Moonbase Two

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'''Moonbase Two''', '''Moon Beta''',<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime]]</ref> '''Luna 2''', or '''Artemis''', is one of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s moons.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
In the year 2005, Moonbase Two was an Autobot command base during the fight against Decepticon-controlled Cybertron. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] were stationed there until [[Unicron]] attacked it after gobbling up Moonbase One. Spike and Bumblebee set the entire moon to self-destruct in Unicron's mouth in an attempt to destroy the planet eater, but he didn't even bat an eyelid. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
Moon Base Two was Cybertron's outer, smaller moon. It served as an impressive communications and computer facility. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Aligned novels===
Moonbase Two orbited Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Luna 2 was originally famous for its [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s, and when they cooled it became famous for energon mines. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} With the disappearance of the larger [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], only Luna 2 remained in Cybertron's orbit. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Luna 2 once had its own set of laws different from Cybertron's, remaining from the days of the [[Knights of Cybertron]], though they were mostly forgotten by present day. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Pre-war, during the [[Senate]]'s peak of corruption, they put their maximum security prison [[Garrus-1]] on the moon. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} It was also the location of the [[Thymesis Energon mining facility]] where [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]'s [[spark]] was discovered 4.2 million years ago. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] once led an attack on Luna 2 that would become considered one of the most important and terrible events of the war. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} At some point there was a Moonbase 2 there {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} and during the war, a popular drinking song concerned a Transformer born on Luna 2. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} Some 500 years ago, [[Anode]] and [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] traveled to Luna 2 to retrieve a rare piece of [[Living metal|widowed metal]] for the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]], only to run into a Decepticon [[Cybernought]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

According to [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], the amount of energy used up by the life-support machines on ''[[Debris]]'' in a single day would have been enough to light up the dark side of Luna 2. {{storylink|Zero Point}}

Like Cybertron, Luna 2 was ruined and abandoned during the war, but once [[Vector Sigma]] was reignited and the planet was reborn, it automatically began reviving the remaining moon by transmitting energy into it. {{storylink|Stick Together}} During the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]'s attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] wanted to evacuate the population to the moon for a chance to mobilize his Decepticons against the threat. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}}

After surrendering to the Autobots, Megatron requested his trial be held at Luna 2's [[Raskol Arena]], claiming it was the only place large enough for the population to participate. In fact he was aware of Luna 2's ancient-but-valid laws, and guided the trial towards a loophole that let him demand to be judged by the Knights of Cybertron themselves. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

====The Functionist Universe====
Given that Cybertron lacked any oceans, Luna 2 lacked any tides to control, which meant it had no function in [[Six-of-Twelve|Six-of-Twelve's]] view. He rectified this by turning the moon into a giant [[harvester unit]] that would strip mine uninhabited planets for resources which it would teleport to Cybertron. For unknown reasons the plan fell through. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:Modesw of production or is it edge of extinction??.jpg|thumb|right|300px|That's no moon. It's a... er, wait...]]

As part of a peace treaty to settle a two million year-conflict with the [[Black Block Consortia|Black Box Consortia]], {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}} Six-of-Twelve saw an opportunity to restart his plan with the moon. The sympathetic [[Nine-of-Twelve]] was not informed of the plan. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}} The [[Functionist Council]] published a cover story that they were forced to sell Luna 2 to the Consortia. Consequently, all [[Lunabot]]s were "recalled" as they had been rendered obsolete. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}} Luna 2 was removed from Cybertron's vicinity, and its absence was noted by [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] as evidence of where they'd ended up. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} Nine-of-Twelve explained to Team Rodimus that the lack of Luna 2 meant that Cybertron had no more spaceships so that the Council could make Cybertronians fear the galaxy, making them easier to control. Despite this, Luna 2 soon made its way back to Cybertron, first appearing as an intermittent U.F.O. before hovering above [[Kalis|Adaptica]] while Six-of-Twelve unveiled Rung's alternate mode. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}}

When the moon unveiled its [[tractor beam]]s, Nine-of-Twelve realized what Six had done and explained it to his guests before he fell into despair as the moon began sucking up refugees. [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] grabbed what weapons he could and ordered them placed in areas that could do the most damage to Luna 2, while Rodimus wanted to save Luna 2 so its teleporter could be used to return to [[Necroworld]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}} Under his guidance, many fighters died, but they kept Luna 2 under fire long enough that the civilians could flee. Unfortunately, both Megatron and Terminus were stuck under the damn thing when it began to fully devour the city. Rung intended to destroy Luna 2 with The Cog to try and thwart the Functionist Council. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} After losing the opportunity to use the [[Cog (facility)|Cog]] to destroy the moon, Rung supersized himself and began punching it, before it turned its guns on him and killed him. Rodimus despaired that he had to choose between using Luna 2 to get home and saving the alternate Cybertron before [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] had a brainwave. If [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] was going to project the field of [[Killmaster|Killmaster's]] wand all around Necroworld to teleport it, couldn't they just teleport Luna 2 to Necroworld? Brainstorm confirmed they could since Necroworld was hollow. [[Nine-of-Twelve]] assured everyone that Luna 2 was automated so there would be no guards as he and [[Clicker]] wished them good luck. To Rodimus' rage, Megatron had seemingly played them to remain behind and escape the consequences of his trial, but the window of opportunity was closing and the moon vanished from Cybertron, much to Megatron's shock. Luna 2 was presumably taken to the main timeline with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Luna 2, known more traditionally as Artemis, {{storylink|Derailment}} was where the [[Underbase]] resided undiscovered for millennia, until the end of the Great War, when Thunderwing found it. The Wreckers tried to stop him using its powers, and were completely wiped out. In the process, the surface of the moon was devastated. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

When the Resistance launched a raid on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], [[Lio Convoy]] was silhouetted against Luna 2 as he jumped off a transport. [[Bighorn]] later metaphorically commented that [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] had so much baggage that it could be seen from Luna Two. For that reason, the Resistance chose Buzzclaw for the mission into Fortress Maximus, where Buzzclaw would be bait for Maximus's psychic influence. {{storylink|Head Games}}

At a later point during the Uprising, the Predacon general Razor-Claw managed to seize control of Artemis, along with Cybertron's other remaining moons. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Notes==
*Cybertron's two (or three, or four) moons were first shown in the movie. At no point were any Cybertronian satellites seen in the first two seasons of the cartoon, making their presence in the movie a bit of a mystery. However, a "drunken" [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] does refer to Cybertron as 'the land of the metal moon' in "[[Microbots]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Moonbase 2''' (ムーンベース2 ''Mūnbēsu 2'')

==See also==
*[[Luna Secundus]], the second moon of [[Earth]] in one continuity

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