Quintessa (planet)

2017-02-08T21:09:37Z

Taratech: ~~~~ added quintessa entry based on IMDB data & https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/potential-the-maker-revealed-in-imdb-transformers-the-last-knight-entry/37289/

{{disambig2|the planet which the Quintessons call home|the Decepticon Triple Changer|Astrotrain (G1)}}

[[File:Quintessa TFtM.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|This is your planet on drugs.]]
'''Quintessa''', or '''Quintesson''', is the home planet of the [[Quintesson]]s. It is also home to various deadly robotic creatures, all as twisted and malevolent as the Quintessons themselves. Quintessa has a tendency to be destroyed, with the Quintessons creating themselves a [[New Quintessa]] somewhere else in the universe.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[File:FFOD2 Quintessa.JPG|left|upright=1.67|thumb|This was ''at most'' a year after the picture above. Don't know what the hell happened to it, but no wonder the Quints were ready to blow it up.]]
While fleeing the forces of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], a shuttle containing [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] crash-landed on Quintessa. Kup and Hot Rod narrowly escaped death at the tentacles of a giant squid, but escaped only to be captured by [[Allicon]]s. While imprisoned, they encountered [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]], last survivor of [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]], who managed to warn them of [[Unicron]] before he was tried and executed by the Quintessons. The Autobots were also tried and sentenced to death. but fought their way out of the Sharkticon pit and, with the aid of the Dinobots and their new ally [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], defeated the Sharkticons and turned the surviving creatures against their masters. Stealing a Quintesson ship, the Autobots escaped the planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Shortly afterwards, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] were kidnapped from the [[Galactic Olympics]] and taken to Quintessa, where they were tried and sentenced to death. Before they could be devoured, Hot Rod, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] mounted a daring rescue. Determined to destroy the Autobots, the Quintessons evacuated the planet and initiated its self-destruct sequence. While Quintessa was blown to atoms, the Autobots survived. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukexclusive|Quintessa}}
In [[2008]], the Quintesson homeworld was swallowed up by a [[timestorm|time-space fault]] that was the result of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s time-travel activities. The Quintessons had planned to turn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (or another suitable robot planet) into a new homeworld, but they were unsuccessful. Quintesson was subsequently consumed by a [[Time rift|rift in time and space]] and its survivors were not seen after this point. {{storylink|Space Pirates!|Space Pirates!}}

{{note|The Quintesson homeworld was simply called "Quintesson" in the UK comics.}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Quintessa.jpg|thumb|Astrotrain. Seriously.]]
From their citadel on Quintessa, several Quintessons studied recent activity on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and prepared for the coming of [[Unicron]]. {{Storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}

{{note|The planet Quintessa also seemed to appear in orbit around Cybertron in "[[Destined for Nothing|Destined For Nothing]]", but this is, in fact, an ambiguously drawn [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]].}}

===''Energon'' comic===
{{Unreleased energon comic}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
Quintessa was the capital of the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
On his quest to seed planets across the universe with civilization, [[Quintus Prime]] used the [[Emberstone]] to seed the young planet of Quintessa with life forms, creating the first Quintessons. Although Quintus Prime intended to create peaceful, spacefaring beings, the arrogant, manipulative, and self-serving Quintessons he created did not fit this mold. Quintessa ultimately proved to be the hub and staging ground for many campaigns, including the attempted conquest and annexation of Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
Quintessa was the capital of the Quintesson Imperium, a group of subjugated worlds that claimed to be a part of a peaceful Co-Prosperity Sphere. Although the Quintessons kept the location of their homeworld a secret, Quintesson judges could holographically project themselves onto their various colony worlds to pronounce judgement over criminals and prisoners of war. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====
[[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a routine patrol in the Quintessa quadrant. {{storylink|Changes}}

===''Knights of Unicron''===
The Sharkticon Pit, located on Planet Quintessa, was the ninth venue for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
The Quintessons destroyed their home planet of Quintesson in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}}

==Movies==
===''Live-action film series''===
Quintessa is rumored to be voiced by Gemma Chan in the upcoming 5th installment of the live-action film series. Quintessa is likely the planet seen approaching earth in the trailer and whose voice Optimus Primre referrs to as "my Creator"<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3371366/ Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) at IMDB]</ref>

==Notes==
*[[Flint Dille]]'s idea for Quintessa was that it was not the original planet that the Quintessons originated on, but merely the latest in a series of planets colonized by the Quintessons and subsequently claimed to be their homeworld. Furthermore, he envisioned the various sea creatures in the movie as some of their discarded experiments. <ref>Flint Dille panel at TFcon 2016</ref>
*[[Floro Dery]] modeled Quintessa after a skull,<ref>[http://hometown.aol.com/kuest144/making1.html The Making of the Transformers Visual Universe]</ref> presumably one viewed in profile or slightly behind the rear of the skull.

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Animated planets]]
[[Category:Energon planets]]
[[Category:Generation 1 planets]]
[[Category:Kiss Players]]
[[Category:Prime planets]]

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