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Colonial Security

2025-10-03T00:58:21Z

Shifter777: /* 2019 IDW continuity */

The [[Senate]]'s '''Colonial Security''' division handles crises in deep space and on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s many [[Cybertronian colonies|colonies]]. Their loosely-knit squads and wider mandates give its members a measure of operational freedom that is not afforded to the members of Cybertron's own [[Security Operations]].

==Fiction==
===2019 IDW continuity===
Members of Colonial Security kept the peace on Cybertron's various colonies, handling both domestic and foreign issues relating to the security of both colonial populations and outbound Cybertronian starships. {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} High-risk space missions included at least two off-ship Colonial Security escorts, who could be summoned to provide assistance with the activation of a tracking beacon. {{storylink|Storm Horizon Part 2}}

In the years leading up to the outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Colonial Security members included [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]], who worked directly with [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} and [[Victory Leo]], who escorted the starship ''[[Fist of Iacon]]'' to the distant [[Black Sphere]] system. {{storylink|Storm Horizon Part 2}} The collapse of the [[Tether]] and the subsequent increase in [[The Rise|Rise]]-related activity led to Sentinel Prime deputizing Hound and Novastar to operate on Cybertron, hoping that they would bring the direct, hard-and-fast ethos of Colonial Security to the job and take out the Rise before they next struck. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}}

{{IDW 2019 gov nav}}

[[Category:Law enforcement]]
[[Category:Security organizations]]

Laurence Fishburne

2024-10-14T03:28:00Z

Shifter777:

[[File:Laurence Fishburne.jpeg|thumb|200px|[[FIRRIB|You can take the red Rumble or the blue Rumble.]]]]

'''Laurence John Fishburne III''' (born [[July 30]], [[1961]]) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for starring in several movies such as ''[[Vietnam War|Apocalypse Now]]'', ''The Color Purple'', ''School Daze'', ''Boyz n the Hood'', ''What's Love Got to Do with It'', ''Mystic River'', ''Akeelah and the Bee'', ''[[Predator (alien)|Predators]]'', ''Contagion'', ''[[Superman|Man of Steel]]'', ''Ant-Man & The Wasp'', and the Keanu Reeves led franchises, ''[[The Matrix]]'' and ''John Wick''. On the television side of things, he has starred in ''CSI'', ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'', ''[[Anthony Hopkins|Hannibal]]'', ''Black-ish'', and ''MacGruber''.

In the voice acting front, he has voiced Thrax in ''Osmosis Jones'', the Silver Surfer in ''[[Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'', the Beyonder in ''Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'' (which he also executive produces), including an animated reprisal of Bill Foster in both ''Moon Girl'' and ''What If?'', and the narrator of the 2007 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|TMNT]]'' animated movie.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]''===
* [[Alpha Trion (One)|Alpha Trion]]

==Notes==
*From 2002 to 2018, Fishburne was married to [[Gina Torres]].

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000401/ Laurence Fishburne on IMDB]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fishburne, Laurence}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Spotlight: Jazz

2024-07-25T05:19:23Z

Shifter777: /* Synopsis */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' #21
|prev=Spotlight: Blurr
|next=Spotlight: Drift
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight: Jazz"
|image=Spotlight Jazz cvrA.jpg
|caption=Eat fist, dig?
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 1]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=March 2009
|written by=[[Josh van Reyk]] & [[Shaun Knowler]]
|art by=[[E. J. Su]]
|colors by=[[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]] & [[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline#8390 BCE|8390 BCE]]
}}
'''Tracks inspires the Autobots with a tale about Jazz facing the Predacons.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] vents his frustration on a wall in one of the [[Autobot]]s' hideout bunkers, upset over how the they were put there by the [[Decepticon]]s. [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] tries to calm him down, but they end up arguing. It is ended quickly by [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], who states that the Autobots still have hope. When questioned by the two about what he means, Tracks tells them a story...

[[File:Predacons SL Jazz.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
''Long ago, before [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s rampage, Tracks was just another soldier who had been ambushed by Decepticons. Battered, almost blinded, and going into a temporary [[stasis lock]], he is the lone survivor of his unit. Suddenly, he hears someone. It's [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]], who has come to rescue him. Tracks, not seeing him clearly, asks Jazz if he's an Autobot, to which Jazz replies in the affirmative. Jazz calls for a [[Autobot shuttle|transport shuttle]], but as soon as it arrives, it gets blown up. Tracks's [[Transformation cog|transition cog]] is badly damaged, so Jazz decides to carry him to safety. Above, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s observe. [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] asks [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to kill them from there, but Razorclaw says that "a worthy prey such as he, deserves a more hands-on approach".''

''Jazz and Tracks manage to hide, but Jazz believes that whoever shot down the shuttle will come to kill them, so he hatches a plan to strike back. Tracks thinks that a simple [[plasma rifle]] won't take out a whole Decepticon squad; Jazz agrees, but tries a little improvisation with his auxiliary [[energon]] reservoir. Tracks thinks he's crazy, but Jazz tells him that if they work together, they'll make it out alive and to have faith. Suddenly, the Predacons call them out. Tracks realizes who killed his team. Jazz tells him to fight them off, but Tracks believes that Jazz IS crazy. Jazz explains that he'd normally run for it if it was just five other Decepticons, but it's just the Predacons, and tells Tracks to trust him.''

''Outside, [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] get impatient and want to go after them, but Razorclaw tells them to restrain themselves. Tracks fires off a shot, and taunts the Predacons, calling them "[[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] rejects". Razorclaw tells Tracks that he was hoping to be lenient on Tracks and save the fun for his friend, but decides to kill Tracks instead. But before the Predacons can do anything, Jazz sneaks up on Tantrum and slices his neck, then grabs his arm, takes his sword, and slashes at him. Jazz transforms into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and picks up Tracks by running into him. Headstrong and Rampage transform and go after them, but they fall into Jazz's explosive trap and are taken out immediately. Jazz and Tracks stop to hide, but Razorclaw and Divebomb find them. Razorclaw admits that he is impressed with Jazz for taking out three Predacons, but now he wants to end this.''

[[File:SpotlightJazz-promise.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6]]
''Tracks whines, saying that they're surrounded and deserve to die, but Jazz shuts him up. Jazz's team on the shuttle that the Predacons blew up were his friends, and that they gave their sparks to save Tracks. Jazz then continues that when an Autobot puts on a [[Insignia|badge]], they've made a promise to both themselves, the citizens of Cybertron, and every Autobot past, present, and future: "We don't give up. We don't lose hope."''

In the present, Track's audience of stranded Autobots is steadily growing in size.

''Tracks asks what they should do now, to which Jazz replies "'''we''' don't do anything". Tracks is to pick a direction and start walking, while Jazz buys some time for him. Tracks tries to protest, but Jazz says that he always wanted to go out in style.''

''Jazz meets with the two Predacons, while Tracks manages to walk unnoticed to the three. Tracks can "see" them, then decides to risk his spark by transforming into his flying Cybertronian car mode and flies at Divebomb, knocking them both into stasis. With Jazz and Razorclaw by themselves, they battle one-on-one against each other. Both gain an advantage each time, but when Razorclaw slashes at Jazz, reclaims his sword, and is about to strike down Jazz, he is struck by a laser blast from another transport shuttle. Razorclaw takes the time to make a vanishing act, as the shuttle lands and Jazz is greeted by Bluestreak and Ironhide, who "followed the explosions".''

[[File:SpotlightJazz FirstAid Tracks.jpg|thumb|left]]
''Jazz and Tracks were rescued. On the way back to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Jazz briefs [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] on their run-in with the Predacons, but doesn't say anything to Tracks, to which Tracks doesn't mind, but as soon as Jazz appeared in Tracks's life, he was gone. While resting in the repair chamber, Tracks asks Ironhide who the Autobot who saved him was, to which Ironhide relies that he wanted to give him a message: that Tracks is an Autobot, and to "never forget what that means."''

Tracks ends by stating that the Autobots have seen terrible times, awful things, and have had the chance to walk away from it, but they didn't and shouldn't now because they're the Autobots. As long as they stay true to that, they'll never be truly defeated. Reinvigorated, the Autobots listening to Tracks agree. [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] walks away to talk to Jazz, who looks out gloomily at the ruins of Cybertron. Prowl tells Jazz about Tracks's story, to which Jazz asks him if it's the one about "that mysterious Super Autobot" who took on the Predacons alone, which results in a puzzled look from Prowl.

Jazz is happy that Tracks told his story, because what they need is a little hope. When the two go back inside, Jazz sends the Autobots back on patrol. Jazz then goes over to Tracks and reminds him of the situation, and he even admits to Tracks that he feels a little down himself, but then thanks Tracks with a smile, which Tracks returns.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
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* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (1)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (3)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] (4)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (5)
* [[Switch]] (6)
* [[Flint (G1)|Flint]] (7)
* [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] (8)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] (14)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] (15)
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* [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] (16)
* [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] (17)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (18)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (19)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (20)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (21)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (22)
* [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] (23)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (24)
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* [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] (9)
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (10)
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (11)
* [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] (12)
* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Besides...we still have hope." 
"Hahaha. Did you seriously just say that, Tracks?" 
"And whadda you know about it, Commander Wax-N-Buff? When have you ever gotten your hands dirty?"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Cliffjumper''' give '''Tracks''' grief about his positive attitude.

"This is really bad, isn't it?" 
"Yup." 
"Do you have a plan?" 
"Yup." 
"Care to share it?" 
"Yup. You're gonna pick a fight with them." 
"WHAT?!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Jazz''' discuss strategy for surviving an attack by the Predacons

"Ironhide! How'd you bots find us?" 
"Heh, same way we usually do...just followed the explosions."
:—'''Jazz''' and '''Ironhide'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This issue was released between ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|#9]] and [[All Hail Megatron issue 10|#10]], but everything in it takes place before that point. The framing scenes, set in the "present," feature the Autobots hiding out on Cybertron (before they're joined by [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]'s crew in [[All Hail Megatron issue 4|issue #4]]). According to co-writer [[Shaun Knowler]], the scenes were written to take place between [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|issue #1]] and [[All Hail Megatron issue 3|issue #3]]. The bulk of the story, meanwhile, is a flashback to pre-[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] Cybertron, and was intended to take place prior to anything seen in ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The flashback story in ''Spotlight: Jazz'' probably takes place before anything in ''Shockwave'', and ideally should be read somewhere between issues 1 and 3 of AHM.|link=https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/transformers-continuum-is-out-as-of-today-no-longer-just-a-preview.277785/#post-4300817|name=Shaun Knowler|site=TFW2005|title=TRANSFORMERS CONTINUUM IS OUT AS OF TODAY... NO LONGER JUST A PREVIEW...|year=2009|month=11|day=12}}</ref>
* Supporting the idea that the story takes place around the time of [[All Hail Megatron issue 2|issue #2]], Jazz is seen standing in the ''exact'' same position—both hands on the balcony and head down—as he was in the second-to-last panel of [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|issue #1]], whereas by #4 his pose had changed to looking upwards.
* It seems highly unlikely that Tracks still doesn't know that Jazz was the one who saved him, since Jazz's appearance hasn't changed very much, and presumably he still sounds the same. Neither of them is seen to acknowledge the truth, but we only see them interacting with or among other Autobots. Since the point of the initial anonymity was to emphasize that ''any'' Autobot was capable of such heroism, perhaps the two continue to keep mum to preserve their story's inspirational value.
* Sadly, the good vibes Tracks generates don't last into any part of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''.

===Transformers references===
* Tracks sarcastically suggests that Jazz could be "hiding a tow cable", a likely homage to Jazz's grapple line device in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]].

===Other trivia===
* This comic was written by Josh van Reyk and Shaun Knowler, who are in charge of ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', an [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]-blessed series of single-page ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' fan-comics. It's little surprise, then, that this is a story ''about'' storytelling, with the despondent Autobots being uplifted by Tracks's tale.
* E.J. Su's drawing style is very different in this issue from his usual work. He may have been emulating [[Guido Guidi]]'s ''All Hail'' style.
* On Cover B, Jazz's license plate reads "MEISTER", which is his Japanese name.
* The issue includes sketches of Jazz in both modes by E.J. Su.

===Errors===
* When the Predacons are preparing to attack Jazz and Tracks, Tantrum's use of the word "let's" is missing its apostrophe.
* As he walks away after hearing Tracks's story, Sideswipe is coloured in Sunstreaker's colours.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Jazz vs Razorclaw; art by [[E. J. Su]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Smiling Jazz holding gun; art and colors by [[Andrew Griffith]].
* '''Cover RI:''' cropped virgin uncolored version of cover A.

<gallery>
File:Spotlight Jazz cvrA.jpg|Scratch my paint again and I'll punch your optics out, man!
File:Spotlight Jazz cvrB.jpg|I'm as cool as an icicle in a snowstorm.
File:Spotlight Jazz cvrRI.jpg|Too cool for colors!
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* "[[Spotlight: Drift]]"
* ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]] Official Guidebook Volume 1''
* ''Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Official Guidebook Volume 2''
* ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' Volume 1 TPB
* ''Star Trek: Countdown''
* ''Classic [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' Volume 1
* ''The Presidents of the United States'' comic
* ''G.I. Joe'' comics
* ''Terminator Salvation'' movie adaptation (back cover)

===Reprints===
* '''''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]] Volume 3''''' ([[October 28]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600105416 / ISBN 978-1600105418
** Collects ''Spotlight: [[Spotlight: Blurr|Blurr]]'', ''Jazz'', ''[[Spotlight: Drift|Drift]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|Cliffjumper]]'' and ''[[Spotlight: Metroplex|Metroplex]]''.
** Bonus material includes the alternate covers of each issue, as well as art of each Throttlebot by [[Marcelo Matere]] and new cover art by [[Trevor Hutchison]].
** Trade paperback format. Instead of being Volume 5 of the Spotlights, the TPB is labeled as part of the ''All Hail Megatron'' series.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four]]''''' ([[May 25]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1600109381 / ISBN 978-1600109386
** Collects ''Spotlight: [[Spotlight: Cyclonus|Cyclonus]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Hardhead|Hardhead]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Doubledealer|Doubledealer]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Sideswipe|Sideswipe]]'', ''Drift'', ''Metroplex'' & ''Jazz'', ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' issues [[Maximum Dinobots issue 1|#1]]–[[Maximum Dinobots issue 5|5]], and ''[[The Transformers: Drift|Drift]]'' issues [[Drift issue 1|#1]]–[[Drift issue 4|4]].
** Hardcover format.

* '''''The Transformers: The Complete All Hail Megatron''''' ([[July 27]], 2011) ISBN 1600109551 / ISBN 978-1600109553
** Collects ''All Hail Megatron'' issues [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|#1]]–[[All Hail Megatron issue 16|16]], and ''Spotlight: Blurr'', ''Jazz'', ''Drift'', ''Cliffjumper'' & ''Metroplex''.
** Bonus material includes a cover gallery and the art sketches from previous collections.
** Hardcover format.

* '''''The Transformers: Spotlight Omnibus Volume 2''''' ([[September 9]], [[2015]]) ISBN 1613779429 / ISBN 978-1613779422
** Collects ''Spotlight: [[Spotlight: Mirage|Mirage]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie|Wheelie]]'', ''Cyclonus'', ''Hardhead'', ''Doubledealer'', ''Sideswipe'', ''Blurr'', ''Jazz'', ''Drift'', ''Cliffjumper'', ''Metroplex'' and ''[[Ride-Along|Prowl]]''.
** Trade paperback format.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 42: Revelation''''' ([[October 17]], [[2018]])
** Collects ''Spotlight: [[Spotlight: Arcee|Arcee]]'', ''Cyclonus'', ''Hardhead'', ''Doubledealer'', ''Sideswipe'', ''Jazz'' and ''Metroplex''.
** Bonus material includes an "-Ations" retrospective, sketchbook art from [[Alex Milne]] and [[E. J. Su]] reprinted from the individual ''Spotlights'', a cover gallery and an intro by [[Simon Furman]].
** Hardcover format.

* '''''[[Transformers 100-Page Giant: Power of the Predacons]]''''' ([[February 19]], [[2020]])
** Collects ''Spotlight: Jazz'', "[[Dawn of the Predacus]]", ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' [[The Gathering issue 1|#1]], [[Transformers Annual|''Transformers'' Annual]] [[Transformers Annual 1987|1987]]: "[[What's in a Name?]]", and "[[Grudge Match!]]".
** Comic format.

<gallery>
File:AHM v3.jpg|'''''All Hail Megatron Volume 3''''' – cover art by [[Trevor Hutchison]]
File:IDWCollection4.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Volume Four''''' – cover art by [[E. J. Su]]
File:Allhailmegatronhc.jpg|'''''The Complete All Hail Megatron''''' – cover art by Trevor Hutchison
File:TF Spotlight Omnibus v2.jpg|'''''Spotlight Omnibus Volume 2''''' – cover art by [[Jeffrey Veregge]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v42.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 42: Revelation''''' – cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Nick Roche]]
File:100-Page-Power-Predacons.jpg|'''''Power of the Predacons''''' – cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Jazz]]

Elite Guard

2024-02-08T03:14:53Z

Shifter777: /* Aligned novels */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|sgAutobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|cSize=50px|cLink=Elite Guard}}|{{factions/icons|custom=SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|cSize=50px|cLink=Elite Guard}}}}
{{disambig2|the Autobot military team|the episode featuring them|The Elite Guard}}
{{disambig2|the Autobot guard|the Decepticon guard|Cybertron Guard}}

:''The Cybertron Elite Guard is a distinguished team of Autobots originally from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]]. It is also known as the Autobot Elite Guard, and in one timeline has also been a Decepticon organization.''

[[File:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|right|upright=1.67]]

The [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] '''Elite Guard''' is the pinnacle of the [[Autobot]] military force, reserved for only the most distinguished graduates of the [[Autobot Academy]]. Its members are specialists, masters in their fields, and the unit is only called upon in the most dire of situations. It reports directly to the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots. It also engages in some pretty shady business from time to time, from experimenting on [[Jetfire (Animated)|other]] [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Autobots]], to creating [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|weapons of mass destruction]], all the way to hiring [[Lockdown (Animated)|unscrupulous bounty hunters]].

==Members==
===''Animated'' continuity===
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (also a member of [[Cybertron Intelligence]])
* [[Erector (Animated)|Erector]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
* [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]]
** [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
** [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Metalhawk (Animated)|Metalhawk]]
* [[Rad (Animated)|Rad]]
* [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]
* [[Wing Saber (Animated)|Wing Saber]]

=====Former Members=====
* [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] - Retired to rebuild [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] - Retired. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]<ref>[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s on-package [[bio]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed the wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of the group in the cartoon. This is borne out by the fact that Longarm lacks the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol.</ref> - Exposed as a Decepticon spy. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}
* [[Powered Convoy]] - Former Magnus and predecessor to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] - Promoted to acting Magnus {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

===''Wings Universe''===
*'''Officers'''
**[[Big Bang (G1)|Big Bang]]
**[[Sentinel Major]]
*'''[[Alpha Team]]'''
**[[Thunder Clash]] (leader)
**[[Flak (G1)|Flak]]
**[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
**[[Landshark (G1)|Landshark]]
*'''[[Strike Team]]''' (201st)
**[[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] (leader)
**[[Dion (G1)|Dion]]
**[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
**[[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]]
*'''Special Ops Team''' ([[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]])
**[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (leader)
**[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
**[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
**[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
**[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*'''[[Stealth Team (G1)|Stealth Team]]''' (45th)
**[[Powerflash]] (leader)
**[[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]]
**[[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]]
**[[Tap-Out (Universe)|Tap-Out]]
*'''[[Artillery Team]]''' (116th)
**[[Halonix Maximus|Halonix "Halo" Maximus, callsign Gigantron]]
**[[Windsail]]
**[[Clear Out]]
**[[Padlock (G1)|Padlock]]<ref>Halo was the only member named at BotCon 2010. The other three were shown on Alex Milne's lithograph and named on the OTFCC forums, in a post giving a quick rundown of the Elite Guard teams.</ref>
*'''[[Fast Attack Team]]'''
**[[Ranger]]
**[[Blacker]]
**[[Braver]]
**[[Laster]]
*'''[[Recon Team]]''' (349th)
**[[Crosscut (G1)|Crosscut]]
**[[Delta Seeker]]
**[[Rest-Q (G1)|Rest-Q]]
**[[Roadfire]]

===Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass''===
====Autobot members====
[[File:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|upright=0.85|thumb|Now with one less bar!]]
*[[Hyperdrive (SG)|Hyperdrive]] (deceased)
*[[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] (leader)
*[[Kup (SG)|Kup]]
{{--}}

====Decepticon members====
[[File:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|upright=0.85|thumb|Wait, whose side are we on again?]]
*[[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]]
{{--}}

===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity===
*[[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]]
*[[Scavenger (RID)|Scavenger]]
*[[Nightcruz (RID)|Nightcruz]]
*[[Mirage (RID)|Mirage GT]]
*[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' continuity===
====''Animated'' cartoon====
[[File:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The Mighty [[Thor]], Black Panther, and the Tick pretending to be [[Captain America]].]]

{{Idw-tfa}}
The Elite Guard served under the direct command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], the [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobot military. ''During the Great War, [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] was the general of the Elite Guard on Magnus' behalf. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}''

Bumblebee and Bulkhead also registered to join the Guard. After Bumblebee and Bulkhead accidentally destroyed part of a simulated battle zone and injured their drill sergeant, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], they were both given the boot and reassigned to space bridge repair duty. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

After seeing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] save them from an incident on the asteroid where they were working, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] commented that with moves like that, Optimus should have gone into the Cybertron Elite Guard. Gee, way to rub salt in the wound, there, Bumblebee... {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

Shortly after the battle with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the Elite Guard arrived to retrieve the [[AllSpark]]. (Great timing, guys.) Upon learning that the AllSpark had been dispersed, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] confined Optimus Prime's crew to the Elite Guard's ship while he, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Optimus went to investigate [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Optimus's vessel]], where the battle had taken place. When trouble at a [[Sumdac Systems]] manufacturing plant was detected, the Autobots and Elite Guard managed to hold off the malfunctioning police drones being made there long enough to allow Optimus, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to get [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] to the assembly line and shut it down. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After an extended period with no evidence of a Decepticon presence on Earth, Magnus was prepared to gather up the Autobots and ship out back to Cybertron. He urged Optimus to testify as to his experiences on Earth to calm the general fears of Megatron still being alive. When Optimus protested that Megatron ''was'' still alive and that such testimony would be falsifying evidence, Sentinel angrily stated that nobody was asking him to lie, just to agree with Sentinel's scans (quite excellent ones, in his humble opinion) showing there were no Decepticons on Earth. Besides, Sentinel cajoled, if he smoothed things over with Cybertron Command, Optimus might just be able to be reinstated into the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] was left on Earth to try and find the Decepticon base and keep an eye on Optimus's crew. However, [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]], with the help of an AllSpark-powered remote control, forced Blurr to do his bidding until Sari stole the remote from him. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

''The Elite Guard oversaw the extraction of flight technology from Starscream to create [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], who managed to join the ranks of the Elite Guard in record time. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}''
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====''Animated'' toy bios====
[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]] wants to be a member of the Elite Guard, so he gave himself an Elite Guard paint job in what he hopes is a first step in becoming one. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee toy bio}}

[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] fits in here... somehow...<ref>Two toys of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] were produced as "Optimus Prime Elite Guard Version" but he was never depicted in this fashion in any story material. Perhaps hinting at Prime's future? Who knows!</ref>

[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] does as well, though how exactly boggles the mind...<ref>Prowl also received two toys branded as "Elite Guard Version" but his fictional appearances leave little to no room for this to actually come to pass... [[Time travel|Alternate timeline]]? [[Death|Resurrection]]? [[Cloning|Clone]]? [[To sell toys]]?</ref>

====Titans ''Animated'' comics====
When he first appeared, [[Afterburn]] successfully led everyone to believe he was a member of the Elite Guard's "Special Ops" team when he arrived on Earth. He was later revealed to be an impersonator created by the Decepticons.

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:WingsOfHonor-welcometotheeliteguard.jpg|thumb|]]
The Elite Guard was founded by and is under the direct orders of [[Magnum]], a member of the [[Autobot High Command]], as a special strike force within the [[Autobot Guard]].

After Thunder Clash and his squad proved their skill and valor by keeping a [[Matrix of Leadership|vitally important piece of cargo]] safe from the Decepticons, they were appointed as the first members of the newly created Elite Guard. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}} Other Autobots were eventually inducted into the Guard after completing rigorous testing, forming their own squads within the organization.
{{groupstub|{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}} {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}} {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}}}

The Elite Guard once ''almost'' went twenty missions in a row without a single casualty. {{storylink|Around Cybertron issue 11|Around Cybertron #11}}

{{groupstub|{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}} {{storylink|A Team Effort}} {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}}}

Then [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] killed almost all of them. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}} After this, the Guard eventually dispersed, with little left of its presence except the occasional disused cargo box bearing its symbol. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}
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===''Shattered Glass''===
Thunderwing was a Decepticon member of the Cybertron Elite Guard, which in pre-war times was a law enforcement group. He operated as a duly appointed agent for millennia, often spending extended periods of time away from Cybertron. In fact, his missions kept him away from Cybertron ''so'' much that he had little to no knowledge or interest in the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

In modern times, the Elite Guard was an Autobot organization serving at the whim of <s>a madman</s> [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. Previously led by Hyperdrive, the Guard was taken over by Thunderclash after he deemed his commander unfit for leadership and eliminated him. {{storylink|Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash's toy bio}}

===Live-action film series===
Prospective allies of the Autobots must complete training in speed, strength, skill, and fireblast before they will be allowed to join the hunt for the Decepticons' leader Megatron. Completion of extended training above and beyond the norm qualifies the trainee as a member of the Elite Guard. It is unknown which Autobots, if any, are currently members of the group. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' online game}}

[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] leader [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] possessed two insignias belonging from fallen Elite Guards he had slain that are knitted onto his body. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
[[File:WFCcomicEliteGuard.jpg|thumb|]]
The Elite Guard were the twenty-six bodyguards of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel]] was a member before he became a High Councilor and [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. When [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] assassinated [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] in the [[High Council Tower|High Council Chamber]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ordered them to stand down and spare him in an effort to maintain peace. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|The Elite Guard's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|War for Cybertron]]''.}}
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====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was trained by the Elite Guard late in the war, though he described it as more like boot camp. He wore the Elite Guard [[insignia]] on his shoulders. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] was once part of the Elite Guard, but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] explained that the strictly disciplined command style Magnus had learned there wouldn't be appropriate now that he was working outside the Guard. {{storylink|Evolution}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
After [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] was accused of cheating, the Elite Guard were called in to help subdue and arrest the enraged gladiator. {{storylink|The Champ}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
The Elite Guard were [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s hand-picked bruisers and strike team. Among their missions was to secure the spark [[reproduction|hot spot]] in [[Alyon]] and kill [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team. Orion Pax's team repeatedly kicked the snot out of them, with [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] sneering that Sentinel didn't pick Guard members for their brains. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]] was the head of the Elite Guard academy before the Great War, training hundreds of Autobot warriors, including [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and even [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity===
In [[Viron 102.0 Beta]], [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]] formed the Guard to defend Cybertron from existential spaceborne threats. They flew around in the ''[[Longbow (RID)|Longbow]]'' from crisis to crisis. Threats they faced included the [[Metabeast]]s of [[Zeotopia]], extracting [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]] from the [[Intruder|Intruder Empire]], evading the [[Elder God]]s in the [[Dark Nebula]], and clashing in the [[Mirtonian constellation|Mirtonian Expanse]] with [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]] and his [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicon]]s, the Guard's most tenacious opponents. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/22}}

In [[Viron 903.0 Beta]], Jhiaxus's Destructicons were also the most tenacious opponents of the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/09}}

===''Shattered Glass Animated''===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}}}

==Notes==
* In ''Animated'', many members of the Elite Guard bear what appears to be rank insignia, in the form of downward-pointing chevrons on their arms or abdomens. Magnus has four stripes; Sentinel, Jazz, and Kup have three; Warpath has two.
* ''Shattered Glass'' Thunderwing is mentioned as being part of the Elite Guard since before the war started, and has been out of touch with events before then. As such, it's not really clear so far whether the Elite Guard eventually evolved into Thunderclash's group while Thunderwing was gone, or if there's two separate organizations with that name in the ''Shattered Glass'' universe.
* Originally known as the "Cybertron Elite Guard" in the ''Animated'' pilot, they have been referred to in subsequent years of fiction as simply the "Elite Guard".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Elite Guard''' (エリートガード ''Erīto Gādo'')

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Animated subgroups]]
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Elite Guard| ]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) subgroups]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Mission to Cybertron

2024-02-06T20:20:41Z

Shifter777: /* Notes */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''Transformers: Mission to Cybertron''
|prev=Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)
|next=Transformers: The Last Knight (film)
|image=MissiontoCybertroncover.jpg
|publisher=[[Avalanche Comics Entertainment]]
|date=[[September 26]], 2017
|continuity=[[Live-action film series]]
|chronology=[[Movie continuity|Current era]]
}}

'''Optimus Prime arrives on Paradron to refuel, but is confronted by a lone guard.'''

==Synopsis==
On the planet of [[Paradron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] is set upon by vicious [[Guard Cat|guard cats]] when trying to access a vault containing [[energon]]. The beasts stand down when their master arrives: a long-lost [[Gyronian Sentry]], who explains that the energon Prime seeks is in fact the very last reservoir of the substance on the entire planet. Hoping to convince the Sentry of his good intentions, Optimus explains what has brought him to Paradron, detailing the [[Autobot]]s' battles to defend [[Earth]] from the [[Decepticon]]s, and how he has now set out to find his creator and restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], so that [[human|humanity]] can be left in peace. Needing to refuel in order to continue the journey, he has come to Paradron, which he had always known as a world rich in energon.

The Gyronian Sentry is uninterested in Prime's story—either the Autobot leader has the passcode for the energon vault, or he's an unwanted interloper who needs to be eliminated. Optimus recognises that the passcode is inscribed upon the vault door in [[Ancient Cybertronian|Old Cybertronian]], and while he does not speak the ancient language himself, his status as [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] means he possesses a decoder device. Prime speaks the code aloud in Old Cybertronian, but the door doesn't budge. The Sentry suggests the decoder may need to be inserted into a socket on the door, and insists that he do this himself, claiming that Optimus could have turned traitor. Prime insists that this is impossible, prompting the irate Sentry to sic his guard cats on the Autobot once more.

While Optimus fends off the beasts, the Sentry grabs the decoder, and it becomes clear that the lonely warrior seeks to take the vault's energon for himself, so that he can leave Paradron and end his eternal vigil. Transforming to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], Prime barrels away from the guard cats, but the Gyronian Sentry converts to his own chariot mode and gives chase, pulled by his pet creatures. The two engage in a high-speed duel, the Sentry ignoring Prime's pleas that they can share the energon and leave together. Unwilling to allow more of the conflict that has claimed so many worlds, Optimus abruptly ends the confrontation by shifting to robot mode and slicing the connection between his opponent and his guard cats, sending the Sentry tumbling to the ground.

Reclaiming the decoder, Prime returns to the vault door, even as the defeated Sentry tries to convince Optimus to abandon his mission to Cybertron and settle down on Paradron. Inserting the decoder into the door, Prime again speaks the passcode, this time giving its translation: "in [[Primus]] we trust". The vault opens, revealing a solitary [[energon cube]], from which Optimus drinks just enough to continue his journey in stasis mode. As he promised, he offers the rest to the Gyronian Sentry, thanking the weary warrior for his millennia of service, however misguided his recent actions may have been. Telling the Sentry to go find the rest that he deserves, Optimus rockets back into space, resolving to complete his mission and bring ''all'' his people home.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback. 
{{Featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Guard Cat]]s (2)
*[[Gyronian Sentry]] (3)
*''[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'' (4)
*''[[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]'' (5)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*''[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'' (6)
*''[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'' (7)
*''[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'' (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''Surprise!''' Here I am, guardian of the '''last remaining''' reservoir of '''energon''' on the late, great planet '''Paradron'''."
:—The '''Gyronian Sentry''' introduces himself

"It did not work. The gate is not opening." 
"See that hole? Maybe you need to '''insert''' the decoder. Give it to me, I'll show you." 
"Am I not capable?" 
"How do I know you're not a '''Decepticon''' in '''disguise'''? Even the '''Autobot-in-chief''' can be '''turned'''." 
"I am '''Optimus Prime'''. I cannot be '''brain-washed'''." 
"Stubborn and self-righteous. You're definitely a '''Prime'''. Guard cats, '''attack!''' Get me that '''decoder!'''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' indulges in some [[Quintessa (TLK)|irony]] while the '''Sentry''' responds with violence.

==Notes==
* This comic was available exclusively at [[Toys"R"Us]], bundled with Blu-ray/DVD combo packs of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]''. The issue ties into Toy"R"Us's exclusive ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)#Mission to Cybertron|Mission to Cybertron]]'' [[subline imprint|toy range]] for ''The Last Knight'', which saw Cyberglyphics messages printed on the figures and their packaging, and decoder cards distributed in stores.
*Bumblebee's alternate mode is depicted as a Ford Mustang-inspired vehicle instead of the Chevrolet Camaro 2014 concept that he logically should be, per ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''.
*The Gyronian Sentry is made up of parts of various existing live-action [[Transformer]] designs, including the legs of Optimus Prime's original design, and the head of [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]].
*The energon cube is based on the AllSpark Tech cubes from ''The Last Knight''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s toyline.
* Optimus says that he will continue his journey in stasis mode, linking up to ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', where he arrives at Cybertron frozen and inactive.
* Three lines of dialogue are printed in Old Cybertronian, using the Cyberglyphics font. They translate to:
**"IN PRIMUS WE TRUST"
**"PASSCODE ACCEPTED WELCOME OPTIMUS PRIME"
**"I AM OPTIMUS PRIME AND I AM TAKING MY PEOPLE HOME"

[[Category:Live-action film series issues]]

User:Shifter777

2023-07-21T22:27:20Z

Shifter777:

Hi.

I like Transformers, but you probably could guess that.

Big fan of all things [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]] and [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW's]] [[Transformers (2019 comic)| Transformers]]. [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]] is the best Transformers media to date, though. [[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon) | EarthSpark]] is getting up there...

My favorite Transformers include:
* [[Jazz (disambiguation)|Just about every Jazz]]
* [[Soundwave (WFC)]], [[Soundwave (G1)]], [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)]], and [[Soundwave (ES)]].
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)]]
* [[Omega Supreme (Animated)]]

Hashtag: Oops

2023-03-23T12:19:07Z

Shifter777: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 11
|image=Hashtag Hashtagoops.jpg
|caption=''{{'}}Cause we are living in a digital world And I am a digital girl''
|prev=Age of Evolution, Part 2
|next=Outtakes
|title="Hashtag: Oops"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Bernard Badion]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=[[Matthew Humphreys]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/YcuCBi1c_mkMiriGPV47eg6fuceztUzG/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''Hashtag's new altmode gets her and Twitch in trouble when they run afoul of G.H.O.S.T.'''

==Synopsis==
At [[G.H.O.S.T.]] headquarters, [[Agent Croft]] smugly observes [[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] in their prison cells as some form of experiment is performed on the former that leaves the imprisoned Decepticon in a weakened state as Starscream can only glare defiantly at her through the camera. She’s soon joined by [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]], surprised at her presence. She informs him that she finds G.H.O.S.T.’s Decepticon quota to be low this month and orders him to get out there and, despite his protests, start finding Decepticons regardless if they’re currently a threat.

At the Malto farmstead, [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] calls the new [[Terran|Terrans]] to attention as he begins the first lesson plan of the day; choosing their alt-modes. He finds his efforts interrupted however first by some sass from [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] and then by [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] being more interested in showing off photos of him she found online of him sporting his classic V.W-inspired alt-mode. Ignoring their laughter, Bumblebee offers to let [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] take the lead on explaining the significance and importance of one’s alt-mode. Nightshade thanks them for the advice but departs saying they’re happy with how they are and have a project that requires their attention. [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] shows more interest but wants to make sure his alt-mode is perfect and not rush it so he departs as well. Left with only Hashtag, Bee lets Twitch take the lead on finding her sister an alt-mode. Still more interested in watching videos on the internet, Twitch hijacks her sister’s phone and runs off saying they're going into town, Hashtag following after protesting the barn’s the only place she gets a good Wi-Fi signal.

Hiding out somewhere in a store's parking lot in [[Witwicky (town)| Witwicky]], Twitch tells her sister to gaze around and find the perfect alt-mode for her only to find her sister more concerned with getting a good Wi-Fi connection set up. Seeing this is getting nowhere, Twitch entices Hashtag with the sooner she gets an alt-mode the sooner they can go back home and get back on the Wi-Fi. Taking the bait, Hashtag begins looking around and scans the first thing to her liking; a G.H.O.S.T. Surveillance van. Twitch panics at Hashtag’s choice of alt-mode and tries to get her sister to scan something else only to be interrupted as three G.H.O.S.T. agents enter Hashtag. Mistaking the disguised Terran for their own van they drive off with Twitch following in hot pursuit. Back at the Malto Farm, Thrash tries to bond with Nightshade and introduces his sibling to [[Fluffy Ears]]. Taken in by the small calf’s cuteness, Thrash offers if there’s anything else he can help Nightshade to which they only respond by asking if Thrash knows anything about load-bearing timbers...

Back with Twitch and the hijacked Hashtag, Twitch implores her sister to remain calm and that she’ll get them out of this. While on the inside of Hashtag, she finds herself grossed out by the sticky fingers of the agents driving her and begins resisting their attempts to drive her. Coming up on what seems to be the side of a mountain, Hashtag warns Twitch to get out of the way only for Hashtag to go drive through it with seemingly no incident. Perplexed, Twitch learns G.H.O.S.T’s mountain base is shielded by a hologram. Unable to get past its security, she radios Bumblebee and alerts of him to the situation.

Meanwhile within G.H.O.S.T.’s base, the three agents who were driving Hashtag hurriedly depart the Terran-disguised van believing it to cursed and muttering they’ll get maintenance to look at it. Alone now, Hashtag finds herself panicking, unsure of how she’ll be able to escape without exposing herself. Alerted that she’s now hooked up G.H.O.S.T.’s internal Wi-fi, Hashtag’s consciousness is taken to some empty void where she’s presented with what looks to be a holographic control panel. Unsure of what she’s even looking at, she starts pressing all the options randomly hoping something will work. Back in the physical world however, Hashtag has completely hacked GHOST’s systems and inadvertently deactivates the containment cells of the many Decepticon prisoners, starting a prison uprising.

Bumblebee arrives on the outskirts of G.H.O.S.T’s mountainside H.Q. and reassures the panicking Twitch that she made the right decision calling him. Seeing the hologram shielding deactivate, Bee scouts ahead and sees that the security systems and cameras have all been shutoff. Sneaking in with Twitch, they find Hashtag and throw off the trail of GHOST security forces. With Bee and the Terran sisters reunited they deduce the cause of GHOST technical problems was Hashtag herself, thanks to the abilities granted by her new alt-mode. With some encouragement, Hashtag puts these newfound abilities to use to try and find a way for the trio to escape while the guards and Decepticon prisoners are busy distracted fighting one another. Taking temporary refuge in what turns out to be Skullcruncher’s cell, the bestial Decepticon goes into a berserker rampage upon seeing the G.H.O.S.T. agents. Smashing through the mountainside walls, Skullcruncher is soon incapacitated by Twitch as the trio makes a break for it before G.H.O.S.T. agents, lead by Director Croft, arrive to survey the scene.

Arriving back at the Malto farm, Hashtag covers for her big sister by saying Twitch brought her into town to get a new vehicle mode. Impressed at her choice of alt-mode, Dot inquires if that’s seriously all that happened with Bumblebee replying it wasn't anything they couldn’t handle. Asking where Nightshade is, they emerge from the barn to showcase what they’ve been working on all day; [[dugout|a new subterranean base]] with enough space to accommodate the whole Malto family (Fluffy Ears included). With Hashtag saying she can provide the Wi-Fi for their new base, Twitch makes her good on her promise to her sister as the two sit down with the rest of the family to watch videos of sneezing puppies.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]] (1)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (17)
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]] (18)
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Agent Croft|Executive Agent Croft]] (2)
*[[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]] (4)
*[[Kwan|Cadet Kwan]] (11)
*[[Conway|Cadet Conway]] (12)
*[[Rosato|Cadet Rosato]] (13)
*[[Bagheri|Agent Bagheri]] (14)
*[[Bala|Agent Bala]] (15)
*[[Mo Malto]] (20)
*[[Robby Malto]] (21)
*[[Dot Malto]] (22)
*[[Alex Malto]] (23)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (6)
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] (7)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (8)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"Okay, focus up. I know it's a little tight in here with all the new members of our te—''family'', but while Robby and Mo are in human school, I thought we could talk about the most important part of being a Transformer." 
"Having an adequate space in which to learn and live?"
:—'''Bumblebee''' gets sassed by '''Nightshade'''.

"Come on, trust your big sister, you'll ''love'' having an alt-mode. The sooner you scan a vehicle, the sooner we can get you back home on the Wi-fi." 
"Ooh, then you can watch videos of sneezy puppies with me! Plus the singing cantaloupe!" 
"Deal."
:—'''Twitch''' plays to '''Hashtag's''' weaknesses.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Following her minor appearance in "[[Age of Evolution, Part 1]]", we learn in this episode that [[Agent Croft|Executive Agent Croft]] and [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]] are siblings.
* G.H.O.S.T. cadets [[Kwan]], [[Conway]] and [[Rosato]] previously made silent cameos in "Age of Evolution, Part 1" arriving at the G.H.O.S.T.-Autobot Alliance ceremony, while agent [[Bagheri]] was seen helping put up the banner for the event. This is the first time any of them have been given proper names or dialogue. Agent [[Bala]], last seen getting attacked by [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] in "[[House Rules]]", also makes a return.

===Transformers references===
*

===Real-world references===
* The G.H.O.S.T. cadets are all named and modeled after storyboard directors on the show—specifically [[Alex Kwan]], [[J.J. Conway]], and [[Jordan Rosato]].
* The sound made when Hashtag connects to Wi-Fi is the handshaking noise of a dial-up modem.
* Hashtag directly quotes the infamous line "{{w|All your base are belong to us}}" from ''{{w|Zero Wing}}'' when she successfully overtakes G.H.O.S.T's security systems.

===Errors===
* Starscream's eyes are shown to be blue here rather than the red they were in "[[Decoy]]". As they're still blue in later episodes (that include flashbacks set much earlier), it seems the earlier red may have been the error.

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hashtag: Ups'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 4]], 2023

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La trasformazione di Hashtag'''" ("Hashtag's transformation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 6]], 2023

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hashtag, Opa!'''" ("Hashtag: Oops!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 4]], 2023

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Home, Part 1

2023-03-23T12:15:43Z

Shifter777: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 17
|image=GrimlockVsThrashAndJawbreaker HomePart1.jpg
|caption="Welcome to the Pits, Mutherfragger!"
|prev=Warzone
|next=Home, Part 2
|title="Home, Part 1"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Mae Catt]], [[Nicole Dubuc]], & [[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=[[J.J. Conway]], [[Alex Kwan]], & [[Sebastian Montes]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/qT5PinxeumitcqIiZhFaTQTPApjHNoZo/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''The kids and Terrans sneak out for a night of fun in Philadelphia, but their dreams of visiting the big city transform into a nightmare. '''
==Synopsis==
At an underground fighting arena, [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] dukes it out with [[Brawl (ES)|Brawl]] for the amusement of a crowd of humans. Emerging battered but victorious over the Decepticon brute, Bumblebee has little time to rest as his next hulking opponent is called into the arena.

At midnight in [[Philadelphia]], Mo and Robby are revealed to snuck out to the big city to give their [[Terran]] siblings a chance at experiencing more of the world. Overwhelmed by the new opportunities presented by city life the Terrans and Malto children depart in three groups to experience as much of the city as they can with Robby trying to remind everyone to meet back in two hours. Nightshade, having departed alone, follows a man who temporarily accosted the Terrans to discover him trying to commit a mugging. Going into flight-mode, Nightshade rescues the attempted mugging victim and flies off.

As [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]], [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]], and Mo race off they catch the attention of the a woman eyeing them up with interest. Approaching them to see if they're interested in seeing a "wrestling match", she lures the unsuspecting three to an underground fighting arena and forces Jawbreaker into the ring by himself. Meanwhile at a skating park Robby meets up with an old friend, Stevie, who he introduces to [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] and [[Twitch]]. Enjoying themselves for a bit, the two Terrans sister are however shocked to find anti-Transformers graffiti prominently displayed in the park. Hurt by the message and by Stevie's attempts to downplay it as only meaning "Decepticons", the three Malto family members depart. Back with Nightshade, they place their rescue victim down upon a building roof and observes on their purse a "she/they" pronouns badge. Introducing themselves as Nightshade and stating their own pronouns, the young woman introduces herself as Sam. Thanking Nightshade for saving them, Sam surveys the city with Nightshade agreeing with them on it's beauty but lamenting you can never tell on who to trust. When Sam notes they feel safe around other non-binary people, Nightshade takes note of the word "non-binary" and desribes it as a good word for how to desrcibe themselves.

Back at the fighting arena, Jawbreaker is shocked to find his "Bot Brawl" opponent is none other than Bumblebee. Shocked himself to see his former student there, instead of a life-and-death brawl the two decide to give their audience a staged wrestling match instead. Following the short "match" however a new one is quickly scheduled for Bumblebee to face off against the current reigning champion; [[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]. Surprised to see the Dinobot, Bee is initially overjoyed to see his old friend as he's been working undercover to find him since he went missing months ago. The joy however quickly evaporates when Grimlock begins attacking him, seemingly unaware of who Bumblebee is. Rushing in to defend their mentor, Mo takes note of a mysterious badge under Grimlock's chin. Observing all this from the rafters is revealed to be the surviving Dr. Meridian/[[Mandroid]], taking glee at the available spare parts he now has from the losers of the Bot Brawl fights and how he's taken control of the mighty Grimlock. Back in the arena, Mo and the others quickly deduce the chip on Grimlock is what's controlling him, Bee and the Maltos work together to clear an opening for Thrash to disable Grimlock's control badge. Upon being freed from the badge, the Dinobot goes on a rampage in T-Rex mode scaring off the spectators and tearing the arena apart. Deciding to let Grimlock cool off, Bee and the others flee the arena as well.

Back with Robby, Twitch, and Hashtag, Robby assures his Terran sisters not to feel guilty about his disappointment with Stevie and Philadelphia's anti-Transformers bigotry. Soon rejoined by an exuberant Nightshade, they're all surprised to see Bumblebee returning in toe with Mo, Thrash, and Jawbreaker. Bumblebee informs them he has to back to help Grimlock but realizing he needs backup and that he can't wait for [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus]], he asks the Terrans if they're ready for their first real Autobot mission.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]] (3)

|c2=
*[[Brawl (ES)|Brawl]] (2)
*[[Nova Storm (ES)| Nova Storm]] (12)
*[[Frenzy (ES)| Frenzy]] (13)
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Mo Malto]] (3)
*[[Robby Malto]] ((4)
*[[Sam (ES)|Sam]] (10)
*[[Stevie]] (11)
*[[Mandroid]] (15)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (5)
*[[Twitch]] (6)
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] (7)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (8)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (9)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Arachnamech]]s (16)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Nightshade''': "Non-binary?" 
'''Sam''': "People who aren't male or female. Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have assumed." 
'''Nightshade''': "I always knew my pronouns felt right, but what a wonderful word for a wonderful experience."

"Finally, a weapon worthy of me. When all your pickings are from the losers, it's hard to be choosy."
:--'''Mandroid''' laments his options of Transformers. [[eBay]] customers can sympathize.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
* Deactivated Transformers hanging helplessly from the ceiling at the Bot Brawls brings to mind what [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] infamously did to the Autobots in the Marvel comics issue, "[[The New Order]]".
* Thrash calling a Time-Out in the fight with Grimlock, and the fact that it actually works, may be a reference to [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire's]] first interaction with Grimlock in [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|MTMTE issue 8]].
* Laserbeak talking isn't unheard of in the franchise but his smarmy wrestling style commentary duo with Frenzy seems to reference his "Statler and Waldorf"-type act with [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] in [[John Barber]]'s ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comic series.

===Real-world references===
[[File:HomePart1-WhenDinosaursRuledTheEarth.jpg|right|thumb|300px|After careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park.]]
* Bumblebee is billed as from "Parts Unknown" when entering the Bot Brawl arena, "Parts Unknown" being a popular billing for wrestlers who have some sort of mystique to them, associated mainly with {{w|The Ultimate Warrior}}.
* When Jawbreaker enters the Bot Brawl arena, Nova Storm can be seen on the ground in the Family Guy Death Pose.
* One of the moves Bumblebee performs on Jawbreaker in their wrestling match is "The People's Elbow", the signature cocky move of [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].
* As the Autobots leave Grimlock behind in the arena, he roars as a "Hail 2 The King!" cardboard sign falls across him in the foreground, which is a reference to the tyrannosaurus's final scene (and a falling "When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth" banner) in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.

===Errors===
* While under Mandroid's control Grimlock's eyes are blue. This is different then the effect of mind control seen in "[[Secret Legacy, Part 2]]", where the victim's eyes turn white.

===Trivia===
* As with "[[Secret Legacy, Part 1]]" and "[[Age of Evolution, Part 1]]", most online distribution platforms do not list this episode separately from Part 2, instead choosing to combine both parts into a single 44-minute video.

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Home, Part 2

2023-03-23T12:08:58Z

Shifter777: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 18
|image=HashtagVsMandroid HomePart2.jpg

|prev=Home, Part 1
|next=
|title="Home, Part 2"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Mae Catt]], [[Nicole Dubuc]], & [[Dale Malinowski]]
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|director=[[J.J. Conway]], [[Alex Kwan]], & [[Sebastian Montes]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/qT5PinxeumitcqIiZhFaTQTPApjHNoZo/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''The trip to Philly goes from bad to worse with the return of Mandroid.'''
==Synopsis==
[[File:MandroidReturns HomePart2.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''The wonder of the world is gone]]

With the Malto children and [[Terran]]s in tow, [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] races back to the Bot Brawl ring in hopes of finding [[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]. They soon discover however Grimlock has long since left and the arena has been cleared out. Scouting the area, the group discover the remains of [[Brawl (ES)|Brawl]] still hanging from the ceiling. Bumblebee is horrified to discover the Decepticon bruiser has been drained entirely of Energon along with his left arm missing. The moment is interrupted soon by a missile firing from the distance that sets the abandoned arena ablaze.

Coming to their senses, the group is horrified to see [[Mandroid]] emerging from the flames now equipped with Brawl's clawed hand. Accused by [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] of being the one behind Bot Brawl, Mandroid only laughs saying these existed long before him and will exist long after him. When [[Twitch]] tries to reason with Mandroid, saying they're willing to forgive him for their past encounters, he only laughs saying they're the ones who brought their war to his planet and he won't rest until they're all wiped out. Deploying his latest invention against Bumblebee, a series of [[Arachnamech]]-style tentacles that gradually begin draining him of [[Energon]]. To deal with the remaining Terrans, Mandroid sics his Arachmech army on to them, combining into a giant-centipede like creature. With Mandroid departing to finish work on his latest invention, the Terrans and Maltos try to overcome the mechanical monstrosity. During the battle however, Hashtag discovers her Wifi powers grant her not just access to the city's Wifi but the ability to control any piece of technology hooked up to it. Using this to their advantage, the Matlos distract the Arachnamech combiner as they lure it directly into a series oncoming trains controlled via Hashtag that destroys it.

Upon freeing Bumblebee, Hashtag surveys the area to find Mandroid in the upper rafters. Overcome with anger, she leaps up to grab a hold of him only for the mad scientist to scoff at her and place a badge on her chest. Twitch arriving soon after to discover to her horror that Mandroid has placed a control badge similar to the one used on Grimlock on Hashtag, making the Terran another one of his mindless drones. Gleeful at the success of his new invention, Mandroid departs as he orders the subservient Hashtag to make sure she returns to him with her Terran siblings: alive or in pieces. Horrified and reluctant to fight their sister, [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] takes the fight into the city above as the rest follow though leaving Bumblebee behind to try and regain his strength. Up above, Nightshade finds their attempts to remove the badge controlling their sister useless as this new version has a forcefield preventing it's removal. Meanwhile in Hashtag's inner virtual space, she finds herself locked out of her Wi-fi powers as a digital avatar of Mandroid appears before her saying she's entirely under his control. Mandroid then proceeds to mentally torture Hashtag with images of [[Robby Malto|Robby]], [[Mo Malto| Mo]], and [[Stevie]] saying she's all alone and unwelcomed on Earth. Helpless to stop him, Hashtag is reduced to a quivering mess.

Back in the real world, the mind controlled-Hashtag's powers that hook her up the city's Wifi allow her to throw volley after volley of cars at her siblings. Unsure of what to do, Robby suggest they go get Bee but Twitch refuses saying they can't leave their family behind. Approaching Hashtag alone at first, Twitch is soon joined in hands with her other siblings, vowing they aren't leaving without their sister. United together, Robby and Mo's [[cyber-sleeve]]s being to glow as back at the cave where the [[Emberstone]] was found the waters in the cave to begin to send out a strange energy that seemingly supercharges the Malto and Terrans. As they approach Hashtag using their powers to shield them from her attacks, the Malto family all grab a hold of her as they begin to overcome Mandroid's control of her through their connected sense of family and love for one another. As the digital avatar of Mandroid screams in impotent defiance, Hashtag finally manages regains control of her body. Coming to her senses and seeing the damage she caused, Hashtag begins to apologize before she's stopped by Twitch saying it wasn't her fault.

[[File:MandroidJoinsGHOST HomePart2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sleep tight, Decepticons]]
Bumblebee emerges from underground, lamenting how they were never able to find Grimlock and how this Bot Brawl ring likely isn't the only one in operation. Encouraged by words from Robby how that doesn't mean they'll let that stop them from trying to make the world safe for humans and Transformers, Bumblebee tries to depart. However after all he's been through, he finally collapses from a combination of exhaustion and Energon deprivation. Seeing that their mentor is just sleeping, the Maltos depart Philadelphia to get back to [[Witcwicky (place)|Witwicky]] before their parents wakeup. As they roll out with the sun rising, [[Sam (ES)|Sam]] from earlier sees Stevie spray painting over the "Transformers Go Home" graffiti with a more welcoming "Transformers ''Are'' Home". message.

Elsewhere, a weakened Mandroid—his health rapidly deteriorating due to a lack of Energon to power his Cybertronian appendages—is carried by his Arachnamechs to a rendezvous with G.H.O.S.T. director [[Agent Croft]], who is revealed to be one who was managing the Bot Brawl ring in Philadelphia. Croft tells Mandroid they'll be working much more closely together from now on, commissioning him to begin constructing more of his new control badges, and providing him with an [[energon patch]] to ensure he's healthy enough to do the work. When saying he'll need test subjects, Croft volunteers him the Decepticon prisoners of G.H.O.S.T. as Mandroid looks around with glee.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (2)

|c2=
*[[Brawl (ES)|Brawl]] (8)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Robby Malto]] (4)
*[[Mandroid]] (9)
*[[Sam (ES)|Sam]] (11)
*[[Stevie]] (12)
*[[Agent Croft|Executive Agent Croft]] (13)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (1)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (3)
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] (7)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (6)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Arachnamech]]s (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"Of course, you're behind Bot Brawl." 
"It'd be comforting if that were true, wouldn't it? However, the Bot Brawls were happening long before I arrived, and they'll continue long after I leave." 
:--'''Hashtag''' gets a harsh lesson about humanity from '''Mandroid'''.

"Don't listen! They're lying to you!" 
"You're wrong! I was '''never''' alone."
:—'''Mandroid''' gets told by '''Hashtag''' to shove it.

"Maltobots...roll out!"
:—'''Twitch''' puts a new spin on an old favorite.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Mandroid has rapidly deteriorated between this episode and the preceding one, following the addition of [[Brawl (ES)|Brawl]]'s left arm in place of his own. Evidently, the alterations he has performed to his biology require him to consume energon; without it, his health has taken a dive, leaving him gaunt, sallow, and with a rasping voice and cough. This degeneration was first hinted at back in "[[Age of Evolution, Part 2]]", in which Mandroid briefly slipped into a raspy voice while addressing the masquerading Terrans, punctuated by him clearing his throat to return his voice to normal.
* Thrash compares the Terrans temporarily supercharged powers to how he felt after soaking in the waters of the cave from "[[Friends and Family]]", only much greater. Robby and Mo seem however to be turned off by just how powerful it felt.
* The "Maltobots" phrase was first used by Bumblebee in "[[Hashtag: Oops]]" and now seems to have been adopted by Twitch as the group's call-sign.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* As with "[[Secret Legacy, Part 2]]" and "[[Age of Evolution, Part 2]]", most online distribution platforms do not list this episode separately from Part 1, instead choosing to combine both parts into a single 44-minute video.
[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Hashtag: Oops

2023-03-08T14:48:05Z

Shifter777: /* Featured characters */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 11
|prev=Age of Evolution, Part 2
|next=Outtakes
|title="Hashtag: Oops"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Bernard Badion]], [[Isabel Galupo]] & [[Maasai Singleton]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/transformers-earthspark/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''Twitch helps Hashtag choose her alt-mode, and it takes them both for a wild and G.H.O.S.T.-ly ride that Bumblebee must help them escape.'''

==Synopsis==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]] (1)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (17)
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]] (18)
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Croft|Executive Agent Croft]] (2)
*[[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]] (4)
*[[Kwan|Cadet Kwan]] (11)
*[[Conway|Cadet Conway]] (12)
*[[Rosato|Cadet Rosato]] (13)
*[[Bagheri|Agent Bagheri]] (14)
*[[Bala|Agent Bala]] (15)
*[[Mo Malto]] (20)
*[[Robby Malto]] (21)
*[[Dot Malto]] (22)
*[[Alex Malto]] (23)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (6)
*[[Jawbreaker(ES)|Jawbreaker]] (7)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (8)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
*

===Real-world references===
* The G.H.O.S.T. cadets are all named after storyboard directors on the show—specifically [[Alex Kwan]], [[J.J. Conway]], and [[Jordan Rosato]].
* The sound made when Hashtag connects to Wi-Fi is similar to the dial-up tone.
* Hashtag directly quotes the infamous line "{{w|All your base are belong to us}}" from ''{{w|Zero Wing}}'' when she successfully overtakes G.H.O.S.T's security systems.

===Errors===
*

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Hashtag: Oops

2023-03-07T23:49:20Z

Shifter777:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 11
|prev=Age of Evolution, Part 2
|next=Home, Part 1
|title="Hashtag: Oops"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Bernard Badion]], [[Isabel Galupo]] && [[Maasal Singleton]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/transformers-earthspark/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''Twitch helps Hashtag choose her alt-mode, and it takes them both for a wild and G.H.O.S.T.-ly ride that Bumblebee must help them escape.'''

==Synopsis==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]] (1)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (17)
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]] (18)
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Executive Agent Croft]] (2)
*[[Agent Schloder]] (4)
*[[Cadet Kwan]] (11)
*[[Cadet Conway]] (12)
*[[Cadet Rosato]] (13)
*[[Agent Bagheri]] (14)
*[[Bala | Agent Bala]] (15)
*[[Mo Malto]] (20)
*[[Robbie Malto]] (21)
*[[Dot Malto]] (22)
*[[Alex Malto]] (23)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (6)
*[[Jawbreaker(ES)|Jawbreaker]] (7)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (8)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
*

===Real-world references===
* The sound made when Hashtag connects to Wi-Fi is similar to the dial-up tone.

===Errors===
*

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Warzone

2023-03-07T23:48:27Z

Shifter777:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 16
|prev=Bear Necessities
|next=Home, Part 1
|title="Warzone"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Isabel Galupo]] && [[Maasal Singleton]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=[[J.J. Conway]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/VsTWyXy8OBFGnWHlKRvVeeiRHJOdrKMi/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''Robby and Mo join the Terrans on a visit to the Spacebridge Memorial Park, but the memory of the siege opens old wounds...and more...for Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (3)

|c2=
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (2)
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] (4)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (6)
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]] (16)
|c3=
*[[Dot Malto]] (5)
*[[Mo Malto]] (12)
*[[Robby Malto]] (13)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (9)
*[[Twitch]] (10)
*[[Jawbreaker(ES)|Jawbreaker]] (11)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (14)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
* The [[AllSpark]] and the war fought over its life-giving properties have been a central component of many prior Transformers series. Its appearance in Earthspark most resembles its appearance in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film series]].
* Megatron's disgust over Shockwave's "lower class" comment hearkens back to the class-based origins of the [[Great War (disambiguation)|Great War]] in many previous series, most recently the [[Aligned continuity family]] and the [[2005 IDW continuity]].

===Real-world references===

===Errors===
*

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

User:Shifter777

2023-03-07T23:47:30Z

Shifter777:

Hi.

I like Transformers, but you probably could guess that.

Big fan of all things [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]] and [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW's]] [[Transformers (2019 comic)| Transformers]]. [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]] is the best Transformers media to date, though. [[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon) | EarthSpark]] is getting up there...

My favorite Transformers include:
* [[Jazz (disambiguation)|Just about every Jazz]]
* [[Soundwave (WFC)]], [[Soundwave (G1)]], and [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)]].
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)]]
* [[Omega Supreme (Animated)]]

User:Shifter777

2023-03-07T23:46:30Z

Shifter777:

Hi.

I like Transformers, but you probably could guess that.

Big fan of all things [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]] and [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW's]] [[Transformers (2019 comic)| Transformers]]. [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]] is the best Transformers media to date, though. [[Transformers:Earthspark (cartoon) | Earthspark]] is getting up there.

My favorite Transformers include:
* [[Jazz (disambiguation)|Just about every Jazz]]
* [[Soundwave (WFC)]], [[Soundwave (G1)]], and [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)]].
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)]]
* [[Omega Supreme (Animated)]]

Hashtag: Oops

2023-03-07T23:12:14Z

Shifter777: Created page with "{{episode| |otherseries=''Transformers: EarthSpark'' ep 11 |prev=Age of Evolution, Part 2 |next=Home, Part 1 |title="Hashtag: Oops" |air..."

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 11
|prev=Age of Evolution, Part 2
|next=Home, Part 1
|title="Hashtag: Oops"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Bernard Badion]], [[Isabel Galupo]] && [[Maasal Singleton]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/transformers-earthspark/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

Twitch helps Hashtag choose her alt-mode, and it takes them both for a wild and G.H.O.S.T.-ly ride that Bumblebee must help them escape.

==Synopsis==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]] (1)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (17)
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]] (18)
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Executive Agent Croft]] (2)
*[[Agent Schloder]] (4)
*[[Cadet Kwan]] (11)
*[[Cadet Conway]] (12)
*[[Cadet Rosato]] (13)
*[[Agent Bagheri]] (14)
*[[Bala | Agent Bala]] (15)
*[[Mo Malto]] (20)
*[[Robbie Malto]] (21)
*[[Dot Malto]] (22)
*[[Alex Malto]] (23)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (6)
*[[Jawbreaker(ES)|Jawbreaker]] (7)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (8)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
*

===Real-world references===
* The sound made when Hashtag connects to Wi-Fi is similar to the dial-up tone.

===Errors===
*

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Warzone

2023-03-07T22:19:27Z

Shifter777: Created page with "{{episode| |otherseries=''Transformers: EarthSpark'' ep 16 |prev=Bear Necessities |next=Home, Part 1 |title="Warzone" |airdate=[[March ..."

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 16
|prev=Bear Necessities
|next=Home, Part 1
|title="Warzone"
|airdate=[[March 3]], [[2023]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Isabel Galupo]] && [[Maasal Singleton]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=[[J.J. Conway]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/VsTWyXy8OBFGnWHlKRvVeeiRHJOdrKMi/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

Robby and Mo join the Terrans on a visit to the Spacebridge Memorial Park, but the memory of the siege opens old wounds...and more...for Megatron.

==Synopsis==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (3)

|c2=
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (2)
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] (4)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (6)
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]] (16)
|c3=
*[[Dot Malto]] (5)
*[[Mo Malto]] (12)
*[[Robby Malto]] (13)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (9)
*[[Twitch]] (10)
*[[Jawbreaker(ES)|Jawbreaker]] (11)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (14)
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
* The [[AllSpark]] and the war fought over its life-giving properties have been a central component of many prior Transformers series. Its appearance in Earthspark most resembles its appearance in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film series]].
* Megatron's disgust over Shockwave's "lower class" comment hearkens back to the class-based origins of the [[Great War (disambiguation)|Great War]] in many previous series, most recently the [[Aligned continuity family]] and the [[2005 IDW continuity]].

===Real-world references===

===Errors===
*

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Soaring

2022-11-10T05:56:58Z

Shifter777: /* The Covenant of Primus */

:''Soaring is a [[Transformer]] from [[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
{{faceless}}

'''Soaring''' lived before the dawn of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]].

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
Soaring was one of the unfortunate souls who died of the [[Cosmic Rust (disease) | Rust Plague]].
{{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

[[Category:Aligned Transformers]]
[[Category:Prose-only characters]]

Cheetor (Cyberverse)

2022-11-09T02:44:40Z

Shifter777: /* Cyberverse */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Cheetor}}
:''Cheetor is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:CyberverseCheetor.jpg|thumb|300px|"[[Chester|DANGEROUSLY cheesy!]]"]]

'''Cheetor''' was once one with the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], until he emerged from it on Earth in his new catlike form to serve as the relic's guardian. A dedicated protector with devout faith in the Allspark, he draws power from the relic to gain enormous strength and the ability to create [[GroundBridge]]s at will. Knowing the threat that the [[Decepticon]]s pose, Cheetor has chosen to join the [[Autobot]]s, who have taken to teaching the naïve young bot about the ways of this new world. In turn, he stands with them to defend the side of good, hoping the Autobots and Decepticons will someday settle their differences and together become one with the Allspark again.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[TJ Nelson]] (English), [[Wataru Takagi]] (Japanese)|[[Jonathan Simon]] (French), [[Amadeus Strobl]] (German), [[Héctor Mena]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:Cyberverse Cheetor Beast Mode.jpg|left|thumb|"I'm a moon cheetah! You wanna do something with this?"]]
Cheetor was once one with the Allspark, but was brought to [[Earth]] by it and given his bestial form to act as the relic's guardian. For countless years, Cheetor traveled the world with the Allspark, using [[GroundBridge]]s to move from place to place. That all changed when he first noticed the Cybertronians [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]. From that point on, he observed both the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s from afar, hoping their war would one day come to an end so they could all be united together in the Allspark. {{storylink|Dark Birth}}

In the aftermath of a battle on the [[moon (moon)|moon]], Bumblebee spotted Cheetor watching them all, but by the time he could draw anyone else's attention, Cheetor was gone. {{storylink|Bad Moon Rising}} Cheetor observed the fallen form of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] before leaving the moon, accidentally leaving the GroundBridge open behind him. {{storylink|Dark Birth}} Bumblebee continued searching for information about the mysterious "moon cheetah", only to spot him watching the Autobots from outside the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']]. Bumblebee and [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] attempted to catch him, but Cheetor used a GroundBridge to escape, with Hot Rod inadvertently following him through. {{storylink|The Visitor}} The GroundBridge emerged in front of the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'', and after a scuffle with the Decepticons, Hot Rod fled the scene. Before he could retaliate, [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] spotted Cheetor entering a GroundBridge, piquing his curiosity. {{storylink|Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime}}

When [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron used the GroundBridge network to triangulate the Allspark's location, Cheetor manipulated the portals so that only the leaders could enter the cave and introduced himself to the two leaders. To determine which of them was worthy of possessing the Allspark, Cheetor challenged them to compete in "The Trials". When the trial of knowledge proved ineffective, Cheetor instead proposed a trial by combat, granting each contender new [[spark armor]]. While he was distracted by the battle, Starscream appeared and stole the Allspark. Distraught at the seeming failure of his life's purpose, Cheetor offered to aid Optimus and his team in reclaiming the Allspark. {{storylink|Trials}}

After explaining his origins to the Autobots, Cheetor joined them in a raid on the ''Nemesis'' where he attempted to discern the Allspark's location only to find that he could not sense it. Though he initially feared that the artifact had abandoned him, he eventually realized that the Allspark was not on the ship at all, using this revelation to force the others to stop fighting and have Megatron reveal that Starscream had gone rogue. The discussion caused everyone to realize that Cheetor's lunar portal had healed Starscream's otherwise fatal wounds and laid the foundations for the latest round of Autobot/Decepticon peace talks. {{storylink|Dark Birth}} As Optimus and Megatron negotiated, Cheetor expressed hope that the peace talk would be successful, providing a mark contrast to Hot Rod and Bumblebee's attitude, but found his optimism quickly misplaced after [[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)|Bludgeon]]'s fatal attack on [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]] led to a free for all. {{storylink|Parley}}

Cheetor was among a group of Autobots responding to a Decepticon distress call. When they arrived at the ''Nemesis'', the Autobots found the crew paralyzed with Cheetor's instincts guiding him to the Allspark. When the [[Scraplet]]s attacked, Cheetor managed to avoid being bitten and ran to the bridge to aid Optimus and Windblade. Pouncing on Starscream's [[spark armor]], Cheetor tried to reclaim the Allspark, managing to make physical contact with it, only for this to unleash a healing wave of energy, the kinetic force of which sent Cheetor flying away from Starscream. {{storylink|Starscream's Children}}
[[File:Cyberverse Spotted Cheetor.jpg|300px|thumb|left]]

As Cheetor attempted to find his place in the Autobot chain of command, Bumblebee decided to train him as a scout. The two were eventually captured by Starscream, who sought to assimilate Cheetor's Allspark powers into himself, only for Cheetor to use liquid [[energon]] to briefly turn the Scraplets' feral hunger against the Seekers. Having managed to capture one of the critters, the two scouts brought it to [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]] for study. {{storylink|Spotted}}

After [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]] had arrived on Earth, he led the Autobots to the Allspark only for the group to be met by both the Decepticons and a now Allspark-empowered Starscream. Though Cheetor's powers allowed him a modicum of resistance to Starscream's new abilities, the day was saved only through the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], its energy blasting the Allspark out of Starscream. After the Allspark had reconstituted its physical form, Cheetor managed to grab hold of it, carrying it back through the GroundBridge to the ''Ark''. {{storylink|I Am The Allspark}}

After Optimus, in deep stasis after unleashing the Matrix, was secured in sickbay, the Autobots made ready to leave Earth. With Bumblebee, Cheetor remotely piloted an [[Autobot shuttle]], drawing the ''Nemesis'' away from Earth's [[space bridge]]. As the ''Ark'' made for the portal, [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]], having seen through the ruse, attacked the ship, delaying it long enough for the ''Nemesis'' to catch up and unleash the heavy artillery. At Starscream's suggestion, Cheetor used the Allspark to repair the ''Ark'', only for the Decepticons to blow up the space bridge, forcing the ''Ark'' to physically fly back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}}

Finding the celebration party on the ''Ark'' too loud for his liking, Cheetor joined Optimus on the vessel's roof, only for [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] to inform them that the others were going berserk. After finding that Starscream responsible, hacking into Wheeljack's badges and exposing the Autobots to the Allspark's raw energy, the trio fought off their raging comrades and shut down the delivery system, allowing sanity to be restored. {{storylink|Party Down}}

As the ''Ark'' sailed through an asteroid field, Cheetor joined Bumblebee and Hot Rod for some solar surfing, finding great success in his [[beast mode]]. As the three enjoyed themselves, they were separated by a massive solar flare. When Cheetor rebooted, he was found by [[the Fins]], one of the three factions that comprised what was left of the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] race. After fighting off a few of them, Cheetor found himself drafted by the group to aid in securing [[The Park]]. Upon arrival, he reunited with Bumblebee and Hot Rod, having both been drafted into [[the Tails]] and [[the Snouts]] respectively where Cheetor encouraged the Sharkticons to celebrate their commonalities and work together. And they did just that by turning on the Autobots, sending the three running back to the ''Ark''. Acting on a brainwave, Cheetor retrieved the Allspark and used its power to, largely, reconstitute the [[Sharkticon homeworld]], restoring peace to the species. {{storylink|Wiped Out}}

As Cheetor reminisced about his old cavern on Earth, Windblade was possessed and took the Allspark down to a nearby red planet. Along with Optimus and Bumblebee, Cheetor followed the [[cityspeaker]] to the surface, finding a deserted city that Windblade sought to reach the centre of. Constantly delayed by the city's automatic defences, the trio could not stop Windblade from unleashing the Allspark at the city's heart only to find that the possessing entity was one of the legendary [[Titan (group)|Titans]]. Introducing himself as [[Croaton (Cyberverse)|Croaton]], the Titan told them his story, apologizing for any trouble he had caused before he set off to find the colonists that had been abducted from him. {{storylink|Ghost Town}}

After forty cycles in space, the Autobots soon became bored. An EMP storm soon struck the vessel, locking Cheetor, and everyone else, in position. Needing to repower the ship, Cheetor's prone form was banged against the Allspark a few times by [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] and [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]] to try and rouse it to no avail. Once power was restored to the ''Ark'', Cheetor rebooted, none the wiser about what had happened. {{storylink|Perfect Storm}}

When a distress call from [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]] came in, the Autobots repaired an old [[space bridge]] to try and quickly return home. The repairs were only a partial success as the ''Ark'' soon wound up trapped in [[unspace]], the void between universes. Meeting up with other versions of themselves, the nine groups of Autobots used all their Allsparks to punch open a portal back to their universes. Arriving in orbit of Cybertron, the Autobots had a hearty cheer that their struggles were finally over. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

Failing to raise Chromia, Optimus suspected a trap, entrusting the Allspark to Cheetor as he ordered everyone to abandon ship, leaving the ''Ark'' to be blown up by a [[laser snare]]. Guarded by Hot Rod and Bumblebee, Cheetor remained on the outskirts of the battle under orders to not enter the [[Threshold of the Well]] until a direct path had been cleared. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After Chromia informed Windblade of a backdoor to the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of the Allspark]], "Team Hot Rod" began making their way underground. When the three stopped at a toxic energon swamp to regain their bearings, [[Drift (Cyberverse)|Drift]] caught up with them. Though Cheetor welcomed Drift's aid, the swordsmech lunged at the three, revealing himself to having been a deep-cover Decepticon agent. As Hot Rod delayed the traitor, Bumblebee and Cheetor pressed further underground, coming to rest in a jungle. Looking around, Cheetor theorized that the environment was a remnant of Cybertron's prehistory before he noticed that Bumblebee had vanished. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}}
[[File:Cyberverse BFC IV CheetorSacrifice.jpg|230px|thumb|right]]

Trekking through the jungle, Cheetor found his friend had been taken captive by [[Repugnus (Cyberverse)|Repugnus]] and his tribe of [[Monsterbot (Cyberverse)|Monsterbots]], Cheetor using the Allspark to quell the diminutive Cybertronians' hunger and win their friendship. The Monsterbots guided the duo to the Well where they found Shockwave waiting for them. Though Cheetor was quick to follow his duty, Shockwave was equally quick in rendering him unconscious leaving Bumblebee to defeat the scientist. When Cheetor awoke, the two friends returned the Allspark to its resting point and brought their planet back to life only for Shockwave to extract his own spark and use it to try and corrupt the Allspark.

Realizing what he had to do, Cheetor bade a fond goodbye to Bumblebee and sacrificed his own spark to purify the Allspark and ensure the future of the Cybertronian race. As Cybertron began to heal itself, Cheetor's voice spoke out to Bumblebee one last time, assuring his friend that he would always be with him in spirit. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}}

====Alternate universe====
When a distress call from [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]] came in, the Autobots repaired an old space bridge to try and quickly return home. The repairs were only a partial success as the ''Ark'' soon wound up trapped in [[unspace]], the void between universes. Though the Autobot teams worked together, along with a third Autobot group, to return home, time ran out for Cheetor's group and they were disintegrated by unspace's properties. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Elite-Class-Spark-Armor-Cheetor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"There be nothing like an ocean storm to make a pirate feel alive, ha-har!"]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Elite Class Spark Armor, [[2019]])
**''Accessories'': "Sea Fury" battleship/armor

:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Elite Class Cheetor transforms from robot to cheetah. He comes with the "[[Sea Fury]]" battleship, a retool of [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Bumblebee]]'s Ocean Storm Spark Armor, which can form battle armor in robot mode. His hands have a slightly open claw grip that can hold 5mm post accessories. While his tail can be easily popped on and off, it can't really be held as a weapon and appears to be removable [[for safety reasons]]. He has very decent articulation compared to earlier Cyberverse toys but lacks a waist swivel due to the hinged panel on his back, and the slot on his waist used for locking the Sea Fury armor chestplate in place.

:Like all ''Cyberverse'' Elite-class armor, the Sea Fury features a unique built-in helmet. Its armor mode has limited articulation, with elbow and bicep swivel joints, but does not have any shoulder articulation to speak of due to the way it automatically transforms when attached. As a result, it cannot assume the slightly splayed stance that it is shown in on the back of the package. It also has a flip-out anchor weapon which snaps into place in ship mode and unlocks by changing to armor mode. In addition, the armor features multiple 5 mm post holes, including the hands, shoulders, elbows, and one on the left forearm. While Cheetor himself sports an Autobrand on his right shoulder, the Sea Fury has a [[Maximal]] sigil on its prow. The Sea Fury is almost identical to Bumblebee's Ocean Storm, differing only in the [[repaint|color of the paint]] and the new helmet. The bridge and conning tower are only held in by friction, and as such may pop out during play. The clip that locks into Cheetor's waist can be rather tight, but can be disconnected by lifting the plate up rather than trying to pull it forward.

:The figure's design matches promotional artwork from Hasbro, and as such heavily deviates from the Boulder animation model.

:Cheetor was exclusively available at [[Target]] stores in the US. He was also released at general retail in Malaysia and Europe.

{{-}}{{anchor|Deluxe Class}}
[[File:Cyberverse deluxe cheetor stock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Moon Cheetah]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])
**''Accessories'': 2 swords, 2 claws, beast helmet
**''Action Attack'': "Saber Strike"
{{toydesigner|[[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Cheetor's second toy is a Deluxe Class figure which is more accurate to his in-show animation model. He includes armor parts that attach to different points depending on the mode he is in. The cheetah helmet cannot be put on the cheetah head while in robot mode, though it can clip onto either of his robot mode wrists instead.

{{--}}

===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:TF-Buzzworthy-Bumblebee-Cyberverse-2018-Deluxe-Three-Pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bumblebee / Optimus Prime / Cheetor''' (Deluxe Class 3-pack, [[2022]])
**''Series'': '''''Cyberverse'''''
**''Accessories'': 2 swords, 2 claws, beast helmet

:The Deluxe Class Cheetor toy was re-released without any changes for this 3-pack along with [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Buzzworthy Deluxe|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Buzzworthy Deluxe|Optimus Prime]].

:This 3-pack first saw release in Asian countries such as Singapore, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Cheetor-Cyberverse-Hasbro-art.jpg|thumb|250px]]
*Cheetor's design is a stylized version of his [[Cheetor (BW)|Beast Era counterpart]]'s original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' body.
*Throughout the series, Cheetor wields swords similar to the ones the original Cheetor uses in [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'']].
*The design of Cheetor's animation model differs from the one shown on his toy packaging art (see right).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cheetus''' (チータス ''Chītasu'')

[[Category:Cyberverse Autobots]]

Griffin Rock Rocks!

2022-09-09T04:14:10Z

Shifter777: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 101
|image=GriffinRockRocks on stage.jpg
|caption=
|prev=Powerless
|next=Bot Battle
|title="Griffin Rock Rocks!"
|airdate=[[June 12]], [[2020]] (UK) [[May 29]], [[2021]] (US)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writers=[[Ciarán Morrison and Mick O'Hara]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Ray Quigley]]
}}

'''Medix's favorite DJ is playing a concert at Griffin Rock. However as there will be so many out-of-towners attending the bots have to remain out of sight. But when the DJ's show needs rescuing, Medix and the recruits must take centre stage.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] is working on some delicate electronics when she's startled by loud noises. [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]], [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] and [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] find her in the corridor searching for the source of the noise and join in, eventually tracing it to [[Medix (RB)|Medix]]'s lab where their fellow recruit is listening to loud electronic dance music. Once they get his attention and he turns the music off, he admits [[Cody Burns|Cody]] has got him interested in the works of the mysterious DJ Mechmaster, who wears a robot mask to hide his true identity. DJ Mechmaster happens to be holding a charity concert in [[Griffin Rock]] soon, but Medix can't attend for risk of exposing the Rescue Bots' secret as there'll be out-of-towners there. The others leave him to it, and discuss how it's sad he won't get to see DJ Mechmaster in concert, however [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] overhears them and takes the recruits out to the garden to hear a request from [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] — he wants them to monitor the concert from the Academy to make sure nothing goes wrong.

The day of the concert arrives, and the people of Griffin Rock are all at the docks as DJ Mechmaster's stage barge arrives. Unfortunately as the tugboat towing it struggles against the current, the towline snaps and the barge crashes into rocks. The recruits solve the exposure problem by using the [[GroundBridge]] to reach the sea floor near the barge so they can mount the rescue unseen. They successfully free the barge and reattach it to the tug, only to realize DJ Mechmaster himself is missing. Medix and Whirl take to the air and find the DJ clinging to a buoy, with his robot mask jammed in the metalwork. With no other choice than to reveal themselves, Medix goes back to get Hot Shot's assistance in boat form, and reveeals himself in robot form to DJ Mechmaster. Once he removes the mask to free the DJ, he realizes he didn't need to worry as DJ Mechmaster is in reality Mayor Luskey!

That evening, the concert is about to start, though Luskey is sure the crowd will be disappointed as the stage props are all out of commission, however Medix has an idea — the bots pretend to be stage props and provide the lights and special effects. Back at the academy, Heatwave and [[Tough Luck Chuck]] groove to the dance music.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] (1)
*[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] (2)
*[[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] (3)
*[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] (4)
*[[Medix (RB)|Medix]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (6)

|c3=
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (7)

|c4=
*[[Tough Luck Chuck]] (8)
|}}

==Quotes==
"Ugh, rusting Primus! Where is that noise coming from?"
:—'''Whirl'''

"Oh, you can turn off the music, buddy, but you can't turn off the image of you dancing that is now embedded in our neural circuits."
:—'''Wedge'''

"So, uh, why dance music, Medix?" 
"Well, it's the nested binary structure of the sixteen bar groups combined with some sick drops and chain compression on the bass that really gets my circuits humming." 
"Yep, glad I asked."
:—'''Hot Shot''' and '''Medix'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Whirl at first believes Medix's music to be [[Scraplet]]s loose in the Academy.

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*DJ Mech-Master's masked outfit and connection to electronic music bring to mind similar masked electronic artists, like {{w|Daft Punk}} and {{w|Marshmello}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Either Medix's headphones were for decoration, or Medix likes his music ''really'' loud.
*Griffin Rock's docks include four emergency boats — two police and two ambulance.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy episodes]]

Dani Burns

2022-01-22T20:24:49Z

Shifter777: /* Notes */

{{disambig3|Burns}}
:''Dani Burns is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:DaniBurns-charactermodel.jpg|right|thumb|''I'm on tonight'' 
''You know my hips don't lie'' 
''And I'm starting to feel it's right''...]]

'''Danielle "Dani" Burns''' is the daredevil of the Burns family. A skilled pilot of just about anything that flies, Dani is willing to fly into any danger zone to extract those in need of rescue, and do it with a smile on her face. She and her brother [[Kade Burns|Kade]] are constantly ribbing each other, in an ongoing one-upmanship competition. While they may get on each other's nerves frequently, when the going gets rough, both are ready to put it aside and work together in perfect synch.

Her zeal for risk-taking and high-flying is a big source of stress for her Cybertronian partner [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], a timid and acrophobic being by nature. But the two have a growing bond of respect and friendship, their very different personalities tempering the other's impulses: Dani pushes Blades to get over his worries in order to help others in danger, while Blades teaches Dani to be less impulsive and more careful in her operations.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Lacey Chabert]] (English), [[Parvesh Cheena]] (English, "[[Switcheroo]]")|[[Giuliana Jakobeit]] (German), [[Ilona Molnár]] (Hungarian), [[Beata Jankowska-Tzimas]] (Polish), [[Andrea Orozco]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Rocío Pereiras]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Marissa Lenti]] (English, ''[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Sky Forest Rescue|Sky Forest Rescue]]''/''[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Dino Island|Dino Island]]''), [[Taro Tikkanen]] (Finnish), [[Katia Sorrentino]] (Italian), [[Géraldine Frippiat]] (French), [[Tatiane Keplmair]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Andressa Andreatto]] (Brazilian Portuguese, "[[Time After Time]]" and "[[Today and Forever]]" only)}}

When they were younger, Dani and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] used to tell [[Kade Burns|Kade]] stories about [[gremlin]]s in retaliation for his bossiness. {{storylink|Blame the Gremlins}}

Dani attended the dedication of the new rescue robots with her brothers; however, when they were called to the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|natural history museum]] to deal with a fire, she found her [[Blades (RB)|new helicopter]] was reluctant to fly very high or fast and thus arrived late. That night, they were further startled when their vehicles went off on their own to chase a robotic ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Dani used her helicopter to drop a metal cell on the [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]]. It was only later that their father revealed that the four robots were aliens. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

[[File:UnderPressure Dani piloting.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Why won't these ghosts leave Pacman alone?]]
Dani and Blades continued having problems working together. [[Cody Burns|Cody]] interrupted Dani's rock climbing to try and assist, and eventually lured her, Kade, and Graham to the bunker under the fire station in an attempt to get them to bond with their partners, but Dani's enthusiasm about flying just made Blades uncomfortable. When they subsequently had to deal with an active volcano, Dani had to cajole Blades into flying out of the ash cloud. When she later spotted that the lava was flowing into the tunnels leading to the bunker where Cody was, she managed to spur Blades into action so they could pick up a nearby water tower and dump it on the lava. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

After feeling left out of a rescue, Dani went to [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] and borrowed a scoop claw, which she attached to Blades. The pair were soon bogarting all the rescues with Blades's new attachment, and Kade and Graham registered their complaints with her. She took Blades out on patrol, but when the Autobot was forced down after being struck by lightning, she and Cody were in danger of being baked by a forest fire. After a rescue by the rest of the team, Dani and Blades opted to put the claw in storage until it was really needed. {{storylink|Hotshots}} During the preparations for the [[Lobster and Technology Festival]], Dani and Blades were called on to retrieve a runaway lobster parade balloon. They took part in the technology parade the next day, and when the festival was attacked by [[flobster]]s, the pair took part in the roundup operation so the flobsters could be neutralized. {{storylink|Flobsters on Parade}}

[[File:WalkWildSide Dani ready to clean.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Gee. A stick. Thanks.]]
As the town panicked as a result of [[Huxley Prescott]] announcing an alien invasion, Dani and Blades tried to help the citizens, and had to tow the overloaded [[Griffin Rock ferry]] to safety. {{storylink|The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}} After [[Whiskers|a lion]] escaped from [[Griffin Rock Zoo]], Dani and Blades chased it around with a cage until they eventually caught it. {{storylink|Walk on the Wild Side}} Dani and her partner attempted to help [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]], but were forced to ask for help from the others. After Cody tried to soup up his go-kart [[Rolling Thunder (RB)|Rolling Thunder]] with nanites, the pair were in time to save him from an out-of-control [[Scrapmaster]]. {{storylink|Cody on Patrol}} Dani and Blades later came to the rescue of Mr. Harrison again when the bank was in danger of falling into a sinkhole. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}}

During a snowstorm created by an out-of-control weather machine, Dani flew Blades upside-down to clear the roof of City Hall of snow before it collapsed. They also helped motorists on a snowed-in bridge. {{storylink|Christmas in July}} Dani and Blades had to rescue the mayor's ship, the ''[[Floating Xanadu]]'', when it almost ran onto rocks. She gave an excuse to get out of the family's annual fishing trip, but she, Kade and Graham later changed their minds and arrived on the pier to discover they'd missed out on the [[shark submarine|giant mechanical shark]]. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble}}

Dani, Blades and Cody went to rescue [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] when it appeared she was in danger from a robot dinosaur, but it turned out the dinosaur was [[Trex]], the Greene's butler and guard dog. When Trex later went rogue, Dani and Blades had to fly Greene back to the lab to debug the beast. {{storylink|Return of the Dino Bot}} Dani was prevented from dropping Cody off at school by a call out. The arrival of [[Doctor Morocco]] and his [[MorBot]] resulted in the entire team being stood down, after they failed to compete against the newcomer. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}} Cody got Dani to take him up in Blades so he could spy on Doctor Morocco, though they were attacked by the MorBot and pursued back to the station. Dani volunteered to take the blame for the venture. When the Rescue Bots were called to a fire at the lab, Dani was contacted by Cody, and instructed the boy in landing Morocco's airship. Cody and Frankie had found evidence condemning Morocco, resulting in the team being reinstated. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

Dani and Blades were prevented from rescuing [[Hayley]] by Kade, who wanted to do it himself so he could win Hayley over and get a date. When the team attended a break-in at the [[Hall of Inspiration]] and three of the Bots were shrunk, Dani mistook Blades for a fly and swatted him away. They continued on without the three missing bots, and when there was a problem at the dam, Dani and Graham observed it from base, and Dani spotted that Hayley's minivan was still blocking one of the overflow pipes. After the three Bots were returned to normal size, Dani had to clean the sewerage off Blades. {{storylink|Small Blessings}} During a nautical rescue, Dani and Blades were pulled underwater, but still managed to rescue [[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]]. Information uncovered by Cody led the team to venture into the sea where they helped [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]] seal the vent causing the [[Griffin Rock Triangle]]. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Triangle}}

[[File:RulesAndRegulations Dani takes Chase's call.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.45|Oh hi! Didn't hear you come in.]]
While Chief Burns was out checking security at [[Griffin Crest]], Dani got a confusing call from [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and had to drag Kade and Graham to the crest to rescue the other three Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Rules and Regulations}} When a storm hit Griffin Rock, Dani helped secure the town and met a young pilot named [[Taylor]] while she and Blades stopped a plane at the airport. She searched for Cody on the ''[[Darby Ava]]'' after her brother was swept out to sea. {{storylink|The Lost Bell}} Dani accompanied the team on a mission to [[Wayward Island]] to investigate a meteorite and acted as a spotter from the air, though after they encountered [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], she struggled to keep Blades on-mission. After [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Boulder]] and Chase were stricken by a strange virus, the team returned to the island to get a sample of the meteorite and destroy the rest of it. They succeeded, and Dani took pictures of the Rescue Bots and their new friend together. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

During a call out concerning a rampaging blob of [[Squilsh]], Dani and Blades tracked the blob from the air. They were able to provide an airlift when the rest of the team cornered the Squilsh at the [[Griffin Rock Community Pool]]. {{storylink|You've Been Squilshed}} When the townspeople started rapidly disappearing, she and Blades saved Frankie from being likewise zapped by the [[Tracer (RB)|tracer]] bugs, before leading the bugs on a flight through the wind farm. Though they reached the fire station safely, Dani was later teleported to an underground cavern by the bugs, and had to be rescued with the rest of the townsfolk. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}}

When Griffin Rock has what appeared to be an infestation of ghosts, Dani had to deal not only with the ghosts, but a jumpy robot partner. Fortunately for them both, the ghosts turned out to be [[hologram]]s. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}} Dani made a cake for Chief Burns's birthday. When the Chief and Chase went missing, she took part in the search which eventually led to the old lead mine, and accompanied Boulder, Blades and Graham inside to search. After the missing pair were rescued, they had the Chief's birthday dinner and everyone pretended to like the cake. {{storylink|Little White Lies}}

[[File:BotToTheFuture Dani hates flying.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.34|That's not a seatbelt, that's just a sticker on Blades' cockpit.]]
When Frankie started filming the Bots during a rescue, Chief Burns got Dani to take her home so that the Bots could work without having to pretend to be robots. Dani and the rest of the team later tracked down the cause of the quakes—a subwoofer in underground storage. {{storylink|Shake Up}} After Cody got a [[repulsor badge]] and dubbed himself "Rescue Boy", Dani and the rest of the team had to put up with him taking part in emergencies. Eventually the badge overloaded and they had to rescue him from an energy bubble. {{storylink|Rescue Boy}}

Dani and Blades attended the testing of a [[Temporal Station|time machine]], and her partner was transported back to 1939 with the other Bots. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} In an alternate reality created when history was changed, Dani and her brothers were mechanics, and Dani was terrified of flying. The three siblings constructed the [[Mobile Headquarters]] to combat the ruling Doctor Morocco's MorBots, though in the end they didn't use it until they needed to get a group of time traveling Rescue Bots back to their time machine. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

[[File:RoadTrip Dani and Taylor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|They're ''obviously'' blushing because someone made a cringe-inducing joke about being "tied up at the moment".]]
Dani got the chance to help in another rescue of Taylor, though when he and Kade ended up lost somewhere in dense forest, she instead ended up having to use Blades to retrieve the Mobile HQ from the top of [[Mount Griffin]] after a teleporter malfunction. She was reunited with Taylor after they tracked the missing pair down, and Kade suggested Taylor ask her out. {{storylink|Road Trip}} Dani and the rest of the team had to save the town's citizens when the plants in Frankie's [[Sky Forest (structure)|Sky Forest]] grew out of control. {{storylink|Sky Forest (episode)|Sky Forest}} The team had to had to deal with Cody being aged to an adult as well as a rocket that had become tangled in power lines. {{storylink|One for the Ages}}

After the discovery of an iceberg, Dani and Cody flew out in Blades, only to discover it was actually a frozen [[S.S. Isolde|ship]] carrying a dangerous [[Sub-Zero Expander]]. Dani subsequently took part in an attempt to get rid of the device by blowing it up, which was aborted when it turned out Doctor Morocco had claimed the vessel as salvage. The team had to deal with the fallout when the device exploded and froze a five-mile section of ocean. Dani and the other human members of the team were also saved when their sinking boat was unexpectedly saved by Morocco. {{storylink|Tip of the Iceberg}} Dani was confused and frustrated when Blades refused to cooperate when they were trying to save a downed skier from Mount Griffin during a snow storm. She later arrived with the rest of her family and the Bots to try to help Blades and Cody, who were trapped in a virtual reality game. {{storylink|A Virtual Disaster}} Following a night's patrolling, Dani found herself and Blades having to put out a fire after the rest of the team became mesmerized by cellphones. When they confronted the others, Dani and Blades were hypnotized as well, and helped in the mining of [[Blossom Vale]] until they were released from the spell. {{storylink|Spellbound}}

[[File:BlameTheGremlins Dani to the rescue.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.95|Insert "flying by the seat of your pants" joke here.]]
The rescue team was caught up in Huxley Prescott's reality show until they discovered that Huxley was creating disasters himself to spice things up. {{storylink|Prescott's Bots}} Dani once again had to rescue Taylor after his plane developed an electrical fault mid-flight. The team later had to face a horde of [[gremlin]]s, conjured from Kade's nightmares by Doc Greene's [[Nightmare Imaging Device]]. {{storylink|Blame the Gremlins}} When it transpired that the "Magic Meat" that [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] had been selling was [[Fo-Foo]], an experimental food with lycanthropic side effects, the team had to track down Luskey and Graham who were both infected. {{storylink|Feed the Beast}}

Dani was having a picnic with Taylor which was interrupted by the arrival of [[Woodrow Burns|Uncle Woodrow]]. The rescue team was joined by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] come to investigate an [[energon]] deposit, and ended up having to mount a rescue mission to a deep cavern to rescue Woodrow and Cody. {{storylink|What Lies Below}} When the expedition ended with the team being trapped underground, Dani found herself in a cavern with Kade, Graham, Blades, and Boulder. After the team discovered a hidden chamber that later proved to be a lost ecosystem, Dani and Blades went airborne in order to scout around. Their efforts to evade a pterodactyl instead led to them being attacked by a large sea creature. The pair escaped, but Blades was injured in the process. Dani later made her way to the surface along with the others after the team reunited. {{storylink|What Rises Above}}

[[File:IslandOfMisfitTech Dani throws pipe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA "...And you'll see why] [[1984]] won't be like '1984'."]]
The team was present for the launch of a new space elevator, the ''[[Asgard]]'' piloted by Graham and Doc Greene. Following an asteroid impact on the elevator, Dani and the team had to deal with debris falling onto the town. They were reunited with the astronauts after the Rescue Bots brought the pair back from space. {{storylink|Space Bots}} Following an encounter with a [[mechanical bull]], the team tried to send it to the [[Island of Misfit Tech]] and ended up tussling with a prototype Scrapmaster. {{storylink|The Island of Misfit Tech}}

When the town's new computer [[Vigil]] took over and forced everyone to stay indoors, the rescue team had to break into the laboratory via the tunnel system and take it down. {{storylink|The Vigilant Town}} As part of the rescue team, Dani went on the [[Lad Pioneer]] hike and ended up being buddied with Kade. After their [[Buddy Bracelet]]s became permanently locked, Dani was forced to ride along with Kade and Heatwave as they rounded up escaped snakes, and spent the whole time bickering with her brother. {{storylink|Buddy System}} A plague of metal objects being pulled into the air turned out to merely be the work of a super-magnet, though it resulted in the team making a trip to Wayward Island to check it out. {{storylink|In Search of the Griffin's Nest}}

When a crime spree carried out by Evan and Myles resulted in the [[Tech Wrecker]] knocking out the town's tech, Dani and the rest of her family had to take a low-tech approach to rescuing people and capturing the pair. {{storylink|Bots and Robbers}} The team was also temporarily joined by a dog which Cody dubbed [[Noble (RB)|Noble]] after they saved it from the ocean. {{storylink|Rescue Dog}} Dani and Blades helped Doc Greene test his [[Tornadon't]], and later found themselves overwhelmed when they had to protect the town from Doctor Morocco's weather machine. {{storylink|Changes}} On [[Midwinter Morning]], Dani and the rest of the team were called on to take the mantle of the [[Rider of Midwinter]], delivering loaves of bread to the townsfolk. {{storylink|The Riders of Midwinter}}

[[File:OddBotOut Dani drives Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|''Get there quick by street but not the freeway...'']]
When lightning struck the [[Power Planter]], causing it to run wild, the team had their work cut out cleaning up after it, but they were eventually able to lure it into a trap. {{storylink|Movers and Shakers}} During the Chief's absence from the island, the team instead found itself under Woodrow's leadership, resulting in some rather unorthodox rescues. {{storylink|Chief Woodrow}} Helping Blades prepare for a visit from Bumblebee, Dani gave Cody her pilot license renewal to mail in. Unfortunately he forgot, and when Dani was unable to fly Blades, she ended up partnering with Bumblebee during the search for [[Liquefier|a relic]]. Their bonding made Blades jealous, but while rescuing people affected by the relic's liquefying powers, Dani almost drowned in quicksand and was rescued by Bumblebee, resulting in Blades being thankful Bumblebee was there. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}} The rescue team was assigned to complete the rail tunnel to the mainland. After completing that, they wre roped into being on the inaugural journey of the [[Griffin Rock Express]], but ended up having to try to halt the train after it malfunctioned. They were plucked from the crashing train by the Rescue Bots and Frankie. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Express}}

[[File:DoubleVillainy Dani plays Rescue Ball.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Say 'ello to ma little friend.]]
After a game of [[Rescue Ball]], the team rescued Mayor Luskey from a predicament on a bridge, only to find the mayor was suffering from amnesia. When the Rescue Bots later started acting oddly, the Burns family discovered that they had somehow been replaced by fakes. The family started searching for their friends and when there was an explosion at the docks, they found the Bots, who had been hoodwinked by Doctor Morocco into thinking the Burns family were criminals. {{storylink|Double Villainy}} After the amnesiac Rescue Bots instinctively saved the Burnses from a wave, the Burnses persuaded them to return to the fire house, where the Bots were soon convinced they were all on the same side. As the chain reaction set off by the explosion threatened to sink the island, Dani contacted the life guard to send rescue boats. The team borrowed some tech from the Greenes, and were able to save Griffin Rock by reinforcing the tunnel system with foam. They also arrested Doctor Morocco, who had wiped the Bots' memories, and the damage was able to be reversed. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

Dani and Blade encountered an unexpected pterodactyl on Mount Griffin and ended up having to capture it. When this led to the discovery of [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] on Wayward Island, the team went there, only to end up in a tar pit until they were rescued by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} When Optimus's new dinosaur mode caused him to turn feral and he was abducted by big game hunter [[Quint Quarry]], Dani used her [[Internet]] skills to find his island hideout. The team launched a rescue mission, during which Dani was unimpressed by the number of times Blades got netted by Quarry, but they were ultimately successful in rescuing Optimus. {{storylink|Big Game}}

[[File:PhantomOfTheSea Dani.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Squeeee!!!]]
Dani was unimpressed when four clones of Kade were accidentally created by Doc Greene's Imaging Device, though after all five Kades worked as a team to save the rest of the family from a gas leak, she admitted she'd miss them. {{storylink|Too Many Kades}} Especially excited by the ten-yearly visit of the ''[[S.S. Phantom Voyager]]'' as she had a keen interest in the story, Dani jumped at the chance to do a fly over the ship in Blades, however the team ended up on board when it vanished as a result. After encountering long-lost [[Ansel Ambrose|Captain Ambrose]], the team found themselves ten years in the future until they worked out a way to reverse the time machine in the ship's hold. Returned to the present, the team returned to the fire house where Dani's research uncovered that Ambrose had successfully returned to 1915 and married [[Lillian]]. Also she regaled everyone with her championship-quality burping. {{storylink|Phantom of the Sea}}

Following a flooding disaster, Chase and Boulder left for a space mission, resulting in Dani having to time share Blades with the rest of the team. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}} When Vigil returned to the town by hitchhiking on a piece of technology, the supercomputer put much of the town, including Dani, temporarily to sleep. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}} Dani and the team had to deal with mutant metal-eating army ants, which Doctor Morocco left behind as a diversion while he escaped. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}} A trip up in the space elevator resulted in Dani and Blades switching bodies. Dani not only got an insight into what life was like for Blades, but had to deal with Blades overeating while in her body. They were later swapped back. {{storylink|Switcheroo}}

After Kade accidentally ingested some [[scrubmite]]s, Dani and the rest of the team were miniaturized and went into Kade's body in the Bots' ship the ''[[Sigma]]'' to round them up. {{storylink|Bot-Tastic Voyage}} When Quarry kidnapped Baranova in order to get hold of five dinobots, Dani and the rest of the family tracked him back to his island and arrested him. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}} Visiting Wayward Island in search of Energon, the team instead found a frozen caveman who turned out to be alive. Though they attempted to help him acclimate to modern life, ultimately they had to return him to the island. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}}

After giant monsters from a movie were brought into the real world by a new projector, the team had to round them up so that Doc Greene could return them to the movie. {{storylink|The Attack of Humungado}} The Burns family went to be photographed for ''[[Emergency Response Illustrated]]'' off-island. On their way back, the boat was caught in kelp, forcing Dani to don her wetsuit to try and clear it. Her work was temporarily delayed when jellyfish clustered around the boat, however they finally returned to the island where they had to help foil Evan and Myles's latest plan to use souvenir Rescue Bots to rob the townsfolk. {{storylink|All Bots Great and Small}}

When Cody began experiencing repeated time, his foreknowledge allowed the rescue team to prevent a number of disasters and mishaps during the dedication of the town's new clock tower. {{storylink|Time After Time}}

Dani was given the honor of lighting the ceremonial flame for [[Founders' Day]], however when it came out that a Burns family ancestor was a pirate, the mayor took the torch back and suspended the team after accidentally causing a fire. Vowing to clear the Burns name, Dani joined Woodrow and Cody in exploring a cave in an attempt to find the treasure. Clues led them to a nearby island where they unearthed a pirate ship with the treasure still inside, and they were able to persuade the mayor to reinstate the team. {{storylink|Pirates Ahoy}}

When [[High Tide|High Tide's]] introduction led to a cool reception, Dani inadvertently helped defuse the situation by announcing that the smoke alarm meant dinner was ready, thereby giving Optimus Prime and High Tide a chance to speak in private. She would later call Blades in to help her rescue [[Milo]], causing Blades to get in trouble with High Tide for being late to drill. Dani and Blades would later work to keep [[Drilling Platform number 6]] upright long enough for the others to rescue Doc Greene and Frankie. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}} Dani and Blades responded to an emergency that turned out to be [[Jules Verne]] time traveling to present day. {{storylink|The Last of Morocco}}

She and the other Burnses greeted [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] and [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] to the fire house, and watched Blurr race Heatwave. {{storylink|The New Recruits}} It soon became clear when Blurr botched a rescue Dani took part in that the new Bot wasn't fitting in with the team. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Academy (episode)|Rescue Bots Academy}} After Blurr stole the ''Sigma'' and a solar flare took out the town's power, Dani had to give Blades some coaxing to get him into the air, and the pair saved a stricken plane by guiding it to safety. {{storylink|A New Hero}}

Dani and the rest of the team had to hunt down [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] after the dog went on an apparent rampage, but later helped Servo save the mayor. {{storylink|Four-Legged Hero}} When Boulder found some endangered woodpeckers, the rescue team had to go into rescue mode when all the sightseers managed to set fire to Blossom Vale. {{storylink|Endangered Species}}

When Chase had to work as the dispatcher due to an injury, he sent the rest of the team on several false alarms, however he successfully helped them arrest some thieves. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RB)|More than Meets the Eye}} When Doc Greene's [[Tone-O-Tuner]] caused everyone in town to sing instead of talk, Dani took part in a video call to educate new recruits and, though reluctant, ended up singing a duet with Blades. {{storylink|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}}

As Chief had to decide what to put in a new time capsule that was to be buried, Dani nominated her toy elephant; however, when an old time capsule was opened, the entire island was teleported to the [[Arctic]] and the team had to work to raise the forcefield dome. {{storylink|Now and Then}} Dani and Blades made an attempt to fly for help, only to find conditions were too poor for flying. After coming up with a plan to float the island back to Maine, the team had their work cut out keeping everyone safe and the island in the air. They eventually made it back. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

Three years on, Dani was testing a prototype jet when the plane crashed, though she was able to bail out in time and took part in the subsequent damage control. She and Blades went out searching when the mayor was reported missing, and she ended up being abducted by the [[Velgrox]] along with most of the rest of the townsfolk. {{storylink|New Normal}} After the Rescue Bots revealed their secret to the townsfolk, she had to put up with Blades organizing his own fan club. {{storylink|Bridge Building}}

Dani rode in Blades during a foot race which resulted in a near-disaster. A later hunt for the missing [[CeCe Greene]] resulted in the team encountering a new Rescue Bot, [[Quickshadow]]. {{storylink|Arrivals}} Dani took part in a mission set up by Quickshadow to transport [[Phodolite]] through town, however when part of the load spilled, the rescue team had to rely on Chase's plan B when Quickshadow didn't have one herself. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}} Following an incident at the town pool, the team relaxed at the [[Griffin Rock Fun Zone|Fun Zone]] until it turned out the [[Morocco virus]] had invaded the virtual reality game there. After the virus spread to other computer systems in town, Dani disinfected the bank's computers. {{storylink|Back to Virtual Reality}}

The team had to deal with a number of unrelated disasters around town which eventually turned out to be a scheme by [[Madeline Pynch]] to drive everyone out so she could redevelop the island into a resort. {{storylink|Vanishing Returns}} When Evan and Myles tried to steal Quickshadow and discovered the Rescue Bots' secret, the Rescue Team came up with a plan to discredit their footage by staging a movie of their own. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (RB)|Ghost in the Machine}} After the Rescue Bots were abducted by [[Thurston Chumley|Lord Chumley]], Dani used her pull as a test pilot to borrow an aircraft so the rest of the team could roll to their rescue. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

The team helped Chase get elected as mayor, only to find that the Rescue Bot was so strict in his rule that he ended up endangering the island. {{storylink|Mayor May Not}} After being woken early-morning by Boulder celebrating [[All Spark Day (event)|All Spark Day]], the team had to deal with a marine rescue, and then CeCe Greene enlarged to giant size by the Minimizer. They later all celebrated All Spark Day with the help of the rest of town. {{storylink|All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day}} When the town's communications tower required replacing, the team took on second jobs — Blades and Dani operated a traffic report for Huxley. The townsfolk later chipped in with enough cash to replace the tower. {{storylink|Part-Time Heroes}}

Dani attended the opening of the mainland [[Rescue Bot Training Center]], but had to leave early for her test pilot duty. She later learned that the test flights were going to be passing over the new base, but the base's cloaking system was malfunctioning. {{storylink|The More Things Change...}} She did her best to delay the test flight, and the rest of the team had repaired the cloaking device by the time the flight passed over it. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

On discovering that Blurr was party crashing motor races, Dani opted to keep it a secret from the rest of the team and confront the errant bot herself, only to be talked into taking part in a race with him. When that resulted in the pair damaging a stand, they were exposed to the rest of the team. Dani rejoined Blades in monitoring the third race of the series, however when some new tech resulted in the cars losing control, she and Blurr reunited to stop them. {{storylink|Hot Rod Bot}} Dani accompanied Chief, Heatwave and Blades to [[Africa]] to find Woodrow, and ended up helping to save a family of gorillas from an erupting volcano. {{storylink|King Burns}}

Dani entered the bake off portion of the Pizza Pi Party, only to have her dough accidentally combined with Doc Greene's super-yeast, resulting in a giant mound of dough which threatened to cover the town. The rescue team managed to turn it into a giant pizza, however as it was Dani's recipe, it turned out inedible (unless your name is Kade Burns). {{storylink|Pizza Pi Party}} A training session on the mainland was cut short following a reuniting with Bumblebee, when it turned out Blurr and Salvage were not handling things well on Griffin Rock. The human half of the team ended up being stuck on the island when the training center went into lockdown thanks to an invasion by an [[energon eater]]. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}

When Blades, Graham and Cody uncovered [[Chickadee]]'s operation to find some lost gems, the rest of the team managed to apprehend her. {{storylink|Camp Cody}} Dani found herself being called in to rescue Taylor despite their recently strained relationship. After they temporarily got lost in the woods, including a brief period during which Blades thought Taylor had been turned into a frog, Taylor asked her out on another date. {{storylink|Once Upon a Time}} When the [[Mini-Con]] [[Bounce]] escaped to Griffin Rock, the team helped [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] recapture him. {{storylink|The Need for Speed}}

When Madeline Pynch got hold of a chunk of Energon, Boulder realized that the [[Pynch-Cell]]s she was creating with it were unstable, and the rescue team put into action a plan to recover the Energon and arrest Pynch. Dani formed most of "Plan B", bringing her jet in to Pynch's compound under the guise of an emergency landing, so that Kade and Chase could procure the Energon and load it onto the jet for a quick getaway. {{storylink|Cody's 11}} A visit to the island by [[Maven Danger]] almost had Dani appearing in his next movie as an extra, until it turned out the entire visit was a ruse by Danger's agent, [[Skip Scobble]], so he could steal a rare book. {{storylink|A Brush with Danger}}

Dani's test flight in an experimental helicopter came to an end when she had to land it upside down due to a technical failure. Her next test flight was about a solar-sail spaceship, ''[[Echinoderm One]]'', however when the ship was hit by debris and its sail shredded, she found herself on a collision course with the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. The rest of her team came to the rescue, with Blades managing to bring the ship out of danger, and Dani ultimately decided not to become a full-time test pilot. {{storylink|To Infinity... And Back}} When Cody was trying to work out which line of rescue work to take up, Dani and Blades hinted he should become an EMT and took him on a patrol, during which they rescued a hiker. {{storylink|Family Business}}

Following the revelation that an entire other town in [[China]] knew about the Rescue Bots, Optimus Prime reassigned everyone to look after the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]], with Dani joining Blades as he led a team consisting of Quickshadow and High Tide in [[Faxian|Faxian, China]]. They were unable to prevent the Morocco virus from stealing tech from the laboratory there. {{storylink|Upgrades}} After Morocco took over the training center, Dani and Blades used a rocket booster to get back to the US so they could lend a hand. Afterwards, Optimus assigned Blades and Dani to Faxian on a more permanent basis. {{storylink|Transformations}}

==Toys==
===''Rescue Bots''===
[[File:RB-toy DaniBurns.jpg|thumb|right|300px|And it only took four waves.]]
*'''Blades the Flight-Bot & Dani Burns''' (Figure 2-Pack, 2013)

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)|Rescue Bots]]'' figure 2-packs, this figure two-pack includes a small soft-plastic figure of Dani Burns. Sadly, she has no articulation whatsoever, a "feature" all of the human figures at that point in the line had. She does at least have open hands, allowing her to use [[5 mm post|5mm post]] accessories, albeit in not the most natural posing. Luckily, the later [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)#Mini-Cons|Mini-Cons']] tool modes are designed to work with this awkward arm positioning too.

: She came with a non-transformable version of [[Blades (RB)#DaniFigure2pack|Blades the Flight-Bot]] in his jet-mode body.

*'''Blades the Flight-Bot & Dani Burns''' (Figure 2-Pack, 2014)

: Dani was released the next year without changes in another Figure 2-Pack with Blades, only this time, Blades was an unchanged re-release of the [[Blades (RB)#MoroccoFigure2Pack|copter-body figure]] that originally came with [[Thaddeus Morocco#Toys|Dr. Morocco]].

==Notes==
*A running gag in the cartoon (see "[[Little White Lies]]", "[[What Lies Below]]", "[[The Riders of Midwinter]]", and "[[Phantom of the Sea]]") is that Dani is supposedly a poor cook, with her ability to do so called into question - or even mocked - by bots and siblings alike; based on how Huxley Prescott reacts in "Riders", she cannot even make a proper cup of hot cocoa. [[Turning the Tide|That she uses the smoke alarm as a kitchen timer]] and [[Part-Time Heroes|uses olives as ingredients in her cookies]] don't help matters.

:Evidently she didn't inherit any of Chief Burns' culinary skills...

:That being said, "[[Hot Rod Bot]]" does leave the question of whether she's finally come to recognize her own lack of skill.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Dani}}
[[Category:Pilots]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots humans]]

Rescue Bot Training Center

2022-01-22T20:21:48Z

Shifter777: /* Notes */

[[File:MoreThingsChange Training Center.jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
The '''Rescue Bot Training Center''' is a large facility located mostly underground. It sports a massive reconfigurable Rescue Arena and simulation gymnasium nicknamed "Hero Hall" for training purposes, which incorporate a [[weather machine]] and access to an underground river. Above ground, the base's hangar disguise can transform into a Cybertronian building topped with a helicopter pad, although a holographic disguise still keeps it hidden from unsuspecting [[human]]s. The Center is run by a hi-tech computer with a [[hologram]] of scientist [[Elma Hendrickson]], and also has a [[GroundBridge]] linked to [[Griffin Rock]], and a [[Minimizer]]. By the time it received its first batch of students, five launch tubes had been built into the front wall and the GroundBridge was upgraded into a [[space bridge]].

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
The initial plans for the base came from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Stage one of the work required building the GroundBridge, and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] and [[Boulder]] also visited the [[Hall of Inspiration]] to check out the architecture section. {{storylink|New Normal}} With [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s help, they constructed the Griffin Rock end of the Groundbridge while [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] built the other end. {{Storylink|Bridge Building}} New arrival [[Quickshadow]] also joined in working with the pair on the mainland to construct the base. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

The big day finally arrived, and the center was finally transformed with great ceremony, though [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] was disappointed at the turnout for his housewarming party. The team became aware that all was not as it should be — the Center's computer locked the base down, disabling travel through the GroundBridge, and the holograms disguising the center began to fail. {{Storylink|The More Things Change...}}

While Boulder and Graham attempted to debug the computer system, the rest of the team tried to escape the base so they could repair the holographic cloak. Despite the best efforts of the computer to hinder them, they managed to succeed, and Cody also realized that [[CeCe Greene]]'s security scan had been mistakenly been uploaded into the computer's personality, resulting in it exhibiting child-like behavior. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] crashed his ship at the Training Center, he also accidentally brought a small [[Energon eater]] which escaped into the center's air ducts. The Rescue Bots managed to chase it down, with Bumblebee and Blades capturing it before it could do too much damage. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}

The [[Morocco virus]] took over the center's mainframe, turning the Elma Henrickson hologram into a Doctor Morocco hologram and giving him access to all of its technology. Heatwave blew up the center's GroundBridge, destroying Morocco's [[MorBot]]. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Morocco survived and used the center's 3D printer to create [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]] which repaired the GroundBridge and MorBot. The Rescue Team were only able to retake the center when [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]] and Blurr reached it by land, bringing in Graham, Boulder and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] to help them de-virus the mainframe. Heatwave and Kade were later posted to the center on a permanent basis to train new recruits. {{storylink|Transformations}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
[[File:RBA-ep04-TrainingCenter.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
{{locationstub}}

==Notes==
*The halls have banners not unlike Hogwarts from the the ''Harry Potter'' franchise. Some even feature the teachers.

* The Elma Hendrickson AI was written out of ''Rescue Bots''' sequel series, ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon) | Rescue Bots Academy]]'', as was the Minimizer and the reconfigurable Rescue Arena (which was mostly replaced by the hard-light holograms of Hero Hall). Perhaps they upgraded their technology in the intermittent time between the two shows.

[[Category:Autobot bases on Earth]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots locations]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy locations]]

Rescue Bot Training Center

2021-07-21T02:14:33Z

Shifter777: /* Notes */

[[File:MoreThingsChange Training Center.jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
The '''Rescue Bot Training Center''' is a large facility located mostly underground. It sports a massive reconfigurable Rescue Arena and simulation gymnasium nicknamed "Hero Hall" for training purposes, which incorporate a [[weather machine]] and access to an underground river. Above ground, the base's hangar disguise can transform into a Cybertronian building topped with a helicopter pad, although a holographic disguise still keeps it hidden from unsuspecting [[human]]s. The Center is run by a hi-tech computer with a [[hologram]] of scientist [[Elma Hendrickson]], and also has a [[GroundBridge]] linked to [[Griffin Rock]], and a [[Minimizer]]. By the time it recieved its first batch of students, five launch tubes had been built into the front wall and the GroundBridge was upgraded into a [[space bridge]].

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
The initial plans for the base came from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Stage one of the work required building the GroundBridge, and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] and [[Boulder]] also visited the [[Hall of Inspiration]] to check out the architecture section. {{storylink|New Normal}} With [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s help, they constructed the Griffin Rock end of the Groundbridge while [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] built the other end. {{Storylink|Bridge Building}} New arrival [[Quickshadow]] also joined in working with the pair on the mainland to construct the base. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

The big day finally arrived, and the center was finally transformed with great ceremony, though [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] was disappointed at the turnout for his housewarming party. The team became aware that all was not as it should be — the Center's computer locked the base down, disabling travel through the GroundBridge, and the holograms disguising the center began to fail. {{Storylink|The More Things Change...}}

While Boulder and Graham attempted to debug the computer system, the rest of the team tried to escape the base so they could repair the holographic cloak. Despite the best efforts of the computer to hinder them, they managed to succeed, and Cody also realized that [[CeCe Greene]]'s security scan had been mistakenly been uploaded into the computer's personality, resulting in it exhibiting child-like behavior. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] crashed his ship at the Training Center, he also accidentally brought a small [[Energon eater]] which escaped into the center's air ducts. The Rescue Bots managed to chase it down, with Bumblebee and Blades capturing it before it could do too much damage. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}

The [[Morocco virus]] took over the center's mainframe, turning the Elma Henrickson hologram into a Doctor Morocco hologram and giving him access to all of its technology. Heatwave blew up the center's GroundBridge, destroying Morocco's [[MorBot]]. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Morocco survived and used the center's 3D printer to create [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]] which repaired the GroundBridge and MorBot. The Rescue Team were only able to retake the center when [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]] and Blurr reached it by land, bringing in Graham, Boulder and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] to help them de-virus the mainframe. Heatwave and Kade were later posted to the center on a permanent basis to train new recruits. {{storylink|Transformations}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
[[File:RBA-ep04-TrainingCenter.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
{{locationstub}}

==Notes==
*The halls have banners not unlike Hogwarts from the the ''Harry Potter'' franchise. Some even feature the teachers.

* The Elma Hendrickson AI was written out of ''Rescue Bots'' sequel series, ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon) | Rescue Bots Academy]]'', as was the Minimizer and the reconfigurable Rescue Arena (which was mostly replaced by the hard-light holograms of Hero Hall). Perhaps they upgraded their technology in the intermittent time between the two shows.

[[Category:Autobot bases on Earth]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots locations]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy locations]]

Senate Guard

2021-05-31T23:25:12Z

Shifter777: /* Members */

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:''The Senate Guard is an organization from the [[2019 IDW continuity|2019 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:WeHaveDecievedYou-Flareup.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Welcome to the Mauve Shirt Brigade."]]
The '''Senate Guard''' are the protectors of democracy (or rampant stagnation, depending on [[Megatron (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|who]] you ask), guarding the members of the [[Senate]] when they convene. While nominally one of the greatest teams of Cybertronian warriors, considering it's been millenia since the Senate was threatened, they might find themselves unprepared for a true [[Decepticon#2019 IDW continuity|uprising]]...
==Members==
*[[Ironhide (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] (leader)
*[[Grotusque#2019 IDW continuity|Grotusque]]
*[[Brawn (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Brawn]]
*[[Groove (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Groove]]
*[[Backstreet (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Backstreet]]
*[[Roulette (Universe)#2019 IDW continuity|Roulette]]
*[[Pipes (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Pipes]]
*[[Subsea#2019 IDW continuity|Subsea]]
*[[Flareup (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Flareup]]
*[[Chainclaw (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Chainclaw]]

==Fiction==
===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:WeHaveDecievedYou-DecepticonAttack.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The Senate Guard was led by Ironhide. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} They provided security during a contentious Senate meeting {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}} They were protecting the Senate when Megatron led an attack on the building with his Decepticons, who (the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|infiltration troopers]] in particular) quickly overwhelmed the team, badly wounding several of their members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You}} As an escape/rescue mission was organized, the members worked together with [[Security Operations]] members to get Senators [[Optimus Prime (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Sentinel Prime]] out of the building, losing Roulette in the process. {{storylink|War World: Prime}}

[[Category:IDW (2019) subgroups]]
[[Category:Security organizations]]

Escape Part Two

2021-02-10T22:10:55Z

Shifter777: /* Other trivia */

{{Comicstory
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|title="Escape Part Two"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 10]], 2021
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|written by=[[Brian Ruckley]]
|art by=[[Beth McGuire-Smith]]
|colors by=[[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
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'''The Autobot refugee convoy encounters dangerous enemies and an ancient ally in the wilderness, while the Insecticons go behind Shockwave's back to raise an army.'''

==Synopsis==
''The [[War of the Threefold Spark]]: [[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] enter one of [[Exarchon]]'s strongholds to cut a deal with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]...''

The present: in Shockwave's hidden bunker, the three [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s push past [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] and demand an audience with their would-be benefactor. A displeased Shockwave pointedly reminds them that he told them to keep a low profile, and their antics in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] have only jeopardised his efforts further and put them all at risk of discovery. Bombshell demands to know the status of his [[cloning]] project, but the scientist waves them off by telling them that he'll contact them when the time is right. As they go, Shockwave's minion [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] asks if he's told the Insecticons that he doesn't actually ''need'' the trio to finish his project. Shockwave answers: the Insecticons are dangerous, unknown quantities, and even ''they'' do not yet understand the full scope of their power... though he resolves to keep a close eye on Bombshell, the cleverest of the three, who's already probing the limits of his abilities.

[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] have scraped together a [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]-bound evacuation convoy consisting of [[A'ovan]] refugees, former inhabitants of the [[Xeno-Quarter]], injured Cybertronians, and [[Autobot]] guards. As they trundle out of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Wheeljack wonders aloud why Hound cares so deeply for the A'ovans, and Hound explains that his time out among the colonies broadened his horizons, and opened his eyes to the value of all life. Long ago, he once visited the [[Na'conda|A'ovan homeworld]] with [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] and [[Meteorfire (G1)|Meteorfire]], who introduced him to the planet's delicate beauty... and when the [[Thraal]] attacked, that beauty was almost lost forever. Hound sees it as his duty to preserve whatever remains of that world and Wheeljack agrees, but reminds his friend that their plan hinges on whether [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and his compatriots can persuade Darkmount's notoriously temperamental senator to turn over the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]s.

In [[Crystal City]]'s [[Academy of Research]], Highbrow and his associates [[Geomotus]], [[Azimuth (G1)|Azimuth]], and [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] put through a call to Highbrow's old colleague, the reclusive Senator [[Straxus (G1)|Straxxus]]. Haughty and arrogant as ever, the theoretician-turned-senator is far more interested in discussing his latest scientific findings regarding the planet's geology than the Arks. Geomotus, on the other hand, has read is recent papers and is quite interested in what he has to say—if Straxxus's calculations are correct, he postulates, then the increasing tremors could very well fracture the impermeable layer that surrounds the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. The idea horrifies his compatriots, but Straxxus finds these postulations intriguing—if these trends continue, he predicts then the planet could very well shake itself apart. That's why he's already hauled one of the Arks out of storage, and begun the process of refitting it into an escape vessel for the citizens of Darkmount should this prediction come to pass: he's quite happy to let Highbrow have the ''other'' three vessels, however... and an exasperated Highbrow groans that it would've been ''much'' easier if Straxxus had simply been upfront with them from the beginning.

As the Autobot convoy makes its way through a winding canyon road, they don't see [[Flywheels|Skytread]] and his [[Decepticon]]s camped out on the ridge above them. [[Roadtrap (Generations)|Roadtrap]] points out that these civilians pose no threat, but Skytread points out that these refugees are Decepticon subjects now. Not only are they being abetted by known enemies of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], they also don't have ''permission'' to leave, and Skytread orders his detachment to open fire on the caravan below. The ambush catches the Autobots off-guard, and Hound shouts for everyone to get to cover while he calls in [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]]. Nautica's bodyguard obligingly takes to the sky and draws [[Airwave (facility)|Airwave]]'s artillery fire, but warns Hound that she can't win this fight alone. Just as Hound calls in reinforcements, however, the ground shakes, heralding the arrival of [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], whose very presence sends the four Decepticons running!

In Shockwave's laboratory, Skrapnel wants a word with Skystalker; although the little Decepticon thinks that the Insecticon is just there to bully him some more, he's surprised when Skrapnel tells him that he's there to sympathise with his loss. Believing that he's found a sympathetic ear, Skystalker vents his emotions as he laments the disappearance of his friend [[Vigilem]] and so lost is he in self-pity that he doesn't see Bombshell creeping up behind him -until Skrapnel and Kickback suddenly pin him down while Bombshell jams a [[cerebro-shell]] into his neck! The Insecticons aren't interested in waiting for Shockwave: their new slave can procure the machinery they'll need, while the three Insecticons harvest the fuel to run them...

While Nautica and [[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]] chat with the A'ovan [[Pra'jak]], Wheeljack and Hound catch up with Dai Atlas. ''No'' Cybertronian in history has ever returned from [[Immersion | immersion]], but Dai Atlas explains as best he can: this body holds only a portion of his old self, while another part of him still continues his spiritual journey onwards to the [[Transformer afterlife|place where immersant Sparks go]]. Hound is just relieved that he showed up when he did to see the Decepticons off, but Dai Atlas corrects him—he ''renounced'' violence long ago, and specifically went immersant to find a place without conflict. Road Rage demands to know why he's come if not to help them fight their way through the trials to come... but before she can get a real answer to her question, the group receives a distress call from Nautica: the rearguard is under attack! Skrapnel attacks Nautica and [[Tote]], and though Road Rage arrives just in time to prevent Skrapnel from killing on Nautica, Kickback and Skrapnel incapacitate her. Hound warns the Insecticons to back off, but the trio only mock his affection for the fragile organics Determined to uphold his promise, the taunts only galvanize his resolve, and he squares up to take them ''all'' on by himself!

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback.) 

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (7)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)
* [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] (20)
* [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (22)
* [[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]] (23)
* [[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]] (24)
* [[Tote]] (26)

|c2=
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]] (1)
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (2)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (3)
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] (4)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (5)
* [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] (6)
* [[Roadtrap (Generations)|Roadtrap]] (16)
* [[Flywheels|Skytread]] (17)
* [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] (18)
* [[Airwave (facility)|Airwave]] (19)

|c4=
* ''[[Meteorfire (G1)|Meteorfire]]'' (9)
* ''[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]'' (10)
* [[Geomotus]] (11)
* [[Azimuth (G1)|Azimuth]] (12)
* [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (13)
* [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (14)
* [[Straxus (G1)|Straxxus]] (15)
* [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] (21)
* [[Pra'jak]] (25)

}}

==Quotes==
"There were these creatures that lived in the soil. And they transformed and became lighter-than-air. On a single night, they all rose into the sky and mated and died and disintegrated and fell back into the ground. Like snow. It was beautiful and terrible, fragile and ancient. That's how Meteorfire described it. It was... kind of '''glorious''', I suppose. It was all lost when that world was destroyed. The universe got smaller and less interesting. Turns out, I prefer my universe '''big'''."
:—'''Hound'''

"We save what we can, of the organic and the inorganic. The injured, the innocent, and the alien."
:—'''Wheeljack'''

"Shockwave thinks we can't do anything without him. He never did respect us. None of them ever did. But they feared us. Now we'll show them they never feared us '''enough'''."
:—'''Bombshell'''

"Ambidextrous. Huh. Is that a real word, Nautica?" 
"Yes, Mudslinger." 
"'''Hey, Tote!''' Did you know that there's a thing called ambidextrous? And that these organics aren't?"
:—'''Mudslinger''' and '''Nautica'''

"You're not '''seriously''' going to fight for all these soft creatures, are you?" 
"Yes, I am." 
"'''Why?''' They don't '''last''' anyway! They'll all be dead before long. Dying's what they '''do'''!" 
"There you go, making it even easier. Now I'd be fighting against '''you''', even if there was '''no one''' to defend."
: —'''Bombshell''' and '''Hound'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The one-panel flashback in this story is set during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. As per ''[[Transformers: Galaxies|Galaxies]]'' [[Constructicons Rising, Part 2|issue #2]], we know that the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s helped clear battlefields and dispose of dead bodies, but this issue seems to show them working for [[Exarchon]]! This isn't ''entirely'' at odds with their backstory in ''Galaxies'', however: during his conversation with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, Bombshell never specified ''which'' side of the war they were on...
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] last appeared in ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|issue #19]], where he was distraught over [[Vigilem]]'s disappearance after his [[Titan (group)|Titan]] partner destroyed the [[Tether]]. He's still camped out in Shockwave's bunker where the Decepticon scientist ran [[The Rise|the Rise]] before Megatron cleaned house in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Three|issue #15]]; indeed, Skrapnel mocks him for this prior defeat.
* [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] last appeared in the [[Storm Horizon Part 3|final issue]] of ''Galaxies'', which ended with him returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] well before [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and the other 'bots aboard the ''[[Fist of Iacon]]''. That issue didn't ''entirely'' lay out what his deal was, but this one clarifies that he'd been sent out into space to gather the necessary parts to jumpstart Shockwave's cloning operations... though it's still not clear if Soundblaster himself is a clone of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]].
* [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] previously appeared as a diplomat during a flashback in [[Nautica: Home|''Transformers'' issue #11]], where he and Nautica helped negotiate a peace treaty between the Thraal and the [[Occulted Dremden]].
* The geologists [[Geomotus]] and [[Azimuth (G1)|Azimuth]] last appeared in [[Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|''Transformers'' #21]], where they were investigating tectonic anomalies out in the badlands for [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]].
* [[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]] appeared in a crowd scene with several other new Autobots in [[War World: Awakenings|''Transformers'' #26]]. He makes a cameo here along with fellow [[Off Road Patrol]] members [[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]] and [[Tote]]—traditional team leader [[Powertrain]] is conspicuously absent, however, perhaps because [[Storm Horizon Part 1|''Galaxies'' #9]] already depicted him as a crew member aboard Ultra Magnus's ship.

===Transformers references===
* [[Meteorfire (G1)|Meteorfire]] is based on the [[Meteorfire (Cyberverse)|the ''Cyberverse'' character of the same name.]] In that continuity, Meteorfire was an explorer who hosted the television program ''[[Alien Hunt!]]''; appropriately enough, this universe features him as a member of Cybertron's xenobiology division.
* The refugee convoy includes several injured Transformers recuperating inside [[stasis pod]]s, based on how they appeared in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] cartoon.
* Skytread swears by the [[Void]] upon seeing Dai Atlas, just as [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] did in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|''Transformers'' #11]].

===Errors===
* On page ten, panel four, Airwave is coloured black.
* As he gloats on page thirteen, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s insect legs are mistakenly coloured purple rather than silver.

===Other trivia===
* Originally solicited for January 20th, this issue arrives three weeks late.
* Cybertronians are apparently naturally ambidextrous.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Hound, Wheeljack, and a Cybertron in jeopardy, by [[Beth McGuire-Smith]]
* '''Cover B''': Dai Atlas goes immersant, by [[Anna Malkova]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Mirrored art of Bombshell, by [[Nicole Goux]]

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===Advertisements===
* ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]''
* ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]''

===Reprints===
*'''''Transformers Volume 4: Declaration of War''''' ([[August 10]], 2021 **''scheduled''**) ISBN 1684058066 / ISBN 978-1684058068
**Hardcover.
**Collects ''Transformers'' issues #25–30, ''Transformers Valentine's Day Special'', and ''[[Transformers: Escape|Escape]]'' issues #1-5.
**Bonus material currently unknown, most likely alternate covers.

<gallery>
image:TF-IDW-2019v4.jpg|'''''Volume 4: Declaration of War'''''; cover art by [[Cryssy Cheung]]
</gallery>

==External links==
* [https://tformers.com/transformers-escape-2-comic-book-preview/40199/news.html Preview]

[[Category: Escape issues]]

Bot Battle

2021-02-05T18:06:42Z

Shifter777: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 102
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Griffin Rock Rocks!
|next=Space Party
|title="Bot Battle"
|airdate=[[June 12]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''After dismissing Tough Luck Chuck, Hot Shot decides to enter 'Bot Battle' an all-smashing, all-crashing, Robo-rampage! However, he soon discovers that Chuck may well be his toughest competition.'''

==Synopsis==
{{Epstub}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*TBA

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Hot Shot pretends to be a robot (the non-sentient, human-made kind) to infiltrate Bot Battle. The original Rescue Bots also pretended to be non-sentient machines in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]''. He also does so with an exclamation of "[[Robots in Disguise (disambiguation)|Robots in Disguise]]", which is one of the Transformers franchise's taglines, ''as everyone should know by now''.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy episodes]]

Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)

2021-01-26T16:07:31Z

Shifter777: /* Overview */

{{disambig3|War for Cybertron}}
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[[File:Netflix-WFC-Siege-season-poster.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Haven't we been here before?]]]]

'''''Transformers: War For Cybertron''''' is an animated series produced by [[Hasbro]] and [[Rooster Teeth]], with animation by [[Polygon Pictures]], based on the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' franchise. [[F.J. DeSanto]] acts as the series showrunner, a role he previously held for the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' web series, with [[George Krstic]], [[Gavin Hignight]], and [[Brandon M. Easton]] as writers. The show also sees [[Jake Foushee]], [[Jason Marnocha]], and [[Frank Todaro]] reprising their respective roles as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], as well as previous ''Transformers'' alumni [[Keith Silverstein]] and [[Jessica DiGiovanni|Sophia Isabella]] returning for voicework as new characters. Three seasons of the show are planned for release via [[Netflix]], one for each of the franchise's three lines, with the first season released on [[July 30]], [[2020]] and the second season on [[December 30]], [[2020]].

In conjunction with the series, Hasbro released a [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Netflix|small toyline]] featuring more [[show-accuracy|animation accurate]] paint jobs.

==Overview==
In the final hours of the civil war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has been ravaged by endless battle. Dissent forms amongst both factions and forces grow weaker, leaving [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots on their last leg. Frustrated, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] surrenders to the Decepticons shortly before [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] learns of the mystical [[AllSpark|Allspark]]. He eventually eases himself into a plan to use the vessel of life to reformat all Autobots on the planet into Decepticons, unifying them as one faction under his rule. Meanwhile, neutral scavenger [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] wants no part in the war but is forced to join the conflict when he obtains the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]] and the location of the Allspark after the imprisoned Ultra Magnus is murdered.

Despite [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]]'s warnings, Optimus Prime forms a plan to flee the planet aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and eject the Allspark, at the cost of the planet itself. The Autobots cautiously trust ex-Decepticon [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] to lead them into the dangerous [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] to obtain the Allspark, while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Decepticon [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] repair a derelict [[space bridge]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] repairs the ''Ark'', thanks to Bumblebee's [[energon]] theft from the [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]]. The synchronous plan succeeds, and the ''Ark'' and Allspark travel to an unknown location, leaving Elita-1 and her team to continue the war effort on Cybertron. With Cybertron unable to sustain life, Megatron and the Decepticons plan to flee the dead planet aboard the newly-constructed ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', powered by the sparks of the imprisoned and weak, though Elita-1 and her team set on freeing such Decepticons. After the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> departure, Shockwave lures in more weak for spark harvesting, causing the now-free [[Scrapface]] and Elita-1's forces to explode [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon Arena]]. Unfortunately, their capture leads to no-escape, as the explosion engulfs both Elita-1 and Shockwave's teams.

The ''Ark'' and its crew are taken by [[Doubledealer]] and his Mercenaries to [[Deseeus]] on [[Chaar]], though a double-cross allows the Autobots to flee at the cost of Megatron knowing their location. The ''Ark'' travels to the [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] Station, but their attempts to detonate it to pass through the space-bridge come to a stop by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and Megatron. Eventually, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] aboard the ''Nemesis'' fires to kill Megatron as a gambit for power, but the resulting explosion opens a rift to the [[Dead Universe]]. Inside, the ''Ark'' crew find the jaded [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who takes Optimus Prime on a spiritual journey and helps him open an exit rift to the location of the Allspark: [[Earth]]. Meanwhile, Megatron meets his future-self [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who urges him to use his hatred to kill Optimus Prime, leading to Sky Lynx's sacrifice to save the Autobots. After [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] pulls Galvatron away, the ''Ark'', ''Nemesis'', and the in-pursuit ''Fool's Fortune'' escape the Dead Universe and lock into a dogfight, which ends with Megatron taking the Matrix of Leadership. The Deseeus-controlled Doubledealer, craving for revenge, attacks the other ships, though retaliation results in the ''Fool's Fortune'' warp-drive exploding, causing the ''Ark'' to crash on pre-historic Earth—but neither the Autobots and Decepticons are aware that they are not the [[Dinobot (BW)|only]] Cybertronians on the planet...

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' Crew'''
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Jake Foushee]])
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Joe Zieja]])
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Bill Rogers]])
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] ([[Jessica DiGiovanni|Sophia Isabella]])
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]] ([[Brian Robert Burns]])
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] ([[Rafael Goldstein]])
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] ([[Shawn Hawkins]])
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] ([[JW Stafford]])
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] ([[Aaron Veach]])
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ([[Kaiser Johnson]])
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Mark Whitten]])
*[[Comms Officer]] ([[Brook Chalmers]])
*[[Security Officer (G1)|Security Officer]] (Rafael Goldstein)

'''[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] Group'''
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] ([[Linsay Rousseau]])
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] ([[Keith Silverstein]])
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] ([[Todd Haberkorn]])
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] ([[Georgia Reed]])

'''Other'''
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] ([[Edward Bosco]])
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] ([[Sean Wright]])
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] ([[Ellie Main]])
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Miles Luna]])
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]

|c2=
'''''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' Crew'''
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Jason Marnocha]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Frank Todaro]])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Edward Bosco)
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (Frank Todaro)
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] ([[Alexander Dilallo]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[Danny Hansen]])
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]

'''Cybertron Group'''
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (Todd Haberkorn)
*[[Scrapface]] ([[Adin Rudd]])
*[[Shamble]] (Frank Todaro)
*[[Flywheels|Skytread]] ([[Philip Bache]])
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] ([[Gray Haddock]])
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Ion Storm]]
*[[Hotlink (G1)|Hotlink]]

'''Other'''
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (Jason Marnocha)
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (Brook Chalmers)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Mark Whitten)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Refraktors]] (Frank Todaro, Edward Bosco, Shawn Hawkins, Mark Whitten)
*[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] (Kasier Johnson, Sean Wright)

|h3=[[Mercenary|Mercenaries]]|c3=
'''''[[Fool's Fortune]]'' Crew'''
*[[Doubledealer]] ([[Michael Schwalbe]])
*[[Exhaust]] ([[Ken Rogers]])
*[[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] ([[Alex Taber]])
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] ([[Michael Jones]])
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] ([[Jay Sanford]])
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]

'''Cybertron Group'''
*[[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] (Rafael Goldstein)
**[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Dome Guard]]s (Jason Marnocha)

|c4=
*[[Deseeus]] ([[Jolene Andersen]], [[Joseph Noughton]], Keith Silverstein, Linsay Rousseau, Jay Sanford)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] ([[Michael Dunn]])
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] ([[Ben Jurand]])
*[[Guardian robot|Guardians]]
**[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (Keith Silverstein)
*[[Teletraan I]] (Miles Luna)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] ([[Jonathan Lipow]])
*[[Zombie|Sparkless]] (Frank Todaro, Kaiser Johnson, Brook Chalmers)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]

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}}

==Episodes==
===Chapter 1: Siege===
{{collist|2|
# [[Siege episode 1|Episode 1]]
# [[Siege episode 2|Episode 2]]
# [[Siege episode 3|Episode 3]]
# [[Siege episode 4|Episode 4]]
# [[Siege episode 5|Episode 5]]
# [[Siege episode 6|Episode 6]]
}}

===Chapter 2: Earthrise===
{{collist|2|
# [[Earthrise episode 1|Episode 1]]
# [[Earthrise episode 2|Episode 2]]
# [[Earthrise episode 3|Episode 3]]
# [[Earthrise episode 4|Episode 4]]
# [[Earthrise episode 5|Episode 5]]
# [[Earthrise episode 6|Episode 6]]
}}

===Chapter 3: Kingdom===
{{comingsoon}}

==Notes==
* Originally planned for a June 2020 release, the series premiere was delayed one month, reportedly due to production delays with its foreign-language dubs caused by the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
* During production, the animation team utilized Hasbro's original CAD files for the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toyline. As a result, the character models are absurdly [[show-accuracy|toy-accurate]], down to several even retaining their [[5 mm post]] holes and 3 mm pegs. For the first chapter, characters who did not have toys in the ''Siege'' toy-lineup used original character models or modified pre-existing ones created specifically for the show, with the sole exception being Wheeljack, who uses the model for the ''Earthrise'' toy.
*''Earthrise'' original-models, on the other hand, do not utilize toy CAD files, with the exception of Scorponok and Sky Lynx, the former of which has a modified beast mode. Nemesis Prime as well is toy accurate, though that is likely due to the toy and the show model coincidentally using the ''Siege'' body for a [[black repaint|black recolor]].
* ''Siege'' was promoted with several motion posters highlighting members of the main cast. In each of these posters, a letter from the [[Cybertronian language|"Ancient Autobot" alphabet]] created by [[Jim Sorenson]] can be seen flashing in the background. When the letters are put in order, they spell out the word "KINGDOM", the name of the trilogy's third subline/season.<ref>[https://twitter.com/nxonnetflix/status/1283960126613774338 Netflix video of all motion posters with the announcement of KINGDOM.]</ref>
* The series features extensive use of [[generic]]s, though both sides use different character models as the base for their troops. The Autobots use Cog, Sideswipe, Mirage, Ironhide, and Hound to pad their forces while the Decepticons use Impactor, Refraktor, Barricade, and, as usual, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. All of these generics except for Cog and Impactor are used for the Sparkless, with Laserbeak used for the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] birds, Impactor for the Dome Guards and a gladiator, and Ironhide for Deseeus's army.
* Upon its initial release in the United States, ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' was given a TV-Y7 designation, despite the show's dark tone, violence, and brief use of coarse language in the first episode. Presumably due to these very criteria, the series was later re-rated to TV-14, making it the first ''Transformers'' television series to carry that designation. Due to the separation of seasons into separate listings, ''Earthrise'' keeps the TV-Y7 rating.
* Despite the three parts being advertised as three chapters of one series, when the second ''Earthrise'' trailer released, it also received a separate page on Netflix. The original ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' page's title graphic was also changed to include ''Siege'' and the number 1 behind it. This also means that Netflix calls the ''Earthrise'' episodes "Chapter 1" as well.

===Foreign names===
*''Chinese:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Sàibótǎn Dàzhàn Sānbùqǔ''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛：賽博坦大戰三部曲 "Transformers: Cybertron War Trilogy")
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy''''' (トランスフォーマー: ウォー・フォー・サイバトロン・トリロジー ''Toransufōmā: Wō fō Saibatoron Torirojī'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.netflix.com/title/81002438 ''Siege'' on Netflix]
* [https://www.netflix.com/title/81393633 ''Earthrise'' on Netflix]
* [https://youtu.be/SYDB6skUqYw First ''Siege'' trailer on YouTube]
* [https://youtu.be/UksT5I1lvJM Second ''Siege'' trailer on YouTube]
* [https://youtu.be/SoK4_Tng29E First ''Earthrise'' trailer on YouTube]
* [https://youtu.be/8s00QLjolFg Second ''Earthrise'' trailer on YouTube]

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Rage of the Dinobots issue 1

2021-01-17T21:15:18Z

Shifter777: /* Notes */

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|art by=[[Agustin Padilla]]
|colors by=[[Thomas Deer]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|assistant editor=[[Jean-Carlo Tirado]]
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'''In the dying days of the war for Cybertron, the Dinobots set out to rescue Ultra Magnus from the clutches of the sinister Ser-Ket.'''

==Synopsis==
Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], some time after [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] have departed the dying planet, there are still many [[Autobot]]s attempting to flee their homeworld, and plenty of [[Decepticon]]s left striving to see their enemies die along with their world. A convoy of ships led by [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] have just managed to escape Cybertron's atmosphere, thanks in large part to the efforts of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]]: [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] uses an anti-aircraft cannon to shoot down the Decepticon craft pursuing the convoy, while his team-mates cover his back by dealing with the Decepticon ground troops led by [[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]]. When the final ship of the convoy escapes, [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] orders the Dinobots to get to their own craft, but a last-minute appearance by another squadron of Decepticons draws [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] into a solo attempt to take them out. Magnus himself appears in a fighter craft to draw the Decepticons off, ordering Swoop away, only to be shot down by his opponents and crash off in the distance. [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] advocates departing in their own ship, and [[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] is particularly happy to leave Magnus behind, tired of how he and the other Autobots have treated the Dinobots differently since they gained their [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]] forms, but Grimlock refuses to leave a 'bot behind and convinces the other Dinobots to join him on a rescue mission. Little do the Dinobots realize, however, that their conversation has been listened in on by a mysterious third party: the enigmatic [[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]].

Trekking out to the wreckage of Magnus's fighter, the Dinobots discover that something has already beaten them there: a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]], one of the monstrous creatures from Cybertron's ancient past that Sludge deduces must have been recreated by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], the architect of their own prehistoric makeovers. After the Predacon fells Swoop, Grimlock transforms to dinosaur mode and brings the beast down in a short yet ferocious battle. Unfortunately, Grimlock loses control of himself and turns on his own troops, seizing Sludge in his jaws. The other Dinobots manage to calm him down enough to transform back to robot mode, but in the chaos, the Predacon recovers and flies off with Swoop in its clutches.

At the base of Ser-Ket and her followers, the "[[Forged]]", a report is received from the Predacon, [[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]], about the capture of Swoop. Just then, Ser-Ket is contacted by her master, Shockwave, and confirms for him the successful capture of Ultra Magnus, who is ready to be "re-forged", along with any Autobots foolish enough to come looking for him!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] (1, voice only)
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] (2)
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] (4)
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] (5)
*[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (8)

|c2=
*''Blast-Off Lookalike'' (3)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (11)

|h4=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c4=
*[[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]] (9)
*[[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]] (10)

}}

==Notes==
*It should not come as any surprise to learn that there are a few notable contradictions between this comic and the events of the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video game, as this is par for the course when dealing with the [[Aligned continuity family]]. However, they do stand out a bit more, as this comic has been ''actively trailed'' by its creative team as bridging the gap between the game and upcoming events in the third season of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]]. Though the Dinobots' story is obviously the same as seen in the game—given dinosaur forms by Shockwave based on his study of [[Earth]], with Grimlock's beast form tied into his mounting rage—the fact that the game ended with Sludge in stasis lock (before even ''gaining'' a dinosaur mode) and Grimlock disappearing in a space bridge explosion, while both are present here, nags at the edge of one's consciousness a bit. These questions are later answered in the ''[[Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters (comic) | Beast Hunters]]'' comic.
*Similarly, ''Fall of Cybertron'' presents the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' as the ''last'' of the Autobot ships to the leave the planet, with a fleet of others departing before it at the close of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|previous game]], while here, many Autobots and ships are departing ''after'' Prime and Megatron have already left. However, this ''is'' in-line with events depicted in the ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' novel, which had plenty of Autobots remain behind on Cybertron—under the command of Ultra Magnus, no less, as seen in this issue.
*While not appearing on panel, the voice of Impactor is heard on the first page. This Aligned-verse version of the [[Impactor (G1)|Generation 1 character]] was previously mentioned in the ''Prime'' cartoon episode "[[Loose Cannons]]" as a member of the [[Wrecker]]s. That he is heard here reporting to Ultra Magnus creates a point of further continuity with ''Exodus'', which presented Magnus as the Wreckers' leader.
*Chronology issues aside, Blast Off, along with the rest of the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]], was last seen being sent tumbling through space after being knocked off the escaping Ark by [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] at the close of the ''Fall of Cybertron'' game. We could assume he made it safely back to Cybertron. However, [[Mairghread Scott]] posted in a Q and A on the [https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/q-and-a-with-mairghread-scott-writer-of-transformers-prime-beast-hunters.917845/page-2 TFW2005] message boards that the character in the panel being sliced by Grimlock's sword isn't ''technically'' Blast-Off, but rather a Decepticon that she directed [[Agustin Padilla]] to "look like Blast-Off." So is it Blast-Off? [[Fanon| You]] [[Authorial intent| decide!]]
*Grimlock's [[Energo weapon|Energo-sword]] is drawn less like the one he wielded in the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video game or the one included with his ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toy, and more like the sword belonging to ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. It keeps this look for the rest of the mini-series.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' The assembled Dinobots, by [[Ken Christiansen]]
*'''Cover RIA:''' Grimlock in dino mode, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Joana Lafuente]] (mistakenly credited to [[Casey Coller]] and Lafuente), part of a combined image formed from the RIA covers to all four issues.
*'''Cover RIB:''' Artwork of Shockwave from the ''Prime'' cartoon

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Rage of the Dinobots issue 1

2021-01-17T21:05:40Z

Shifter777: /* Featured characters */

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|date=[[November 28]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=November 2012
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|art by=[[Agustin Padilla]]
|colors by=[[Thomas Deer]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|assistant editor=[[Jean-Carlo Tirado]]
|continuity=[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]]
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'''In the dying days of the war for Cybertron, the Dinobots set out to rescue Ultra Magnus from the clutches of the sinister Ser-Ket.'''

==Synopsis==
Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], some time after [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] have departed the dying planet, there are still many [[Autobot]]s attempting to flee their homeworld, and plenty of [[Decepticon]]s left striving to see their enemies die along with their world. A convoy of ships led by [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] have just managed to escape Cybertron's atmosphere, thanks in large part to the efforts of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]]: [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] uses an anti-aircraft cannon to shoot down the Decepticon craft pursuing the convoy, while his team-mates cover his back by dealing with the Decepticon ground troops led by [[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]]. When the final ship of the convoy escapes, [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] orders the Dinobots to get to their own craft, but a last-minute appearance by another squadron of Decepticons draws [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] into a solo attempt to take them out. Magnus himself appears in a fighter craft to draw the Decepticons off, ordering Swoop away, only to be shot down by his opponents and crash off in the distance. [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] advocates departing in their own ship, and [[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] is particularly happy to leave Magnus behind, tired of how he and the other Autobots have treated the Dinobots differently since they gained their [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]] forms, but Grimlock refuses to leave a 'bot behind and convinces the other Dinobots to join him on a rescue mission. Little do the Dinobots realize, however, that their conversation has been listened in on by a mysterious third party: the enigmatic [[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]].

Trekking out to the wreckage of Magnus's fighter, the Dinobots discover that something has already beaten them there: a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]], one of the monstrous creatures from Cybertron's ancient past that Sludge deduces must have been recreated by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], the architect of their own prehistoric makeovers. After the Predacon fells Swoop, Grimlock transforms to dinosaur mode and brings the beast down in a short yet ferocious battle. Unfortunately, Grimlock loses control of himself and turns on his own troops, seizing Sludge in his jaws. The other Dinobots manage to calm him down enough to transform back to robot mode, but in the chaos, the Predacon recovers and flies off with Swoop in its clutches.

At the base of Ser-Ket and her followers, the "[[Forged]]", a report is received from the Predacon, [[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]], about the capture of Swoop. Just then, Ser-Ket is contacted by her master, Shockwave, and confirms for him the successful capture of Ultra Magnus, who is ready to be "re-forged", along with any Autobots foolish enough to come looking for him!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] (1, voice only)
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] (2)
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] (4)
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] (5)
*[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (8)

|c2=
*''Blast-Off Lookalike'' (3)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (11)

|h4=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c4=
*[[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]] (9)
*[[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]] (10)

}}

==Notes==
*It should not come as any surprise to learn that there are a few notable contradictions between this comic and the events of the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video game, as this is par for the course when dealing with the [[Aligned continuity family]]. However, they do stand out a bit more, as this comic has been ''actively trailed'' by its creative team as bridging the gap between the game and upcoming events in the third season of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]]. Though the Dinobots' story is obviously the same as seen in the game—given dinosaur forms by Shockwave based on his study of [[Earth]], with Grimlock's beast form tied into his mounting rage—the fact that the game ended with Sludge in stasis lock (before even ''gaining'' a dinosaur mode) and Grimlock disappearing in a space bridge explosion, while both are present here, nags at the edge of one's consciousness a bit.
*Similarly, ''Fall of Cybertron'' presents the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' as the ''last'' of the Autobot ships to the leave the planet, with a fleet of others departing before it at the close of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|previous game]], while here, many Autobots and ships are departing ''after'' Prime and Megatron have already left. However, this ''is'' in-line with events depicted in the ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' novel, which had plenty of Autobots remain behind on Cybertron—under the command of Ultra Magnus, no less, as seen in this issue.
*While not appearing on panel, the voice of Impactor is heard on the first page. This Aligned-verse version of the [[Impactor (G1)|Generation 1 character]] was previously mentioned in the ''Prime'' cartoon episode "[[Loose Cannons]]" as a member of the [[Wrecker]]s. That he is heard here reporting to Ultra Magnus creates a point of further continuity with ''Exodus'', which presented Magnus as the Wreckers' leader.
*Chronology issues aside, Blast Off, along with the rest of the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]], was last seen being sent tumbling through space after being knocked off the escaping Ark by [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] at the close of the ''Fall of Cybertron'' game. Perhaps we might assume he made it safely back to Cybertron.
*Grimlock's [[Energo weapon|Energo-sword]] is drawn less like the one he wielded in the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video game or the one included with his ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toy, and more like the sword belonging to ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. It keeps this look for the rest of the mini-series.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' The assembled Dinobots, by [[Ken Christiansen]]
*'''Cover RIA:''' Grimlock in dino mode, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Joana Lafuente]] (mistakenly credited to [[Casey Coller]] and Lafuente), part of a combined image formed from the RIA covers to all four issues.
*'''Cover RIB:''' Artwork of Shockwave from the ''Prime'' cartoon

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Earthrise episode 5

2021-01-04T16:24:35Z

Shifter777: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Earthrise]]''
|image=Earthrise5BeholdGalvatron.jpg
|caption=GALVATRON CAN HAVE ANY CAMEO HE WANTS!
|prev=Earthrise episode 4
|next=Earthrise episode 6
|title=Episode 5
|airdate=[[December 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Gavin Hignight]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}
'''Optimus Prime and Megatron receive visions of a dark future while trapped in the Dead Universe.'''
==Synopsis==

''Long ago, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] carries both the [[Staff of Solus]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Suddenly, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] blocks the path of the venerable elder and demands that Trion give him the Matrix. Instead, Trion berates him, since he fails to realize that the Matrix should not be won with simple power and arrogance. Furious, Sky Lynx charges at Trion, but Trion uses the Staff to open a portal, banishing him far, far away...''

In the present, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' are baffled as to their current location, only vaguely concluding that they're in some sort of "un-space". However, the appearance of Sky Lynx on the viewscreen confirms to Prime that the Autobots find themselves in the [[Dead Universe]]. Sky Lynx quickly demonstrates his complete mastery over this realm, and teleports Prime to a private area in un-space so that Sky Lynx may judge his worthiness to bear the Matrix. Prime informs Sky Lynx about the mission to retrieve the Allspark, while Sky Lynx reveals his long mission as well—his quest to calm the inner storm that drove him to banishment. Alpha Trion's punishment gave him time to become more stoic and to relinquish his craving for the power of the Matrix. Now, he only seeks redemption for his past behavior, and to be freed from the Dead Universe.

He guides Prime through the Dead Universe, a realm where thought is power. Prime's inner turmoil manifests as painful memories of his pledge to Alpha Trion, to protect Cybertron with Megatron and Ultra Magnus. Sky Lynx accompanies the angst-ridden Prime as he reflects on the death and destruction of so many on his homeworld. He confronts a deep fear: that Elita and all his Autobots will die on Cybertron under the tyrannical rule of Megatron, and that Cybertron itself will be destroyed due to his removal of the Allspark.

Sky Lynx enjoins Prime to let go of the self-blame; if he doesn't, he can never escape the Dead Universe. He is greeted with further visions: witnessing his own death; bombardment of meteors in an icy mountain range; even a [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|terrifying evil reflection of himself]]. Sky Lynx helps Prime to focus his thoughts, and use the Matrix as a guide to the Allspark. Prime finally unleashes the power of the Matrix, opening a fissure out of the Dead Universe!

Aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] awakens to see a portal just ahead of him in space. Before he can figure out what it means, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arrives on the bridge, ready to pay Starscream back for his treachery, knocking him flat with a punch. After banishing Starscream from the bridge, Megatron orders [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] to take the ''Nemesis'' into the rift to pursue Prime. Within the rift, the ''Nemesis'' is subjected to stresses and mysterious light, sending Megatron crashing to the ground. As he recovers, a new surprise awaits: a [[Galvatron (G1)|mysterious purple Decepticon]] materializes in front of Megatron, laughing at him!

The mysterious figure only introduces himself to Megatron as a guide to the future, being careful to not reveal ''too'' much information. Megatron wants no help and lashes out, but the intruder easily matches him in strength and counters Megatron's attacks with suspicious familiarity. The two fire their arm-mounted cannons at each other, somehow transporting them to a strange location within the Dead Universe. The guide tells Megatron that even though the risk taken to arrive here and now was great, it will be all worth it if Megatron can kill Optimus Prime, whose death will cause the guide to no longer exist! Megatron relents and is prepared to listen.

[[File:Earthrise5MegatronPowerup.jpg|left|thumb|And this—is to go even further—beyond!]]
The guide emphasizes the importance of taking the Matrix and killing Prime, taking Megatron on a journey through his past, telling him that the Prime is part of a legacy that seeks to suppress those whose strength was forged in the gladiator pits. Megatron remembers that only his self-reliance and strength kept him alive, not trust; hatred was his source of power. Megatron confesses that the guide truly understands him. The guide agrees; after all, the pits are where ''they both'' were born. Despite his strength, the guide explains that he is still a slave in [[Unicron/Generation 1|''his'']] thrall, and that Megatron must master his fate before ''he'' realizes the guide's treachery!

On the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron and the guide see the ''Ark'' only moments away from exiting the Dead Universe. The guide tells Megatron to channel his hate and rage, and soon he is brimming with crimson, coruscating energy, unleashing it as a powerful beam towards the ''Ark''. However, Sky Lynx soars between the beam and the ''Ark'', taking the full brunt of the beam as he implores Prime to escape. Sky Lynx is atomized, but the ''Ark'' makes it through the rift.

The guide tries to get Megatron to pursue them, but they are stopped as ''he'' intervenes, summoning the guide painfully back from where he came. The guide attempts to give Megatron [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|something that might help him vanquish the Prime]], but it quickly dissipates, and the guide vanishes. The ''Nemesis'' pursues the ''Ark'' through the rift.

Both spacecraft find themselves in orbit over a watery, blue world—[[Earth]]!

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in imaginary sequences and flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7)
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]] (8)
*''[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'' (13)
*''[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]]'' (14)
*''[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'' (15)
*''[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'' (16)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (10)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (12)

|h3=Others|c3=
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (1)
*''[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]'' (17)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
[[File:ERvsTFTMGalvatron.jpg|right|thumb]]
* [[Galvatron (G1) |Galvatron]] has arrived! This is not the first time, he's tried time traveling. In the G1 Marvel UK run, Galvatron made a regular habit of hopping between the past and future beginning with [[Target 2006]].
*Galvatron's initial appearance is an homage to his "neon wireframe" sequence from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Starscream references the [[Celestial Spires]] when looking at the Dead Universe rift.
*Sky Lynx tells Prime that Cybertron can be saved "even in its darkest hour", a phrase usually associated with the unleashing of the Matrix from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Galvatron refers to Megatron's energy as a "[[Hate Plague|plague of hate]]".
* The [[Dead Universe]] first originated in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], where it played a key role in the [[Simon Furman]] run and in the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] crossover. However, its portrayal here seems to owe more to the concept of [[Infraspace]] as a realm of pure thought than the actively malevolent location of the comics that zombifies those who enter it. Sky Lynx certainly doesn't appear to be undead.
*Additionally, the concept of the Dead Universe seems to have been hybridized with the concept of "un-space," introduced by [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)| another Wheeljack]] in the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)| Cyberverse]]'' cartoon episode [[The Crossroads]]. That unspace was also a place of alternative timelines and dimensions, which may explain Galvatron's appearance here.
* [[Nemesis Prime]], the evil counterpart of [[Optimus Prime]], has long been a staple in Transformers fiction. The idea of a Prime becoming Nemesis Prime after an encounter with the [[Dead Universe]] may be a nod towards [[Nova Prime]], a prominent antagonist in the 2005 IDW continuity. The idea of ''Optimus'' becoming Nemesis, meanwhile, was a plot point in the live-action film ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''.

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056823 Episode 5 on Netflix]

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Earthrise episode 5

2021-01-04T16:22:28Z

Shifter777: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Earthrise]]''
|image=Earthrise5BeholdGalvatron.jpg
|caption=GALVATRON CAN HAVE ANY CAMEO HE WANTS!
|prev=Earthrise episode 4
|next=Earthrise episode 6
|title=Episode 5
|airdate=[[December 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Gavin Hignight]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}
'''Optimus Prime and Megatron receive visions of a dark future while trapped in the Dead Universe.'''
==Synopsis==

''Long ago, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] carries both the [[Staff of Solus]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Suddenly, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] blocks the path of the venerable elder and demands that Trion give him the Matrix. Instead, Trion berates him, since he fails to realize that the Matrix should not be won with simple power and arrogance. Furious, Sky Lynx charges at Trion, but Trion uses the Staff to open a portal, banishing him far, far away...''

In the present, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' are baffled as to their current location, only vaguely concluding that they're in some sort of "un-space". However, the appearance of Sky Lynx on the viewscreen confirms to Prime that the Autobots find themselves in the [[Dead Universe]]. Sky Lynx quickly demonstrates his complete mastery over this realm, and teleports Prime to a private area in un-space so that Sky Lynx may judge his worthiness to bear the Matrix. Prime informs Sky Lynx about the mission to retrieve the Allspark, while Sky Lynx reveals his long mission as well—his quest to calm the inner storm that drove him to banishment. Alpha Trion's punishment gave him time to become more stoic and to relinquish his craving for the power of the Matrix. Now, he only seeks redemption for his past behavior, and to be freed from the Dead Universe.

He guides Prime through the Dead Universe, a realm where thought is power. Prime's inner turmoil manifests as painful memories of his pledge to Alpha Trion, to protect Cybertron with Megatron and Ultra Magnus. Sky Lynx accompanies the angst-ridden Prime as he reflects on the death and destruction of so many on his homeworld. He confronts a deep fear: that Elita and all his Autobots will die on Cybertron under the tyrannical rule of Megatron, and that Cybertron itself will be destroyed due to his removal of the Allspark.

Sky Lynx enjoins Prime to let go of the self-blame; if he doesn't, he can never escape the Dead Universe. He is greeted with further visions: witnessing his own death; bombardment of meteors in an icy mountain range; even a [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|terrifying evil reflection of himself]]. Sky Lynx helps Prime to focus his thoughts, and use the Matrix as a guide to the Allspark. Prime finally unleashes the power of the Matrix, opening a fissure out of the Dead Universe!

Aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] awakens to see a portal just ahead of him in space. Before he can figure out what it means, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arrives on the bridge, ready to pay Starscream back for his treachery, knocking him flat with a punch. After banishing Starscream from the bridge, Megatron orders [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] to take the ''Nemesis'' into the rift to pursue Prime. Within the rift, the ''Nemesis'' is subjected to stresses and mysterious light, sending Megatron crashing to the ground. As he recovers, a new surprise awaits: a [[Galvatron (G1)|mysterious purple Decepticon]] materializes in front of Megatron, laughing at him!

The mysterious figure only introduces himself to Megatron as a guide to the future, being careful to not reveal ''too'' much information. Megatron wants no help and lashes out, but the intruder easily matches him in strength and counters Megatron's attacks with suspicious familiarity. The two fire their arm-mounted cannons at each other, somehow transporting them to a strange location within the Dead Universe. The guide tells Megatron that even though the risk taken to arrive here and now was great, it will be all worth it if Megatron can kill Optimus Prime, whose death will cause the guide to no longer exist! Megatron relents and is prepared to listen.

[[File:Earthrise5MegatronPowerup.jpg|left|thumb|And this—is to go even further—beyond!]]
The guide emphasizes the importance of taking the Matrix and killing Prime, taking Megatron on a journey through his past, telling him that the Prime is part of a legacy that seeks to suppress those whose strength was forged in the gladiator pits. Megatron remembers that only his self-reliance and strength kept him alive, not trust; hatred was his source of power. Megatron confesses that the guide truly understands him. The guide agrees; after all, the pits are where ''they both'' were born. Despite his strength, the guide explains that he is still a slave in [[Unicron/Generation 1|''his'']] thrall, and that Megatron must master his fate before ''he'' realizes the guide's treachery!

On the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron and the guide see the ''Ark'' only moments away from exiting the Dead Universe. The guide tells Megatron to channel his hate and rage, and soon he is brimming with crimson, coruscating energy, unleashing it as a powerful beam towards the ''Ark''. However, Sky Lynx soars between the beam and the ''Ark'', taking the full brunt of the beam as he implores Prime to escape. Sky Lynx is atomized, but the ''Ark'' makes it through the rift.

The guide tries to get Megatron to pursue them, but they are stopped as ''he'' intervenes, summoning the guide painfully back from where he came. The guide attempts to give Megatron [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|something that might help him vanquish the Prime]], but it quickly dissipates, and the guide vanishes. The ''Nemesis'' pursues the ''Ark'' through the rift.

Both spacecraft find themselves in orbit over a watery, blue world—[[Earth]]!

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in imaginary sequences and flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7)
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]] (8)
*''[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'' (13)
*''[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]]'' (14)
*''[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'' (15)
*''[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'' (16)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (10)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (12)

|h3=Others|c3=
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (1)
*''[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]'' (17)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
[[File:ERvsTFTMGalvatron.jpg|right|thumb]]
* [[Galvatron|Galvatron (G1)]] has arrived! This is not the first time, he's tried time traveling. In the G1 Marvel UK run, Galvatron made a regular habit of hopping between the past and future beginning with [[Target 2006]].
*Galvatron's initial appearance is an homage to his "neon wireframe" sequence from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Starscream references the [[Celestial Spires]] when looking at the Dead Universe rift.
*Sky Lynx tells Prime that Cybertron can be saved "even in its darkest hour", a phrase usually associated with the unleashing of the Matrix from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Galvatron refers to Megatron's energy as a "[[Hate Plague|plague of hate]]".
* The [[Dead Universe]] first originated in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], where it played a key role in the [[Simon Furman]] run and in the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] crossover. However, its portrayal here seems to owe more to the concept of [[Infraspace]] as a realm of pure thought than the actively malevolent location of the comics that zombifies those who enter it. Sky Lynx certainly doesn't appear to be undead.
*Additionally, the concept of the Dead Universe seems to have been hybridized with the concept of "un-space," introduced by [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)| another Wheeljack]] in the ''[[Cyberverse (cartoon)| Cyberverse]]'' cartoon episode [[The Crossroads]]. That unspace was also a place of alternative timelines and dimensions, which may explain Galvatron's appearance here.
* [[Nemesis Prime]], the evil counterpart of [[Optimus Prime]], has long been a staple in Transformers fiction. The idea of a Prime becoming Nemesis Prime after an encounter with the [[Dead Universe]] may be a nod towards [[Nova Prime]], a prominent antagonist in the 2005 IDW continuity. The idea of ''Optimus'' becoming Nemesis, meanwhile, was a plot point in the live-action film ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''.

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056823 Episode 5 on Netflix]

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Deseeus

2021-01-01T22:03:43Z

Shifter777: /* Notes */

{{factions|quintesson}}
:''Deseeus is a [[Quintesson]] from the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:EarthriseEpisode2-Deseeus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Bofa Deeseus n—]]
As with most [[Quintesson Judge|members of their race]], '''Deseeus''' is utterly devoid of morality.

==Fiction==
===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith Silverstein]] (English, Death), [[Linsay Rousseau]] (English, Doubt), [[Jolene Andersen]] (English, Wrath), [[Jay Sanford]] (English, Wit), [[Joseph Noughton]] (English, Wisdom)|[[Jérémy Prévost]] (French, Wrath), [[Serge Biavan]] (French, Wit), [[Dirc Simpson]] (German, Death), [[Marion Musiol]] (German, Doubt), [[Harriet Kracht]] (German, Wrath), [[Steven Merting]] (German, Wit), [[Reinhard Scheunemann]] (German, Wisdom), [[Francesco de Francesco]] (Italian, Wrath), [[Jos Gómez]] (Castilian Spanish, Wrath), [[Héctor Garay]] (Castilian Spanish, Wisdom), [[Daniel Del Roble]] (Latin-American Spanish, Death), [[Valca Ponzanelli]] (Latin-American Spanish, Doubt), [[Beto Castillo]] (Latin-American Spanish, Wisdom), [[Kerygma Flores]] (Latin-American Spanish, Wrath), [[Roberto Mendiola]] (Latin-American Spanish, Wit)}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Voyager-Quintesson-Judge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
{{see|Quintesson Judge#Earthrise}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Similarly to the [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]] in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', Deseeus's faces each have unique voice actors, with the faces of Wrath and Doubt having voices supplied by actresses. Nevertheless, Desseus is refered to collectively as "he."

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Deseeus''' (ディシアス ''Dishiasu'')

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise characters]]
[[Category:Quintessons]]

Crash of the Titan

2020-11-15T07:06:56Z

Shifter777: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 104
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Space Party
|next=
|title="Crash Of The Titan"
|airdate=[[June 15]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c3=
|}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*[[Citadel Secundus]] becomes an addition to the Academy, just like Wedge desired back in [[The Lonely Titan]].

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*The title is a play on the 1981 fantasy adventure film ''{{w|Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans}}''.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*With this final episode, ''Rescue Bots Academy'' officially ties with its [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|predecessor]] for greatest number of episodes produced of any ''Transformers'' show. However, if you want to get ''technical'', the original ''Rescue Bots'' featured 22-minute episodes as opposed to ''Academy''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 11 minutes, so it could be argued the former is twice as long even though the numbers are the same on paper.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy episodes]]

Space Party

2020-11-15T06:54:30Z

Shifter777: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 103
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Bot Battle
|next=Crash Of The Titan
|title="Space Party"
|airdate=[[June 15]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''It's the final test to graduate Year Two and the recruits are nervous. Though Hot Shot's got something else on his mind - making sure his teachers know just how much he appreciates them. And thanks to a perilous turn of events - he might just get the chance to prove it.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c3=
|}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*It seems Primes ''do'' party [[Con Job|when there isn't a war to fight]].

===Transformers references===
*Ratchet's dance moves may be a reference to [[Ratchet (G1) |G1 Ratchet's]] seldom-seen "party-animal" nature.

===Real-world references===
*TBA

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*TBA

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy episodes]]

Space Party

2020-11-15T06:51:02Z

Shifter777: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 103
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Bot Battle
|next=Crash Of The Titan
|title="Space Party"
|airdate=[[June 15]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''It's the final test to graduate Year Two and the recruits are nervous. Though Hot Shot's got something else on his mind - making sure his teachers know just how much he appreciates them. And thanks to a perilous turn of events - he might just get the chance to prove it.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c3=
|}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*It seems Primes ''do'' party [[Con Job|when there isn't a war to fight]].

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*TBA

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*TBA

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy episodes]]

Bot Battle

2020-11-15T06:43:29Z

Shifter777: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 102
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Griffin Rock Rocks!
|next=Space Party
|title="Bot Battle"
|airdate=[[June 12]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''After dismissing Tough Luck Chuck, Hot Shot decides to enter 'Bot Battle' an all-smashing, all-crashing, Robo-rampage! However, he soon discovers that Chuck may well be his toughest competition.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
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===Real-world references===
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===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Hot Shot pretends to be a robot (the non-sentient, human-made kind) to infiltrate Bot Battle. The original Rescue Bots also pretended to be non-sentient machines in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]''. He also does so with an exclamation of [[Robots in Disguise (disambiguation)|"Robots in Disguise,"]] which, as you should know by now, is one of the Transformers franchise's taglines.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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Griffin Rock Rocks!

2020-11-15T06:07:06Z

Shifter777: /* Real-world references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 101
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Powerless
|next=Bot Battle
|title="Griffin Rock Rocks!"
|airdate=[[June 12]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''Medix's favorite DJ is playing a concert at Griffin Rock. However as there will be so many out-of-towners attending the bots have to remain out of sight. But when the DJ's show needs rescuing, Medix and the recruits must take centre stage.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
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===Real-world references===
*DJ Mech-Master's masked outfit and connection to electronic music bring to mind similar masked electronic artists, like {{w|Daft Punk}} and {{w|Marshmello}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Either Medix's headphones were for decoration, or Medix likes his music ''really'' loud.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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Griffin Rock Rocks!

2020-11-15T06:00:46Z

Shifter777: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 101
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Powerless
|next=Bot Battle
|title="Griffin Rock Rocks!"
|airdate=[[June 12]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''Medix's favorite DJ is playing a concert at Griffin Rock. However as there will be so many out-of-towners attending the bots have to remain out of sight. But when the DJ's show needs rescuing, Medix and the recruits must take centre stage.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*TBA

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Either Medix's headphones were for decoration, or Medix likes his music ''really'' loud.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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User:Shifter777

2020-11-12T06:31:10Z

Shifter777:

Hi.

I like Transformers, but you probably could guess that.

Big fan of all things [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]] and [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW's]] [[Transformers (2019 comic)| Transformers]]. [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]] is the best Transformers media to date, though.

My favorite Transformers include:
* [[Jazz (disambiguation)|Just about every Jazz]]
* [[Soundwave (WFC)]], [[Soundwave (G1)]], and [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)]].
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)]]
* [[Omega Supreme (Animated)]]

Making Tracks (RBA)

2020-11-12T06:18:19Z

Shifter777: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 98
|image=
|caption=
|prev=X Marks The Bot
|next=Don't Be Alarmed
|title="Making Tracks"
|airdate=[[June 10]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''When Wedge needs a speed coach, Bumblebee thinks Hot Shot will be the perfect choice. But Hot Shot soon learns that teaching can be as tricky as learning.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*TBA

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Wedge apparently sees through his windshield when in his car mode.
*Bumblebee transforms for the first time in this episode, and his vehicle form is of course based on his [[evergreen]] design.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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X Marks the Bot

2020-11-12T06:04:10Z

Shifter777: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 97
|image=
|caption=
|prev=The Lonely Titan
|next=Making Tracks (RBA)
|title="X Marks The Bot"
|airdate=[[June 10]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''The Bots travel to Ireland to follow a Cybertronian treasure trail, or so they think.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Tox-En, the deadly Energon variant, makes a return from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon) | Prime]]''. It retains its Kryptonite-esque effects on Cybertronians.
*The "Ancient Autobot" mentioned in the episode seems to have been one of those who came to ancient Earth during the largely undefined period when Autobots began hiding their Energon stores offworld. This seems to be supported by the fact that this Autobot teamed up with humans to hide the Tox-En from another bot who wanted to do something "bad" with it, presumably a [[Decepticon]]. The faction notably used Tox-En as a bioweapon during the [[Great War (Prime)| Great War]] (mentioned in the ''Prime'' episode "[[Toxicity]]").

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*The title is a play on "X marks the spot", commonly referred to when someone finds the hiding place of what they're looking for.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Tox-En is noted to be rare. Humans do not experience its debilitating effects.
*The recruits' rather short stature is explicitly brought up as a plot point: a normal Cybertronian's eye-line is apparently higher. Maybe it's because they're [[Humanization#Aging|young]]?

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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The Tracker

2020-11-10T07:15:16Z

Shifter777: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 93
|image=
|caption=
|prev=Wizard Of Botz
|next=One Of Our Dragons Is Missing
|title="The Tracker"
|airdate=[[June 8]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''Upon discovering that Griffin rock journalist, Huxley Prescott, has gone missing deep in the jungle, Whirl enlists the help of an expert tracker to help her find him.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*TBA

===Transformers references===
*With this episode, the Dinobot Slash makes her first cartoon appearance! First introduced in the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)| Age of Extinction]]'' toyline as a tracker, her gender was formally established as female by her later ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)| Power of the Primes]]'' toy. In this continuity, she retains both characteristics, and also gains a bit of a Southern twang.

===Real-world references===
*TBA

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*TBA

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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First Responder

2020-11-10T07:04:19Z

Shifter777: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 80
|image=
|caption=
|prev=The Empty City
|next=How To Train Your Scraplet
|title="First Responder"
|airdate=[[June 13]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''Wedge is faced with a tough decision after mentor training day, while Wes is about to take his Griffin Rock First Responder exam.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*[[Charlie Burns| Chief Burns]] finally returns (!), making an onscreen (unvoiced) cameo at Wes' First Responder examination.

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*TBA

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*TBA

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
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X Marks the Bot

2020-11-10T06:17:47Z

Shifter777: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 97
|image=
|caption=
|prev=The Lonely Titan
|next=Making Tracks (RBA)
|title="X Marks The Bot"
|airdate=[[June 10]], [[2020]] (UK)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''The Bots travel to Ireland to follow a Cybertronian treasure trail, or so they think.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c3=
|}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Tox-En, the deadly Energon variant, makes a return from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon) | Prime]]''. It retains its Kryptonite-esque effects on Cybertronians.
*The "Ancient Autobot" mentioned in the episode seems to have been one of those who came to ancient Earth during the largely undefined period when Autobots began hiding their Energon stores offworld. This seems to be supported by the fact that this Autobot teamed up with humans to hide the Tox-En from another bot who wanted to do something "bad" with it, presumably a [[Decepticon]]. The faction notably used Tox-En as a bioweapon during the [[Great War (Prime)| Great War]] (mentioned in the ''Prime'' episode "[[Toxicity]]").

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*The title is a play on "X marks the spot", commonly referred to when someone finds the hiding place of what they're looking for.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Tox-En is noted to be rare. Humans do not experience its debilitating effects.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

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X Marks the Bot

2020-11-10T05:56:08Z

Shifter777: /* Trivia */

Chromia (Cyberverse)

2020-10-22T20:18:53Z

Shifter777: /* Cyberverse cartoon */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Chromia}}
:''Chromia is a [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Chromia Cyberverse concept.jpg|thumb|250px]]
'''Chromia''' is a [[female Transformer]] who doesn't believe she should take part in a [[Great War (Cyberverse)|war]] that isn't on her [[Caminus (planet)|home]]. This clashes with her fellow Camien, and friend, [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]], who feels the need to fight for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Chromia eventually decided to stay and fight, serving the Autobot cause under [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]].

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Latonia Phipps]] (English, Season 1), [[Jaime Lamchick]] (English, Seasons 2-3), [[Akeno Watanabe]] (Japanese)|[[Fanny Dreiss]] (French)}}
[[File:Chromia - Cyberverse - Maccadam's.jpg|thumb|left|250px|All your drink are belong to us.]]
Early in the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], Chromia joined [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]], pleading with her fellow Camien to leave the war-ravaged [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and return home, only to be rebuffed by the resolute Windblade. She then witnessed [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] being made to stand down by [[Maccadam]] when the [[Decepticon]] leader attempted to start a fight over the presence of the defector [[Drift (Cyberverse)|Deadlock]] in the bar. {{storylink|Maccadam's}}

Despite her reservations about the war not being Caminus' problem, Chromia would later join the Autobots; she accompanied [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] and [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]] in rescuing [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] from a crashed [[energon]] tanker. {{storylink|Shadowstriker (episode)|Shadowstriker}} Chromia joined the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' during [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]]'s quest to find the [[AllSpark]], entering a [[stasis pod]] when [[energon]] reached a critical low. {{storylink|The Journey}} In a false memory created by [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]], Chromia was present at [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus']] announcement where the AllSpark was found and cheered on with the rest of the crew. {{storylink|Sabotage}}

[[Teletraan-1 (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-1]] eventually tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]] only for the ''Ark'' to suffer a hull breach and crash land in [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Some 66 million years later, Chromia, along with the rest of the crew, was reawakened by [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] in time to see the [[Decepticon fleet]] invade Earth. {{storylink|Eruption}}

In the time following her reawakening, Chromia returned to Cybertron to help defend it from the Decepticons until Optimus and the rest of the crew could return. Unfortunately, the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' got there first, and Chromia was taken captive by Megatron. Under the threat of [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]] being executed, she was forced to send a false distress signal to the ''Ark'' to bait them back to Cybertron, where Megatron planned to ambush and destroy them. {{storylink|The Crossroads}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}}

Chromia was eventually freed from captivity by Perceptor, though the process shorted out his optics. Escaping to find a means of warning the ''Ark'' crew of Megatron's trap, Chromia fled while Perceptor held off some Decepticon soldiers. Despite defeating [[Laserbeak (Cyberverse)|Laserbeak]], she was caught by [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] and could only watch as [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] blew up the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} While languishing in her cell, Windblade—having survived the ''Ark'''s destruction by abandoning ship—contacted her with her [[Cityspeaker]] powers. Thrilled to hear Windblade's voice, Chromia offered an alternative route to the Threshold of the AllSpark. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}}

After the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] ended in the Autobots' favor, Chromia was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. Within the Loop, Chromia chatted up Windblade and cheered when Optimus' float passed by. {{storylink|The Loop}} {{storylink|The Sleeper}} When the Cybertronian resistance hacked into the Loop to free Windblade so they could have her awake [[Iaconus]], [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]] carried Chromia away so that [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] could speak to the [[cityspeaker]] in private. {{storylink|The Trial}}

Chromia was eventually freed from the simulation alongside the other Autobots thanks to the Cybertronian resistance, who got them to transform when they unleashed [[Air Hammer (Cyberverse)|Air Hammer]]s into the Loop. By the time Hot Rod and Soundwave escaped from the Quintesson [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]], Chromia was seen racing to freedom. {{storylink|The Scientist}} Once the Autobots and Decepticons had agreed to work together, Chromia was part of a failed attack on the Quintesson flagship, being saved only when Windblade managed to partly unearth Iaconus' arm, the resulting quakes scaring off the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

After the Quintesson flagship had been brought down and the [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]] killed, [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] revealed himself as the new Judge. Chromia led the first attack against him only to be captured by his [[tractor beam]]s and locked up with the rest of her species. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} Starscream refused to condemn the universe until Optimus Prime and Megatron were present so they could answer for his crimes against him. After [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]] had opened the floodgates of feeding the Judge false locations, Chromia lied that the two leaders were at the [[Velocitron]] Memorial. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}}

To deal with the awakened Iaconus, Starscream called upon the brainwashed [[Croaton]]. After he had hovered off to monitor the battle, [[Maccadam]] arrived to open the cells, though such an act ultimately cost him his life. Shortly afterwards, Starscream managed to kill Iaconus, turning Croaton on the rest of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}} The invasion was eventually stopped when Optimus and Megatron used two Matrices of Leadership to kill Starscream and Windblade freed Croaton. With the Quintesson threat ended, the Transformers formed a truce. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

After Bumblebee had retrieved Windblade's braindead body, Chromia came forth with how to heal her. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} Using a psychic tracker from Caminus, Chromia led Bumblebee across Cybertron to Windblade's various psychic shards. The first of these led the two friends to [[Crystal City]] where they befriended [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)|Thunderhowl]] and aided him in defeating the [[Crystalline King]]. {{storylink|Thunderhowl (episode)|Thunderhowl}} When another shard was detected on [[Moonbase 3|Luna 3]], Chromia directed Bumblebee to [[Meteorfire]] for aid in breaching the moon's [[force field]]. {{storylink|Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos}}

When [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]] prepared to upload what they had collected of Windblade's mind, a shark flew in and stole Windblade's body. Piloting an [[Autobot shuttle]], Chromia and Bumblebee followed to the [[Argon Sea]]. With the scanners unable to penetrate the gases, the two dived below. After following the shark, the two ran afoul of energy draining animals, who helped themselves to the shuttle's shields, before the shark returned. While Bumblebee managed to subdue the beast, he himself fell deeper into the Sea. Stringing up the shark, Chromia attempted to scan for Bumblebee before the shark introduced himself as [[Hammerbyte]], explaining that he was guarding the [[Dweller (Cyberverse)|Dweller]].

At Hammerbyte's direction, Chromia piloted the shuttle to deepest part of the Sea where they found Bumblebee entering a service hatch. Quickly following, Chromia found that Bumblebee and Hammerbyte had fallen under the Dweller's control, later discovering that the entity was in fact a Titan, one who planned to use Windblade to spread his influence to all of Cybertron. Using Bumblebee's [[Stinger (weapon)|stinger]], Chromia managed to free her friends from the Titan's control before they escaped back to the surface. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}}

After Optimus Prime had received instructions from the [[Thirteen]] to destroy an alternate version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] that Megatron had brought into their reality, Chromia joined the infiltration team into [[Croaton]]. As the Autobots clashed with Decepticons, Chromia defended Bumblebee from [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]] long enough for Thunderhowl to tackle her. After the Autobots had made it to the control room, they and the Decepticons were suddenly surrounded by towering hostiles. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

The hostiles were quickly identified as [[Perfect Decepticon]]s created by [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|an alternate version of Megatron]] who had won the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] and the owner of the alternate Matrix. Along with the other Autobots, Chromia battled several Perfect Decepticons and received a power boost of multiverse energy from Optimus Prime. Chromia caught up with Optimus and Bumblebee just as [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] took Megatron X, defeated and immobilized by Optimus, away. Chromia was later present when a restored Windblade made her return. {{storylink|The Other One}}

{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:CV-toy TTC Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Chromia''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2020)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Bag code'': '''C2'''

: Part of the third Series of ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Chromia is a 1.5-inch soft-plastic figure that transforms into a Cybertronian motorcycle in basically one step, more if you count both bike-halves separately and fidding with her arms.

: Currently, Series 3 has not been spotted in the US, appearing only in Canada and some Hasbro Asia markets.

{{-}}

==Notes==
*''Cyberverse'' Chromia's appearance is based on that of [[Chromia (G1)|"Generation 1" Chromia]] in the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005-2018 IDW comics]], which itself drew on Chromia's [[Chromia (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' toy]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Chromia''' (クロミア ''Kuromia'')

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Chromia
|disambig=Chromia (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], the tough Autobot resistance fighter from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]], the Autobot component of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] from [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|''Revenge of the Fallen'']].
*[[Chromia (Animated)|Chromia]], the Autobot forensic accountant from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Chromia (Prime)|Chromia]], the Autobot [[New Kalis]] resistance leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Cyberverse Autobots]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]

Transformers: Retribution

2020-10-22T20:14:32Z

Shifter777: /* Errors */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''Transformers: Retribution''
|prev=Transformers: Exiles
|next=Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)
|title=
|image=TransformersRetribution.jpg
|caption= He's a former archivist with a troubled past. He's an ex-energon miner with a chip on his shoulder. Together, they fight <s>crime</s> Quintessons.
|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]
|price=
|date=[[January 28]], [[2014]]
|writer=[[David J. Williams]] [[Mark S. Williams]]
|continuity=[[Aligned continuity family]]
|ISBN=ISBN 0345519876 ISBN 978-0345519870
|pagecount=400
}}
'''The Autobots and Decepticons encounter the Quintessons, while Shockwave's experiments begin to get out of hand.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] prepares for his eventual capture by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. Although [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Wrecker]]s are doing everything they can to impede and harass the Decepticons occupying the planet's major cities, Shockwave's forces maintain control of the planet's major cities, and the mad scientist has turned the occupied city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] into his personal laboratory, viewing the Autobot resistance as mere tools used to cull the weak and enhance the strong. His new reign is symbolized by his new personal tower, wherein he conducts his brutal experiments. As Shockwave's guards and many [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s burst through his door to arrest him, Alpha Trion quietly gives himself up.

Some time after the battle on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] detect the energy signature of the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' among an asteroid field. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] orders the Seekers to attack, but Starscream and his strike force discovers that the signal is a ruse engineered by [[Thundertron]] and the [[Star Seeker]]s, who plan to wipe out the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' with the Requiem Blaster. Taking advantage of the Blaster's high energy consumption rate, Megatron manages to best the pirate leader in hand-to-hand combat while the ''Nemesis'' overwhelms the ''[[Tidal Wave (Prime)|Tidal Wave]]'', forcing the pirates into a retreat. In the midst of the battle, [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]] manages to steal an escape pod and escape his captors, while Axer, once again converted to Megatron's side and hoping to regain his leader's favour, reveals to the Decepticon leader that he knows the true whereabouts of the Autobots…

Elsewhere in space, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and the other [[Autobot]]s aboard the ''Ark'' discover an aquatic, inhabited world rich with [[energon]] that does not appear on any of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s star charts. Optimus initially has reservations—the [[Matrix of Leadership]] has recently been transmitting strange and unsettling visions of subjugated Cybertronians, causing him to doubt his leadership—but he reluctantly orders a scouting party composed of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], and [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]] to land near one of the planet's cities.

Back on Cybertron, Shockwave gloats to a captive Alpha Trion about his discovery of [[Vector Sigma]], located deep below Iacon in Shockwave's newest tower.

The Autobot away party are greeted on the surface by an amphibious being identified as "[[Inquirata (Prime)|the Curator]]", who welcomes them to the peaceful, Energon-processing planet of [[Aquatron]], rich with processed [[energon cube]]s and free of poverty, tyranny, or greed. Aboard the ''Ark'', a worried Optimus consults with [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] about his recent visions, but the Autobot medic cannot find any physical problems.

Beneath Iacon, Shockwave reveals his newest plan to his captive audience; having studied scraps of the [[Covenant of Primus]], he plans to use Alpha Trion—the last remaining [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] on Cybertron—to unlock the supercomputer's true potential and forge a [[Decepticon Matrix]] that will further enhance his control over Cybertron. Although Alpha Trion protests, knowing what Shockwave will unleash by doing so, Shockwave nonetheless orders him integrated into Vector Sigma's circuitry regardless.

On Aquatron, Optimus makes planetfall aboard one of the Ark's shuttles, accompanied by his closest associates. Although [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] and Ratchet are impressed with the Aquatronian's vast supplies of Energon, Optimus suffers another vision of Orion Pax, his former self, threatened by a shadowy figure intent on enslaving him. The shock causes him to collapse, and the Curator suggests taking him to the nearest Aquatronian medical center to ascertain the problem. A sceptical Kup, Rodimus, and Bumblebee commandeer the Autobot scout shuttle and drive it underwater, in the hopes of discovering the truth behind the seemingly benevolent Aquatronians.

At the medical center, the Autobots encounter Doctor [[Xeros]], Aquatron's senior physician. While scanning Optimus, the doctor discovers his Matrix, which he immediately recognizes. Although Optimus eventually comes to and recovers from his shock, Jazz grows increasingly suspicious of Xeros and the Curator. In his private sanctum, the Curator examines the scans of Optimus's Matrix. After reporting to his supervisors, he reveals a replica Matrix that he begins tampering with, in the hopes of further destabilizing the already disoriented Autobot leader…

Underwater, the three Autobots soon find themselves over their heads—literally, as their makeshift submarine crashes in a deep-sea trench, leaving them stranded beneath the sea.

That evening, at an Aquatronian welcome ceremony, Ratchet confides in Optimus that his worrying visions may be tied to repressed memories of a traumatic experience, but before he can elaborate, [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] contacts him with news of the shuttle's disappearance. Optimus immediately orders a search and rescue mission to recover the trio, and the Curator pledges the support of all Aquatronians in the effort.

Underwater, Kup, Rodimus, and Bumblebee eventually find themselves in a large underground complex filled with thousands of dormant [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. Before they can explore any further or contact, they are hypnotized by a series of glowing lights and abducted by the Curator, who restrains them and begins tampering with their minds.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Iacon, [[Springer (WFC)|Springer]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] rendezvous with [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and Ultra Magnus. Having learned of Alpha Trion's predicament through inside contacts, the Wrecker leader has gathered them for a rescue mission. He introduces them to two additional recruits to the Wreckers: a deformed victim of Shockwave's experiments named [[Rack n' Ruin]] and a newly rebuilt [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]].

In space, the ''Nemesis'' finally catches up with the ''Ark'', and Megatron orders his troops to attack. Although the Aerialbots join the fray by combining into Superion and inflicting heavy damage on the ''Nemesis'', they are cut short by the Curator, who cuts the power of both ships and scolds them for fighting in neutral space. With no other course of action, Megatron is forced to accept the Curator's invitation to declare a temporary truce with the Autobots and descends to the planet below.

With the Autobots and Decepticons now stranded on the planet, the Curator reveals the truth—he is in reality a [[Quintesson]], and Aquatron is now a part of the Quintesson Co-Prosperity Sphere, ostensibly a peaceful federation of trading partners. Optimus, who remembers reading about the hostile Quintesson occupation of Cybertron during his days as a data clerk, has his doubts about the Curator's true intentions, as do Ironhide and many of the other Autobots. The Curator requests that both factions maintain their truce for at least twenty-four hours while Optimus and Megatron attempt to negotiate a peace treaty to permanently end their civil war.

Ultra Magnus and his crew manage to sneak through Iacon's fortified borders and into the city's interior. Magnus directs them to his contact, who turns out to be [[Maccadam]], the proprietor of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], who has turned his bar into the hub of the Autobot resistance's spy network.

That night in the Pavilion, Optimus, Starscream, and Megatron are all visited by the Curator, who promises something different to each one: knowledge of the AllSpark's location, command of the Decepticon cause, and a Decepticon Matrix of Leadership, respectively, should they cooperate the next morning. Starscream, however, has other plans.

On Cybertron, Shockwave has trouble using Alpha Trion to unlock Vector Sigma, as the old archivist has taken the precaution of inserting a failsafe code around his own cortex. Trion tries to reason with the scientist one last time, warning him that tampering with Vector Sigma could have dire repercussions for the entirety of Cybertron, and could very well draw the attention of unsavory forces. Shockwave ignores him and begins pumping [[Dark Energon]] into Vector Sigma, to Alpha Trion's horror; the Prime knows that Shockwave's experiments have awakened something terrible and alerted them to the presence of Cybertron.

Meanwhile, the Curator and Xeros, sensing the reactivation of a long-dormant Space Bridge on Cybertron through Vector Sigma, reactivates the cryogenically preserved General [[Tyrannicon]], and prepare for an impending invasion…

The following morning, Starscream recruits [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]], stroking his ego by lying about a personal mission from Megatron. Skywarp uses his teleportation powers to plant a bomb beneath the Pavilion in the hopes of killing both Optimus and Megatron, allowing Starscream to defeat the Autobots and seize control of the Decepticon forces.

When Optimus meets Megatron for the peace conference, the Decepticon leader reveals his true intentions as he deploys a hidden squadron of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], believing that he will be rewarded for his efforts. Before the two can complete their fight, however, the bomb explodes. Skywarp is grievously wounded and crashes into the sea below, while the assembled Autobots and Decepticons in the Pavilion blame one another and begin fighting.

Optimus and Megatron mange to make a narrow escape from the flooding chamber. To quell the increasingly upsetting visions of the Quintesson-manipulated Matrix, he is forced to switch it off, but in the process he cuts himself off from the Matrix's supplies of wisdom and energy. The two manage to escape back to the surface and rejoin their troops, but promptly encounter a massive armada of Sharkticons and their general Tyrannicon, who places both Autobots and Decepticons under a humiliating arrest.

Maccadam's network of informants allows the Wreckers to pinpoint Trion's location, but Senator [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]] has managed to track them back to their base. To deal with the Decepticon police forces, Ultra Magnus orders Omega Supreme to bombard the city, clearing a path for the team to make good their escape.

When the Cybertronians arrive via prison transport to the Aquatronian's capital city of [[Hydratron]], Optimus is immediately sent to stand trial for his numerous “crimes” against the Quintesson Imperium. The Quintesson high court holds Optimus, and, by extension the rest of the assembled Cybertronians, guilty of treason against the Quintessons and blasphemy against their creators. The Quintesson prosecutor claims that his race travelled to Cybertron long ago and built the first Transformers, benevolently guiding their developing civilization until they were driven off-planet by their rebellious creations.

Optimus is initially swayed by this story before he finally recalls his suppressed memories, including a life ''before'' the duplicitous Quintesson invasion, and denounces the Quintessons as liars. To his horror, his own soldiers – the brainwashed Kup, Rodimus, and Bumblebee—testify against him anyway, claiming him to be a warmonger and a relentless murderer. Their testimony is backed up by the scavenged remains of Skywarp, who also testifies against Prime and accuses him of planting the bomb. Of all the people in the court, Megatron himself supports Optimus's claims, arguing that the data clerk did nothing in the war that ousted the invaders. The Quintesson judges, after some consideration, find Optimus Prime and the rest of the assembled Cybertronians innocent… and start to execute them all, by pushing them one by one into a Piranhacon-infested pool.

The Quintesson judges tell the two leaders to fight one another in hand-to-hand combat; whoever wins will be able to leave the planet unharmed after killing the loser. With no other option, the two comply. Unbeknownst to them, the Curator is secretly harvesting the energon emitted in the fight to charge up a space bridge hidden beneath Hydratron. Shockwave's experimentation with Vector Sigma have pinpointed the current location of Cybertron, and the Quintessons have assembled the Sharkticon army to invade and re-colonize the Transformer homeworld. Before Optimus and Megatron can conclude their duel, the floor abruptly opens up beneath them and sends them tumbling into the Piranhacon pit—the space bridge has activated, and they are no longer needed.

On their respective ships, Starscream and Sideswipe pick up abnormal energy readings and independently come to the conclusion that their leaders are still alive. The Autobots and Decepticon flagships prepare to assault Aquatron and recover their leaders.

Beneath Iacon, Shockwave's experiments are interrupted by the timely charge of the Wreckers, who steamroll Shockwave's Insecticon guards and detach Alpha Trion from the interface, even though the mad scientist himself slips away in the mayhem. Alpha Trion, cognizant of the coming danger, tells his rescuers that their entire world will soon need saving from the coming invasion force.

Optimus and Megatron manage to fight their way out of the execution chamber and into Aquatron's subterranean layers, although to do so Optimus must reactivate the Matrix, once again exposing himself to a stream of Quintesson propaganda. Simultaneously, the ''Ark'' and the ''Nemesis'' launch a joint attack on Aquatron's defence systems. In retaliation, the Sharkticons successfully shoot down the ''Nemesis'', but the ''Ark'' manages to deploy an Autobot strike force headed by [[Sunstreaker (Pop-Up)|Sunstreaker]] to reinforce the surviving Transformers, who are pinned down by Sharkticon forces under [[Gnaw (Prime)|Gnaw]]'s command. Jazz and Starscream form a temporary alliance to defeat the Sharkticons.

The rest of the Sharkticon armada, headed by Tyrannicon, reaches Cybertron and swiftly overwhelms the largely abandoned world, seizing both the Well of All Sparks and the Vector Sigma terminal as beachheads. The main invasion force continues to move toward Iacon.

Optimus and Megatron, now lost underground, encounter a monstrous techno-organic beast calling itself the [[Gamekeeper]], who taunts the duo about the current Quintesson invasion of Cybertron already in progress. Although they manage to defeat the Gamekeeper, Megatron discovers a mysterious set of carvings, depicting a warrior not unlike himself surrounded by Sharkticons. Megatron is intrigued, but Optimus is sceptical of their veracity, even after the dying Gamekeeper confesses that they were carved by an unsuccessful Sharkticon rebellion seeking to overthrow their Quintesson masters.

Tyrannicon's forces reach Iacon and begin their main assault. Although challenged by Omega Supreme and [[Devastator (WFC)|Devastator]], the Sharkticon general impales the Autobot guardian through the head and buries the combiner under a collapsed building, putting them both out of action.

In Hydratron, the impromptu alliance between Autobot and Decepticon begins to fracture as the Transformers are swiftly pushed back by their enemy's weight of numbers. The combined force quickly evacuates the battlefield and takes shelter in the downed ''Nemesis''. Gnaw retaliates by gradually submerging the city, intending to force the Cybertronians out of their shelter.

Meanwhile, Megatron and Optimus temporarily elude their Sharkticon pursuers by breaking into the Quintesson's inner sanctum, where they discover Xeros. An enraged Megatron interrogates him and demands to know the Curator's location, but Xeros refuses to divulge the information. In frustration, Megatron pounds a nearby console, revealing, to his elation, the decoy Matrix that the Quintessons used to manipulate Optimus's memories and emotions; a device Xeros also used to control the Sharkticon forces. Believing it to be his promised Decepticon Matrix, Megatron plunges it into his chest without a second thought.

As the Sharkticons close in on Iacon, the Wreckers head for the [[Hall of Records]] and the archives therein. Alpha Trion plans to detonate the entire building to prevent valuable information from falling into the hands of Tyrannicon's forces; meanwhile, Shockwave desperately seeks out the various [[:Category:Iacon relics|relics]] he could use to repel the invaders, only to find that none of them remain in his formerly secure vault—Alpha Trion has already ejected them from Cybertron. Furious and fearful for the future of Cybertron, he enters the archives and demands that Alpha Trion stop his scorched earth plan, only to be interrupted by Tyrannicon and his new aide, Senator Ratbat, who has allied with the Quintessons in exchange for being made the governor of Cybertron. In desperation, Alpha Trion pushes the detonator… only for nothing to happen—Tyrannicon preemptively jammed the detonator's frequencies.

Underneath Aquatron, Megatron's new Matrix imparts new knowledge to his mind as it changes his body. Aquatron really is one of the lost [[Cybertronian colonies]], one that was invaded and subjugated by Quintessons in the distant past. By tampering with Matrix technology, the Quintessons in reality, created a [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]], foreseen by the rebellion in the distant past as the artefact that would one day lead the Aquatronians to freedom. With Megatron's body reshaped into an avatar of the Sharkticons, he casually orders his new Sharkticon troops to attack Xeros while he throws Optimus down an elevator shaft. All across Aquatron and Cybertron, the Sharkticons revolt on the command of their new god, bringing the invasion to a grinding halt, while Megatron orders every Sharkticon on the planet to find the Curator and kill him.

As Optimus plunges to certain doom, he is visited by a mysterious apparition of thirteen silhouettes, who tell him that his time has not yet come and that he is exactly where he needs to be. The Autobot leader plunges into the jaws of a [[Leviacon]], a gigantic peaceful mechanoid recently freed from the yoke of Quintesson control. Optimus orders the Leviacon to head toward the lake bed so that he can confront the Curator and destroy the space bridge.

Just when it seems Tyrannicon is about to seize control of the Hall of Records and finish off the Wreckers, his Sharkticon troops rebel against their leader, allowing the Wreckers to escape and regroup. With his invasion of Cybertron usurped, Tyrannicon heads back toward the space bridge in the hopes of confronting the one responsible. Rack n' Ruin takes advantage of the confusion to split off from the rest of the group, steal the detonators, and cheerfully rig Shockwave's tower to explode. Shockwave, however, has already departed from Iacon, but vows to find a new way to make every Autobot suffer for the destruction of his laboratory…

Megatron's rebel Sharkticons soon swarm toward the space bridge, where they run up against the Curator's fortified command bubble. A frantic Curator tries to lie to his superiors that the invasion was a success, but they do not believe him.

As the city continues to sink, the ''Ark'' arrives to evacuate the Autobot forces, much to Starscream's chagrin. The Autobots agree to help the ''Nemesis'' back into orbit. Starscream is contacted by Megatron, who has declared himself the new lord of Aquatron and begins loading his new Sharkticon troops aboard the ''Nemesis'' as proof of his new powers.

As Megatron makes for the ''Nemesis'', he is taunted by the Curator, who reveals to him that the entire city is a living, bioengineered being –the [[Hydratron]], who will travel through the space bridge and consume every Cybertronian in existence. Megatron and his new Sharkticon retinue fight their way through the beast's innards before arriving at the Space Bridge. The transformed city attacks the ''Ark''/''Nemesis'' combo, and even though Superion tries to repel its attacks the Hydratron proves too strong to overpower, and begins dragging both ships into its gigantic maw. While Megatron breaks free of the Hydratron's stomach and heads toward the Curator's lakebed space bridge, Superion arrives just in time and manages to boost both ships out of the Hydratron's reach, carrying the Autobots and Decepticons to safety.

Optimus and the Leviacon arrive just in time to confront the Curator. The Curator taunts Optimus, claiming that he'd been playing the Autobot leader for a fool all of this time before he knocks him unconscious with a wand-like device. Suddenly, Tyrannicon bursts through the space bridge, intent on ending the Curator's machinations once and for all. The general easily tears the Curator's outer shell in half, revealing a tiny, organic, squid-like creature who begs for mercy, shortly before Tyrannicon crushes him. Megatron finally arrives, now bent on subjugating Aquatron. He offers Tyrannicon a position as his new general. Tyrannicon, outraged, easily bests Megatron in combat before stealing the Sharkticon Matrix, further enhancing his capabilities and once again granting him control over the Sharkticons. Before he can kill the Decepticon leader, however, the descending Hydratron grabs him and eats him.

As Optimus barely regains consciousness, he realizes what he has to do. Using the Curator's wand, he manages to ignite the energon fuelling the bridge, causing a cataclysmic chain reaction that destroys the ancient Space Bridge entirely.

Aboard the two ships, morale runs low as Autobots and Decepticons scan the seas for a sign of their leaders. Just as they are about to give up hope, Sideswipe sees the Leviacon surfacing, with a weary but triumphant Optimus on his back—and accompanied by Megatron. With the Matrix once again purified and free of Quintesson control, the ''Ark'' takes off into deep space as Optimus Prime and the Autobots resume their search for the AllSpark.

Meanwhile on Cybertron, Alpha Trion resumes studying the Covenant as he muses about the future. In particular, he wonders about the Iaconian relics that he sent to a peculiar planet on the fringes of the [[Orion Arm]]—a [[Earth|small, blue-green world]]...

==Characters==
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*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] (17)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (18)
*[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] (19)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (20)
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (21)
*[[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]] (24)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (25)
*[[Kup (WFC)|Kup]] (26)
*[[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] (27)
*[[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] (28)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (34)
*[[Springer (WFC)|Springer]] (35)
*[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] (36)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (37)
*[[Rack n' Ruin]] (38)
*[[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] (39)
*[[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] (40)
*[[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] (41)
*[[Slingshot (Prime)|Slingshot]] (42)
*[[Skydive (Prime)|Skydive]] (43)
*[[Fireflight (FOC)|Fireflight]] (44)
*[[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] (45)
*[[Sunstreaker (Pop-Up)|Sunstreaker]] (50)
*[[Hubcap (Prime)|Hubcap]] (51)
*[[Brawn (Prime)|Brawn]] (53)
*[[Blaster (FOC)|Blaster]] (56)
*[[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]] (61)
*[[Mirage (Prime)|Mirage]] (62)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] (5)
*[[Thrust (Prime)|Thrust]] (6)
*[[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]] (7)
*[[Ramjet (WFC)|Ramjet]] (8)
*[[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] (9)
*[[Axer (Prime)|Axer]] (13)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (22)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (23)
*[[Ravage (WFC)|Ravage]] (29)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (46)
*[[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]] (49)
*[[Hotlink (WFC)|Hotlink]] (55)
*[[Headstrong (Prime)|Headstrong]] (58)
*[[Rampage (Prime)|Rampage]] (59)
*[[Tantrum (Prime)|Tantrum]] (60)
*[[Devastator (WFC)|Devastator]] (64)
*[[Scrapper (Prime)|Scrapper]] (65)
*[[Mixmaster (Prime)|Mixmaster]] (66)
*[[Hook (Prime)|Hook]] (67)
*[[Long]] (68)
*[[Scavenger (Prime)|Scavenger]] (69)
*[[Frontloader]] (70)
*[[Bonecrusher (Prime)|Bonecrusher]] (71)

|h3=[[Star Seeker]]s|c3=
*[[Thundertron]] (11)
*[[Cannonball (Prime)|Cannonball]] (12)
*[[Sandstorm (Prime)|Sandstorm]] (14)
*[[Brimstone (Prime)|Brimstone]] (15)

|h4=[[Quintesson]]s|c4=
*[[Inquirata (Prime)|Inquirata]] (29)
*[[Xeros]] (32)
*[[Tyrannicon]] (48)
*[[Gnaw (Prime)|Gnaw]] (52)
*[[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Pirahnacons]] (54)
*[[Gamekeeper]] (63)

|h5=[[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s|c5=
*[[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]] (10)

|h6=Others|c6=
*[[Cleaner]]s (31)
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s (33)
*[[Maccadam]] (47)
*[[Leviacon]] (72)
*[[Hydratron]] (73)
}}

==Quotes==
"So good of you to join me." 
:—'''Shockwave''' welcomes a strapped down '''Alpha Trion''' to his tower.

Rodimus: "I have a question." 
Prowl: "Yes?" 
Rodimus: "Who gets to fly the ship down?" 
Ironhide: "Nobody, Teletraan-I will be handling the drop." 
Rodimus: "Aw, where's the fun in that?" 
:—'''Rodimus'''' question leads to disappointment.

"Hey, Kup, any of this look familiar to you?" 
"Seems like I've seen it before. But not sure where." 
"Any idea what those runes mean?" 
"Not a clue, sonny. I just know they have to be old." 
"I thought ''you'' were old." 
"Old enough not to find you funny." 
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Kup''' talk about old ruins and old age.

"Glad you guys are okay. Want to give control back to Teletraan-I?" 
"Not particularly."
:—'''Perceptor''' asks if '''Rodimus''' is ready for someone else to pilot the ship, which he's not.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Shockwave has rebuilt his tower for the second time; his first tower in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] was destroyed by Jazz and Cliffjumper, while [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] destroyed his second tower in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] during the events of ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''. Shockwave should just really stop trying to build towers at this point.
* Shockwave mentions to Alpha Trion that he is aware of the fact that Optimus is in possession of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], which was previously mentioned in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".
* Ultra Magnus has completed repairing Omega Supreme, who was previously badly wounded in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' and required extensive repairs, even after he was purged of Dark Energon.
* Many of the relics that Shockwave seeks are artifacts from the ''Prime'' cartoon, including the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] and [[Tox-En]].
* Alpha Trion reveals to Shockwave that he had already ejected all of these same artifacts to Earth, which was previously established in "[[Alpha/Omega]]".

===Errors===
*On page 19, a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] named Debris says he's picking up energy readings. This is clearly a typo for Dirge as Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Thrust, Dirge, and Ramjet are the only ones sent out.
*On page 64, Shockwave frowned.
*On page 206, Sunstreaker states that Bluestreak, [[Trailbreaker (Prime)|Trailbreaker]], Mirage, and he could retrieve Optimus Prime using a combat shuttle, but "Chapter 7: The Golden Age" in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' shows that Bluestreak was left on [[Archon]] when the [[space bridge]]s were shut down due to the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]].
*The Quintessons' plan is a bit of a head-scratcher. The Curator powers the Space Bridge to Cybertron by killing the Cybertronians off one-by-one and harvesting their energon as a power source. But Aquatron supposedly has warehouses ''full'' of energon, seemingly far more than the crews of the Ark and Nemesis have inside their sparks, so why not just use that?
** The Curator ultimately powers the Bridge with the unique and powerful energies of the Matrix, which the Aquatronian energon may not have been able to produce, but this is clearly Plan B -- only after it was reported that the standard executions would not meet the energy quota did he alter his plans to make Optimus turn the Matrix back on.
*On page 290, Ratchet is stated to be among the Wrecker's rescue crew.
*On page 327, Skywarp is flying beside the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' when he was devoured by Gnaw.
*On page 328, Ramjet is helping Megatron when he was one of the first ripped apart by the Piranhacons.
*On page 328, Slipstream is also helping Megatron when she was previously abandoned over [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] in ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''. Maybe she made it back?
*In ''Exiles'', Silverbolt was said to be the only Autobot aboard the ship capable of independent flight. Here, all five of the Aerialbots appear as members of the ''Ark'', with no explanation for the discrepancy.

===Transformers references===
* As the first installment in the Aligned continuity family to properly feature the Quintessons, multiple references to their previous incarnations—in particular, their iconic Generation 1 appearances—abound.
* The Quintessons claim that they settled Cybertron in the distant past and built the first Cybertronians, recalling the events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]", which also featured Quintessons overseeing the creation of the Transformers and a subsequent rebellion that drove the Quintessons off the planet.
* Optimus Prime suffers visions of Quintessons overseeing assembly lines of Cybertronians, a scene lifted almost directly from the same episode.
* As per their first appearances in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 animated film]], the Quintessons' fondness of kangaroo courts forms a major scene in the novel, as does their proclamations of "innocence" that are apparently synonymous with being guilty.
* The Quintesson sentence for "innocent" involves being pushed into a watery pit full of ravenous creatures and devoured, a fate first encountered by [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] in ''The Transformers: The Movie''
* The Curator originally describes Aquatron as a world affiliated with the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere|Quintesson Co-Prosperity Sphere]], a term first used in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|Allspark Almanac II]]''.
* Kup and Rodimus are among the first members of the scouting party to encounter the Quintessons, as their Generation 1 counterparts did in the movie.
* Kup chews on [[cy-gar]]s in a nod to his IDW counterpart.
* Rodimus's weapon of choice is the same as his ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|counterpart]].
* When Megatron places the Matrix replica into his chest, his new body is clearly based off the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Beast Hunters (2013)|Beast Hunters]]'' Voyager Sharkticon Megatron figure.

===Real-world references===
*Wreck-Gar uses several British slang terms such as "guv'nor" in his dialogue, likely as a reference to his original voice actor [[Eric Idle]].
*Megatron's cry of "GET OFF MY SHIP!" to Superion may be a reference to the famous line spoken in the 1997 film ''{{w|Air Force One (film)|Air Force One}}''.

==External links==
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/book/198676/transformers-retribution-by-david-j-williams-and-mark-williams Publisher's product page]
*[http://suvudu.com/2014/01/50-page-fridays-dave-williams-and-mark-williams.html 50 page preview on Suvudu]
*[http://io9.com/read-an-exclusive-preview-of-the-new-transformers-novel-612265053 io9 preview]
*[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2013-transformers-publishing-panel-coverage-177864/ Botcon 2013 - TFW2005 Transformers Publishing Panel Coverage]

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|date=[[December 11]], [[2013]]
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'''''Transformers: The Covenant of Primus''''' is a hardcover book presenting the [[Covenant of Primus]] as written by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], with 60 new lavish illustrations. The book itself is contained inside an [[Insignia|Autobrand]]-shaped casing, that plays the [[Transformation#The noise|transformation noise]] when opened. The book was exclusive to the [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] publishing group 47North.

==Summary==
===Foreword===
Alpha Trion admits he does not know the origin of [[Primus]] or what happened before his own creation. There are pages for this "before time" (a great many, he later states) in the Covenant but he cannot read their symbols. Then he states that THIS volume will be an editing/arrangement of Covenant intended for a [[human]] audience, to help them learn about their galactic neighbors. To forward this purpose he has "translated" terms, concepts, and customs at times into forms easier for humans to relate to.

===Chapter 1: The Thirteen Primes===
Alpha Trion recalls the moment of his creation and then that of [[Solus Prime]] and the others following him, each appearing "ex nihilo" in repeating explosions of lighting and tremor. Immediately after their creation they feel Primus fade away into hypersleep. He leaves them with a last vision of how he and [[Unicron]] became a divided duality from a single original being and fell into eternal conflict and battle too evenly matched to ever end.

Primus sought to change that eternal stalemate by removing himself from the equation and substituting beings of much greater variety and unique varied potential to change the future: a group of Thirteen each with creative new approaches to the problem of Unicron. These Thirteen were formed to incorporate facets of both Primus and Unicron's natures, increasing the options for new direction far beyond the equally matched duality of the original combatants.

Alpha Trion then gives a brief several paragraph portrait of each Prime in the order of their creation: [[Prima]], [[Vector Prime]], Alpha Trion, Solus Prime (including a brief digression on the nature of Gender in Transformers), [[Micronus Prime]], [[Alchemist Prime]], [[Nexus Prime]], [[Onyx Prime]], [[Amalgamous Prime]], [[Quintus Prime]], [[Liege Maximo]], [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], and the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Thirteenth Prime]] (referred to by the book simply as "''Thirteen''" for in-story reasons).

===Chapter 2: The Expulsion of Unicron===
The newborn Primes quickly settle down to learn their own abilities, to train and to strategize for the coming conflict with Unicron. They split into three natural teams: Warriors (Prima, Vector, Megatronus, Onyx and Amalgamous), Strategists (Trion, Quintus, Maximo, and Micronus), and "Free Agents" capable of direct battle or more subtle/varied attacks (Alchemist, Solus, Nexus, and ''Thirteen''). Many strategies were discussed and abandoned.

Personality conflicts simmered between some of the Thirteen (between the very Primus-like Prima and strongly Unicron-influenced Megatronus particularly) but their unified purpose bound them together. It was in this period that Megatronus requested the construction of the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] from Solus, and though she was hesitant to make such a thing she decided that she trusted him and would do as he asked. The faith she put in him and the fine speech she made proclaiming it touched the often shunned Megatronus deeply and bound him to her in absolute loyalty and unswerving love, softening his hard edges, though inflating his great pride.

Training continued and friendships formed. Eventually they settled on a plan to battle and distract Unicron as a cover to opening a path for ''Thirteen'' to be inserted in close proximity to Unicron's core. Once there his uniquely Primus-like spark would react with Unicron's and both would be knocked into involuntary shutdown. The Primes would then retrieve and (hopefully) revive him.

When the time of battle came it proved far more hellish and terrible than they had imagined in all their training. Unicron assaulted them with defenses far beyond their expectations and, worse, the mere aura of his presence crushed all their hopes and dreams nearly drowning their sparks in despair and darkness. Only the comforting words "All are One" sent by ''Thirteen'' to reassure each and rekindle their hope let them continue fighting, eventually succeeding in their goal. Unicron was vanquished, knocked into unconsciousness, hopefully forever. This was not without cost.There were many grave injuries. But worse each of them had been tainted with a touch of darkness by their closeness to Unicron.

===Chapter 3: The War of the Primes===
The touch of Unicron was a contamination that festered silently as they tried to ignore it and pretend it would fade and it would likely play a part in the tragedies that were to come. Though it was the fertile ground they gave it, Alpha Trion now realizes, that let it grow.

In the long ages following Unicron's defeat the Primes each turned towards their own interests. [[Vector Sigma]] and the device that would much later become the [[Matrix of Leadership]] were among the projects of this era. Prima, Vector Prime, and Alpha Trion concerned themselves mostly with government and the planning of rules and order for a new community and civilization. The independently-natured Megatronus, Maximo, and Amalgamous focused on Energon stores, mining, and refining, but were resentful of what they saw as the first group's bossy, controlling interference. Micronus, Onyx, Solus and Nexus lacked interest in the politics of either group and concerned themselves largely with their own creative tasks. While ''Thirteen'', Alchemist and Quintus traveled freely between cliques, the Liege Maximo was the true emissary, always traveling and communicating between all groups and individuals with his natural beguiling charm.

During this period the feelings between Megatronus and Solus deepened into true and mutual love. This surprised the more distant and insular Primes like Prima, Vector and Trion, but the later Primes (especially ''Thirteen'', Onyx and Micronus) smiled on the idea and enjoyed seeing their friend Solus happy. Megatronus was jealous of her by nature, but she was in large the hub that connected all the Primes into friendship and family.

Discord among the Primes began to build more strongly when Maximo discovered and revealed a chart where Prima had plotted which Primes were the most like Unicron and functioned as "Agents of Chaos." This enraged Megatronus (who had always been secretly ashamed of and at inner war with his own nature).

The cracks in their bonds began final disintegration when it was revealed that Liege Maximo, with the covert help of Quintus and Megatronus, had been experimenting with creating new robot beasts and requested an extremely powerful armor suit from Solus to deal with them. Though the creatures were yet nonliving and he presented them as small toys really, Solus and the other Primes felt something was off about these secret creations and his feeling that he needed such a powerful suit to deal with them. Maximo promised to reveal all in time and attempted to persuade Solus with the gift of a small robot pet that she soon grew to love. Prima on the other hand was sure their experiments were wrong. He ordered the secret "Farm" where they experimented shut down or he would shut it down. In following him to its location Alpha Trion accidentally learned that larger beasts were being pitted against one another in combat and that perhaps worse things still were occurring in secret underground caves. Maximo tried again to get his "needed" armor from Solus with words and charm and a promise that he would use it to shut things down safely but she did not believe him.

The conflict over Maximo's rights to experiment with nonliving robots in secret versus Prima's decree that it must stop came to a head when ''Thirteen'' demanded a full vote to decide the issue. The contentious match was evenly split with the deciding vote falling to Solus. Despite her dislike for Prima's actions and attitude ("Time rust you." she said to him as she voted) in the end her decision went against Maximo.

Maximo then convinced Megatronus to go and make a last attempt to get the armor from her. Shortly after this arguing and a blow was heard from the Forge and when the other Primes raced to investigate they found Solus Prime dead, killed by a blast from the Requiem Blaster. The Primes were shattered by this first loss among their number; Onyx driven nearly mad with grief, Micronus inconsolable, Nexus at a loss, the others angry and demanding Megatronus be found and made to pay. ''Thirteen'' did his best to calm them and prevent a lynch mob mentality.

Surprising them all Solus's dead body began to glow blue and melt away into the surface of Cybertron. On and on the reaction went as she melted down opening a channel to the deep core of Primus himself at the center of the world: The [[Well of All Sparks]].

Upon their finding him waiting Megatronus willingly revealed what had happened. He had found a device (apparently left out for him to find on purpose by Maximo) through which the Liege had monitored Solus through the "pet" he had given her. Megatronus heard her say that she thought Maximo was playing him for a fool. Hurt deeply by this "betrayal" of her faith in him he went to try and retrieve the armor. She refused to give it and suggested that he should perhaps return the Requiem Blaster as well. He reacted badly, imagining she never loved him and they all hated him for what he was, and the two begin to fight. Her pet attacked him and he blasted it, causing her (not knowing its nature as Maximo's spy) to swing the Forge at him in anger and he to fire the Requiem Blaster in blind unthinking response. Her last dying words to him were a profession of her love.

Upon confrontation at the "Farm" Maximo attempted to blame it all on Megatronus as the "true mastermind." Saying Megatronus's violent need to test himself battling the war beasts they were building in secret was behind it all, while Megatronus became enraged realizing that Maximo had indeed been manipulating and using them all this whole time and is setting him up to take the fall (and Quintus meanwhile just kinda squirms and whines and refuses to take personal responsibility for anything he did). All out battle breaks out among them and all the Primes fall into the caverns below, where they are set upon by three incredibly massive war beasts.

When Alpha Trion awoke a time later it was all over. He and ''Thirteen'' were largely unscathed. The beasts were destroyed. The Liege Maximo was torn to pieces, his head mostly destroyed by the Requiem Blaster that Trion could not remember being fired. Onyx, having suffered the brunt of the beasts attacks, was fatally wounded and would soon die.

A tomb was built for Solus and her forge placed with in it. Another tomb built for Maximo. Megatronus, in grief and shame and realization of his foolishness, renamed himself "the Fallen" and decided that he would leave forever, to honor Solus he would take a ship and travel far into distant space and help those beings he found there as best he could with his power.

Those that remained hatched a new plan. They would retire from active life on their world and leave it to descendants. Onyx Prime would travel to the bottom of the Well of All Sparks where the presence of Primus would sustain him forever despite his grave wounds. There he would use his [[Triptych Mask]] to recombine the designs of the Thirteen in a manner similar to what Primus had done with himself and Unicron when first making the Thirteen. Thus their descendants would have again orders more variation and uniqueness with which to shape the future. ''Thirteen'' decided to go into the Well himself so that he could be remade as one of these new robots and so know better how to help them. Quintus would go into space to experiment and seed life there and make them future allies. Prima and Alpha Trion would guide and protect the new life. At the last Micronus chose to go with Onyx into the well to keep his closest remaining friend company in his eternal retreat.

Thus the [[Age of Primes]] came to an end.

===Chapter 4: The Age of Evolution===
After ''Thirteen'', Onyx and Micronus vanished into the Well a vast upheaval shook the world. A beam erupted from the Well of All Sparks and shot out across the stars. Alchemist Prime recognized it as the gaze of the Triptych Mask scanning all the way to the edge of the Universe and then transmitting back pattern information on all the varied lifeforms found amongst the stars to inform and shape the creation of Cybertron’s new life.

When the beam cut off there came forth from the Well a great deluge of robotic life of every conceivable size and shape. Crawling, flying, walking, rolling, fluttering, slithering lifeforms swarmed forward, some as small as a rivet and others as big as an arm or leg. For three days these small creatures surged forth in uncountable numbers and variety, and then larger creatures began to follow them. Among these were biped humanoid forms. First among them the watching Primes recognized the vastly transformed, reduced, simplified form that had once stood among their number. Alpha Trion attuned himself to track this new robot, who would be known as Orion Pax. Despite Prima’s misgivings Alpha Trion stood by the decision to keep their inherited [[Transformation cog|T-Cog]] and its abilities secret from the newborn lifeforms for the time being.

On the last day of this first burst of creation came a new breed of robot, towering gigantic and monstrous beasts: the Predacons, as they were dubbed by Prima, emerged from the Well. The first and most powerful among them was the [[Predaking (COP)|Predaking]] and his followers [[Lazerback (COP)|Lazerback]] and [[Twinstrike (COP)|Twinstrike]].

From then on the Well would send forth new life to replace the dead or occasionally to introduce new lifeforms until Cybertron was a lush rich living world covered completely in varied, complex and thriving ecosystems. The Covenant grew great with the chronicle of this new Age of Evolution.

During this time Prima faced the dominant Predaking in battle and won from him a promise to no longer prey on the humanoid Cybertronians in his domain.

Eventually though all things end. For Cybertron this ending would be known as "The [[Great Cataclysm|Cataclysm]]." The temporary pass of a swollen red star tugged free an armada of asteroids from the [[Trypticon Asteroid Belt|Debris Belt]] beyond the 5th planet of Cybertron’s system and sent them hurling towards the unprotected world. Though the Primes deflected many they could not stop them all. Meteorfalls smashed into Cybertron and plunged it into the equivalent of a nuclear winter. Though this was not as fatal a blow as it would have been to organic life forms there was a second threat that was even more deadly. The pull of the second star caused vast solar flares to burst forth from their planet’s star and scourge Cybertron in apocalyptic fire and radiation that no life form could survive.

The Primes did the only thing they could and gathered as many Cybertronians as possible into the deep underground caves there they might be shielded. They taught them how to activate a protective Stasis Lock that would let them survive there until the surface became habitable once more. Many life forms were extinguished forever during the Cataclysm. Left alone on the surface the barbaric Predacons at first fled from the flares under Predaking’s command but soon realized there was no escape from these flames of extinction. Only in their last moments did Predaking recall some instinctual knowledge of stasis lock and attempt to protect himself and his race beneath the planet’s surface. Whether any Predacons survived in the end was unknown to even Alpha Trion.

When the dying star in time passed them by the small and medium Transformers that survived, though greatly reduced in numbers, emerged at last and began to once more shape their world and civilization.

===Chapter 5: The Age of Origins===
As the Great Cataclysm faded into the past the Transformers once again took up the work of taming and terraforming their world. Across the planet discoveries were made, robots banded together in groups and a general sense of purpose and meaning born of their brush with planetary mortality infused all life. The most influential group in these early days were the [[Patterner]]s.

Formed of a group of friends who passed the dark times below the surface discussing the cause of the Cataclysm and how another might be prevented, the Patterners considered both supernatural and scientific meanings and causes. Under the guidance of a lifelong student of the stars named [[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]] they came to study the true, impartial movements of the cosmos in logic, mathematics and pattern. Upon emerging from the dark they began the work of inscribing those patterns upon the surface of the world so they could never be overlooked or forgotten by those on Cybertron or others among the stars. This movement spread across the world in the time to come and all of Cybertron’s surface was soon carved and shaped with the geometric patterns that traced out the movements of the stars, galaxies and time itself. [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] and [[Reflector (COP)|Reflector]] numbered among the prominent members of the Patterners.

The remaining original Primes spent the time of the Patterner rise gathering their scattered artifacts and ensuring what little memory of them survived the Cataclysm passed into the realm of blurry myth and legend. Many warlords and tribes of barbarian ravagers rose in this era as the Patterner states struggled for survival. Eventually as hundreds of stellar cycles passed [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] emerged as a refuge of learning and study. Alpha Trion took up residence there and inaugurated the [[Hall of Records]]. The Well slowly birthed more bipedal Transformers and less of the animalistic sorts, but in the barbaric wildernesses [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] and other bestial bots still roamed. A band of warriors known as the [[Wrecker]]s formed with the goal of protecting the weak and vulnerable from marauding and pillaging groups like the [[Vandal]]s, [[Breaker (COP)|Breakers]], and [[Ravager]]s. Through these wilds, from a primitive distant village, a young [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] set out on a pilgrimage to the beacon of learning that was Iacon. There he apprenticed himself to the Chief of Surgery [[Remedy (COP)|Remedy]].

Over the long march of ages the Patterner movement eventually splintered into all sorts of forms, from mystic cults to social clubs, all with disparate purposes and goals. One splinter faction was a cult that dubbed itself [[Random]] and sought to foment chaos and erase all order in the world. They survived only a short time, but their mad leader [[Galvatron (COP)|Galvatron]] embodied everything Azimuth despised. Over time the Patterner movement faded to other ideas and newer creeds. Trade Kings and Queens rose and fell, as did many states and powers legal and illegal, and small conflicts and wars bloomed and ended.

In near space however the [[Quintesson]]s (whom Alpha Trion would recognize as the work of Quintus Prime and his [[Emberstone]]) watched and planned. Junior Medic Ratchet and his colleague Dr. [[Cogwheel]] found the first evidence of their movement: a probe implanted in a worker named [[Coldwelder]]. Soon the Quintessons descended on Cybertron in glory proclaiming their goal to "uplift" Cybertron into a great transcendent galactic community. To prove their word and good intent they "gifted" Cybertronians with the wondrous power of transformation (for they knew of the T-Cog that the Transformers did not, and how to activate it). Despite the caution of Alpha Trion to the ears that would listen, this seemingly magical gift of transformation won the day, and all Cybertron soon bowed to the power of their new "Benevolent saviors" from the stars.

===Chapter 6: The Age of Wrath===
The Quintessons quickly took over the planet under cover of benevolently guiding the Transformers toward galactic ascension. Transformer society underwent a complete transformation and globalization. The Quints guided the Transformers to fix roads, develop astrophysics, master spaceflight, open dimensional portals, systemize industry, create order, impose a planetary rule of law, establish the world-leading political office of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], establish an electoral system, and regulate the orders of Form and Function. It was a shame they were secretly doing it all as preparation for selling the entire population as worker slaves.

Some Transformers were taken into "partnership" and altered with cockpits to act as personal transportation for the Quintessons, the rest were organized into mandatory working "collectives." Half of the world’s production was whisked away to space to "prepare for the future" and the other half went to secret Quintesson projects across the planet.

With the introduction of a planetary police force for the first time the clashing warrior bands of the past like the Razers and Wreckers became marginalized outlaws (something the traditionally "heroic" Wreckers took rather hard.)

The Quintessons also established a [[Supreme Court]] with a vicious circus-like atmosphere where anyone could charge anyone else without any particular need for evidence and the common verdict of "innocent" meant life imprisonment or death by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]].

By far the worst symptom of the Quintesson occupation was that new Transformers were beginning to emerge from the Well without names or developed personalities. The process of ascent from the Well, that usually informed them of the world above and shaped them as individuals was altering under the new social conditions to instead turn out robots defined only by the positions they were meant to take in the labor collectives of the new order. Robots like [[Megatron (WFC)|D16]]. The Quintessons were surprised by but quite content with this turn of events.

The resistance and dissent these things caused began to build, though the Quintessons seemed blithely unaware or unconcerned.

Over all this ruled the newly elected [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Zeta]], as the first planetary leader: Sentinel Prime, and his council of thirteen. A former mercenary and warrior, Sentinel was not about to allow himself to be a puppet. Luring a robot named [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] away from the Wreckers he began to investigate the Quintesson’s secret projects. A non-government underground resistance involving the Wreckers and others was at work as well and among them a robot known as [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] was the first to crack the Quintesson codes. A member of Sentinel’s council named [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] then stole this breakthrough. Two friends, [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] and [[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]], analyzed the data and discovered the truth: The secret construction projects were massive [[Space bridge|Space Bridges]] (a technology the Quintessons had apparently stolen and did not fully understand themselves) intended to ship the population of Cybertron out into the Galaxy as slave labor.

It was during this period of covert resistance that Orion Pax first met another secret freedom fighter, [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], and the two became best friends. The situation was dire, as along with their secret projects the Quintessons had also constructed a vast army of Sharkticons with which to control the population. The resistance needed to mobilize the populace. They intercepted the birth of a robot named [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] at the Well of All Sparks and with the help of Ratchet and Cogwheel proved that the T-Cog was a preexisting piece of natural Transformer biology. Revealing this piece of Quintesson deception together with a broadcast of a Sharkticon force massacring Cybertronians was the last piece needed. With the planet behind him Sentinel launched a full-on war against the Quintesson oppressors.

The war raged for a period but the enraged population of Cybertron eventually overwhelmed their would-be masters and soon it was a full rout as the Quintessons retreated to their cloaked starship and abandoned the system all together. Cybertron was free.

Behind them the Qunitessons left lingering anger, an entrenched planetary bureaucracy, a stifling stratified social system based on Functionalism, and a Well of All Sparks still birthing more unnamed workers than individuals.

And a score of soon-to-be-completed Space Bridges set to open the doors to the stars.

===Chapter 7: The Golden Age===
With the Quintessons gone and the Space Bridges under their control Cybertron lauched into an age of prosperity, wealth and expansion such as it had never known before. The [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron had begun.

New Transformers emerged from the Well in large numbers. This was seen as a blessing from Primus and religious impulse grew, sparking new cults and churches. An entertainment industry, catering to the new prosperous classes and centered around the revival and reinterpretation of ancient myths and stories began to boom.

One of the few downsides of this boom time and period of growth was that there was little space for social change in the rush to meet the new economic and material demands of growth, and so the Quintesson’s strict caste system grew entrenched. One’s "proper place" in the world being definite and unchangeable was considered for all intents a physical law of the Universe.

For the next 8,000 Stellar Cycles Cybertron society pursued a destiny of galactic exploration and colonization. Over 200 distant uninhabited worlds were [[Cybertronian colonies|colonized]] by use of the Space Bridges and many of them [[Eco-structuring|cyberformed]] into miniature Cybertrons via the usage of a [[conversion beam]]. In order to relieve their growing energon drain on the homeworld it was decided that these new planets must be given their own Well of All Sparks to power them. This was first attempted on the already energy rich colony of [[Archon]]. Though doomsday cultists fearing the disruption of Primus attempted to interrupt the ceremony the intervention of the Wreckers and the sniper known as [[Moonracer (COP)|Moonracer]] ended their trouble. A "torch" was lit from the Well to be passed from Transformer to Transformer (Bluestreak first among them) across Cybertron and then across the Bridge where the head of the Archon colony, [[Metalhawk (COP)|Metalhawk]], at last dropped it into their smaller replica of the Well. After a tense handful of moments Archon’s Well came to life in smaller echo of Cybertron’s own.

Galactic expansion spread even quicker and farther. Cybertron prospered. New [[alien]] races were met and contact with new cultures opened nearly every stellar cycle. Sentinel Prime ruled with a steady, sure hand. For a long, long stretch of time everything was indeed "Golden."

And then, in the blink of an optic, it wasn’t. The [[Keepers (COP)|Keepers]], guardians of Cybertron’s physical structure, reported that Energon supplies, drained by the off-world colonies, had dropped to dangerously low levels and the Well was producing new Transformers at only a 10th of the previous rate. This fallowness was reported by all the smaller Wells on distant worlds as well.

This alone would have been a crisis perhaps. What followed turned it into something much worse. In deep space a Cybertronian transport ship discovered a terrible, virulent and unstoppable [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]]. With apocalyptic swiftness it spread through the Space Bridge networks, killing every robot infected with terrifying speed. Whole worlds infected, entire populations dying horribly by the hour and the disease spreading unstoppably across the stars there was no choice but to destroy all the Space Bridges before Cybertron itself was reached by the plague.

Prowl broke orders and attempted to retrieve his dearest friend Bluestreak from Archon before destroying the Bridge, but Bluestreak refused. The Plague had reached Archon. Law and logic and duty said he could not endanger Cybertron by returning. Prowl pleaded desperately and Bluestreak attempted to console him that Metalhawk’s teams might yet halt the Plague’s spread on Archon with fire. With [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] looking on a bereft and heartbroken Prowl had no choice but to destroy the Bridge and say goodbye to his dearest, closest friend.

The destruction worked. Cybertron was spared the Plague. But the Space Bridges were gone and with them the star spanning empire lost forever.
The [[Age of Rust]] had begun.

===Chapter 8: The Age of Rust===
The traumatic events at the end of the Golden Age shattered the Cybertronians' vision of the themselves, their future and their place in the universe. The population that was left was surprisingly small but the available Energon reserves were smaller still. Social stratification again re-entrenched itself for both security and rationing purposes. A sense of hopelessness, of the impossibility and purposeless of all pursuits suffused society.

In the city of Kaon dangerous criminally-owned extreme sports, including gladiatorial blood-sports, rose to thrill the dejected public. Though a temperance movement rose to counter this it did little to check the growth of vice. Suicide rates soared. New robots emerged from the Well in record low numbers and almost all without forming full personal identities or names.

Councillor Soundwave gave impassioned speeches against the repressive government by [[Form and Function]] that was the social legacy of the Quintessons, the bloated bureaucracy that held it in place, and the uselessness and hypocrisy of Sentinel Prime in the face of these problems. When his words could not produce change Soundwave quit the council and cut all ties with them.

Alpha Trion knew the issues were grave and so sought audience with Vector Sigma, the sentient, perhaps even living, interface the Thirteen had built to communicate with the core of the planet. Alpha Trion was searching for the Matrix of Leadership to break the malaise that smothered the world and usher in a new age. Vector Sigma refused, as the Matrix's time was coming soon, but in its own way. The computer did grant him the [[Badge of Vector Prime]] as a token for Sentinel.

Before he could deliver it the badge reacted with Alpha's own artifacts, the Covenant and the Quill. They burned a strange and uncontrolled outpouring of largely indecipherable text into the future of the book: ''Thirteen'' needed to be awakened. To do so he needed an equal and opposite number, a cataclysmic reaction to jog his own heart into motion. Though Alpha Trion was at first unsure of how the future had been shaped by the artifacts that day, the rise of a certain Gladiator in the pits of Kaon shortly after stuck a chord of recognition...

D16 had taken to the pits and thrived. He had renamed himself Megatronus, and the crowds had soon shortened that to Megatron. Orion Pax became intrigued by his call for revolt and social equality. They became friends and compatriots. Megatron seemed to actually like Orion and Alpha Trion hoped Orion might temper Megatron's excesses as he once had for the original Megatronus.

Alas, Megatron could not stand to give any power to another, even someone he liked. Though they wished for the same thing, their differing inclinations led them to form separate opposing factions: the [[Decepticon]]s, aimed at violent forceful revolution, and the [[Autobot]]s, aimed at peaceful social change. All came to a head when Sentinel and his Council, at Alpha Trion's behest, gave the quest to recover the Matrix of Leadership to Orion Pax and named him the new Prime. Megatron saw this as the greatest affront and betrayal, and severed all ties with his former "brother." The [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] had begun.

===Chapter 9: The Great War===
At the start of the Great War many were forced to join the Decepticons at the end of a gun.

Security was assigned to the Council, including [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] to Alpha Trion. Sentinel Prime thought he was untouchable still, but Megatron’s forces attacked him in the heart of the [[Altihex |Altihex]] Casino during a comedy performance. His security for the night was Air Commander [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Sentinel’s cowardly reaction turned Starscream's mind on the spot and he captured his former charge for Megatron, buying himself into the 'Con elite. With Starscream went most of the [[Air Command]], a good portion of the planet's security information, and the secrets of [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] station and the [[Dark Energon]] hidden within.

Starscream’s former compatriot [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] was one of the few of his type to join the Autobots and did what little he could to counter Starscream’s actions. He attempted to rescue Sentinel together with Optimus Prime, but they were unsuccessful and Megatron killed Sentinel to claim the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] hidden in his chest.

To Megatron’s regret these keys, instead of opening the planet’s core to him awakened the giant Autobot [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Alas Omega’s contribution to the fight was short lived, as Starscream and the Seekers blew him from the sky. Megatron gained access to the core of the planet and attempted to transform it with Dark Energon. Desperate to counter this Optimus Prime called out to Iacon and the city itself transformed into a Transformer of unprecedented size: [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]]. This titan was able to hold back the Decepticon Army long enough for Prime to reach the planet core and destroy the Dark Energon poisoning the planet.

But Primus was wounded enough that he would need to shut down to regenerate. He placed a portion of his own spark in the Matrix of Leadership and gave it to Optimus Prime. It was this gift that restored Optimus Prime to his original Thirteen self.

While all this happened Alpha Trion struggled to find ships for an exodus to the stars and gather powerful artifacts such as the Star Saber, Blades of Time, Apex Armour, and the Omega Keys, hiding them in artificial meteor-ships and launching them off world to places like [[Velocitron]], [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and [[Earth]] to keep them out of Decepticon hands.

Optimus Prime, after receiving the Matrix, ordered construction of the Ark so that the Autobots could leave their dormant world.

Metroplex died in the ensuing battles and returned his [[Spark]] and energy to the center of the world to bolster Primus.

It was in this era that one of the youngest Transformers, one of the last born before the Well went silent at the start of the war, came to prominence. Young [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] distracted Megatron while Optimus and his team had attempted to rescue Sentinel Prime. It cost him his voice box, crushed by Megatron’s own hands. Despite this loss, his spirit and heart caused him to become an important part of the Autobot team and a little brother and silent confidant to the others.

Soon it became clear that Megatron would take Iacon and the Well. The Allspark was jettisoned from the Well into space to keep it from Decepticon hands.

Alpha Trion, Smokescreen and the Wreckers among others would stay behind on Cybertron to preserve what they could there after the Ark launch. As the Ark launched, Megatron soon followed with the Nemesis, a ship formed from the brain-dead body of Trypticon.

On Cybertron the Decepticons had left behind Shockwave, a twisted scientist who passed the time experimenting on and reinventing any unfortunate robots who came into his hands. He fiddled with Insecticons and created altered Forged followers for himself. He was able to get a damaged Space Bridge to partially work and used it as a view port through time and space. Glimpsing Cretaceous Earth he altered a group of captured Autobots, the Lightning Strike Coalition, into robotic versions of the beasts he saw there. Thus Grimlock, Slug, Sludge, and Swoop became the Dinobots. When the Dinobots broke free and joined the Autobots as defenders of what remained of Cybertron Shockwave set out to create a new, more powerful Forged to bring them back to him.

And so the War in large part ended and the burnt out quiet plains of Cybertron became a mostly dead limbo of silent metal.

===Chapter 10: Exodus===
Though the Ark had left the planet behind, the mystical Quill continued to follow its story beyond the Space Bridge, recording it all in the Covenant.

Their first port of call was Velocitron. It had been intended as a fun project world for racer enthusiasts, not a long term colony, but the Rust Plague had cut it off with all the others. Despite a dying sun that threatened to consume them, the Velocitrons had slipped deeper into their obsession with racing and simply waited for Cybertron and a Prime to save them. In interacting with the natives (especially Override, Blurr, and Ransack) the Autobots and later the Decepticons following them spread their conflict to a new world. Optimus also recovered several Thirteen artifacts and gained two new crew members, Clocker and Mainspring.

Next stop for the Ark was Junkion, where they made contact with the leader of the Junkions, Wreck-Gar. While there, Prowl and Jazz were able to trap a traitor among their number: the [[Shifter]] named Axer who had disguised himself as Hound. Optimus rediscovered the Tomb of Solus Prime and was visited and warned by her spirit. The last parts of the artifact they had found on Velocitron were recovered and revealed as Vector Prime’s [[Blades of Time]].

When the Nemesis arrived at Junkion, it was revealed that the planetoid had formed around the ancient massive Requiem Blaster. The Decepticons retrieved it and mounted it on the underside of the Nemesis. In the battle that followed, the true identity of Clocker, Mainspring, Chaindrive, Pinion and Cannonspring was also revealed as they combined back into the original Nexus Prime. Together Optimus and Nexus, two of the Thirteen, and the Autobots stopped the Nemesis and returned the Blaster to the core of Junkion.

The chase was off again as the Nemesis followed the Ark away from Junkion and were themselves followed by a vengeful [[Thundertron|Captain Thundertron]] and his pirate band of [[Star Seeker]]s.

On Cybertron, Alpha Trion and the Dinobots continued to defy Shockwave’s depredations.

In space, Autobots, Decepticons and Star Seekers ran afoul of their ancient foes the Quintessons and had to join forces against them, but then resumed their chase through the stars.

Their next encounter was with the starship fleet of the amusingly fae and transmutable [[Mutacon]]s. Their outgoing, effervescent leader [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] explained that they were Transformers who had fled the colony of [[Neutronia]] in ships when the Plague hit. In space they had discovered the mystical artifact of Amalgamous Prime – the original [[Transformation Cog (artifact)|Transformation Cog]]. They had taken it with them for safe keeping and proximity to it had granted them strange new powers: infinite transformation and infinite combination. Their starships were now the combined bodies of hundreds of their crew. Unfortunately the process was slowly merging them into one being, causing them to lose their individual personalities and memories. Now they were on a quest for Amalgamous Prime, hoping he could reverse the process. When Mercury and Optimus met face to face, the Matrix downloaded to her the history of Cybertron after the Plague and she found Megatron’s philosophy of "Peace through Tyranny" to be hilariously stupid. Though they could not help the Mutacons find Amalgamous, a friendship was struck and the jovial Mutacons happily delayed the pursuers so the Ark could escape ahead.

In the stellar cycles that followed, many more adventures were had as the Autobots and the Ark traveled ever outward across the stars, searching for the Allspark and trying to elude their hunters.

Eventually Shockwave alone among the remaining Cybertronian Decepticons continued to cause much trouble. Encountering him, two Autobots, Arcee and Cliffjumper, were sent through a space bridge and met up with Optimus's team on the world where their star-flung Exodus at last came to an end: [[Earth]].

===Chapter 11: Earthfall===
Alpha Trion chooses to end this edit of the Covenant with excerpts from the personal Journals of Optimus Prime and Arcee to give the events some personal context.

Optimus Prime — Arriving on Earth, Optimus is surprised to find that Unicron's body has given birth to so much richness of life. Studying their signals on approach he is also surprised how very similar that human life is to Transformer life. There are many Cybertronian signals here to track down. He thinks on the saying that "Journeys end in lovers meeting" and wonders who the "lovers" are as his journey ends here on Earth. He decides that Arcee and Bumblebee are the most sympathetic so he will give them missions that bring them close to humans so that they will make the inevitable first contact.

Alpha Trion notes that Prime's team eventually joins forces with the US government after building their base in Jasper, NV.

Optimus Prime — Prime talks about how he and Ratchet fought an army of Dark Energon zombies raised by Megatron. He speculates that the ancient Transformers were on Earth as archeologists searching for artifacts of the Thirteen. He says that though Megatron appears to be dead he does not believe their fight is over. He worries about Megatron's obsession with Unicron and about involving humans in the fight. He thinks again "Journeys end in lovers meeting."

Alpha Trion recounts Megatron's return and reconciliation with Starscream and how all the Cybertronian artifacts found on Earth and the Dark Energon used by Megatron awoke the sleeping Unicron.

Arcee — Waiting to attack Unicron, Arcee updates her Journal for the first time since coming to Earth. She talks about how fragile humans are and making friends with Jack, Miko and Raf. At first she was overcompensating for losing Cliffjumper and Tailgate, but now she's past that and still wants to protect Jack and Earth.

Optimus Prime — Prime recounts assaulting Unicron alongside Megatron. Missing the original Thirteen from their first assault but being proud of how Megatron stood against Unicron. (Prime remembers the human saying again.) The Matrix, holding the essence of all the Thirteen and a part of Primus' own spark was able to render Unicron a non-corporeal being, ending the threat. Prime recounts how he lost his memory and became Orion again and then regained it once more.

Alpha Trion tells briefly how, despite his efforts, Megatron gained the Forge of Solus Prime and stole the arm of Liege Maximo to let him forge a [[Dark Star Saber]]. He recounts all that happened after, the Star Saber breaking, the Omega Keys, the cloning of a new Predaking by Shockwave, the final fight on the Nemesis, Bumblebee's rebirth leading to Megatron's death, and Megatron's final return as a puppet of the disembodied Unicron. And Prime recovering the Allspark at last.

Optimus Prime — Prime remembers his deep despair seeing Bumblebee die and his relief as his friend returned and ended Megatron's threat. Then Prime found the Allspark. Journeys end in lovers meeting. Unicron's could not end until he reintegrated with Primus. Since they could not arrange that he came up with a new plan to use the Allsparks container. He remembered his siblings in the Thirteen as he made his choice. Prime recounts the surprise of Unicron as he was trapped forever. And meeting the eyes of Megatron as he rose, free at last, and both of them knowing that "the Journey" was over.

Sector D-16 — Megatron remembers his beginnings. Being nameless and condemned to the mines and wanting more. Seeing robots go into the debasing gladiator pits because it was their only option, and seeing in it a way to escape the oppression Form and Function government imposed. Choosing his name because what had Fallen might rise again. Meeting Orion Pax and feeling that they might balance one another and achieve their goals. Anger at "Optimus Prime" as only a new face of old oppression. The pleasure of righteous anger at being a victim. Seeing Pax being a "chosen one" meaning D16 was only a chosen miner. Falling for his own publicity, his ego growing beyond all bounds. Vanity supreme. And realizing, now, finally after being Unicron's puppet that he had fallen out of love with his own ego. His romantic vision of who he was had died. He wanted to be something more, new, better.

Back in the present Megatron denied Starscream's offer to escape and reform the Decepticons. He nodded to Optimus. "There is no peace through tyranny." he said quietly. Prime smiled and nodded back. Megatron and Starscream left in opposite directions.

At last Optimus explained to the remaining robots that his Spark was now joined to the Allspark and the only way to return it to the Well and revive Cybertron was for him to return it himself and his Spark with it. He told them that Megatron showed that there was hope for redemption for all and that this was not an end, but only a new transformation. Then he plunged into the Well.

The Well of All Sparks burst to life and light as thousands of Sparks of endless colors fountained up out of the Well and into the sky.

The gathered Transformers watched and decided that if it were up to them the Great War was now truly over at last. And they broadcast the news to the stars.

===Epilogue: Afterword===
Alpha Trion concludes the covenant's secrets, including the age of the Primes and the origins of Cybertron, but admits that not the whole story has been recorded and that it continues to write of time and space on Earth and all over the galaxy, giving the book to human hands so we would know more of our allies and enemies and how they came to be and to know that the Autobots would respond if we ever need them again.

He then bids us the last wish of the Thirteenth Prime, TILL ALL ARE ONE.

==Characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]]
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]
*[[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Makeshift (Prime)|Hound]]
*[[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]]
*[[Springer (WFC)|Springer]]
*[[Roadbuster (Prime)|Roadbuster]]
*[[Rotorstorm (Prime)|Rotorstorm]]
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]
*[[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]]
*[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]
*[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]
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*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]
*[[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]
*[[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]]
*[[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]]
*[[Slipstream (WFC)|Slipstream]]
*[[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]]
*[[Devastator (WFC)|Devastator]]
*[[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]]
*[[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]]
*[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]]
*[[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]]
*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]]
*[[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]]
*[[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]]
*[[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]]
*[[Buzzsaw (FOC)|Buzzsaw]]

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*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]
*[[Solus Prime]]
*[[Vector Prime]]
*[[Prima]]
*[[Micronus Prime]]
*[[Alchemist Prime]]
*[[Nexus Prime]]
**[[Clocker (Prime)|Clocker]]
**[[Mainspring]]
**[[Pinion]]
**[[Chaindrive]]
**[[Cannonspring]]
*[[Onyx Prime]]
*[[Amalgamous Prime]]
*[[Quintus Prime]]
*[[Liege Maximo]]
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|The Thirteenth Prime]]

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*[[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]]
*[[Reflector (COP)|Reflector]]
*[[Remedy (COP)|Remedy]]
*[[Galvatron (COP)|Galvatron]]
*[[Crankhandle]]
*[[Coldwelder]]
*[[Cogwheel]]
*[[Sentinel Zeta Prime]]
*[[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]]
*[[Elita One (COP)|Elita One]]
*[[Moonracer (COP)|Moonracer]]
*[[Metalhawk (COP)|Metalhawk]]
*[[Backburner]]
*[[Soaring]]
*[[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]]
*[[Armorhide (WFC)|Armorhide]]

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*[[Primus]]
*[[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]]
*[[Quintesson]]s
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s
*[[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Shearbolt]]
*[[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]]

'''[[Velocitron]]ians'''
*[[Override (Prime)|Override]]
*[[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]]
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]]

'''[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]'''

'''Original'''
*[[Predaking (COP)|Predaking]]
*[[Lazerback (COP)|Lazerback]]
*[[Twinstrike (COP)|Twinstrike]]
*[[Skystalker (COP)|Skystalker]]
*[[Backlash]]
*[[Fangblade]]
'''Cloned'''
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]
*[[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]]
*[[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]

'''[[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]]'''
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]
*[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]

'''[[Star Seeker]]s'''
*[[Thundertron]]
*[[Axer (Prime)|Axer]]

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==Notes==

===Continuity errors===
{{note|The Foreword notes that the book is an abridging and rearrangement of only small pieces of the 'real' Covenant, all of it edited and even, Alpha Trion admits, sometimes outright altered in ways to improve human comprehension and promote empathy between the species. Consequently, the book has a self-admitted potential for 'unreliable narration'.}}

*A conflict of continuity leaves the final fate of Alpha Trion rather uncertain. According to the DVD Commentary track for ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' Season 3, of the episode "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]", Alpha Trion's appearance in Optimus's vision is a sign that Alpha Trion is "well and truly dead." However, if this is the case, then it would be impossible for Alpha Trion to have annotated or translated any part of the Covenant's sections in the Earthfall chapter which take place post-"Rebellion", such as the annotation about Bumblebee killing Megatron, or the events of ''Predacons Rising'' (unless he somehow did so from ''beyond the grave'', if that's even possible). To make matters even worse, outside of the commentary track, there is no mention either in the show, or in the Covenant, detailing what, if anything, happened to Alpha Trion (other than the Covenant's general implicit implication of his continued existence).
*In accordance with the ''Prime'' cartoon, Alpha Trion notes on page 133 that he launched the Star Saber (among other relics) into space. However, on page 151, he refers to having disseminated the Saber's "broken parts." This is the only reference to the sword being broken in the entire book, with no explanation for how it wound up in this state, or how it was repaired. This seems to be an erroneous holdover from the novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'', which was apparently written with the intent that the Saber had been shattered (a plot element taken from the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] storyline that introduced the sword to Transformers fiction) but which was clumsily edited to remove this fact when the intact sword appeared in the ''Prime'' cartoon.
*Despite being left on Archon with no way of returning to Cybertron, a bot that somewhat resembles Bluestreak was present during the Great War, if the illustrations are anything to go by.
*The Exodus Chapter seems to conflate the two separate characters of Makeshift and Axer from the ''Exiles'' novel into a single being. As there's no real reason to do this it seems more likely to have been an error then an intentional retcon.
*The section describing Shockwave's creation of the Dinobots presents a rather...''unique'' interpretation of Shockwave than what we have been presented previously in ''Aligned'', especially in his relation to the Dinobots. Instead of the typical logic-obsessed emotionless mad-scientist, we get a Shockwave that is rather bubbly and disconnected from reality, something of a twisted father. He considers the Dinobots his children and is described as being "fond" of them, even calling Grimlock "my boy" as he excitedly explains to him the changes he is making to his body (while Grimlock snarls and writhes in pain). It's odd, to say the least.
*Prowl mysteriously appears in the final section of the Earthfall chapter, detailing the end of ''Predacons Rising''. The other characters react to his presence as if nothing is wrong with his sudden commentary, which would only make sense if Prowl was present for the entirety of the events of ''Predacons Rising'', which he clearly was not. Prowl's last appearance in the Covenant was during the Exodus chapter, after which he is never made reference to again. It's possible the text meant to refer to Knock Out or Smokescreen instead.

===Continuity notes===
*The events surrounding the end of the Thirteen's original era, as presented here, differ significantly in several major details from what was related (also by Alpha Trion) in the [[Alex Irvine]] novels. In the novels the betrayal of Megatronus seems to be closer to the fall of his Multiversal self and the scheme of the Liege Maximo is portrayed as a separate, later event. Even more divergent is the final fate of the Liege, who here is killed by his own monstrous creations and the Requiem Blaster, while in the novels Alpha talks about his escaping justice after his betrayal and fleeing into deep space. In that version Alchemist Prime later leaves Cybertron to hunt the Liege down among the stars. The difference might be explained as a result of the unreliable narrator here mentioned above or as purposeful misinformation presented there to hide/erase the truth of the Thirteen's story.
*Similarly, Chapter 8's scene of Soundwave speaking out against his fellow High Councilors before storming off and quitting the High Council is very clearly [[authorial intent|intended]] to be the moment that he decided to take his vow of silence that was first mentioned in the ''Prime'' episode "[[Scattered]]" as an explanation for why Soundwave usually does not speak in that cartoon when he did speak quite regularly in the three Aligned novels and the ''War for Cybertron'' and ''Fall of Cybertron'' video games. However, said scene in this book is set long ''before'' when the events of those novels and video games take place in the greater Aligned timeline. But, there is some wiggle room for this moment to ''not'' actually be when Soundwave decides to stop speaking for good after all since the scene is written from Alpha Trion's already-admitted stance as a potentially unreliable narrator and features the specific wording of "From that moment forward, '''to my knowledge''', he has not uttered a single word of his own." This would enable Soundwave to continue speaking during the events of the novels and video games without Alpha Trion, personally, ever knowing about it, and allows for Soundwave's vow of silence to instead come at a later point (whenever that would be is not known).
*The Chapter on the Great War conflates and reorders events from the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' games, as well as Alex Irvine's ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' novel.
*The Covenant is surprisingly silent on the fates of the ''Ark'' and the rest of its crew beyond the cast of ''Transformers: Prime'', as well as how Optimus and his small remaining crew came to leave them and settle on Earth.

===Real-world references===
*The phrase "What have the Quintessons ever done for us?" after rattling off a long list of technological and sociological feats is a reference to a similar joke in ''[[w:Monty Python's Life of Brian|Monty Python's Life of Brian]]''.

==Covers==
The book comes in a series of boxes, including one shaped like a silver Autobot sigil:

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==External links==
*''[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Covenant-Primus-Justina-Robson/dp/1477805990/ Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]'' at Amazon.com

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Medix Gets Schooled

2020-09-03T22:16:59Z

Shifter777: /* Transformers references */

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'''Medix is sure Perceptor will be thrilled to have him as a student. So when the science professor seems more interested in the other recruits, Medix determines to get himself noticed.'''

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*TBA

===Transformers references===
*Perceptor is revealed to transform into a Cybertronian microscope, just as he was in the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron| Fall of Cybertron]]'' campaign. It apparently has telescopic properties that allow Perceptor to see at far distances, including a planet's upper atmosphere.

===Real-world references===
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===Foreign localization===
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One of Our Dragons is Missing

2020-09-02T05:20:41Z

Shifter777: /* Continuity notes */

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|next=Dino-mite Duo
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|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
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'''When Hoist and Hot Shot fail to deal with a small problem in Hero Hall, things quickly escalate and soon they are dealing with the much larger problem of a dragon attacking Milford.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*A drawing of the Burns family and a note from [[Blurr (Prime) | Blurr]] can be seen on one of the walls in Heatwave's office. The note reads: "My spark is with you all. Farewell, B."

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*The title references the classic World War II film ''{{w|One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing}}''.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Energon fades after 3.5 billion years.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

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One of Our Dragons is Missing

2020-09-02T05:19:36Z

Shifter777: /* Continuity notes */

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|prev=The Tracker
|next=Dino-mite Duo
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|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
}}

'''When Hoist and Hot Shot fail to deal with a small problem in Hero Hall, things quickly escalate and soon they are dealing with the much larger problem of a dragon attacking Milford.'''

==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=}}

==Featured characters==
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*A picture of the Burns family and a note from [[Blurr (Prime) | Blurr]] can be seen on the walls of the Academy. The note reads: "My spark is with you all. Farewell, B."

===Transformers references===
*TBA

===Real-world references===
*The title references the classic World War II film ''{{w|One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing}}''.

===Animation and technical errors===
*TBA

===Trivia===
*Energon fades after 3.5 billion years.

===Foreign localization===
*TBA

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

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