the Titans and freed Liege Maximo before he himself was killed by Elita One. {{storylink|Rubicon}} Pieces of the Titan's corpse were taken to rebuild Iacon before his body was converted back into starship mode. {{storylink|Heavy}}

[[File:FirstStrike01-Iacon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Live from Iacon, it's Saturday Night Live!]]
Following Earth's annexation into the Council of Worlds, Cybertron prepared for the official ceremony by erecting a [[force field]] around the city, pumping oxygen into the atmosphere to allow for human habitability. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} Hours before the ceremony was due to begin, human diplomats and important personnel were shuttled through [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s space bridge on Earth to reach Metroplex. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}} Opening remarks were cut short by [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Iron Ring]], who attacked the city in the name of [[human]] sovereignty, and as the ceremony descended into chaos {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] used a hybrid Space Bridge/[[M.A.S.S. Device]] teleporter, to reach Iacon and stop Colton's plans. {{storylink|First Strike issue 3|First Strike #3}} When the true mastermind of the scheme was revealed to be the alien wizard [[Merklynn]], the mage teleported all combatants back to Iacon. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}}

Iacon then hosted Cybertron's first democratic election, in which Starscream was impeached for his many and numerous crimes committed while in office. Windblade was then appointed the new leader of Cybertron and the head of the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Not long afterwards, Iacon was menaced yet gain when [[Onyx Prime]] and his [[Maximal]]s arrived over the city, claiming to have captured Liege Maximo and delivered him to the city so that he could be judged. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} This was a ruse, and the moment Onyx was invited into the Spire, he and his so-called prisoner unleashed chaos across the city, killing Alpha Trion and laying bare a series of accusations against Soundwave that culminated in a series of riots that swept across the city and left the Council of Worlds unable to govern for the duration of the crisis. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}} Though Onyx was soon unmasked as a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], and arrested, the Transformers were unable to prevent his [[Unicron/Generation 1|ultimate plan]] for the Cybertronian race from reaching fruition. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} Starscream and several other Decepticons chose to leave Iacon, setting up a new base in Metrotitan's dead body. {{storylink|Our Finest}}

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In the meantime, representatives from Iacon were sent to make contact with the inhabitants of Merklynn's city of [[New Prysmos]]; {{storylink|Schismatic}} following a coup within that city, [[Leoric]] and several members of the [[Spectral Knight]]s were ousted from the city and took refuge in Iacon, where they joined forces with [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] and [[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]] to help prevent the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] from wiping out the Cybertronian species. {{storylink|Cybertron No More}} Soon after, Unicron himself awoke and began a campaign of destruction across the galaxy, devouring Cybertron's colonies one by one until he finally menaced Cybertron itself, looming over Iacon. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} The [[Visionaries]] sacrificed their city to activate the Talisman, projecting a magical beam that would teleport whoever it touched to [[Earth]]. [[Blurr (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Blurr]] sacrificed himself to rescue as many Cybertronians as he could, racing through the city streets and throwing them into the path of the Talisman's energy.

At the last moment, Metroplex deployed his own space bridge, carrying himself and his occupants to join the other survivors at [[Victoria Falls]] as Iacon collapsed into flame, destroyed along with the rest of the planet by Unicron. {{storylink|Road's End}}
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=====The Functionist Universe=====
[[File:SomeOtherCybertron-FunctionistIacon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]] where the Great War had never begun, Iacon was spared its destruction and remained a bustling metropolis -- albeit one firmly under the control of the totalitarian [[Functionist Council]]. When a group of castaways from the ''Lost Light'' used a teleporter to try and return to ''their'' universe's Cybertron, they were accidentally shunted across the timelines and wound up in this universe's Iacon. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} Upon being arrested by [[Twelve-of-Twelve]], the ''Lost Light'' crew was marched through Iacon in a walk of shame where they passed by a giant statue of [[Primus]] before they were freed by the [[Anti-Vocationist League]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Millions of years ago, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces assaulted Iacon, with [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] breaching the city walls. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} Following a prosperous career in the Decepticon army, [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] was stationed as a spy on the outskirts of New Iacon. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 31|''Wings Universe'' Jetstorm profile}}

Soon after the [[Golden Age]] swept across Cybertron, it was assaulted by [[Megaplex]] and [[Thundercracker drone|his]] [[Starscream drone|drone]] [[Skywarp drone|army]]. After successfully capturing the city, Megaplex used it as his headquarters, where he talked with [[Starscream (MW)|Starscream]] until [[Skywarp (MW)|Skywarp]] arrived, informing the two that [[Thundercracker (MW)|Thundercracker]] has been captured. Outside of the city, the [[Autobot]] resistance fighters [[Electro]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] waited outside the city for their fellow rebels [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]], [[Octane]], [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], who also had the captured Thundercracker with them. When Megaplex and his army arrived and demanded that they hand over Thundercracker, a battle ensued until Sandstorm revealed himself to be [[Sandstorm (MW)|a spy]] for [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who soon arrived with his own army. {{Storylink|Termination}}

====''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''====
In a bygone era of peace, Iacon, "The Golden City", served as Cybertron's capital and boasted luxurious salons. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

When Megatron conquered Cybertron and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fled, Iacon was abandoned by its inhabitants. When [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] invaded Cybertron, they bombed Iacon with [[G.I.Rocket|green bombs]] onto Iacon covering it in rapidly growing organic matter. The Autobots who witnessed the act deduced the aliens were unaware of Iacon's tactical worthlessness. After the initial invasion was thwarted, the Joes retreated to the terraformed Iacon where they laid anti-Cybertronian traps. One of them managed to ensnare [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} Just as he had managed to convince G.I. Joe not to dissect him, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] arrived to rescue their friend, the resulting firefight rendering everyone unconscious. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

Before the fighting could resume, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] declared a truce between G.I. Joe and the Autobots. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} The alliance revolted Megatron however and he led "Decepticobra" in an all out assault on the former capital where he captured several key Joes and Autobots. Optimus Prime deposited [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] in Iacon before he left for Earth. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
The largest city on Cybertron, Iacon was located at Cybertron's north pole and bordered several minor city-states, including [[Vos (polity)|Vos]] and [[Nova Cronum]]. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}} During the Great War, it changed hands several times before falling to a [[Triumvirate]] of Decepticon warlords. The Decepticon Soundwave organized and ran the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] from within the [[Mandala]] for several centuries. Then the Autobot [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] infiltrated the city and, after mustering support from the locals, assassinated the triumvirate and toppled the Decepticon stronghold. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

After the end of the Great War, Iacon became home to the [[Builder Assembly]], the government of decrepit "[[Builder of Cybertron|Builders]]" who ruled the planet from the [[High Council Pavilions]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} The Mandala eventually became the new headquarters for the [[Predacon Secret Police]] as the second generation of Transformers spread across the planet. The [[Maximal]] [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] attended the Iacon [[Academy of Science and Technology]]. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

When the [[Grand Uprising]] began, Iacon became a Builder stronghold and remained firmly under their control, even though the [[Resistance]]'s attempts to take Vos threatened to undercut their hold on the region. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}} Even as the rest of the planet fell into chaos, Iacon's commerce and industry continued to function normally. Several years into the war, it saw a shootout within its borders as the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Wolfang (Predacon)|Wolfang]] was caught up in the search for the lost [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Overrun]]. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

When the Builers deployed the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s - an army of mindless self-replicating Transformers - Resistance leader [[Lio Convoy]] realized that the only way to end the war before their forces were overrun was to mount a full-scale march on Iacon. Maximal and Predacon leaders from across the planet launched an all-out assault on Iacon's Builder-held satellite cities, fighting [[Micromaster]]s as they went. The threat of a Resistance incursion was enough to get the Builders to rescind [[General Order 66]] and re-route the Vehicon hordes to Iacon, allowing Vehicon leader [[Galva Convoy]] to backstab his creators. In the ensuing battle, Iacon was almost entirely destroyed by Vehicons. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Days after the peace talks, the Predacon [[Bisk (BWU)|Bisk]] began exploring the lower levels of Iacon that had been revealed after a tower smashed apart the [[Chamber of the Ancients]]. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

====''Of Masters and Mayhem''====
When she was still an Autobot, [[Shred]] used to work in Iacon. {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}}

====''Siege'' bios====
Iacon was the capital of Cybertron, the home of its government before the Decepticon revolution that saw it overthrown. During the war for the planet, Autobot resistance general [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was known to be active in Iacon. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|''Siege'' toy bios}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPart1-Iacon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
The city of Iacon hosted the [[Pyramid (Cybertron)|Pyramid]], the building from which new Transformers were forged and welcomed to the world, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}} and the [[Senate]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} In ancient times, the monstrous, energy-devouring combiner known as "[[Abominus (G1)|the Abomination]]" was felled at Iacon, and the [[Enigma of Combination]] that had been used to create the beast wound up buried beneath the city in [[Rivets Field]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}}

During the subsequent [[War of the Threefold Spark]], at least one battle in the war was fought just beyond the city limits. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} By the time of Exarchon's defeat, the city had been ravaged by war and nearly destroyed. The monumental task of rebuilding fell to the ambitious [[Termagax]], an visionary architect, engineer, and scientist, and her second-in-command [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} while teams of volunteer laborers assisted with the initial cleanup efforts, including a young [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}} Termagax refused to merely ''rebuild'' the city to the way it had been, and sought to push the limits of what was possible; to this end, she recruited a six ambitious young builders, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and encouraged them to apply their unorthodox methods to the problem. Upon discovering the Enigma of Combination, Termagax helped the team master their new [[Devastator (G1)|combined form]], pooling their strength and power together to become the ultimate building team. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}}

In the new postwar era that followed, Iacon became host to many architectural wonders: these included the [[Tether]], a gigantic space elevator that connected the planet to the [[Winged Moon]], which harvested [[energon]] from the fabric of space-time. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} By [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s era, Iacon had grown to include the sprawling ethnic enclave known as the [[Xeno-Quarter]], which took up almost a fifth of the city, vast [[energon storage fields]], {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}} and the central hub for the planetary [[Titan Net]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} Beyond the city lay the [[Iacon Memorial Crater]], {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} the [[Cybertronian Mountains]], and an [[energon transmission station]] overseen by [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}}

In the years leading up to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the city became the epicenter of activity related to the burgeoning [[Ascenticon]] faction and hosted [[Ascenticon Headquarters]], {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} while members of [[The Rise]] camped out in a secret bunker beneath the Memorial Crater. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three}} As Megatron's tightly-laid plans continued to spiral out of his control, however, members of the Ascenticons were forced to take more and more direct action, which culminated in the destruction of an immersant [[Titan (group)|Titan]], {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} and, finally, [[Vigilem]]'s destruction of the Tether. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} The destruction levelled vast swathes of the city, {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}} and in the aftermath various groups like the [[Ascenticon Guard]] attempted to coordinate search and rescue missions amidst the ruins. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Cartoon continuity====
=====''Armada'' cartoon=====
[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] mentioned having been a warrior since his "spark left the Iacon chamber." {{storylink|Rebellion (Armada)|Rebellion}}

=====''Cybertron'' comic=====
*'''Locations'''
**Iacon Spaceport
**[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]
Iacon had become the capital of Cybertron, apparently replacing [[Cyber City]] or [[Central City (Cybertron)|Central City]].
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====Cyber Key code info====
[[Lugnutz]] longed for his pre-Decepticons days in the nanobrew shops of Iacon where poetry was recited. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Lugnutz's Cyber Key Code text}}

====''Universe'' toy bios====
With the evacuation of Cybertron, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] assigned [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] to guard the entrances in Iacon to the shafts leading to the Energon core of Cybertron. {{storylink|Downshift (Energon)#Universe (2003)|''Universe'' Downshift toy bio}}

===Live-action film series===
====Risk====
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Iacon is a region surrounded by [[Oracle Tank|The Oracle]] and [[Tower of Pion|Pion Tower]]. {{storylink|Risk: Cybertron War Edition|Risk}}
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===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:Shattered Glass Iacon overview.jpg|upright=2.8|thumb]]
*'''Locations'''
**[[Great Dome|Iacon]]
**[[Smelting pool]]
**A launching platform

The [[combiner]] [[Abominus (SG)|Abominus]] was named after the ancient Iaconian epic poem "Abominus Ex Meticular", a lurid tale of hubris and redemption. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 28|''Shattered Glass'' Abominus profile}}

Upon finding [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] alive and well, [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] contacted [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] at Iacon and was ordered to bring back the [[Cliffjumper (SG)|lost hero]] immediately. Rodimus did, admitting to a decidedly confused Cliffjumper that he was impressed Optimus Prime was interrupting his hobbies just to welcome him back. Only just inside the [[Great Dome|Iacon main complex]], the duo was greeted by Optimus Prime, who was thrilled to see his good friend alive. Cliffjumper was merely confused, a condition that only worsened as he was led further into the headquarters and found "his" comrades revelling in atrocities that would be more suited for Decepticons. He spoke up against it and was promptly shot down for his audacity. Optimus Prime considered killing him, but for the sake of their old friendship, he instead had Cliffjumper dumped in the [[Rad Zone]] where he could either re-earn his Autobot [[insignia]] or die trying.

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However, the Decepticons found Cliffjumper before he even woke up and brought him with them to [[Polyhex]], where Cliffjumper learned he had somehow traveled to a dimension in which the Autobots were evil and the Decepticons good. Hearing of the Autobots plan to build [[Ark (SG)|a ship]] to reach other planets with and subsequently conquer them, Cliffjumper agreed to help [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s troops destroy the launching platform. The assault was initiated at sundown and started with two of the [[Predacon (SG)|Predacons]] taking out the platform's guards. Next, [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]], [[Whisper (SG)|Whisper]] and [[Divebomb (SG)|Divebomb]] flew in and bombed the [[energon]] storage tanks near the platform's support beams with [[glass gas]] bombs. The tanks did not explode though, and so it came to a battle between the two armies. When Megatron took a shot from Optimus for Cliffjumper, the latter's indecision who to trust was undone and he finished the job of getting the tanks to explode on his own. With the platform collapsing badly, the Decepticons retreated victorious. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}

A battle in [[Khon]] didn't end in the Autobots' favor. First and foremost, they lost the [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel depot, which contents they needed repair the'' Ark'', to the Decepticons, but before they did, [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] returned from exile with a small army of [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobots]]. Dinobots who he couldn't control and either killed one another or fled the battlefield, leaving the brutes' strength an asset up for grabs ''only if'' the Autobots could retrieve them before the Decepticons would. After discussing a few matters with his officers, Optimus Prime sent out his troops to capture as many Dinobots as possible. What they returned with were eight specimina, but also the information that [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], the strongest Dinobot, had perished during the hunt. Optimus Prime was very much not pleased, but before he could kill anyone, Grimlock showed up in the main complex alive, well and willing to join the Autobot cause if his sovereignty would be acknowledged. Optimus accepted the deal with some reluctance. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Partially with Grimlock's aid, the Autobots repaired the launching platform and prepared the ''Ark'' for launch once more. To prevent a setback like last time, the platform had been reinforced with stone, on which the glass gas had no effect. More so the number of anti-air artillery emplacements and guards had been drastically increased. These details did not go unnoticed by the Decepticons, who gave up on a second attack, instead preparing a [[Nemesis (SG)|ship of their own]] to pursue the ''Ark'' with once it'd be launched. The lack of Decepticon hostilities put the Autobots in Iacon in a good mood, including Optimus Prime. This peace was ruined when [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]] let it slip that his [[Relatives|brother]] [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] had captured Megatron and was keeping him hostage in the [[Temple of Knowledge]]. Declaring that only he may kill Megatron, Optimus Prime ran off to the Temple of Knowledge. This development pleased Rodimus, who both longed to be [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] himself and leave the dead husk of a planet Cybertron had become behind. Quickly finding himself allies among the troops, Rodimus and his followers kicked those loyal to Optimus Prime out of the ''Ark'' and left with it to [[Earth]]. Optimus return to Iacon was marked by fury over both the betrayal and his troops inability to stop it. Despite that Cybertron had entered the [[Plait Expanse]] and no other ship could leave the planet for a year, Optimus ordered preparations to be made for a second launch. {{storylink|Do Over}}

[[File:Around Cybertron Rook is doomed.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
In the days after, [[Mini Spy (SG)|a civilian]] spotted [[Punch (SG)|a Decepticon]] very nearby Iacon. Even more so, that Decepticon had a meeting with two [[Zetar (SG)|treacherous]] [[Skyfall (SG)|Autobots]]. The civilian filmed the meeting and relayed it to [[Punch (SG)|Punch]] for a news report... in return for energon. {{storylink|Around Cybertron issue 4|Around Cybertron #4}} Shortly later, the comic duo [[Dreadwind (SG)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwind]] was captured by the Autobots and thrown in the [[smelting pool]] of the Iacon main complex. {{storylink|Around Cybertron issue 5|Around Cybertron #5}} Again a little later, [[Rook (SG)|Rook]] reported for ABN on Megatron's death at the hands of a [[Cyclonus (SG)|Decepticon traitor]]. Cameras had been placed near Optimus Prime's chambers to await his reaction upon hearing of his nemesis's passing. Rook noted he felt sorry for whoever would bring Optimus the bad news, a sentiment that grew bigger when it turned out to be he himself who was the messenger, since Optimus was one of ABN's viewers. {{storylink|Around Cybertron issue 6|Around Cybertron #6}}

A solar cycle after [[Nexus Prime]]'s departure from Cybertron, strange readings were detected in Iacon, possibly indicating [[stellar spanner]] use. {{storylink|Megatron (SG)#Timelines|BotCon 2011 Galvatron's profile card}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
*'''Locations'''
**Iacon Central
**The [[Autobot Memorial Plaza]]

The capital city of Cybertron, Iacon was the site of the final battle in the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. The unimaginatively named [[Battle for Iacon]] saw a decisive victory for the Autobots, though at the cost of all remaining [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]], and led to the ruination of the city. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|and]] [[Bulkhead (Animated)|his]] [[Prowl (Animated)|repair]] [[Ratchet (Animated)|crew]] vanished shortly after taking possession of the [[AllSpark]], [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] begrudgingly gave their eulogy at the Autobot Memorial Plaza in Iacon City. {{storylink|Dispatches}}

When [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Carmine Fanzone]] first arrived on Cybertron via the space bridge atop Sumdac Tower he arrived in Iacon. Ratchet quickly followed behind him before the two left for [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

When Optimus Prime's crew returned to Cybertron, with the [[AllSpark]] as a prize, and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s inner circle as prisoners, they made their triumphant return in Iacon's central plaza. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====The Covenant of Primus====
Iacon was founded following the [[Great Cataclysm]]. [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] made his way to the burgeoning city and took up residence in the [[Hall of Records]], establishing the city's reputation as one of knowledge and culture. The young [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] undertook a pilgrimage to the city to study medicine at the universities, eventually finding a job in one of the city's clinics.

In the [[Quintesson]] ruled [[Age of Wrath]], Iacon became the capital of the invaders.

When Optimus Prime ventured down to Cybertron's [[core]], he called out to Iacon itself which transformed into [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
*'''Locations'''
**[[Hall of Records]]
**[[High Council Tower]]
**[[Observatory of Iacon]]
**[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]

[[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]] hailed from Iacon, {{storylink|Transformers Vault}} and [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] worked at the [[Hall of Records]]. The latter two would drink at Maccadam's. The [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] would meet in a [[High Council Tower|tower]] built over [[Teletraan-1 (WFC)|Teletraan-1]], which contained the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] and the dormant [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. [[Vector Sigma]] was also located beneath the city, and [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] and the [[Manganese Mountains]] were nearby. Iacon remained unmolested until the end of the war, as the [[Autobot]]s also held [[Kalis]], which produced enough fusion energy for the city, and because of the city's formidable anti-aircraft turrets. Art, music and maintenance of the [[DataNet]] continued. The Decepticons infiltrated Teletraan-1 to steal the Chamber so they could poison Cybertron's [[core]] with [[Dark Energon]], causing Omega Supreme to crash into the city. When the Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Decepticons flooded into the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] and his [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] minions would eventually take up residence in the Autobot's former capital and used conscripted slave labour to build his newest tower. From here, he carried out his brutal regime. Shockwave came to view the entire city and its subjugated citizens as his personal laboratory, and saw Autobot guerrillas as welcome variables to cull the weak and enhance the strong. Although the Wreckers and other scattered pockets of Autobot resistance attacked Decepticon convoys moving in and out of Iacon, they could not retake the city. They were fed information by [[Maccadam]], who had turned his bar into the hub of the Autobot resistance's spy network.

Iacon was eventually invaded by Quintessons, who managed to get as far as the Hall of Records before the invasion was foiled. In the heat of battle, the Wrecker [[Rack n' Ruin]] destroyed Shockwave's tower with some stolen demolition charges, although Shockwave himself had already escaped Iacon's borders. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] attempted to cripple the Autobots' war effort by attacking the [[Iacon Energon Refinery]]. Optimus had anticipated the attack and set up defences to see off the Decepticon commando team. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

===''Knights of Unicron''===
[[Great Dome|Iacon Stadium]] was the twenty-sixth and final venue for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{Main|Iaconus}}
Iacon City possessed a high-ranking [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] team called the [[Iacon Wreckers]]. [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] attended a match, cheering for Iacon against the team from [[Polyhex]]. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}} The team would ultimately go on to win the match. {{storylink|Maccadam's}}

==Games==
====''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)====
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{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Iacontoy.jpg|thumb|I can see my house from here.]]
*'''Primus''' ([[2006]])
:Iacon is one of two distinguishable cities molded into the surface of [[Primus]]'s planet mode. It features many major landmarks as depicted in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics]] and [[DK Publishing|DK]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', such as the [[Stellar Galleries]], the [[Decagon]], the [[Chamber of the Ancients]], and the [[Tower of Pion]].
:The other distinguishable landmark is the Decepticon fortress [[Kolkular]], which, similar to the depiction on the Cybertron map in ''Transformers: The Ultimate Guide'', is placed on the opposite end of the toy from Iacon. The ''[[Transformers: The War Within|War Within]]'' comics also describe Iacon being built on the surface above buried [[planetary engine]]s that could conceivably maneuver Cybertron through space; likewise, the toy places Iacon directly over Primus's shoulder cannon shafts. Both of these details, however, are likely a coincidence.

===Cybertron===
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
:Yep, it was still there when the toy was released months later in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toyline.

===Transformers (2010)===
*'''Creator Primus''' (Supreme, [[2010]])
:Still there and going strong!
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==Merchandise==
*'''RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition''' ([[2007]])
:Iacon is one of the green zones on the board. Other "Iaconian" locations on the board include the [[Border Regions]], the [[High Council Pavilions]], the [[Chamber of the Ancients]], the [[Decagon]], the [[Stellar Galleries]], and the [[Tower of Pion]].

*'''Transformers Monopoly''' ([[2007]])
:Iacon replaces North Carolina Ave in this version of the game. [[Autobase]], [[Decagon]], [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], and [[Shockwave's Tower]] also have a spot on the board.

==Notes==
*Iacon, described as 'the mightiest Autobot stronghold of all' and identified as the launch site for the Autobots' ill-starred [[Ark (G1)|asteroid-clearing mission]], appears in [[Jim Shooter]]'s original story treatment for ''The Transformers'', and is therefore one of the oldest story elements of the entire brand.<ref>[http://transformingseminarian.blogspot.com/2010/06/jim-shooters-original-transformers.html Jim Shooter's original treatment for ''The Transformers'']</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Iacon''' (アイアコン ''Aiakon''), '''Iacon Bridge''' (アイアコーンブリッジ ''Aiakōn Burijji'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiě Bǎo''' (China 铁堡 "Iron Fort")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Iacon| *]]
[[Category:Animated locations]]
[[Category:Armada cities]]
[[Category:Beast Machines locations]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising polities]]
[[Category:Cybertron locations]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron locations]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cities]]
[[Category:Generation 2 locations]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) cities]]
[[Category:Movie cities]]
[[Category:Polities on Cybertron]]
[[Category:Prime locations]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron locations]]
[[Category:Wings Universe cities]]

Wildfly

2020-07-31T05:46:28Z

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:''Wildfly is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Wildfly-mtmte.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He's like a Micromaster version of [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]!]]
'''Wildfly''' is one of those robots who would be considered a monster and hunted down whether there was a war on or not. He destroys random office buildings for fun and tears the wings off passenger jets to pass the time. Like [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], he actively sows fear in those below him to gain a psychological edge in combat, but unlike the airborne [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]], Wildfly is every bit as horrible on the inside as the image he strives to project.

The saddest part is probably that Wildfly likes to think he's an exceptionally clever jokester, that his ever-impulsive destructive outbursts are hilarious jokes that make him "the life of the party." He doesn't realize that his sense of "humor" is so base and predictable that even among the Decepticons, he's usually the only one laughing at his tiresome antics.

He can combine with his fellow [[Pretender Monster]]s to form [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Wildfly-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|A-guhhh, gosh, boss, I'm sorry!]]
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|an alternate future]] where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Wildfly and his fellow Pretender Monsters were led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to the remains of [[New York City]] in an attempt to root out the last remaining vestiges of Autobot and human resistance. As Galvatron ranted on in the third person about his "historic victory," Wildfly noted that their leader was a few Froot Loops short of a complete balanced breakfast. Galvatron overheard him, however, and threatened to destroy all of them if they dared to challenge his power. [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]] gave Wildfly an angry rebuke for his indiscretion.

Not long later, Wildfly and the others rejoined the Decepticons to defend the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against an Autobot attack. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Wildfly-darkhorizon1.jpg|100px|thumb|Peek-a-boo!!]]
Wildfly was among a group of Decepticons who made a deal with [[Cobra-La]], receiving power-enhancing organic shells in exchange for defending Cobra-La's underground kingdom. During Cobra-La's scheme to summon [[Unicron]] to Earth, the Pretender Monsters were sent to attack a trio of Autobots aboard the submerged [[Arc II]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} Later, they combined into Monstructor to defend Cobra-La's kingdom against surface attack by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], but were defeated by the [[Laser Squad]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]

{{Note|In the IDW continuity, Wildfly and his partners are not Pretenders.}}
[[File:Monstructor Six Primus All Good Things.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
Millions of years ago, Wildfly and five others volunteered for [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] to merge them into the first combiner, becoming known as the "Monstructor Six". Created under the direction of [[Nova Prime]], they were intended to be the ultimate fusion of mind and body, a vast amount of intellect combined with unparalleled strength. Unfortunately, they were driven into insanity by the merging process and became monsters. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} After Nova Prime departed Cybertron in the ''Ark'', [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] locked them in a dimensionally-displaced prison to live out the rest of their horrid existence. Eventually, they escaped and tracked down and attacked Omega Supreme, but were defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and split apart into their individual bodies. Despite Omega Supreme's protestations about the dangers of gestalt technology falling into Decepticon hands, Prime had them taken into custody in an attempt to repair their shattered minds. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Spotlight Arcee Monstructor Six.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right]]
Wildfly and his comrades were incarcerated at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary where [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] attempted to carry out Optimus Prime's orders despite [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus's]] misgivings about the whole endeavour. Thanks to a tip-off from the double-agent [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s [[Decepticon Secret Service]] attacked the facility and absconded with the monsters. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} The breakout of the "Monstructor Six" eventually made its way to the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]], and from there to Optimus Prime. Although Earth was currently facing the threat of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], Prime decided that they couldn't risk allowing the Decepticons to gain gestalt technology, and ordered [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s team to abandon Earth and head to Garrus-9. {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}}

However, the Decepticons were later attacked in turn by the minions of Jhiaxus and Nova Prime (now Nemesis Prime), who took the gestalt Transformers for the purpose of making Monstructor a guardian of a [[Nega-Core]], a device crucial to Nemesis Prime's grand plans. The Autobot Arcee and the Decepticon survivors struck a deal to capture Monstructor. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} They engaged Monstructor on [[Rotan]], but Arcee left mid-battle to confront Jhiaxus. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Lost & Found Monstructor Six and Bludgeon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left]]
Falling back into the hands of the Decepticons, Wildfly and the others came under the command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. While hunting down [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]], they were confronted by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s elite Autobot team, and combined into Monstructor to do battle with them. After Monstructor was downed by a precise shot from [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], his components fled the scene with Bludgeon. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost & Found}}

[[File:Syndromica 1 Monstructor Six.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right]]
Bludgeon later patched up Monstructor's weak spot and, after learning of Jhiaxus's capture, traveled to [[Arduria]] where he used Monstructor to distract the Autobots while personally freeing Jhiaxus. The plan worked and they retreated in their separate components to continue Jhiaxus's mission of finding [[Regenesis]] missiles for Shockwave. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}} Ending up on [[Gorlam Prime]] in search of a dormant [[Titan (group)|Titan]], the Monstructor Six lured the Autobots out by attacking [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], then combined to force Orion Pax to defend himself by awakening the Titan. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} The Monstructor Six then followed their masters to Cybertron as they reunited with Shockwave to enact his master plan. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} The plan ultimately failed and Monstructor was defeated by [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] and the ''[[Lost Light]]'', but the Monstructor Six evaded captivity and remained at large. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

Years later, the Monstructor Six resurfaced as Bludgeon's minions once more, joining their master during [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron. Though they were able to combine and overpower [[Victorion]] during the battle in Cybertron's upper atmosphere, {{storylink|Our Finest}} when the battle moved to [[Earth]], Monstructor was tag-teamed and destroyed by Victorion and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], killing Wildfly and the other members of the team. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Widfly was presumably present as part of Monstructor when the combiner became one of [[Violen Jiger|Bio Ranger Iga]]'s [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/27}}

==Commercial appearances==
Wildfly, [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]], and [[Scowl (G1)|Scowl]] were granted Pretender shells by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After the process was complete, the three newly empowered Decepticons leaped forwards, ready to charge into battle. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretender Monsters|Pretender Monsters commercial}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Wildfly-toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|To transform, he puts on a bird mask.]]
*'''Wildfly''' (Pretender Monster, 1989)
**''Team ID number:'' '''PM3'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, shell, Monstructor fist

:Wildfly's Pretender shell is a demented, bulging-eyed, hunch-backed, fanged, winged ghoul. His inner robot transforms to a winged bird-creature and can function as either of Monstructor's arms. His [[transformation scheme]], though simple, is unique among the Monster Pretenders, the rest of whom share one of two basic schemes. He comes with his shell plate, a gun, and a fist for Monstructor.

:Wildfly's inner robot and combiner kibble were also used to make [[Yokuryu#Victory|Yokuryu]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Wildfly/wildfly.htm More information on Wildfly at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Acrobus''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Vampiro''' ("Vampire")

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]

Transformers Trading Card Game

2020-03-20T12:42:50Z

Revanche: /* Rare */

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[[File:Transformers TCG clean logo.jpg|right|upright=1.67|300px]]
The '''Transformers Trading Card Game''' is a collectible card game in which players build teams of both [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s to battle other players. The game was revealed in July 2018 by [[Wizards of the Coast]] where attendees of [[Gen-Con]] and [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] were able to purchase an exclusive set-card pack.

The game uses simple mechanics in which players take turns doing a multitude of things, from drawing cards to flipping their character cards to their alt-modes. As of 2018, there are currently 40 Wave 1 character cards, 81 Wave 1 battle cards, 4 Starter set character cards, 1 [[Titan (group)|Titan]] card, 3 [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] Deck character cards, and 3 Metroplex battle cards. A second wave, branded as "Rise of the Combiners" released on March 1, 2019 and added new characters and battle cards, including [[Combiner]]s that require multiple character cards to use. This wave consisted of 46 character cards, 81 battle cards, 1 Omega Supreme card (a Lootcrate exclusive) and 1 Chinese New Year Bumblebee card (China pre-order exclusive). A third wave branded as "War for Cybertron Siege I", based on the toyline of the same name, released 48 character cards and 64 battle cards. This new wave includes a new card type in the form of BattleMasters and MicroMasters, with the former having an upgrade type battle card form rather than a traditional alt mode.

==Wave 1==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterPack.jpg|thumb|150px|Maybe this one will actually have that holofoil Charizard...]]
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Hound (G1)|Autobot Hound]] // Long-Range Scout
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] // Merciless Insecticon
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] // Insecticon Mind-Controller
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Courageous Scout
* [[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]] // Hot-Headed Warrior
* [[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]] // Fearsome Flyer
* [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] // Veteran Decepticon
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Decepticon Leader
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] // Freedom Fighter
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] // Sky Smasher
* [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] // Veteran Sergeant
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Scheming Second-in-Command}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Jazz (G1)|Autobot Jazz]] // Special Ops
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]] // Lone Wolf
* [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] // Sneaky Insecticon
* [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] // Bounty Hunter
* [[Demolisher]] // Devoted Decepticon
* [[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]] // Mighty Stomper
* [[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]] // Desert Warrior
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] // Fearless Firefighter
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] // Air Guardian
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] // Cunning Insecticon
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] // Military Strategist
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] // Insecticon Commando
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] // Sneaky Prankster
* Starscream // Air Commander
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] // Mach Warrior
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] // Weapons Inventor}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] // Skilled Fighter
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Autobot Cosmos]] // Recon & Communication
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] // Special Ops
* [[Straxus (G1)|Darkmount]] // Cruel Overlord
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Decepticon Shockwave]] // Cybertron Commander
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] // Dinobot Leader
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Insecticon Skrapnel]] // Insecticon Leader
* Megatron // Living Weapon
* Optimus Prime // Battlefield Legend
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] // Fusion Flyer}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee // Legendary Warrior
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] // Dark Clone}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Battle Ready
* Brainstorm
* Crushing Size
* Data Pad
* Drill Arms
* [[Flamethrower]]
* [[Force field|Force Field]]
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Incoming Transmission
* Inspiring Leadership
* Leap into Battle
* Medic!
* New Designs
* Piercing Blaster
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Ready for Action
* Reinforced Plating
* Repair Bay
* Scrapper Gauntlets
* Supercharge
* Zap}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerial Recon
* Armed Hovercraft
* Backup Plan
* Blast Shield
* Body Armor
* Bug Bomb
* Collateral Damage
* Computer Sabotage
* Crushing Treads
* Debilitating Crystal
* Disarm
* Disruption
* Disruptive Entrance
* Emergency Maintenance
* Equipment Enthusiast
* Grenade Launcher
* Jaws of Steel
* Multi-Mission Gear
* Multi-Tool
* Plasma Burst
* [[Great Sword|Power Sword]]
* Ramming Speed
* Rapid Ascent
* Strafing Run
* Swap Missions
* Treasure Hunt
* Turbo Boosters}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Agility of Bumblebee
* Bombing Run
* Cargo Trailer
* Combat Training
* [[Cybertronium bow|Cybertonium Bow]]
* Data Bank
* Dino-Chomp!
* [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]]
* [[Fusion cannon|Fusion Cannon]] of Megatron
* Heroism
* Hunker Down
* I Still Function!
* [[Ion blaster|Ion Blaster]] of Optimus Prime
* [[Matrix of Leadership]]
* [[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] of Starscream
* One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall
* Peace through Tyranny
* [[Photon bomb|Photon Bomb]]
* Roll Out!
* Salvage for Parts
* Security Checkpoint
* Shock Absorbers
* Start Your Engines
* [[Static Laser]] of Ironhide
* Swap Parts
* Swarm!
* System Reboot
* Team-Up Tactics
* The Bigger They Are
* [[Thermal weaponry|Thermal Weaponry]]}}

===Box Sets===
====Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee // Brave Warrior
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] // Veteran Autobot
* Optimus Prime // Autobot Leader
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] // Security Chief}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Debilitating Crystal (x2)
* Flamethrower (x2)
* Grenade Launcher (x2)
* Handheld Blaster (x2)
* Improvised Shield (x2)
* Incoming Transmission (x2)
* Inspiring Leadership (x2)
* Leap into Battle (x2)
* New Designs (x2)
* Piercing Blaster (x2)
* Plasma Burst (x2)
* Primary Laser (x2)
* Ramming Speed (x2)
* Rapid Ascent (x2)
* Rapid Conversion (x2)
* Ready for Action (x2)
* Repair Bay (x2)
* Team-Up Tactics (x2)}}

====Metroplex Deck====
[[File:Six gun.jpg|thumb|150px|Batteries not included.]]
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] // Autobot City
* [[Scamper]] // City Patrol
* [[Six-Gun]] // Heavy Weapons Expert
* [[Slammer]] // Combat Drone*}}
:''* Slammer is a drone, so it doesn’t flip between modes like other character cards.''

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x3)
* Backup Plan (x3)
* Combat Training (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Flamethrower (x3)
* Force Field (x3)
* Handheld Blaster (x3)
* Height Advantage (x3)
* Improvised Shield (x3)
* Inspiring Leadership (x3)
* Protected By Metroplex (x3)
* Rally the City (x3)
* Rapid Conversion (x3)
* Supercharge (x3)}}
{{-}}

==Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterBox.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|300px|Your wallet will suffer at the hands of ''Predaking''!]]
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Firestar (G1)|Autobot Novastar]] // Search and Rescue
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Trusted Lieutenant
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Arrogant Ruler
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] // Combat Assault}}

=====[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] // Menacing Colossus=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] // Paranoid Scout
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] // Doomed Loner
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Decepticon Drag Strip]] // Cutthroat Warrior
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] // Stunticon Leader
*[[Offroad]] // All-Terrain Soldier}}

=====[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] // Sky Protector=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] // Fearless Flyer
*[[Alpha Bravo]] // Airborne Special Ops
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] // Sky High Recon
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] // Aerialbot Leader
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] // Air Warfare Specialist}}

=====[[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] // Sky Destroyer=====
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] // Air Defense
*[[Darkwing (G1)|Blackwing]] // Aerial Attacker

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] // Reluctant Soldier
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] // Fastest Bot in the Galaxy
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] // Doombringer
* [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] // Autobot Architect
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] // Supersonic Interceptor}}

=====[[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] // Ultimate Defender=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Autobot Hot Rod]] // Impulsive Fighter
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]] // Counterintelligence
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] // Steadfast Brawler
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] // Gleaming Commander
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] // Strategic Mastermind
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] // Bold Warrior}}

=====[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] // Ferocious Hunter=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] // Aerial Assault
* [[Headstrong (G1)|Predacon Headstrong]] // Ground Assault
* [[Rampage (G1)|Predacon Rampage]] // Savage Hunter
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] // Predacon Leader
* [[Tantrum (G1)|Torox]] // Fueler}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] // Toxic Terror
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] // Decepticon Psy Ops
* [[Venom (G1)|Decepticon Venin]] // Insecticon Tyrant}}

=====[[Volcanicus (Generations)|Volcanicus]] // Fiery Champion=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]] // Dino Demolitions
*[[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]] // Battering Ram
*[[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]] // Spiked Battler
*[[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]] // Bombardier
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] // Powerful Commander}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Springer (G1)|Autobot Springer]] // Aerial Defense
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] // Relentless Foe
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Decepticon King
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] // Combiner Hunter}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Bashing Shield
* Confidence
* Cooling Vents
* Energon Slingshot
* Enforcement Batons
* Erratic Lightning
* Escape Route
* Field Communicator
* Field Repair
* Fling
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Rest and Relaxation
* Security Console
* Spare Parts
* Surprise Attack
* Swindled
* Tech Research
* Testify
* Underhanded Tactics
* Vaporize}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Enigma
* Attack Drone
* Backup Beam
* Bolt of Lightning
* Bravery
* Cornered!
* Enemy Combat Analysis
* Evasive Maneuvers
* Focus Fire
* Leap of Faith
* Noble's Blaster
* Pep Talk
* Power Punch
* Reckless Charge
* Scoundrel's Blaster
* Scrounge
* Secret Dealings
* Smelt
* Sonic Scramble
* Sparring Gear
* Stealthiness
* Stunticon Enigma
* Superior Cannon
* Superior Jetpack
* Superior Plating
* Universal Network Access
* Vandalize}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Formation
* Ancient Wisdom
* Bad Attitude
* Bumpers
* Combat Commands
* Crash Landing
* Decepticon Crown
* Defensive Driving
* Dinobot Enigma
* Electrified Spikes
* Energized Field
* Espionage
* Fog of War
* Heavy-Handed
* Inferno Breath
* Intelligence Mission
* Inverted!
* Marksmanship
* Master Plan
* Mining Pick
* Mounted Missiles
* Predacon Enigma
* Press the Advantage
* Recon System
* Sentinel Enigma
* Steamroll
* Stunticon Swagger
* Tackle
* Tooth and Claw
* Unleash Potential}}

===Box Sets===
====Devastator Deck====
=====Devastator // Towering Warrior=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] // Demolitions
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] // Surgical Engineer
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Longhaul]] // Transport
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] // Materials Fabrication
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] // Mining and Salvage
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] // Construction Foreman}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Blast Shield (x3)
*Builder's Tools (x3)
*Constructicon Enigma (x3)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x3)
*Heavy Landing (x3)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Pep Talk (x3)
*Primary Laser (x3)
*Ramming Speed (x2)
*Rapid Conversion (x3)
*Reclaim (x3)
*Scrapper Gauntlets (x3)
*Tower Tracker (x1)
*Work Overtime (x3)}}

====Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Least Likely, Most Dangerous
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Cybertronian Tyrant
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Decepticon Lieutenant
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] // Defender of Truth}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Armored Plating (x2)
*Backup Beam (x2)
*Enforcement Batons (x2)
*Equipment Enthusiast (x2)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x2)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Inferno Breath (x2)
*Leap of Faith (x1)
*New Designs (x2)
*Pep Talk (x2)
*Primary Laser (x2)
*Reckless Charge (x2)
*Rest and Relaxation (x2)
*Security Console (x2)
*Sparring Gear (x2)
*Stealthiness (x2)
*Strafing Run (x1)
*Super Charge (x2)
*Surprise Attack (x2)
*Vaporize (x2)}}

==Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I==
A tie-in to the concurrently running [[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|War for Cybertron: Siege]] toyline, Wave 3 features many characters from the line, though there are several game exclusive additions to the cast as well. Though Wave 2's Combiners sit this wave out, the game does add two new types of Character Cards in the form of [[Micromaster|Micro]] and [[Battle Master]]s. This wave also sees the debut of original art for all of the wave's Battle Cards, each drawn by a variety of artists who've worked on [[IDW Publishing]]'s Transformers comics.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Prowl (G1)|Major Prowl]] // Infantry-Strategist
*[[Arcee (G1)|Private Arcee]] // Special Ops-Warrior
*[[Flak (G1)|Private Flak]] // Artillery-Tactics
*[[Mudslinger (G1)|Private Mudslinger]] // Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]] // Medical-Medic
*[[Red Hot|Private Red Heat]] // Infantry-Emergency Response
*[[Stakeout (G1)|Private Stakeout]] // Infantry-Communications
*[[Big Shot|Private Top Shot]] // Artillery-Patrol Leader
*[[Tote|Private Tote]] // Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Detour (G1)|Raider Detour]] // Infantry-Demolitions
*[[Ion Storm|Raider Ion Storm]] // Infantry-Rainmaker
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Raider Laserbeak]] // Espionage-Interrogation
*[[Ravage (G1)|Raider Ravage]] // Espionage-Saboteur
*[[Road Hugger (G1)|Raider Road Hugger]] // Infantry-Tactics
*[[Runabout (G1)|Raider Runabout]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Raider Runamuck]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Storm Cloud (G1)|Raider Storm Cloud]] // Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Whisper (G1)|Raider Visper]] // Infantry-Patrol Leader
*[[Chromia (G1)|Sergeant Chromia]] // Special Ops-Counterintelligence
*[[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] // Infantry-Recon
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Sergeant Skrapnel]] // Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Sparkstalker|Sergeant Sparkstalker]] // Black Ops-Cryptology}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Captain Wheeljack]] // Engineering-Scientist
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Major Soundwave]] // Espionage-Spy
*[[Firebolt (G1)|Private Firedrive]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Duo-Charge Electrostatic Photon Cannon
*[[Lionizer (G1)|Private Lionizer]] // Ground Command-Artillery // RS Firesteel Saber
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Transformers Trading Card Game|Private Sideswipe]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Private Trailbreaker]] // Infantry-Fortification & Defense
*[[Aimless (G1)|Raider Aimless]] // Air Force-Weapons // Manifold Ion Particle Blaster
*[[Blowpipe (G1)|Raider Blowpipe]] // Air Force Weapons // Dual-Impact Shatterblast Cannon
*[[Flamefeather (G1)|Raider Flamefeather]] // Black Ops-Soldier
*[[Nightstick (G1)|Raider Nightstick]] // Ground Force-Weapons // Black Beam Blaster
*[[Triggerhappy (G1)|Raider Triggerhappy]] // Air Force-Gunner
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Specialist Flamewar]] // Special Ops-Hunter
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Specialist Ratchet]] // Engineering-Rescue & Repair}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] // Cybertronian Sage
*[[Elita One (G1)|Captain Elita-1]] // Special Ops-Ranger
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Captain Ironhide]] // Infantry-Bodyguard
*[[Starscream (G1)|Captain Starscream]] // Infantry-Air Commander
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] // Infantry-Leader
*[[Megatron (G1)|General Megatron]] // Infantry-Leader
*[[Cindersaur (G1)|Raider Cindersaur]] // Black Ops-Demolitions
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Raider Needlenose]] // Air Force-Soldier
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Sergeant Skywarp]] // Black Ops-Seeker}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Shockwave (G1)|Major Shockwave]] // Applied Sciences-Scientist
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Major Ultra Magnus]] // Infantry-City Commander
*[[Cog (G1)|Sergeant Cog]] // Artillery-Mechanic // Heavy Force Defensebreaker Cannon}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Battlefield Report
*Brainstorm
*Calculated Strike
*Combat Dagger
*Dismantling Claw
*Force Field
*Medic!
*Pep Talk
*Reactive Armor
*Repurpose
*Smoke Cloak}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Compact Shield
*Device Virus
*EMP Wave
*Energy Pack
*Fuel Cache
*Full Loadout
*Rock Toss
*Spinner Rims
*Squish Them Like Bugs
*Steady Shot}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*Battering Ram
*Callous Leadership
*Dampening Field
*Emergency Defense Field
*Erratic Energy Grenade
*Heat of Battle
*Heroic Team-Up
*Infiltrate
*Laser Cutlass
*Pop a Wheelie
*Quartermaster
*RR Disruptor Blade
*Scavenge the Battlefield
*Special Ops Mission
*Take Cover
*Two-Pronged Attack
*Ultra Magnus Armor
*Unconventional Flying Object}}

===Box Sets===
====Blaster vs. Soundwave====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] // Communications
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] // Spy
* [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] // Electronic Surveillance
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] // Warrior
* [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] // Warrior
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] // Saboteur
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] // Communications
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] // Tracker}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Backup Beam (x3)
*Basic Combat Protocol (x2)
*Blast Shield (x3)
*Buzzsaw, Ravage, Frenzy Attack! (x3)
*Calculated Strike (x3)
*Daring Counterattack (x3)
*Dismantle (x2)
*Escape Route (x6)
*Flamethrower (x2)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x6)
*Incoming Transmission (x2)
*Inner Groove (x3)
*Intercept Communications (x3)
*Interpret The Airwaves (x3)
*Obstructive Rhythm (x3)
*Pep Talk (x6)
*Piercing Blaster (x2)
*Recover Cassette (x6)
*Scoundrel's Blaster (x3)
*Smoke Cloak (x3)
*Steady Shot (x3)
*Vaporize (x3)
*Zap (x2)}}

==Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II==
Wave 4 continues the toyline tie-in of Wave 3, offering a variety of characters featured in the War for Cybertron toyline. Triple Changers and, in a way, Combiners make their return in this wave. Unlike Wave 2's combiners, Wave 4's Captain Omega Supreme and Private Skytread start out as component alt mode parts that the player must fulfill a certain condition to unite into robot mode. Unlike Wave 3's Sergeant Cog, Wave 4's Weaponizers Sergeant Six-Gun and Raider Brunt split up into two separate Weapon type upgrades upon their defeat. Wave 4 also sees the debut of a third faction to the game, the [[Mercenary (faction)|Mercenaries]] who will go on to be featured in the next War for Cybertron toyline, [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]].

Players who purchase a full Booster Box of War for Cybertron: Siege II cards also receive a new Titan card, Trypticon, and his three minions.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Captain Astrotrain]] // Space Force-Transport
*[[Impactor (G1)|Captain Impactor]] // Special Ops-Wrecker
*[[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] // Bounty Hunter
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] // Hired Muscle
*[[Fixit (G1)|Private Fixit]] // Rescue Patrol-Medic
*[[Highjump (G1)|Private Highjump]] // Off-Road Patrol-Infiltration
*[[Powertrain|Private Powertrain]] // Off-Road Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Seawatch|Private Seawatch]] // Rescue Patrol-Search & Rescue
*[[Sidetrack (G1)|Private Sidetrack]] // Battle Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Private Smokecreen]] // Special Ops-Soldier
*[[Sunrunner (G1)|Private Sunrunner]] // Battle Patrol-Air Defense
*[[Apeface|Raider Apeface]] // Espionage-Commando
*[[Blackjack|Raider Blackjack]] // Sports Car Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Chop Shop (G1)|Raider Chop Shop]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Raider Hyperdrive]] // Sports Car Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Nightflight (G1)|Raider Nightflight]] // Air Strike Patrol-Spy
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Raider Nova Storm]] // Infantry-Combustion Specialist
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Raider Ratbat]] // Spy Patrol-Fuel Scout
*[[Rumble (G1)|Raider Rumble]] // Spy Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Tailwind (G1)|Raider Tailwind]] // Air Strike Patrol-Strategist
*[[Barricade (G1)|Sergeant Barricade]] // Infantry-Enforcer
*[[Mirage (G1)|Sergeant Mirage]] // Special Ops-Spy
*[[Springer (G1)|Sergeant Springer]] // Special Ops-Aerial Defense
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Specialist Sandstorm]] // Special Ops-Advance Guard
*[[Brunt (G1)|Raider Brunt]] // Weapons-Soldier
**TTC-HD Turret Armor
**TTC-HP Oblivio Launcher}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] // Soldier of Fortune
*[[Dazzlestrike|Private Dazzlestrike]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Shadowsteel Iceblade
*[[Greenlight|Private Greenlight]] // Special Ops-Recon
*[[Turbo Board|Private Turbo Board]] // Air Command-Evac // Anti-Gravity Turbo Pack
*[[Vanguard|Private Vanguard]] // Ground Command-Advance Guard // Anti-Ballistic Turret Helmet
*[[Caliburst (G1)|Raider Caliburst]] // Air Force-Weapons // Oxidation Cannon
*[[Kickback (G1)|Raider Kickback]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Needler (G1)|Raider Needler]] // Ground Force-Demolitions // Steelbite Incisor Mask
*[[Sights (G1)|Raider Sights]] // Air Force-Artillery // Multi-Maneuver Glider Wings
*[[Spinister (G1)|Raider Spinister]] // Infantry-Aerial Assault
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Sergeant Crosshairs]] // Artillery-Weapons Supervisor}}

=====[[Flywheels|Raider Skytread]] // Special Ops-Soldier=====
{{columnlist|2|*Skytread (Plane)
*Skytread (Tank))}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Jetfire (G1)|Captain Jetfire]] // Engineering-Air Guardian
*[[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]] // Arms Dealer
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Private Hot Rod]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Sergeant Thundercracker]] // Infantry-Seeker
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Captain Omega Supreme]] // Transport-City Defender
**Omega Supreme (Base)
**Omega Supreme (Spaceship)
**Omega Supreme (Tank)
*[[Six-Gun|Sergeant Six-Gun]] // Artillery-Soldier
**MTX-M2 Anti-Gravity Cannon
**MTX-S2A Guided Missile Launcher}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] // Galactic Commander
*[[Megatron (G1)|Lord Megatron]] // Conqueror of Cybertron
*[[Octane|Octone]] // Capricious Aggressor
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Sergeant Soundblaster]] // Weapons-Arms Dealer}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Crowbar
*Designated Target
*Fight for Position
*Guarded Posture
*Hazardous Shield
*Head-On Collision
*Hidden Fortification
*Kinetic Convertor
*Kinetic Intensifier Whip
*Medic's Protective Field
*Minor Medic Kit
*Reprocess
*Showing Off
*Soldier's Blaster
*Special Delivery
*Stable Cover
*Terrifying Resilience
*Unflinching Courage
*War of Attrition
*Wedge Formation}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Acute Reflexes
*Adaptive Plating
*Battlefield Incursion
*Blast Suit
*Contract Contingency
*Decipher
*Dual Wield
*Energy Transfer
*Erratic Cannon
*Even the Score
*Heroic Resolve
*Immersed in Shadow
*Increased Durability
*Indestructible Sword
*New Orders
*Plunder
*Point Position
*Sabotaged Armaments
*Sturdy Javelin
*Swerve}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*4-Wheel Drive
*Backfire
*Composite Armor
*Conversion Engine
*Coup
*Crude Club
*Daring Escape
*Defensive Configuration
*Hijack
*Involuntary Promotion
*Jam Signals
*Lucky Vest
*Multi-Missile Pod
*Opportune Offensive
*Opportune Repairs
*Overheat
*Overwhelming Advantage
*Pincer Movement
*Pocket Processor
*Relentless Invasion
*Shoulder Holster
*Step Forward
*Toolbox
*Valuable Contract}}

===Booster Box Exclusives===
{{columnlist|4|*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] // Assault Base
*[[Brunt]] // Artillery Drone
*[[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] // Base Recon
*[[Wipe-Out]] // Devoted Minion}}

==Exclusives==
[[File:Booster sdcc.jpg|thumb|150px|"And how do I get ''you''?" "Don't ask!"]]
===Convention Pack 2018===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] // Renegade Warrior
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] // Strategic [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]}}

====Battle Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* All-Out Attack
*Tandem Targeting System}}

===Convention Pack 2019===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Camshaft (G1)|Private Camshaft]] // Special Ops-Scout
*[[Downshift (G1)|Private Downshift]] // Special Ops-Security Agent
*[[Overdrive|Sergeant Overdrive]] // Special Ops-Strategist}}

===Lootcrate===
====Character Cards====
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] // Autobot Defense Base

===Chinese New Year Promotion===
====Character Cards====
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Silver Gold Warrior

===In-Store Play Promo Cards===
====Character Cards====
=====Wave 3=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Smashdown|Private Smashdown]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Airquake Hammerclaw
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Trusted Lieutenant (Gold Foil)
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] // Veteran Decepticon (Gold Foil)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]] // Medical-Medic (Gold Foil)}}

==Notes==
* The artwork used on the cards originates from various sources. Character cards, for example largely reuse packaging art and character art from ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'', while the battle card artwork is sourced from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]]. Beginning with Wave 2, some new cards such as [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade: Combiner Hunter]] featured all new art. As of Wave 3, all battle card art is completely original while character cards remain a mix of reused packaging and ''Legends'' art, albeit with a much more generous portion of new art as well.

[[Category:Transformers Trading Card Game| ]]

Transformers Trading Card Game

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[[File:Transformers TCG clean logo.jpg|right|upright=1.67|300px]]
The '''Transformers Trading Card Game''' is a collectible card game in which players build teams of both [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s to battle other players. The game was revealed in July 2018 by [[Wizards of the Coast]] where attendees of [[Gen-Con]] and [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] were able to purchase an exclusive set-card pack.

The game uses simple mechanics in which players take turns doing a multitude of things, from drawing cards to flipping their character cards to their alt-modes. As of 2018, there are currently 40 Wave 1 character cards, 81 Wave 1 battle cards, 4 Starter set character cards, 1 [[Titan (group)|Titan]] card, 3 [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] Deck character cards, and 3 Metroplex battle cards. A second wave, branded as "Rise of the Combiners" released on March 1, 2019 and added new characters and battle cards, including [[Combiner]]s that require multiple character cards to use. This wave consisted of 46 character cards, 81 battle cards, 1 Omega Supreme card (a Lootcrate exclusive) and 1 Chinese New Year Bumblebee card (China pre-order exclusive). A third wave branded as "War for Cybertron Siege I", based on the toyline of the same name, released 48 character cards and 64 battle cards. This new wave includes a new card type in the form of BattleMasters and MicroMasters, with the former having an upgrade type battle card form rather than a traditional alt mode.

==Wave 1==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterPack.jpg|thumb|150px|Maybe this one will actually have that holofoil Charizard...]]
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Hound (G1)|Autobot Hound]] // Long-Range Scout
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] // Merciless Insecticon
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] // Insecticon Mind-Controller
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Courageous Scout
* [[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]] // Hot-Headed Warrior
* [[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]] // Fearsome Flyer
* [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] // Veteran Decepticon
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Decepticon Leader
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] // Freedom Fighter
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] // Sky Smasher
* [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] // Veteran Sergeant
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Scheming Second-in-Command}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Jazz (G1)|Autobot Jazz]] // Special Ops
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]] // Lone Wolf
* [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] // Sneaky Insecticon
* [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] // Bounty Hunter
* [[Demolisher]] // Devoted Decepticon
* [[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]] // Mighty Stomper
* [[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]] // Desert Warrior
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] // Fearless Firefighter
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] // Air Guardian
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] // Cunning Insecticon
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] // Military Strategist
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] // Insecticon Commando
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] // Sneaky Prankster
* Starscream // Air Commander
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] // Mach Warrior
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] // Weapons Inventor}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] // Skilled Fighter
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Autobot Cosmos]] // Recon & Communication
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] // Special Ops
* [[Straxus (G1)|Darkmount]] // Cruel Overlord
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Decepticon Shockwave]] // Cybertron Commander
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] // Dinobot Leader
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Insecticon Skrapnel]] // Insecticon Leader
* Megatron // Living Weapon
* Optimus Prime // Battlefield Legend
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] // Fusion Flyer}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee // Legendary Warrior
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] // Dark Clone}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Battle Ready
* Brainstorm
* Crushing Size
* Data Pad
* Drill Arms
* [[Flamethrower]]
* [[Force field|Force Field]]
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Incoming Transmission
* Inspiring Leadership
* Leap into Battle
* Medic!
* New Designs
* Piercing Blaster
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Ready for Action
* Reinforced Plating
* Repair Bay
* Scrapper Gauntlets
* Supercharge
* Zap}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerial Recon
* Armed Hovercraft
* Backup Plan
* Blast Shield
* Body Armor
* Bug Bomb
* Collateral Damage
* Computer Sabotage
* Crushing Treads
* Debilitating Crystal
* Disarm
* Disruption
* Disruptive Entrance
* Emergency Maintenance
* Equipment Enthusiast
* Grenade Launcher
* Jaws of Steel
* Multi-Mission Gear
* Multi-Tool
* Plasma Burst
* [[Great Sword|Power Sword]]
* Ramming Speed
* Rapid Ascent
* Strafing Run
* Swap Missions
* Treasure Hunt
* Turbo Boosters}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Agility of Bumblebee
* Bombing Run
* Cargo Trailer
* Combat Training
* [[Cybertronium bow|Cybertonium Bow]]
* Data Bank
* Dino-Chomp!
* [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]]
* [[Fusion cannon|Fusion Cannon]] of Megatron
* Heroism
* Hunker Down
* I Still Function!
* [[Ion blaster|Ion Blaster]] of Optimus Prime
* [[Matrix of Leadership]]
* [[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] of Starscream
* One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall
* Peace through Tyranny
* [[Photon bomb|Photon Bomb]]
* Roll Out!
* Salvage for Parts
* Security Checkpoint
* Shock Absorbers
* Start Your Engines
* [[Static Laser]] of Ironhide
* Swap Parts
* Swarm!
* System Reboot
* Team-Up Tactics
* The Bigger They Are
* [[Thermal weaponry|Thermal Weaponry]]}}

===Box Sets===
====Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee // Brave Warrior
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] // Veteran Autobot
* Optimus Prime // Autobot Leader
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] // Security Chief}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Debilitating Crystal (x2)
* Flamethrower (x2)
* Grenade Launcher (x2)
* Handheld Blaster (x2)
* Improvised Shield (x2)
* Incoming Transmission (x2)
* Inspiring Leadership (x2)
* Leap into Battle (x2)
* New Designs (x2)
* Piercing Blaster (x2)
* Plasma Burst (x2)
* Primary Laser (x2)
* Ramming Speed (x2)
* Rapid Ascent (x2)
* Rapid Conversion (x2)
* Ready for Action (x2)
* Repair Bay (x2)
* Team-Up Tactics (x2)}}

====Metroplex Deck====
[[File:Six gun.jpg|thumb|150px|Batteries not included.]]
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] // Autobot City
* [[Scamper]] // City Patrol
* [[Six-Gun]] // Heavy Weapons Expert
* [[Slammer]] // Combat Drone*}}
:''* Slammer is a drone, so it doesn’t flip between modes like other character cards.''

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x3)
* Backup Plan (x3)
* Combat Training (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Flamethrower (x3)
* Force Field (x3)
* Handheld Blaster (x3)
* Height Advantage (x3)
* Improvised Shield (x3)
* Inspiring Leadership (x3)
* Protected By Metroplex (x3)
* Rally the City (x3)
* Rapid Conversion (x3)
* Supercharge (x3)}}
{{-}}

==Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterBox.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|300px|Your wallet will suffer at the hands of ''Predaking''!]]
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Firestar (G1)|Autobot Novastar]] // Search and Rescue
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Trusted Lieutenant
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Arrogant Ruler
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] // Combat Assault}}

=====[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] // Menacing Colossus=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] // Paranoid Scout
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] // Doomed Loner
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Decepticon Drag Strip]] // Cutthroat Warrior
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] // Stunticon Leader
*[[Offroad]] // All-Terrain Soldier}}

=====[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] // Sky Protector=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] // Fearless Flyer
*[[Alpha Bravo]] // Airborne Special Ops
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] // Sky High Recon
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] // Aerialbot Leader
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] // Air Warfare Specialist}}

=====[[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] // Sky Destroyer=====
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] // Air Defense
*[[Darkwing (G1)|Blackwing]] // Aerial Attacker

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] // Reluctant Soldier
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] // Fastest Bot in the Galaxy
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] // Doombringer
* [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] // Autobot Architect
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] // Supersonic Interceptor}}

=====[[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] // Ultimate Defender=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Autobot Hot Rod]] // Impulsive Fighter
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]] // Counterintelligence
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] // Steadfast Brawler
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] // Gleaming Commander
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] // Strategic Mastermind
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] // Bold Warrior}}

=====[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] // Ferocious Hunter=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] // Aerial Assault
* [[Headstrong (G1)|Predacon Headstrong]] // Ground Assault
* [[Rampage (G1)|Predacon Rampage]] // Savage Hunter
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] // Predacon Leader
* [[Tantrum (G1)|Torox]] // Fueler}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] // Toxic Terror
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] // Decepticon Psy Ops
* [[Venom (G1)|Decepticon Venin]] // Insecticon Tyrant}}

=====[[Volcanicus (Generations)|Volcanicus]] // Fiery Champion=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]] // Dino Demolitions
*[[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]] // Battering Ram
*[[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]] // Spiked Battler
*[[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]] // Bombardier
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] // Powerful Commander}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Springer (G1)|Autobot Springer]] // Aerial Defense
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] // Relentless Foe
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Decepticon King
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] // Combiner Hunter}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Bashing Shield
* Confidence
* Cooling Vents
* Energon Slingshot
* Enforcement Batons
* Erratic Lightning
* Escape Route
* Field Communicator
* Field Repair
* Fling
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Rest and Relaxation
* Security Console
* Spare Parts
* Surprise Attack
* Swindled
* Tech Research
* Testify
* Underhanded Tactics
* Vaporize}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Enigma
* Attack Drone
* Backup Beam
* Bolt of Lightning
* Bravery
* Cornered!
* Enemy Combat Analysis
* Evasive Maneuvers
* Focus Fire
* Leap of Faith
* Noble's Blaster
* Pep Talk
* Power Punch
* Reckless Charge
* Scoundrel's Blaster
* Scrounge
* Secret Dealings
* Smelt
* Sonic Scramble
* Sparring Gear
* Stealthiness
* Stunticon Enigma
* Superior Cannon
* Superior Jetpack
* Superior Plating
* Universal Network Access
* Vandalize}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Formation
* Ancient Wisdom
* Bad Attitude
* Bumpers
* Combat Commands
* Crash Landing
* Decepticon Crown
* Defensive Driving
* Dinobot Enigma
* Electrified Spikes
* Energized Field
* Espionage
* Fog of War
* Heavy-Handed
* Inferno Breath
* Intelligence Mission
* Inverted!
* Marksmanship
* Master Plan
* Mining Pick
* Mounted Missiles
* Predacon Enigma
* Press the Advantage
* Recon System
* Sentinel Enigma
* Steamroll
* Stunticon Swagger
* Tackle
* Tooth and Claw
* Unleash Potential}}

===Box Sets===
====Devastator Deck====
=====Devastator // Towering Warrior=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] // Demolitions
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] // Surgical Engineer
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Longhaul]] // Transport
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] // Materials Fabrication
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] // Mining and Salvage
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] // Construction Foreman}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Blast Shield (x3)
*Builder's Tools (x3)
*Constructicon Enigma (x3)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x3)
*Heavy Landing (x3)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Pep Talk (x3)
*Primary Laser (x3)
*Ramming Speed (x2)
*Rapid Conversion (x3)
*Reclaim (x3)
*Scrapper Gauntlets (x3)
*Tower Tracker (x1)
*Work Overtime (x3)}}

====Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Least Likely, Most Dangerous
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Cybertronian Tyrant
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Decepticon Lieutenant
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] // Defender of Truth}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Armored Plating (x2)
*Backup Beam (x2)
*Enforcement Batons (x2)
*Equipment Enthusiast (x2)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x2)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Inferno Breath (x2)
*Leap of Faith (x1)
*New Designs (x2)
*Pep Talk (x2)
*Primary Laser (x2)
*Reckless Charge (x2)
*Rest and Relaxation (x2)
*Security Console (x2)
*Sparring Gear (x2)
*Stealthiness (x2)
*Strafing Run (x1)
*Super Charge (x2)
*Surprise Attack (x2)
*Vaporize (x2)}}

==Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I==
A tie-in to the concurrently running [[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|War for Cybertron: Siege]] toyline, Wave 3 features many characters from the line, though there are several game exclusive additions to the cast as well. Though Wave 2's Combiners sit this wave out, the game does add two new types of Character Cards in the form of [[Micromaster|Micro]] and [[Battle Master]]s. This wave also sees the debut of original art for all of the wave's Battle Cards, each drawn by a variety of artists who've worked on [[IDW Publishing]]'s Transformers comics.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Prowl (G1)|Major Prowl]] // Infantry-Strategist
*[[Arcee (G1)|Private Arcee]] // Special Ops-Warrior
*[[Flak (G1)|Private Flak]] // Artillery-Tactics
*[[Mudslinger (G1)|Private Mudslinger]] // Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]] // Medical-Medic
*[[Red Hot|Private Red Heat]] // Infantry-Emergency Response
*[[Stakeout (G1)|Private Stakeout]] // Infantry-Communications
*[[Big Shot|Private Top Shot]] // Artillery-Patrol Leader
*[[Tote|Private Tote]] // Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Detour (G1)|Raider Detour]] // Infantry-Demolitions
*[[Ion Storm|Raider Ion Storm]] // Infantry-Rainmaker
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Raider Laserbeak]] // Espionage-Interrogation
*[[Ravage (G1)|Raider Ravage]] // Espionage-Saboteur
*[[Road Hugger (G1)|Raider Road Hugger]] // Infantry-Tactics
*[[Runabout (G1)|Raider Runabout]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Raider Runamuck]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Storm Cloud (G1)|Raider Storm Cloud]] // Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Whisper (G1)|Raider Visper]] // Infantry-Patrol Leader
*[[Chromia (G1)|Sergeant Chromia]] // Special Ops-Counterintelligence
*[[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] // Infantry-Recon
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Sergeant Skrapnel]] // Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Sparkstalker|Sergeant Sparkstalker]] // Black Ops-Cryptology}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Captain Wheeljack]] // Engineering-Scientist
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Major Soundwave]] // Espionage-Spy
*[[Firebolt (G1)|Private Firedrive]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Duo-Charge Electrostatic Photon Cannon
*[[Lionizer (G1)|Private Lionizer]] // Ground Command-Artillery // RS Firesteel Saber
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Transformers Trading Card Game|Private Sideswipe]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Private Trailbreaker]] // Infantry-Fortification & Defense
*[[Aimless (G1)|Raider Aimless]] // Air Force-Weapons // Manifold Ion Particle Blaster
*[[Blowpipe (G1)|Raider Blowpipe]] // Air Force Weapons // Dual-Impact Shatterblast Cannon
*[[Flamefeather (G1)|Raider Flamefeather]] // Black Ops-Soldier
*[[Nightstick (G1)|Raider Nightstick]] // Ground Force-Weapons // Black Beam Blaster
*[[Triggerhappy (G1)|Raider Triggerhappy]] // Air Force-Gunner
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Specialist Flamewar]] // Special Ops-Hunter
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Specialist Ratchet]] // Engineering-Rescue & Repair}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] // Cybertronian Sage
*[[Elita One (G1)|Captain Elita-1]] // Special Ops-Ranger
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Captain Ironhide]] // Infantry-Bodyguard
*[[Starscream (G1)|Captain Starscream]] // Infantry-Air Commander
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] // Infantry-Leader
*[[Megatron (G1)|General Megatron]] // Infantry-Leader
*[[Cindersaur (G1)|Raider Cindersaur]] // Black Ops-Demolitions
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Raider Needlenose]] // Air Force-Soldier
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Sergeant Skywarp]] // Black Ops-Seeker}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Shockwave (G1)|Major Shockwave]] // Applied Sciences-Scientist
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Major Ultra Magnus]] // Infantry-City Commander
*[[Cog (G1)|Sergeant Cog]] // Artillery-Mechanic // Heavy Force Defensebreaker Cannon}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Battlefield Report
*Brainstorm
*Calculated Strike
*Combat Dagger
*Dismantling Claw
*Force Field
*Medic!
*Pep Talk
*Reactive Armor
*Repurpose
*Smoke Cloak}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Compact Shield
*Device Virus
*EMP Wave
*Energy Pack
*Fuel Cache
*Full Loadout
*Rock Toss
*Spinner Rims
*Squish Them Like Bugs
*Steady Shot}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*Battering Ram
*Callous Leadership
*Dampening Field
*Emergency Defense Field
*Erratic Energy Grenade
*Heat of Battle
*Heroic Team-Up
*Infiltrate
*Laser Cutlass
*Pop a Wheelie
*Quartermaster
*RR Disruptor Blade
*Scavenge the Battlefield
*Special Ops Mission
*Take Cover
*Two-Pronged Attack
*Ultra Magnus Armor
*Unconventional Flying Object}}

===Box Sets===
====Blaster vs. Soundwave====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] // Communications
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] // Spy
* [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] // Electronic Surveillance
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] // Warrior
* [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] // Warrior
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] // Saboteur
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] // Communications
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] // Tracker}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Backup Beam (x3)
*Basic Combat Protocol (x2)
*Blast Shield (x3)
*Buzzsaw, Ravage, Frenzy Attack! (x3)
*Calculated Strike (x3)
*Daring Counterattack (x3)
*Dismantle (x2)
*Escape Route (x6)
*Flamethrower (x2)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x6)
*Incoming Transmission (x2)
*Inner Groove (x3)
*Intercept Communications (x3)
*Interpret The Airwaves (x3)
*Obstructive Rhythm (x3)
*Pep Talk (x6)
*Piercing Blaster (x2)
*Recover Cassette (x6)
*Scoundrel's Blaster (x3)
*Smoke Cloak (x3)
*Steady Shot (x3)
*Vaporize (x3)
*Zap (x2)}}

==Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II==
Wave 4 continues the toyline tie-in of Wave 3, offering a variety of characters featured in the War for Cybertron toyline. Triple Changers and, in a way, Combiners make their return in this wave. Unlike Wave 2's combiners, Wave 4's Captain Omega Supreme and Private Skytread start out as component alt mode parts that the player must fulfill a certain condition to unite into robot mode. Unlike Wave 3's Sergeant Cog, Wave 4's Weaponizers Sergeant Six-Gun and Raider Brunt split up into two separate Weapon type upgrades upon their defeat. Wave 4 also sees the debut of a third faction to the game, the [[Mercenary (faction)|Mercenaries]] who will go on to be featured in the next War for Cybertron toyline, [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]].

Players who purchase a full Booster Box of War for Cybertron: Siege II cards also receive a new Titan card, Trypticon, and his three minions.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Captain Astrotrain]] // Space Force-Transport
*[[Impactor (G1)|Captain Impactor]] // Special Ops-Wrecker
*[[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] // Bounty Hunter
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] // Hired Muscle
*[[Fixit (G1)|Private Fixit]] // Rescue Patrol-Medic
*[[Highjump (G1)|Private Highjump]] // Off-Road Patrol-Infiltration
*[[Powertrain|Private Powertrain]] // Off-Road Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Seawatch|Private Seawatch]] // Rescue Patrol-Search & Rescue
*[[Sidetrack (G1)|Private Sidetrack]] // Battle Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Private Smokecreen]] // Special Ops-Soldier
*[[Sunrunner (G1)|Private Sunrunner]] // Battle Patrol-Air Defense
*[[Apeface|Raider Apeface]] // Espionage-Commando
*[[Blackjack|Raider Blackjack]] // Sports Car Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Chop Shop (G1)|Raider Chop Shop]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Raider Hyperdrive]] // Sports Car Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Nightflight (G1)|Raider Nightflight]] // Air Strike Patrol-Spy
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Raider Nova Storm]] // Infantry-Combustion Specialist
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Raider Ratbat]] // Spy Patrol-Fuel Scout
*[[Rumble (G1)|Raider Rumble]] // Spy Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Tailwind (G1)|Raider Tailwind]] // Air Strike Patrol-Strategist
*[[Barricade (G1)|Sergeant Barricade]] // Infantry-Enforcer
*[[Mirage (G1)|Sergeant Mirage]] // Special Ops-Spy
*[[Springer (G1)|Sergeant Springer]] // Special Ops-Aerial Defense
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Specialist Sandstorm]] // Special Ops-Advance Guard
*[[Brunt (G1)|Raider Brunt]] // Weapons-Soldier
**TTC-HD Turret Armor
**TTC-HP Oblivio Launcher}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] // Soldier of Fortune
*[[Dazzlestrike|Private Dazzlestrike]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Shadowsteel Iceblade
*[[Greenlight|Private Greenlight]] // Special Ops-Recon
*[[Turbo Board|Private Turbo Board]] // Air Command-Evac // Anti-Gravity Turbo Pack
*[[Vanguard|Private Vanguard]] // Ground Command-Advance Guard // Anti-Ballistic Turret Helmet
*[[Caliburst (G1)|Raider Caliburst]] // Air Force-Weapons // Oxidation Cannon
*[[Kickback (G1)|Raider Kickback]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Needler (G1)|Raider Needler]] // Ground Force-Demolitions // Steelbite Incisor Mask
*[[Sights (G1)|Raider Sights]] // Air Force-Artillery // Multi-Maneuver Glider Wings
*[[Spinister (G1)|Raider Spinister]] // Infantry-Aerial Assault
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Sergeant Crosshairs]] // Artillery-Weapons Supervisor}}

=====[[Flywheels|Raider Skytread]] // Special Ops-Soldier=====
{{columnlist|2|*Skytread (Plane)
*Skytread (Tank))}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Jetfire (G1)|Captain Jetfire]] // Engineering-Air Guardian
*[[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]] // Arms Dealer
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Private Hot Rod]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Sergeant Thundercracker]] // Infantry-Seeker}}

=====[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Captain Omega Supreme]] // Transport-City Defender=====
{{columnlist|3|*Omega Supreme (Base)
*Omega Supreme (Spaceship)
*Omega Supreme (Tank)}}

=====[[Six-Gun|Sergeant Six-Gun]] // Artillery-Soldier=====
{{columnlist|2|*MTX-M2 Anti-Gravity Cannon
*MTX-S2A Guided Missile Launcher}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] // Galactic Commander
*[[Megatron (G1)|Lord Megatron]] // Conqueror of Cybertron
*[[Octane|Octone]] // Capricious Aggressor
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Sergeant Soundblaster]] // Weapons-Arms Dealer}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Crowbar
*Designated Target
*Fight for Position
*Guarded Posture
*Hazardous Shield
*Head-On Collision
*Hidden Fortification
*Kinetic Convertor
*Kinetic Intensifier Whip
*Medic's Protective Field
*Minor Medic Kit
*Reprocess
*Showing Off
*Soldier's Blaster
*Special Delivery
*Stable Cover
*Terrifying Resilience
*Unflinching Courage
*War of Attrition
*Wedge Formation}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Acute Reflexes
*Adaptive Plating
*Battlefield Incursion
*Blast Suit
*Contract Contingency
*Decipher
*Dual Wield
*Energy Transfer
*Erratic Cannon
*Even the Score
*Heroic Resolve
*Immersed in Shadow
*Increased Durability
*Indestructible Sword
*New Orders
*Plunder
*Point Position
*Sabotaged Armaments
*Sturdy Javelin
*Swerve}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*4-Wheel Drive
*Backfire
*Composite Armor
*Conversion Engine
*Coup
*Crude Club
*Daring Escape
*Defensive Configuration
*Hijack
*Involuntary Promotion
*Jam Signals
*Lucky Vest
*Multi-Missile Pod
*Opportune Offensive
*Opportune Repairs
*Overheat
*Overwhelming Advantage
*Pincer Movement
*Pocket Processor
*Relentless Invasion
*Shoulder Holster
*Step Forward
*Toolbox
*Valuable Contract}}

===Booster Box Exclusives===
{{columnlist|4|*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] // Assault Base
*[[Brunt]] // Artillery Drone
*[[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] // Base Recon
*[[Wipe-Out]] // Devoted Minion}}

==Exclusives==
[[File:Booster sdcc.jpg|thumb|150px|"And how do I get ''you''?" "Don't ask!"]]
===Convention Pack 2018===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] // Renegade Warrior
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] // Strategic [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]}}

====Battle Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* All-Out Attack
*Tandem Targeting System}}

===Convention Pack 2019===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Camshaft (G1)|Private Camshaft]] // Special Ops-Scout
*[[Downshift (G1)|Private Downshift]] // Special Ops-Security Agent
*[[Overdrive|Sergeant Overdrive]] // Special Ops-Strategist}}

===Lootcrate===
====Character Cards====
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] // Autobot Defense Base

===Chinese New Year Promotion===
====Character Cards====
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Silver Gold Warrior

===In-Store Play Promo Cards===
====Character Cards====
=====Wave 3=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Smashdown|Private Smashdown]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Airquake Hammerclaw
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Trusted Lieutenant (Gold Foil)
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] // Veteran Decepticon (Gold Foil)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]] // Medical-Medic (Gold Foil)}}

==Notes==
* The artwork used on the cards originates from various sources. Character cards, for example largely reuse packaging art and character art from ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'', while the battle card artwork is sourced from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]]. Beginning with Wave 2, some new cards such as [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade: Combiner Hunter]] featured all new art. As of Wave 3, all battle card art is completely original while character cards remain a mix of reused packaging and ''Legends'' art, albeit with a much more generous portion of new art as well.

[[Category:Transformers Trading Card Game| ]]

Transformers Trading Card Game

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The '''Transformers Trading Card Game''' is a collectible card game in which players build teams of both [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s to battle other players. The game was revealed in July 2018 by [[Wizards of the Coast]] where attendees of [[Gen-Con]] and [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] were able to purchase an exclusive set-card pack.

The game uses simple mechanics in which players take turns doing a multitude of things, from drawing cards to flipping their character cards to their alt-modes. As of 2018, there are currently 40 Wave 1 character cards, 81 Wave 1 battle cards, 4 Starter set character cards, 1 [[Titan (group)|Titan]] card, 3 [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] Deck character cards, and 3 Metroplex battle cards. A second wave, branded as "Rise of the Combiners" released on March 1, 2019 and added new characters and battle cards, including [[Combiner]]s that require multiple character cards to use. This wave consisted of 46 character cards, 81 battle cards, 1 Omega Supreme card (a Lootcrate exclusive) and 1 Chinese New Year Bumblebee card (China pre-order exclusive). A third wave branded as "War for Cybertron Siege I", based on the toyline of the same name, released 48 character cards and 64 battle cards. This new wave includes a new card type in the form of BattleMasters and MicroMasters, with the former having an upgrade type battle card form rather than a traditional alt mode.

==Wave 1==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterPack.jpg|thumb|150px|Maybe this one will actually have that holofoil Charizard...]]
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Hound (G1)|Autobot Hound]] // Long-Range Scout
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] // Merciless Insecticon
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] // Insecticon Mind-Controller
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Courageous Scout
* [[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]] // Hot-Headed Warrior
* [[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]] // Fearsome Flyer
* [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] // Veteran Decepticon
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Decepticon Leader
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] // Freedom Fighter
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] // Sky Smasher
* [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] // Veteran Sergeant
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Scheming Second-in-Command}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Jazz (G1)|Autobot Jazz]] // Special Ops
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]] // Lone Wolf
* [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] // Sneaky Insecticon
* [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] // Bounty Hunter
* [[Demolisher]] // Devoted Decepticon
* [[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]] // Mighty Stomper
* [[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]] // Desert Warrior
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] // Fearless Firefighter
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] // Air Guardian
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] // Cunning Insecticon
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] // Military Strategist
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] // Insecticon Commando
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] // Sneaky Prankster
* Starscream // Air Commander
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] // Mach Warrior
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] // Weapons Inventor}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] // Skilled Fighter
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Autobot Cosmos]] // Recon & Communication
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] // Special Ops
* [[Straxus (G1)|Darkmount]] // Cruel Overlord
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Decepticon Shockwave]] // Cybertron Commander
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] // Dinobot Leader
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Insecticon Skrapnel]] // Insecticon Leader
* Megatron // Living Weapon
* Optimus Prime // Battlefield Legend
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] // Fusion Flyer}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee // Legendary Warrior
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] // Dark Clone}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Battle Ready
* Brainstorm
* Crushing Size
* Data Pad
* Drill Arms
* [[Flamethrower]]
* [[Force field|Force Field]]
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Incoming Transmission
* Inspiring Leadership
* Leap into Battle
* Medic!
* New Designs
* Piercing Blaster
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Ready for Action
* Reinforced Plating
* Repair Bay
* Scrapper Gauntlets
* Supercharge
* Zap}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerial Recon
* Armed Hovercraft
* Backup Plan
* Blast Shield
* Body Armor
* Bug Bomb
* Collateral Damage
* Computer Sabotage
* Crushing Treads
* Debilitating Crystal
* Disarm
* Disruption
* Disruptive Entrance
* Emergency Maintenance
* Equipment Enthusiast
* Grenade Launcher
* Jaws of Steel
* Multi-Mission Gear
* Multi-Tool
* Plasma Burst
* [[Great Sword|Power Sword]]
* Ramming Speed
* Rapid Ascent
* Strafing Run
* Swap Missions
* Treasure Hunt
* Turbo Boosters}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Agility of Bumblebee
* Bombing Run
* Cargo Trailer
* Combat Training
* [[Cybertronium bow|Cybertonium Bow]]
* Data Bank
* Dino-Chomp!
* [[Energon-axe|Energon Axe]]
* [[Fusion cannon|Fusion Cannon]] of Megatron
* Heroism
* Hunker Down
* I Still Function!
* [[Ion blaster|Ion Blaster]] of Optimus Prime
* [[Matrix of Leadership]]
* [[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] of Starscream
* One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall
* Peace through Tyranny
* [[Photon bomb|Photon Bomb]]
* Roll Out!
* Salvage for Parts
* Security Checkpoint
* Shock Absorbers
* Start Your Engines
* [[Static Laser]] of Ironhide
* Swap Parts
* Swarm!
* System Reboot
* Team-Up Tactics
* The Bigger They Are
* [[Thermal weaponry|Thermal Weaponry]]}}

===Box Sets===
====Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Bumblebee // Brave Warrior
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] // Veteran Autobot
* Optimus Prime // Autobot Leader
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] // Security Chief}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Debilitating Crystal (x2)
* Flamethrower (x2)
* Grenade Launcher (x2)
* Handheld Blaster (x2)
* Improvised Shield (x2)
* Incoming Transmission (x2)
* Inspiring Leadership (x2)
* Leap into Battle (x2)
* New Designs (x2)
* Piercing Blaster (x2)
* Plasma Burst (x2)
* Primary Laser (x2)
* Ramming Speed (x2)
* Rapid Ascent (x2)
* Rapid Conversion (x2)
* Ready for Action (x2)
* Repair Bay (x2)
* Team-Up Tactics (x2)}}

====Metroplex Deck====
[[File:Six gun.jpg|thumb|150px|Batteries not included.]]
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] // Autobot City
* [[Scamper]] // City Patrol
* [[Six-Gun]] // Heavy Weapons Expert
* [[Slammer]] // Combat Drone*}}
:''* Slammer is a drone, so it doesn’t flip between modes like other character cards.''

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating (x3)
* Backup Plan (x3)
* Combat Training (x2)
* Data Pad (x2)
* Flamethrower (x3)
* Force Field (x3)
* Handheld Blaster (x3)
* Height Advantage (x3)
* Improvised Shield (x3)
* Inspiring Leadership (x3)
* Protected By Metroplex (x3)
* Rally the City (x3)
* Rapid Conversion (x3)
* Supercharge (x3)}}
{{-}}

==Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners==
[[File:Transformers-TCG-BoosterBox.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|300px|Your wallet will suffer at the hands of ''Predaking''!]]
===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Firestar (G1)|Autobot Novastar]] // Search and Rescue
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Trusted Lieutenant
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Arrogant Ruler
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] // Combat Assault}}

=====[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] // Menacing Colossus=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] // Paranoid Scout
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] // Doomed Loner
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Decepticon Drag Strip]] // Cutthroat Warrior
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] // Stunticon Leader
*[[Offroad]] // All-Terrain Soldier}}

=====[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] // Sky Protector=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] // Fearless Flyer
*[[Alpha Bravo]] // Airborne Special Ops
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] // Sky High Recon
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] // Aerialbot Leader
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] // Air Warfare Specialist}}

=====[[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] // Sky Destroyer=====
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] // Air Defense
*[[Darkwing (G1)|Blackwing]] // Aerial Attacker

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] // Reluctant Soldier
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] // Fastest Bot in the Galaxy
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] // Doombringer
* [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] // Autobot Architect
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] // Supersonic Interceptor}}

=====[[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] // Ultimate Defender=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Autobot Hot Rod]] // Impulsive Fighter
* [[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]] // Counterintelligence
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] // Steadfast Brawler
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] // Gleaming Commander
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] // Strategic Mastermind
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] // Bold Warrior}}

=====[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] // Ferocious Hunter=====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] // Aerial Assault
* [[Headstrong (G1)|Predacon Headstrong]] // Ground Assault
* [[Rampage (G1)|Predacon Rampage]] // Savage Hunter
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] // Predacon Leader
* [[Tantrum (G1)|Torox]] // Fueler}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] // Toxic Terror
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] // Decepticon Psy Ops
* [[Venom (G1)|Decepticon Venin]] // Insecticon Tyrant}}

=====[[Volcanicus (Generations)|Volcanicus]] // Fiery Champion=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Sludge (G1)|Dinobot Sludge]] // Dino Demolitions
*[[Slag (G1)|Dinobot Slug]] // Battering Ram
*[[Snarl (G1)|Dinobot Snarl]] // Spiked Battler
*[[Swoop (G1)|Dinobot Swoop]] // Bombardier
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] // Powerful Commander}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Springer (G1)|Autobot Springer]] // Aerial Defense
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] // Relentless Foe
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Decepticon King
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] // Combiner Hunter}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|4|* Armored Plating
* Bashing Shield
* Confidence
* Cooling Vents
* Energon Slingshot
* Enforcement Batons
* Erratic Lightning
* Escape Route
* Field Communicator
* Field Repair
* Fling
* Handheld Blaster
* Improvised Shield
* Primary Laser
* Rapid Conversion
* Rest and Relaxation
* Security Console
* Spare Parts
* Surprise Attack
* Swindled
* Tech Research
* Testify
* Underhanded Tactics
* Vaporize}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Enigma
* Attack Drone
* Backup Beam
* Bolt of Lightning
* Bravery
* Cornered!
* Enemy Combat Analysis
* Evasive Maneuvers
* Focus Fire
* Leap of Faith
* Noble's Blaster
* Pep Talk
* Power Punch
* Reckless Charge
* Scoundrel's Blaster
* Scrounge
* Secret Dealings
* Smelt
* Sonic Scramble
* Sparring Gear
* Stealthiness
* Stunticon Enigma
* Superior Cannon
* Superior Jetpack
* Superior Plating
* Universal Network Access
* Vandalize}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|4|* Aerialbot Formation
* Ancient Wisdom
* Bad Attitude
* Bumpers
* Combat Commands
* Crash Landing
* Decepticon Crown
* Defensive Driving
* Dinobot Enigma
* Electrified Spikes
* Energized Field
* Espionage
* Fog of War
* Heavy-Handed
* Inferno Breath
* Intelligence Mission
* Inverted!
* Marksmanship
* Master Plan
* Mining Pick
* Mounted Missiles
* Predacon Enigma
* Press the Advantage
* Recon System
* Sentinel Enigma
* Steamroll
* Stunticon Swagger
* Tackle
* Tooth and Claw
* Unleash Potential}}

===Box Sets===
====Devastator Deck====
=====Devastator // Towering Warrior=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] // Demolitions
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] // Surgical Engineer
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Longhaul]] // Transport
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] // Materials Fabrication
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] // Mining and Salvage
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] // Construction Foreman}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Blast Shield (x3)
*Builder's Tools (x3)
*Constructicon Enigma (x3)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x3)
*Heavy Landing (x3)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Pep Talk (x3)
*Primary Laser (x3)
*Ramming Speed (x2)
*Rapid Conversion (x3)
*Reclaim (x3)
*Scrapper Gauntlets (x3)
*Tower Tracker (x1)
*Work Overtime (x3)}}

====Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Least Likely, Most Dangerous
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] // Cybertronian Tyrant
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] // Decepticon Lieutenant
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] // Defender of Truth}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Armored Plating (x2)
*Backup Beam (x2)
*Enforcement Batons (x2)
*Equipment Enthusiast (x2)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x2)
*Improvised Shield (x2)
*Inferno Breath (x2)
*Leap of Faith (x1)
*New Designs (x2)
*Pep Talk (x2)
*Primary Laser (x2)
*Reckless Charge (x2)
*Rest and Relaxation (x2)
*Security Console (x2)
*Sparring Gear (x2)
*Stealthiness (x2)
*Strafing Run (x1)
*Super Charge (x2)
*Surprise Attack (x2)
*Vaporize (x2)}}

==Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I==
A tie-in to the concurrently running [[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|War for Cybertron: Siege]] toyline, Wave 3 features many characters from the line, though there are several game exclusive additions to the cast as well. Though Wave 2's Combiners sit this wave out, the game does add two new types of Character Cards in the form of [[Micromaster|Micro]] and [[Battle Master]]s. This wave also sees the debut of original art for all of the wave's Battle Cards, each drawn by a variety of artists who've worked on [[IDW Publishing]]'s Transformers comics.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Prowl (G1)|Major Prowl]] // Infantry-Strategist
*[[Arcee (G1)|Private Arcee]] // Special Ops-Warrior
*[[Flak (G1)|Private Flak]] // Artillery-Tactics
*[[Mudslinger (G1)|Private Mudslinger]] // Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]] // Medical-Medic
*[[Red Hot|Private Red Heat]] // Infantry-Emergency Response
*[[Stakeout (G1)|Private Stakeout]] // Infantry-Communications
*[[Big Shot|Private Top Shot]] // Artillery-Patrol Leader
*[[Tote|Private Tote]] // Special Ops-Infiltration
*[[Detour (G1)|Raider Detour]] // Infantry-Demolitions
*[[Ion Storm|Raider Ion Storm]] // Infantry-Rainmaker
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Raider Laserbeak]] // Espionage-Interrogation
*[[Ravage (G1)|Raider Ravage]] // Espionage-Saboteur
*[[Road Hugger (G1)|Raider Road Hugger]] // Infantry-Tactics
*[[Runabout (G1)|Raider Runabout]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Raider Runamuck]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Storm Cloud (G1)|Raider Storm Cloud]] // Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Whisper (G1)|Raider Visper]] // Infantry-Patrol Leader
*[[Chromia (G1)|Sergeant Chromia]] // Special Ops-Counterintelligence
*[[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] // Infantry-Recon
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Sergeant Skrapnel]] // Infantry-Electronic Warfare
*[[Sparkstalker|Sergeant Sparkstalker]] // Black Ops-Cryptology}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Captain Wheeljack]] // Engineering-Scientist
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Major Soundwave]] // Espionage-Spy
*[[Firebolt (G1)|Private Firedrive]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Duo-Charge Electrostatic Photon Cannon
*[[Lionizer (G1)|Private Lionizer]] // Ground Command-Artillery // RS Firesteel Saber
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Transformers Trading Card Game|Private Sideswipe]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Private Trailbreaker]] // Infantry-Fortification & Defense
*[[Aimless (G1)|Raider Aimless]] // Air Force-Weapons // Manifold Ion Particle Blaster
*[[Blowpipe (G1)|Raider Blowpipe]] // Air Force Weapons // Dual-Impact Shatterblast Cannon
*[[Flamefeather (G1)|Raider Flamefeather]] // Black Ops-Soldier
*[[Nightstick (G1)|Raider Nightstick]] // Ground Force-Weapons // Black Beam Blaster
*[[Triggerhappy (G1)|Raider Triggerhappy]] // Air Force-Gunner
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Specialist Flamewar]] // Special Ops-Hunter
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Specialist Ratchet]] // Engineering-Rescue & Repair}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] // Cybertronian Sage
*[[Elita One (G1)|Captain Elita-1]] // Special Ops-Ranger
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Captain Ironhide]] // Infantry-Bodyguard
*[[Starscream (G1)|Captain Starscream]] // Infantry-Air Commander
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] // Infantry-Leader
*[[Megatron (G1)|General Megatron]] // Infantry-Leader
*[[Cindersaur (G1)|Raider Cindersaur]] // Black Ops-Demolitions
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Raider Needlenose]] // Air Force-Soldier
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Sergeant Skywarp]] // Black Ops-Seeker}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Shockwave (G1)|Major Shockwave]] // Applied Sciences-Scientist
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Major Ultra Magnus]] // Infantry-City Commander
*[[Cog (G1)|Sergeant Cog]] // Artillery-Mechanic // Heavy Force Defensebreaker Cannon}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Battlefield Report
*Brainstorm
*Calculated Strike
*Combat Dagger
*Dismantling Claw
*Force Field
*Medic!
*Pep Talk
*Reactive Armor
*Repurpose
*Smoke Cloak}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Compact Shield
*Device Virus
*EMP Wave
*Energy Pack
*Fuel Cache
*Full Loadout
*Rock Toss
*Spinner Rims
*Squish Them Like Bugs
*Steady Shot}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*Battering Ram
*Callous Leadership
*Dampening Field
*Emergency Defense Field
*Erratic Energy Grenade
*Heat of Battle
*Heroic Team-Up
*Infiltrate
*Laser Cutlass
*Pop a Wheelie
*Quartermaster
*RR Disruptor Blade
*Scavenge the Battlefield
*Special Ops Mission
*Take Cover
*Two-Pronged Attack
*Ultra Magnus Armor
*Unconventional Flying Object}}

===Box Sets===
====Blaster vs. Soundwave====
=====Character Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] // Communications
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] // Spy
* [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] // Electronic Surveillance
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] // Warrior
* [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] // Warrior
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] // Saboteur
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] // Communications
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] // Tracker}}

=====Battle Cards=====
{{columnlist|4|*Backup Beam (x3)
*Basic Combat Protocol (x2)
*Blast Shield (x3)
*Buzzsaw, Ravage, Frenzy Attack! (x3)
*Calculated Strike (x3)
*Daring Counterattack (x3)
*Dismantle (x2)
*Escape Route (x6)
*Flamethrower (x2)
*Force Field (x3)
*Grenade Launcher (x2)
*Handheld Blaster (x6)
*Incoming Transmission (x2)
*Inner Groove (x3)
*Intercept Communications (x3)
*Interpret The Airwaves (x3)
*Obstructive Rhythm (x3)
*Pep Talk (x6)
*Piercing Blaster (x2)
*Recover Cassette (x6)
*Scoundrel's Blaster (x3)
*Smoke Cloak (x3)
*Steady Shot (x3)
*Vaporize (x3)
*Zap (x2)}}

==Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II==
Wave 4 continues the toyline tie-in of Wave 3, offering a variety of characters featured in the War for Cybertron toyline. Triple Changers and, in a way, Combiners make their return in this wave. Unlike Wave 2's combiners, Wave 4's Captain Omega Supreme and Private Skytread start out as component alt mode parts that the player must fulfill a certain condition to unite into robot mode. Unlike Wave 3's Sergeant Cog, Wave 4's Weaponizers Sergeant Six-Gun and Raider Brunt split up into two separate Weapon type upgrades upon their defeat. Wave 4 also sees the debut of a third faction to the game, the [[Mercenary (faction)|Mercenaries]] who will go on to be featured in the next War for Cybertron toyline, [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]].

Players who purchase a full Booster Box of War for Cybertron: Siege II cards also receive a new Titan card, Trypticon, and his three minions.

===Character Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Captain Astrotrain]] // Space Force-Transport
*[[Impactor (G1)|Captain Impactor]] // Special Ops-Wrecker
*[[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] // Bounty Hunter
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] // Hired Muscle
*[[Fixit (G1)|Private Fixit]] // Rescue Patrol-Medic
*[[Highjump (G1)|Private Highjump]] // Off-Road Patrol-Infiltration
*[[Powertrain|Private Powertrain]] // Off-Road Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Seawatch|Private Seawatch]] // Rescue Patrol-Search & Rescue
*[[Sidetrack (G1)|Private Sidetrack]] // Battle Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Private Smokecreen]] // Special Ops-Soldier
*[[Sunrunner (G1)|Private Sunrunner]] // Battle Patrol-Air Defense
*[[Apeface|Raider Apeface]] // Espionage-Commando
*[[Blackjack|Raider Blackjack]] // Sports Car Patrol-Patrol Leader
*[[Chop Shop (G1)|Raider Chop Shop]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Raider Hyperdrive]] // Sports Car Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Nightflight (G1)|Raider Nightflight]] // Air Strike Patrol-Spy
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Raider Nova Storm]] // Infantry-Combustion Specialist
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Raider Ratbat]] // Spy Patrol-Fuel Scout
*[[Rumble (G1)|Raider Rumble]] // Spy Patrol-Demolitions
*[[Tailwind (G1)|Raider Tailwind]] // Air Strike Patrol-Strategist
*[[Barricade (G1)|Sergeant Barricade]] // Infantry-Enforcer
*[[Mirage (G1)|Sergeant Mirage]] // Special Ops-Spy
*[[Springer (G1)|Sergeant Springer]] // Special Ops-Aerial Defense
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Specialist Sandstorm]] // Special Ops-Advance Guard}}

=====[[Brunt (G1)|Raider Brunt]] // Weapons-Soldier=====
{{columnlist|2|*TTC-HD Turret Armor
*TTC-HP Oblivio Launcher}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] // Soldier of Fortune
*[[Dazzlestrike|Private Dazzlestrike]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Shadowsteel Iceblade
*[[Greenlight|Private Greenlight]] // Special Ops-Recon
*[[Turbo Board|Private Turbo Board]] // Air Command-Evac // Anti-Gravity Turbo Pack
*[[Vanguard|Private Vanguard]] // Ground Command-Advance Guard // Anti-Ballistic Turret Helmet
*[[Caliburst (G1)|Raider Caliburst]] // Air Force-Weapons // Oxidation Cannon
*[[Kickback (G1)|Raider Kickback]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Needler (G1)|Raider Needler]] // Ground Force-Demolitions // Steelbite Incisor Mask
*[[Sights (G1)|Raider Sights]] // Air Force-Artillery // Multi-Maneuver Glider Wings
*[[Spinister (G1)|Raider Spinister]] // Infantry-Aerial Assault
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Sergeant Crosshairs]] // Artillery-Weapons Supervisor}}

=====[[Flywheels|Raider Skytread]] // Special Ops-Soldier=====
{{columnlist|2|*Skytread (Plane)
*Skytread (Tank))}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Jetfire (G1)|Captain Jetfire]] // Engineering-Air Guardian
*[[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]] // Arms Dealer
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Private Hot Rod]] // Infantry-Soldier
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Sergeant Thundercracker]] // Infantry-Seeker}}

=====[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Captain Omega Supreme]] // Transport-City Defender=====
{{columnlist|3|*Omega Supreme (Base)
*Omega Supreme (Spaceship)
*Omega Supreme (Tank)}}

=====[[Six-Gun|Sergeant Six-Gun]] // Artillery-Soldier=====
{{columnlist|2|*MTX-M2 Anti-Gravity Cannon
*MTX-S2A Guided Missile Launcher}}

====Super Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] // Galactic Commander
*[[Megatron (G1)|Lord Megatron]] // Conqueror of Cybertron
*[[Octane|Octone]] // Capricious Aggressor
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Sergeant Soundblaster]] // Weapons-Arms Dealer}}

===Battle Cards===
====Common====
{{columnlist|3|*Crowbar
*Designated Target
*Fight for Position
*Guarded Posture
*Hazardous Shield
*Head-On Collision
*Hidden Fortification
*Kinetic Convertor
*Kinetic Intensifier Whip
*Medic's Protective Field
*Minor Medic Kit
*Reprocess
*Showing Off
*Soldier's Blaster
*Special Delivery
*Stable Cover
*Terrifying Resilience
*Unflinching Courage
*War of Attrition
*Wedge Formation}}

====Uncommon====
{{columnlist|3|*Acute Reflexes
*Adaptive Plating
*Battlefield Incursion
*Blast Suit
*Contract Contingency
*Decipher
*Dual Wield
*Energy Transfer
*Erratic Cannon
*Even the Score
*Heroic Resolve
*Immersed in Shadow
*Increased Durability
*Indestructible Sword
*New Orders
*Plunder
*Point Position
*Sabotaged Armaments
*Sturdy Javelin
*Swerve}}

====Rare====
{{columnlist|3|*4-Wheel Drive
*Backfire
*Composite Armor
*Conversion Engine
*Coup
*Crude Club
*Daring Escape
*Defensive Configuration
*Hijack
*Involuntary Promotion
*Jam Signals
*Lucky Vest
*Multi-Missile Pod
*Opportune Offensive
*Opportune Repairs
*Overheat
*Overwhelming Advantage
*Pincer Movement
*Pocket Processor
*Relentless Invasion
*Shoulder Holster
*Step Forward
*Toolbox
*Valuable Contract}}

===Booster Box Exclusives===
{{columnlist|4|*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] // Assault Base
*[[Brunt]] // Artillery Drone
*[[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] // Base Recon
*[[Wipe-Out]] // Devoted Minion}}

==Exclusives==
[[File:Booster sdcc.jpg|thumb|150px|"And how do I get ''you''?" "Don't ask!"]]
===Convention Pack 2018===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] // Renegade Warrior
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] // Strategic [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]}}

====Battle Cards====
{{columnlist|4|* All-Out Attack
*Tandem Targeting System}}

===Convention Pack 2019===
====Character Cards====
{{columnlist|3|* [[Camshaft (G1)|Private Camshaft]] // Special Ops-Scout
*[[Downshift (G1)|Private Downshift]] // Special Ops-Security Agent
*[[Overdrive|Sergeant Overdrive]] // Special Ops-Strategist}}

===Lootcrate===
====Character Cards====
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] // Autobot Defense Base

===Chinese New Year Promotion===
====Character Cards====
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Silver Gold Warrior

===In-Store Play Promo Cards===
====Character Cards====
=====Wave 3=====
{{columnlist|3|*[[Smashdown|Private Smashdown]] // Ground Command-Artillery // Airquake Hammerclaw
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] // Trusted Lieutenant (Gold Foil)
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] // Veteran Decepticon (Gold Foil)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Private Red Alert]] // Medical-Medic (Gold Foil)}}

==Notes==
* The artwork used on the cards originates from various sources. Character cards, for example largely reuse packaging art and character art from ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'', while the battle card artwork is sourced from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]]. Beginning with Wave 2, some new cards such as [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade: Combiner Hunter]] featured all new art. As of Wave 3, all battle card art is completely original while character cards remain a mix of reused packaging and ''Legends'' art, albeit with a much more generous portion of new art as well.

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Twin Twist (G1)

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Revanche: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot|the Aligned Autobot|Twintwist}}
:''Twin Twist is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1-TwinTwist-boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He has killer thighs. Literally.]]

'''Twin Twist''' will sink his drills into anything, tearing it to shreds at the smallest excuse. He loves violence and fighting as much as your average [[Decepticon]], full of fury and the desire to show off just how much destruction he's capable of doing. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sometimes worries about his uncontrollable nature, but no one can argue that he isn't an effective warrior. It's probably not much of a surprise that he fits right in with the [[Wrecker]]s.

As a [[Jumpstarter]], Twin Twist and his [[relatives|brother]] [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] can transform between modes in a fraction of an instant (.4 of a second), significantly faster than most Transformers. He is sometimes partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Flameout]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Target2006 TwinTwistbeatsFang .jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Let's see you GRIT THOSE TEETH!!!]]
''Twin Twist was a member of the Wreckers, and trained diligently with the other Wreckers in preparation for [[Operation: Volcano]]. When the operation's linchpin, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], was required elsewhere, Twin Twist agreed with the others to drop the mission and redirect their efforts. However, after Twin Twist protected [[Tusks|the weak]] in a bar brawl at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]], it was he who helped change everyone's mind by renewed their fighting spirit. Twin Twist and the others returned to training for Operation Volcano.''

''Twin Twist grieved with the other Wreckers when their leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], died saving the life of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] as Operation: Volcano ended horribly.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''After both [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] wound up teleported back to Cybertron, Megatron set about spreading false rumors that a Decepticon spy, disguised as Optimus, had been set loose to infiltrate the Autobots' ranks. Twin Twist helped capture what he believed to be the imposter alongside the rest of the Wreckers.'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''The Wreckers readied to gun down their captive, only for the execution to be interrupted by [[Outback (G1)|Outback]]. Though the little guy wasn't able to convince the others that Prime was the real thing, he created the distraction necessary for the Autobot leader to escape his restraints and vamoose.'' {{storylink|Under Fire!}} {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} ''Prime's name was eventually cleared, and he begun rallying the Autobot forces on Cybertron, leading them on raids to plunder Decepticon resources. Twin Twist participated in several of these raids, leading up to one which would serve as a distraction, allowing Prime and Ultra Magnus to sneak up on Megatron and take on the Decepticon leader.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Twintwistspacehikers.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He wasn't even supposed to be here today!]]
Twin Twist somehow wound up within the newly space-borne Ark alongside the Autobots under [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s leadership, and was one of several Autobots who attended the trial of [[Spacehikers|four human children]] who were charged with aiding [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in a mutinous plot. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

''After Impactor's death, Wreckers rookie [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] took his place. Some time later, Twin Twist stood with the Wreckers in the new [[Autobase]] in [[Kalis]] when a nuclear reactor exploded and hordes of [[zombie]] Transformers began pouring out of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s lower levels. Twin Twist was captured and imprisoned with the other Wreckers and Emirate Xaaron in [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]]'s underground base.'' {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}} ''Twin Twist and the rest of the Wreckers managed to break out of their cell as well, reacquired their weapons, and once more took up the fight against the zombies patrolling Flame's headquarters. They then bumped into a returning Springer, now accompanied by Ultra Magnus, [[Fizzle]], [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]], and [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]. Unfortunately, any further progress towards Flame's inner sanctum was blocked off by a massive blast door. Though their weapons proved completely ineffective against it, the Autobots managed to get through when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] arrived, repaying a favor that fellow Decepticon [[Flywheels]] owed Ultra Magnus. Unfortunately, they came to confront Flame too late; his machines had already destabilized, and the countdown to Cybertron's destruction had already begun. While Springer, Ultra Magnus, and Xaaron dealt with Flame, the rest of the group cut through the remnants of madbot's zombie army, and headed back to the surface. There, Twin Twist learned that a zombified [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] had forfeited his (un)life in order to prevent the whole planet from blowing up. He joined the others in remembering Impactor's two heroic deaths.'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}

[[File:WreckingHavoc-yourfoe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
''Soon, the [[time travel]]ling Galvatron who wandered Earth had attracted the attention of the Wreckers. After Twin Twist helped his fellow Wreckers memorize the stats of their foe, they warped themselves down to Earth to face him... and right into the middle of a heavily populated Earth city. Though Springer worried that this had totally compromised their mission, as they didn't want to inflict any casualties on the innocent humans, the Wreckers nonetheless threw themselves at Galvatron. Twin Twist and his [[Jumpstarter]] partner Topspin focused their efforts on Galvatron's equally time-tossed [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] brethren, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Eventually, to stave off further collateral damage, Springer lured the two Decepticon cronies out of town, leaving the rest of his crew with the opportunity to gang-up on Galvatron. However, they were unwilling to leave Springer to the Decepticons' mercies, and instead pursued him, allowing Galvatron to escape them. The Wreckers' mission ended as a total failure, and they returned to Cybertron to plan anew.'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}}

[[File:TimeWars-frakamm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|If Twin Twist were linked to Topspin the way they are in IDW, Galvatron would be totally killing four Autobots at once.]]
''However, this only delayed the inevitable. Galvatron's presence in the present day had started to unravel the space-time continuum. Twin Twist and the rest of the Wreckers reluctantly teamed up with the Decepticons' counterpart organization, the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], to counter Galvatron.''

''Quickly, Galvatron began depleting the Wreckers' ranks. Though [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] died inflicting a horrible head wound on Galvatron, this only made the Decepticon angry. With renewed fury, Galvatron tore through the Wreckers. He defeated [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] and Twin Twist simultaneously, killing the latter by tearing off his head.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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====Transformers Annual 1985====
{{note|Due to being published early in the franchise, this story is out of continuity with the above.}}
When [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] detected Decepticon activity in the Amazon, the pair brought Topspin and Twin Twist along to investigate. Prowl was hesitant throughout the mission, and suggested the group turn back upon encountering a roadblock. Twin Twist wouldn't hear it however, as he and Topspin were eager for some action. He easily forced his way through the roadblock with his drills, and the group picked up a trail left behind by [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] afterwards.

The Autobots trekked for days until they came upon the Decepticons' hideout. There, the enemy was excavating crystals which could bring new Decepticons to life. Prowl suggested that the Autobots hold their position and contact the Ark for reinforcements, prompting a debate within the group. While the others were distracted by their argument, Bumblebee took it upon himself to push on alone, only to be caught in [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s cross-hairs. Prowl and the Jumpstarters were forced into action, but found themselves paralyzed with fear partway into their descent; [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] had also been posted as a guard, and was using his fear-inducing engines on the Autobots. Prowl managed to neutralize this newest threat, and the Jumpstarters resumed their rescue attempt. Together, they blasted Starscream out of the sky and sent him crashing into Megatron's mining operation, destroying it utterly. Thrust retaliated by burying the Autobots in an avalanche, and by the time Twin Twist clawed his way out, the Decepticons had already fled. {{storylink|Hunted!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
In the year [[2510]], Twin Twist witnessed the end of the old war and the start of a new one. With the last Decepticon destroyed, the Autobots began arguing among themselves as to whether Springer or Ultra Magnus should be [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s chosen successor. A scuffle broke out and casualties happened on both sides, leading to a new Autobot Civil War between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and the Wreckers, with Rodimus sitting in the middle of the war zone, emotionally crushed by the renewed conflict. {{storylink|Peace}}
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===Decepticon Poison===
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[[File:Twintwist-gunslinger.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
In one possible scenario, Twin Twist was amongst the troops that Optimus brought to the Decepticons’ poison lab, in order to foil the Decepticons’ plan of poisoning the humans’ nearby water supply.

If the Autobots decided to launch a full-frontal assault, as suggested by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Twin Twist was one of the Autobots Optimus called forth to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:DarkAges2 JumpstartersattackDevastator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
During the "Dark Ages" of the Cybertronian civil war, a time in which both Megatron and Optimus were thought dead, both the Autobots and Decepticons splintered into several smaller factions. Twin Twist joined [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s Wreckers, who came to frequent blows against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s. During one of their missions, they battled [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in order to keep the [[Tagan Heights]] out of their enemy's control. Twin Twist tried to topple the combiner by drilling into his left foot. Amazingly, the strategy did not work. {{storylink|Escalation}} [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] joined the fight, but the resulting clash between the two combiners was so brutal that Twin Twist and the other Wreckers were forced to retreat to avoid becoming collateral damage. When the ground-bound Wreckers became boxed-in as the area was collapsing around them, Twin Twist used his drills to dig an underground escape route. {{storylink|Devastation}}

After the creation of the Micromasters in fuel-starved times, Twin Twist came to work for a unified Autobot faction once more. He was guarding Autobot HQ when [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] and [[Groundshaker]] returned from an interplanetary mission. His fellow guard, Topspin, asked the little 'bots where Optimus Prime was, only for the new arrivals to inform them that they had failed to locate the lost Autobot leader. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Later, due to the machinations of the Decepticon-allied Micromaster [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]], the Autobots and Decepticons were tricked into an all-out brawl, despite resources being at an all-time low for both sides. Twin Twist was battered in the conflict that came about, but the Autobots were spared total defeat when a cross-faction group of Micromasters revealed the scheme that had brought the fight about. The Autobots and Decepticons abandoned the battlefield in response, allowing the war to prolong itself further. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

[[File:WarandPeace2 Jumpstartersgripe.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
In the present, Twin Twist and his compatriot, [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]], served as guards under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s regime. Neither of them were all too please with Cybertron's current government, though they did their best to keep silent about it, knowing that Shockwave had eyes and ears everywhere. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Being elite soldiers, they also were members of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s shock team. When [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was released to wreak havoc on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Twin Twist tried to attack his left foot. This time, it actually worked and toppled the giant. He survived the battle and uncovered evidence of Decepticon treachery in Menasor's rampage. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Soon after, a full Autobot uprising was underway, and Twin Twist helped in the final push that toppled Shockwave's regime. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Twin Twist and Topspin continued to serve with Magnus on Cybertron after Shockwave's rule was overthrown, and attended a meeting where the Autobots' forces were divided up to better defend the planet against future threats. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Twin Twist participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, being on the receiving end of a beat-down courtesy of Soundwave. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Stormbringer issue 2|Transformers: Stormbringer #2]]

[[File:Stormbringer2 ScoopTwintwist.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb]]
The Jumpstarters have a [[branched spark]]: a rare condition that means the two of them can share each other's pain and feelings, and sometimes perceive each other's circumstances. Twin Twist was the first to get involved in the Wreckers. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}

Teamed with [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]], Twin Twist was working on drilling out a storm tunnel for Springer on [[Varas Centralus]] when they got the call from Optimus Prime to return to Cybertron to investigate the possible return of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and rescue [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]]'s expedition team. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} After [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] saved [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] from a squad of [[Centurion droid|Centurion drones]], Twin Twist's drills were invaluable for tunneling into the hidden base of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

[[File:Stormbringer4 TwinTwist TOOMPH.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Pain is a good teacher, but will Twin Twist learn?]]
Proving that obsessions exceed universal boundaries, Twin Twist continued his bizarre obsession with left feet by trying to drill the toes off the revenant Thunderwing. This time, he got kicked and stomped on for his trouble. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

When the Wreckers were again called upon to battle Thunderwing on [[Corata-Vaz]], Twin Twist was there, trying alongside his comrades to get past the massive [[Pretender]] to a [[Nega-Core]] it was guarding; a device essential for bringing forth the [[Expansion]]. One wonders why he didn't just tunnel underneath to get past Thunderwing... {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

When Jetfire managed to remotely override Thunderwing's predetermined directives for a brief time, the Wreckers got by and found the Nega-Core. Twin Twist and Topspin then began attempting to decommission it, ultimately prepping it for transport through a [[space bridge]] portal. Once Autobot teams on different planets had reached the other Nega-Cores, Topspin carefully explained to everyone the process by which to properly unlatch and move them. Jetfire lost control of Thunderwing by this point and it turned back to resume attacking the Wreckers, but they managed to survive. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Sometime later, the Wreckers apparently had a battle with [[Turmoil]] and his crew of Decepticons that went badly. Twin Twist's fellow Jumpstarter Topspin and five other Autobots were taken prisoner aboard Turmoil's cruiser. Led by [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], Twin Twist and the remaining Wreckers made a successful rescue attempt, thanks in part to their new recruit [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}} With Kup back in the field, however, he recruited Springer and several of the Wreckers for his personal strike team.

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Over two years later, the Wreckers were reformed and were taking on new recruits; Twin Twist and Topspin were still part of the team. While meeting the new guys, they saw [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] briefly fall unconscious. Twin Twist was going to have Perceptor fetched to check the guy out, but Ironfist claimed he was fine... while [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] revealed that Ironfist was the secret identity of "Fisitron", the [[fandom|historian]] behind the ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' datalogs. Twin Twist was stunned, and then amused to find his official file was top secret and that Ironfist ''really'' wanted to know what was in it. While Topspin claimed they were just two normal guys ''really'', Twin Twist gave a friendly warning for "Fisitron" to do "no more prying". {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

Before the assault on [[Garrus-9]], Twin Twist briefly talked with Topspin about the vicarious perception they were experiencing, but decided not to let it distract them. During the assault he was placed in [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s pod, and manned the pod's gun until he was knocked over by an enemy blast. Rather than falling to his death, he was saved by [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

[[File:Image-LastStandoftheWreckers3-Twin Twist and Stalker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|DENTAL PLAN! [[Verity Carlo|Verity]] needs [[Master-Brace|Masterbraces]]! DENTAL PLAN! Verity needs Masterbraces! DENTAL PLAN!]]
Upon planetfall, Twin Twist's group was followed by a group of Decepticons. The Wreckers responded with lethal force while Springer took a look at Twin Twist's wound. Needing to get to the cell block apparently below them, he painfully transformed into his drill mode— which was felt elsewhere by Topspin. He drilled directly into a large room and was again saved from his fall, this time by Springer. He reached a computer terminal and realized they had accidentally triggered a defense mechanism and were going to be vaporized. They tried to escape but were zapped by a high concentration of energy. Twin Twist came to in the presence of [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]], who asked him to open wide as he brought a scalpel toward Twin Twist's head. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4- JumpstartersEnd.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Stalker tortured Twin Twist in earnest, ravaging his face and eventually causing the Wrecker to pass out from the pain. Stalker left the Autobots alone briefly so he could go fetch the [[endoscopic claw]], another torture device. Twin Twist woke up just in time to hear the bound Springer and Impactor arguing. Stalker returned with the horrific-looking instrument and resumed his torture of Twin Twist, despite the Autobot's desperate pleas. In the [[Aequitas]] chamber, Twin Twist's anguish was experienced by Topspin through vicarious perception. Rather than let his brother suffer any further, Topspin offered his spark up to bypass Aequitas' suicide lock. The two Jumpstarters died simultaneously, their shared last words being "Wreck and Rule!" {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

After the liberation of G-9, Twin Twist's remains, as well as that of the other fallen Wreckers, were transported to [[Earth]] along with the survivors. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} They were later interred in the Zone of Remembrance at ''[[Debris]]'', the Wreckers' headquarters. {{storylink|Zero Point}}
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===''Cloud''===
[[File:Cloud TwinTwist.jpg|thumb]]

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}} {{storylink|Overwhelm}}}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Twin Twist was a [[Powered Master]] and space pioneer with the ability bestow the properties of a drill upon any weapon he wielded. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}} In the late 1980s, they entered the scene to protect the [[Transform Super Cog]] from falling into [[Decepticon]] hands, and they managed to defeat the [[Battlecharger]]s who were attempting to steal it from within the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. When the Jumpstarters joined the battle outside, they attacked who they thought was [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], but it turned out to be the decoy, [[Megaplex]], and they were left open to attacks from [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]], but [[Nightstalker (G1)|Nightstalker]] was able to protect them from Enemy's finishing blow. That didn't stop them from losing the Super Cog to [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], but the other Autobots were able to end his threat. {{Storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

Twin Twist loved to drill holes and often ended up damaging the Autobot base, much to the chagrin of the other Autobots. He was supported in his mischief by Topspin, {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#G1 Warrior Twin Twist|G1 Warrior Twin Twist}} who would only put his foot down when Twin Twist wanted to drill holes in ''him''. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#G1 Warrior Topspin|G1 Warrior Topspin}} [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] tried putting his obsession to good use by having him dig pitfall traps for the Decepticons, but he dug so many that the Autobots themselves fell in them. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#Operation: Destroy the Decepticons|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} The problem was "solved" when Prime appointed both him and Topspin leader of the Jumpstarters, leaving Twin Twist too busy arguing with his brother to have time for drilling. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#The Commander's Good Idea|The Commander's Good Idea}} In [[2004]], the Jumpstarters were recruited by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] into his new Wreckers unit. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}} {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG-07 Jetfire Sequel|LG-07 Jetfire Sequel}} The team was charged with cleaning up around [[Mount St. Hilary]], which Twin Twist contributing by digging holes for garbage disposal. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#G1 Wreckers Birth Story|G1 Wreckers Birth Story}} During this time, he and Topspin learned that their fellow Wreckers [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] had come from a peaceful dimension known as the [[Legends World]] and hoped to help found such a place themselves someday. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

Decades later in the [[2030]]s, the Jumpstarters were approached by [[Katsu Don]] and asked for their help in creating a dimension called Legends, causing them to realize their friends were from the future. Concluding that they had to accept or else their friends would never be born, they stole the [[Zodiac]] from fellow Powered Master [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and used it to create the Legends World, leaving it in the care of the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}} Twin Twist was later present when his teammates raised concern about Springer's's increasing girth. {{Storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}} Following a trip to the Legends World, their commander returned in a new body which Twin Twist immediately wanted to drill holes in. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG19 Springer Sequel|LG19 Springer Sequel}} Upon learning that the Zamojin were attempting to destroy their creation through [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], they explained the circumstances to the other Wreckers before traveling there to stop Katsu Don. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG65 Twin Twist Prologue|LG65 Twin Twist Prologue}} Twin Twist was swiftly decapitated by Windblade but survived by retrieving the Zodiac and using its power to turn his head into a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and his body into a Drill Base. Using the base's drills to generate electromagnetic waves, he successfully retrieved [[Spoilsport]] from Windblade and blasted her, freeing [[Peacemaker]] as well. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}} Expressing their determination to defend the world they created, Twin Twist and Topspin then combined into their [[Attack Powered]] form and decisively defeated both Windblade and Katsu Don. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Twin Twist was a member of the fearless Wreckers squad which liberated Garrus-9 from the grip of [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and the [[Air Strike Patrol]], though they destroyed most of the facility in the process. {{storylink|The Wreckers}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:TwinTwistG1Toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|My God, I can raise my arms]]
*'''Twin Twist''' (Jumpstarter, 1985)
**''Accessories'': "Semi Automatic Cannon-Rifle"

:Twin Twist transforms into a Cybertronic twin-drill tank via a very simple, one-step process. His [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] features a pull-back motor which propels him forward; after a short distance, a latch on his body releases his spring-loaded legs, and the weight and momentum flips Twin Twist up onto his [[robot mode]] feet. A small lever on the back of his head adjusts the timing of when his head hits the floor, and thus his kickoff angle, hopefully making this [[gimmick]] work better.

:The [[Mexico|Mexican]] version of Twin Twist featured a running change in that early models had their faces painted red instead of silver; these toys were also sold on the [[Europe]]an market.

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Salt-Man Z]] and [[Robot-Man Z]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/TwinTwist/twintwist.htm More information on Twin Twist at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Twin-Twist.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let's Twist again. Like we did thirty-two summers ago.]]
*'''Flameout & Twin Twist''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])
**''Accessories'': [[Flameout#Generations|Flameout]] Titan Master, blasters

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Twin Twist is a heavy retool of [[Topspin (G1)#Generations|Topspin]], featuring a new faceplate, shoulders, feet, and backpack with treads replacing the wings.

:Twin Twist sports a great deal more paint than his brother. Unfortunately the paint applied to the hips can cause tolerance issues when transforming him, requiring more force to fold the legs up into their vehicle mode configuration.

:He was also retooled into ''Legends'' [[Roadfire#Legends|Roadfire]].
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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-Twintwist-with-Spoil.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Check it out, [[Topspin (G1)#Legends|bro!]] I found this Targetmaster lying around!]]
*'''Targetmaster Twin Twist''' (Deluxe Class, [[2018]]-[[March 24|03-24]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''LG65'''
**''Accessories'': Headmaster, [[Spoilsport#Legends|Spoil]] Targetmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Targetmaster Twin Twist" is a redeco of ''Titans Return'' Twin Twist. He is packaged with [[Spoilsport#Legends|Spoil]]. The new pairing is presumably due to a contemporary [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] mold not being available for use.

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==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneTwinTwist.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
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*The Jumpstarters were originally ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Baku-ten (Blast-flip) Attack Robo" toys. The "Drill Type" that would become Twin Twist was available in two different color schemes: both had dark blue limbs, but one had a red torso while the other had a gray torso.
*Twin Twist appears in his red and blue ''Diaclone'' colors on the 1985 Hasbro packaging mural.
*The portraits of Topspin and Twin Twist on their [[bio]] cutouts were originally reversed, causing some children a bit of confusion. This was eventually fixed.
*[[Character model]]s were created for both [[:File:TopspinCharDesign.jpg|Topspin]] and [[:File:TwinTwistCharacterSheet.jpg|Twin Twist]] back in the '80s, but they were never used in animation, not even in a [[commercial]].
*Twin Twist has been found in a piece of [[Pretender]] [[:File:TwinTwistPretenderConcept.jpg|concept art]], likely being used as a pitch for the Pretender toy concept of simplistic Transformers in humanoid shells. His shell closely resembles that of [[Waverider]] though there are noticeable differences between Waverider's box art and the Twin Twist test art.
*''Cloud'' Twin Twist is a minor "virtual redeco" of [[Twintwist|''Fall of Cybertron'' Twintwist]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Twin Twist''' (ツインツイスト ''Tsuin Tsuisto'')
*''French:'' '''Double Torsion''' (Canada)

==External links==
*[http://www.diaclone.net/orid/diabaku/index.html Baku-ten Attack Robos at Diaclone.net (Japanese language site)]

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Fort Scyk

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'''Fort Scyk''' is a military fort in the [[Stanix]] region. It fell to the [[Decepticon]]s early in the war.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Earthforce=====
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Fort Scyk is a [[Decepticon]] base located in the [[Stanix]] region on the south-western side of Cybertron. With Stanix captured early in the war and deep in Decepticon-held territory, Fort Scyk is far from the front and is seen as bit of a dumping ground for those stationed there. The garrison consists of both young and green Decepticons, as well as those the [[Decepticon High Command|High Command]] would rather see out of the way such as [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]].

The only bright spot is that it's located near numerous [[Neutral]]ist towns such as [[Yuss]], just three [[Units of length|hics]] from the fort, providing plenty of target practice. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
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Twenty one years after the war's official end, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] commanded his Neo-Decepticon insurgents out of Fort Scyk. {{storylink|Counterpoint}} This was ''meant'' to be secret but [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] was aware of it and contacted Scyk from afar. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}} Following his resurrection and return to Cybertron, [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] burst into Fort Scyk, intending to rally the disenfranchised warriors lurking there but his excessively florid speech served more to confuse than to convince. Although Soundwave was away on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s ''[[Warworld]]'', [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] protested that they already had a leader, but Scorponok made it clear that he was not ''requesting'' their obedience and executed Misfire on the spot for questioning his orders. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}

Later, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] remotely co-ordinated the [[Wrecker]]s as they carried out a stealth assault on the Decepticon base there but found that it had been abandoned and booby-trapped. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}}

{{note|As shown in the image at the top of this page, Fort Scyk was established as being in [[Polyhex]] in "Counterpoint" and "Loose Ends", though in both "Natural Selection" and "Destiny", the captions give its location as the [[Badlands (Cybertron)|Badlands]]. Perhaps Soundwave moved it?}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
Fort Scyk was one of seven fortresses that made up the [[Maxilla]], defending the [[Yuss Naval Batteries]] from a landward assault. {{storylink|Derailment}} It was part of [[Powerhug (BWII)|Powerhug]]'s delivery route. He stopped off one night after delivering [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] to [[Hydrax Plateau|Hydrax spaceport]] and decided to relax in the Fort's bar, [[The Bronze]]. Unfortunately for him, he was hoodwinked by [[Packrat]] and forced to help the thief infiltrate the spaceport during his next delivery cycle. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Two years later, Fort Scyk (along with the rest of the Maxilla) fell under [[Resistance]] assault. It fell to [[Grimwing (BW)|Grimwing]]'s unit. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===Aligned novels===
Fort Scyk was a forbidding fortress that acted as training grounds for the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] militia and civil defence units before the war. Dating from ancient times, it was the location where the idea of formalizing Cybertron's [[Caste system]] was first raised.

Before the war Stanix was also one of the main nodes in the [[Communication Grid]] that spanned the whole planet. This node was located on the eastern edge of Stanix city, below Fort Scyk. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s supporters detonated an [[electromagnetic pulse]] bomb there, destroying one corner of Fort Scyk, killing its magistrate [[Gauntlet (WFC)|Gauntlet]], and disrupting the Grid node.

Later, Fort Scyk was to be the site of the first true battle of the war itself, with Megatron personally leading the [[Seeker (body-type)|seekers]] into battle. Though they fought valiantly, the militia was overwhelmed and the Fort fell to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

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Nova Cronum

2019-04-26T16:56:17Z

Revanche: /* Dreamwave Generation One continuity */

[[File:Derailment SupremeCommanderLioConvoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9]]

'''Nova Cronum''' is a philosophical haven and home to many theoretical research facilities. It borders [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Polyhex]]<ref name="UG">''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''</ref> and might be the region housing the [[Thunderhead Pass]]. Unfortunately, the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s have a tendency to blow it up. Thus, it longs for the day [['Til all are one|when all are one]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
*'''Locations'''
**The [[Praetorus Wharf]]
Nova Cronum was purged by the Decepticons in [[Units of time|ano-cycle]] 6-1-1, {{storylink|Devastation}} 500.000 years after the start of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} rendering it a ghost state. During the [[Border Wars]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] used it as the location to build a [[Trypticon (G1)|new upgraded type of mobile base]]. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and several of his soldiers went out to investigate the matter, coincidentally getting into a fight with the Decepticons' latest recruit. {{storylink|Devastation}} The battle did not quite proceed in the Autobots' favor, not even when two batches of reinforcements came to help. Fortunately for them, Shockwave needed Trypticon's assistance immediately in the [[Neutral Territories]], who cut off the fight to respond to the order. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

Roughly 2.5 million years later, {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} Nova Cronum, a war reclamation zone, was mostly rebuilt. A small team under command of [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] went there in order to capture one of the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] functioning for study. Thanks to the risks taken by [[Getaway]] and some quick thinking, they were successful in their mission. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] hailed from Nova Cronum. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

After the ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'' was destroyed, [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]'s escape pod crashed in the remains of Nova Cronum. They were attacked by [[Centurion droid|Centurion drones]], {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} and would not have gotten out alive if not for their rescue at the hands of [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], and [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

====''Regeneration One''====
Millions of years before the [[Great War (G1)|war]] began, [[Tallus]], [[Decanus]], [[Rokan]], [[Boltax (G1)|Boltax]], and Tribune [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] met at Nova Cronum to unite their minds and share their wisdom to create a vast repository of knowledge called the [[Underbase]]. However Jhiaxus had other plans and once their minds were merged he "killed" the others in the virtual mindscape, plundered the Underbase's secrets for himself and deleted all his own records, allowing him to disappear from history completely. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
In the last days of the Great War, the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to take down [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and the [[Grand Mal]]. They successfully brought down the floating fortress, and soon the grounded fortress became the planet's primary military nerve center. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

[[Santon]] was from Nova Cronum. {{storylink|Derailment}}

During the [[Grand Uprising]], the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s retained control of Nova Cronum. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}} The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Bisk (BW)|Bisk]] travelled to Nova Cronum to steal a [[protoform]] from within the fortress. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} It became the nexus of a heated battle between [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] aboard an operational Grand Mal, and the combined forces of Cybertron. Though the Transformers were successful in repelling the alien invader, the city was leveled by the battle. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===Live-action film series===
Nova Cronum is surrounded by the area where the [[Chamber of the Ancients]] is located, [[Central City (Cybertron)|Central City]], [[Tyger Pax]], the [[Praetorus Wharf]], and the area where the [[Stellar Galleries|Stella Galleries]] can be found. {{storylink|Risk: Cybertron War Edition|Risk}}

===Aligned novels===
Furious with the stalemate at [[Praxus]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] sent his forces into Nova Cronum to kill anyone who would not defect to the Decepticons, turning Cybertron's cradle of intellect into a ruin. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Merchandise==
*'''RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition''' (2007)
:Nova Cronum is one of the green zones on the board.

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Imperial Amphitheatre

2019-04-26T16:45:02Z

Revanche: /* Marvel The Transformers comics */

:''The Imperial Amphitheatre is a building on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Target 2006 Imperial Amphitheatre hologram.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
The '''Imperial Amphitheatre''' is located in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. The name suggests it to be an eventful enterprise.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukexclusive|The Imperial Amphitheatre}}
When Iacon was destroyed by [[Trannis]]'s forces, {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}} the Imperial Amphitheatre was one of the few landmarks spared. It was damaged, but it seems the remaining [[Autobot]]s invested some of their time in keeping the building in acceptable condition.

The Imperial Amphitheatre was the site chosen by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] and the [[Wrecker]]s for [[Operation: Volcano]]. The Autobots were to [[Autobot traitor|get information to the Decepticons]] that Xaaron would be meeting with the other Autobot leaders on Cybertron inside the Imperial Amphitheatre on the anniversary of Iacon's fall, baiting them into using the opportunity to destroy the Autobot resistance once and for all. For this, it was estimated the deadliest [[Decepticon]]s would come, who were the targets of a long-crafted plan to deal the Decepticons a large blow. In truth, while Xaaron would be at the Imperial Amphitheatre, the other leaders would be no more than [[facsimile construct]]s. When the Decepticons would open attack, the Wreckers would spring from their hiding in the amphitheatre and kill them in the following confusion.

All was set for the plan to work, but at the very last moment [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] ordered the soldiers back to [[Polyhex]] for another mission. While astonished and not a little disappointed by this turn of events, the Autobots told one another they'd get another chance some time. This was when [[Macabre]], an overeager mission-stowaway Decepticon, made his presence in the amphitheatre known and tried to murder Xaaron anyway. Instead, he killed [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and was paid back in full by the other Wreckers. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

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Rust Sea

2019-04-26T16:29:36Z

Revanche:

[[File:Homecoming RustSea.jpg|upright=2.8|thumb|It's a Casio on a plastic beach.]]

The '''Rust Sea''' (also known as the '''Sea of Rust''', the '''Great Rust Sea''', or the '''Rust Spot''') is an area of unstable planetary matter and molecular flux located along [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s equator, stretching from [[Tyrest]] to [[Polyhex]]<ref>[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams #162]]</ref> to the [[Tagan Heights]] and [[Altihex]]. It constantly emits a collection of corrosive, yet otherwise relatively harmless gasses. It too is home to various forms of plant life by the time of the [[Beast Era]]. It is Cybertron's most prominent sea, the only other one known being the [[Mithril Sea]].

The [[Hydrax Plateau]] rises out of the center of it. Cybertron's primary spaceport is located here, where planetary visitors must check in first.<ref>''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''</ref>

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====3H comics====
In a [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]], the Rust Sea bordered the [[Undercity]]. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and a horde of [[Piranacon (Universe)|Piranacons]] were sent to the Rust Sea as best strategy to reach the [[Vector Sigma]] chamber. One of its old utility tunnels that had been closed before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was located deep under the Rust Sea's shore and due to long exposure to the sea's gasses been made easy to breach. Information on this made the Piranacons momentarily afraid of their own safety while working in the area, but Blackarachnia aggravatingly revealed that it'd take six million years of exposure to the gasses before anyone'd have to worry about its effects.

As the Piranacons went to work, Blackarachnia searched the area to ensure their mission's secrecy. She found [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] nearby in the Undercity and chose to kill him just to be on the safe side. She was stopped by [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], who was on his way to the Rust Sea and ignored Rattrap's subsequent warning about the location. Taking a solitary swim to ponder on his recent resurrection, Depth Charge soon found himself surrounded by the Piranacons. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

====MegaWing Galvatron continuity====
In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]], [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] killed [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)#Cybertron comic|Optimus Prime]] and left his remains to the corroding care of the Rust Sea. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Nemesis Prime profile in Club magazine #6}}

====''Wings Universe''====
[[Krok (G1)|Krok]]'s partner [[Gatoraider]] was a technosuchus synthesis, a species originating from the sulfur bogs at the edge of the Rust Sea. {{storylink|A Common Foe|''Wings Universe'' Krok profile}}

Centuries later, [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] conducted routine scans at said sulfur bogs as part of his patrol duties for the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs, 2014/06/19}}

====IDW 2005 continuity====
The region that would come to be known as the Sea of Rust was the wasteland left when the [[Crystal City]] collapsed beneath the surface of Cybertron soon after the launch of [[Ark (G1)|Nova Prime's Ark]] six million years ago. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}} After two million years, it had become known as the '''Rust Spot''', a several-hundred mile wide region packed with hazards that included nuclear winds, [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]], [[Slicer (group)|Slicers]], mist that corrodes your body while also disrupting your navigation systems. Most Cybertronians avoided the place, but a network of tunnels beneath the surface afforded those who absolutely had to pass through it safe passage. The Rust Spot was within driving distance of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], and also quite close to [[Peptex]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

Around four million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] were sent into the Rust spot to perform a hostage exchange with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Decepticon]]s, exchanging [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] for Pax's old friend [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. The pair were guided by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], foremost expert on the unmappable region. After fending off an attack by Slicers near the [[Tesk Crater]], the trio were taken to the Decepticons' base in the underground tunnels, where Bludgeon revealed that the reason he'd picked the Rust Spot as the stage of the exchange was so that he could trap and capture Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} Bludgeon's subsequent attempt to execute Orion Pax accidentally led a commuter shuttle to crash in the Rust Spot, stranding [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] in the wastelands for an extended period of time. {{storylink|The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist}}

The chaotic conditions of the Rust Spot were calmed when Cybertron was reverted to its primordial state by [[Vector Sigma]]. Unbeknownst to anyone on Cybertron, around the time of Crystal City's destruction, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had planted his regenerative [[Ore-14]] beneath the city, which caused the city to reconstruct itself beneath the surface of the reborn planet, where the Rust Spot had been. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Shockwave then used the city as his staging base as he attempted to enact the "Dark Cybertron" prophecy, but he was foiled by interference from Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], which caused the entire city to collapse into a miniature singularity that now floated in the middle of the Rust Sea. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} The singularity played havoc local atmospheric patterns, recreating the hazardous conditions of the Rust Spot of the past, {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} and leading modern Cybertronians to give the area a new name: the Sea of Rust. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

Sent to Cybertron to search for relics, the [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Torchbearer]]s began their quest in the Sea of Rust due to the fact Crystal City had once dwelt there. While searching, they were pulled into a brief conflict between [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], and [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]; the latter had stolen the [[Enigma of Combination]] from its holding place in Iacon and fled into the Sea of Rust to destroy it, but when the Torchbearers tried to protect the relic, it merged them into [[Victorion]]. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}} The Torchbearers remained in the Sea of Rust, making a kind of home for themselves there; they observed the passage of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] through the region, and their battle with [[zombie|zombified]] [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} but eventually, they were approached by Optimus Prime and joined his Autobots. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
[[File:Derailment TidalWave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
The Great Rust Sea was the largest body of fluid on Cybertron. The [[Hydrax Plateau]] rose from its russet waves. Rivers linked it to [[Dodecahex]], [[Polyhex]], [[Lower Petrohex|Petrohex]], [[Protihex]], [[Median]], and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. Iacon, [[Uraya]], [[Proximax]], [[Yuss]], [[Stanix]] [[Harmonex]], [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], [[Corumkan]], [[Petrex]], [[Burthov]], and [[Hyperious]] sat on its shores. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} At its narrowest point, the [[Yuss Straits|Straits of Yuss]], it was only 15 hics wide and a quarter hic deep. This strait was defended on the Hydrax Plateau side by the [[Yuss Naval Batteries]] and on the Iacon side by twin batteries, straddling either side of the [[Trannis Fork River]]. The [[Resistance]] launched a major, two-pronged assault on the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders]]' forces, attacking the Yuss Naval Batteries on land and sending a fleet to the straits by sea. Though the battle was costly, ultimately the Resistance prevailed and was able to ferry their forces across the straits from the Plateau to Iacon. {{storylink|Derailment}}
{{-}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:Cliffjumper&SGGoryu Dungeons&Dinobots.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHIN' AUTOBOT CLIFFJUMPER, [[John DiMaggio|RATH]] WILL DESTROY YOU!!!]]
On the hunt for the escaped [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobots]], [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] made their way to one of the toxic bayous adjoining the Rust Sea. Among the crystalline growths along the bayou's edge that resulted from the Rust Sea's [[energon]] particles solidifying due to evaporation, they found [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]]. Cliffjumper ran up to the little guy and wrestled him down, ignoring his claims that he had big friends. That is, until such a [[Goryu (SG)|big friend]] burst through the tree-like crystalline growth, looking decidedly displeased. Cliffjumper's and Sideswipe's initial attacks had no effect on the creature and the situation evolved such that Sideswipe became the involuntary distraction, racing through the bayou with the behemoth right behind him, while Cliffjumper tried his best to subdue the creature. Sideswipe eventually got himself stuck in some of the crystalline growth, at which point Cliffjumper finally found an opportunity to trick the Dinobot into unconsciousness.

After getting [[Astrotrain (SG)|Astrotrain]] to come pick up the two Dinobots, the duo noticed [[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]] rushing a little further down the bayou. They cornered him and interrogated him on why he was in such a hurry. In return for an [[energon rod]] and believing the information was not going to earn the two anything, Huffer revealed that he had spotted [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] in the [[Badlands (Cybertron)|Badlands]]. Cliffjumper and Sideswipe immediately went after the Dinobot. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

===''Hunt for the Decepticons''===
The Rust Sea is home to the poisonous [[oxide shark]]s, whom [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] based his [[Devastator (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|color scheme]] on. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons|Most Wanted website}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
The Rust Sea's enclosure of the Hydrax Plateau made it difficult for the [[Autobot]]s to get extra troops to the area when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked it. Ultimately, the Decepticons won the battle and gained control of the plateau. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] once got lost in the Sea of Rust alone. He later compared it to the [[Nevada]] desert where he and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] arrived on Earth. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

After obtaining the [[Omega Key]]s, Megatron went to the Sea of Rust to find the [[Omega Lock]]. He and his men were attacked by the [[Autobot]]s, who reclaimed the Keys and managed to locate the accompanying Lock. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} After getting the keys back, Megatron activated the lock and restored a nearby building with it. Then [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] hit the lock with the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], exploding it and devastating the immediate area. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and a small team ventured back there to search for discarded relics. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} They were joined by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who had spotted the huge energy surge created by the Omega Lock and driven over from his laboratory. {{storylink|Scattered}}

When Cybertron was restored, the Sea of Rust was transformed into a habitable landscape for Cybertronians. It was the scene of a battle between [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. That battle resulted in Magnus being gravely wounded. Much later, after [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] told Predaking of their existence, the Predacon leader searched the Sea of Rust for his two new brethren, using his flame breath as a beacon to attract them. However the beacon instead drew in a [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]]-possessed Megatron and Predaking, having previously been betrayed by Megatron, fought him but was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===''Bot Shots''===
[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] hails from the far side of the Sea of Rust, where Bot Shots [[Accent|talk funny]]. {{storylink|Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake's online bio}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
An ancient civilization once dwelled in the city that became the Sea of Rust, predating the Transformers' civil war by a few millennia. However, a sudden cataclysm oxidized the entire region, forming the infamous Sea. [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] knew of some unconfirmed rumors of a sudden explosion being the source of the disaster; though whether it was due to a technology gone awry, a hostile conflict, or something else entirely, would likely never be known.

After locating an [[energon lake]] there, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] used the Sea of Rust as a location to build his prototype [[space bridge]] tower. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] team was drawn there to investigate strange energy readings, and they were promptly captured by [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] to be experimented on by Shockwave. [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] later ended up in the Sea of Rust during their hunt for Grimlock. Fighting their way through ruins and rust storms, they eventually found the energon lake and Shockwave's refinery. After destroying the refinery, the two Autobots reported back to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], and a huge transport was dispatched to retrieve the energon from the lake. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

{{note|As shown in ''[[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', the Sea of Rust portion of the game was originally planned to be much larger. Concept art reveals plans for an army of [[zombie]]-like Cybertronians and [[Sharkticon (COP)|Sharkticons]] pursuing the player, as well as discovering what appear to be the headless remains of Omega Supreme.}}

===Bot Shots Battle Game!===
[[File:BotShotsGame Sea of Rust.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The Sea of Rust was one of the many places on Cybertron that the Bot Shots did battle. {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sabi no Umi''' (錆の海, "Sea of Rust")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xiù Hǎi''' (锈海, "Rust Sea")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=190&page=9 Transformers #162 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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Mortilus

2019-04-24T12:22:34Z

Revanche: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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:''Mortilus is a [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Censere nightbeat the not knowing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"You... rang?"]]
One of the [[Guiding Hand]], '''Mortilus''' was one of the first five Transformers born on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], representing death in later mythologized accounts of the Guiding Hand. When [[Adaptus]] rebelled against his brothers, he unleashed his [[information creep|memory-erasing]] weapon on the others, erasing their memories of themselves. As a result, Mortilus adopted the new persona of '''Censere''' and dedicated himself to the recording of every Cybertronian death.

"Censere" himself would be mythologized as a mute [[Neutral]] known as the '''Necrobot''', who travels the battlefields of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], administering posthumous rites to fallen Cybertronians. They say that he can determine the cause of death just by letting his shadow fall on the corpse and that he has devoted his life to recording the fate of every last Transformer. Whether there is any truth to these stories is unknown to most, but they persist.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Chaos Theory Part 2|''The Transformers'' vol. 1 #23]] (invoked); [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|''More than Meets the Eye'' #8]]}}

[[File:LL-23-GuidingHandWar.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Avengers assemble!]]

Born at some point after [[Primus]], Mortilus joined him, [[Epistemus]], [[Solomus]], and [[Adaptus]] to form the [[Guiding Hand]], the first five Cybertronians, present for the ignition of the [[hot spot]]s across Cybertron which would propagate future generations of the species. {{Storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} In this era, the Guiding Hand were said to have overseen the development of the Cybertronian species, developing the planet's earliest civilizations and guiding them towards a more enlightened existence. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} This utopian era would come to an end, however, when the ambitious [[Adaptus]], worried that their peaceful civilization would eventually grow stagnant, encouraged Cybertron to wage war against the galaxy; when the other members of the Guiding Hand refused, Adaptus instead made war against ''them'', and the four allies were forced to put down the rebellion in an event that would be known as the "[[God War]]." Adaptus escaped aboard [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] and covered his escape by firing a powerful [[electromagnetic pulse]] on the planet to erase the memories of Cybertron's inhabitants, leaving them too confused and disoriented to pursue him. {{Storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

[[File:Mortilus.jpg‎|300px|thumb|right|I was Megatron before Mega was even a prefix!]]

Eventually, Cybertronian religions were able to reconstruct bits and pieces of the past, giving rise to various interpretations of the Guiding Hand and the God War that had torn them apart. In these imperfect histories, Mortilus was depicted as a death-bringer and the necessary corollary to life; notably, in every known permutation of the legend, it was the innocent ''Mortilus'' who was cast as the traitorous god whose ambitions had sparked the God War, with Adaptus remembered as a faithful steward of Primus. {{Storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Other legends stated that Mortilus's rebellion had spawned monsters to lay waste to Cybertron, birthing beasts such as the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} which Mortilus had supposedly raised and commanded using his [[Void Scepter]], {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} and that the God War ended when Mortilus had tricked and trapped every member of the Guiding Hand into giving up their physical form before he himself was struck down by Primus; by killing death, the Cybertronian race could live forever. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} At least one interpretation, put forth in the [[Keening Texts]], held that Mortilus had been forgiven by the Guiding Hand in the next life, and created the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]] where the [[spark]]s of the departed could live forever. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}}

In modern Cybertronian theology, the legend of Mortilus occupied an unique spot in the Cybertronian pantheon: some individuals chose to worship him, as they would with other gods and deities, {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} while other individuals used his name as a curse; "spawn of Mortilus" was a popular term to denigrate others. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

The ''real'' Mortilus, meanwhile, still unaware of his origins, had remained on Cybertron and become '''Censere of the [[High-Ceilinged Manifold]],''' making his way into the world as a humble census office worker. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} At some point after the God War, presumably during the reign of the [[Thirteen]] [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s, he became friends with a co-worker named [[Tusk]]; when Tusk died, it went unreported, and Censere did not find out about it until years later. His friend's death moved Censere to begin a lifelong mission: chronicling the deaths of every Cybertronian. With the destruction of his hometown in the First Cybertronian Civil War, Censere relocated to a [[Necroworld|"scorched and forgotten" planet]] that Tusk had told him about, where he set up a base of operations filled with complex machinery that allowed him to keep track of spark signatures, and quantum technology that let him teleport all around the universe to record every fatality. He transformed the blasted world on which he dwelled into a beautiful garden, filled with holographic statues of every living Cybertronian, which he would switch off when the Cybertronian died. Around the bases of the statues, he planted flowers crafted from the residual spark energy of whoever the statue's real-life counterpart was responsible for killing. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} He also kept a dedicated journal filled with all manner of things, including the original, unedited version of the [[Grand Cybertronian Taxonomy]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

Swearing an oath of non-interference, Censere eventually became a figure of myth and legend among Cybertronians, glimpsed on battlefields across the cosmos silently recording deaths. Dubbed the "Necrobot" by the religious and/or superstitious, he was also known as the "Gatekeeper", or the "Mute Neutral", and was believed to be an envoy of [[Primus]], charged with ferrying departed [[spark]]s into the [[Transformer afterlife|afterlife]]. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} Conversely, skeptics like [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] dismissed his existence as a fairytale, attributing supposed sightings of him and his "portable apothecary" to visual glitches caused by freshly-constructed Cybertronians' senses "trying to run before [they] can walk", like the [[Shimmer]] or seeing [[Primus]]'s face in a mushroom cloud. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] shared his lack of belief, comparing stories of the Necrobot to [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeaters]] and the [[Moonbase One|Seething Moon]]. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

For a time, [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] thought Mortilus spoke to him, telling him to murder his cadets and sacrifice their remains to a pit for the Death-bringer to consume. This whole [[Roadbuster affair|affair]] was in fact part of a larger [[Tarantulas (BW)|web of deceit]]. {{Storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}}

[[File:Scavengers2-Necrobot.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.34|"Arthur Dent? Arthur ''Philip'' Dent? You're a jerk, a complete arsehole."]]
While on the planet [[Clemency]], itself littered with the bodies of dead (and occasionally not-so-dead) Transformers, [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] would periodically catch sight of what he believed was the Necrobot. He would then "chase it" for a few seconds before "losing sight of it" again, as observed by [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] who was not himself a believer. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} One and a half years later, however, the Necrobot did indeed arrive on Clemency to add [[Flywheels]] to his list of dead Cybertronians, which also included several members of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' crew. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

A selection of the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' visited his planet of operations, the location of which was revealed by an info bullet from [[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]]. Alarmed to see that multiple Transformers whose deaths he knew he had unambiguously recorded were alive and walking around in his garden, the Necrobot slammed the door to his complex shut, but when one such 'bot, Nightbeat, stood outside the door and refused to leave, Censere gave in to his curiosity and invited Nightbeat inside so he could explain his and the others' continued living (Nightbeat, he soon learned, had been revived by the properties of the [[Dead Universe]], while the others had never died—the deaths he had recorded were those of their quantum duplicates, created through a [[quantum generator]] accident). Censere went on to explain his true nature and how he carried out his work; though Nightbeat was dismayed by this revelation, having wanted to believe that the Necrobot was a mystic figure and proof that higher powers existed in the universe, Censere reminded him that his not being 'magic' did not mean the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]] did not exist. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}}

[[File:DoNotGoGentle CenseresavesRoller.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Thank you for your cooperation. Good night.]]
He would take Nightbeat's words to heart when he found one of [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]'s time cases buried by Megatron. By linking it up to his teleport chamber, he was able to go back in time, recovering the Transformers on his list of the disappeared. The time traveling took its toll on the passengers though, so he put them in comas and disguised them as organics to keep them safe from other Cybertronians. Occasionally, he would be glimpsed in these endeavors by others, spawning the legends of his portable apothecary. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

Among those he rescued were 'bots like [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]], [[Wavelength (G1)|Wavelength]], [[Syphon]], {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}} [[Anode]], [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and [[Rapidfire (G1)|Rapidfire]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} He was halfway down the list when the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] showed up, and he guessed that several of the 'bots he rescued were on [[The List|their own list]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

The DJD somehow learned of the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s previous visit to Necroworld and decided to use a fabricated distress signal to lure the group back in order to maroon them, Tarn reasoning the Necrobot was the perfect bait. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}} However, Censere altered the signal minutes after it was sent, turning it into a psychic bombardment of the intended recipients' worst fears in an attempt to warn them off. The DJD then butchered Censere and left his body with flowers stuffed in exit wounds for the Autobots to find. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} While the Autobots were distracted with the ongoing siege, Censere, due to his great age, dissolved into ''[[Living metal#2005 IDW continuity|sentio metallico]]''.

Left behind was the key to his stasis pod room. After the Autobots discovered it, they were unable to use Censere's teleport chamber to escape for fear of leaving the "organics" to die. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}}

Several hours later, Rewind, having read through Censere's journal, discovered what he'd done with Brainstorm's time machine. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

When [[Team Rodimus]] finally confronted the Grand Architect, they discovered he was [[Adaptus]] and that the ''Lost Light'' crew had managed to locate all five members of the [[Guiding Hand]], explaining that Censere was an alias adopted by Mortilus. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

====The Functionist Universe====
After the [[Functionist Council]] worked out that [[Rung (G1)#The Functionist Universe|Rung]] was designed to produce [[photonic crystal]]s, {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|An Expert's Guide}} they first thought him the spawn of Mortilus sent to frustrate Primus's will before they <s>decided</s> realized that Rung was proof of Primus endorsing cold construction. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] speculated that the [[Dark Spark]] could have been a fragment of Mortilus, among other explanations. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18}} He also noted that [[Zarak (G1)|Mortilus Zarak]] sharing a name with a member of the Guiding Hand could be simple coincidence, or something far more sinister. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/04}}

Following the splintering of the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] into infinite alternate selves across the multiverse, Mortilus was known to be a member of the group in some universal streams. During the group's time in ancient Greece, the holomatter avatar he employed inspired the myth of Hades, uncle of [[Vector Prime|Hermes]]. He stayed in the Thirteen's ship parked underneath Earth's surface with his vassal, a {{w|Cerberus|three-headed dog}} named [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Mortilus was a deity in Transformer religion, notable for his spiked carapace. His name was frequently used as a curse word. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Notes==
*"Censere" is a Latin word meaning "to assess", also being the root of the English word "census".
*In the individual-issue printing of [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|''More than Meets the Eye'' #8]], Misfire stated that "[Flywheels'] ludicrous search for the Necrobot ends unfulfilled", yet in the previous issue, it was Misfire who was looking for the Necrobot. James Roberts admitted that he'd confused the two Scavengers; in the trade, Misfire's "ludicrous search" line was cut out.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=313133&highlight=#313133 Roberts on the correction at the IDW forums]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mortilus''' (モーティラス ''Mōtirasu'')

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'''Koh-Buru-Lah''' is the god of [[Cobra]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Koh-Buru-Lah lay dormant at the bottom of a frigid precipice in a remote land, forgotten to the world. [[Cobra Commander]] summoned up the god and its monstrous brood of snake-men into the world after learning that [[Cobra|his organization]] had sullied itself by joining forces with living machines in his absence. The terrorist leader then led Koh-Buru-Lah to [[New York City]], where [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and the [[Baroness|Serpentress]]-led splinter-faction of Decepticobra were fighting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and each other. The eldritch abomination began wreaking havoc on the city, undisturbed by the various war machines that fired upon it. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

When [[Billy (G.I. Joe)|Billy]] came to [[Silent Castle]] bearing the defeated [[Snake-Eyes]] as a gift for Cobra Commander, Koh-Buru-Lah became enraged at the sight of the boy's artificial limbs. It tore Billy apart to separate his organic and mechanical components. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} Koh-Buru-Lah managed to escape the destruction of [[Earth]] by climbing upon one of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s horns. The god carried its disciples within the organic sacs on its body. On the way to the metal world's surface, the entity did battle with Snake-Eyes as [[Storm Shadow]] freed Billy from the sac he was imprisoned in. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Koh-Buru-Lah carried Cobra Commander to the various [[Terrordrome]] across Cybertron to reunite his forces and watched as he recruited the Baroness back into his service. It then carried him to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as the Decepticon leader was being overwhelmed by [[G.I.Rocket|green bombs]]. The Commander struck a deal where he would free Megatron in exchange for control over Mars. The Decepticon Emperor agreed and the vines withered away. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] considered Ko-Buru-Lah among the evilest beings he had come across. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12}}

==Notes==
*The name Koh-Buru-Lah is a nod to the [[Cobra-La]] faction of the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' franchise.

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[[File:Cybertronplanet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The planet Cybertron, as seen in the original series. Not pictured: Realistically sized buildings.]]

'''Cybertron''' is the home planet of the [[Transformer]]s and (usually) the body of their creator, [[Primus]]. Cybertron is ([[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|almost]] [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|always]]) a shining metal, technological world; a planet of towering future cities without end and vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains and bottomless neon-lit chasms. Battling over control of Cybertron and its resources is frequently the motivation for, or origin of, the Transformers' epic wars. Beyond these facts much about Cybertron can differ between continuities, see individual entries below.

{{bigquote|This world is older than you can imagine. It has sailed the starscape...tending budding galaxies...forever a buffer to [[Unicron|the approaching darkness]]. And now its fate...is in your hands.|A voice to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]|[[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]]}}

==Generation 1 / Beast Era==
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Marvel issue 1 Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Just another Alpha Centauri sunrise.]]
Cybertron was the adopted form of the lord of the light gods [[Primus]], who trapped himself and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in barren asteroids which they then shaped into their physical forms. While Unicron turned his prison into a transformable, humanoid body, Primus reformed himself into a vast [[Saturn]]-sized machine-world, home for a [[Transformer|robotic race]] he created to fight Unicron with similar [[transformation]] abilities. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

{{note|A Saturn-sized metal world like Cybertron is an impossibility under our current understanding of the laws of physics. Then again it was created by and infused with the power of a “space god” so, well, if anyone’s gonna bend those laws…}}

It has been suggested that the [[Demon]]s in the darkness were the world's original inhabitants, locked away beneath the world by Primus, though this remains unconfirmed.
Aside from the Transformers, the world seems to possess the mechanical equivalent of plant and animal life, though the exact nature and origin of this lower "life" has never been examined in detail. This version of Cybertron has rough hewn [[Manganese Mountains|mountain ranges]] and great [[Rust Sea|seas]]. (Though of note these seas are not made of water. Liquid water is so rare on Cybertron as to be thought a mythical substance. Alternative substances these bodies are filled with are mercury {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and liquid helium {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}/{{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Darn 'n' Blast #303}}) The atmosphere and temperature on most of the surface is such that human life can survive unaided.

In its earliest recorded era Cybertron orbited [[Alpha Centauri]], and the Transformers were at peace. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''From an unknown point of time, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]], a governing council of absolute rulers. Over time, their power and number dwindled, until Cybertron was composed of multiple city-states who were constantly clashing with each other; the key three powers were [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. While all the major cities were using their might to pork energy at the expense of others, Iacon did ration theirs out to neighbouring smaller cities. Tarn and Vos, by comparison, built up vast armies. In an attempt to lessen growing hostilities caused by the splintering governments and the dwindling resources on Cybertron, the last Overlord started the [[Games]]: an inter-city [[gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial tournament]]. This allowed the population to exorcise their hostilities, and soon the vicious athlete [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had a cult of personality based around him and his feats. He built this up, quietly planning to unite Cybertron under his own rule and turn it into a mighty cosmic dreadnought! One of his great rivals was Optimus Prime, the champion of Iacon.''

''Vos — ruled by a [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]-headed criminal syndicate — sent its athletic team to bomb Tarn (ruled by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]) and finger Iacon as the culprit. As with all plans by Starscream, this cocked up — Tarn realised Vos had attacked it, and war broke out that devastated both cities. Iacon happily let its rivals beat on each other. During the conflict, Optimus Prime tries to get the Overlord to safety but Megatron secretly ensures the leader starves to death; once the war ended, Megatron used his fame and charisma to convince the war's survivors that Iacon was at fault for not stepping in to prevent the war, and that Iacon was the enemy. This angry mass became the first Decepticons.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

Megatron rallied his army to march on the Autobot cities, conquering large swaths of Cybertron until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arose from the Autobots ranks to match his old foe. Megatron's ultimate aim was to turn Cybertron into a "cosmic dreadnought", intending to his homeworld as a galaxy conquering warship. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''To achieve this, Megatron constructed a prototype set of [[planetary engine]]s in [[Kalis]].'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}

Before Megatron could achieve his dream, the sheer firepower unleashed by the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] tore Cybertron from its orbit and sent it hurtling aimlessly throughout the cosmos. When it passed through the [[Solar System|Sol system]], the [[asteroid belt]] threatened to destroy Cybertron forcing the Autobots to use the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path for their world. Though they were successful, they were ambushed by [[Decepticon]]s led by Megatron, and their battle ended with a crash-landing on Earth that left all the combatants deactivated. Their compatriots on Cybertron mourned their loss but continued the wars. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

''The young warlord [[Trannis]] seized on his opportunity and assumed command of the Decepticon forces, reorganizing the army and conquering all but [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. After a long stalemate, Trannis decided "screw it" and razed Iacon, finally putting Cybertron under Decepticon rule. As the centuries passed, Trannis grew complacent in his rule allowing the [[Wrecker]]s to assassinate him which only served to allow for the more brutal [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] to take command.'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}}

By [[1985]], the Autobots had been forced into guerrilla warfare against their foes. When the Earth-bound Transformers contacted their homeworld, the Decepticons made plans to connect the two planets via [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} Though [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s resistance cell managed to destroy the bridge and kill Straxus, they were left stranded on Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

After Optimus Prime's physical demise, Megatron went properly off his rocker and blew up the space bridge he was standing on, {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} which transported him to the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] on Cybertron, spending the next few years as a mindless [[Empty]]. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}}

[[File:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't worry, if Unicron eats this Cybertron, Marvel can xerox another copy of the model sheet.]]

Circa [[1990]], members of the Ark crew fought with the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] in a chamber containing the giant head of Primus. A stray shot hit the god's face, and he awoke with a scream that alerted Unicron to his location. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

When the Chaos Bringer arrived, the Autobots and Decepticons united against him, but the battle still wreaked havoc on the planet. Unicron was defeated by the opening of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], but only after he'd already destroyed Primus. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, Cybertron suffered storms and earthquakes that many believed would tear the world apart. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The remaining Transformers evacuated, but Cybertron was ultimately saved by the united efforts of Optimus Prime and the [[Neo-Knights]] who awakened the [[Last Autobot]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} The ancient steward revealed that upon the Matrix's opening, the planet had been bathed in its energy and was in fact healing itself. After he guided the process in a steady manner, he and Prime recalled out the Autobots before returning the humans to Earth and finally bringing peace to the metallic planet. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Significant locations====
*Cybertron has two moons. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}
*Cybertron was historically organized into city-states, the largest and most important being [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Others have included [[Kalis]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], and [[Vos (polity)|Vos]]. Within the province of [[Polyhex]] was the Decepticon stronghold called [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]].
*Beneath the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]] filled sewers, the [[Demon|Demons in the Darkness]] were locked away.
*At the center of this Cybertron there was a room with a huge head of Primus on the wall where he slept and was watched over by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. Somewhere within the depths of Cybertron could also be found a chamber containing the [[Last Autobot]].
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====''Regeneration One''====
Before creating the Cybertronians, [[Primus]] created the [[Demon]]s as a first run. The creatures' free will however caused them to turn each other and Primus attempt to wipe the slate clean. Though most perished, a few survived beneath Cybertron's surface, unnoticed by the Cybertronians who took their place. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

Prior to the Great War, Cybertron had trade relations with other mechanical planets. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

As Cybertron reconstructed itself following Unicron's defeat, the [[Dark Matrix]] entity merged itself with the planet infecting every crack and becoming one with it as Primus had done before. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} After the end of the Great War, the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed which brought peace to the planet. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

After 21 years of relative peace however, the planet was again thrown into the fire by the machinations of the Dark Matrix entity, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} marked by the destruction of the Last Autobot. {{storylink|Counterpoint}} After learning that Megatron still lived and was wreaking havoc on Earth, Optimus left the planet under [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod's]] leadership. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] planned to use a [[Gene Key]] to turn all on the planet into Decepticons.
{{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} Though the Decepticon was halted, his scheme had caused great damage to Cybertron, {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} with many turning themselves in or asking to be prosecuted for war crimes. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Cybertron however was soon invaded by Bludgeon's ''[[Warworld]]'', {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} which soon turned into all out war before the [[Wrecker]]s destroyed the ship. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

As Cybertron began (another) cleanup, rogue senator, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] arrived, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} and offered to integrate Cybertron into the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} The Autobots soon went to war with the Hub and while they were offworld, the Dark Matrix struck out on Cybertron, turning everyone on the planet into a [[shadow-leech]]es. Hot Rod, now Rodimus Prime, eventually realized the Dark Matrix creature had been posing as Primus and confronted it in [[Zero Space]]. There, Optimus Prime revealed to the entity's plan to Rodimus and that the only way to prevent it was to sever their own reality from the multiverse which Rodimus reluctantly did. Cut off from Primus, Cybertron and its people became mortal, with the latter abandoning the planet in the aftermath. When Rodimus Prime returned to Cybertron after untold eons to finally die, the last vestiges of his Spark energy flowed to one of the stasis pods inhabited by the Demons and [[Botanica (BM)|a new breed of Cybertronian]] emerged to tame the planet. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards1.jpg|left|thumb|And that, my friends, is when you say "Look out below!"]]
Cybertron appeared [[Scale|considerably smaller than the planet Earth]]. Entirely metallic on the surface, some of the [[Organic core|lowest levels]] of Cybertron consisted of rock and dirt, suggesting an organic beginning to the planet. Its gravity was light enough that [[human]]s were able to traverse the surface without any trouble, and it possessed a breathable atmosphere. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} [[Water]], or at least a substance resembling it, was in evidence on the planet—lakes and rivers have been shown to exist, albeit sparingly. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Many levels below the surface was the energy-furnace, the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], {{storylink|The Rebirth}} and at the heart of the planet was the spherical mega-computer, [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:G1 Cybertron's galaxy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|LOOK HOW LOUD I HAVE TO YELL!]]
Cybertron was orbited by at least three unnamed moons, but its own place in the cosmos appears unfixed—in [[1984]], it was clearly shown to exist outside of the [[Milky Way]]; on the cusp of an entirely different galaxy, in fact. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Nine million years prior, however, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] had been able to fly from their home planet to Earth under their own power, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} suggesting that it may drift freely through space, and had been passing through the Sol System at that point, going on to drift out of the galaxy over the ensuing millennia.

If the assorted colourful exclamations made by numerous Transformers are anything to go by, Cybertron also played host to [[:Category:Cybertronic wildlife|a vast array of fauna]], including but not limited to: [[Antroid]]s, [[bolt-bat]]s, [[cyber-duck]]s, [[dynametal duck]]s, [[electro-toad]]s, [[glitch mouse|glitch mice]], [[guinea pigatron]]s, [[helio-hamster]]s, [[hydro-weasel]]s, [[photovoltaic pussycat]]s, [[pidgeonoid]]s, [[retrorat]]s, [[robo-rat]]s, [[sheepacron]]s, [[titanium moosebot]]s, [[turbofox]]es, [[zap-mouse|zap-mice]] and [[robotopossum]]s.

Twelve million years ago, the [[Quintesson]]s used Cybertron as a factory to manufacture their robot creations. Notably, the origins of the planet are never explicitly stated—the Quintessons may have built it, terraformed an organic world, or colonized an existing metal planet. Whatever the case, after a million years, the Quintessons were forced to abandon Cybertron when their robots evolved true sentience and feelings, and knew they were being used as slaves, rebelling in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|First Cybertronian War]]. The second war was soon to come, however, when the robots splintered into two factions, the peace-loving [[Autobot]]s and the war-mongering [[Decepticon]]s—and began fighting amongst themselves. With the Autobots' innovation of transformation, they were able to win—or at least stalemate—the war, and a period of peace descended on Cybertron, which shone with a healthy golden glow, distinguishing the period as the "[[Golden Age]]". {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

Eventually, however, Decepticons adopted transformation as well, along with [[robot mode]] flight, and around nine million years ago, the creation of the Decepticon [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] re-ignited the war on Cybertron. Megatron rallied like-minded individuals to his cause, and brainwashed others into his service, quickly killing the current Autobot leader in a strike on one of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s outer cities. With this act kept out of the public knowledge, rumors circulated as Autobot machinesmith [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] worked diligently on a new process to reconstruct Autobots into battle-hardy configurations for the war he knew was coming. That war finally erupted in full when Megatron fatally injured a naive young dock worker, Orion Pax, and Alpha Trion made him the first subject of his new process, reconstructing him into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who would lead the Autobots in the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

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After a further five million years of war, during which many Autobots fled the planet, the Decepticons had acquired a large hold on the planet, with the majority of it under their control. The main Autobot force continued to operate from the capital city-state of Iacon, but Cybertron's energy levels were depleted to a dangerous low, necessitating a space mission to locate a new planet with new sources of energy that the Transformers could harness. Optimus Prime led his best and brightest on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], but they were pursued by Megatron's elite troops, and all were stranded in stasis on Earth for four million years. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards3.jpg|left|thumb|The white zone is for blasting Autobots only.]]
In the ensuing four million years, [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]], who Megatron had left in charge as guardian of the planet, maintained the Decepticon hold on the planet, though he was unaware of the continued guerrilla efforts of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s [[Female Autobots]] to undermine him as they raided his energy supplies. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} Eventually, Cybertron's energy level dipped so low as to put the planet in immediate, mortal danger. Reestablishing contact with Megatron, who had awoken with the other Transformers on Earth in the year 1984, Shockwave co-designed the [[space bridge]], an intergalactic transport system that could transport [[energon]] [[energon cube|cubes]] from Earth to Cybertron, abating the planet's impending doom. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Cybertron Earth.JPG|thumb|I see a Cybertron a-risin'. I see trouble on the way.]]
Cybertron's place in the universe was forcibly altered in 1984 when the Decepticons constructed a colossal space bridge that actually transported the entire planet into the [[Solar System|Sol system]], into Earth's orbit,{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} where its gravity wreaked havoc with the planet's natural balance, unleashing an unending torrent of energy created by natural disasters. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The energy acquired re-energized Cybertron enough to put it out of the danger zone, but the planet was soon knocked out of orbit by a massive energon explosion, and set drifting off through the solar system. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} At this closer range, Cybertron remained easily accessed throughout 1985 at least, with the Autobots now able to reach it by conventional transportation ([[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]), rather than having to constantly hijack use of the spacebridge. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:TFTM Autobot Cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]

By the Earth year 2005, Cybertron had exited the Sol system, but, remaining within the Milky Way, was still relatively easily accessible by shuttlecraft from Earth. By this time, the Decepticon forces had succeeded in conquering the entire planet, forcing all the Autobots off it, leading them to relocate to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, and to two staging ground bases on two of [[Moonbase One|Cybertron]]'s [[Moonbase Two|moons]]. It was at this time that Cybertron came under attack from the world eater, [[Unicron]], who consumed the two moonbases and assaulted Cybertron itself, only to be destroyed by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]]. His deactivated, decapitated head fell into orbit around Cybertron, a grisly new satellite to replace those he had destroyed. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} With the Decepticon forces in disarray after Unicron's attack, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his troops succeeded in driving their foes off Cybertron, reclaiming the planet for the Autobots, and restoring and re-energizing much of the planet by 2006, {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} when the world came under frequent attacks from the returning Quintessons, whose previously-secret history with the Transformers came to light. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:Rebirth 3 Cybertron gold.JPG|thumb|200px]]
In the year 2007, Cybertron was once again wrenched from its place in space when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons invaded the planet and constructed a massive [[planetary engine]] that propelled Cybertron back into Earth orbit once more. Once there, Galvatron opened the Plasma Energy Chamber, intending for the energy release to drive the Sun supernova, consuming Earth, Cybertron and everything else in one final destructive blow. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and the Autobots' [[Nebulan]] allies were able to stop this plan by reversing the rocket engine, which drained off the excess solar energy and channeled it straight into Vector Sigma, which used it to fully re-energize Cybertron. Its rich golden hue restored, Cybertron entered a new Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese cartoon continuity as detailed above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the timeline, including an extensive 2007 retcon that revealed the complicated origins of Cybertron in this continuity.}}

=====''Kiss Players''=====
[[File:OracleMatrix.jpg|left|thumb|"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree."]]
12 billion years ago, the ancient genius [[Primacron]] and his assistant, the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] were attacked by Primacron's renegade creation Unicron. The Oracle's body was destroyed, but his essence, encased within a protective shell, fled to a dead planet at the center of the universe, which he proceeded to transform into a verdant, living world.

In time, the Quintessons discovered the Oracle's world and invaded, taking control of the Oracle and his powers. The Oracle was transformed by the Quintessons into the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] and also obtained the shell that had held his essence, which went on to become the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Using the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], the Quintessons transformed the Oracle's green planet into the metallic Cybertron. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In 2011, it was discovered that the release of the energy of the Matrix by Optimus Prime to cure the [[Hate Plague]] had much more far-reaching consequences that anyone suspected. With the Matrix's energy depleted, Vector Sigma's balance—permanently tilted in favor of the Autobots by the existence of the Matrix—was reset to neutrality, allowing the Decepticons, bolstered by their new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] troops, to freely invade Cybertron. Eventually, this forced Optimus Prime to sacrifice his life by merging with Vector Sigma in order to stabilize the computer before it destroyed Cybertron from within. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Not long thereafter, Vector Sigma developed a new metal alloy dubbed [[Cybertonuron]], which enticed Galvatron into another raid on the planet. However, the Decepticon Headmaster leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Zarak]], feared the power that Galvatron would gain from the alloy, and so, to prevent either him or the Autobots from obtaining it, arranged for his Headmasters to plant bombs at the core of the planet, within Vector Sigma's chamber. The Autobots were unable to stop the countdown and the bombs detonated, tearing Cybertron apart and leaving it a charred uninhabitable ruin drifting in space. {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Having survived the devastation of Cybertron, Vector Sigma granted the Autobot [[Disaster Relief Team]] new bodies and powers so that they could rebuild the planet. By 2021, Cybertron had been made inhabitable once more. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} That same year, Unicron's head returned and attempted to turn the planet into his new body, but was repelled. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

=====Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio=====
Some time beyond the year 2036, Cybertron began to suffer from a major energy shortage. In order to re-energize the struggling planet, Optimus Prime upgraded became a [[Powermaster]] and ventured into a black hole to obtain the super-energy [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]], which was used to restore Cybertron to its former glory. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuestSuperConvoy|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio}}

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
Tens of thousands of years into the future, in the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], Cybertron was reigned over by Vector Sigma itself, who handed down orders through the ruling body known as the [[Convoy Council]]. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} When Unicron attempted to engineer his rebirth following his destruction eons beforehand, his [[Angolmois|lifeforce]] possessed Vector Sigma and briefly transformed Cybertron into his new body before he was defeated by [[Big Convoy]].

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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
The second [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron came to an end in [[2013]] when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] initiated the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. However, the Machine Wars ended in a matter of weeks and inadvertently brought about the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Termination}} {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

In [[2984]], the [[Star Seeker]]s arrived from a temporal journey through [[transwarp]] to enact Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s newest scheme: plunder Cybertron of all its energon using Unicron's head when Cybertron would be at peace and have high levels of energy. The pirates attracted the attention of Cybertron's elite defenders, the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, but during the clash aboard Unicron's head, [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] gave Cannonball a crushing revelation: his scheme was doomed to fail from the start because the Cybertron he was attacking was technorganic and ''no longer ran on energon'' (as a result of the [[Great Reformatting]]). {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

===''A Birth of Planet Saybertron''===
Cybertron was originally a mere satellite, built to ensure peace between a coalition of planets. But the powerful computer within the satellite proved too advanced for it to remain in its initial form; using electromagnetic forces to draw in other satellites, it used their materials to build itself up. This ultimately led to a malfunction of the computer, and the civilizations that had built it found themselves no longer able to access it. Though the united civilizations tried to stop the satellite, it kept on growing and becoming more sophisticated, eventually plundering all nearby resources and leaving its galactic neighborhood bare of resources. Ages passed and Cybertron became a planet proper, with metallic mountains and oceans of oil. From it sprung primitive machines, which evolved into Transformers over the millennia. {{storylink|A Birth of Planet Saybertron}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:CybertronBW Transwarp.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Sunny with an 80% chance of lens flares. If you're traveling, watch out for transwarp waves.]]
[[File:CybertronBW SolarSystem.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|At least it's finally trying to keep an orbit.]]
Three hundred years after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots and Decepticons had faded into obscurity while their descendants, the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], dominated Cybertron. The planet had found a star to orbit (eccentrically, but still), which reflected the relative stability that had come upon Cybertronian culture at last. The Maximals, inheriting the [[Pax Cybertronia]], ruled over the Predacons in a time of uneasy truce. Peacetime diversions had sprung up, such as the [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] amusement park. Or for more "mature" amusement, one could find joints where the servers went around without their torso plates on.

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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:CybertronBM Season1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Amidst Megatron's spark collection, a little pocket of validation blossomed.]]
The tranquility of that age would come to a rapid end when [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and set a [[Transformation virus|virus]] loose on the world that incapacitated the population and paved the way for [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule.

As [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his Maximals fought back, several facts about the planet became apparent. It had at least two moons, one with big gashes in its surface. The Maximal city of [[Cybertropolis]] had been built over the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and was home to billions of Transformers. And this was just the latest example of an eons-old trend of vertical expansion. In fleeing from the Vehicons, the Maximals found many layers of abandoned civilization, all the way down to the rocky crust of the world. There, fossils existed of bats, dinosaurs, and birds (which were well-preserved enough to harbor DNA). A few plants, such as trees and flowers, were seen growing underground or even occasionally breaking through to the surface. And stranger yet, drilling through the rock revealed the planet's green, oozing "organic core".

[[File:CybertronBM Season2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Times were so dark, the sun had a shadow.]]
Another previously-unseen feature of the planet—but one that went unremarked upon—was its heavy cloud cover. Across dimensions and timeframes, Cybertron has been conspicuously devoid of visible weather systems. But when the Maximals returned from the Beast Wars, their view from orbit showed extensive, unmistakable clouds (which were also seen from the ground). This wouldn't last forever, though: By the time [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] arrived, the clouds had vanished again. The only major planetary event in the meantime was the doomsday energy storm that occurred when Primal and Megatron pitted the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] against the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. However, it is unclear whether this actually caused any meteorological effects.

Finding a chamber of fossils, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] drew the conclusion that Cybertron's animals had been driven extinct by colonizing robots, a theory mildly supported by Primal's conviction that a balance between organic and mechanical needed to be "restored" to the planet. In the end, Primal's dream became a reality when he applied his "[[reformatting]]" power to the organic core and converted the entire world to a [[technorganic]] state.
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====3H comics====
According to the [[Al-Badur]], the Quintessons had once served Unicron, and in so doing, they found the "dimensional landing" of Primus: Cybertron. Rather than alert their master, however, they decided to capitalize on their discovery for their own purposes. They attempted to subvert Primus's creations via the Plasma Energy Chamber, but the [[Trans-Organic|results]] were disastrous. Success came when they placed a shell program over [[Vector Sigma]] and channeled the divine power into creating a subservient race. That race would one day rebel and become the Transformers, but the Quintessons' influence remained in the form of the Vector Sigma shell program—otherwise known as the Oracle. Primus could nonetheless sometimes send messages from Vector Sigma through the Oracle, but it is difficult to tell the difference. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

A week after the [[Great Reformatting]], the Quintessons invaded Cybertron, hoping the sudden transition to technorganic would leave the Transformers disoriented. Instead, the population of Cybertron successfully repelled the invaders. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

One year later, this reality's Cybertron later became became the home base of the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] in the multiverse-spanning [[Universe War]] against Unicron. {{storylink|Abduction}} {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}} Unfortunately during the war, Cybertron fell victim to the "Culling", where Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]]s cut a swath across the planet to feed the sparks of the victims to the Chaos-Bringer, though the invaders were ultimately repelled. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal's bio}} The Children continued the war, and eventually emerged victorious. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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{{note|The only continuity in which Cybertron has been mapped to some extent. A map of one hemisphere of the planet appears in the DK Transformers Ultimate Guide.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
The [[Quintesson]]s created both [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the gladiator and slave races that would evolve into the Decepticons and Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

Following Optimus Prime and Megatron's crash on Earth, Cybertron was conquered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. The planet was also the location of [[Teletran 3]], which accidentally transported members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] to the alien world. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs the Transformers #1}}

Shockwave was eventually defeated and the Decepticons were driven back to the [[Gladiator Zone]], allowing Cybertron to be at peace for the first time in millennia. A [[warp gate]] was set up between Cybertron and [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} The peace was interrupted when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] warped to Cybertron and took control of the Decepticons, but he was eventually defeated. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}} Notable locations on Cybertron included [[Capitol City]] and the large junkyards where the [[cannibalizer]]s would reside. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

After the death of Serpent O.R., Cybertron was peaceful yet again, and seemingly stayed that way. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
The Transformers' homeworld and its two moons orbit the yellow dwarf {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} {{w|Lambda Scorpii|Shaula}}, which can be seen from Earth as the second brightest object in the tail of the constellation {{w|Scorpius}}.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=705 Simon Furman Q&A]</ref> Cybertron is unique in the universe for being the only known planet with naturally-occurring [[energon]], {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} occurring deep beneath its surface. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

Cybertron's precise origins are currently unknown. Some Cybertronian faiths hold that the warrior-god [[Primus]] became Cybertron after triumphing over [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] at the dawn of time, {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} while the [[Clavis Aurea]] sect believed that Primus had been birthed from the surface of Cybertron. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Yet another account posits that Primus created Cybertron roughly 5 billion years ago. {{storylink|Revolutionaries #1}}

A less theological theory postulates that Cybertron might have once been an organic world, whose inhabitants deliberately made an evolutionary jump to cyborgs, and, eventually, became fully mechanical life-forms. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} The planet [[Gorlam Prime]], a massive experiment by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in evolutionary science, underwent just such a metamorphosis, eventually becoming a purely mechanical world. After emerging from a transitional "chrysalis state," they renamed their world "Cybertron," raising interesting questions about the origins of the Transformers. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Most Cybertronian creation myths were distortions of the true sequence of events: though later Transformers would deify him as a god, Primus was simply the first Transformer on Cybertron, capable of manufacturing the [[photonic crystal]]s capable of storing [[Spark]]s. Primus was soon joined by four other Transformers — [[Epistemus]], [[Mortilus]], [[Solomus]], and [[Adaptus]] — who, together, ignited the [[hot spot]]s that would give rise to the first true "generation" of Transformers, which would come to be known as the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} The first five Transformers became known as the "[[Guiding Hand]];" joined by the Knights of Cybertron, they would supposedly go on to perform great deeds and turning the planet into a paradise for the mind and body. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The predecessors of [[Functionism|Functionist]] doctrine believed that, if tilted at just the right angle, Cybertron could refract the light of a sun, turning the planet itself into a weapon to be used against asteroids and other spaceborne threats. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

This era of peace would come to an end approximately twelve million years ago after the ambitious Adaptus turned on his comrades; seeking to introduce war to the species so as to avoid the stagnation he feared would soon grip the planet, he battled the other four members of the Guiding Hand in what would come to be called the "[[God War]]." Although the other members of the Hand fought back, they were unable to vanquish their enemy, who fled to [[Moonbase One|the planet's first moon]], readying an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would leave the inhabitants of Cybertron disoriented while he retrofitted the moon into a primitive spaceship and fled. As a result of this blast, the other four members of the Guiding Hand were left without any trace of their origins, and residue from the blast would introduce the neurological condition known as "[[information creep]]" to the species, leading to the distorted myths and legends of the Guiding Hand. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Subsequently, the Knights of Cybertron departed Cybertron in order to spread enlightenment throughout the universe; {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} deprived of their benevolent oversight, Cybertronian society regressed back to an era of barbarism, splintering into numerous smaller city-states and tribes. {{storylink|The Crucible}} This sequence of events would be noted as atypical compared to the development of most other civilizations, who established permanent world governments before mastering faster-than-light space travel. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

It was in this primitive landscape that the Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] found himself thrown into from 2013. Unable to return to his own time, Shockwave slew the shepherd [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]] and manipulated events to bring the [[Thirteen]] together. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Subsequently, "Onyx Prime" would encourage [[Prima]] to oversee the colonization of distant worlds, with [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s settling on distant worlds such as [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Eukaris]], [[Velocitron]], and [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]]. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Eventually, Shockwave would also mastermind the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} which ended in the ascension of [[Nova Prime]] and a grand reordering of the planet's society under Functionist doctrine. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

During his own quest to prepare against a future threat, Adaptus — rationalizing that ''five'' Cybertrons, untouched by war, could command exponentially more power — commissioned a planet-sized mold to create a souped-up version, dubbing it the "[[God Gun]]" {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}} and eventually abandoning the mold in deep space, which came to be known as the "[[Necroworld]]." {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

In the era that followed, Cybertron's old [[energon]] mines were largely automated, and the labourers lost their livelihoods. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} Antebellum Cybertron was seen as a backwater placed by [[alien]] civilizations owing to the cultural stagnation Functionism brought to the planet. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} Four million years ago, the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began, which tore the planet asunder as Autobots and Decepticons waged war for control of the planet and its resources.

Some 1500 years ago, the constant fighting and the stripping of Cybertron's natural resources by both Autobot and Decepticon to feed their age-long war led to a terrible [[Thunderwing (G1)|cataclysm]] that rendered Cybertron uninhabitable. With no atmosphere, Cybertron's surface was unprotected from cosmic radiation and was wracked by plasma storms. Transformers had to divert energy to their personal shielding in order to remain on the surface for short periods; the surface was presumably immediately lethal for humans. Gravity was also weaker than normal and Transformers needed [[magno-tread]]s to walk on the surface. The Transformer race abandoned the planet (save for occasional scientific surveys from orbit) and began conducting its conflict across the galaxy.

According to Autobot command directives, landing on Cybertron was forbidden. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} However, with the resurrection (and subsequent defeat) of Thunderwing, this directive was lifted due to the unusual circumstances. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Around the year 1997, the wise [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] returned to Cybertron with a plan to revive the planet. Through years of work, he began to repair Cybertron's atmosphere and rid it of radiation, though the planet remained dead and resourceless. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

Many years later, the Decepticons created the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on Cybertron, which had the side effect of also creating thousands of mindless monsters dubbed the [[Insecticon swarm]] whom they left to their own devices on the planet. After the Decepticons defeated the Autobots on Earth, they sent their battered enemies through a portal to Cybertron, where the swarm would finish them off. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} By this time, Alpha Trion's hard work had eliminated much of the radiation and electromagnetic storms, so the Autobots survived their stay on the planet with only minor pains. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Later, the Autobot starship ''[[Trion]]'' was shot down over Cybertron, and its crew joined the rest of the survivors on its surface. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} They were eventually rescued by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

Most of the [[Insecticon swarm]] survived their brushes with the Autobots and stayed on Cybertron, which interfered with Alpha Trion's plans. In order to make Cybertron habitable again, he first needed to get rid of the swarm, and thus he revived [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] to take care of them. {{storylink|Ironing Out the Details}} Trion then left again, with only Ironhide, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and a few hundred swarm members remaining on the planet. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Shortly thereafter, [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] made Cybertron his first line of defense against [[D-Void]], a malevolent entity set on devouring all Transformers. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} By the time his army arrived on the planet, the swarm had seemingly been exterminated. The arrival of Galvatron caused Ironhide and Sunstreaker to flee on [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s newly arrived ship, after which they traveled to Earth to alert the rest of the Autobots to Galvatron's occupation of their swarm-free and (almost) habitable planet. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Autobots on Earth returned to Cybertron and confronted Galvatron. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} During the battle, Galvatron inserted his [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] into the remains of Vector Sigma in the belief that this would stop D-Void from entering the universe. In reality, the Heart of Darkness was an aspect of D-Void, and doing so would allow the entity to turn the dead planet of Cybertron into a giant portal to the Dead Universe. To stop this from happening, Optimus Prime opened the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}} By a process that nobody could explain with science, this restarted Vector Sigma and caused the entire planet to be "reset" into an primordial, alive state. Everything old on its surface was wiped out, geographical landmarks and Cybertronian cities alike, and the only Transformer-made structure remaining was the crashed remains of [[Kimia Facility]]. Simultaneously, Cybertron itself sent out a signal to all Cybertronians out in space, telling them to come home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The only structures that were spared this reformatting were [[Crystal City]], resurrected by [[Ore-14]], {{storylink|Shockwaves}} and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] which had been buried beneath the new layer of metal. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

With Cybertron restored, most Decepticons captured and thousands of neutrals returning to repopulate their planet, the war was considered over. When the planet came alive again, it began transmitting energy to its two moons, reviving Luna 2 as well. Since Luna 1 was missing, its share of the energy ended up in the atmosphere instead, supercharging it and causing "ball lighting" effects to strike the planet's surface until [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] got a temporary satellite in orbit. {{storylink|Stick Together}} After a brief revival of the Autobot/Decepticon war, the neutrals kicked the two factions out of Iacon and assumed control of the planet under the leadership of Starscream, {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} who established the [[Republic of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

Soon afterwards, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] attempted his ultimate plan of collapsing all of space/time into a singularity to fuel Cybertron for eternity which would have made the planet the sole thing that existed, had ever existed or would exist before he was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. The destruction of his [[chronal drive]] caused the formation of a [[black hole]] that sent him back to the planet's prehistoric past. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}}

After Metroplex returned to Cybertron, {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} he located five of Cybertron's lost thirteen colonies which led to the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Windblade}} When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] returned, he was...displeased at the state of Cybertron believing it to now be a world built on compromise. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} He planned to send a through an army of undead Titans to wipe the slate clean. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Though he perished, {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} the Titans arrived at Cybertron and began destroying all in sight, {{storylink|Ping}} before they were stopped by the unusual alliance of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Vigilem]]. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

Repeated Cybertronian incursions on Earth had convinced [[Joe Colton]] that one day Cybertron would destroy Earth so he decided to strike first and wipe Cybertron off the cosmic map. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} He planned to do so by having [[Shazraella]] enerchange the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], who's energy was anathema to Cybertronians, with Cybertron's very core thereby poisoning all the [[energon]] on the planet. The [[Solstar Order]] detected the [[Dire Wraith]] genetics within the [[Red Shadows]] and sent four of its [[Space Knight]]s to place Cybertron under quarantine, preventing the Carcerians from teleporting in reinforcements. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}}

As [[Joe Colton]]'s cabal descended deeper into Cybertron, they set up various traps to stall any pursuers. When they approached the core, Cybertron detected their presence and unleashed bolts of lightning to defend itself before it unleashed the Insecticon swarm. Both methods failed to stop the alien hostiles however but Optimus Prime and [[Scarlett]]'s team had managed to reach the core before Colton, barring his path. {{storylink|First Strike issue 5|First Strike #5}}

The heroes, soon bolstered by the situational allies of the Council of Worlds, proved an ample defense which prompted Kreiger to forego reaching the core and activate the Talisman then and there. Revealing himself to be a [[Prysmosian]] wizard known as Merklynn, he turned part of Cybertron's underground into [[New Prysmos|a copy]] of his lost homeworld of [[Prysmos]]. The process drained nearly half of Cybertron's energon supply which caused the planet to "scream", the missing energon sent into space as a communication signal that translated to "Welcome. Death". The signal struck the slumbering form of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and roused the ancient monster into action. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}}

Shortly after the invasion, Onyx Prime returned with [[Liege Maximo]] as his prisoner. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} In short order, "Onyx" revealed his true identity to Optimus Prime and threw him into the Crystal City black hole. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} When Shockwave was defeated, he stated that everything that occurred for the past twelve million years was his design to prepare Cybertron for Unicron's approach. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}

[[File:Unicron4 Unicron Kills Cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|And all this could have been avoided had Rung not boarded the ''Lost Light''.]]

The Talisman continued its attempts at terraforming, burrowing its way to [[Vector Sigma]]. To save the planet, [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] constructed an anti-Talisman bomb to immunize Cybertron against [[magic]]. When the bomb detonated, its energies interacted with [[Galadria]]'s healing spell, preserving Cybertron save a minor patch of land for New Prysmos. The exotic energies however caused a second signal to be sent out saying simply "Unicron". {{storylink|Transformers vs. Visionaries}} {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

When Unicron began attacking the galaxy, Shockwave revealed that he had intentionally masterminded Vector Sigma's poisoning so that Cybertron's consumption would kill Unicron and that via their planet's sacrifice, the Decepticons could revive their [[Decepticon Empire|empire]] and conquer the galaxy. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

Following the fall of eleven of the [[Cybertronian colonies]], Unicron attacked Cybertron directly. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} Though the populace initially attempted to fight back, {{storylink|Our Finest}} Windblade was forced to call on the [[Visionaries]] and have them use their magic to teleport the Cybertronian race to [[Earth]]. Unicron then proceeded to physically tear into Cybertron before unleashing a burst of energy from his chest that ripped the planet in two, destroying Cybertron. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====The Functionist Universe====
In a world where Megatron was never born, the Functionist Council grew ever more powerful, eventually usurping the [[Senate]] and becoming the planet's sole rulers. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}} When the Council concluded that alien life had no purpose in [[Primus]]'s grand design, they isolated their homeworld from the rest of the galaxy to stoke the fires of fear and xenophobia while they worked to create an army powerful enough to wage war on the galaxy. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

After the intervention of [[Team Rodimus]] cost the Council [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]], {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} the Council turned Cybertron itself into their instrument of destruction, outfitting it with a set of [[planetary engine]]s and using the [[Warren]] to shortcut across space. The planet's lack of mobility proved a hindrance, prompting the Council to reengineer the planet with a robot mode in Primus's likeness. With their avatar of death, the Functionists crossed over into the primary universe. Though the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] offered the suggestion to blow up Cybertron, Megatron overruled it on account of the trillions of innocents still trapped on the planet. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} The crew soon deduced a way to overload Vector Sigma thus preserving Cybertron while killing the Functionists. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

After forcing "Primus" back to the planet mode, the crew allied with the Architect's forces to stage an invasion of Cybertron. Though they faced resistance from a seemingly endless force of [[Functionary|Functionaries]], the ''Lost Light''ers managed to open their twelve duplicate Matrices at each of Cybertron's hot spots, the surge of energy overloading Vector Sigma and vaporizing the Functionists, at last freeing Cybertron from their iron grip. With the God Gun destroyed however, Cybertron was left stranded in the wrong universe. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

"New Cybertron", as it came to be known, was visited by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] who made the decision to remove the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quantum engines to double the universally displaced planet's energon reserves. Despite the fate of the Cybertron native to the new universe, New Cybertron was largely left to its own devices with only a minority of the native Cybertronian populace, such as the ''Lost Light'' crew, choosing to emigrate there. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Cybertron was the alternate mode of [[Primus]], one of the many living worlds created by [[Daiakuron]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

Its original orbit was a galaxy away from [[Earth]]. When Starscream brought Bumblebee's head to Megatron, the Decepticons won the Great War. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} After Megatron had bonded the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to his Spark, {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} he subjugated Primus to his will via [[Vector Sigma]]. Cybertron then slowly began to transform into a massive spaceship in the shape of Megatron's face that would cyberform the galaxy. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Cybertron then moved into Earth's solar system, {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}} before it was invaded by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Cybertron soon after grew a pair of mega mountains that reached high into its atmosphere. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Megatron then used the horns to destroy Earth, {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} and clear a path to the Sun, intending for Primus to consume it and supercharge his creation powers. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}}

Starved of energy, Primus needed little incentive to consume the star, creating a dyson sphere from his own body to speed up its consumption before he was stopped by the still alive [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]]. Though many Cybertronians chose to emigrate from Cybertron to various planets and moons in Earth's solar system, Rodimus guided the impaired but functional Primus back to his original orbit. With Optimus on a mission to the find the [[Quintesson|Makers]], Rodimus then took charge of the planet. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

[[Psych Out]] described Cybertron as "the ultimate Transformer" owing to its constantly shifting geography though whether this was a natural phenomenon or a side-effect of Megatron's plan is unclear. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Beast Wars Uprising - Map of Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left]]
Following the [[Scouring of Nebulos]] in [[2031]] and the [[Great Push]] of [[2033]], the Transformers were forcibly pacified by the [[Human Confederacy]] and exiled back to Cybertron and a [[Allowed Zone|small region of surrounding space]]. After eleven million years of civil war, Cybertron had become a dying planet drained of energy. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} The old Autobots and Decepticons, too fuel-inefficient to fight or even move under their own power, reorganized themselves into the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s, hard-wiring themselves into the architecture and landscape of their planet as a means of saving fuel. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] eventually constructed the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as successors to the old factions; the Builders preferred to use them for sport in a series of violent [[Games]] that were fought in the ruined remains of the old Builder cities. {{storylink|Head Games}} This Cybertron was crawling with [[mechanimal]] life; it would eventually be revealed that this was due to the [[Underbase]] being brought to Cybertron's core, revitalizing the ecosystem of the wartorn planet. {{storylink|Derailment}} It was the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] itself that allowed for this miracle to happen, though few recognized it as such when it occurred. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Combiner Wars'' toy bios===
Cybertron was drained of life by the war of conquest which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] started. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Megatron toy bio}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] led a Decepticon attack on an Autobot base on Cybertron only to be routed when the base transformed into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus online bio}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
Four million years in the past, Cybertron was a rogue planetoid menaced by asteroids, leading to the launch of the ''Ark'' and its subsequent crash on [[Earth]].

While mind-melded with Optimus Prime, [[Spock]] had a vision of Cybertron during the planet's [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} [[James Kirk]] had similar visions when he [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
A peaceful, diverse, and outwardly utopian planet, Cybertron was a thriving hub of interstellar commerce and travel with many [[alien]]s living alongside the Transformers. Such was the peace of Cybertron that the murder of [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] had been the first in living memory. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} A movement called the [[Decepticon|Ascenticons]] however felt that the potential of Cybertron and the Cybertronians had been stifled by the [[Nominus Edict]], and worked to introduce radical change into their society. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

==''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)==
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|thumb|Well, it's... uh... it's green!]]
Cybertron was located near or orbiting a larger ringed world, {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} and had an [[asteroid prison colony]] in which dangerous [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] prisoners were interred. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}} At one point there were a series of civil wars, in which [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], both creations of [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]], fought side-by-side. Following the wars, Magnus was honored, but [[Vector Sigma]] selected Optimus as Autobot leader and bestowed on him the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}} The Predacons on Cybertron were ruled over by a [[Predacon Council|council]], of which [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was a subordinate, {{storylink|Mystery of the Ultra Magnus}} though he once claimed to be "leader of the Predacons and future ruler of the galaxy" and that he was already "ruler of many worlds". {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} Cybertron is also known to have an education system in place, featuring courses for such topics as Theoretical Mechanics, of which the Autobot [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] had been first in his class. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}
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==Unicron Trilogy==
Cybertron was the body of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Nine billion years ago, he created the [[Thirteen]] to aid him in his fight against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

Another account claimed that Primus was a "unique digital entity" that came into existence eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was on a planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

Unicron made another attempt to attack Cybertron but he was stopped by the mighty warrior [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Joined by the four "Maximus" combiners he went into stasis lock deep beneath Cybertron to guard a reservoir of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|Ambition}} The Chaos Bringer however went into stasis lock and disguised himself as a moon orbiting Cybertron. {{storylink|Alliance}} Cybertron had at least two other moons. {{storylink|Titans}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Armada.jpg|left|165px|thumb|Flaky crust.]]

The Cybertronians attempted to turn Cybertron into the centre of a galaxy spanning empire via establishing four colony worlds with the intent of using the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] them into mechanical worlds before connecting them all via a galaxy wide [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]. For unknown reasons however, the plan fell through with Cybertron losing contact with the ships it sent out. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} The four worlds evolved in their own way with most considering Cybertron to be little more than a legend. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}}

As the millennia rolled past, the Cybertronians fell into civil war. {{storylink|First Encounter}} Seeing an opportunity at revival, Unicron spawned the [[Mini-Con]]s intending for these diminutive robots to grant additional power to the Autobots and Decepticons so he could feed off the escalating war. {{storylink|Prehistory}} As a result of their unintended sentience however, {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} the Mini-Cons soon realized what they were doing to Cybertron and its people and promptly left the planet so that their power could do no harm. [[Exodus (Armada)|Their ship]] crashed on one of the four ancient colony worlds, [[Earth]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}} At some point during the war, [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] gathered [[Rodimus's crew|a crew]] to escape the endless battle. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Composed of both Autobots and Decepticons, these warriors left Cybertron behind for [[Omnitron]]. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

In [[2010]], the unwitting [[Rad White]] activated [[High Wire (Armada)|one of the Mini-Cons]] which beamed a signal to Cybertron alerting the planet to the Mini-Cons' location. While [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] led their inner circles to Earth to retrieve the Mini-Cons, the bulk of the Cybertronians remained on their homeworld to continue battle. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

After repeated battles on Earth, Megatron managed to slay Optimus Prime and obtain all three Mini-Con superweapons. The Decepticons set course back for Cybertron, followed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Depart}} Unicron however made his move prompting [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] to sacrifice himself to unite the warring planet. {{storylink|Cramp}} Unicron's defeat marked the end of the war and both Autobots and Decepticons began working together to rebuild their world. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Energon.jpg|165px|thumb|I can see my house from here!]]

In the aftermath, the existence of Cybertronians was revealed to the human race who sent an envoy to Cybertron in [[2012]] to establish friendly relations. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

In [[2020]], however, Unicron and Megatron returned. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} After Cybertron had been protected by [[Energon tower]]s, the Autobots and Decepticons fought Unicron. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}} After Unicron's physical form had been destroyed, {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}} he possessed Megatron and travelled to the [[Super Energon]] reservoir below the planet to properly revive himself turning Megatron into Galvatron once again. {{storylink|Wishes}} The release of energon gas however moved the planet from its orbit into [[Alpha Q's universe]]. {{storylink|Formidable}} Primus trapped Unicron's essence in a star composed of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|The Sun}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron GalaxyForce.jpg|left|165px|thumb|You DENTED it!]]

The conflict ended (again), the now predominantly Autobot and Neutral population began to rebuild their world. A further ten years later however, Primus's plan failed when the star collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] so powerful it not only threatened to consume reality itself but warped space/time, altering the past to an extent. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}} With the black hole hovering above Cybertron, Optimus gave the order to evacuate. [[Vector Prime]] returned to the planet for the first time in eons and revealed to Optimus that the Cyber Planet Keys were required to save their homeworld. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} Though Optimus was skeptical at first, he eventually made the search for the keys the top priority of the Autobots. {{storylink|Hidden}} After the Autobots had retrieved the [[Omega Lock]] and the keys from [[Velocitron]], [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] and [[Earth]], they brought them all to an altar deep beneath Cybertron where the energy of the three relics (bolstered by the [[Matrix of Leadership]]'s energies) allowed Primus to transform to robot mode. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

After all four Cyber Planet Keys had been restored to the Omega Lock, Primus was restored to his full power which allowed him to close the black hole and save the multiverse. With peace now secured, Primus transformed into a new Cybertron which incorporated aspects of all four colony worlds. {{storylink|End}}
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==Live-action film series==
[[File:DOTMCybertronopeningscene.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|The Allspark clearly loves hexagons.]]

Cybertron was a world created by a device known as the [[AllSpark]]. With its power, it created a race of dimensional travelers, the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], and made Cybertron suitable for their habitation. The Primes soon discovered that while the AllSpark's power was vast, it was also finite, needing to be recharged. The universe soon provided the answer, for a nearby star went nova, recharging the AllSpark. Though the Primes could travel dimensions, they needed help locating stars and harvesting their energy. The AllSpark responded by creating two things to help the Primes. The first gift was the second race of Cybertronians, the [[Transformer]]s, who could change their forms. The Thirteen Primes ruled over the Transformers with their descendants, forming the [[Dynasty of Primes]], to protect the AllSpark and Cybertron, while seeking out stars to harvest. The Dynasty even shared their dimensional traveling abilities with the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s, those tasked with finding stars. Once they found a star, the Dynasty would follow with [[Constructicon (ROTF)|builders]] to forge a [[Star Harvester|harvester]] to drain a star of its energy and send it to the AllSpark to form [[energon]]. The second gift the AllSpark gave the Dynasty was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a key which contained the essence of the AllSpark and powered the harvesters. The Dynasty of Primes recognized the potential for destruction the harvesters presented, so they decreed that any star system which supported life was to be spared.

One day, the Dynasty of Primes and their attendants came to [[Earth|a world]] to harvest its [[sun|star]]. Just as the harvester was completed, the Primes discovered [[human|primitive but sentient creatures]]. Twelve of the Primes upheld the sanctity of life, but the thirteenth despised the creatures as insects and sought to steal the AllSpark's power for himself. What followed was the very first battle of Transformer against Transformer, as the rogue Prime and his loyalists waged war against the Dynasty of Primes and their loyalists. The rogue Prime murdered eleven of his brothers, but the twelfth stole the Matrix and hid it a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] forged from the bodies of his brothers, sacrificing his own spark to seal the Tomb. The rogue Prime, now known as [[The Fallen]], dispatched the Seekers to find the Matrix. When he returned to Cybertron, he brought his war there as well, killing the rest of the Primes and destroying his brothers' [[Sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] to prevent them from returning. However, he expended much of his power in this process and withdrew to his own sarcophagus to heal. It was there that he learned that he'd made two mistakes: First, the spirits of his brothers were able to seal him in the sarcophagus, preventing him taking over Cybertron. Second, the warriors of the Dynasty had managed to save a single orphan, hiding him from the Fallen. The Dynasty of Primes passed into the realm of legend. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}}

[[File:Movie Cybertron surfaceconcept.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hell on Cybertron. Image taken from New York skyline.]]
Eventually, what little the Transformers knew of their origins would be lost to time. A new society arose, known as the [[Autobot]]s. The Autobots were a peaceful people, led by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], head of the [[Science Division]], and [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]], head of the [[Defense Force]]. The two leaders created a balance; Optimus was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Their world's main cities included [[Tyger Pax]], [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], [[Simfur]], and the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]]. Another area of importance was [[Burthov]], where the Science Division had many facilities. In time, the Autobots began work on a dig near the [[Simfur Temple]], discovering the remains of the Twelve's sarcophagi and the intact sarcophagus of The Fallen. At the same time, unknown [[Ejoornian|alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron. Megatron had Optimus remove the intact artifact to his quarters to better protect it, allowing him to come under the influence of The Fallen. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah.]]
As Megatron began to grow more aggressive, Optimus discovered that he was the orphaned Prime hidden away when the Dynasty fell. Megatron raised an army, the Decepticons, and sought to take the AllSpark to conquer the universe. However, most of the early Decepticon forces left on the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] with The Fallen and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to seek out the harvester. With the number of Megatron's Decepticons now diminished, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and raised his own army of Autobots. In the war that followed, Cybertron was decimated. Prime eventually sent the AllSpark through a wormhole into deep space, and Megatron pursued it. Both were lost. Without the AllSpark's power, Cybertron became a dead world. The Autobots and the Decepticons scattered across the galaxy, hoping either to create a new world or locate the AllSpark and restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} A number of Transformers remained, with the Decepticons centered in Trypticon (now a ''Decepticon'' capital), but this didn't last long. {{storylink|Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream}}

[[File:DOTM space bridge collapse.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Attempts to replicate the giant gash from Generation 1 have gone horribly wrong.]]
Cybertron's upper layers seem to have a lot of interlocking hexagonal shapes, and several battles near the end of the war took place there. [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] used these geographical features to his advantage when he attempted to escape Cybertron aboard the ''Ark''. Later on, Sentinel Prime attempted to teleport Cybertron via the space bridge-forming pillars from his ship, the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] in order to acquire Earth's resources to re-energize Cybertron. However, Bumblebee destroyed the master pillar and Cybertron collapsed as it fell back through the portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

While it had survived the Space Bridge, Cybertron was left in pieces and condensed to a much smaller size than before (only slightly larger than Earth's moon) with several of its continents precariously attached to its core by large metallic cables. The sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] based herself on Cybertron, along with several Decepticon forces, and opted for a variation of Sentinel Prime's plan to restore Cybertron. Instead of draining Earth's resources to revive Cybertron, she would drain the life from [[Unicron]] (the core of the Earth) to revive Cybertron. To do this, she required a staff from Earth and Optimus Prime and thus sent [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to retrieve the latter while she moved Cybertron into Earth's orbit. As the planet entered the Sol system, Optimus Prime crashed landed on it where Quintessa found him, brainwashed him and sent him back to Earth after she explained her plan to him. Cybetron's entry into the solar system caused Unicron's six horns to sprout from Earth's crust as the Chaos Bringer reacted to Primus' approach. Human scientists tracked Cybertron's approach and predicted it would collide with, and destroy, the Earth. Cybertron hid its final approach into the solar system behind the [[Sun]], blinding the [[European Space Agency]] from tracking it before its trailing continents caused large gashes on the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|moon]].

[[File:TLKCybertronArrives.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Well, there goes the neighborhood... and that neighborhood. And that neighborhood. And that one.]]
When Cybertron arrived in Earth's orbit, its continents slammed into the Earth causing massive destruction. Quintessa and Megatron then began the ritual, draining Unicron's life force into Cybertron. Cybertron then began knitting itself back together, its continents reconnecting and the damage from the Great War vanishing as the planet began to regain its larger size. The Autobots and the TRF however managed to halt their efforts which left Cybertron in Earth's orbit. Enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to it that it had healed most of its damage and that Optimus felt it was time for all Autobots in the galaxy to return to their homeworld. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

Geography-wise, the surface of Cybertron is a mystery. Large rivers of liquid criss-cross the planet, though whether this is lava, molten metal, or possibly [[energon]] is anyone's guess. In more urbanized areas, such as the city of [[Tyger Pax]], the stone and lava seem to be covered over with steel or other refined metal. However, these incidents took place during the war, so it may have been the result of the devastation Cybertron saw. This liquid is even on the tops of ''buildings''! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

Internally, Cybertron has similar features to the inside of a ''Transformer'', including gyroscopic joints. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron, Part: 4}}

At the time of its partial restoration, Cybertron possessed notably organic landscapes such as grassy hills. As these were visible from space as the planet approached Earth, it is unknown if they were a natural part of the planet or if Cybertron collected this feature during its journey through interstellar space. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

===Titan movie comics===
While everyone had abandoned Cybertron, the twin Autobot [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] hung out there for a while, and Starscream began organising [[Purple generic drone|an army]] there in secret. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

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Cybertron's status was unknown, with everyone abandoning it as it began to die. However, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by using [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]. Stockade believed they could renew Cybertron by summoning a new power source, one related to the AllSpark. They succeeded in summoning such an energy being, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} which did enter Cybertron to renew it...

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Planet!]]
...and to everyone's horror, announced itself as [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]]! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

The possessed Cybertron was swiftly altered into a scarier-looking form with a large mouth and grasping prongs, turned hostile to those on it, and warped to the Sol system. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} The Autobots and Decepticons were able to destroy Unicron, but Cybertron was left in its transformed state and seemingly in the Sol system, as well as continuing to be dead and powerless. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

When the Autobots were ordered off American soil, they regrouped ''under'' Cybertron and began working on the teleportation engines that Unicron had left there when he transformed the planet. Using these, they were able to make a decisive strike by teleporting the entire Decepticon army to Cybertron, then teleporting ''Cybertron'' to the far reaches of space. With the engines now burnt out and no energy on the planet, the Decepticons were marooned there, at the cost of the Autobots never being able to go home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}
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==''Shattered Glass''==
Cybertron was a peaceful planet whose inhabitants pursued only science and social harmony until the obsessive researcher [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] rose from the ranks of civilization and began a civil war. This Cybertron never broke free of its orbit and continues to revolve around a sun. True to its backwards universe, Cybertron can be a frightening and arbitrary place whose natives are born from [[Omega Terminus]] and possess embers instead of sparks. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} This Cybertron received a new satellite when the Earth of [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]] entered its orbit as a result of the destruction of its home reality by [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]]'s multiversal villainy. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}} Following the [[Shroud]], Primus reawakened and assumed his robot form for the first time in eons, but had developed an evil personality as a result of ceasing being a [[multiversal singularity]]. Primus attacked the displaced Earth in his orbit but the planet fought back, revealing itself to be Primus's "sister" [[Gaea]]! Gaea was more than capable of defending herself and the [[Knights of Unicron (SG)|Knights of Unicron]] helped her at a pivotal moment in the great clash, blinding Primus, and allowing her to obliterate her foe, destroying his body and thus the Cybertron of this reality. Only Primus's head remained, orbiting Gaea in her planet mode as she became "New Cybertron". {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}

==''Animated''==
[[File:Animated Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Pointier than most.]]
Cybertron was once a beautiful and peaceful world; one of the most important in the galaxy. The planet sported a mysterious origin and a great deal of spirituality. It was the creation place of the powerful [[AllSpark]]; the source of all Cybertronian life. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

Cybertron was fractured by war when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] expressed his plan of using the Allspark to transform Cybertron into an "interstellar juggernaut". {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} The war razed Cybertron, {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}} but the Autobots finally found a lasting advantage with the construction of the [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]] {{storylink|TransWarped}} Autobot mastery of [[space bridge]] technology and their strategic relocation of the Allspark led to ultimate victory, where the Decepticons were driven from the planet entirely; a unique departure from other fictions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} Cybertron was once again dedicated to peace and an entire generation had seen neither [[armor-plating]] nor the transistor of a Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

The Autobot culture under commander [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was primarily peaceful, although there was an organized militancy in the form of active boot camps {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}. The ancient building [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] was home to the [[Autobot High Council#Animated Cartoon|Autobot High Council]] and [[Guilds Domesticus#Animated Cartoon|Guilds Domesticus]], while the head of military operations was [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]. The capital of Iacon was a major location, home to destinations such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House#Animated Cartoon|Maccadam's Old Oil House]], {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} and the abandoned [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]]. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Cybertron and its citizens were very unfamiliar with and afraid of organic life. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} According to [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], it doesn't rain liquid on Cybertron; {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} despite this, it is has been shown raining. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} Make of this what you will.

Many stellar cycles later, a web of uncoordinated Decepticon attacks on the rim of the galaxy began taking place, in an attempt to claim control of the space bridges and TransWarp to the [[Emirate Xaaron Spacebridge Nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] in Iacon, to wipe out the unarmed Autobot populace from within. Receiving wind of these attacks from a [[Shockwave (Animated)|double agent on Cybertron]], Megatron sent a transmission to the Decepticon cells and ordered the organizing of the attacks, {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} and he himself began constructing a Space Bridge to lead his armies. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

However, Megatron's space bridge was destroyed by the reactivated Omega Sentinel [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} The attacks were subsequently called off, much to the disappointment of the Decepticons who had managed to secure the bridges. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

When Megatron's double agent, Shockwave, sensed that his cover was about to be blown, he attacked Ultra Magnus, mangling the Autobot leader {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} and causing him to be put on severe life-support. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} This was not enough to save him, unfortunately, and he soon went offline. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} Sentinel Prime, the acting Magnus, took advantage of the fear and paranoia created by the attack to grant himself emergency powers and aggressively remilitarize Cybertron, in an effort to combat the growing Decepticon threat. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

However, Megatron, Shockwave and the other Decepticons immediately under his command were subsequently captured by the Maintenance bot [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his team on [[Earth]], {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} where they were imprisoned in [[Trypticon Prison]], part of the Decepticon City State of Kaon. A failed breakout attempt followed, with the Decepticons then diverting their attention to the (forceful) acquisition of Energon. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

==Aligned continuity family==
[[File:WFCCybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
[[File:DarknessRising4-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Well, at least there's ''one'' consistency.]]
Cybertron's origins are lost to time. It is known that the planet predated both [[Primus]] and [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and served as their battleground. After Primus removed himself from the conflict and created the [[Thirteen]] to fight in his stead, the warriors managed to exile Unicron from the planet.

Left to their own devices, the Thirteen began laying the foundations for a new society only for the machinations of [[Liege Maximo]] to start the War of the Primes. In the aftermath of the war, Primus populated Cybertron with a myriad of Cybertronian lifeforms only for the [[Great Cataclysm]] to revert the planet to primitive, feudal state. It was in this state that Cybertron was discovered by the [[Quintesson]]s, the rogue creations of [[Quintus Prime]], whose advanced technology won the awe of the populace and transformed the planet into a space faring civilization almost overnight. As time wound on however, the rule of the Quintessons grew more and more decadent with [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]]'s rebellion eventually forcing the invaders off the planet.

Using the Quintesson spaceships and the blueprints for the [[space bridge]]s, the Cybertronians began an age of colonization, colonizing worlds such as [[Velocitron]], [[Gigantion]], and the [[Hub (G2)|Hub]]. After eons of expansion however, the Golden Age came to an end when the Cybertronian empire fell victim to the [[Rust Plague]], a virulent disease that corroded all metal it came into contact with. Recognizing that the space bridges were allowing the virus to spread, Sentinel ordered them all destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

In the aftermath, only one space bridge was left in orbit of Cybertron alongside [[Moonbase One|Moon Bases One]], [[Moonbase Two|Two]] and the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Asteroid Belt Station]]

In the new era they found themselves in, Sentinel and the Guilds instituted the [[caste system]] to slow their civilization's decline. The High Council and their Guards were in charge of law and order, but each state controlled its own militia. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

Despite this, at least some starships remained operational and were sent to conduct deep space missions and patrols. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}

But as the nameless miners resorted to [[gladiatorial combat]] as an outlet for their misery, a champion named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] rose to seize the title of Prime for himself. Unwittingly, his Iaconian ally was appointed [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] instead, and their anti-caste movement became a civil war for Cybertron's future. The [[AllSpark]] was lost to space, whole regions of the planet were laid waste, and the [[core]] of Cybertron was poisoned by [[Dark Energon]], the remnants of Unicron's attack, prompting the Autobots to evacuate on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Megatron and his elite forces left on Trypticon too, now modified into the ''Nemesis'', leaving [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] to deal with the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

In the present, Megatron raised a [[zombie]] [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] army from Cybertron's dead by hurling solidified Dark Energon at it through a space bridge. His plan to have them sack Earth was foiled, when the Autobots turned the Energon pump on the space bridge and caused it to implode. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

When Optimus lost his memories, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] sent [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to Cybertron to find [[Vector Sigma]]. Arcee told Jack to watch out for vermin. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} They were attacked by an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], left behind as a sentry, and a swarm of [[scraplet]]s, but managed to get the information they needed from Vector Sigma, deep under [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Seeking to gain an advantage over Optimus Prime and his newly acquired [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], Megatron and Dreadwing used a space bridge to travel to Cybertron to acquire the hand of an unnamed [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

After acquiring the four [[Omega Key]]s, the Autobots returned to Cybertron to activate the [[Omega Lock]] and restore the planet. However, as they were about to activate the lock, Megatron and his subordinates arrived with the Autobots' human allies, threatening to expose them to Cybertron's atmosphere if they did not give him the Omega Keys. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Prime and the Autobots surrendered, handing over the Omega Keys in exchange for the humans. However, before Megatron could use the Omega Lock to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] [[Earth]], Optimus Prime used the Star Saber to destroy it and save the human planet. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Eventually, the Decepticons, with help from Ratchet, built a second functioning Omega Lock on the exterior of the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Following their defeat of Megatron, the Autobots commandeered the ship and flew to Cybertron, where they fired the Omega Lock into the [[Well of All Sparks]], restoring the planet at last. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

During the process of rebuilding the planet for returning refugees, Optimus Prime and Wheeljack flew off to retrieve the AllSpark, which had been removed from the planet during the war. During this time, however, Unicron revived and took control of Megatron's body, and returned to Cybertron to destroy Primus. The chaos god led an army of Predacon Terrorcons to the Well of All Sparks, and the Autobots and Predacons joined forces to oppose them. Their efforts failed, but Optimus Prime arrived with the AllSpark and was able to use its container to trap Unicron, returning his undead army to dust in the process.

Afterwards, Optimus Prime revealed that, in order to use the container, he had transferred the AllSpark into the Matrix of Leadership, rendering his own spark inseparable from multitude within the AllSpark in the process. Consequently, the only way to return the AllSpark to the core would be to give his own life. With his farewells complete, the Prime flew into the Well of All Sparks, returning the AllSpark to Cybertron's core and causing numerous sparks to soar into the sky. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

After the restoration of the Well of All Sparks, Cybertron once again returned to a period of peace and prosperity. Statues commemorating various figures in the war were constructed.
{{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} A new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] was chosen to rule the planet {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but they were usurped by [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]]'s Decepticon cell. Via the use of a [[Light Bender|light bender]], the five Decepticons assumed control of their homeworld and began making preparations for the return of Megatron and the rebirth of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} As part of their plans, they kept Cybertron isolated from the rest of the galaxy and blamed the Autobots (Optimus Prime in particular) for the damage the Great War did to Cybertron. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Those who stood by Optimus Prime were blacklisted and were forced to find work in the lower rungs of society. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Lieutenant Bumblebee eventually found employment as a street patrol officer, but eventually returned to Earth via space bridge on the orders of a ghostly Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} This act caused the High Council to place a bounty on Bumblebee's head for his illegal use of a space bridge {{storylink|Hunting Season}}. The Council also sent Jazz to Earth to respond to the distress signal from the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After capturing [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], Jazz promised he'd smooth things over with the Council, {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but later Drift and Fracture (and their Mini-Cons) arrived on Earth to capture Bumblebee and collect the bounty. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron aboard the rebuilt ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' to confront the new Council. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} During the flight, he made contact with several old friends, {{storylink|Worthy}} but returned to Earth in a smaller craft when Bumblebee put out a distress signal. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} When he departed Earth again, he said the political situation on Cybertron was fluid but he was working with his friends to change it. {{storylink|Worthy}} On Cybertron however, the Council freed [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his [[Steeljaw's Pack|pack]] to capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] in exchange for a full pardon. {{storylink|Exiles}} {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}When Bumblebee became aware of this, he commented on the growing corruption on Cybertron. {{storylink|Exiles}} After [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s defeat, Optimus took him and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] back to Cybertron to stand trial. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}

Knowing the people of Cybertron would never support galactic conquest, the Council developed powerful mind-control techniques through which they could control the entire planet's population. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} The mind control was powerful enough to keep Cybertronians enthralled even if they were off Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}}

The Bee Team eventually returned to Cybertron aboard [[Prime Force One]] only to come under attack from the planet's orbital defences. As a result of their situational ally, Steeljaw, they managed to land on their homeworld where they were soon surrounded by the Council's security forces {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} only to be rescued by [[Dropforge]]. The High Council soon made a planet wide broadcast announcing the "glorious invasion of Earth" and the coming prosperity before the Bee Team destroyed their light bender and exposed their Decepticon bodies. When the mind-control signal had been destroyed, all of Cybertron bore witness to [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] proclaiming loyalty to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] before [[Ultra Bee]] defeated him, freeing Cybertron from Decepticon control.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime declined the opportunity to rule Cybertron and left [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] in charge until free elections could be held. The Bee Team opted to return to Earth however as Cybertron's first ambassadors to the planet. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

In one timeline, Cybertron is still a living planet and apparently never had a civil war or perhaps the war was already long over. [[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] was stationed on Cybertron when [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] called them for a rescue mission on Earth. While it is unclear what happened in this timeline, it is apparent that the [[Decepticon]]s either do not exist in this universe or are not malevolent. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Roll Out}}
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==''Knights of Unicron''==
[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]], [[Smelting pool|The Smelting Pool]], and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Great Dome|Stadium]], all located on Planet Cybertron, were the final venues for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

==''Cyberverse'' continuity==
Cybertron had at least two colonies, [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Terminal Velocity}} {{storylink|Maccadam's}}

Overseen by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] and/or the [[Senate]], {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}} the government on Cybertron was a corrupt one, so much so that [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] was able to rally a following based on his promise of equal rights to all citizens. As time passed however, it transpired that Megatron served only his own powerlust and plunged Cybertron into the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] to try and gain control of the planet. To that end, he aimed to seize control of the [[AllSpark]] and have it birth a new generation of troops. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} Learning of this plan, the Autobots seized the AllSpark and sent it through a space bridge to prevent anyone from abusing its power. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}} As a consequence however, Cybertron's condition began to deteriorate prompting [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] to lead a mission on the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' to retrieve the artifact. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

Some 66 million years later, Cybertron was still habitable but overrun by the Decepticons who'd tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]], sending [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]'s squadron to retrieve it, the Autobot resistance sending [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to do the same. {{storylink|Fractured}} [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] was able to remotely tie into [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]'s [[cortical psychic patch]] from Cybertron, {{storylink|Sabotage}} and eventually came to Earth personally to take command of the operations. {{storylink|The Extinction Event}}
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==Toys==
===Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers===
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[[File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imag— You know what, just forget it. It's not like we have rules for a reason.]]
*'''Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''00'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Generation 1|Omega Lock]], two [[missile]]s, silver Cybertron planet-type [[Cyber Key]]

:[[Primus#CybG1|Primus]] was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron/Galaxy Force'' toylines]], but was released in Japan as a Generation 1 ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toy a few months after ''Galaxy Force'' had ended its run. This release can be considered a pre-release of the ''Cybertron'' toy because it features Hasbro's [[Cyber Key Codes]] that the ''Galaxy Force'' line lacked.

:Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers' creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'']] [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], with visible cities, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], based upon its appearance in the [[DK Publishing]] book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], specifically [[Kolkular]], as seen in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. On the "bottom" of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

:Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a [[Powermaster]], in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top" of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons" swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

: In [[robot mode]], Primus resembles both the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Unicron prototype as well as [[Don Figueroa]]'s Primus concept, created for ''The War Within'' and used in ''The Ultimate Guide''. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable [[Articulation|articulated]] "manipulator arms".

:Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station" mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact. It looks kinda like the ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]''... backwards.

:In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code '''sp8u''' [[tampograph]]ed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con [[5 mm post|5mm]] [[powerlinx]] posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.

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[[File:Primus 2010.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Oh. Your. God.]]
*'''Creator Primus''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#2010|Omega Lock]], two missiles, clear Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:To celebrate the year 2010, Takara [[redeco]]ed the Supreme Class Primus toy and released him in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|''Transformers 2010'' toyline]], being packaged in a special box that is meant to go with the [[Unicron/toys#2010Takara|Unicron]] toy released the same year. "[[Primus#2010|Creator Primus]]" is primarily metallic gunmetal in planet mode, with metallic blue robot parts, and a large number of black paint washes here and there. His Omega Lock is now blue.

:Primus comes with a [[retool]]ed Cybertron-style Cyber Key which was originally available with both [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron 2|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolisher]]. This Cyber Key features a "smooth" central area with no molded [[insignia]], and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from the [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol at the center.

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===Cybertron===
[[File:CybertronPrimusPackagingComparison.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|This was an expensive time for completists.]]
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Cybertron|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key, [[Unicron/toys#PrimusUnicronHead|Unicron head]] (second wave only)

:''Cybertron'' "[[Primus#Cybertron|Cybertron Primus]]" is the North American version of Supreme Class Primus, released a few months after the Japanese version. The toys are identical.

:In North America, Cybertron Primus was initially released in the second wave of ''Cybertron'' Supreme Class toys. This version came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" Unicron head based upon his Armada appearance, whereas the following wave did not come with the Unicron head. Unusually, both waves ended up shipping simultaneously.

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*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Walmart|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:A later version of Supreme Class [[Primus#Walmart|Cybertron Primus]] was [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] as a [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] 2006 special, and included four Mini-Cons: [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]], and [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]].
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===The Last Knight===
[[File:TF-TLK-MtS-Planet-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Just ''try'' to tell us this isn't [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|G2 Primus]], we dare you. ]]
*'''Cybertron''' (2017)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock]], two missiles, Autobot Cybertron-type Cyber Key

:''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' Cybertron is a redeco of the Supreme Class Primus mold. Contrary to [[stock photography]], which depict the Matrix-styled Cyber Key originally sold with ''Cybertron'' Leader Class Optimus Prime, it instead comes with the standard Autobot Cybertron Cyber Key, just as the older releases of the mold did. It is advertised on the box as having a fourth mode, "Defense Mode", that like his Battle Station mode appears to be an intermediate between his robot and planet modes. This figure was exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]] under the ''Mission to Cybertron'' banner. As the rest of the toys under this banner, he has decodeable [[Cyberglyphics]] on his body that spell out '''CYBERTRON''' and two cards that can form a bigger picture of Optimus and Megatron fighting on Cybertron, with Cyberglyphic writing on the back.
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==Notes==
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*The name "Cybertron" was used by Marvel Comics long before the Transformers series came about. In issue 48 of the original ''X-Men'' title (released in September 1968), a computer named Computo created a race of robots named the "Cybertrons".<ref>[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/computoxm.htm Computo and the "Cybertrons" at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]</ref>
*The size of the planet Cybertron varies between different continuities. In one, the diameter of the planet is smaller than Earth's while the Marvel comics describe it as "Saturn-sized," placing its diameter at around 120,000 km.<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/wottf.html World of TRANSFORMERS]</ref> We can probably lay these at the feet of Primus, who is a god after all, and can decide to be whatever size he wants.
*Towards the end of the original comic run, Blaster was asked in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK Letters Page]] whether Cybertron would be turned into a Transformer. His response was "No. More likely it will turn into a rapidly expanding ball of component molecules, the way things are going at the moment". [[:File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|Oh, what fools time makes of us all]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2242 Letters page for Marvel UK Issue #323]</ref>
*Cybertron's "gashed" moon, often glimpsed during the course of ''Beast Machines'', is heavily based on one side of a modern sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Sphere with Sphere" ("Sfera con Sfera"), that can be found in the Vatican City's Courtyard of the Pinecone.<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/pomodoro/0003.jpg Photo of ''Sfera con Sfera'']</ref> See, kids? Transformers IS educational.
*In the Japanese Headmasters continuity, the planet is repeatedly called ''Cyberton''. This is most likely due to bad translation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybertron''' (セイバートロン ''Seibātoron'',<ref>For decades, Western fans have typically opted to render the Japanese pronunciation of the planet's name as "Seibertron" (pronounced "Say-ber-tron") in order to distinguish it from the Japanese name of the Autobots, the "Cybertrons" (pronounced "Sigh-ber-tron"). However, several Japanese sources actually spell it as "Cybertron" in English, including the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|''Headmasters'' video game]], the covers of the ''"Planet of Cybertron Guide"'' books included with Takara's mid-90s {{w|LaserDisc}} sets of the original cartoon, a ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_2/img/043.jpg trading card], and the packaging for ''Galaxy Force'' toys. Sources beyond these are surprisingly scarce, although [[A Birth of Planet Saybertron|an article]] in the December 1985 issue of ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' did render the planet's name in English as, of all things, "Saybertron".</ref> サイバトロン ''Saibatoron'', サイバートロン ''Saibātoron'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Cybertron''' (Կիբերտրոն ''Kibertron'')
*''English:'' '''Cyberton''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kibertron''', '''Kájbertron''' (first ''The Movie'' dub), '''Mesterséges bolygó''' (''Energon'', "Artificial planet")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Saibertron'''
*''Korean:'' '''Cybertron''' (사이버트론 ''Saibeoteulon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Cybertron''' (赛博坦/塞伯坦 ''Sài Bó Tǎn''; 賽博創 ''Sài Bó Chuàng''; 賽博宙 ''Sàibózhòu'')
*''Serbian:'' '''Kibortron''' (Generation 1 dub and first dub of ''Generation 2''), '''Sajbertron''' (Second ''G2'' dub, ''Armada'', ''Cybertron'', ''Animated'', ''Prime'')

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=447 Transformers #303 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]
*{{i|Cybertron}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Cybertron (planet)

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[[File:Cybertronplanet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The planet Cybertron, as seen in the original series. Not pictured: Realistically sized buildings.]]

'''Cybertron''' is the home planet of the [[Transformer]]s and (usually) the body of their creator, [[Primus]]. Cybertron is ([[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|almost]] [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|always]]) a shining metal, technological world; a planet of towering future cities without end and vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains and bottomless neon-lit chasms. Battling over control of Cybertron and its resources is frequently the motivation for, or origin of, the Transformers' epic wars. Beyond these facts much about Cybertron can differ between continuities, see individual entries below.

{{bigquote|This world is older than you can imagine. It has sailed the starscape...tending budding galaxies...forever a buffer to [[Unicron|the approaching darkness]]. And now its fate...is in your hands.|A voice to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]|[[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]]}}

==Generation 1 / Beast Era==
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Marvel issue 1 Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Just another Alpha Centauri sunrise.]]
Cybertron was the adopted form of the lord of the light gods [[Primus]], who trapped himself and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in barren asteroids which they then shaped into their physical forms. While Unicron turned his prison into a transformable, humanoid body, Primus reformed himself into a vast [[Saturn]]-sized machine-world, home for a [[Transformer|robotic race]] he created to fight Unicron with similar [[transformation]] abilities. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

{{note|A Saturn-sized metal world like Cybertron is an impossibility under our current understanding of the laws of physics. Then again it was created by and infused with the power of a “space god” so, well, if anyone’s gonna bend those laws…}}

It has been suggested that the [[Demon]]s in the darkness were the world's original inhabitants, locked away beneath the world by Primus, though this remains unconfirmed.
Aside from the Transformers, the world seems to possess the mechanical equivalent of plant and animal life, though the exact nature and origin of this lower "life" has never been examined in detail. This version of Cybertron has rough hewn [[Manganese Mountains|mountain ranges]] and great [[Rust Sea|seas]]. (Though of note these seas are not made of water. Liquid water is so rare on Cybertron as to be thought a mythical substance. Alternative substances these bodies are filled with are mercury {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and liquid helium {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}/{{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Darn 'n' Blast #303}}) The atmosphere and temperature on most of the surface is such that human life can survive unaided.

In its earliest recorded era Cybertron orbited [[Alpha Centauri]], and the Transformers were at peace. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''From an unknown point of time, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]], a governing council of absolute rulers. Over time, their power and number dwindled, until Cybertron was composed of multiple city-states who were constantly clashing with each other; the key three powers were [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. While all the major cities were using their might to pork energy at the expense of others, Iacon did ration theirs out to neighbouring smaller cities. Tarn and Vos, by comparison, built up vast armies. In an attempt to lessen growing hostilities caused by the splintering governments and the dwindling resources on Cybertron, the last Overlord started the [[Games]]: an inter-city [[gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial tournament]]. This allowed the population to exorcise their hostilities, and soon the vicious athlete [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had a cult of personality based around him and his feats. He built this up, quietly planning to unite Cybertron under his own rule and turn it into a mighty cosmic dreadnought! One of his great rivals was Optimus Prime, the champion of Iacon.''

''Vos — ruled by a [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]-headed criminal syndicate — sent its athletic team to bomb Tarn (ruled by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]) and finger Iacon as the culprit. As with all plans by Starscream, this cocked up — Tarn realised Vos had attacked it, and war broke out that devastated both cities. Iacon happily let its rivals beat on each other. During the conflict, Optimus Prime tries to get the Overlord to safety but Megatron secretly ensures the leader starves to death; once the war ended, Megatron used his fame and charisma to convince the war's survivors that Iacon was at fault for not stepping in to prevent the war, and that Iacon was the enemy. This angry mass became the first Decepticons.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

Megatron rallied his army to march on the Autobot cities, conquering large swaths of Cybertron until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arose from the Autobots ranks to match his old foe. Megatron's ultimate aim was to turn Cybertron into a "cosmic dreadnought", intending to his homeworld as a galaxy conquering warship. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''To achieve this, Megatron constructed a prototype set of [[planetary engine]]s in [[Kalis]].'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}

Before Megatron could achieve his dream, the sheer firepower unleashed by the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] tore Cybertron from its orbit and sent it hurtling aimlessly throughout the cosmos. When it passed through the [[Solar System|Sol system]], the [[asteroid belt]] threatened to destroy Cybertron forcing the Autobots to use the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path for their world. Though they were successful, they were ambushed by [[Decepticon]]s led by Megatron, and their battle ended with a crash-landing on Earth that left all the combatants deactivated. Their compatriots on Cybertron mourned their loss but continued the wars. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

''The young warlord [[Trannis]] seized on his opportunity and assumed command of the Decepticon forces, reorganizing the army and conquering all but [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. After a long stalemate, Trannis decided "screw it" and razed Iacon, finally putting Cybertron under Decepticon rule. As the centuries passed, Trannis grew complacent in his rule allowing the [[Wrecker]]s to assassinate him which only served to allow for the more brutal [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] to take command.'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}}

By [[1985]], the Autobots had been forced into guerrilla warfare against their foes. When the Earth-bound Transformers contacted their homeworld, the Decepticons made plans to connect the two planets via [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} Though [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s resistance cell managed to destroy the bridge and kill Straxus, they were left stranded on Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

After Optimus Prime's physical demise, Megatron went properly off his rocker and blew up the space bridge he was standing on, {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} which transported him to the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] on Cybertron, spending the next few years as a mindless [[Empty]]. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}}

[[File:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't worry, if Unicron eats this Cybertron, Marvel can xerox another copy of the model sheet.]]

Circa [[1990]], members of the Ark crew fought with the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] in a chamber containing the giant head of Primus. A stray shot hit the god's face, and he awoke with a scream that alerted Unicron to his location. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

When the Chaos Bringer arrived, the Autobots and Decepticons united against him, but the battle still wreaked havoc on the planet. Unicron was defeated by the opening of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], but only after he'd already destroyed Primus. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, Cybertron suffered storms and earthquakes that many believed would tear the world apart. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The remaining Transformers evacuated, but Cybertron was ultimately saved by the united efforts of Optimus Prime and the [[Neo-Knights]] who awakened the [[Last Autobot]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} The ancient steward revealed that upon the Matrix's opening, the planet had been bathed in its energy and was in fact healing itself. After he guided the process in a steady manner, he and Prime recalled out the Autobots before returning the humans to Earth and finally bringing peace to the metallic planet. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Significant locations====
*Cybertron has two moons. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}
*Cybertron was historically organized into city-states, the largest and most important being [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Others have included [[Kalis]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], and [[Vos (polity)|Vos]]. Within the province of [[Polyhex]] was the Decepticon stronghold called [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]].
*Beneath the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]] filled sewers, the [[Demon|Demons in the Darkness]] were locked away.
*At the center of this Cybertron there was a room with a huge head of Primus on the wall where he slept and was watched over by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. Somewhere within the depths of Cybertron could also be found a chamber containing the [[Last Autobot]].
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====''Regeneration One''====
Before creating the Cybertronians, [[Primus]] created the [[Demon]]s as a first run. The creatures' free will however caused them to turn each other and Primus attempt to wipe the slate clean. Though most perished, a few survived beneath Cybertron's surface, unnoticed by the Cybertronians who took their place. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

Prior to the Great War, Cybertron had trade relations with other mechanical planets. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

As Cybertron reconstructed itself following Unicron's defeat, the [[Dark Matrix]] entity merged itself with the planet infecting every crack and becoming one with it as Primus had done before. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} After the end of the Great War, the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed which brought peace to the planet. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

After 21 years of relative peace however, the planet was again thrown into the fire by the machinations of the Dark Matrix entity, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} marked by the destruction of the Last Autobot. {{storylink|Counterpoint}} After learning that Megatron still lived and was wreaking havoc on Earth, Optimus left the planet under [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod's]] leadership. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] planned to use a [[Gene Key]] to turn all on the planet into Decepticons.
{{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} Though the Decepticon was halted, his scheme had caused great damage to Cybertron, {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} with many turning themselves in or asking to be prosecuted for war crimes. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Cybertron however was soon invaded by Bludgeon's ''[[Warworld]]'', {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} which soon turned into all out war before the [[Wrecker]]s destroyed the ship. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

As Cybertron began (another) cleanup, rogue senator, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] arrived, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} and offered to integrate Cybertron into the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} The Autobots soon went to war with the Hub and while they were offworld, the Dark Matrix struck out on Cybertron, turning everyone on the planet into a [[shadow-leech]]es. Hot Rod, now Rodimus Prime, eventually realized the Dark Matrix creature had been posing as Primus and confronted it in [[Zero Space]]. There, Optimus Prime revealed to the entity's plan to Rodimus and that the only way to prevent it was to sever their own reality from the multiverse which Rodimus reluctantly did. Cut off from Primus, Cybertron and its people became mortal, with the latter abandoning the planet in the aftermath. When Rodimus Prime returned to Cybertron after untold eons to finally die, the last vestiges of his Spark energy flowed to one of the stasis pods inhabited by the Demons and [[Botanica (BM)|a new breed of Cybertronian]] emerged to tame the planet. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards1.jpg|left|thumb|And that, my friends, is when you say "Look out below!"]]
Cybertron appeared [[Scale|considerably smaller than the planet Earth]]. Entirely metallic on the surface, some of the [[Organic core|lowest levels]] of Cybertron consisted of rock and dirt, suggesting an organic beginning to the planet. Its gravity was light enough that [[human]]s were able to traverse the surface without any trouble, and it possessed a breathable atmosphere. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} [[Water]], or at least a substance resembling it, was in evidence on the planet—lakes and rivers have been shown to exist, albeit sparingly. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Many levels below the surface was the energy-furnace, the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], {{storylink|The Rebirth}} and at the heart of the planet was the spherical mega-computer, [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:G1 Cybertron's galaxy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|LOOK HOW LOUD I HAVE TO YELL!]]
Cybertron was orbited by at least three unnamed moons, but its own place in the cosmos appears unfixed—in [[1984]], it was clearly shown to exist outside of the [[Milky Way]]; on the cusp of an entirely different galaxy, in fact. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Nine million years prior, however, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] had been able to fly from their home planet to Earth under their own power, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} suggesting that it may drift freely through space, and had been passing through the Sol System at that point, going on to drift out of the galaxy over the ensuing millennia.

If the assorted colourful exclamations made by numerous Transformers are anything to go by, Cybertron also played host to [[:Category:Cybertronic wildlife|a vast array of fauna]], including but not limited to: [[Antroid]]s, [[bolt-bat]]s, [[cyber-duck]]s, [[dynametal duck]]s, [[electro-toad]]s, [[glitch mouse|glitch mice]], [[guinea pigatron]]s, [[helio-hamster]]s, [[hydro-weasel]]s, [[photovoltaic pussycat]]s, [[pidgeonoid]]s, [[retrorat]]s, [[robo-rat]]s, [[sheepacron]]s, [[titanium moosebot]]s, [[turbofox]]es, [[zap-mouse|zap-mice]] and [[robotopossum]]s.

Twelve million years ago, the [[Quintesson]]s used Cybertron as a factory to manufacture their robot creations. Notably, the origins of the planet are never explicitly stated—the Quintessons may have built it, terraformed an organic world, or colonized an existing metal planet. Whatever the case, after a million years, the Quintessons were forced to abandon Cybertron when their robots evolved true sentience and feelings, and knew they were being used as slaves, rebelling in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|First Cybertronian War]]. The second war was soon to come, however, when the robots splintered into two factions, the peace-loving [[Autobot]]s and the war-mongering [[Decepticon]]s—and began fighting amongst themselves. With the Autobots' innovation of transformation, they were able to win—or at least stalemate—the war, and a period of peace descended on Cybertron, which shone with a healthy golden glow, distinguishing the period as the "[[Golden Age]]". {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

Eventually, however, Decepticons adopted transformation as well, along with [[robot mode]] flight, and around nine million years ago, the creation of the Decepticon [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] re-ignited the war on Cybertron. Megatron rallied like-minded individuals to his cause, and brainwashed others into his service, quickly killing the current Autobot leader in a strike on one of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s outer cities. With this act kept out of the public knowledge, rumors circulated as Autobot machinesmith [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] worked diligently on a new process to reconstruct Autobots into battle-hardy configurations for the war he knew was coming. That war finally erupted in full when Megatron fatally injured a naive young dock worker, Orion Pax, and Alpha Trion made him the first subject of his new process, reconstructing him into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who would lead the Autobots in the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards2.jpg|thumb]]
After a further five million years of war, during which many Autobots fled the planet, the Decepticons had acquired a large hold on the planet, with the majority of it under their control. The main Autobot force continued to operate from the capital city-state of Iacon, but Cybertron's energy levels were depleted to a dangerous low, necessitating a space mission to locate a new planet with new sources of energy that the Transformers could harness. Optimus Prime led his best and brightest on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], but they were pursued by Megatron's elite troops, and all were stranded in stasis on Earth for four million years. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards3.jpg|left|thumb|The white zone is for blasting Autobots only.]]
In the ensuing four million years, [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]], who Megatron had left in charge as guardian of the planet, maintained the Decepticon hold on the planet, though he was unaware of the continued guerrilla efforts of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s [[Female Autobots]] to undermine him as they raided his energy supplies. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} Eventually, Cybertron's energy level dipped so low as to put the planet in immediate, mortal danger. Reestablishing contact with Megatron, who had awoken with the other Transformers on Earth in the year 1984, Shockwave co-designed the [[space bridge]], an intergalactic transport system that could transport [[energon]] [[energon cube|cubes]] from Earth to Cybertron, abating the planet's impending doom. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Cybertron Earth.JPG|thumb|I see a Cybertron a-risin'. I see trouble on the way.]]
Cybertron's place in the universe was forcibly altered in 1984 when the Decepticons constructed a colossal space bridge that actually transported the entire planet into the [[Solar System|Sol system]], into Earth's orbit,{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} where its gravity wreaked havoc with the planet's natural balance, unleashing an unending torrent of energy created by natural disasters. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The energy acquired re-energized Cybertron enough to put it out of the danger zone, but the planet was soon knocked out of orbit by a massive energon explosion, and set drifting off through the solar system. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} At this closer range, Cybertron remained easily accessed throughout 1985 at least, with the Autobots now able to reach it by conventional transportation ([[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]), rather than having to constantly hijack use of the spacebridge. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:TFTM Autobot Cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]

By the Earth year 2005, Cybertron had exited the Sol system, but, remaining within the Milky Way, was still relatively easily accessible by shuttlecraft from Earth. By this time, the Decepticon forces had succeeded in conquering the entire planet, forcing all the Autobots off it, leading them to relocate to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, and to two staging ground bases on two of [[Moonbase One|Cybertron]]'s [[Moonbase Two|moons]]. It was at this time that Cybertron came under attack from the world eater, [[Unicron]], who consumed the two moonbases and assaulted Cybertron itself, only to be destroyed by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]]. His deactivated, decapitated head fell into orbit around Cybertron, a grisly new satellite to replace those he had destroyed. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} With the Decepticon forces in disarray after Unicron's attack, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his troops succeeded in driving their foes off Cybertron, reclaiming the planet for the Autobots, and restoring and re-energizing much of the planet by 2006, {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} when the world came under frequent attacks from the returning Quintessons, whose previously-secret history with the Transformers came to light. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:Rebirth 3 Cybertron gold.JPG|thumb|200px]]
In the year 2007, Cybertron was once again wrenched from its place in space when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons invaded the planet and constructed a massive [[planetary engine]] that propelled Cybertron back into Earth orbit once more. Once there, Galvatron opened the Plasma Energy Chamber, intending for the energy release to drive the Sun supernova, consuming Earth, Cybertron and everything else in one final destructive blow. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and the Autobots' [[Nebulan]] allies were able to stop this plan by reversing the rocket engine, which drained off the excess solar energy and channeled it straight into Vector Sigma, which used it to fully re-energize Cybertron. Its rich golden hue restored, Cybertron entered a new Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese cartoon continuity as detailed above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the timeline, including an extensive 2007 retcon that revealed the complicated origins of Cybertron in this continuity.}}

=====''Kiss Players''=====
[[File:OracleMatrix.jpg|left|thumb|"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree."]]
12 billion years ago, the ancient genius [[Primacron]] and his assistant, the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] were attacked by Primacron's renegade creation Unicron. The Oracle's body was destroyed, but his essence, encased within a protective shell, fled to a dead planet at the center of the universe, which he proceeded to transform into a verdant, living world.

In time, the Quintessons discovered the Oracle's world and invaded, taking control of the Oracle and his powers. The Oracle was transformed by the Quintessons into the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] and also obtained the shell that had held his essence, which went on to become the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Using the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], the Quintessons transformed the Oracle's green planet into the metallic Cybertron. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In 2011, it was discovered that the release of the energy of the Matrix by Optimus Prime to cure the [[Hate Plague]] had much more far-reaching consequences that anyone suspected. With the Matrix's energy depleted, Vector Sigma's balance—permanently tilted in favor of the Autobots by the existence of the Matrix—was reset to neutrality, allowing the Decepticons, bolstered by their new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] troops, to freely invade Cybertron. Eventually, this forced Optimus Prime to sacrifice his life by merging with Vector Sigma in order to stabilize the computer before it destroyed Cybertron from within. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Not long thereafter, Vector Sigma developed a new metal alloy dubbed [[Cybertonuron]], which enticed Galvatron into another raid on the planet. However, the Decepticon Headmaster leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Zarak]], feared the power that Galvatron would gain from the alloy, and so, to prevent either him or the Autobots from obtaining it, arranged for his Headmasters to plant bombs at the core of the planet, within Vector Sigma's chamber. The Autobots were unable to stop the countdown and the bombs detonated, tearing Cybertron apart and leaving it a charred uninhabitable ruin drifting in space. {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Having survived the devastation of Cybertron, Vector Sigma granted the Autobot [[Disaster Relief Team]] new bodies and powers so that they could rebuild the planet. By 2021, Cybertron had been made inhabitable once more. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} That same year, Unicron's head returned and attempted to turn the planet into his new body, but was repelled. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

=====Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio=====
Some time beyond the year 2036, Cybertron began to suffer from a major energy shortage. In order to re-energize the struggling planet, Optimus Prime upgraded became a [[Powermaster]] and ventured into a black hole to obtain the super-energy [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]], which was used to restore Cybertron to its former glory. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuestSuperConvoy|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio}}

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
Tens of thousands of years into the future, in the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], Cybertron was reigned over by Vector Sigma itself, who handed down orders through the ruling body known as the [[Convoy Council]]. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} When Unicron attempted to engineer his rebirth following his destruction eons beforehand, his [[Angolmois|lifeforce]] possessed Vector Sigma and briefly transformed Cybertron into his new body before he was defeated by [[Big Convoy]].

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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
The second [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron came to an end in [[2013]] when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] initiated the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. However, the Machine Wars ended in a matter of weeks and inadvertently brought about the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Termination}} {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

In [[2984]], the [[Star Seeker]]s arrived from a temporal journey through [[transwarp]] to enact Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s newest scheme: plunder Cybertron of all its energon using Unicron's head when Cybertron would be at peace and have high levels of energy. The pirates attracted the attention of Cybertron's elite defenders, the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, but during the clash aboard Unicron's head, [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] gave Cannonball a crushing revelation: his scheme was doomed to fail from the start because the Cybertron he was attacking was technorganic and ''no longer ran on energon'' (as a result of the [[Great Reformatting]]). {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

===''A Birth of Planet Saybertron''===
Cybertron was originally a mere satellite, built to ensure peace between a coalition of planets. But the powerful computer within the satellite proved too advanced for it to remain in its initial form; using electromagnetic forces to draw in other satellites, it used their materials to build itself up. This ultimately led to a malfunction of the computer, and the civilizations that had built it found themselves no longer able to access it. Though the united civilizations tried to stop the satellite, it kept on growing and becoming more sophisticated, eventually plundering all nearby resources and leaving its galactic neighborhood bare of resources. Ages passed and Cybertron became a planet proper, with metallic mountains and oceans of oil. From it sprung primitive machines, which evolved into Transformers over the millennia. {{storylink|A Birth of Planet Saybertron}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:CybertronBW Transwarp.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Sunny with an 80% chance of lens flares. If you're traveling, watch out for transwarp waves.]]
[[File:CybertronBW SolarSystem.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|At least it's finally trying to keep an orbit.]]
Three hundred years after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots and Decepticons had faded into obscurity while their descendants, the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], dominated Cybertron. The planet had found a star to orbit (eccentrically, but still), which reflected the relative stability that had come upon Cybertronian culture at last. The Maximals, inheriting the [[Pax Cybertronia]], ruled over the Predacons in a time of uneasy truce. Peacetime diversions had sprung up, such as the [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] amusement park. Or for more "mature" amusement, one could find joints where the servers went around without their torso plates on.

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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:CybertronBM Season1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Amidst Megatron's spark collection, a little pocket of validation blossomed.]]
The tranquility of that age would come to a rapid end when [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and set a [[Transformation virus|virus]] loose on the world that incapacitated the population and paved the way for [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule.

As [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his Maximals fought back, several facts about the planet became apparent. It had at least two moons, one with big gashes in its surface. The Maximal city of [[Cybertropolis]] had been built over the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and was home to billions of Transformers. And this was just the latest example of an eons-old trend of vertical expansion. In fleeing from the Vehicons, the Maximals found many layers of abandoned civilization, all the way down to the rocky crust of the world. There, fossils existed of bats, dinosaurs, and birds (which were well-preserved enough to harbor DNA). A few plants, such as trees and flowers, were seen growing underground or even occasionally breaking through to the surface. And stranger yet, drilling through the rock revealed the planet's green, oozing "organic core".

[[File:CybertronBM Season2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Times were so dark, the sun had a shadow.]]
Another previously-unseen feature of the planet—but one that went unremarked upon—was its heavy cloud cover. Across dimensions and timeframes, Cybertron has been conspicuously devoid of visible weather systems. But when the Maximals returned from the Beast Wars, their view from orbit showed extensive, unmistakable clouds (which were also seen from the ground). This wouldn't last forever, though: By the time [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] arrived, the clouds had vanished again. The only major planetary event in the meantime was the doomsday energy storm that occurred when Primal and Megatron pitted the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] against the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. However, it is unclear whether this actually caused any meteorological effects.

Finding a chamber of fossils, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] drew the conclusion that Cybertron's animals had been driven extinct by colonizing robots, a theory mildly supported by Primal's conviction that a balance between organic and mechanical needed to be "restored" to the planet. In the end, Primal's dream became a reality when he applied his "[[reformatting]]" power to the organic core and converted the entire world to a [[technorganic]] state.
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====3H comics====
According to the [[Al-Badur]], the Quintessons had once served Unicron, and in so doing, they found the "dimensional landing" of Primus: Cybertron. Rather than alert their master, however, they decided to capitalize on their discovery for their own purposes. They attempted to subvert Primus's creations via the Plasma Energy Chamber, but the [[Trans-Organic|results]] were disastrous. Success came when they placed a shell program over [[Vector Sigma]] and channeled the divine power into creating a subservient race. That race would one day rebel and become the Transformers, but the Quintessons' influence remained in the form of the Vector Sigma shell program—otherwise known as the Oracle. Primus could nonetheless sometimes send messages from Vector Sigma through the Oracle, but it is difficult to tell the difference. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

A week after the [[Great Reformatting]], the Quintessons invaded Cybertron, hoping the sudden transition to technorganic would leave the Transformers disoriented. Instead, the population of Cybertron successfully repelled the invaders. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

One year later, this reality's Cybertron later became became the home base of the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] in the multiverse-spanning [[Universe War]] against Unicron. {{storylink|Abduction}} {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}} Unfortunately during the war, Cybertron fell victim to the "Culling", where Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]]s cut a swath across the planet to feed the sparks of the victims to the Chaos-Bringer, though the invaders were ultimately repelled. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal's bio}} The Children continued the war, and eventually emerged victorious. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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{{note|The only continuity in which Cybertron has been mapped to some extent. A map of one hemisphere of the planet appears in the DK Transformers Ultimate Guide.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
The [[Quintesson]]s created both [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the gladiator and slave races that would evolve into the Decepticons and Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

Following Optimus Prime and Megatron's crash on Earth, Cybertron was conquered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. The planet was also the location of [[Teletran 3]], which accidentally transported members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] to the alien world. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs the Transformers #1}}

Shockwave was eventually defeated and the Decepticons were driven back to the [[Gladiator Zone]], allowing Cybertron to be at peace for the first time in millennia. A [[warp gate]] was set up between Cybertron and [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} The peace was interrupted when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] warped to Cybertron and took control of the Decepticons, but he was eventually defeated. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}} Notable locations on Cybertron included [[Capitol City]] and the large junkyards where the [[cannibalizer]]s would reside. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

After the death of Serpent O.R., Cybertron was peaceful yet again, and seemingly stayed that way. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
The Transformers' homeworld and its two moons orbit the yellow dwarf {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} {{w|Lambda Scorpii|Shaula}}, which can be seen from Earth as the second brightest object in the tail of the constellation {{w|Scorpius}}.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=705 Simon Furman Q&A]</ref> Cybertron is unique in the universe for being the only known planet with naturally-occurring [[energon]], {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} occurring deep beneath its surface. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

Cybertron's precise origins are currently unknown. Some Cybertronian faiths hold that the warrior-god [[Primus]] became Cybertron after triumphing over [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] at the dawn of time, {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} while the [[Clavis Aurea]] sect believed that Primus had been birthed from the surface of Cybertron. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Yet another account posits that Primus created Cybertron roughly 5 billion years ago. {{storylink|Revolutionaries #1}}

A less theological theory postulates that Cybertron might have once been an organic world, whose inhabitants deliberately made an evolutionary jump to cyborgs, and, eventually, became fully mechanical life-forms. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} The planet [[Gorlam Prime]], a massive experiment by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in evolutionary science, underwent just such a metamorphosis, eventually becoming a purely mechanical world. After emerging from a transitional "chrysalis state," they renamed their world "Cybertron," raising interesting questions about the origins of the Transformers. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Most Cybertronian creation myths were distortions of the true sequence of events: though later Transformers would deify him as a god, Primus was simply the first Transformer on Cybertron, capable of manufacturing the [[photonic crystal]]s capable of storing [[Spark]]s. Primus was soon joined by four other Transformers — [[Epistemus]], [[Mortilus]], [[Solomus]], and [[Adaptus]] — who, together, ignited the [[hot spot]]s that would give rise to the first true "generation" of Transformers, which would come to be known as the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} The first five Transformers became known as the "[[Guiding Hand]];" joined by the Knights of Cybertron, they would supposedly go on to perform great deeds and turning the planet into a paradise for the mind and body. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The predecessors of [[Functionism|Functionist]] doctrine believed that, if tilted at just the right angle, Cybertron could refract the light of a sun, turning the planet itself into a weapon to be used against asteroids and other spaceborne threats. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

This era of peace would come to an end approximately twelve million years ago after the ambitious Adaptus turned on his comrades; seeking to introduce war to the species so as to avoid the stagnation he feared would soon grip the planet, he battled the other four members of the Guiding Hand in what would come to be called the "[[God War]]." Although the other members of the Hand fought back, they were unable to vanquish their enemy, who fled to [[Moonbase One|the planet's first moon]], readying an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would leave the inhabitants of Cybertron disoriented while he retrofitted the moon into a primitive spaceship and fled. As a result of this blast, the other four members of the Guiding Hand were left without any trace of their origins, and residue from the blast would introduce the neurological condition known as "[[information creep]]" to the species, leading to the distorted myths and legends of the Guiding Hand. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Subsequently, the Knights of Cybertron departed Cybertron in order to spread enlightenment throughout the universe; {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} deprived of their benevolent oversight, Cybertronian society regressed back to an era of barbarism, splintering into numerous smaller city-states and tribes. {{storylink|The Crucible}} This sequence of events would be noted as atypical compared to the development of most other civilizations, who established permanent world governments before mastering faster-than-light space travel. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

It was in this primitive landscape that the Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] found himself thrown into from 2013. Unable to return to his own time, Shockwave slew the shepherd [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]] and manipulated events to bring the [[Thirteen]] together. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Subsequently, "Onyx Prime" would encourage [[Prima]] to oversee the colonization of distant worlds, with [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s settling on distant worlds such as [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Eukaris]], [[Velocitron]], and [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]]. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Eventually, Shockwave would also mastermind the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} which ended in the ascension of [[Nova Prime]] and a grand reordering of the planet's society under Functionist doctrine. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

During his own quest to prepare against a future threat, Adaptus — rationalizing that ''five'' Cybertrons, untouched by war, could command exponentially more power — commissioned a planet-sized mold to create a souped-up version, dubbing it the "[[God Gun]]" {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}} and eventually abandoning the mold in deep space, which came to be known as the "[[Necroworld]]." {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

In the era that followed, Cybertron's old [[energon]] mines were largely automated, and the labourers lost their livelihoods. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} Antebellum Cybertron was seen as a backwater placed by [[alien]] civilizations owing to the cultural stagnation Functionism brought to the planet. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} Four million years ago, the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began, which tore the planet asunder as Autobots and Decepticons waged war for control of the planet and its resources.

Some 1500 years ago, the constant fighting and the stripping of Cybertron's natural resources by both Autobot and Decepticon to feed their age-long war led to a terrible [[Thunderwing (G1)|cataclysm]] that rendered Cybertron uninhabitable. With no atmosphere, Cybertron's surface was unprotected from cosmic radiation and was wracked by plasma storms. Transformers had to divert energy to their personal shielding in order to remain on the surface for short periods; the surface was presumably immediately lethal for humans. Gravity was also weaker than normal and Transformers needed [[magno-tread]]s to walk on the surface. The Transformer race abandoned the planet (save for occasional scientific surveys from orbit) and began conducting its conflict across the galaxy.

According to Autobot command directives, landing on Cybertron was forbidden. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} However, with the resurrection (and subsequent defeat) of Thunderwing, this directive was lifted due to the unusual circumstances. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Around the year 1997, the wise [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] returned to Cybertron with a plan to revive the planet. Through years of work, he began to repair Cybertron's atmosphere and rid it of radiation, though the planet remained dead and resourceless. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

Many years later, the Decepticons created the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on Cybertron, which had the side effect of also creating thousands of mindless monsters dubbed the [[Insecticon swarm]] whom they left to their own devices on the planet. After the Decepticons defeated the Autobots on Earth, they sent their battered enemies through a portal to Cybertron, where the swarm would finish them off. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} By this time, Alpha Trion's hard work had eliminated much of the radiation and electromagnetic storms, so the Autobots survived their stay on the planet with only minor pains. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Later, the Autobot starship ''[[Trion]]'' was shot down over Cybertron, and its crew joined the rest of the survivors on its surface. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} They were eventually rescued by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

Most of the [[Insecticon swarm]] survived their brushes with the Autobots and stayed on Cybertron, which interfered with Alpha Trion's plans. In order to make Cybertron habitable again, he first needed to get rid of the swarm, and thus he revived [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] to take care of them. {{storylink|Ironing Out the Details}} Trion then left again, with only Ironhide, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and a few hundred swarm members remaining on the planet. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Shortly thereafter, [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] made Cybertron his first line of defense against [[D-Void]], a malevolent entity set on devouring all Transformers. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} By the time his army arrived on the planet, the swarm had seemingly been exterminated. The arrival of Galvatron caused Ironhide and Sunstreaker to flee on [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s newly arrived ship, after which they traveled to Earth to alert the rest of the Autobots to Galvatron's occupation of their swarm-free and (almost) habitable planet. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Autobots on Earth returned to Cybertron and confronted Galvatron. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} During the battle, Galvatron inserted his [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] into the remains of Vector Sigma in the belief that this would stop D-Void from entering the universe. In reality, the Heart of Darkness was an aspect of D-Void, and doing so would allow the entity to turn the dead planet of Cybertron into a giant portal to the Dead Universe. To stop this from happening, Optimus Prime opened the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}} By a process that nobody could explain with science, this restarted Vector Sigma and caused the entire planet to be "reset" into an primordial, alive state. Everything old on its surface was wiped out, geographical landmarks and Cybertronian cities alike, and the only Transformer-made structure remaining was the crashed remains of [[Kimia Facility]]. Simultaneously, Cybertron itself sent out a signal to all Cybertronians out in space, telling them to come home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The only structures that were spared this reformatting were [[Crystal City]], resurrected by [[Ore-14]], {{storylink|Shockwaves}} and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] which had been buried beneath the new layer of metal. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

With Cybertron restored, most Decepticons captured and thousands of neutrals returning to repopulate their planet, the war was considered over. When the planet came alive again, it began transmitting energy to its two moons, reviving Luna 2 as well. Since Luna 1 was missing, its share of the energy ended up in the atmosphere instead, supercharging it and causing "ball lighting" effects to strike the planet's surface until [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] got a temporary satellite in orbit. {{storylink|Stick Together}} After a brief revival of the Autobot/Decepticon war, the neutrals kicked the two factions out of Iacon and assumed control of the planet under the leadership of Starscream, {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} who established the [[Republic of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

Soon afterwards, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] attempted his ultimate plan of collapsing all of space/time into a singularity to fuel Cybertron for eternity which would have made the planet the sole thing that existed, had ever existed or would exist before he was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. The destruction of his [[chronal drive]] caused the formation of a [[black hole]] that sent him back to the planet's prehistoric past. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}}

After Metroplex returned to Cybertron, {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} he located five of Cybertron's lost thirteen colonies which led to the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Windblade}} When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] returned, he was...displeased at the state of Cybertron believing it to now be a world built on compromise. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} He planned to send a through an army of undead Titans to wipe the slate clean. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Though he perished, {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} the Titans arrived at Cybertron and began destroying all in sight, {{storylink|Ping}} before they were stopped by the unusual alliance of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Vigilem]]. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

Repeated Cybertronian incursions on Earth had convinced [[Joe Colton]] that one day Cybertron would destroy Earth so he decided to strike first and wipe Cybertron off the cosmic map. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} He planned to do so by having [[Shazraella]] enerchange the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], who's energy was anathema to Cybertronians, with Cybertron's very core thereby poisoning all the [[energon]] on the planet. The [[Solstar Order]] detected the [[Dire Wraith]] genetics within the [[Red Shadows]] and sent four of its [[Space Knight]]s to place Cybertron under quarantine, preventing the Carcerians from teleporting in reinforcements. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}}

As [[Joe Colton]]'s cabal descended deeper into Cybertron, they set up various traps to stall any pursuers. When they approached the core, Cybertron detected their presence and unleashed bolts of lightning to defend itself before it unleashed the Insecticon swarm. Both methods failed to stop the alien hostiles however but Optimus Prime and [[Scarlett]]'s team had managed to reach the core before Colton, barring his path. {{storylink|First Strike issue 5|First Strike #5}}

The heroes, soon bolstered by the situational allies of the Council of Worlds, proved an ample defense which prompted Kreiger to forego reaching the core and activate the Talisman then and there. Revealing himself to be a [[Prysmosian]] wizard known as Merklynn, he turned part of Cybertron's underground into [[New Prysmos|a copy]] of his lost homeworld of [[Prysmos]]. The process drained nearly half of Cybertron's energon supply which caused the planet to "scream", the missing energon sent into space as a communication signal that translated to "Welcome. Death". The signal struck the slumbering form of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and roused the ancient monster into action. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}}

Shortly after the invasion, Onyx Prime returned with [[Liege Maximo]] as his prisoner. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} In short order, "Onyx" revealed his true identity to Optimus Prime and threw him into the Crystal City black hole. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} When Shockwave was defeated, he stated that everything that occurred for the past twelve million years was his design to prepare Cybertron for Unicron's approach. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}

[[File:Unicron4 Unicron Kills Cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|And all this could have been avoided had Rung not boarded the ''Lost Light''.]]

The Talisman continued its attempts at terraforming, burrowing its way to [[Vector Sigma]]. To save the planet, [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] constructed an anti-Talisman bomb to immunize Cybertron against [[magic]]. When the bomb detonated, its energies interacted with [[Galadria]]'s healing spell, preserving Cybertron save a minor patch of land for New Prysmos. The exotic energies however caused a second signal to be sent out saying simply "Unicron". {{storylink|Transformers vs. Visionaries}} {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

When Unicron began attacking the galaxy, Shockwave revealed that he had intentionally masterminded Vector Sigma's poisoning so that Cybertron's consumption would kill Unicron and that via their planet's sacrifice, the Decepticons could revive their [[Decepticon Empire|empire]] and conquer the galaxy. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

Following the fall of eleven of the [[Cybertronian colonies]], Unicron attacked Cybertron directly. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} Though the populace initially attempted to fight back, {{storylink|Our Finest}} Windblade was forced to call on the [[Visionaries]] and have them use their magic to teleport the Cybertronian race to [[Earth]]. Unicron then proceeded to physically tear into Cybertron before unleashing a burst of energy from his chest that ripped the planet in two, destroying Cybertron. {{storylink|Road's End}}

====The Functionist Universe====
In a world where Megatron was never born, the Functionist Council grew ever more powerful, eventually usurping the [[Senate]] and becoming the planet's sole rulers. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}} When the Council concluded that alien life had no purpose in [[Primus]]'s grand design, they isolated their homeworld from the rest of the galaxy to stoke the fires of fear and xenophobia while they worked to create an army powerful enough to wage war on the galaxy. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

After the intervention of [[Team Rodimus]] cost the Council [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]], {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} the Council turned Cybertron itself into their instrument of destruction, outfitting it with a set of [[planetary engine]]s and using the [[Warren]] to shortcut across space. The planet's lack of mobility proved a hindrance, prompting the Council to reengineer the planet with a robot mode in Primus's likeness. With their avatar of death, the Functionists crossed over into the primary universe. Though the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] offered the suggestion to blow up Cybertron, Megatron overruled it on account of the trillions of innocents still trapped on the planet. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} The crew soon deduced a way to overload Vector Sigma thus preserving Cybertron while killing the Functionists. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

After forcing "Primus" back to the planet mode, the crew allied with the Architect's forces to stage an invasion of Cybertron. Though they faced resistance from a seemingly endless force of [[Functionary|Functionaries]], the ''Lost Light''ers managed to open their twelve duplicate Matrices at each of Cybertron's hot spots, the surge of energy overloading Vector Sigma and vaporizing the Functionists, at last freeing Cybertron from their iron grip. With the God Gun destroyed however, Cybertron was left stranded in the wrong universe. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

"New Cybertron", as it came to be known, was visited by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] who made the decision to remove the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quantum engines to double the universally displaced planet's energon reserves. Despite the fate of the Cybertron native to the new universe, New Cybertron was largely left to its own devices with only a minority of the native Cybertronian populace, such as the ''Lost Light'' crew, choosing to emigrate there. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Cybertron was the alternate mode of [[Primus]], one of the many living worlds created by [[Daiakuron]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

Its original orbit was a galaxy away from [[Earth]]. When Starscream brought Bumblebee's head to Megatron, the Decepticons won the Great War. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} After Megatron had bonded the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to his Spark, {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} he subjugated Primus to his will via [[Vector Sigma]]. Cybertron then slowly began to transform into a massive spaceship in the shape of Megatron's face that would cyberform the galaxy. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Cybertron then moved into Earth's solar system, {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}} before it was invaded by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Cybertron soon after grew a pair of mega mountains that reached high into its atmosphere. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Megatron then used the horns to destroy Earth, {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} and clear a path to the Sun, intending for Primus to consume it and supercharge his creation powers. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}}

Starved of energy, Primus needed little incentive to consume the star, creating a dyson sphere from his own body to speed up its consumption before he was stopped by the still alive [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]]. Though many Cybertronians chose to emigrate from Cybertron to various planets and moons in Earth's solar system, Rodimus guided the impaired but functional Primus back to his original orbit. With Optimus on a mission to the find the [[Quintesson|Makers]], Rodimus then took charge of the planet. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

[[Psych Out]] described Cybertron as "the ultimate Transformer" owing to its constantly shifting geography though whether this was a natural phenomenon or a side-effect of Megatron's plan is unclear. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Beast Wars Uprising - Map of Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left]]
Following the [[Scouring of Nebulos]] in [[2031]] and the [[Great Push]] of [[2033]], the Transformers were forcibly pacified by the [[Human Confederacy]] and exiled back to Cybertron and a [[Allowed Zone|small region of surrounding space]]. After eleven million years of civil war, Cybertron had become a dying planet drained of energy. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} The old Autobots and Decepticons, too fuel-inefficient to fight or even move under their own power, reorganized themselves into the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s, hard-wiring themselves into the architecture and landscape of their planet as a means of saving fuel. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] eventually constructed the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as successors to the old factions; the Builders preferred to use them for sport in a series of violent [[Games]] that were fought in the ruined remains of the old Builder cities. {{storylink|Head Games}} This Cybertron was crawling with [[mechanimal]] life; it would eventually be revealed that this was due to the [[Underbase]] being brought to Cybertron's core, revitalizing the ecosystem of the wartorn planet. {{storylink|Derailment}} It was the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] itself that allowed for this miracle to happen, though few recognized it as such when it occurred. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Combiner Wars'' toy bios===
Cybertron was drained of life by the war of conquest which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] started. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Megatron toy bio}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] led a Decepticon attack on an Autobot base on Cybertron only to be routed when the base transformed into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus online bio}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
Four million years in the past, Cybertron was a rogue planetoid menaced by asteroids, leading to the launch of the ''Ark'' and its subsequent crash on [[Earth]].

While mind-melded with Optimus Prime, [[Spock]] had a vision of Cybertron during the planet's [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} [[James Kirk]] had similar visions when he [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
A peaceful, diverse, and outwardly utopian planet, Cybertron was a thriving hub of interstellar commerce and travel with many [[alien]]s living alongside the Transformers. Such was the peace of Cybertron that [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] had been the first murder in living memory. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} A movement called the [[Decepticon|Ascenticons]] however felt that the potential of Cybertron and the Cybertronians had been stifled by the [[Nominus Edict]], and worked to introduce radical change into their society. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

==''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)==
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|thumb|Well, it's... uh... it's green!]]
Cybertron was located near or orbiting a larger ringed world, {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} and had an [[asteroid prison colony]] in which dangerous [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] prisoners were interred. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}} At one point there were a series of civil wars, in which [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], both creations of [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]], fought side-by-side. Following the wars, Magnus was honored, but [[Vector Sigma]] selected Optimus as Autobot leader and bestowed on him the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}} The Predacons on Cybertron were ruled over by a [[Predacon Council|council]], of which [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was a subordinate, {{storylink|Mystery of the Ultra Magnus}} though he once claimed to be "leader of the Predacons and future ruler of the galaxy" and that he was already "ruler of many worlds". {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} Cybertron is also known to have an education system in place, featuring courses for such topics as Theoretical Mechanics, of which the Autobot [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] had been first in his class. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}
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==Unicron Trilogy==
Cybertron was the body of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Nine billion years ago, he created the [[Thirteen]] to aid him in his fight against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

Another account claimed that Primus was a "unique digital entity" that came into existence eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was on a planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

Unicron made another attempt to attack Cybertron but he was stopped by the mighty warrior [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Joined by the four "Maximus" combiners he went into stasis lock deep beneath Cybertron to guard a reservoir of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|Ambition}} The Chaos Bringer however went into stasis lock and disguised himself as a moon orbiting Cybertron. {{storylink|Alliance}} Cybertron had at least two other moons. {{storylink|Titans}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Armada.jpg|left|165px|thumb|Flaky crust.]]

The Cybertronians attempted to turn Cybertron into the centre of a galaxy spanning empire via establishing four colony worlds with the intent of using the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] them into mechanical worlds before connecting them all via a galaxy wide [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]. For unknown reasons however, the plan fell through with Cybertron losing contact with the ships it sent out. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} The four worlds evolved in their own way with most considering Cybertron to be little more than a legend. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}}

As the millennia rolled past, the Cybertronians fell into civil war. {{storylink|First Encounter}} Seeing an opportunity at revival, Unicron spawned the [[Mini-Con]]s intending for these diminutive robots to grant additional power to the Autobots and Decepticons so he could feed off the escalating war. {{storylink|Prehistory}} As a result of their unintended sentience however, {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} the Mini-Cons soon realized what they were doing to Cybertron and its people and promptly left the planet so that their power could do no harm. [[Exodus (Armada)|Their ship]] crashed on one of the four ancient colony worlds, [[Earth]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}} At some point during the war, [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] gathered [[Rodimus's crew|a crew]] to escape the endless battle. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Composed of both Autobots and Decepticons, these warriors left Cybertron behind for [[Omnitron]]. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

In [[2010]], the unwitting [[Rad White]] activated [[High Wire (Armada)|one of the Mini-Cons]] which beamed a signal to Cybertron alerting the planet to the Mini-Cons' location. While [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] led their inner circles to Earth to retrieve the Mini-Cons, the bulk of the Cybertronians remained on their homeworld to continue battle. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

After repeated battles on Earth, Megatron managed to slay Optimus Prime and obtain all three Mini-Con superweapons. The Decepticons set course back for Cybertron, followed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Depart}} Unicron however made his move prompting [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] to sacrifice himself to unite the warring planet. {{storylink|Cramp}} Unicron's defeat marked the end of the war and both Autobots and Decepticons began working together to rebuild their world. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Energon.jpg|165px|thumb|I can see my house from here!]]

In the aftermath, the existence of Cybertronians was revealed to the human race who sent an envoy to Cybertron in [[2012]] to establish friendly relations. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

In [[2020]], however, Unicron and Megatron returned. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} After Cybertron had been protected by [[Energon tower]]s, the Autobots and Decepticons fought Unicron. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}} After Unicron's physical form had been destroyed, {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}} he possessed Megatron and travelled to the [[Super Energon]] reservoir below the planet to properly revive himself turning Megatron into Galvatron once again. {{storylink|Wishes}} The release of energon gas however moved the planet from its orbit into [[Alpha Q's universe]]. {{storylink|Formidable}} Primus trapped Unicron's essence in a star composed of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|The Sun}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron GalaxyForce.jpg|left|165px|thumb|You DENTED it!]]

The conflict ended (again), the now predominantly Autobot and Neutral population began to rebuild their world. A further ten years later however, Primus's plan failed when the star collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] so powerful it not only threatened to consume reality itself but warped space/time, altering the past to an extent. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}} With the black hole hovering above Cybertron, Optimus gave the order to evacuate. [[Vector Prime]] returned to the planet for the first time in eons and revealed to Optimus that the Cyber Planet Keys were required to save their homeworld. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} Though Optimus was skeptical at first, he eventually made the search for the keys the top priority of the Autobots. {{storylink|Hidden}} After the Autobots had retrieved the [[Omega Lock]] and the keys from [[Velocitron]], [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] and [[Earth]], they brought them all to an altar deep beneath Cybertron where the energy of the three relics (bolstered by the [[Matrix of Leadership]]'s energies) allowed Primus to transform to robot mode. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

After all four Cyber Planet Keys had been restored to the Omega Lock, Primus was restored to his full power which allowed him to close the black hole and save the multiverse. With peace now secured, Primus transformed into a new Cybertron which incorporated aspects of all four colony worlds. {{storylink|End}}
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==Live-action film series==
[[File:DOTMCybertronopeningscene.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|The Allspark clearly loves hexagons.]]

Cybertron was a world created by a device known as the [[AllSpark]]. With its power, it created a race of dimensional travelers, the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], and made Cybertron suitable for their habitation. The Primes soon discovered that while the AllSpark's power was vast, it was also finite, needing to be recharged. The universe soon provided the answer, for a nearby star went nova, recharging the AllSpark. Though the Primes could travel dimensions, they needed help locating stars and harvesting their energy. The AllSpark responded by creating two things to help the Primes. The first gift was the second race of Cybertronians, the [[Transformer]]s, who could change their forms. The Thirteen Primes ruled over the Transformers with their descendants, forming the [[Dynasty of Primes]], to protect the AllSpark and Cybertron, while seeking out stars to harvest. The Dynasty even shared their dimensional traveling abilities with the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s, those tasked with finding stars. Once they found a star, the Dynasty would follow with [[Constructicon (ROTF)|builders]] to forge a [[Star Harvester|harvester]] to drain a star of its energy and send it to the AllSpark to form [[energon]]. The second gift the AllSpark gave the Dynasty was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a key which contained the essence of the AllSpark and powered the harvesters. The Dynasty of Primes recognized the potential for destruction the harvesters presented, so they decreed that any star system which supported life was to be spared.

One day, the Dynasty of Primes and their attendants came to [[Earth|a world]] to harvest its [[sun|star]]. Just as the harvester was completed, the Primes discovered [[human|primitive but sentient creatures]]. Twelve of the Primes upheld the sanctity of life, but the thirteenth despised the creatures as insects and sought to steal the AllSpark's power for himself. What followed was the very first battle of Transformer against Transformer, as the rogue Prime and his loyalists waged war against the Dynasty of Primes and their loyalists. The rogue Prime murdered eleven of his brothers, but the twelfth stole the Matrix and hid it a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] forged from the bodies of his brothers, sacrificing his own spark to seal the Tomb. The rogue Prime, now known as [[The Fallen]], dispatched the Seekers to find the Matrix. When he returned to Cybertron, he brought his war there as well, killing the rest of the Primes and destroying his brothers' [[Sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] to prevent them from returning. However, he expended much of his power in this process and withdrew to his own sarcophagus to heal. It was there that he learned that he'd made two mistakes: First, the spirits of his brothers were able to seal him in the sarcophagus, preventing him taking over Cybertron. Second, the warriors of the Dynasty had managed to save a single orphan, hiding him from the Fallen. The Dynasty of Primes passed into the realm of legend. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}}

[[File:Movie Cybertron surfaceconcept.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hell on Cybertron. Image taken from New York skyline.]]
Eventually, what little the Transformers knew of their origins would be lost to time. A new society arose, known as the [[Autobot]]s. The Autobots were a peaceful people, led by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], head of the [[Science Division]], and [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]], head of the [[Defense Force]]. The two leaders created a balance; Optimus was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Their world's main cities included [[Tyger Pax]], [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], [[Simfur]], and the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]]. Another area of importance was [[Burthov]], where the Science Division had many facilities. In time, the Autobots began work on a dig near the [[Simfur Temple]], discovering the remains of the Twelve's sarcophagi and the intact sarcophagus of The Fallen. At the same time, unknown [[Ejoornian|alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron. Megatron had Optimus remove the intact artifact to his quarters to better protect it, allowing him to come under the influence of The Fallen. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah.]]
As Megatron began to grow more aggressive, Optimus discovered that he was the orphaned Prime hidden away when the Dynasty fell. Megatron raised an army, the Decepticons, and sought to take the AllSpark to conquer the universe. However, most of the early Decepticon forces left on the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] with The Fallen and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to seek out the harvester. With the number of Megatron's Decepticons now diminished, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and raised his own army of Autobots. In the war that followed, Cybertron was decimated. Prime eventually sent the AllSpark through a wormhole into deep space, and Megatron pursued it. Both were lost. Without the AllSpark's power, Cybertron became a dead world. The Autobots and the Decepticons scattered across the galaxy, hoping either to create a new world or locate the AllSpark and restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} A number of Transformers remained, with the Decepticons centered in Trypticon (now a ''Decepticon'' capital), but this didn't last long. {{storylink|Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream}}

[[File:DOTM space bridge collapse.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Attempts to replicate the giant gash from Generation 1 have gone horribly wrong.]]
Cybertron's upper layers seem to have a lot of interlocking hexagonal shapes, and several battles near the end of the war took place there. [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] used these geographical features to his advantage when he attempted to escape Cybertron aboard the ''Ark''. Later on, Sentinel Prime attempted to teleport Cybertron via the space bridge-forming pillars from his ship, the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] in order to acquire Earth's resources to re-energize Cybertron. However, Bumblebee destroyed the master pillar and Cybertron collapsed as it fell back through the portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

While it had survived the Space Bridge, Cybertron was left in pieces and condensed to a much smaller size than before (only slightly larger than Earth's moon) with several of its continents precariously attached to its core by large metallic cables. The sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] based herself on Cybertron, along with several Decepticon forces, and opted for a variation of Sentinel Prime's plan to restore Cybertron. Instead of draining Earth's resources to revive Cybertron, she would drain the life from [[Unicron]] (the core of the Earth) to revive Cybertron. To do this, she required a staff from Earth and Optimus Prime and thus sent [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to retrieve the latter while she moved Cybertron into Earth's orbit. As the planet entered the Sol system, Optimus Prime crashed landed on it where Quintessa found him, brainwashed him and sent him back to Earth after she explained her plan to him. Cybetron's entry into the solar system caused Unicron's six horns to sprout from Earth's crust as the Chaos Bringer reacted to Primus' approach. Human scientists tracked Cybertron's approach and predicted it would collide with, and destroy, the Earth. Cybertron hid its final approach into the solar system behind the [[Sun]], blinding the [[European Space Agency]] from tracking it before its trailing continents caused large gashes on the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|moon]].

[[File:TLKCybertronArrives.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Well, there goes the neighborhood... and that neighborhood. And that neighborhood. And that one.]]
When Cybertron arrived in Earth's orbit, its continents slammed into the Earth causing massive destruction. Quintessa and Megatron then began the ritual, draining Unicron's life force into Cybertron. Cybertron then began knitting itself back together, its continents reconnecting and the damage from the Great War vanishing as the planet began to regain its larger size. The Autobots and the TRF however managed to halt their efforts which left Cybertron in Earth's orbit. Enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to it that it had healed most of its damage and that Optimus felt it was time for all Autobots in the galaxy to return to their homeworld. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

Geography-wise, the surface of Cybertron is a mystery. Large rivers of liquid criss-cross the planet, though whether this is lava, molten metal, or possibly [[energon]] is anyone's guess. In more urbanized areas, such as the city of [[Tyger Pax]], the stone and lava seem to be covered over with steel or other refined metal. However, these incidents took place during the war, so it may have been the result of the devastation Cybertron saw. This liquid is even on the tops of ''buildings''! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

Internally, Cybertron has similar features to the inside of a ''Transformer'', including gyroscopic joints. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron, Part: 4}}

At the time of its partial restoration, Cybertron possessed notably organic landscapes such as grassy hills. As these were visible from space as the planet approached Earth, it is unknown if they were a natural part of the planet or if Cybertron collected this feature during its journey through interstellar space. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

===Titan movie comics===
While everyone had abandoned Cybertron, the twin Autobot [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] hung out there for a while, and Starscream began organising [[Purple generic drone|an army]] there in secret. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

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Cybertron's status was unknown, with everyone abandoning it as it began to die. However, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by using [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]. Stockade believed they could renew Cybertron by summoning a new power source, one related to the AllSpark. They succeeded in summoning such an energy being, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} which did enter Cybertron to renew it...

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Planet!]]
...and to everyone's horror, announced itself as [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]]! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

The possessed Cybertron was swiftly altered into a scarier-looking form with a large mouth and grasping prongs, turned hostile to those on it, and warped to the Sol system. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} The Autobots and Decepticons were able to destroy Unicron, but Cybertron was left in its transformed state and seemingly in the Sol system, as well as continuing to be dead and powerless. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

When the Autobots were ordered off American soil, they regrouped ''under'' Cybertron and began working on the teleportation engines that Unicron had left there when he transformed the planet. Using these, they were able to make a decisive strike by teleporting the entire Decepticon army to Cybertron, then teleporting ''Cybertron'' to the far reaches of space. With the engines now burnt out and no energy on the planet, the Decepticons were marooned there, at the cost of the Autobots never being able to go home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}
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==''Shattered Glass''==
Cybertron was a peaceful planet whose inhabitants pursued only science and social harmony until the obsessive researcher [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] rose from the ranks of civilization and began a civil war. This Cybertron never broke free of its orbit and continues to revolve around a sun. True to its backwards universe, Cybertron can be a frightening and arbitrary place whose natives are born from [[Omega Terminus]] and possess embers instead of sparks. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} This Cybertron received a new satellite when the Earth of [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]] entered its orbit as a result of the destruction of its home reality by [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]]'s multiversal villainy. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}} Following the [[Shroud]], Primus reawakened and assumed his robot form for the first time in eons, but had developed an evil personality as a result of ceasing being a [[multiversal singularity]]. Primus attacked the displaced Earth in his orbit but the planet fought back, revealing itself to be Primus's "sister" [[Gaea]]! Gaea was more than capable of defending herself and the [[Knights of Unicron (SG)|Knights of Unicron]] helped her at a pivotal moment in the great clash, blinding Primus, and allowing her to obliterate her foe, destroying his body and thus the Cybertron of this reality. Only Primus's head remained, orbiting Gaea in her planet mode as she became "New Cybertron". {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}

==''Animated''==
[[File:Animated Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Pointier than most.]]
Cybertron was once a beautiful and peaceful world; one of the most important in the galaxy. The planet sported a mysterious origin and a great deal of spirituality. It was the creation place of the powerful [[AllSpark]]; the source of all Cybertronian life. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

Cybertron was fractured by war when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] expressed his plan of using the Allspark to transform Cybertron into an "interstellar juggernaut". {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} The war razed Cybertron, {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}} but the Autobots finally found a lasting advantage with the construction of the [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]] {{storylink|TransWarped}} Autobot mastery of [[space bridge]] technology and their strategic relocation of the Allspark led to ultimate victory, where the Decepticons were driven from the planet entirely; a unique departure from other fictions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} Cybertron was once again dedicated to peace and an entire generation had seen neither [[armor-plating]] nor the transistor of a Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

The Autobot culture under commander [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was primarily peaceful, although there was an organized militancy in the form of active boot camps {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}. The ancient building [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] was home to the [[Autobot High Council#Animated Cartoon|Autobot High Council]] and [[Guilds Domesticus#Animated Cartoon|Guilds Domesticus]], while the head of military operations was [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]. The capital of Iacon was a major location, home to destinations such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House#Animated Cartoon|Maccadam's Old Oil House]], {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} and the abandoned [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]]. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Cybertron and its citizens were very unfamiliar with and afraid of organic life. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} According to [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], it doesn't rain liquid on Cybertron; {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} despite this, it is has been shown raining. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} Make of this what you will.

Many stellar cycles later, a web of uncoordinated Decepticon attacks on the rim of the galaxy began taking place, in an attempt to claim control of the space bridges and TransWarp to the [[Emirate Xaaron Spacebridge Nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] in Iacon, to wipe out the unarmed Autobot populace from within. Receiving wind of these attacks from a [[Shockwave (Animated)|double agent on Cybertron]], Megatron sent a transmission to the Decepticon cells and ordered the organizing of the attacks, {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} and he himself began constructing a Space Bridge to lead his armies. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

However, Megatron's space bridge was destroyed by the reactivated Omega Sentinel [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} The attacks were subsequently called off, much to the disappointment of the Decepticons who had managed to secure the bridges. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

When Megatron's double agent, Shockwave, sensed that his cover was about to be blown, he attacked Ultra Magnus, mangling the Autobot leader {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} and causing him to be put on severe life-support. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} This was not enough to save him, unfortunately, and he soon went offline. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} Sentinel Prime, the acting Magnus, took advantage of the fear and paranoia created by the attack to grant himself emergency powers and aggressively remilitarize Cybertron, in an effort to combat the growing Decepticon threat. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

However, Megatron, Shockwave and the other Decepticons immediately under his command were subsequently captured by the Maintenance bot [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his team on [[Earth]], {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} where they were imprisoned in [[Trypticon Prison]], part of the Decepticon City State of Kaon. A failed breakout attempt followed, with the Decepticons then diverting their attention to the (forceful) acquisition of Energon. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

==Aligned continuity family==
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[[File:DarknessRising4-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Well, at least there's ''one'' consistency.]]
Cybertron's origins are lost to time. It is known that the planet predated both [[Primus]] and [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and served as their battleground. After Primus removed himself from the conflict and created the [[Thirteen]] to fight in his stead, the warriors managed to exile Unicron from the planet.

Left to their own devices, the Thirteen began laying the foundations for a new society only for the machinations of [[Liege Maximo]] to start the War of the Primes. In the aftermath of the war, Primus populated Cybertron with a myriad of Cybertronian lifeforms only for the [[Great Cataclysm]] to revert the planet to primitive, feudal state. It was in this state that Cybertron was discovered by the [[Quintesson]]s, the rogue creations of [[Quintus Prime]], whose advanced technology won the awe of the populace and transformed the planet into a space faring civilization almost overnight. As time wound on however, the rule of the Quintessons grew more and more decadent with [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]]'s rebellion eventually forcing the invaders off the planet.

Using the Quintesson spaceships and the blueprints for the [[space bridge]]s, the Cybertronians began an age of colonization, colonizing worlds such as [[Velocitron]], [[Gigantion]], and the [[Hub (G2)|Hub]]. After eons of expansion however, the Golden Age came to an end when the Cybertronian empire fell victim to the [[Rust Plague]], a virulent disease that corroded all metal it came into contact with. Recognizing that the space bridges were allowing the virus to spread, Sentinel ordered them all destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

In the aftermath, only one space bridge was left in orbit of Cybertron alongside [[Moonbase One|Moon Bases One]], [[Moonbase Two|Two]] and the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Asteroid Belt Station]]

In the new era they found themselves in, Sentinel and the Guilds instituted the [[caste system]] to slow their civilization's decline. The High Council and their Guards were in charge of law and order, but each state controlled its own militia. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

Despite this, at least some starships remained operational and were sent to conduct deep space missions and patrols. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}

But as the nameless miners resorted to [[gladiatorial combat]] as an outlet for their misery, a champion named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] rose to seize the title of Prime for himself. Unwittingly, his Iaconian ally was appointed [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] instead, and their anti-caste movement became a civil war for Cybertron's future. The [[AllSpark]] was lost to space, whole regions of the planet were laid waste, and the [[core]] of Cybertron was poisoned by [[Dark Energon]], the remnants of Unicron's attack, prompting the Autobots to evacuate on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Megatron and his elite forces left on Trypticon too, now modified into the ''Nemesis'', leaving [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] to deal with the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

In the present, Megatron raised a [[zombie]] [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] army from Cybertron's dead by hurling solidified Dark Energon at it through a space bridge. His plan to have them sack Earth was foiled, when the Autobots turned the Energon pump on the space bridge and caused it to implode. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

When Optimus lost his memories, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] sent [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to Cybertron to find [[Vector Sigma]]. Arcee told Jack to watch out for vermin. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} They were attacked by an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], left behind as a sentry, and a swarm of [[scraplet]]s, but managed to get the information they needed from Vector Sigma, deep under [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Seeking to gain an advantage over Optimus Prime and his newly acquired [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], Megatron and Dreadwing used a space bridge to travel to Cybertron to acquire the hand of an unnamed [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

After acquiring the four [[Omega Key]]s, the Autobots returned to Cybertron to activate the [[Omega Lock]] and restore the planet. However, as they were about to activate the lock, Megatron and his subordinates arrived with the Autobots' human allies, threatening to expose them to Cybertron's atmosphere if they did not give him the Omega Keys. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Prime and the Autobots surrendered, handing over the Omega Keys in exchange for the humans. However, before Megatron could use the Omega Lock to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] [[Earth]], Optimus Prime used the Star Saber to destroy it and save the human planet. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Eventually, the Decepticons, with help from Ratchet, built a second functioning Omega Lock on the exterior of the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Following their defeat of Megatron, the Autobots commandeered the ship and flew to Cybertron, where they fired the Omega Lock into the [[Well of All Sparks]], restoring the planet at last. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

During the process of rebuilding the planet for returning refugees, Optimus Prime and Wheeljack flew off to retrieve the AllSpark, which had been removed from the planet during the war. During this time, however, Unicron revived and took control of Megatron's body, and returned to Cybertron to destroy Primus. The chaos god led an army of Predacon Terrorcons to the Well of All Sparks, and the Autobots and Predacons joined forces to oppose them. Their efforts failed, but Optimus Prime arrived with the AllSpark and was able to use its container to trap Unicron, returning his undead army to dust in the process.

Afterwards, Optimus Prime revealed that, in order to use the container, he had transferred the AllSpark into the Matrix of Leadership, rendering his own spark inseparable from multitude within the AllSpark in the process. Consequently, the only way to return the AllSpark to the core would be to give his own life. With his farewells complete, the Prime flew into the Well of All Sparks, returning the AllSpark to Cybertron's core and causing numerous sparks to soar into the sky. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

After the restoration of the Well of All Sparks, Cybertron once again returned to a period of peace and prosperity. Statues commemorating various figures in the war were constructed.
{{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} A new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] was chosen to rule the planet {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but they were usurped by [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]]'s Decepticon cell. Via the use of a [[Light Bender|light bender]], the five Decepticons assumed control of their homeworld and began making preparations for the return of Megatron and the rebirth of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} As part of their plans, they kept Cybertron isolated from the rest of the galaxy and blamed the Autobots (Optimus Prime in particular) for the damage the Great War did to Cybertron. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Those who stood by Optimus Prime were blacklisted and were forced to find work in the lower rungs of society. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Lieutenant Bumblebee eventually found employment as a street patrol officer, but eventually returned to Earth via space bridge on the orders of a ghostly Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} This act caused the High Council to place a bounty on Bumblebee's head for his illegal use of a space bridge {{storylink|Hunting Season}}. The Council also sent Jazz to Earth to respond to the distress signal from the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After capturing [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], Jazz promised he'd smooth things over with the Council, {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but later Drift and Fracture (and their Mini-Cons) arrived on Earth to capture Bumblebee and collect the bounty. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron aboard the rebuilt ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' to confront the new Council. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} During the flight, he made contact with several old friends, {{storylink|Worthy}} but returned to Earth in a smaller craft when Bumblebee put out a distress signal. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} When he departed Earth again, he said the political situation on Cybertron was fluid but he was working with his friends to change it. {{storylink|Worthy}} On Cybertron however, the Council freed [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his [[Steeljaw's Pack|pack]] to capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] in exchange for a full pardon. {{storylink|Exiles}} {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}When Bumblebee became aware of this, he commented on the growing corruption on Cybertron. {{storylink|Exiles}} After [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s defeat, Optimus took him and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] back to Cybertron to stand trial. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}

Knowing the people of Cybertron would never support galactic conquest, the Council developed powerful mind-control techniques through which they could control the entire planet's population. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} The mind control was powerful enough to keep Cybertronians enthralled even if they were off Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}}

The Bee Team eventually returned to Cybertron aboard [[Prime Force One]] only to come under attack from the planet's orbital defences. As a result of their situational ally, Steeljaw, they managed to land on their homeworld where they were soon surrounded by the Council's security forces {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} only to be rescued by [[Dropforge]]. The High Council soon made a planet wide broadcast announcing the "glorious invasion of Earth" and the coming prosperity before the Bee Team destroyed their light bender and exposed their Decepticon bodies. When the mind-control signal had been destroyed, all of Cybertron bore witness to [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] proclaiming loyalty to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] before [[Ultra Bee]] defeated him, freeing Cybertron from Decepticon control.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime declined the opportunity to rule Cybertron and left [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] in charge until free elections could be held. The Bee Team opted to return to Earth however as Cybertron's first ambassadors to the planet. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

In one timeline, Cybertron is still a living planet and apparently never had a civil war or perhaps the war was already long over. [[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] was stationed on Cybertron when [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] called them for a rescue mission on Earth. While it is unclear what happened in this timeline, it is apparent that the [[Decepticon]]s either do not exist in this universe or are not malevolent. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Roll Out}}
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==''Knights of Unicron''==
[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]], [[Smelting pool|The Smelting Pool]], and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Great Dome|Stadium]], all located on Planet Cybertron, were the final venues for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

==''Cyberverse'' continuity==
Cybertron had at least two colonies, [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Terminal Velocity}} {{storylink|Maccadam's}}

Overseen by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] and/or the [[Senate]], {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}} the government on Cybertron was a corrupt one, so much so that [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] was able to rally a following based on his promise of equal rights to all citizens. As time passed however, it transpired that Megatron served only his own powerlust and plunged Cybertron into the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] to try and gain control of the planet. To that end, he aimed to seize control of the [[AllSpark]] and have it birth a new generation of troops. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} Learning of this plan, the Autobots seized the AllSpark and sent it through a space bridge to prevent anyone from abusing its power. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}} As a consequence however, Cybertron's condition began to deteriorate prompting [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] to lead a mission on the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' to retrieve the artifact. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

Some 66 million years later, Cybertron was still habitable but overrun by the Decepticons who'd tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]], sending [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]'s squadron to retrieve it, the Autobot resistance sending [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to do the same. {{storylink|Fractured}} [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] was able to remotely tie into [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]'s [[cortical psychic patch]] from Cybertron, {{storylink|Sabotage}} and eventually came to Earth personally to take command of the operations. {{storylink|The Extinction Event}}
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==Toys==
===Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers===
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[[File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imag— You know what, just forget it. It's not like we have rules for a reason.]]
*'''Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''00'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Generation 1|Omega Lock]], two [[missile]]s, silver Cybertron planet-type [[Cyber Key]]

:[[Primus#CybG1|Primus]] was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron/Galaxy Force'' toylines]], but was released in Japan as a Generation 1 ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toy a few months after ''Galaxy Force'' had ended its run. This release can be considered a pre-release of the ''Cybertron'' toy because it features Hasbro's [[Cyber Key Codes]] that the ''Galaxy Force'' line lacked.

:Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers' creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'']] [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], with visible cities, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], based upon its appearance in the [[DK Publishing]] book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], specifically [[Kolkular]], as seen in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. On the "bottom" of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

:Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a [[Powermaster]], in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top" of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons" swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

: In [[robot mode]], Primus resembles both the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Unicron prototype as well as [[Don Figueroa]]'s Primus concept, created for ''The War Within'' and used in ''The Ultimate Guide''. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable [[Articulation|articulated]] "manipulator arms".

:Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station" mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact. It looks kinda like the ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]''... backwards.

:In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code '''sp8u''' [[tampograph]]ed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con [[5 mm post|5mm]] [[powerlinx]] posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.

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[[File:Primus 2010.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Oh. Your. God.]]
*'''Creator Primus''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#2010|Omega Lock]], two missiles, clear Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:To celebrate the year 2010, Takara [[redeco]]ed the Supreme Class Primus toy and released him in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|''Transformers 2010'' toyline]], being packaged in a special box that is meant to go with the [[Unicron/toys#2010Takara|Unicron]] toy released the same year. "[[Primus#2010|Creator Primus]]" is primarily metallic gunmetal in planet mode, with metallic blue robot parts, and a large number of black paint washes here and there. His Omega Lock is now blue.

:Primus comes with a [[retool]]ed Cybertron-style Cyber Key which was originally available with both [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron 2|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolisher]]. This Cyber Key features a "smooth" central area with no molded [[insignia]], and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from the [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol at the center.

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===Cybertron===
[[File:CybertronPrimusPackagingComparison.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|This was an expensive time for completists.]]
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Cybertron|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key, [[Unicron/toys#PrimusUnicronHead|Unicron head]] (second wave only)

:''Cybertron'' "[[Primus#Cybertron|Cybertron Primus]]" is the North American version of Supreme Class Primus, released a few months after the Japanese version. The toys are identical.

:In North America, Cybertron Primus was initially released in the second wave of ''Cybertron'' Supreme Class toys. This version came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" Unicron head based upon his Armada appearance, whereas the following wave did not come with the Unicron head. Unusually, both waves ended up shipping simultaneously.

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*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Walmart|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:A later version of Supreme Class [[Primus#Walmart|Cybertron Primus]] was [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] as a [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] 2006 special, and included four Mini-Cons: [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]], and [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]].
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===The Last Knight===
[[File:TF-TLK-MtS-Planet-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Just ''try'' to tell us this isn't [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|G2 Primus]], we dare you. ]]
*'''Cybertron''' (2017)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock]], two missiles, Autobot Cybertron-type Cyber Key

:''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' Cybertron is a redeco of the Supreme Class Primus mold. Contrary to [[stock photography]], which depict the Matrix-styled Cyber Key originally sold with ''Cybertron'' Leader Class Optimus Prime, it instead comes with the standard Autobot Cybertron Cyber Key, just as the older releases of the mold did. It is advertised on the box as having a fourth mode, "Defense Mode", that like his Battle Station mode appears to be an intermediate between his robot and planet modes. This figure was exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]] under the ''Mission to Cybertron'' banner. As the rest of the toys under this banner, he has decodeable [[Cyberglyphics]] on his body that spell out '''CYBERTRON''' and two cards that can form a bigger picture of Optimus and Megatron fighting on Cybertron, with Cyberglyphic writing on the back.
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==Notes==
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*The name "Cybertron" was used by Marvel Comics long before the Transformers series came about. In issue 48 of the original ''X-Men'' title (released in September 1968), a computer named Computo created a race of robots named the "Cybertrons".<ref>[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/computoxm.htm Computo and the "Cybertrons" at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]</ref>
*The size of the planet Cybertron varies between different continuities. In one, the diameter of the planet is smaller than Earth's while the Marvel comics describe it as "Saturn-sized," placing its diameter at around 120,000 km.<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/wottf.html World of TRANSFORMERS]</ref> We can probably lay these at the feet of Primus, who is a god after all, and can decide to be whatever size he wants.
*Towards the end of the original comic run, Blaster was asked in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK Letters Page]] whether Cybertron would be turned into a Transformer. His response was "No. More likely it will turn into a rapidly expanding ball of component molecules, the way things are going at the moment". [[:File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|Oh, what fools time makes of us all]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2242 Letters page for Marvel UK Issue #323]</ref>
*Cybertron's "gashed" moon, often glimpsed during the course of ''Beast Machines'', is heavily based on one side of a modern sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Sphere with Sphere" ("Sfera con Sfera"), that can be found in the Vatican City's Courtyard of the Pinecone.<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/pomodoro/0003.jpg Photo of ''Sfera con Sfera'']</ref> See, kids? Transformers IS educational.
*In the Japanese Headmasters continuity, the planet is repeatedly called ''Cyberton''. This is most likely due to bad translation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybertron''' (セイバートロン ''Seibātoron'',<ref>For decades, Western fans have typically opted to render the Japanese pronunciation of the planet's name as "Seibertron" (pronounced "Say-ber-tron") in order to distinguish it from the Japanese name of the Autobots, the "Cybertrons" (pronounced "Sigh-ber-tron"). However, several Japanese sources actually spell it as "Cybertron" in English, including the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|''Headmasters'' video game]], the covers of the ''"Planet of Cybertron Guide"'' books included with Takara's mid-90s {{w|LaserDisc}} sets of the original cartoon, a ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_2/img/043.jpg trading card], and the packaging for ''Galaxy Force'' toys. Sources beyond these are surprisingly scarce, although [[A Birth of Planet Saybertron|an article]] in the December 1985 issue of ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' did render the planet's name in English as, of all things, "Saybertron".</ref> サイバトロン ''Saibatoron'', サイバートロン ''Saibātoron'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Cybertron''' (Կիբերտրոն ''Kibertron'')
*''English:'' '''Cyberton''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kibertron''', '''Kájbertron''' (first ''The Movie'' dub), '''Mesterséges bolygó''' (''Energon'', "Artificial planet")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Saibertron'''
*''Korean:'' '''Cybertron''' (사이버트론 ''Saibeoteulon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Cybertron''' (赛博坦/塞伯坦 ''Sài Bó Tǎn''; 賽博創 ''Sài Bó Chuàng''; 賽博宙 ''Sàibózhòu'')
*''Serbian:'' '''Kibortron''' (Generation 1 dub and first dub of ''Generation 2''), '''Sajbertron''' (Second ''G2'' dub, ''Armada'', ''Cybertron'', ''Animated'', ''Prime'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=447 Transformers #303 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]
*{{i|Cybertron}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Tempo

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:''Tempo is a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TheWillOfTheFew-tempo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The ship that launched a thousand wiki arguments.]]

'''Tempo''' was one of the [[Titan (group)|Titans]] created by the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]] to act as a living ship. Tempo carried a crew of philosophers seeking new kinds of truth.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
A Titan somehow affiliated with [[Vector Prime]], {{storylink|Ceremony}} Tempo, alongside twelve other Titans, supposedly departed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to found new outposts of [[Cybertronian colonies|Cybertronian civilization]]. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Tempo was one of the first Titans to leave, but by all accounts neither he or his crew ever returned. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

Tempo may have made planetfall on [[LV-117]]; either way, he eventually passed. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

In the present day, the Titan [[Vigilem]] was able to disguise his presence from his old foe [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] by masking his [[space bridge]] signature as that of Tempo's. {{storylink|Rubicon}} Assuming that he had found Tempo, Metroplex established a link with Vigilem. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] met with the ship's captain, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], she learned that their Titan was not named "Tempo", but rather, "Carcer". Elita, hoping to hide the dark history behind her ship, simply claimed they had renamed their ship during their long voyage. Windblade knew that this was the name of another, ''separate'' Titan, and was secretly concerned with what Elita was hiding from her. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} Windblade went to ask Metroplex about the relationship between Carcer and Tempo to which the Titan answered that Carcer was a different Titan. When Vigilem later awoke, Metroplex reflected that he did not know how or why he would have chosen to mask as Tempo. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

Tempo's remains were presumably absorbed by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] when the Chaos Bringer consumed LV-117. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} {{storylink|Our Darkest}} {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Titans]]

Alt mode exaltation

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'''Alt mode exaltation''' is a reward the [[Functionist Council]] extends to [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] who have performed acts that benefit <s> the glory of [[Primus]]</s> its own goals. Presumably it involves the [[alt mode]] in question being considered ''especially'' favored in the eyes of Primus, or at least that it should be "appropriately venerated" by the ''hoi polloi''.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
====The Functionist Universe====
[[Sweep (IDW)|Sweep]], a lowly janitorial bot, was declared to be alt mode exalted by [[One-of-Twelve]] after discovering that the previously-unknown purpose of [[Rung (G1)#The_Functionist_Universe|Rung]], held captive by the Functionist Council for being "useless" and, thus, a focus of anti-Functionst sentiment, was to produce [[photonic crystal]]s. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}}

[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformer culture]]

List of universal streams

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While as many as fifteen quadrillion universes are currently known to exist, only a minute fraction of these [[universal stream]]s have had their official [[Axiom Nexus]] catalogue classification revealed. These are those streams, and the [[continuity family]] or individual [[Continuity|continuities]] they refer to.

{{quote|What's with all the numbers? Do Cybertronians really talk like that?" "Cybertronians are a backwards, primitive race.|[[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]] and [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] weigh in|[[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2016/01/16]]}}

==[[Aurex]]==
The [[Unicron Trilogy|Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].

[[File:Hotshotarmada.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|yUm YuM c0nTiNU1ty faMiliES]]

*[[Aurex 402.24 Gamma]]—the [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity]].<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Aurex 103.10 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon.<ref name=todiegame>"[[To Die Game!]]"</ref>
*[[Aurex 203.26 Zeta]]—the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Reader's Digest]] books.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 503.01 Gamma]]—the ''[[Linkage (comic)|Linkage]]'' comic mini-series.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 503.21 Gamma]]—the [[Transformers: Armada (Panini)|Panini ''Armada'' comic]].<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Aurex 603.0 Kappa]]—''[[Transformers Armada: The Energon Within|The Energon Within]]'' video game.<ref name="almanacII">''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>
*[[Aurex 204.0 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers Energon: Battle for Megatron|Battle for Megatron]]'' online game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]]—the Megawing [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] [[The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|instructions]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 404.11 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers (PS2)|Transformers]]'' PlayStation 2 video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 604.0 Beta]]—the [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|Omega Sentinel]] toy.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 604.24 Gamma]]—the [[Energon Volume 4|fourth ''Energon'' pack-in comic]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 1104.30-DB Zeta]]—the "[[Lonesome Diesel]]" short story.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta]]—the "[[Fire in the Dark]]" short story.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 1104.30-JM Zeta]]—the "[[Something Robotic This Way Comes]]" short story.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 105.08 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 105.15 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers: Galaxy Force (manga)|Transformers: Galaxy Force]]'' manga.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon]]—the [[Fun Publications]] ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' fiction.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 006.0 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers Cybertron: Primus Unleashed]]'' online game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 606.0 Kappa]]—the canceled ''[[Transformers Cybertron: Quest for Cybertron|Quest for Cybertron]]'' game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
[[File:DWArmada5 Demolishor whatmakeshumanstick.jpg|thumb|upright=2.3|"Urg, guys, I think we've got humans all over these."]]
*[[Aurex 906.29 Alpha]]—the alternate universe seen in the end credits of the episode "[[Beginning]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex 1006.0 Beta]]—Jungle Planet [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s toy bio.<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Aurex 1107.23 Beta]]—the [[Tech Spec]]s from the Black Friday release date of the [[Cannonball (Cybertron)|Cannonball]]/[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] "Search for the Pirate Moon" two-pack.<ref name=TransformersIQ>''[[Transformers I.Q.#issue 56|Transformers I.Q.]]'' in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 56|Club magazine #56]]</ref>
*[[Aurex 615.03 Epsilon]]—the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] of [[Alpha Q's universe]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Aurex something something]]— the universe where a bunch of [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s new [[Renegade]]s came from.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

==[[Cymond]]==
The continuity family for [[Pre-Transformer|pre-''Transformers'']] lines and other miscellaneous series related to ''Transformers''.
*[[Cymond 772.0 Beta]]—the ''Henshin Cyborg'', ''[[Diakron]]'', and ''[[Kronoform]]'' toylines.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Cymond 381.0 Beta]]—the "New ''[[Microman]]''" toyline that included ''[[Micro Change]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Cymond 1184.0 Gamma]]—the ''{{w|Starriors}}'' comic miniseries.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Cymond 290.03 Alpha]]—the ''{{w|Brave Exkaiser}}'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Cymond 999.04 Alpha]]—the first ''{{w|Zoids: Chaotic Century|Zoids}}'' anime.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

==[[Fornax]]==
The [[Kre-O|''Kre-O'' continuity family]]

*[[Fornax 711.01 Alpha]]—the ''[[Kre-O Transformers (cartoon)|Kre-O Transformers]]'' cartoon.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Fornax 613.03 Alpha]]—the ''[[Kre-O Transformers (cartoon)|Kre-O: Think Like A Kreon]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Fornax 813.0 Gamma]]—the ''[[Kre-O Transformers (comic)|Kre-O Transformers]]'' comic.<ref name=completealmanac/>

==[[Gargent]]==
The [[GoBots|''GoBots'' continuity family]].

*[[Gargent 984.08 Alpha]]—the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Gargent 1084.29 Alpha]]—the five-part ''Challenge of the GoBots'' miniseries, comprising the first five episodes of the regular series.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Gargent 1184.10 Gamma]]—the {{w|Robo Machines (comics)|''Robo Machines'' comic}}.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Gargent -1185.01 Alpha]]—an evil ''GoBots'' mirror universe from the cartoon episode "Transfer Point".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Gargent 186.0 Gamma]]—the ''Gobots Magazine''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Gargent 087.0 Kappa]]—the ''Challenge of the Gobots'' game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

==[[Iocus]]==
[[File:VaderVsPrime.jpg|right|upright=0.8|thumb|Disney scrubbed the canon, but ''we'' remember.]]
A continuity family reserved for "miscellaneous" franchises without much accompanying fiction, such as ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]]'', and ''[[Hero Mashers]]''.

*[[Iocus 606.0 Beta‎]]—the ''[[Attacktix]]'' toyline.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Iocus 607.02 Kappa]]—the ''[[3D Battle-Card Game]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Iocus 1012.30 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe]]'' book.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Iocus 214.24 Kappa]]—the ''[[Battle Masters]]'' mobile game.
*[[Legends World|Iocus 514.31 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' comic.

==[[Lukas]]==
The [[Star Wars (franchise)|''Star Wars'' continuity family]].

*[[Lukas 577.25 Beta]]—the ''Star Wars Transformers'' continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>

==[[Malgus]]==
The [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'' continuity family]].
*[[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' cartoon continuity.<ref name=almanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>
*[[Malgus 508.6 Zeta]]—the ''Animated'' book ''[[Robot Roll Call]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Malgus 1008.19 Gamma]]—the [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|Titan ''Animated'' comic]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Malgus 410.03 Delta]]—the [[Otoboto family]] segments from the Japanese release of the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Malgus -411.27 Zeta]]—the "Shattered Glass Animated" universe.<ref>''[[Transformers I.Q.#issue 58|Transformers I.Q.]]'' in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 58|Club magazine #58]]</ref>

==[[Nexus]]==
The [[Transformers: TransTech|''TransTech'' continuity family]].

*[[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]—[[Axiom Nexus]].<ref name=almanacII/>

==[[Primax]]==
[[File:TransformersLogoSlantedOrange.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|''This'' one, you know.]]
The [[Generation 1 continuity family]], which also encompasses the [[Beast Era]]. There are a '''LOT''' of these ones! The [[Vector Prime]] and [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] of [[Axiom Nexus]] posit that the multiverse may have started from a Primax reality, hence the sheer volume of them.

===Alpha universal streams===
*[[Primax 984.17 Alpha]]—''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[OG World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]]—the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1185.04 Alpha]]—the universe introduced in the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' episodes "Worlds Without End".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1086.01 Alpha]]—the alternate [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] timeline beginning with "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 787.3 Alpha]]—''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' cartoon.<ref name="ilowtech"/>
*[[Primax 1087.09 Alpha]]—the ''[[Video Challenger]]'' opening of the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Primax 488.12 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 496.22 Alpha]]—the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1097.01 Alpha]]—the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)#Japan|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 498.1 Alpha]]—the ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' cartoon.<ref>[[Transformers I.Q.#issue 50|''Transformers I.Q.'' #8]] in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 50|Club magazine #50]]</ref>
*[[Primax 1298.19 Alpha]]—the ''[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!]]'' film.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 400.05 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Car Robots]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1108.10 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Universe (cartoon)|Universe]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

===Beta universal streams===
*[[Primax 185.0 Beta]]—the [[Decepto-Pack]] toy.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 092.0 Beta]]—the [[Megavisor]] image of [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]] from the [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] toy.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 094.0 Beta]]—the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime|Hero Optimus Prime toy]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 095.0 Beta]]—the [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bulletbike]] toy's bio.<ref name="ilowtech">"[[I, Lowtech]]"</ref>
*[[Primax 096.0 Beta]]—the home to many [[Unreleased toy|unreleased]] ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' toys.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 196.0 Beta]]—the first wave ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' bios.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 296.0 Beta]]—the second wave ''Beast Wars'' bios.<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Primax 700.0 Beta]]—[[Primal Prime]]'s ''Beast Machines'' toy bio.
*[[Primax 603.0 Beta]]—the ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' [[Gigatron (G1)|Gigatron]] toy.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[BT World|Primax 903.0 Beta]]—the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[To Mega Therion]]"</ref>
*[[Primax 905.0 Beta]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[The World Is Flat!]]"</ref>
*[[Primax 1206.0 Beta]]—the [[Autorooper]] toy and the timeline included with it.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 308.13 Beta]]—the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)|''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 109.0 Beta]]—the original home of ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy Vibrant Red]].<ref>[[From Here to Alternity]]</ref>
*[[Primax 513.25 Beta]]—the ''[[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (franchise)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R]]'' toyline.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 716.21 Beta]]—the tech specs of the Titan Force [[San Diego Comic-Con]] exclusive.<ref name=andromedafb/>

===Gamma universal streams===
*[[Primax 984.0 Gamma]]—the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|U.S. Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic]].<ref name="witheredhope"/>
*[[Primax 984.20 Gamma]]—the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1285.0 Gamma]]—The "[[Plague of the Insecticons!]]" comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 886.0 Gamma]]—the Marvel ''[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|Transformers: The Movie]]'' comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
[[File:BeastWarsRebornMegatronArtwork1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|"By Primus, that's a lot of names."]]
*[[Primax 986.13 Gamma]]—the alternate Marvel UK future of "[[Target: 2006]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 388.0 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' manga.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Primax 488.0 Gamma]]—the U.S. comic adaptation of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 290.03 Gamma]]—the Marvel Comics UK [[Earthforce]] continuity.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 490.0 Gamma]]—the universe introduced in "[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]"<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 094.0 Gamma]]—[[The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 994.0 Gamma]]—the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Fleetway)|Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 895.0 Gamma]]—the "[[The New Battle!!]]" comic.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|"Hero" Optimus Prime bio in Club magazine #49]]</ref>
*[[Primax 798.0 Gamma]]—the ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Beast Wars II]]'' manga.<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Primax 302.06 Gamma]]—the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave Generation 1 comics]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 603.0 Gamma]]—the [[Universe CD-ROM|''Universe'' CD-ROM]] comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 703.02 Gamma]]—the [[Devil's Due Press]] ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers]]'' comics.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Primax 703.09 Gamma]]—the doomed universe introduced in [[Dreamwave Armada issue 13|''Armada'' #13]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 903.04 Gamma]]—the Dreamwave ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe]]'' comics.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1103.12-R Gamma]]—the ''Beast Machines'' universe glimpsed in "[[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 504.0 Gamma]]—the ''[[The Beast Within|Beast Within]]'' comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 704.08 Gamma]]—the "[[Ain't No Rat]]" comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1005.19 Gamma]]—the [[IDW 2005 continuity|IDW 2005 comics]].<ref>"[[Timeless]]"</ref>
*[[Primax 206.15 Gamma]]—the IDW ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast Wars]]'' comics.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 206.24 Gamma]]—the ''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'' text story.<ref name=askvectorprimefb>"[[Ask Vector Prime]]" on Facebook</ref>
*[[Primax 706.05 Gamma]]—the IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' comics.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 806.30 Gamma]]—the vision of the future in ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]]'' [[The Art of War issue 5|#5]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 208.15 Gamma]]—the "[[Hail and Farewell]]" comic strip.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax -408.01 Gamma]]—the "[[Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations]]" April Fools' Day comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1008.15 Gamma]]—the ''Comic Bun Bun'' [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic Bun Bun)|''Henkei! Henkei!'' manga]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
[[File:Thefunctionistcouncil.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|"So it's unanimous. We find ''[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]'' guilty."]]
*[[Primax 209.0 Gamma]]—the universe of the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' bios.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|BWU Depth Charge bio in Club magazine #49]]</ref>
*[[Primax 209.20 Gamma]]—the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Generations manga)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' manga in the ''[[Transformers Generations 2009]]'' guidebook.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' comic.<ref name=completealmanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>
*[[Primax 113.12 Gamma]]—the "[[Mars Attacks: The Transformers]]" comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 713.31 Gamma]]—the "[[Metrowars]]" guidebook manga.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Cloud World|Primax 514.29 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Primax 514.3 Gamma]]—the IDW ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' comic series.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Functionist Universe|Primax 1114.26 Gamma]]—the [[Functionist Universe]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 0319.06 Gamma]]—the [[IDW 2019 continuity|IDW 2019 comics]].<ref>"[[Transformers (2019 comic)]]"</ref>

===Delta universal streams===
*[[Primax 988.0 Delta]]—the bookend segments of Season 5 of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

===Epsilon universal streams===
*[[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]]—the 3H [[Beast Era]] continuity.<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Primax 905.22 Epsilon]]—the "[[Descent into Evil]]" continuity.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]—the Fun Publications ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' continuity.<ref name="witheredhope">"[[Withered Hope]]"</ref>
*[[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' continuity.<ref>[[Aquarius (SG)|SG Aquarius]]'s bio in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 27|Club magazine #27]]</ref>
*[[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[Invasion: Epilogue]]"</ref>
*[[Primax 913.12 Epsilon]]—the [[INSIRT]] continuity first seen in "[[Timeless]]".<ref name="rookfb">"[[Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist]]"</ref>
*[[Primax 215.19 Epsilon]]—the universe of the Beast Wars: Uprising prose fiction.<ref name="unity">"[[Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny]]"</ref>

===Zeta universal streams===
*[[Primax 485.27 Zeta]]—the draft script of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 785.13 Zeta]]—the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Marvel UK letters page]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 489.0 Zeta]]—the ''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 290.0 Zeta]]—the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone]]'' story pages.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1291.0 Zeta]]—the "[[Another Time & Place]]" text story.<ref name="witheredhope"/>
*[[Primax 304.25-P3 Zeta]]—the unused [[Pretender]] concept art seen in ''[[Transformers Generations|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1104.30-TW Zeta]]—the "[[Collect and Save]]" short story.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 807.11 Zeta]]—the timeline included with the ''[[Kiss Players/15 Go! Go! Compilation|Kiss Players/15 Go! Go!]]'' compilation.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 208.06 Zeta]]—the alternate universe mentioned in [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' profile.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 308.0 Zeta]]—the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' magazine shorts.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax yadda-yadda Zeta]]—the [[Big Looker Storybook]]s.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 61|Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts in Club magazine #61]]</ref>

===Eta universal streams===
*[[Primax 085.0 Eta]]—''[[The Battle for Planet Earth]]'' audio stories.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 406.3 Eta]]—the ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players]]'' radio drama.<ref name=todiegame/>

===Theta universal streams===
*[[Primax 698.20 Theta]]—the "[[Visitations]]" script reading.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Primax 614.21 Theta]]—the "[[Prevenge]]" script reading.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

===Iota universal streams===
*[[Primax 712.17 Iota]]—A proposed third-season episode of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/> [[File:N64 Optimus Primal.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Maybe there's a Primax where this doesn't look dated.]]
*[[Primax 514.23 Iota]]—the ''[[Transformers × Evangelion]]'' online text story.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

===Kappa universal streams===
*[[Primax 1086.0 Kappa]]—''[[The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1286.3 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' video game.<ref name=todiegame/>
*[[Primax 399.19 Kappa]]—the ''[[Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 700.12-N4 Kappa]]—the Nintendo 64 ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 700.12-SP Kappa]]—the PlayStation ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1003.30 Kappa]]—the Japanese PlayStation 2 ''[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1108.12 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers G1: Awakening]]'' mobile game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 610.17 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video games.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1212.13 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1015.06 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]'' video game.<ref name=editorfb>"[[Axiom Nexus News Editor]]"</ref>
*[[Primax 616.02 Kappa]]-the ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' mobile game.<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Primax 1099.01-N6 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Metals 64]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1099.01-PS Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

===Lambda universal streams===
*[[Primax 1186.0 Lambda]]—the cover of [[Funeral for a Friend!|#26]] of the Marvel ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' series.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Primax 487.0 Lambda]]—the ''Grand Scramble Team'' art from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 903.0-M Lambda]]—the ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] art from ''[[Genesis: The Art of Transformers]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1104.10 Lambda]]—the cover of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II'' #3]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 708.10-R Lambda]]—the retail-exclusive cover of [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|''All Hail Megatron'' #1]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 613.28 Lambda]]—the convention exclusive cover of ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony Micro-Series]]'' #5.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Primax 1215.02-RH Lambda]]—the subscription cover of [[Conquerors Part 3: Helden|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #48]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

==[[Quadwal]]==
A [[Transformers timeline|strangely divergent continuity family]].

*[[Quadwal -3760.925 Theta]]—the world in which [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] were recruited to write ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]''.<ref name=almanac/><ref>The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 B.C.E. is the first day of the {{w|Hebrew calendar}} That answers THAT question.</ref>
*[[Quadwal 1215.15 Epsilon]]—a world where ''[[GoBots]]'' was more successful than ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|The Transformers]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

==[[Rovio (universal cluster)|Rovio]]==
The [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|''Angry Birds'' continuity family]].

*[[Rovio 914.25 Kappa]]—the ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]'' mobile game.<ref name=completealmanac/>

==[[Tyran]]==
The [[Live-action film series|live-action film continuity family]].

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|The timeline that makes that dollar, y'all (''MOTHER****ING MONEY'')]]

*[[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]]—the IDW movie comics.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Tyran 307.27 Zeta]]—the world of ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Tyran 407.1 Beta]]—the world of the movie toyline's [[Tech Spec]]s.<ref name=todiegame/>
*[[Tyran 607.07 Kappa]]—the ''[[Capture the Cube]]'' online game.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Tyran 707.04 Delta]]—the [[Live-action film series|live-action ''Transformers'' films]]<ref name="witheredhope"/>
*[[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]]—the alternate Titan Magazines timeline started by "[[Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 509.12 Zeta]]—''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]''.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Tyran 509.28 Kappa]]—the ''[[Autobot Stronghold]]'' game.<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Tyran 609.08 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Glu)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' mobile game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 609.22 Iota]]—the [[Burger King]] ''[[Transform Your Way]]'' website.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' PS3 game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 609.23-XP Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' PC video game.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Tyran 110.21 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Cyber Missions]]'' online cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]]—the ''[[Victory Is Sweet]]'' game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 611.14 Kappa]]—the ''[[Dark of the Moon (video games)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' video games from Activision.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 611.28 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' mobile game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 1211.03 Theta]]—the world of [[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Tyran 614.19 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (mobile game)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' mobile game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

==[[Uniend]]==
[[File:PrimeTS-Autobots.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|"This is getting confusing. Why don't we call our universe 'Universe A' and this universe 'Universe B'?" "Hey! Why can't we be Universe A?"]]

The [[Aligned continuity family]].

*[[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]]—the Aligned novel series begun by ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]''.<ref name=andromedafb>"[[Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter]]"</ref>
*[[Uniend 911.05 Alpha]]—the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Uniend 312.0 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers Online (2012 video game)|Transformers Online]]'' game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Uniend 812.21 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video game.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Uniend 1012.30 Kappa]]—''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Uniend 1212.01 Beta]]—the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#DarkGuard|Dark Guard Optimus Prime toy]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Uniend 713.01 Alpha]]—the ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (cartoon)|Go!]]'' cartoon.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Uniend 1214.19 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise]]'' mobile game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
{{--}}

==[[Viron]]==
[[File:Fortress Maximus Koji Tai.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|"Viron 90... no, this isn't working, Koji. Just write down we're Earth-1."]]
The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity family]].

*[[Viron 901.8 Alpha]]—the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon.<ref name=TransformersIQ/>
*[[Viron 102.0 Beta]]—the [[Optimus Primal/toys|Air Attack Optimus Primal]] toy.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Viron 403.0 Beta]]—the [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]] and [[Smokejumper]] toys<ref name=almanacII/> and the [[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots toyline]]<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Viron 903.0 Beta]]—the Sam's Club-exclusive release of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]].<ref name=andromedafb/>
*[[Viron 1103.12 Gamma]]—the home of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' Spy Changers seen in "[[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Viron 704.08 Gamma]]—the "[[Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?]]" comic.<ref name=completealmanac/>
*[[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]]—the "[[Shell Game]]" comic.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>

==[[Xobitor]]==
The [[Robotix|''Robotix'' continuity family]].
*[[Xobitor 1085.06 Alpha]]—the ''Robotix'' cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>
*[[Xobitor 286.0 Gamma]]—the ''Robotix'' comic.<ref name=almanacII/>

==[[Yayayarst]]==
The [[Go-Bots continuity family|''Go-Bots'' continuity family]].
*[[Yayayarst 086.0 Beta]]—the world of ''[[First Transformers]]''.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
*[[Yayayarst 201.11 Beta]]—the world of ''[[1-2-3 Transformers]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Alternity]]
[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Timelines]]
[[Category:TransTech]]
[[Category:Universes| ]]

Transformers (2019 comic)

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[[File:Transformers-2019-1-cvrRI-clean.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We're back, baby!]]
{{disambig3.5|the 2019 comic series|the similarly-titled 2009 comic series|The Transformers (IDW)|Transformers}}

'''''Transformers''''' is a twice-monthly ongoing comic series from [[IDW Publishing]] that debuted in [[Calendar|March]] [[2019]]. The series serves as a continuity reboot for IDW's ''Transformers'' comics, replacing the [[IDW 2005 continuity|previous ongoing continuity]] that ran from [[2005]] to [[2018]], and initiates the [[Primax 0319.09 Gamma]] universal stream.

{{chapters|align=center|title=''Transformers'' issues:|content=
*[[The World In Your Eyes Part One|#1]]
*[[The World In Your Eyes Part Two|#2]]
*[[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|#3]]
*[[The World In Your Eyes Part Four|#4]]
*[[The World In Your Eyes Part Five|#5]]
*[[Transformers issue 6|#6]]
*[[Transformers issue 7|#7]]
*[[Transformers issue 8|#8]]
*[[Transformers issue 9|#9]]
*[[Transformers issue 10|#10]]
*[[Transformers issue 11|#11]]
*[[Transformers issue 12|#12]]
}}

==Overview==
[[File:Transformers-2019-1-cvrA-clean.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Set prior to the war between [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, ''Transformers'' takes place on a thriving, peaceful [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] that serves as an interstellar commerce hub. The era of peace is brought to an unexpected end, however, when the planet experiences its first murder in living memory.<ref>[https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/JAN190714 ''Transformers'' #1 solicitation]</ref>

==Creative team==
The series is written by [[Brian Ruckley]]. Art duties are split between [[Angel Hernandez]] and [[Cachét Whitman]], with Hernandez illustrating the majority of the pages in each issue.<ref name=transmissions20190313>[https://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2019/03/alt-mode-special-8-brian-ruckley-transcript/ Alt Mode Special 8 – Brian Ruckley Interview Transcript]</ref>

==Collections==
*'''''Transformers Volume 1: The World In Your Eyes''''' ([[October 22]], [[2019]] **''scheduled''**) ISBN 1684055318 / ISBN 978-1684055319
**Hardcover.
**Collects issues #1-12.
**Bonus material currently unknown.

==Notes==
*''Transformers'' makes extensive use of toy designs from the concurrent ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|Siege]]'' toyline.
*Initial promotion for the series stated that Hernandez and [[Ron Joseph]] would be the artists, but Joseph had to drop the project for personal reasons and was replaced by Whitman.<ref name=transmissions20190313 />

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:IDW (2019)]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

Transformers: Unicron

2019-04-10T12:50:25Z

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{{disambig3|Unicron}}
[[File:TFUnicron6 cvrA clean.jpg|thumb|250px|"The entire time I knew him, he only ever had one goal: to wipe out half the universe."]]

'''''Transformers: Unicron''''' is a six part, biweekly crossover miniseries<ref>[http://ign.com/articles/2018/03/24/unicron-dwarfs-earth-in-this-amazing-transformers-art Unicron Dwarfs Earth in This Amazing Transfomers Art - IGN]</ref> by [[IDW Publishing]] which debuted in May [[2018]] with issue #0 available as part of the [[Free Comic Book Day]] promotion. The third part of a loose trilogy that began with 2016's ''[[Revolution]]'' and continued with 2017's ''[[First Strike]]'', the series serves as the grand finale to the [[2005 IDW continuity]] in advance of [[Transformers (2019 comic)|the 2019 reboot]], introducing [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] as the ultimate threat to the [[Hasbro Universe]].

{{chapters|title=''Unicron'' issues|align=center|prev=Transformers vs. Visionaries|next=|content=
<div class="list-header">''Unicron''</div>
*[[Our Darkest|#0]]
*[[Last Stand (Unicron)|#1]]
*[[Stranger Eons|#2]]
*[[Our Finest|#3]]
*[[Road's End|#4]]
*[[Assembly (Unicron)|#5]]
*[[Ceremony|#6]]
 <div class="list-header">Backup strips</div>
*"{{i|Ad Infinitum}}"
* "[[Last Stand (G.I. Joe)|Last Stand]]"
*"{{i|Reunion}}"
*"{{i|Transition}}"
*"{{i|A World and a Future}}"
}}

==Buildup==
When [[Simon Furman]] was first brought aboard to pitch his vision of IDW's then-nascent Transformers mythos, he explicitly chose to eschew the traditional [[Primus]] and Unicron mythology that he himself had put forth during his run on the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], due in part to the oversaturation of the concept in the then-concurrent [[Unicron Trilogy]]. Though no concrete origin was put forth for the Cybertronian species in the IDW universe, various authors would occasionally reference the creator gods as abstract religious beliefs rather than concrete deities—Unicron, specifically was never addressed by name, only fleetingly referred to as the "opposite" of Primus, who himself was not conclusively confirmed to exist.

In 2017, IDW began a ramp-up of this mythos as the [[Hasbro Universe]] took shape; [[Origin Myths|issue #10]] of ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' would provide the most definite look into Cybertron's past, establishing a group of mythical [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s as warriors who had once battled against Primus's "opposite". Finally, in October of that year, Unicron made his first physical appearance on the final page of ''[[First Strike]]'', having been awakened by Cybertron itself after exposure to the [[magic]]al powers of the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]].

==Overview==
[[File:TFUnicron1 cvrA clean.jpg|thumb|left|200px|“I think you’ll find ''our'' will to be equal to ''yours''.”]]
''Unicron'' picks up in the immediate aftermath of "[[The Falling]]"; following the events of [[First Strike|Joe Colton's invasion of Cybertron]] and the subsequent clash between [[Transformers vs. Visionaries|Iacon and New Prysmos]], the mysterious Talisman has successfully awoken Unicron, who begins an attack on the galaxy by devouring the scattered [[Cybertronian colonies]]. This monstrous attack has been orchestrated by "[[Onyx Prime]]"—now revealed as [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]—in a gambit eons in the making; by unleashing Unicron to destroy Cybertronian civilization, Shockwave reasons, then he can rebuild Cybertronian society anew on [[Earth]].

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] leads a force to [[Rom]]'s homeworld of [[Elonia]] to try and evacuate the planet, discovering that each world has been targeted by Shockwave's old [[Regenesis]] project as part of his time-travelling exploits as Onyx Prime. Though Elonia is safely evacuated, the planet is not so lucky and is unceremoniously swallowed by Unicron. A subsequent attempt at stopping Unicron over the planet [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] sees Prime and a small group of allies unsuccessfully try to destroy the monster from within, though they discover an ancient relic in the process: a ruined [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel robot]]. On returning to Cybertron, Bumblebee links with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to learn the full story behind Unicron's creation: eons ago, during the reign of the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], "Onyx Prime" and his retinue led a colonization mission to the planet [[Antilla]], the first planet to be colonized by the Cybertronian race. The [[Antillan|native species]] fought back against Cybertron's imperialism, and a [[Unicron's creator|desperate scientist]] created a doomsday weapon designed to wreak ultimate vengeance upon Cybertron: the Talisman itself, the device twisting the fabric of reality to create Unicron and the monstrous [[Dire Wraith]]s.

This respite is short-lived, however; having devoured twelve of the colonies, Unicron—having merged with the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]—approaches Cybertron in his new [[robot mode]], intent on finishing the planet. Having double-crossed [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s "[[Decepticon Vengeance Division]]", Shockwave's lackey [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] leads the mutated Decepticons and the bestial [[Maximal]]s into an orbital dogfight over Cybertron, successfully destroying [[Vigilem|Carcer]] and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] with it. Though the Cybertronians fight their hardest, they are unable to prevent Unicron from beginning his attack on their homeworld.

Salvation comes from an unexpected source: the [[Spectral Knight]]s of [[New Prysmos]] are capable of using their own [[magic]] to activate the Talisman, projecting a beam of energy which teleports the population of Iacon to [[Earth]], with [[Blurr (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Blurr]] sacrificing himself to save as many people as possible before Unicron rips the planet in half.

[[File:TFUnicron3 cvrA clean.jpg|thumb|right|200px|“Alright, back up Sam, you’re gonna get your wings singed.”]]
Regrouping on Earth, Shockwave begins his final plan to transform [[Toronto]] into the capital of his "New Cybertron," believing that Unicron was felled by the Talisman when the Decepticon scientist tricked it into eating Cybertron. Little does he suspect that his plan has failed, and that Unciron now approaches Earth supported by Bludgeon and the Maximals, having turned on their former master for manipulating them over millennia.

Elsewhere on Earth, heroes and villains unite as Unicron's approach causes havoc, and as the Maximals descend on Earth to find and destroy the Talisman Optimus hatches a risky plan, recruiting Arcee and the three [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] for a mission to activate the Talisman in the heart of Unicron and destroy the monster from within. Events culminate in a massive battle for Earth as heroes and villains from across the [[Hasbro Universe]] join forces to repel the Maximal invasion, and as the battle reaches its zenith Starscream sacrifices himself to bring the Talisman online.

Within the black hole heart of Unicron, Optimus is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice, willingly throwing himself into [[infraspace]] in the hopes of bringing Unicron down from within. Bolstered by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]'s own suicide play, tapping into the afterlife to bolster Optimus with the souls of the departed, Optimus relies on their faith in ''him'' as he confronts the vengeful specter of Unicron's creator, eventually convincing the alien to let go of his hurt and move on. Renouncing his title as [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], recognizing that the title was flawed from the start, the alien and Orion Pax die together, collapsing Unicron into a new black hole and ending the threat for good.

In the aftermath, the characters take stock of their victory; Shockwave is arrested by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and brought into custody, [[Slide]] learns to let go of her anger at the Prime, [[Pyra Magna]] steps up to lead the Cybertronian refugees on Earth, and the Cybertronian species, freed from their dark past at last, settle into life on their new homeworld: Earth.

==Creative team==
[[File:Unicron-Bcovers-JamesRaiz.jpg|thumb|250px|"In time, you will know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail all the same. Dread it... Run from it... Destiny still arrives."]]

The series is written by [[John Barber]], with art by [[Alex Milne]], and colors by both [[Sebastian Cheng]] and [[David Garcia Cruz|David García Cruz]].<ref>[https://www.newsarama.com/37795-may-2018-free-comic-book-day-solicitations-updating.html May 2018 FCBD solicitations]</ref> [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]], [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Kei Zama]] provided art in addition to Milne for the series' double-size final issue, which also featured coloring by [[Joana Lafuente]]. Six connecting B-covers were done by ''Transformers'' veteran [[James Raiz]].

==Collections==
*'''''Transformers Unicron''''' ([[April 2]], [[2019]]) ISBN 1684054230 / ISBN 9781684054237
:Contains issues #1 to #6.
:Bonus material CURRENTLY UNKNOWN

==Notes==
*The series was originally solicited as '''''Transformers: Unicron: The Darkest Hour'''''. It was also initially scheduled biweekly from July to September, but delays forced the last issue to be rescheduled for October, with it finally seeing release in November.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://freecomicbookday.com/Article/207337-FCBD18-Interview-Transformers-Creators-Discuss-Comics-Unicron-and-the-End-of-a-Universe FCBD18 Interview: Transformers Creators Discuss Comics, Unicron, and the End of a Universe?!]

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[[Category:Crossovers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:Unicron issues| ]]

Transformers: Historia

2019-04-10T12:44:58Z

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{{disambig2|the well-researched IDW recap comic|the poorly-researched IDW recap comic|The Transformers Continuum}}
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'''''Transformers: Historia''''' is a double-sized one-shot book that documents the [[IDW 2005 continuity]]. A "capstone" released after the finale of said continuity, ''Historia'' serves as a retrospective guide to the universe, documenting its chronological history from beginning to end.

{{quote|The year was 2005. The treacherous Decepticons and their heroic Autobot counterparts descended upon the Earth and unleashed a new era of Transformers comics through IDW Publishing. Thirteen years and hundreds of issues later, that universe has come to a close. Join Transformers historian Chris McFeely on a guide distilling the past 13 years of publishing history and remember the masterful storytelling of the first IDW Transformers run.|Solicitation blurb}}

==Synopsis==
''Historia'' is a prose guide to [[IDW Publishing]]'s first ''Transformers'' continuity in advance of [[Transformers (2019 comic)|the 2019 reboot]]. In rough chronological order, the book describes:
* The origins of the [[Guiding Hand]] and the rise of the Cybertronian species, as documented in [[Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|''Lost Light'' #23]]
* The age of the [[Thirteen]], the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] and the ascension of [[Nova Prime]], from ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots In Disguise]]'' and ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]''
* [[Megatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Megatron]]'s early life and the foundation of the Decepticons, as seen in the "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos Theory]]" two-parter and ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''
* The outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], from the ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Primacy|Primacy]]'' trilogy
* The galaxy-spanning wartime events of [[Strange Visitors|''Revolutionaries'' #5]], ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Drift|Drift]]'', ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor|Rom vs. Transformers]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'', and [[The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb|''Revolutionaries'' #3]]
* The adventures of the Autobots on Earth and beyond, from ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'', and ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]''
* The Decepticon [[Surge (event)|Surge]] and Megatron's all-out attack on Earth, from ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', and the [[Wrecker]]s' doomed mission to [[Garrus-9]] in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''
* The Autobot-[[Skywatch]] conflict, Hot Rod's adventures in space, and [[D-Void]]'s attack on Cybertron, from ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]''
* The launch of the ''Lost Light'' and political turmoil on Cybertron in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'', ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''
* [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Shockwave]]'s attack on the universe, in ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]''
* Megatron's trial and co-captaincy of the ''Lost Light'', as seen in "season 2" of ''More than Meets the Eye'', and Optimus Prime's new mission to Earth, in ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]''
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s arrival on Cybertron and the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]], from ''[[The Transformers: Windblade|Windblade]]'' and ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]''
* The events of ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]''
* The mutiny that sees "Team Rodimus" stranded in the [[Functionist Universe]] and their quest to find [[Getaway]], from "[[The Dying of the Light]]" and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light]]''
* Windblade vs. [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Vigilem]], from ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|Till All Are One]]''
* Optimus Prime's annexation of [[Earth]], the revenge of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the battle against [[Baron Karza]] for Earth's [[Ore-13]], as seen in "[[All Hail Optimus]]", ''[[The Last Autobot|Titans Return]]'', and ''[[Revolution]]''
* The Junkion refugee crisis, from "[[New Cybertron (IDW)|New Cybertron]]"
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the next generation of Cybertronian life, from ''[[The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation]]'' and "[[The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home]]" and the final battle of the Wreckers from ''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers|Requiem of the Wreckers]]''
* [[Joe Colton]]'s attack on Cybertron in ''[[First Strike]]'', and the events of "[[The Falling]]" and ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]''
* The grand finale: the ''Lost Light'' crew's battle against Getaway, Adaptus, and the [[Functionist Council]], and, finally, the world-shattering events of ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
As the final sendoff for the original [[IDW 2005 continuity]], ''Historia'' takes the opportunity to engage in some last-minute smoothing of continuity, plugging in some lingering discrepancies and unanswered questions.
* ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' never stated ''how'' [[Epistemus]]'s head wound up in the care of the [[Omega Guardian]]s and became the Magnificence; ''Historia'' reveals that, following the [[God War]], Epistemus joined up with the Knights of Cybertron and voluntarily stayed behind with the Omega Guardians during the early days of the Knights' quest across the galaxy, eventually giving up his body in pursuit of knowledge. Shockwave was noted to have theorized a similar sequence of events in [[The Ties That Bind|''Lost Light'' #14]].
* The concept of the "thirteen colonies" formed an integral part of the IDW mythos in the final years of the continuity; however, thanks to some loose-end tying by [[John Barber]], the concept was folded in with Shockwave's thirteen Regenesis planets in ''Unicron'', and as a result only a handful of these thirteen planets could truly be called "[[Cybertronian colonies|colonies]]" that had been inhabited by Cybertronian settlers: [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], [[Eukaris]], [[Velocitron]], and (possibly) [[Arduria]]. ''Historia'' smooths over this discrepancy by noting that this idea of "thirteen colonies" was merely a ''legend'', one that conflated the existence of these five planets with the seven other worlds that had been touched by the dark legacy of the Primes.
* Seemingly corroborating Centurion's profile in ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|#1]], the narration notes that the Maximals came to Earth in search of the Enigma of Combination... though it's as vague as ever if that was ''truly'' why "Onyx Prime" sent the crew of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' into space, or if it was simply a pretext so that they could be shot down over Earth and fulfill the ontological paradox posed by Shockwave's younger self.
* ''Why'' exactly [[Merklynn]] came to Earth, of all planets, was never expounded on; here, it's established that he came in search of sufficient magical energy in order to restore his lost homeworld of [[Prysmos]], finding such an artifact in the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]].
* According to the ''Historia'', the reason why the [[Senate]] had their men break into the [[Rodion]] police station in [[Chaos Theory Part 2|''Chaos Theory'' #2]] was to eliminate [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], not rescue him.
* Following on from revelations in the ''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook'' and ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 5|#5]], ''Historia'' explicitly confirms that the Decepticon [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s and the [[Insecticon swarm|"swarm" of failed clones]] that preceded their creation were the product of genetic experimentation on a naturally-occurring subterranean subspecies.
* The two non-[[Hasbro Universe]] crossover stories, ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' and ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'', are ignored entirely, presumably for reasons of space and them not really having much to do with the main IDW storyline.
* The discrepancy between the timeframes of ''Lost Light'' versus ''Till All Are One'' and ''Optimus Prime''—the former playing out over a matter of weeks, the latter two over a much longer timeframe—is not addressed, though (as we humbly propose elsewhere on this wiki) travel through the [[Warren]] might go a ways towards no-prizing this error.
* The exact correlation between the "real" Unicron—the transformed [[Antilla]]—and the mythical Unicron, the dreaded "uncreator" of Cybertronian legend, had not previously been made clear in the IDW continuity; ''Historia'' posits that the Talisman's energy burst in ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' [[The Curtain|#5]], revealed in [[Our Darkest|''Unicron'' #0]] to have transmitted the word "Unicron", bestowed that legendary name upon the monster planet.
* The book ends with the events of [[Ceremony|''Unicron'' #6]], with the [[Lunarian]]s of [[Moonbase One|Luna One]] receiving a mention, but otherwise omitting [[How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2|''Lost Light'' #25]]'s quantum duplication of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' and that issue's glimpse into the far-distant future.

===Transformers references===
* The origins of the [[Enigma of Combination]] had never been stated in any actual issue; ''Historia'' confirms that it was forged by Solus Prime, hearkening to her incarnation in the [[Aligned continuity family]], who was explicitly responsible for the creation of all of the [[Artifacts of the Primes]].
* Unicron and Functionist Cybertron are described as "monster planet[s]", a description used by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and prominently featured in the ''{{w|Star Wars}}''-style "opening crawl" of the film's [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]]n releases.

===Hasbro franchise references===
* [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] is introduced as a "daring, highly-trained special mission force", the description of the team given in the opening sequence of the original 1980s ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' cartoon.

===Errors===
* Writers [[Chuck Dixon]] (''[[Hearts of Steel]]'') and [[Eric Holmes]] (''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'') are both missing from the list of writers on whose work the book is based.
* [[Kris Carter]], who colored the panel from ''[[Spotlight: Cyclonus]]'' on page 18, is uncredited.
* [[Vivian Grannell]], who [http://twitter.com/chrismcfeely/status/1083334406788530176 acted as a sensitivity reader] in regards to Arcee's origins, goes uncredited.
* In the first paragraph of page 15, the phrase "the Maximals true memories" is missing a possessive apostrophe.

===Other trivia===
* Originally solicited for December 19 (2018), this issue was delayed by nearly a month, releasing halfway through January (2019).
* The [[Dead Universe]] "anti-Matrix", originally known simply as the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]], is consistently referred to as the Heart of Darkness, the replacement name for it first used in ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]''.
* Backmatter includes reprinted profiles from the ''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook'' series: print copies include just [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], while digital copies feature [[Arcee (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Arcee]], [[Megatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Starscream]] as well. Arcee's profile is tweaked to note her sibling relation to Galvatron, which had not been revealed at the time of the ''Sourcebook's'' publication.
* The book also includes a reading guide to the continuity for the benefit of new Transformers fans looking to catch up.

===Cover===
* A smattering of characters and concepts from across the continuity within [[photonic crystal]]s, spewing from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]. The list of characters include [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], [[Aileron]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Arcee (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Arcee]], [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Minimus Ambus]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Rodimus]], one of [[Mortilus]]'s spark-flowers, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Buster (IDW)|Buster]], [[Pyra Magna]], [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Chromedome]]'s hand on [[Rewind (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Rewind]]'s shoulder, [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Galvatron]], [[Megatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Megatron]] as both an Autobot and Decepticon, [[Nova Prime]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Shockwave]], [[Starscream (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Starscream]], [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], [[Anode]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Ratchet]], and last but not least, [[Rung (G1)|Rung]].

==See also==
*[[IDW 2005 continuity timeline]]

==External links==
* [http://www.newsarama.com/43338-the-history-of-cybertron-is-told-in-transformers-historia.html Preview]

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Transformers: Historia

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'''''Transformers: Historia''''' is a double-sized one-shot book that documents the [[IDW 2005 continuity]]. A "capstone" released after the finale of said continuity, ''Historia'' serves as a retrospective guide to the universe, documenting its chronological history from beginning to end.

{{quote|The year was 2005. The treacherous Decepticons and their heroic Autobot counterparts descended upon the Earth and unleashed a new era of Transformers comics through IDW Publishing. Thirteen years and hundreds of issues later, that universe has come to a close. Join Transformers historian Chris McFeely on a guide distilling the past 13 years of publishing history and remember the masterful storytelling of the first IDW Transformers run.|Solicitation blurb}}

==Synopsis==
''Historia'' is a prose guide to [[IDW Publishing]]'s first ''Transformers'' continuity in advance of [[Transformers (2019 comic)|the 2019 reboot]]. In rough chronological order, the book describes:
* The origins of the [[Guiding Hand]] and the rise of the Cybertronian species, as documented in [[Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|''Lost Light'' #23]]
* The age of the [[Thirteen]], the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] and the ascension of [[Nova Prime]], from ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots In Disguise]]'' and ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]''
* [[Megatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Megatron]]'s early life and the foundation of the Decepticons, as seen in the "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos Theory]]" two-parter and ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''
* The outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], from the ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Primacy|Primacy]]'' trilogy
* The galaxy-spanning wartime events of [[Strange Visitors|''Revolutionaries'' #5]], ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Drift|Drift]]'', ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor|Rom vs. Transformers]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'', and [[The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb|''Revolutionaries'' #3]]
* The adventures of the Autobots on Earth and beyond, from ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'', and ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]''
* The Decepticon [[Surge (event)|Surge]] and Megatron's all-out attack on Earth, from ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', and the [[Wrecker]]s' doomed mission to [[Garrus-9]] in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''
* The Autobot-[[Skywatch]] conflict, Hot Rod's adventures in space, and [[D-Void]]'s attack on Cybertron, from ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]''
* The launch of the ''Lost Light'' and political turmoil on Cybertron in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'', ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''
* [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Shockwave]]'s attack on the universe, in ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]''
* Megatron's trial and co-captaincy of the ''Lost Light'', as seen in "season 2" of ''More than Meets the Eye'', and Optimus Prime's new mission to Earth, in ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]''
* [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s arrival on Cybertron and the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]], from ''[[The Transformers: Windblade|Windblade]]'' and ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]''
* The events of ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]''
* The mutiny that sees "Team Rodimus" stranded in the [[Functionist Universe]] and their quest to find [[Getaway]], from "[[The Dying of the Light]]" and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light]]''
* Windblade vs. [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Vigilem]], from ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|Till All Are One]]''
* Optimus Prime's annexation of [[Earth]], the revenge of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the battle against [[Baron Karza]] for Earth's [[Ore-13]], as seen in "[[All Hail Optimus]]", ''[[The Last Autobot|Titans Return]]'', and ''[[Revolution]]''
* The Junkion refugee crisis, from "[[New Cybertron (IDW)|New Cybertron]]"
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the next generation of Cybertronian life, from ''[[The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation]]'' and "[[The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home]]" and the final battle of the Wreckers from ''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers|Requiem of the Wreckers]]''
* [[Joe Colton]]'s attack on Cybertron in ''[[First Strike]]'', and the events of "[[The Falling]]" and ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]''
* The grand finale: the ''Lost Light'' crew's battle against Getaway, Adaptus, and the [[Functionist Council]], and, finally, the world-shattering events of ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
As the final sendoff for the original [[IDW 2005 continuity]], ''Historia'' takes the opportunity to engage in some last-minute smoothing of continuity, plugging in some lingering discrepancies and unanswered questions.
* ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' never stated ''how'' [[Epistemus]]'s head wound up in the care of the [[Omega Guardian]]s and became the Magnificence; ''Historia'' reveals that, following the [[God War]], Epistemus joined up with the Knights of Cybertron and voluntarily stayed behind with the Omega Guardians during the early days of the Knights' quest across the galaxy, eventually giving up his body in pursuit of knowledge. Shockwave was noted to have theorized a similar sequence of events in [[The Ties That Bind|''Lost Light'' #14]].
* The concept of the "thirteen colonies" formed an integral part of the IDW mythos in the final years of the continuity; however, thanks to some loose-end tying by [[John Barber]], the concept was folded in with Shockwave's thirteen Regenesis planets in ''Unicron'', and as a result only a handful of these thirteen planets could truly be called "[[Cybertronian colonies|colonies]]" that had been inhabited by Cybertronian settlers: [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], [[Eukaris]], [[Velocitron]], and (possibly) [[Arduria]]. ''Historia'' smooths over this discrepancy by noting that this idea of "thirteen colonies" was merely a ''legend'', one that conflated the existence of these five planets with the seven other worlds that had been touched by the dark legacy of the Primes.
* Seemingly corroborating Centurion's profile in ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|#1]], the narration notes that the Maximals came to Earth in search of the Enigma of Combination... though it's as vague as ever if that was ''truly'' why "Onyx Prime" sent the crew of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' into space, or if it was simply a pretext so that they could be shot down over Earth and fulfill the ontological paradox posed by Shockwave's younger self.
* ''Why'' exactly [[Merklynn]] came to Earth, of all planets, was never expounded on; here, it's established that he came in search of sufficient magical energy in order to restore his lost homeworld of [[Prysmos]], finding such an artifact in the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]].
* According to the ''Historia'', the reason why the [[Senate]] had their men break into the [[Rodion]] police station in [[Chaos Theory Part 2|''Chaos Theory'' #2]] was to eliminate [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], not rescue him.
* Following on from revelations in the ''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook'' and ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 5|#5]], ''Historia'' explicitly confirms that the Decepticon [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s and the [[Insecticon swarm|"swarm" of failed clones]] that preceded their creation were the product of genetic experimentation on a naturally-occurring subterranean subspecies.
* The two non-[[Hasbro Universe]] crossover stories, ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' and ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'', are ignored entirely, presumably for reasons of space and them not really having much to do with the main IDW storyline.
* The discrepancy between the timeframes of ''Lost Light'' versus ''Till All Are One'' and ''Optimus Prime''—the former playing out over a matter of weeks, the latter two over a much longer timeframe—is not addressed, though (as we humbly propose elsewhere on this wiki) travel through the [[Warren]] might go a ways towards no-prizing this error.
* The exact correlation between the "real" Unicron—the transformed [[Antilla]]—and the mythical Unicron, the dreaded "uncreator" of Cybertronian legend, had not previously been made clear in the IDW continuity; ''Historia'' posits that the Talisman's energy burst in ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' [[The Curtain|#5]], revealed in [[Our Darkest|''Unicron'' #0]] to have transmitted the word "Unicron", bestowed that legendary name upon the monster planet.
* The book ends with the events of [[Ceremony|''Unicron'' #6]], with the [[Lunarian]]s of [[Moonbase One|Luna One]] receiving a mention, but otherwise omitting [[How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2|''Lost Light'' #25]]'s quantum duplication of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' and that issue's glimpse into the far-distant future.

===Transformers references===
* The origins of the [[Enigma of Combination]] had never been stated in any actual issue; ''Historia'' confirms that it was forged by Solus Prime, hearkening to her incarnation in the [[Aligned continuity family]], who was explicitly responsible for the creation of all of the [[Artifacts of the Primes]].
* Unicron and Functionist Cybertron are described as "monster planet[s]", a description used by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and prominently featured in the ''{{w|Star Wars}}''-style "opening crawl" of the film's [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]]n releases.

===Hasbro franchise references===
* [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] is introduced as a "daring, highly-trained special mission force", the description of the team given in the opening sequence of the original 1980s ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' cartoon.

===Errors===
* Writers [[Chuck Dixon]] (''[[Hearts of Steel]]'') and [[Eric Holmes]] (''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'') are both missing from the list of writers on whose work the book is based.
* [[Kris Carter]], who colored the panel from ''[[Spotlight: Cyclonus]]'' on page 18, is uncredited.
* [[Vivian Grannell]], who [http://twitter.com/chrismcfeely/status/1083334406788530176 acted as a sensitivity reader] in regards to Arcee's origins, goes uncredited.
* In the first paragraph of page 15, the phrase "the Maximals true memories" is missing a possessive apostrophe.

===Other trivia===
* Originally solicited for December 19 (2018), this issue was delayed by nearly a month, releasing halfway through January.
* The [[Dead Universe]] "anti-Matrix", originally known simply as the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]], is consistently referred to as the Heart of Darkness, the replacement name for it first used in ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]''.
* Backmatter includes reprinted profiles from the ''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook'' series: print copies include just [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], while digital copies feature [[Arcee (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Arcee]], [[Megatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Starscream]] as well. Arcee's profile is tweaked to note her sibling relation to Galvatron, which had not been revealed at the time of the ''Sourcebook's'' publication.
* The book also includes a reading guide to the continuity for the benefit of new Transformers fans looking to catch up.

===Cover===
* A smattering of characters and concepts from across the continuity within [[photonic crystal]]s, spewing from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]. The list of characters include [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], [[Aileron]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Arcee (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Arcee]], [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Minimus Ambus]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Rodimus]], one of [[Mortilus]]'s spark-flowers, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Buster (IDW)|Buster]], [[Pyra Magna]], [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Chromedome]]'s hand on [[Rewind (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Rewind]]'s shoulder, [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Galvatron]], [[Megatron (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Megatron]] as both an Autobot and Decepticon, [[Nova Prime]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Shockwave]], [[Starscream (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Starscream]], [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], [[Anode]], [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity|Ratchet]], and last but not least, [[Rung (G1)|Rung]].

==See also==
*[[IDW 2005 continuity timeline]]

==External links==
* [http://www.newsarama.com/43338-the-history-of-cybertron-is-told-in-transformers-historia.html Preview]

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[[Category:IDW titles]]
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Optimus Prime Super Modes

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Over the years, it has become a recurring theme for the various incarnations of the '''[[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]]''' [[character]] across the numerous ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' [[franchise]]s not only to [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|die]], but also to assume some form of '''[[Super Mode|super mode]]'''. Typically, this is achieved either by Optimus's "standard" robot mode (which usually, but not exclusively, [[transformation|transforms]] into a [[alternate mode|truck cab]]) combining with his trailer, or with another Autobot.

==By continuity==
===Pre-Transformers and Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 UltraMagnusPreviewVersion toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not actually Optimus Prime. But almost. Maybe.]]Powered Convoy, the ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy that later ended up as 1986's ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], originally represented a "powered up" version of Battle Convoy, the ''Diaclone'' predecessor of 1985's ''Generation 1'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], which combined the standard robot mode formed from the truck's cab with the new car carrier trailer into a "super robot" mode. Some fans speculate that Hasbro had originally intended for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] to survive the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and be upgraded into an improved form, which would have been represented by the former "Powered Convoy" toy. Ultimately, however, Optimus [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|died]] in the movie, and the ''Transformers'' version of the "Powered Convoy" toy appeared as a different character, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. However, both the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]] presented the "combined" mode as the character's "standard" robot mode and ignored the toy's smaller "cab" robot mode (which wouldn't be explicitly featured until [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' comic).

[[Image:PowermasterOptimusPrime_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Western world would originally only get this.]]
It is evident, however, that the basic concept of the Powered Convoy/Ultra Magnus toy inspired later Optimus Prime toys. The first one was the [[Powermaster]] Optimus Prime toy from 1988, a brand new [[mold]] that featured a transforming cab/Optimus Prime robot which could combine with the included trailer to form a larger Optimus Prime robot. An animatronic puppet version of Powermaster Optimus Prime's "super robot" mode appeared in the new opening and closing footage for [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season 5|season 5]] of the ''Generation 1'' cartoon, together with [[Tommy Kennedy]]). Powermaster Prime also appeared in the Marvel comics, originally both in his "standard" robot mode and the "super robot" mode, which he eventually used permanently (while gradually [[scale|shrinking in size]]).

[[Image:GodGinrai_toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The "bling" version, meanwhile, was exclusive to Japan for 15 years.]]
[[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s Japanese version of the Powermaster Optimus Prime toy, meanwhile, though originally designed as a new version of Convoy (Optimus Prime's Japanese name), was released as a different character named [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]. Ginrai's "standard" cab-robot combined with the trailer into Super Ginrai, the counterpart of Powermaster Optimus Prime's "super robot" mode. Furthermore, an additional trailer named [[Godbomber]] could be combined with Super Ginrai into God Ginrai. Ginrai in his various modes appeared in the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|''Masterforce'' cartoon]]. 15 years later, in 2003, when Hasbro decided to release a [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] of Powermaster Optimus Prime as part of their ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' line of reissues, they decided to base it on the Japanese version of the toy, including the additional "Godbomber" trailer, now named "[[Apex Bomber]]". The combined mode was simply named "'''Powermaster Optimus Prime with [[Apex Armor (G1)|Apex Armor]]'''".

===Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:Omega Prime toy.jpg|110px|thumb|left|Why does [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] keep calling these combinations a "god"?]]In 2000, Takara released a new character based on ''Generation 1'' Optimus Prime as part of their ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' line. Named "[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]]", his [[alternate mode]] was a fire engine. The engine's cab would transform into Fire Convoy's "standard" robot mode, which in turn could combine with the rear part of the fire engine into a "super" robot mode similar to Powermaster Optimus Prime. Furthermore, Fire Convoy in his "super mode" could combine with his brother [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|God Magnus]] into [[Omega Prime|God Fire Convoy]]. The characters in all their modes also appeared in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|''Car Robots'' cartoon]]. One year later, Hasbro imported the ''Car Robots'' line to the rest of the world and renamed it ''Robots in Disguise''. The characters were also renamed, with Fire Convoy becoming Optimus Prime, God Magnus becoming Ultra Magnus, and God Fire Convoy becoming '''Omega Prime'''.
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===Unicron Trilogy===
[[Image:Armada JetOptimusMegaweapon toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Okay, not a "god" this time. Just "Jet Convoy" and "Magna Convoy".]]
''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] had multiple recurring combinations. In [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|toy]] form, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Super-Base Optimus Prime]] was very similar to Powermaster Optimus Prime, namely a semi truck with the cab transforming into a "standard" robot mode, which could then combine with the trailer into a "super" robot mode. Furthermore, instead of the trailer, the "standard" robot could also combine with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] into "'''Jet Prime'''" (also named "'''Jet Optimus'''"). Lastly, Optimus, in both combinations with either his trailer or Jetfire, could ''further'' combine with [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] into "'''Optimus Prime Megaweapon'''". Naturally, all combinations also appeared in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]]. In [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|''Armada'' comic]], on the other hand, the only combination that was ever featured was the Optimus/Jetfire one, in the [[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4|penultimate issue]] before the title was renamed ''Energon''.

[[Image:Energon Prime toy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Only one of many possibilities.]]
During ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', Optimus once again had a "standard" robot mode that transformed into a truck cab which carried a trailer. However, this time he wouldn't combine with the trailer itself. Instead, the trailer contained four drone vehicles, the "[[Prime Force]]", which could form limbs for Optimus's "super" mode in various configurations. Furthermore, Optimus was later able to combine with [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] into either "'''Optimus Prime Fight Mode'''" or "'''Optimus Prime Flight Mode'''" (depending on the configuration), and with [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] into "'''Optimus Supreme'''" (also known as "'''Powerlinx Omega Supreme'''"). All of these combinations were also featured in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]], whereas only the combination with the "Prime Force" drones was featured in Dreamwave's [[Transformers: Energon (comic)|''Energon'' comic]]. Optimus and Wing Saber ''did'', however, combine in one of the ''Energon'' toy pack-in mini-comics.

[[Image:Cyb GalaxyForceOptimusPrime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He believes he could fly.]]
The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' version of UT Optimus Prime had some kind of futuristic fire truck as his alternate mode. The cab and truck bed would form the "standard" robot mode, with the rest of the truck mount serving as "super mode" add-ons (actually explicitly called "Galaxy Convoy Super Mode" in the Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' version of the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|cartoon]], and "'''Optimus Prime Super Mode''' in early episodes of the [[Voicebox Productions|English dub]]). Furthermore, ''Cybertron'' Prime could combine with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] into "'''Savage Claw Mode'''" (with Leobreaker serving as a claw arm), or with Wing Saber into "'''Sonic Wing Mode'''". (A combination with ''both'' Leobreaker ''and'' Wingsaber ''is'' possible with the toys, but somewhat unstable.) All combinations were also featured in the cartoon.

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===Animated===
[[Image:Endgame2-OptimusPrimeInArmor.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"I hate the lack of creativity."]]

[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] had [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] fashion him a jetpack, giving him the power of [[flight]] and thus creating the power-up form, '''Wingblade Optimus Prime'''. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} His appearance resembled ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime's Super Mode, but was actually based on [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]]. A toy version was planned by Hasbro, but only released by Takara.

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===Live-action film series===
[[Image:ROTF movie Powered-Up Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Combined with a corpse.]]
In the 2009 movie ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers. Revenge of the Fallen]]'', after [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] was critically injured, he offers [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to use his parts as battle armor for Optimus' battle with [[The Fallen]]. After Jetfire rips out his spark, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] then link up Jetfire's parts with Optimus, who proceeds to defeat the Fallen. Based on the movie, the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Leader Class Optimus Prime and Jetfire toys can be combined into "'''Power Up Optimus Prime'''". A much simpler combination (which is not documented in the instructions) can also be achieved with the [[Legends Class]] toys, which simply have Jetfire (in his SR-71 Blackbird mode) attach to Optimus as some sort of "backpack". Hasbro finally officially acknowledged this feature on the packaging of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toy line's]] [[Kmart]] exclusive "The Victory of The Fallen" Legends five-pack, which includes redecos of both toys.

A non-transforming Mega Power Bots toy that represents the Optimus Prime/Jetfire combination was also released, named "'''Jetpower Optimus Prime'''". However, this toy cannot be split up into the individual characters.

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