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:''Thunderwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Thunderwing with matrix.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And we are dutifully impressed.]]
In a better world, '''Thunderwing''' would be the ideal Decepticon leader. He's fearless, ruthless, and immensely powerful, while uncommonly concerned about the welfare of his fellow Decepticons. For this mindset, Thunderwing gets a high approval rating from his peers, but, sadly, this is not the whole story.

Thunderwing's vice is, simply, obsession. When his mind sets its sights on a who or what that furthers his goals, he will stop at nothing to achieve victory. Slowly but surely, his esteem for his colleagues is replaced by single-mindedness, until finally Thunderwing awakens from his haze, potentially victorious, but either abandoned or surrounded by the bodies of the few friends who tried valiantly to snap him out of it. In these dark moments, the usually noble Thunderwing is as deceitful and two-faced as any halfwit Decepticon.

But what ''truly'' separates Thunderwing from the rest is his sheer power. His [[Pretender]] shell is likely the most powerful ever built, and it forms impenetrable armor around his robot body. Every inch is covered in weaponry, from the electrostatic guns in his shoulders, to the hoses in his chest that emit dangerous gases, to even the rarely-used metal-eating laser beam that fires out of his forehead. In addition to this built-in arsenal, he carries around his signature [[cyclone cannon]], the power of which is increased 50% by the powerpack his shell houses on its back. In jet mode, Thunderwing can unleash a never-ending torrent of plasma charges.

Because of all this, Thunderwing is almost always successful in hunting down his obsessions, though at regrettable costs.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Magnificent Six Megadeath Past.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|No, my visual appearance is not a [[Pretender to the Throne!|continuity error]]. Why do you ask?]]
A handful of Transformers are born with a natural affinity to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Though these special few are usually Autobots, Thunderwing was an exception. Thunderwing felt that the Matrix called to him, and believed that he would become the first Decepticon to possess it. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

''Early on in the war, he served at [[Fort Scyk]]. He became a protege of Fort commander [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]], who saw and encouraged the burning ambition within the lad, grooming Thunderwing as an asset and potential general for when he'd make a bid for leadership. For his part, Thunderwing thought Megadeath was utterly mental but also that he'd be his ticket to the top. When the [[Magnificent Six]] were holed up in the [[neutral]] town of [[Yuss]], it was Thunderwing who broke the siege by destroying the town's [[Yuss#Locations|Ampodrome]] with a [[thermo-charge]], which was instrumental in turning the neutralists against their would-be saviours. He later soured on Megadeath when he viciously tortured the Magnificent Six, which Thunderwing felt was ill-fitting for such valiant enemies, and then Megadeath let himself and the whole of [[Stanix]] get nuked to slag ''anyway''.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

''Four million years later, a vacuum in [[Decepticon High Command]] allowed a driven Thunderwing to rise quickly from relative obscurity to a command position in the ranks. Thunderwing oversaw an operation that lured the [[Battle Patrol]] into a Decepticon facility in order to capture them and steal [[Micromaster]] technology from the Autobots. The [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car]] and [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road]] Patrols staged a successful rescue operation but failed to stop the Decepticons from making their own Micromasters.'' {{storylink|A Small War!}}

[[File:Thunderwingisapretender.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Thunderwing is a Pretender? The hell you say!]]
''Fourteen months later, to test of his readiness to takeover leadership of the Decepticons, Thunderwing was given a hunting mission: Three Autobot prisoners were released on Earth, and Thunderwing was charged with chasing down and executing them on his own. While [[Playback]] and [[Horsepower (G1)|Horsepower]] did fall before his cyclone cannon, the last runner, [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], was saved by his fellow Autobots [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren (G1)|Siren]]. The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] exploded the fuel core in Playback's corpse at close range to Thunderwing, nearly cooking him alive inside his own impenetrable [[Pretender]] shell. Shrieking in agony, Thunderwing plunged into the nearby surf.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}

[[File:AssaultontheArk-Thunderwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|This is exactly how cable news pundits are hired.]]
''Thunderwing eventually rose from the waters, his still-cooling shell juxtaposed with the growing intensity of his rage at being beaten. Thunderwing lashed out at everything around him and very nearly destroyed a ship of his fellow Decepticons who had been sent to find him. As a duly appointed officer of the [[Decepticon High Council]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] was sent to inform Thunderwing that his bid for leadership was not being rejected outright, but was still under review, and the Councilors had asked that he return to Cybertron. Instead, Thunderwing violently conscripted Ruckus and his team into joining him for an assault on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in order to get revenge on Hosehead and his ilk.'' {{storylink|Rage!}} ''Thunderwing single-handedly blasted his way into the Ark and confronted [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] directly before Ruckus convinced him to save the fight for another day. Returning to Cybertron, Thunderwing was surprised to learn that the Decepticon High Council was impressed by his initiative and the strength of his vendetta, and so granted him full leadership of the Decepticons of Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

''One of Thunderwing's first actions on taking over Decepticon leadership was to abolish [[neutral]] territories, making places such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] Decepticon-only establishments.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}} Despite these movements, Lord Thunderwing became displeased with the growing success of the newly rebuilt [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] and their raiding of [[Decepticon fuel store|Decepticon fuel]] and ammunition depositories. Fearing the Autobot resistance movement was gaining momentum, he ordered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], and [[Stranglehold]], the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], to find and kill the Autobot Pretenders. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

[[File:Thunderwingmindleech.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This is probably the closest look we'll get at Thunderwing's unpublished character model. [[José Delbo]] was a copier.]]
When the Mayhem Attack Squad failed, Thunderwing became curious when teams of Autobots were subsequently ordered to search an area of space. Trailing a team on [[Pz-Zazz]] which included ''(again)'' Nightbeat, Hosehead, and Siren, he waited until the right moment to blast and capture them. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} As Thunderwing's Decepticons began trailing another team of Autobots on [[Cheyne]] ([[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]], [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]], and [[Override (G1)|Override]]), he subjected the captured first group to his [[Mind Leech]] machine. He learned from these torture sessions that the Autobots were scouring the universe for the lost Creation Matrix. Unfortunately, the second group was no closer to finding the Matrix either, and he left them to their own devices. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}} His obsession with finding the Creation Matrix caused some concerns for the Decepticons under his command, and he even began attacking his own troops when accused of taking his personal quest too far. These outbursts began coming to a head when he found traces of Matrix energy in a [[Klud|sea monster]] on [[Pequod]]. Ruckus made the mistake of questioning his leader's growing obsession, and Thunderwing backhanded him into some equipment (unknowingly shorting out the Mind Leech which held their captive Autobots immobile). While his troops battled the Autobots searching there, he used his affinity for the Matrix to mind-link with the sea monster. Discovering that the Matrix was on [[Cameron]]'s third moon, [[VsQs]], he abandoned the battle, much to the growing frustration of his troops. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

[[File:Thunderwingwhereisthecreationmatrix.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Obsessed much?]]
As it happened, between the revival of the Klud and the arrival of Thunderwing, the Creation Matrix had become warped. Thunderwing fought intensely with Bumblebee, Jazz, and Grimlock on VsQs, and they were overwhelmed not only by his vastly superior might, but by the strength of his desire to possess the Matrix. However, he and his troops were subdued by a [[Matrixspawn]], a darkly-evolved creature contaminated by the Matrix, allowing Bumblebee and the other Autobots to grab the Matrix and head for their ship. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} The Autobots were low on fuel however, and struggling against the moon's high gravity. Thunderwing overtook them with ease, snatched away the Matrix, and stole their shuttle. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} Thus, when the Autobots allowed their shuttlecraft to board the Ark, it was Thunderwing who emerged, in full possession of the Creation Matrix, enshrouded in its energies. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

[[File:AllFallDown-Thunderwingpossessed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We are '''power incarnate!''' We are '''unstoppable!''' We are a '''really short Deluxe Class toy!''']]
On board the Ark, Thunderwing savagely beat Optimus Prime, the latter of whom was afraid to return the violence in kind, in fear that the Matrix would be destroyed and their race would be doomed against Unicron. Waves of Autobots stormed against Thunderwing, ending in [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and others being killed or critically wounded. Quickly, the increasingly-evil Matrix took over Thunderwing, overpowering his thoughts and controlling his actions. After turning his power on his own troops, he had one final moment of clarity at what he had become, but it was too late. He was consumed. Nightbeat, Siren, and Hosehead, who Thunderwing had captured earlier, had escaped their constraints, and after releasing the bay doors, harpooned Thunderwing to the shuttlecraft. The shuttle self-destructed and Thunderwing and the Creation Matrix were seemingly lost, out in the void of space. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

Optimus Prime would later refer to Thunderwing (and the lost Matrix) in his pitch to [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] for an alliance against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

[[File:G1thunderwingthevoid.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Thunderwing displays that, yes, he has an alt mode just before showing up to die again.]]
The Matrix, however, was made of sterner stuff, and after some time reactivated alongside Thunderwing's body and the Autobot shuttlecraft on the surface of a planet. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} As time passed, and though only the "barest spark of life remained," it healed Thunderwing's body, eventually allowing it to transform and escape. It (they) now hungered for revenge! {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

Thunderwing, completely controlled by the Creation Matrix, arrived on Cybertron just as Unicron had attacked. Through Thunderwing, the Matrix continued to manifest as a frightening demon, which blasted Unicron and buried its tendrils within him. Though Unicron was momentarily stunned, once the Matrix revealed that it was now attempting to be a force of Evil, Unicron ripped the manifestation apart. Unicron has no equal in the arena of evil. Thunderwing's body fell in tatters, and the Matrix casing dropped to the planet below. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Emerging from a dimensional bridge that linked [[Earth]] to parallel worlds and times, Thunderwing attacked [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] and [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Headmaster of the Dimensions}} Later, this Thunderwing or another Thunderwing trailed a nuclear submarine in preparation for the Decepticons stealing its [[plutonium]] rods. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}}

====''United''====
[[File:FierceFightingonPlanetNebulos-Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Thunderwing was so disappointed he later [[Transformers United|painted his arms gray]].]]
Thunderwing originated from another universe, where he was said to have possessed the Matrix and nearly defeated the Autobots. {{storylink|#United 2|''United'' Thunderwing bio}}

As Decepticon leader, Thunderwing had a [[nano-virus]] released that afflicted most Autobots save those with [[Nebulan]] partners, tricking them to go to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus so they could be ambushed and their partners taken! His minion [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] botched the mission though. Thunderwing chewed him out and decided he needed to take a more active role... {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Kup thunderwing destiny.jpg|thumb|left]]
At some point following the battle with Unicron, Thunderwing's remains were recovered and interred in the [[Hall of Silence]] on Cybertron. Twenty-one years later, Optimus Prime departed Cybertron, bound for Earth to end the threat of Megatron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] seized this opportunity to attack the Hall of Silence to steal what was left of Thunderwing for Bludgeon, and to gain control of the residual Matrix energy stored in his corpse. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Soundwave reached the remains, and used the emergency destruct charges triggered by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] in the event of a break-in to cover his teleportation escape. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Rendezvousing at Bludgeon's ''[[Warworld]]'', Soundwave provided the Pretender what he needed to augment his [[Blitz Engine]]s before the attack on Cybertron. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} When the Autobots fought back, that last remnants of Thunderwing and the Matrix energy were seemingly lost with the ''Warworld''. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Thunderwing secrets and lies.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8]]
After [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] was lost aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Thunderwing, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], and [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] formed an alliance to wipe out the remaining Autobots on Cybertron. There was a degree of contentiousness between the three about divvying up personal territories, and Thunderwing raised the question of what would happen if Megatron were to return—a possibility that Straxus readily dismissed. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
[[File:Thunderwingg1worldscollide.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|They weren't even trying to color me right!]]

====Ask Vector Prime====
Thunderwing was the most recent addition to a crew of dimension-traveling [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds]] of [[Unicron]]. He was addicted to [[Dark Energon]], and the prospect of an endless supply of [[Angolmois Energy|angolmois energy]] was enough to convince him to join. He went to [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma]] with the other heralds when his home universe was destroyed. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 19, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 19/09/2015}}

====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
Thunderwing, along with [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], was sent to prepare [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma|another universe]] for Unicron's arrival. Porting into [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Galvatron left Thunderwing and the others on Cybertron to accomplish their task. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Though they destroyed all of the Decepticons in their headquarters and established a network of [[space bridge]] portals, this universe's [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] was not amongst their victims. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

Traveling to Earth's Decepticon headquarters (but leaving Bludgeon behind on Cybertron to guard the portal), they found it momentarily abandoned, so Thunderwing suggested they hunt down this universe's [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to learn Megatron's location. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} However, Thrust knew nothing, and they quickly returned to Decepticon Earth headquarters when Thunderwing detected that their space bridge nexus on Cybertron had been breached. Ultimately, Thunderwing and the other servants of Unicron were destroyed when this universe's [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonated a bomb in Cybertron's Decepticon Command Headquarters, incinerating them all. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|Transformers: Stormbringer #1]]
[[File:Thunderwingwhathaveyoudone.jpg|thumb|Moral of Stormbringer: Pretenders [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined Transformers]].]]
Seven hundred years ago, during the height of the Autobot-Decepticon war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Thunderwing was a Decepticon scientist who alerted both sides to the damage that the ongoing conflict was doing to their planet and the resultant danger of an impending catastrophic event. According to [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], his warnings were ignored, even by [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]].

[[File:Thunderwing stormbringer.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Y'know, Thunderwing, Al Gore was content with just making a slide show.]]
Subsequently, Thunderwing took action on his own, subjecting himself to a "polydermal grafting" process of his own design, one that had previously been summarily rejected by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] as "unnatural" and "ill-conceived". This process of grafting tissue culled from living subjects onto a Transformer to create an armored symbiotic carapace somehow also appears to have made him the avatar of the very apocalypse he had warned against. The process drove Thunderwing insane but made him invulnerable; even the combined might of the Autobots and Decepticons couldn't stop him. In the end, he was swallowed whole by Cybertron itself, leaving the planet completely uninhabitable. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

An indeterminate time later, Bludgeon—who had been assigned by Megatron to dig into the missing [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s research—discovered Thunderwing's resting place. Bludgeon and the Decepticons serving under him decided to continue where Thunderwing left off, {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} and in the present day completed their project using a combination of "[[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]]" (culled from Shockwave's research) and a set of imprinted commands. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Thunderwing was thus resurrected and immediately departed for [[Nebulos]], following Bludgeon's plans to sacrifice that world to somehow restore Cybertron. There, Thunderwing was engaged by the local Decepticon Infiltration team, which did not want to see Nebulos completely destroyed. Thunderwing totaled [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], and [[Roadgrabber]], and the survivors ([[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]) abandoned the planet. However, after the destruction of Bludgeon's control harness, Thunderwing changed course—back towards Cybertron. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

[[File:Thunderwingidwultramode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Ultra mode" puts all that wing kibble to use!]]
There, he was attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], the [[Wrecker]]s, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and reprogrammed [[Centurion droid|Centurion drones]]. Jetfire revealed that enough punishment would eventually cause Thunderwing to drain most of his [[energon]] reserves. However, Thunderwing revealed a third "[[Super Mode|Ultra]]" robot configuration. Thanks to the Wreckers, the Decepticons, the instability of Ultra Energon, and a speech/salvo combination from Optimus Prime, he was stopped dead in his tracks. His inanimate form was taken into custody by the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] would later steal Thunderwing's body from [[Hound (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hound]]'s detail of Autobots, in service of [[Nova Prime|his master]] in the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} Since the Dead Universe Transformers can only spend a limited amount of time in the land of the living, they programmed Thunderwing to guard the cave entrance to the [[Nega-Core]] on planet [[Corata-Vaz]]. He easily batted away Hound's crew and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], but did not pursue them, as his programming seemed to keep him on a leash that only included the cave entrance. It did, however, allow [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] the time he needed to escape. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

[[File:SpotlightSideswipe ThunderwingVSWreckers.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|The Wreckers return to star in '''''“Nothing Can Stop The Thunderwing! Part III”'''''.]]
The [[Wrecker]]s later attempted to penetrate Thunderwing's defenses and reach the Nega-Core, but apparently had no more success than Ultra Magnus and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Jetfire came up with the idea to try and take control of Thunderwing using Bludgeon's (apparently repaired) control harness. This alerted [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who activated Bludgeon (now under his control) to put a stop to it. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} While Jetfire managed to halt Thunderwing in his tracks for a brief time, a visit from the Jhiaxus-controlled Bludgeon forced Jetfire to focus on other, more pressing issues. While the Wreckers were successful in disabling the Nega-Core, Thunderwing once again began to advance on them. All of the Wreckers survived the experience, so Thunderwing was presumably disabled along with the other guardians when Jhiaxus was defeated. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Thunderwing's attacks had left [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] with a notable head wound. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} The Decepticon often spoke about Thunderwing on [[The Big Conversation]] which caused some confusion (and a healthy dose of panic) when the [[Dire Wraith]] known as "[[CONS4EVA]]" adopted Thunderwing's form to meet Crankcase. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Thunderwing was captured by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s after being cornered and making an unsuccessful attempt to defend himself with what turned out to be a dud bomb. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-10-Thunderwing.jpg|upright=0.5|thumb]]
Thunderwing was among the Decepticons that invaded [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Seeking ultimate power, Thunderwing experimented on himself, managing to turn his [[Point One Percenter|spark green]]. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] learned of this, had Thunderwing imprisoned and removed the spark, placing it in a special container and creating the [[Matrix of Malice]]. The Matrix of Malice became the core of [[Thunder Mayhem]], a monstrously-powerful [[combiner]] formed from the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] that wore Thunderwing's visage. Thunder Mayhem rampaged across the universe, proving near-unstoppable and reducing the Cybertronian race to only a handful of survivors. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Some time after the [[Scouring of Nebulos]] saw the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] restricted to a [[Allowed Zone|handful of planets]], Thunderwing succeeded [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] as Decepticon leader, becoming known to future generations as the Last Decepticon Emperor. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} {{storylink|Derailment}} He led an expedition to [[Moonbase Two|Artemis]] in search of the [[Underbase]]. His quest proved successful–thus empowered by the artifact, he fused his sparks with those of the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] and wreaked havoc across Cybertron, killing the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} Around this time, he oversaw advances in military science, developing the [[Micromaster]] upgrade on [[Cyberdroid]] volunteers such as [[Caliburn (BWU)|Caliburn]] {{storylink|Derailment}} as well as a method of weaponizing [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s' links with their partners' sparks to drain Cybertronians of life merely through presence. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}} Thunderwing eventually uploaded himself into the [[Grand Mal]]; the floating fortress was only brought down after the Autobots and Decepticons teamed up to bring down their mutual enemy. Thunderwing died when the battle station crash-landed, but the Autobot-Decepticon alliance paved the way for the rise of the pan-factional [[Builder Assembly]]. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:SiegeOnCybertron-Pounce versus Metalhawk.jpg|thumb|350px]]
{{quote|The Autobots had their chance and failed. Now the power of the Matrix of Leadership will be mine to hold, and yours to behold!}}

The [[Titan Master]] Thunderwing participated in a Decepticon mission on Cybertron alongside [[Pounce]] and [[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]]. {{storylink|#TRSOC|Siege on Cybertron}}

[[File:POTP vote Thunderwing.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=0.5]]
Thunderwing was a potential bearer of the Matrix of Leadership. As a force for chaos, Thunderwing planned to unleash the unknown powers within the Matrix using its connection to his unique [[spark]]. Instead, the Matrix went to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Fan polls#2017|''Power of the Primes'' fan poll}}
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===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Thunderwing<ref>This character probably had a name and title structured like that of [[White Gallant Convoy]] or [[Brightes|Blue Brightes Convoy]], but whatever it was remains speculation.</ref> was a leader of the [[White Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He passed away and was memorialized with a hologram at the [[Ivory Towers]]. {{Storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 1|Finale Part 1}}

A [[Specter]] would later take on his visage. {{Storylink|Blue Big Convoy comic}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:LightStar Thunderwing.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|left|Can't figure out how to do the [[Vulcan]] salute.]]
During the era of [[Expansion]], Thunderwing was a famed fleet commander and at the forefront of the movement, gathering resources to fuel the ever-growing Cybertronian race. After the Expansion had been halted, Thunderwing was consigned to the distant asteroid colony [[Hexagon]] as its administrator. Stewing in his perceived "retirement" and the [[Senate]]'s curtailing of his lofty ambitions, Thunderwing waited for the day he could again ascend to prominence. Upon receiving word of the rise of the [[Decepticon]] movement on Cybertron, he began hiring various mercenaries and malcontents like [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] under the pretense of increasing security for Hexagon. Thunderwing also secretly sheltered and allowed [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]]'s unholy experiments in creating synthetic versions of the [[Artifacts of the Primes]].

When [[Vigilem]] docked at Hexagon and Thunderwing heard of the Senate's dissolution, he saw an opportunity to ingratiate himself with the new Decepticon regime by repairing the fugitive [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. The [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] soon arrived at Hexagon aboard [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], seeking to apprehend Vigilem in the name of [[Colonial Security]]. Thunderwing held an audience with them and played dumb in regards to the Titan's crimes and what was occurring on Cybertron. The Technobots' suspicions were sparked by Thunderwing's choice in employees and his attempts to divert them, and a battle soon broke out on Hexagon. Intending to have the intruders killed, Thunderwing revealed the full scope of his plans, but the Technobots accidentally fell into Airachnid's experimental [[Combination Core]], which forcibly merged them into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Furious at this turn of events, Thunderwing jettisoned the entire section of Hexagon that Computron was in out into space. Vigilem was soon thereafter destroyed by Lodestar, further stymying Thunderwing's ambitions. {{storylink|Light/Star}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During the Great War, Thunderwing almost destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but was defeated and placed in a state of dormancy. Years later, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] came up with a plan to revive Thunderwing and destroy the Autobots once and for all. The [[Wrecker]]s traveled to Cybertron in an attempt to stop Bludgeon and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], but failed. Both the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to cooperate as Thunderwing proved uncontrollable, and they eventually wore him down until he ran out of [[Ore-13|Ultra Energon]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer (Legends)|Stormbringer}}

Sometime later, Thunderwing had become more amenable. He, [[Axer (G1)|Axer]], and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] accompanied [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] on a mission to defeat Nemesis's former self, Nova Prime. {{storylink|Prime Evil}} He led a team of Decepticons including [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] and Bludgeon in a raid on an Autobot [[Sun-Farming facility]]. Despite the Autobots putting up more resistance than expected, Thunderwing and his men triumphed, conquering the facility and sending the Autobots packing. {{storylink|Revelation (Legends)|Revelation}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsThunderwing.jpg|thumb|400px|Not so menacing when you are a [[Super deformed|super deformer]], uh?]]
Thunderwing participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited after collecting 120 units of Cybermetal, and 56 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Thunderwing toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You passed this up when you saw it in the stores. Then [[Simon Furman|Furman]] had to come along.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Mega Pretender, [[1989]])
**''Accessories'': Pretender shell, 2 heat-seeking laser blasters, [[cyclone cannon]]
:Thunderwing's inner robot transforms into a rather simple Cybertronic shuttlecraft. His [[Pretender]] shell also transforms into a starship mode of its own. The inner vehicle can be attached underneath the nose of the larger vehicle to create a combined starship mode. The inner robot is relatively generic in appearance (as with most Pretenders) while his outer Pretender shell resembles an alien warrior with Japanese {{w|Oni (folklore)|oni}} influences. The inner robot carries a small "cyclone cannon" laser, while the shell is armed with two large laser blasters. All three of his guns can be mounted on his shell's vehicle mode. The large laser blasters can be mounted on the jet two different ways, either perpendicular or parallel to the wing undersides.

:Unlike fellow Mega Pretenders [[Crossblades (G1)#Toys|Crossblades]] or [[Vroom (G1)#Toys|Vroom]], parts do not need to be removed and rearranged in order for Thunderwing to achieve any of his modes.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Black Shadow (G1)#Toys|Black Shadow]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Thunderwing/thunderwing.htm More information on Thunderwing at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_thunderwing.jpg Instruction booklet for Thunderwing at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Matrix obsession sold separately.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Deluxe Class, [[2010]])
**''Accessories'': 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, recon drone
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Thunderwing's alternate mode is a fighter jet loosely based on an [[United States Air Force#F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]], with different wings but retaining the F-22's characteristic zigzag patterns sculpted on the hull. He transforms into a robot that looks like the original Thunderwing toy's Pretender shell. The nose of the jet can detach and become a separate aerial drone, while the two missile launchers can detach from the wings and become handheld weapons or clip together into one massive gun. The middle section of the sculpted missiles on the sides of the guns are also compatible with [[C joint]] accessories. Thunderwing's colors seem to be inspired by his color scheme in the latter end of the Marvel run, considering his green arms. There is also an homage to [[Don Figueroa]]'s design in ''Stormbringer'' with Thunderwing's face and feet.

:At [[BotCon 2010]], the [[Hasbro]] design team noted that they had wanted to make the aerial drone unit transform into a robot but were unable to do so (presumably for budget reasons, though they didn't go into that detail).

:The toy is slightly mistransformed in packaging, with the chest section that conceals his head in jet mode in its robot mode position.

:This sculpt was retooled to make ''Generations'' [[Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|Sky Shadow]] and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Black Shadow (RID)#Toys|Black Shadow]] as well as [[BotCon 2012]] [[Metalhawk (G1)#Timelines|Metalhawk]]. Thunderwing's [[instructions]] initially depicted him with Sky Shadow's head and chest. A [[Variant|running change]] version of the instructions depicts Thunderwing's own head, but keeps Sky Shadow's chest unchanged.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Thunderwing/thunderwing.htm More information on ''Generations'' Thunderwing at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sometimes Hasbro beats Takara to media accuracy.]]
*'''Thunderwing''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]]-[[January 28|01-28]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-26'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, recon drone

:The ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' release of Thunderwing decos his robot mode to approximate the colors of the original toy rather than his Marvel appearances. It achieves this by changing the green plastic on his arms for gray and the green plastic on his thighs and waist side armor for black plastic. The clear orange plastic is now a clear cherry red, the light green and dark green paint is a hi-gloss forest green, and the blue paint is slightly darker. His light gray plastic is now a cream color. Last but not least the purple plastic is a very light purple on this release.

:The soft-plastic spikes on ''United'' Thunderwing's arms are much softer than either his ''Generations'' counterpart or Sky Shadow's.

:Like the 5th and 6th wave figures, Thunderwing's package feature a sticker that said "limited quantity (数量限定)", indicating that this figure is released in limited numbers after its first and only shipment.
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===''Titans Return''===
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[[File:TitansReturn TitanMaster Thunderwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Evil cute little robot but still dangerous.]]
*'''Siege on Cybertron''' (2017)

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Thunderwing is a retool of [[Titan Master]] [[Fangry (G1)#Generations|Fangry]], with a new die-cast metal head mode face based on Thunderwing's Pretender Shell face, and a torso shared with Titan Master [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#TRCOV|Rodimus Prime]]. The robot mode face is based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s ''Stormbringer'' design.

:Thunderwing was only available as part of the "Siege of Cybertron" set, which also includes [[Ginrai (robot)#Titans Return|Magnus Prime]] & [[Ginrai (human)#Generations|Ginrai]], [[Fathom#Toys|Fathom]] & [[Tidal Wave (G1)#Generations|Tidal Wave]], [[Haruma Gō#Toys|Professor Go]] & [[Metalhawk (G1)#Generations|Metalhawk]], and [[Pounce#Generations|Decepticon Pounce]]. In the United States, this set was exclusive to [[BigBadToyStore]], but it saw a wider release in Canada where it was available at [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], the Canadian [[Walmart]] online store, book store chain Indigo and several PC retailers (seriously!). Additionally, it was also available at retail in Hong Kong and Singapore and even saw an official in the Netherlands, where it was exclusively available from BOL.

:This sculpt was also used to make [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)/toys#Generations|Scorponok]].
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Character Card===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Thunderwing and Crossblades.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Crossblades & Thunderwing Set''' ([[August 29]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''23 & 24'''

:Released as part of the fourth wave of an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Thunderwing and [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#24 |Translation of Thunderwing's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:Thunderwingisdeath.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Like that cannon he always carries around? Too bad, the toy ain't got it.]]
[[File:Thunderwingg1catalog.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|<s>Also available in Violent Violet.</s>]]
*According to the Marvel UK story, "[[The Big Shutdown!]]", Thunderwing stands at 40 feet tall while in his Pretender shell.
*Thunderwing only transformed out of his humanoid shell mode once in the entire United States run of the Marvel Comics series. Even then, it was into his non-combined shell-only jet mode, leaving no hint that he had an inner robot mode at all. The only time we see his inner robot mode is in his first appearance, the Marvel United Kingdom story, "[[The Big Shutdown!]]".
*Thunderwing's Marvel Comics appearances give him a four-barreled hand weapon that's completely fabricated, as it's not based on any of the toy's three guns. As with the melee weapons [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Stranglehold]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] use in the comic, his four-barreled cannon likely originated from his unpublished [[character model]].
*A phenomenon [[Straxus (G1)|seen]] [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|often]] in the Marvel United States material, Thunderwing suffered from color scheme shift. At first, he appears in colors that approximate his toy's layout as best as the printing process allowed. Suddenly, in his biggest, most memorable appearances in [[Dark Creation|#65]] and [[All Fall Down|#66]], much of his blacks, grays, and blues were replaced by light greens. As a side effect of this phenomenon, since covers are colored in advance of the interiors, #66's cover featured a blue-armed Thunderwing with a green-armed Thunderwing inside.
*Hasbro [[stock photography|photography]] of Thunderwing shows some plastic color differences from the final product. His shell's arms are the same purple as his guns instead of gray, and his inner robot's thighs are that purple as well, instead of the final toy's black. Black paint is applied to the shell's thighs differently, and the inner robot's forearms seem to be painted light gray. Additionally, the smaller robot is incapable of toting either of the larger guns in jet mode, as the peghole isn't large enough.
*Speaking of pegholes, both of Thunderwing's large guns have [[5 mm post]]s with holes in the center that can function very much like [[Powerlinx]]able pegs, which means one can store [[Mini-Con]]s on them, if one so desires.
*Fitting with [[Don Figueroa]]'s method of making all of his robot designs able to be easily turned into toys, IDW Thunderwing's Ultra Mode is telegraphed by his kibble. An image in the ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' trade paperback's sketch section shows exactly how he transforms into it.
*Kreon Thunderwing's appearance in the comic is extremely small, making it difficult to tell what Kre-O parts he's made out of.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Thunderwing''' (サンダーウイング ''Sandāuingu''; サンダーウィング<ref>Japanese translation of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]''</ref> ''Sandāwingu'')
*''French:'' '''Aérofoudre''' (Canada, "Aerolightning"), '''Foudre''' (France, "Lightning")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Léi Yì''' (Taiwan, 雷翼, "Thunder Wing"), '''Léi Yì Wáng''' (China, 雷翼王, "King Thunder Wing")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mennydörgés''' ("Thunder")

==References==
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Injector (Cyberverse)

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{{disambig2|the ''Cyberverse'' species|the [[Predacon]]|Injector (BW)}}
[[File:Cyberverse Injectors.jpg|thumb|400px|Imagine how worse they would be with some [[Latolata|Angolmois Energy]]...]]
Nasty and terrifying, the '''Injectors''' are part of [[Cybertron (planet)#Cyberverse_continuity|Cybertron]]'s most aggressive and violent fauna. Once [[you]] become their target it’s almost practically impossible to get them off...

...unless you have the [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|legendary Dinobot leader]] on your side.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
A swarm of Injectors was pursuing the [[Monsterbot (Cyberverse)|Monsterbot]] [[Repugnus (Cyberverse)|Repugnus]] in the depths of Cybertron's underworld. During the chase the lost Grimlock joined the flight too until they reached the rest of Repugnus's tribe, but while they hid safe in their burrows, Grimlock was too big to fit and the Injectors attacked him. Enraged after they stung him in the rear, he swatted one away with his tail and scared off the others with his fire breath. {{storylink|Journey To The Valley Of Repugnus}}

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Injector (Cyberverse)

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{{disambig2|the ''Cyberverse'' species|the [[Predacon]]|Injector (BW)}}
[[File:Cyberverse Injectors.jpg|thumb|400px|Imagine how worse they would be with some [[Latolata|Angolmois Energy]]...]]
Nasty and terrifying, the '''Injectors''' are part of [[Cybertron (planet)#Cyberverse_continuity|Cybertron]]'s most aggressive and violent fauna. Once [[you]] become their target it’s almost practically impossible to get them off...

...unless you have the [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|legendary Dinobot leader]] on your side.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
A swarm of Injectors was pursuing the [[Monsterbot_(Cyberverse)]] [[Repugnus (Cyberverse)|Repugnus]] in the depths of Cybertron's underworld. During the chase the lost Grimlock joined the flight too until they reached the rest of Repugnus's tribe, but while they hid safe in their burrows, Grimlock was too big to fit and the Injectors attacked him. Enraged after they stung him in the rear, he swatted one away with his tail and scared off the others with his fire breath. {{storylink|Journey To The Valley Of Repugnus}}

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Cybertron (planet)

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[[File:Cybertronplanet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not pictured: Realistically sized buildings.]]

'''Cybertron''' is the home planet of the [[Transformer]]s and (usually) the body of their creator, [[Primus]]. Cybertron is ([[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|almost]] [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|always]]) a shining metal, technological world; a planet of towering future cities without end and vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains and bottomless neon-lit chasms. Battling over control of Cybertron and its resources is frequently the motivation for, or origin of, the Transformers' epic wars. Beyond these facts much about Cybertron can differ between continuities, see individual entries below.

{{bigquote|This world is older than you can imagine. It has sailed the starscape... tending budding galaxies... forever a buffer to [[Unicron|the approaching darkness]]. And now its fate... is in your hands.|A voice to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]|[[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]]}}

==Generation 1 continuity family==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:ThePrimalScream-aworldhecalledcybertron.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Cybertron was the adopted form of the lord of the light gods [[Primus]], who trapped himself and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in barren asteroids which they then shaped into their physical forms. While Unicron turned his prison into a transformable, humanoid body, Primus reformed himself into a vast [[Saturn]]-sized machine-world, home for a [[Transformer|robotic race]] he created to fight Unicron with similar [[transformation]] abilities. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

It has been suggested that the [[Demon]]s in the darkness were the world's original inhabitants, locked away beneath the world by Primus, though this remains unconfirmed.

Aside from the Transformers, the world seems to possess the mechanical equivalent of plant and animal life, though the exact nature and origin of this lower "life" has never been examined in detail. This version of Cybertron has rough hewn [[Manganese Mountains|mountain ranges]] and great [[Rust Sea|seas]]. (Though of note these seas are not made of water. Liquid water is so rare on Cybertron as to be thought a mythical substance. Alternative substances these bodies are filled with are mercury {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and liquid helium {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}/{{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Darn 'n' Blast #303}}) The atmosphere and temperature on most of the surface is such that human life can survive unaided.

[[File:Marvel issue 1 Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Just another Alpha Centauri sunrise.]]

In its earliest recorded era Cybertron orbited [[Alpha Centauri]], and the Transformers were at peace. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''From an unknown point of time, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]], a governing council of absolute rulers. Over time, their power and number dwindled, until Cybertron was composed of multiple city-states who were constantly clashing with each other; the key three powers were [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. While all the major cities were using their might to pork energy at the expense of others, Iacon did ration theirs out to neighbouring smaller cities. Tarn and Vos, by comparison, built up vast armies. In an attempt to lessen growing hostilities caused by the splintering governments and the dwindling resources on Cybertron, the last Overlord started the [[Games (competition)|Games]]: an inter-city [[gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial tournament]]. This allowed the population to exorcise their hostilities, and soon the vicious athlete [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had a cult of personality based around him and his feats. He built this up, quietly planning to unite Cybertron under his own rule and turn it into a mighty cosmic dreadnought! One of his great rivals was Optimus Prime, the champion of Iacon.''

''Vos — ruled by a [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]-headed criminal syndicate — sent its athletic team to bomb Tarn (ruled by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]) and finger Iacon as the culprit. As with all plans by Starscream, this cocked up — Tarn realised Vos had attacked it, and war broke out that devastated both cities. Iacon happily let its rivals beat on each other. During the conflict, Optimus Prime tried to get the Overlord to safety but Megatron secretly ensured the leader starved to death; once the war ended, Megatron used his fame and charisma to convince the war's survivors that Iacon was at fault for not stepping in to prevent the war, and that Iacon was the enemy. This angry mass became the first Decepticons.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

[[File:Generics marvel 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Megatron rallied his army to march on the Autobot cities, conquering large swaths of Cybertron until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arose from the Autobots ranks to match his old foe. Megatron's ultimate aim was to turn Cybertron into a "cosmic dreadnought", intending to use his homeworld as a galaxy conquering warship. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''To achieve this, Megatron constructed a prototype set of [[planetary engine]]s in [[Kalis]].'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}

Before Megatron could achieve his dream, the sheer firepower unleashed by the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] tore Cybertron from its orbit and sent it hurtling aimlessly throughout the cosmos. When it passed through the [[Solar System|Sol system]], the [[asteroid belt]] threatened to destroy Cybertron forcing the Autobots to use the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path for their world. Though they were successful, they were ambushed by [[Decepticon]]s led by Megatron, and their battle ended with a crash-landing on Earth that left all the combatants deactivated. Their compatriots on Cybertron mourned their loss but continued the wars. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

''The young warlord [[Trannis]] seized on his opportunity and assumed command of the Decepticon forces, reorganizing the army and conquering all but [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. After a long stalemate, Trannis decided "screw it" and razed Iacon, finally putting Cybertron under Decepticon rule. As the centuries passed, Trannis grew complacent in his rule allowing the [[Wrecker]]s to assassinate him which only served to allow for the more brutal [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] to take command.'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}}

[[File:The Smelting Pool! The Dead End.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

By [[1985]], the Autobots had been forced into guerrilla warfare against their foes. When the Earth-bound Transformers contacted their homeworld, the Decepticons made plans to connect the two planets via [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} Though [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s resistance cell managed to destroy the bridge and kill Straxus, they were left stranded on Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

[[File:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't worry, if Unicron eats this Cybertron, Marvel can xerox another copy of the model sheet.]]

After Optimus Prime's physical demise, Megatron went properly off his rocker and blew up the space bridge he was standing on, {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} which transported him to the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] on Cybertron, spending the next few years as a mindless [[Empty]]. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}}

Circa [[1990]], members of the Ark crew fought with the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] in a chamber containing the giant head of Primus. A stray shot hit the god's face, and he awoke with a scream that alerted Unicron to his location. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

When the Chaos Bringer arrived, the Autobots and Decepticons united against him, but the battle still wreaked havoc on the planet. Unicron was defeated by the opening of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], but only after he'd already destroyed Primus. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, Cybertron suffered storms and earthquakes that many believed would tear the world apart. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The remaining Transformers evacuated, but Cybertron was ultimately saved by the united efforts of Optimus Prime and the [[Neo-Knights]] who awakened the [[Last Autobot]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} The ancient steward revealed that upon the Matrix's opening, the planet had been bathed in its energy and was in fact healing itself. After he guided the process in a steady manner, he and Prime recalled the Autobots before returning the humans to Earth and finally bringing peace to the metallic planet. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Significant locations====
*Cybertron has two moons. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}
*Cybertron was historically organized into city-states, the largest and most important being [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Others have included [[Kalis]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], and [[Vos (polity)|Vos]]. Within the province of [[Polyhex]] was the Decepticon stronghold called [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]].
*Beneath the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]] filled sewers, the [[Demon|Demons in the Darkness]] were locked away.
*At the center of this Cybertron there was a room with a huge head of Primus on the wall where he slept and was watched over by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. Somewhere within the depths of Cybertron could also be found a chamber containing the [[Last Autobot]].
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====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:NaturalSelectionPart4-demons.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Before creating the Cybertronians, [[Primus]] created the [[Demon]]s as a first run. The creatures' free will however caused them to turn each other and Primus attempted to wipe the slate clean. Though most perished, a few survived beneath Cybertron's surface, unnoticed by the Cybertronians who took their place. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

Prior to the Great War, Cybertron had trade relations with other mechanical planets. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

As Cybertron reconstructed itself following Unicron's defeat, the [[Dark Matrix]] entity merged itself with the planet infecting every crack and becoming one with it as Primus had done before. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} After the end of the Great War, the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed which brought peace to the planet. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

[[File:WarToEndAllWarsPart5-itneverends.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

After 21 years of relative peace, however, the planet was again thrown into the fire by the machinations of the Dark Matrix entity, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} marked by the destruction of the Last Autobot. {{storylink|Counterpoint}} After learning that Megatron still lived and was wreaking havoc on Earth, Optimus left the planet under [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]'s leadership. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] planned to use a [[Gene Key]] to turn all on the planet into Decepticons.
{{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} Though the Decepticon was halted, his scheme had caused great damage to Cybertron, {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} with many turning themselves in or asking to be prosecuted for war crimes. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Cybertron however was soon invaded by Bludgeon's ''[[Warworld]]'', {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} which soon turned into all out war before the [[Wrecker]]s destroyed the ship. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

As Cybertron began (another) cleanup, rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] arrived, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} and offered to integrate Cybertron into the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} The Autobots soon went to war with the Hub and while they were offworld, the Dark Matrix struck out on Cybertron, turning everyone on the planet into [[shadow-leech]]es. Hot Rod, now Rodimus Prime, eventually realized the Dark Matrix creature had been posing as Primus and confronted it in [[Zero Space]]. There, Optimus Prime revealed the entity's plan to Rodimus and that the only way to prevent it was to sever their own reality from the multiverse which Rodimus reluctantly did. Cut off from Primus, Cybertron and its people became mortal, with the latter abandoning the planet in the aftermath. When Rodimus Prime returned to Cybertron after untold eons to finally die, the last vestiges of his Spark energy flowed to one of the stasis pods inhabited by the Demons and [[Botanica (BM)|a new breed of Cybertronian]] emerged to tame the planet. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====''Transformers '84''====
After Cybertron had been ripped from its orbit, Shockwave test fired a [[planetary engine|planetary turbine]] that directed the planet towards the dangerous [[Stellae Cimeterium]] to try and have Megatron refocus on [[Project Dreadnought]] to no avail. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

Despite this, Optimus Prime felt that Megatron represented the greatest threat to Cybertron, not least because Cybertron's errant course could be halted by a series of controlled explosions, and launched the Ark in an attempt to lure [[Decepticon High Command]] off Cybertron forever, entrusting [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] to ensure that Megatron never saw their home planet again, so that the Autobot army could have a fighting chance. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|Transformers '84 #0}}

After clearing away the [[asteroid belt]] that threatened Cybertron, Optimus crashed the Ark on Earth once it had been boarded by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}} Despite this, the situation on Cybertron deteriorated for the Autobot army, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] emerging as the ''de facto'' [[Decepticon leader]] and leading a brutal campaign against the remaining Autobots. Once he was secure in his power, he gave Counterpunch the clearance to reactivate Project Dreadnought. Punch brought the information back to the Autobots who formed the [[Wrecker]]s to end Dreadnought. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

Despite coming up against [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], the Wreckers succeeded in destroying Project Dreadnought, leaving Cybertron to continue its errant course throughout the cosmos. With the Decepticons firmly in control of the planet, the Autobots opted for a decentralized approach to warfare under a shared high command. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|And that, my friends, is when you say "Look out below!"]]

Cybertron appeared [[Scale|considerably smaller than the planet Earth]]. Entirely metallic on the surface, some of the [[Organic core|lowest levels]] of Cybertron consisted of rock and dirt, suggesting an organic beginning to the planet. Its gravity was light enough that [[human]]s were able to traverse the surface without any trouble, and it possessed a breathable atmosphere. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} [[Water]], or at least a substance resembling it, was in evidence on the planet—lakes and rivers have been shown to exist, albeit sparingly. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Many levels below the surface was the energy-furnace, the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], {{storylink|The Rebirth}} and at the heart of the planet was the spherical mega-computer, [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:G1 Cybertron's galaxy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|LOOK HOW LOUD I HAVE TO YELL!]]
Cybertron was orbited by at least three unnamed moons, but its own place in the cosmos appears unfixed—in [[1984]], it was clearly shown to exist outside of the [[Milky Way]]; on the cusp of an entirely different galaxy, in fact. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Nine million years prior, however, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] had been able to fly from their home planet to Earth under their own power, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} suggesting that it may drift freely through space, and had been passing through the Sol System at that point, going on to drift out of the galaxy over the ensuing millennia.

If the assorted colourful exclamations made by numerous Transformers are anything to go by, Cybertron also played host to [[:Category:Cybertronic wildlife|a vast array of fauna]], including but not limited to: [[antroid]]s, [[bolt-bat]]s, [[cyber-duck]]s, [[dynametal duck]]s, [[electro-toad]]s, [[glitch-mouse|glitch-mice]], [[guinea pigatron]]s, [[helio-hamster]]s, [[hydroweasel]]s, [[photovoltaic pussycat]]s, [[pigeonoid]]s, [[retrorat]]s, [[robo-rat]]s, [[sheepacron]]s, [[Titanium moose-bot|titanium moose-bots]], [[turbofox]]es, [[zap-mouse|zap-mice]] and [[roboto-possum]]s.

Though Cybertron's precise origins are unknown, twelve million years prior to [[2006]], the planet was used by the [[Quintesson]]s as a mega-factory. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Their first creations were the [[Trans-Organic]]s, monstrous fusions of organic flesh and Cybertronian metal. Deeming them as failures, the Quintessons destroyed what creatures they could and sealed away the seven they could not in the [[Hibernation Chamber]]. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}} Dispensing with the organic, the Quintessons manufactured two lines of purely mechanical creations, "consumer goods" and "military hardware". Having done too good a job however, the robots evolved into fully sentient creatures that understood cruelty and began a revolt against the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} In the [[Autobot Rebellion]] that followed, the Quintessons sent their [[Dark Guardian]]s out to do the actual fighting while they remained safe in their stronghold of [[Hive City]]. When the rebel leader [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]] turned his [[Coder Remote]] against the Dark Guardians, {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} the Quintesson rule collapsed and they were forced off Cybertron.

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With the Quintessons gone, the Autobots built a peaceful society but this new peace was short-lived. The military hardware line had evolved into the [[Decepticon]]s and began a war of conquest under the rule of [[Trannis]]. Better suited for warfare, the Decepticons destroyed two [[Guardian Prime|Autobot]] [[Zeta Prime (G1)|leaders]] until [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] developed [[transformation]] technology. With this advantage, the Autobots thought themselves victorious and brought about the [[Golden Age]].

Eventually, however, the Decepticons adopted transformation as well, along with [[robot mode]] flight, and around nine million years ago, the creation of the Decepticon [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] re-ignited the war on Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Megatron rallied like-minded individuals to his cause, and brainwashed others into his service, {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} quickly killing the current Autobot leader in a strike on one of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s outer cities. With this act kept out of the public knowledge, rumors circulated as Autobot machinesmith [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] worked diligently on a new process to reconstruct Autobots into battle-hardy configurations for the war he knew was coming. That war finally erupted in full when Megatron fatally injured a naive young dock worker, Orion Pax, and Alpha Trion made him the first subject of his new process, reconstructing him into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who would lead the Autobots in the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards3.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The white zone is for blasting Autobots only.]]

After a further five million years of war, during which many Autobots fled the planet, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} the Decepticons had acquired a large hold on the planet, with the majority of it under their control. The main Autobot force continued to operate from the capital city-state of Iacon, but Cybertron's energy levels were depleted to a dangerous low, necessitating a space mission to locate a new planet with new sources of energy that the Transformers could harness. Optimus Prime led his best and brightest on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], but they were pursued by Megatron's elite troops, and all were stranded in stasis on Earth for four million years. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

In the ensuing four million years, [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]], who Megatron had left in charge as guardian of the planet, maintained the Decepticon hold on the planet, though he was unaware of the continued guerrilla efforts of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s [[Female Autobots]] to undermine him as they raided his energy supplies. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} Eventually, Cybertron's energy level dipped so low as to put the planet in immediate, mortal danger. Reestablishing contact with Megatron, who had awoken with the other Transformers on Earth in the year 1984, Shockwave co-designed the [[space bridge]], an intergalactic transport system that could transport [[energon]] [[energon cube|cubes]] from Earth to Cybertron, abating the planet's impending doom. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

When Optimus Prime's [[cosmitron]] was destroyed, the Autobots dispatched a party to Cybertron to claim a replacement that was still in [[Wheeljack's workshop]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Cybertron Earth.JPG|thumb|left|250px|I see a Cybertron a-risin'. I see trouble on the way.]]

Cybertron's place in the universe was forcibly altered in 1984 when the Decepticons constructed a colossal space bridge that actually transported the entire planet into the [[Solar System|Sol system]], into Earth's orbit, {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} where its gravity wreaked havoc with the planet's natural balance, unleashing an unending torrent of energy created by natural disasters. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The energy acquired re-energized Cybertron enough to put it out of the danger zone, but the planet was soon knocked out of orbit by a massive energon explosion, and set drifting off through the solar system. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} At this closer range, Cybertron remained easily accessed throughout 1985 at least, with the Autobots now able to reach it by conventional transportation ([[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]), rather than having to constantly hijack use of the spacebridge. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

After Megatron had duped the human race into thinking the Autobots were the invading faction of Cybertronians, the exiled Autobots intended to return to Cybertron only for Megatron to sabotage their flight plan. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}}

Not long after that didn't work out, the Cybertronians on Earth, save those who had been built on the planet, began malfunctioning due to depleting stores of [[cybertonium]]. At Megatron's order, Shockwave mined and sent a large batch of the substance to Earth for the Decepticons to be healed. Intercepting the communication, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly]] went off to intercept the shipment. Though they initially asked the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s to help, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] saw a chance to abandon Optimus Prime's group and led his team through the space bridge, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} whereupon they were captured and enslaved by Shockwave, save Swoop who retreated into Cybertron's underground. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} Undeterred, Carly and Spike space bridged to the metallic planet themselves, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} using their small size to dodge Shockwave's blaster fire and sabotage delicate parts of his equipment. Escaping underground, the humans met Swoop who helped them free the other Dinobots and return to Earth with the cybertronium shipment. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

When Shockwave discovered that Elita One's band of Autobots still lived, the Decepticons took her as a hostage to try and have Optimus Prime surrender himself. Despite knowing the danger, Optimus rushed to Cybertron where he was taken prisoner. Though Starscream intended to melt Optimus in acid, Elita One used her ability to stop time to save him, requiring the Prime to bring her to Alpha Trion for repairs. The remainder of Elita's squad met up with Ironhide, Powerglide and Inferno, who had followed Optimus through the space bridge, and engaged the Decepticons, succeeding when Optimus and Elita returned. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

Tiring of his forces constantly being defeated on the ground, Megatron built the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] in response but needed Vector Sigma to truly bring them to life. Returning to Cybertron, the Decepticons claimed the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] from Alpha Trion, using its power to turn the [[centurion droid]]s against the Autobots who pursued him. With their new warriors, the Decepticons left Cybertron. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Taking inspiration from their foes, the Autobots built the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] with Alpha Trion sacrificing his life to activate Vector Sigma and bring them online. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

When Shockwave's [[Kronosphere]] came online, the Autobots made for Cybertron to investigate its energy signature. Though intending to use the device to plunder Cybertron's pre-war energon reserves, Megatron instead used it to shunt the Aerialbots into the past. Though he intended to send them to the beginning of time, Autobot damage to the device sent them nine million years into the past, where they ensured Orion Pax would become Optimus Prime, before they returned to the present. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

In one of Starscream's attempts at becoming [[Decepticon leader]], he returned to Cybertron to steal the [[personality component]]s of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], implanting them into new bodies. When this ended in them all being banished to an asteroid, {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Starscream abandoned his new warriors and made for Cybertron. Beating him home, the Combaticons used their combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] to overthrow Shockwave and conquer the planet, using the space bridge to send [[Earth]] towards its [[sun]] as revenge against Megatron. Making another alliance, Optimus Prime and Megatron led their forces to Cybertron, the combined armies defeating Bruticus and ending the Combaticons' reign. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

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By the Earth year 2005, Cybertron had exited the Sol system, but, remaining within the Milky Way, was still relatively easily accessible by shuttlecraft from Earth. By this time, the Decepticon forces had succeeded in conquering the entire planet, forcing all the Autobots off it, leading them to relocate to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, and to two staging ground bases on two of [[Moonbase One|Cybertron]]'s [[Moonbase Two|moons]]. It was at this time that Cybertron came under attack from the world eater, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who consumed the two moonbases and assaulted Cybertron itself, only to be destroyed by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]]. His deactivated, decapitated head fell into orbit around Cybertron, a grisly new satellite to replace those he had destroyed. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} With the Decepticon forces in disarray after Unicron's attack, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his troops succeeded in driving their foes off Cybertron, reclaiming the planet for the Autobots, and restoring and re-energizing much of the planet by 2006. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

Seeing an opportunity, the Quintessons made an alliance with the fractured [[Decepticon Empire]] to attack Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} While the Decepticons attacked Cybertron, the Quintessons sent a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] commando team to flip the [[large switch]] that would deactivate every Transformer across the galaxy. After [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] flipped it and the Quintessons rejoiced at having Cybertron back, though they had not planned for Spike Witwicky who destroyed the switch. Restored, Galvatron shot at the Quintessons before ordering his forces to retreat. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

When a later Quintesson plot reanimated Optimus Prime, he stranded Rodimus Prime's group in the [[Autobot Mausoleum]] and returned to Cybertron, leading the [[Autobot fleet]] into a trap. Having been given the [[Matrix of Leadership]] once again, its energies purified Prime's mind of the Quintesson programming whereupon he ordered the Autobots to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

Being pursued by Galvatron's elite, the renegade Decepticon [[Octane]] hid on Cybertron's abandoned Decepticon areas where he was found by Starscream's [[ghost]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} During an attempt by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to discover [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s date of creation, [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] sent the [[Lost Cybertronian Storage Asteroid]] on a collision course with Cybertron to disrupt the [[First Inter Galactic Peace Conference]] but the Autobots managed to destroy the rogue planetoid. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} Cybertron later played host to various alien diplomats. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

Undeterred in his desire to live again, Starscream possessed [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and ventured to Unicron's head, bargaining with the Chaos Bringer for a new body. Agreeing, Unicron sent Starscream and Scourge on three labors to repair the Dark God, the last of which was to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself so it could become the Chaos Bringer's new body. Warned by Scourge, the Autobots planted energon cubes that sent Unicron's head flying away. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Cybertron was later used as a neutral meeting site in the war between [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], becoming the point where a peace treaty was signed following the revelation of how the Quintessons had exploited both sides of the conflict. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} Following the discovery and destruction of the [[Cybertronian colonies|colony world]] [[Paradron]], the survivors emigrated to Cybertron. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} The Quintessons later manipulated the Decepticons once again, this time into unleashing the Trans-Organics. The energy siphoning [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]] wreaked havoc on Cybertron before the Autobots managed to launch it into space. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}} Galvatron later sent a [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] to plant [[anti-electron]]s inside [[Power Platform Alpha|a new power generator]] to destroy the Autobots but this didn't work out. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} When [[Tornedron]] was unleashed on the galaxy, Cybertron was drained of energy before Grimlock undid the creature's rampage. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

[[File:Rebirth 3 Cybertron gold.JPG|thumb|left|250px]]

In the year 2007, Cybertron was once again wrenched from its place in space when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons invaded the planet and constructed a massive [[planetary engine]] that propelled Cybertron back into Earth orbit once more. Once there, Galvatron opened the Plasma Energy Chamber, intending for the energy release to drive the Sun supernova, consuming Earth, Cybertron and everything else in one final destructive blow. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and the Autobots' [[Nebulan]] allies were able to stop this plan by reversing the rocket engine, which drained off the excess solar energy and channeled it straight into Vector Sigma, which used it to fully re-energize Cybertron. Its rich golden hue restored, Cybertron entered a new Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese cartoon continuity as detailed above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the timeline, including an extensive 2007 retcon that revealed the complicated origins of Cybertron in this continuity.}}

=====''Kiss Players''=====
[[File:Methusula Call-of-the-Primatives.jpg|thumb|250px|"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree."]]
12 billion years ago, the ancient genius [[Primacron]] and his assistant, the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] were attacked by Primacron's renegade creation Unicron. The Oracle's body was destroyed, but his essence, encased within a protective shell, fled to a dead planet at the center of the universe, which he proceeded to transform into a verdant, living world.

In time, the Quintessons discovered the Oracle's world and invaded, taking control of the Oracle and his powers. The Oracle was transformed by the Quintessons into the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] and also obtained the shell that had held his essence, which went on to become the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Using the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], the Quintessons transformed the Oracle's green planet into the metallic Cybertron. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline}}
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=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
At the dawn of time, what would become Cybertron was a barren rocky planet at the centre of the galaxy. Shortly after the birth of Unicron, Primus retreated to the planet, intending to turn it into a paradise. He was discovered by the early Quintessons who [[Cyberforming|cyberformed]] the planet and gave it its name. Shackling Primus into [[Vector Sigma|a supercomputer]], the Quintessons turned Cybertron into a mega-factory only for the Cybertronians to eventually rebel and drive them off the planet.

Following the end of the Angolmois Energy crisis in [[2050]], the Cybertronians retreated to their homeworld, swearing to remove all mentions of Earth from their archives to ensure no one would seek out Earth's Angolmois supplies. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale Part 2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:HM10 Cybertron destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Don't worry, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8XVmisSals&t=113 we can fix it.]]]
In 2011, it was discovered that the release of the energy of the Matrix by Optimus Prime to cure the [[Hate Plague]] had much more far-reaching consequences that anyone suspected. With the Matrix's energy depleted, Vector Sigma's balance—permanently tilted in favor of the Autobots by the existence of the Matrix—was reset to neutrality, allowing the Decepticons, bolstered by their new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] troops, to freely invade Cybertron. Eventually, this forced Optimus Prime to sacrifice his life by merging with Vector Sigma in order to stabilize the computer before it destroyed Cybertron from within. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Not long thereafter, Vector Sigma developed a new metal alloy dubbed [[Cybertonuron]], which enticed Galvatron into another raid on the planet. However, the Decepticon Headmaster leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Zarak]], feared the power that Galvatron would gain from the alloy, and so, to prevent either him or the Autobots from obtaining it, arranged for his Headmasters to plant bombs at the core of the planet, within Vector Sigma's chamber. The Autobots were unable to stop the countdown and the bombs detonated, tearing Cybertron apart and leaving it a charred uninhabitable ruin drifting in space. {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

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=====''Unite Warriors''=====
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Having survived the devastation of Cybertron, Vector Sigma granted the Autobot [[Disaster Relief Team]] new bodies and powers so that they could rebuild the planet. By 2021, Cybertron had been made inhabitable once more. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} That same year, Unicron's head returned and attempted to turn the planet into his new body, but was repelled. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

=====Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio=====
Some time beyond the year 2036, Cybertron began to suffer from a major energy shortage. In order to re-energize the struggling planet, Optimus Prime upgraded into a [[Powermaster]] and ventured into a black hole to obtain the super-energy [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]], which was used to restore Cybertron to its former glory. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuestSuperConvoy|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio}}

=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====
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=====''Beast Wars Returns'' cartoon=====
{{see|#Beast Machines cartoon}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
Following the conversion of Cybertron into a technorganic planet, Vector Sigma also underwent an upgrade and effectively turned into the "soul" of the planet, becoming the ultimate authority of the planet who issued its will through the newly created [[Convoy Council]]. Tens of thousands of years later, when Vector Sigma discovered that the [[Blentron]]s were trying to resurrect Unicron with [[Angolmois Energy]], the supercomputer converted Cybertron back to a wholly mechanical planet in preparation for war. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Blue Big Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
Tens of thousands of years into the future, in the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], the mechanical Cybertron was reigned over by Vector Sigma, who handed down orders through the ruling body known as the [[Convoy Council]]. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} By this point, the planet had come to reside in the center of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}}

When Unicron was resurrected as an energy being, he sought to use Cybertron as a new physical body, as his original body at the [[Triple Z Point]] was too ravaged to serve as a suitable vessel. {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} Unicron was able to get through all of Cybertron's defenses and merged with Vector Sigma itself, granting him absolute control over Cybertron and the planet began converting into an imitation of Unicron's original planet mode. {{Storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} However, thanks to the efforts of [[Big Convoy]]'s unit, [[Magmatron]], and [[Lio Convoy]], Unicron was able to be drawn out of Vector Sigma {{Storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} and defeated in his weaker form. In the aftermath, Predacons and Maximals united to rebuild the planet. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:HtF-RookUnicronandUnicorn.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The second [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron came to an end in [[2013]] when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] initiated the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. However, the Machine Wars ended in a matter of weeks and inadvertently brought about the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Termination}} {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

In [[2984]], the [[Star Seeker]]s arrived from a temporal journey through [[Unspace|transwarp]] to enact Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s newest scheme: plunder Cybertron of all its energon using Unicron's head when Cybertron would be at peace and have high levels of energy. The pirates attracted the attention of Cybertron's elite defenders, the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, but during the clash aboard Unicron's head, [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] gave Cannonball a crushing revelation: his scheme was doomed to fail from the start because the Cybertron he was attacking was technorganic and ''no longer ran on energon'' (as a result of the [[Great Transformation]]). {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

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===''A Birth of Planet Saybertron''===
[[File:Birth Saybertron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Cybertron was originally a mere satellite, built to ensure peace between a coalition of planets. But the powerful computer within the satellite proved too advanced for it to remain in its initial form; using electromagnetic forces to draw in other satellites, it used their materials to build itself up. This ultimately led to a malfunction of the computer, and the civilizations that had built it found themselves no longer able to access it. Though the united civilizations tried to stop the satellite, it kept on growing and becoming more sophisticated, eventually plundering all nearby resources and leaving its galactic neighborhood bare of resources. Ages passed and Cybertron became a planet proper, with metallic mountains and oceans of oil. From it sprung primitive machines, which evolved into Transformers over the millennia. {{storylink|A Birth of Planet Saybertron}}

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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
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Eons ago, Cybertron was a verdant, Earthlike world, populated by a wide variety of organic creatures. {{storylink|Survivor}} This idyllic period came to an end when the first Transformers arrived on the planet, an event foreseen by the mystical [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] that surrounded [[Vector Sigma]]; {{storylink|The Reformatting}} their arrival evidently coincided with the extinction of Cybertron's natural biosphere, {{storylink|Survivor}} and over the eons Cybertronian civilizations would build over the rock and soil with metal upon metal, giving rise to the illusion that Cybertron was, and always had been, a world of technology alone. {{storylink|The Reformatting}} Remnants of the past persisted in the lowermost levels of the planet, including stray plant life, {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}} [[Fossil chamber|fossilized remains of the animals that had once roamed the surface]], {{storylink|Survivor}} and an "[[organic core]]" composed of [[Organic goop|concentrated biological matter]]. {{storylink|The Key}} Successive generations of Cybertronians built atop old cities, layer after layer, only to be gradually forgotten. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], four million years before the present day, the Autobots left Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} but were intercepted by the Decepticon starship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} eventually coming to crash-land on prehistoric [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[File:CybertronBW SolarSystem.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At least it's finally trying to keep an orbit.]]

Three hundred years after the end of this conflict and the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Cybertron would come to be populated by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons. This great metamorphosis was precipitated by the "[[Great Upgrade]]," described as the period of time when Cybertron's Autobot population transitioned to Maximals; old cities like [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] were once again abandoned and paved over to make way for new cities, like [[Cybertropolis]]. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}} Three hundred years after the end of the conflict, Cybetron was once more a peaceful, prosperous planet, governed by the [[Maximal Elder]]s, {{storylink|Possession}} while the [[Tripredacus Council]] controlled the affairs of the Predacons. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Peacetime diversions included the [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] amusement park; "mature" entertainment included joints where the servers went around without their torso plates on. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:CybertronBW Transwarp.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Sunny with an 80% chance of lens flares. If you're traveling, watch out for transwarp waves.]]
When [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his [[Axalon (BW)|starship]] went missing, [[temporal probe]]s were dispatched from Cybertron in the hopes of finding where he and his crew had vanished to. {{storylink|The Probe}} Not long afterwards, the [[transwarp wavefront]] generated by the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]] superweapon was due to hit the planet only for the [[Tripredacus Council]] to disrupt it before it reached Cybertron, allowing them to covertly dispatch [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to bring in [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:SeedsOfTheFuture-cybertropolis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This was a Pizza Hut, now it's all covered with daisies.]]

The tranquility of this age would come to a rapid end when [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and set a [[Transformation virus|virus]] loose on the world that incapacitated the population and paved the way for [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule. Under Megatron's reign, the villain sought to reorganize the entirety of Cybertronian civilization into one vast machine controlled by a single, overriding intellect—his own. {{storylink|Master of the House}} Megatron would be opposed, however, by Optimus Primal and his band of Maximals, who, after discovering the Oracle, befriending [[Nightscream (BM)|a survivor of Megatron's attack]], and learning the truth behind Cybertron's organic nature, {{storylink|Survivor}} believed that they needed to restore the organic to Cybertron and destroy all technology—a conflict that came to a head when Primal and Megatron pitted the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] against the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], unleashing a doomsday energy storm. {{storylink|End of the Line}}

In the aftermath, Primal realized he had been wrong in his mission; rather, the Oracle wanted him to create a balance, a peaceful equilibrium of the organic and the technological. In the end, Primal would see his dream accomplished when he applied the power of the Oracle to the exposed organic core of Cybertron, his sacrifice converting the entire planet into a lush paradise where [[technorganic]] plants and animals coexisted with Transformers. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}

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====3H comics====
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According to [[Al-Badur]], the Quintessons had once served Unicron, and in doing so, they'd found the "dimensional landing" of Primus: Cybertron. Rather than alert their master, however, they decided to capitalize on their discovery for their own purposes. They attempted to subvert Primus's creations via the Plasma Energy Chamber, but the [[Trans-Organic|results]] were disastrous. Success came when they placed a shell program over [[Vector Sigma]] and channeled the divine power into creating a subservient race. That race would one day rebel and become the Transformers, but the Quintessons' influence remained in the form of the Vector Sigma shell program—otherwise known as the Oracle. Primus could nonetheless sometimes send messages from Vector Sigma through the Oracle, but it is difficult to tell the difference. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

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Almost three months after the [[Great Transformation]], the Quintessons invaded Cybertron, hoping the sudden transition to technorganic would leave the Transformers disoriented. Instead, the population of Cybertron successfully repelled the invaders—and the Quintessons learned that they themselves had been pawns of Primus, who had deliberately manipulated the aliens so that Cybertron and his creations could make this great evolutionary leap. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

One year later, this reality's Cybertron later became became the home base of the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] in the multiverse-spanning [[Universe War]] against Unicron. {{storylink|Abduction}} {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}} Unfortunately during the war, Cybertron fell victim to the "Culling", where Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]]s cut a swath across the planet to feed the sparks of the victims to the Chaos-Bringer, though the invaders were ultimately repelled. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal's bio}} The Children continued the war, and eventually emerged victorious. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:MTMTE-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"They lied to us. Founding fathers of Cybertron. Everything we were told was a lie. Built on the lie of the sparkless child."]]
The planet Cybertron and its two moons orbited [[Alpha Centauri]]; a Saturn-sized mechanical world, the planet possessed an oxygen-based atmosphere capable of supporting carbon-based life. Complex tunnel networks and advanced machinery existed in the deepest levels of the planet; some Decepticons, like Megatron, believed that Cybertron could become a mobile fortress equipped with [[planetary engine]]s, and sought to make this dream a reality. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye}}

The earliest Cybertronians supposedly arose from the [[Well of All Sparks]], {{storylink|Conflagration}} but after creating the Transformers, Primus went dormant so as to avoid the attention of his ancient nemesis Unicron. The [[Sonic Canyons]] that spanned the planet's southern equator gathered data from across the universe so as to be analyzed by Vector Sigma, {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} while Primus sealed the well to prevent Unicron from locating his physical form. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Prior to the Great War, Megatron claimed to have discovered an [[Golden Disk (ancient)|artifact]] which suggested the [[Quintesson|truth]] behind the origins of the Cybertronian species, which would, over time, lead to the formation of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

[[File:GreatShutdown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everyone died, the end.]]

The war between the Autobots and Decepticons would eventually lead to Optimus Prime and Megatron disappearing in a [[space bridge]] explosion; in their absence, however, the conflict continued, with the Autobots and Decepticons being joined by various splinter factions. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}. The arrival of [[The Fallen]] briefly forced these competing factions to work together, {{storylink|Conflagration}} and dwindling fuel supplies eventually led to the construction of energy-efficient [[Micromaster]]s—though these warriors were eventually forced to take up arms as well.

3.5 million years ago, continued energon shortages finally culminated in the event known as the "[[Great Shutdown]]," where all Transformers on the planet simply ground to a halt after Cybertron's natural supplies of [[energon]] completely dried up. This state of affairs lasted for many millions of years; it would not be until some three thousand years ago that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] reactivated and worked to bring other Transformers back online. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Initially, after Cybertron's reawakening, Autobots were reluctant to trust Shockwave until key Autobots agreed to share leadership of Cybertron with him. An underground resistance movement was formed and a young [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] rose to leadership of one such faction. It wasn't until Optimus Prime's return to Cybertron that the majority of Autobots rededicated themselves to eliminating the Decepticons. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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The [[Quintesson]]s created both [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the gladiator and slave races that would evolve into the Decepticons and Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

Following Optimus Prime and Megatron's crash on Earth, Cybertron was conquered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. The planet was also the location of [[Teletran 3]], which accidentally transported members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] to the alien world. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs the Transformers #1}}

Shockwave was eventually defeated and the Decepticons were driven back to the [[Gladiator Zone]], allowing Cybertron to be at peace for the first time in millennia. A [[warp gate]] was set up between Cybertron and [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} The peace was interrupted when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] warped to Cybertron and took control of the Decepticons, but he was eventually defeated. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}} Notable locations on Cybertron included [[Capitol City]] and the large junkyards where the [[cannibalizer]]s would reside. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

After the death of Serpent O.R., Cybertron was peaceful yet again, and seemingly stayed that way. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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Cybertron and its two moons orbited a yellow dwarf.<ref>Author [[Simon Furman]] stated that Cybertron orbits the star {{w|Lambda Scorpii|Shaula}}, a real star that can be observed from Earth as the second-brightest object in the tail of the constellation {{w|Scorpius}}, though this information never made it into an actual issue.</ref> {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} The precise origins of the planet are not known; various religious sects held that the planet had a relation to [[Primus]], who either arose from the surface of Cybertron {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} or had himself created the mechanical world, {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Timeline in Revolutionaries #1}} perhaps after vanquishing the mythological [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] at the dawn of time. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

Another theory postulates that Cybertron may have once been an organic world, one whose biological inhabitants made an evolutionary leap to a cybernetic existence before eventually discarding their organic heritage to become fully-mechanical lifeforms. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} Evidence for this theory is corroborated by the planet [[Gorlam Prime]], whose inhabitants underwent such a transition; after emerging from this "chrysalis state," they renamed their world "Cybertron," which raises some interesting questions about the origins of the Transformers. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

The first known Cybertronian to come into existence was [[Rung (G1)|Primus]] himself; though later Transformers would deify him as a warrior-god, {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Primus's only unique trait was the ability to manufacture [[photonic crystal]]s. He would be joined by four other Transformers—[[Epistemus]], [[Mortilus]], [[Solomus]], and [[Adaptus]]—and together this first generation of Transformers would become known as the [[Guiding Hand]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Together, they would go on to ignite the twelve [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spots]] across the planet, allowing Vector Sigma to begin sending the life-giving pulses of energy that ignited new sparks and gave rise to the first true "generation" of Transformers: the [[Knights of Cybertron]], who turned the prehistoric planet into a paradise for both body and sprit. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The predecessors of [[Functionism|Functionist]] doctrine believed that, if tilted at just the right angle, Cybertron could refract the light of a sun, turning the planet itself into [[God Gun|a weapon]] to be used against asteroids and other spaceborne threats. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

Some twelve million years ago, the ambitious Adaptus would turn on his comrades; seeking to introduce the notion of war to the species so as to avoid the stagnation he feared would soon grip the planet, he battled the other four members of the Guiding Hand in what would come to be called the "[[God War]]". Although the other members of the Hand fought back, they were unable to vanquish their enemy, who fled to [[Moonbase One|the planet's first moon]], readying an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would leave the inhabitants of Cybertron disoriented while he retrofitted the moon into a primitive spaceship and fled. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Though this [[information creep]] would distort reality into garbled legends, the Knights of Cybertron remained known, and eventually opted to leave Cybertron aboard a fleet of [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s. Deprived of their benevolent oversight, Cybertronian society regressed back to an era of barbarism, splintering into numerous smaller city-states and tribes. {{storylink|The Crucible}} This sequence of events would be noted as atypical compared to the development of most other civilizations, who established permanent world governments before mastering faster-than-light space travel. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

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It was in this primitive landscape that the Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] found himself after the destruction of his [[chronal drive]] in 2013. Unable to return to his own time, Shockwave slew the shepherd [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]] and manipulated events to bring the [[Thirteen]] together. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} In his new role, "Onyx" encouraged expansion and the colonization of distant worlds. Titans colonized distant worlds to expand the aegis of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], including [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]], [[Velocitron]], and [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], all in service to Shockwave's infinitely longer game. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Eventually, Shockwave would also mastermind the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} which ended in the ascension of [[Nova Prime]] and a grand reordering of the planet's society under Functionist doctrine. {{storylink|The Crucible}} It quickly became clear, however, that Cybertron's rapidly urbanizing population was not infinitely sustainable, prompting the younger version of Shockave to begin a [[Regenesis|plan]] to ensure that Cybertron could meet its energy needs; {{storylink|Shockwaves}} while Nova Prime planned a grand [[Expansion]] that would see Cybertron the capital of a grand interstellar empire, this plan fell through when he and his innermost retinue vanished aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark-1]]'' in the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

The reign of [[Nominus Prime]] saw the widespread automation of Cybertron's old [[energon]] mines, leading to an employment crisis as labourers lost their livelihoods. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} Antebellum Cybertron was seen as a backwater placed by [[alien]] civilizations, owing to the cultural stagnation Functionism brought to the planet. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

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The subsequent [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began four million years ago, and ravaged Cybertron until [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s experiments with [[Pretender]] technology led to a mad rampage that left the planet completely uninhabitable. With no atmosphere, Cybertron's surface was unprotected from cosmic radiation and was wracked by plasma storms. Transformers had to divert energy to their personal shielding in order to remain on the surface for short periods; the surface was presumably immediately lethal for humans. Gravity was also weaker than normal and Transformers needed [[magno-tread]]s to walk on the surface. The Transformer race abandoned the planet (save for occasional scientific surveys from orbit) and began conducting their conflict across the galaxy. According to Autobot command directives, landing on Cybertron was forbidden. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} However, with the resurrection (and subsequent defeat) of Thunderwing, this directive was lifted due to the unusual circumstances. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Around the year 1997, the wise [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] returned to Cybertron, with a plan to revive the planet. Over the next few years, Trion worked to repair Cybertron's atmosphere and rid it of radiation, though the planet remained dead and resourceless. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

[[File:TheIronAge-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|It was after the apocalypse. No one was prepared... for the Robot Holocaust.]]

A decade later, the Decepticons created the three [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on Cybertron from a naturally-occurring subterannean species, {{storylink|Transformers: Historia|Historia}}, and left the thousands of [[Insecticon swarm|failed clones]] to their own devices. When the Decepticons defeated the Autobots on Earth during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], they sent their battered enemies through a portal to Cybertron, where the swarm would finish them off. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} By this time, Alpha Trion's hard work had eliminated much of the radiation and electromagnetic storms, so the Autobots survived their stay on the planet with only minor pains. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Later, the Autobot starship ''[[Trion]]'' was shot down over Cybertron, and its crew joined the rest of the survivors on its surface. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} They were eventually rescued by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], leaving Alpha Trion and Metroplex to continue their work uninterrupted. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

In order to make Cybertron habitable again, Trion revived [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], who had been recently slain on [[Earth]], to help take out the swarm. {{storylink|Ironing Out the Details}} Trion then left again, with only Ironhide, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and a few hundred swarm members remaining on the planet, {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} which were eventually quashed by the time that [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] returned to Cybertron, intent on turning the metal world into his first line of defense against [[D-Void]], a malevolent entity set on devouring all Transformers. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} By the time his army arrived on the planet, the swarm had seemingly been exterminated. The arrival of Galvatron caused Ironhide and Sunstreaker to flee on [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s newly arrived ship, after which they traveled to Earth to alert the rest of the Autobots to Galvatron's occupation. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

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Led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Autobots on Earth returned to Cybertron and confronted Galvatron. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} During the battle, Galvatron inserted his [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] into the remains of Vector Sigma, in the belief that this would stop D-Void from entering the universe. In reality, the Heart of Darkness was an aspect of D-Void, and doing so would allow the entity to turn the dead planet of Cybertron into a giant portal to the Dead Universe. To stop this from happening, Optimus Prime opened the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}} Somehow, the Matrix of Leadership was able to restart Vector Sigma, and its energies worked to "reset" the entire planet into a primordial state. Almost every structure and geographic landmark on the planet was wiped out, and the only Transformer-made structure remaining was the crashed remains of [[Kimia Facility]]. Simultaneously, Cybertron itself sent out a signal to all Cybertronians out in space, telling them to come home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The only known structures that were spared this reformatting were [[Crystal City]], resurrected by [[Ore-14]], {{storylink|Shockwaves}} and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] which had been buried beneath the new layer of metal. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

With Cybertron restored, most Decepticons captured and thousands of [[NAIL|neutrals]] returning to repopulate their planet, the war was considered over. When the planet came alive again, it began transmitting energy to its two moons, reviving Luna 2 as well. Since Luna 1 was missing, its share of the energy ended up in the atmosphere instead, supercharging it and causing "ball lighting" effects to strike the planet's surface until [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] got a temporary satellite in orbit. {{storylink|Stick Together}} After a brief revival of the Autobot/Decepticon war, the neutrals kicked the two factions out of Iacon and briefly assumed control of the planet under the leadership of Starscream, {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} who established the [[Republic of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

Soon afterwards, Shockwave attempted to bring his Regenesis plan to fruition, collapsing all of space-time into a singularity to fuel Cybertron for eternity which would have made the planet the sole thing that existed, had ever existed or would exist before he was defeated by Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} The destruction of his chronal drive caused the formation of a [[black hole]] that sent him back to the planet's prehistoric past, free to take up the mantle of "Onyx Prime" and shape the history of Cybertron in a great ontological paradox. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

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In the aftermath of the cataclysm, Metroplex was able to locate five of Cybertron's colonies, {{storylink|The Transformers: Windblade}} leading to the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]], {{storylink|All That Remains}} which eventually came to encompass [[Earth]] after Optimus chose to annex the organic world into the Cybertronian Council for its own protection. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] abruptly returned to life, he viewed modern Cybertron as a world built on compromise; {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} disgusted, he planned to wipe the slate clean with an army of [[zombie]] Titans. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Though he perished, {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} the Titans arrived at Cybertron and began destroying all in sight {{storylink|Ping}} before they were stopped by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Vigilem]]. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

Earth would soon come to join the Council of Worlds as an official member state, not a mere protectorate, and various human dignitaries were shuttled from Earth to Cybertron via [[space bridge]] to prepare for the ceremony in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Unfortunately, repeated Cybertronian incursions had also convinced [[Joe Colton]] that one day Cybertron would destroy Earth, {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} and so he assembled an [[Iron Ring|cabal of supervillains]] who would poison Cybertron's energon from within by harnessing the power of the alien [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], launching an all-out assault on Iacon while he and his inner team of supervillains travelled into the core of the planet to enact the plan. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}} Though Optimus Prime and his allies raced to stop the villains as they travelled to the core of Cybertron, it was soon revealed that the entire scheme had been masterminded by Colton's second-in-command; revealed as the [[Prysmosian]] wizard [[Merklynn]], he used the Talisman to transform a small fragment of the planet into [[New Prysmos]], a copy of his [[Prysmos|lost homeworld]].

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The process drained nearly half of Cybertron's energon supply which caused the planet to "scream", the missing energon sent into space as a communication signal that translated to "Welcome. Death". The signal struck the slumbering form of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], and roused the ancient monster into action. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} As Cybertron rebuilt from the invasion, "Onyx Prime" arrived alongside [[Liege Maximo]] and his [[Maximal]] hordes to put the final stages of his plan into action: {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} now convinced that Cybertron itself was not worth saving, "Onyx" revealed his true identity to Cybertron, engineering a series of crises designed to break the collective faith of Cybertron in everything that they believed in. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} Everything Shockwave had worked towards for the last twelve million years was in anticipation of Unicron's arrival: the very Talisman itself was poisoned bait; when Unicron consumed the planet, its corrosive energies would kill him from the inside out. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

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In the meantime, however, the Talisman was still in service to the [[Darkling Lord]]s of Prysmos, who had recently come to inhabit the caverns beneath the planet, burrowing its way to Vector Sigma to complete its mission of transforming the entire planet into a copy of Prysmos. {{storylink|Schismatic}} To save the planet, Wheeljack constructed an anti-Talisman bomb that would counteract its [[magic]], and when the bomb detonated, the exotic energies had the combined effect of transforming a patch of Cybertron into a copy of Prysmos' old biosphere, while also beaming a second message out into space: one that simply said "Unicron." {{storylink|Transformers vs. Visionaries}} {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

Indeed, Unicron awoke and began his assault on the galaxy not long afterwards, and after destroying eleven of the worlds affiliated with the Transformers, Unicron attacked Cybertron directly. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} Though the populace initially attempted to fight back, {{storylink|Our Finest}} Windblade was forced to call on the Visionaries, who used a combination of their magic and the Talisman to teleport the population of Iacon to Earth. Contrary to Shockwave's predictions, the destruction of Cybertron did ''not'' spell the destruction of Unicron; the planet-eater, intelligent enough to realize the threat that the tainted planet posed to his own body, simply destroyed the planet by tearing it apart, unleashing a burst of energy that ripped the planet in half. {{storylink|Road's End}}
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====The Functionist Universe====
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In a world where Megatron had never been created, the [[Functionist Council]] grew ever more powerful, to the point where they eventually usurped the [[Senate]] and functionally conquered the planet. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}} When the Council concluded that alien life had no purpose in [[Primus]]'s grand design, they isolated their homeworld from the rest of the galaxy to stoke the fires of fear and xenophobia, while they worked to create an army powerful enough to wage war on the galaxy. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

After the intervention of [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Team Rodimus]] cost the Council [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]], {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} the Council turned Cybertron itself into their instrument of destruction, outfitting it with a set of [[planetary engine]]s and using the [[Warren]] to travel from world to world. The planet's lack of mobility proved a hindrance, prompting the Council to reengineer the planet so that it possessed a robot mode, cast in the likeness of the mythological Primus. With this new avatar, the Functionists were able to breach realities, and crossed over from their home reality to make war against the primary timeline—an event briefly glimpsed by [[Adaptus]], who had himself used the Warren to flee across time and space so as to prepare for the threat. Rationalizing that ''five'' Cybertrons, untouched by war, could command exponentially more power, he commissioned a planet-sized mold and created the "[[God Gun]]". {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

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Pursued by the dimensionally displaced Megatron and the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] back into Megatron's home reality, the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] offered the suggestion to blow up Cybertron, though Megatron overruled it on account of the trillions of innocents still trapped on the planet. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} The crew soon deduced a way to overload Vector Sigma, preserving Cybertron while killing the Functionists. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} After forcing "Primus" back into planet mode, the crew allied with the Architect's forces to stage an invasion of Cybertron, battling [[Functionary|Functionaries]] until they opened twelve duplicate Matrices at each of Cybertron's hot spots, the surge of energy overloading Vector Sigma and vaporizing the Functionists. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

With the native Cybertron recently annihilated by Unicron, this world—now stranded in a parallel reality—was eventually christened "New Cybertron" by those who chose to live there. [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] made the decision to remove the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quantum engines to double the universally displaced planet's energon reserves. With most of the Cybertronian population now based on Earth, New Cybertron was largely left to its own devices; in the years to come, the crew of the ''Lost Light'' took up residence there, while other inhabitants would include millions of [[Lunarian]]s spawned from Luna 1's [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Cybertron was the alternate mode of [[Primus]], one of the many living worlds created by [[Daiakuron]] at the dawn of time. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Though none of the inhabitants of either world were aware of it, Cybertron had a deep connection with the planet Earth, for the organic world was ''also'' a creation of Daiakuron, and Cybertronian artifacts from ancient times could be found across the planet. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Originally located in a distant galaxy, the planet had been ruled by Decepticons ever since the abrupt departure of Optimus Prime, leaving Megatron and his forces free reign of the planet, with the Autobots in disarray under Grimlock's unruly leadership. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} When Starscream brought Bumblebee's head to Megatron, Megatron pronounced that the Decepticons had won the Great War, {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} and, binding the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]] to his Spark, {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} he subjugated Primus to his will via [[Vector Sigma]]. Cybertron then slowly began to transform into a massive spaceship in the shape of Megatron's face that would cyberform the galaxy. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} [[Psych Out]] described Cybertron as "the ultimate Transformer" owing to its constantly shifting geography though whether this was a natural phenomenon or a side-effect of Megatron's plan is unclear. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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Cybertron then moved into Earth's solar system, {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}} before it was invaded by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], using a combination of a "[[G.I.Rocket|green bomb]]" fusillade and a strategically deployed [[Weather Dominator]] to terraform portions of Iacon into an environment capable of sustaining human life. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} Soon after, Cybertron grew a pair of mega mountains that reached high into its atmosphere. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Megatron then used the horns to gouge into the Earth, seemingly destroying it {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} so as to clear a path to the Sun, intending to consume the star and supercharge his creation powers. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} Believing Earth to be destroyed, various surviving groups, such as the [[Oktober Guard]], attempted to claim Cybertron as their new homeworld. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

Starved of energy, Primus needed little incentive to consume the star, creating a dyson sphere from his own body to speed up its consumption before Primus was stopped by [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]]—Earth's own robotic form. Though many Cybertronians chose to emigrate from Cybertron to various planets and moons in Earth's solar system, Rodimus guided the impaired but functional Primus back to his original orbit. With Optimus on a mission to the find the [[Quintesson|Makers]], Rodimus took charge of the planet. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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Cybertron orbits the star [[Hadean]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} Eleven million years prior to [[2384]], Cybertron was consumed by the Great War, its third planetary level conflict. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} As the conflict escalated, groups of Cybertronians fled to establish new colony worlds where they could live in peace. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

Four million years prior to 2384, the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis'' left Cybertron only to crash on the primitive world of Earth. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} When the two crews reawoke in 1984, the Decepticons reestablished contact with Cybertron. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

Following the [[Scouring of Nebulos]] in [[2031]], the technologically advanced [[Human Confederacy]] confined the Cybertronian race to the [[Allowed Zone]], a small region of space consisting of Cybertron and nine of its colonies. Recognizing the burgeoning human empire as an obstacle, [[Decepticon leader]] [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] conquered the Allowed Zone for the resources needed to rebuild the [[Decepticon fleet]]. With his reborn army, Galvatron launched the [[Great Push]] in [[2033]] but was ultimately defeated by the [[Confederated Terran Colonial Fleet]] {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} in a narrow victory. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} The humans responded to the attack by halving the Allowed Zone, the inhabitants of the soon to be sterilized worlds emigrating to Cybertron. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

At some point during the early to mid 21st century, Unicron attacked Cybertron only to be destroyed by the sacrificial efforts of the [[Point One Percenter]]s. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

After millions of years of war, Cybertron's energon supplies were left drained. The Decepticon scientist Thunderwing developed the [[Micromaster]]s as a fuel-efficient successor race, both sides eventually fielding them as the primary warriors in the Great War. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} {{storylink|Identity Politics}} Thunderwing eventually became the new Decepticon leader and led an expedition to find the mythical [[Underbase]]. Successful, Thunderwing's power was boosted to obscene levels and making him a threat to all of Cybertron. The Autobots allied with the non-insane Decepticons to save their world, trapping Thunderwing's mutated spark and the Underbase's energies in Cybertron's [[core]]. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} While Thunderwing died, the energies of the Underbase allowed the core to begin slowly healing Cybertron's ravaged biosphere. {{storylink|Derailment}}

With the restoration of the biosphere centuries off, Cybertron was left a dying planet following Thunderwing's defeat. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} Now settled into an uneasy truce, the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces as the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]], though their old grudges and factional divides remained. With energon having attained such a high premium, the [[Macromaster]]s wired themselves into Cybertron itself. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} The Micromasters were fuel efficient enough to remain mobile, causing the petty builders to look down upon them as second class citizens. {{storylink|Identity Politics}}

With [[Vector Sigma]], the source of new [[spark]]s, having been destroyed in the Great War, the Builder [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] reached out to the Human Confederacy, hoping to recreate their [[Eutychus Project]]. While the humans wouldn't hand over the project's secrets, they surrendered enough knowledge for Cerebros to build the [[Energon Matrix|energon matrix]] as a successor to Vector Sigma. Though Cerebros had hoped that this could lead to a new generation of Cybertronians that had never known war, the Builders saw the new generation as a means to continue the Great War. With the the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as the successors to the Autobots and Decepticons, respectively, the Builders used the new generation for sport in a series of violent [[Games (competition)|Games]] fought in the ruined remains of the old Builder cities. {{storylink|Head Games}} At the same time, new breeds of Cybertronian life—[[mechanimal]]s—began to emerge in the ruins of these old cities. While the older generations of Cybertronians considered them vermin, the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] had masterminded the process after the return of the Underbase to Cybertron's core as a means for the wounded planet to heal itself by generating a functioning, self-sustaining ecosystem. {{storylink|Derailment}}

This dystopian Cybertron was rocked by the [[Grand Uprising]], a protracted war where the Maximals and Predacons fought to topple the stagnant oligarchy that their predecessors had established. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} Shortly after the Beast Upgrade hit the planet, [[Overshoot]] claimed that the Oracle had ''also'' engineered this war, an evolutionary step forward that would free the citizens of Cybertron from their dependence on energon cubes. The war ended with the disastrous [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], and although the [[Resistance]] had ostensibly won the war by that point, it took the united forces of Maximal, Predacon, and Builder alike to curtail the genocidal ambitions of [[Lord Imperious Delirious]]. In the end, the planet was reorganized under the egalitarian [[Cybertronian Parliament]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Years afterwards, as the Human Confederacy fell victim to the [[Fall of Man]], the Cybertronian race ventured beyond the Allowed Zone once again. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}} While communing with the Oracle during the Grand Uprising, Overshoot glimpsed visions of the distant future, and saw a time when Earth and Cybertron would first unite against a grave threat before eventually merging into a single, technorganic planet. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 185.0 Beta]], Cybertron was the capital of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. When the Decepticons went to war with the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]], their resistance promoted [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to try and transfer his [[spark]] into Cybertron itself and be reborn as [[Grand Galvatron]]. As he commenced the transfer however, his spark was destroyed by the sacrificial efforts of [[Ratchet (G1)|The Autobot]] and the [[Dreadnok]]s. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
As the Great War continued, Decepticon science created [[Thunder Mayhem]], a combiner so destructive that it was thought to have destroyed Cybertron outright and brought about the functional extinction of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}} {{storylink|History}} In reality, the combiner, while enacting a near-genocide, had simply devastated the planet's surface. {{storylink|Divination}} The Decepticon remained there for a while before he left to destroy other worlds. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

When [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], [[Fractyl]] and [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] were seeking out allies for their crusade, they travelled to the ruins of their homeworld and found [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]]. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}

Left on Cybertron, [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] eeked out an existence before he was contacted by the [[Teklaan]]s who claimed that they could restore his world. Eager to bring about "New Cybertron", Bluestreak made contact with the [[Wrecker]]s and brought them back home, sacrificing them to the Teklaans to provide them with the information they needed to rejuvenate the biosphere. As the prodding happened, Fractyl remembered that the Teklaans' last creation had fallen victim to a virus, implanted by the Teklaans themselves, and died off in a few generations. After convincing Bluestreak to aid them, the Wreckers confronted the Teklaans only to learn that the cyberforming had already begun. After incorporating Bluestreak and Impactor into [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]], the combiner destroyed the Teklaan ship, the central node of the cyberforming, and sent the [[alien]]s running. Upon leaving Cybertron, Impactor assured Bluestreak that his plan had been a good one but until Thunder Mayhem was defeated, it wasn't viable. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity===
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Cybertron was drained of life by the war of conquest which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] started. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Megatron toy bio}}

Cybertron was the possible location of one of thirteen [[Titan (group)|Titans]], alongside [[Unicron]], [[Master (planet)|Dominius]], [[Nebulos]], [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], [[Antilla]], [[Paradron]], [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Earth]], [[Velocitron]], [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Biosfera]], [[Aquatron]], [[Botropolis]], [[Micro]]n, and [[Gigantion]]. {{storylink|Titans Return (toyline)#Summer convention exclusives|Titan Force}}<ref>[[:File:TR_Titan_Force_map.jpg|''Titans Return'' Titan Force 3-pack map]]</ref>

[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] once led a Decepticon attack on an Autobot base on Cybertron only to be routed when the base transformed into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus online bio}}

====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
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In eons past, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Thirteen]], who successfully vanquished [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] with the help of the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|The Swamp}} In the age that followed, the Thirteen were known to have inhabited, and subsequently sealed away, a variety of locations such as the mythical library of knowledge, the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]]. Finally, however, Megatronus would accidentally murder his beloved, [[Solus Prime]], and for this punishment he banished himself from the planet. The Requiem Blaster would be sealed within a dome inside the [[Primal Swamp]], guarded by a lineage of warriors; by the present day, the most recently appointed guardian of the Blaster was [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}}

Though Cybertron and many other planets were ravaged by the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons, the conclusion of the conflict allowed for the [[Council of Worlds|Council]]—consisting of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and the [[Mistress of Flame]]—to serve as the heads of the new postwar government, {{storylink|The Council}} while Megatron and Optimus Prime both chose to leave Cybertronian civilization to develop and retreated to the wildernesses of Cybertron to continue their lives in self-imposed exile. {{storylink|The Duel}} {{storylink|Unforgotten}}

It would not be until the events of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] that both Prime and Megatron would return to civilization to help deal with the [[Enigma of Combination]], {{storylink|Unforgotten}} and were subsequently instrumental in combating the threat that a Starscream-possessed [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] posed to the planet. Prime perished during Megatronus's return, {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}} causing many of Cybertron's people to turn on one another for fear of the coming apocalypse. {{storylink|The Swamp}}. Optimus Primal was later upgraded by the Matrix into the powerful "Optimal Optimus" {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} and, after Megatronus's defeat, would become the next leader of Cybertron, supported by the wisdom of the newly revived Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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Four million years in the past, Cybertron was a rogue planetoid menaced by asteroids, leading to the launch of the ''Ark'' and its subsequent crash on [[Earth]].

While mind-melded with Optimus Prime, [[Spock]] experienced a vision of Cybertron during the planet's [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} while [[James T. Kirk]] glimpsed flashes of the planet's [[Golden Age]] when he [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===

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Cybertronian religion held that the Transformers were the descendants of [[Primus]], who had, in ages past, reshaped his body into a living mechanical planet. {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}} At the core of the planet existed the [[AllSpark]], a massive [[spark]] from which all others spawned from. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} {{storylink|War's End Part Four}} The first Transformers who ruled Cybertron were the [[Thirteen]]; in time, however, their numbers dwindled, and it would be [[Solus Prime]] who created a second generation of Cybertronians, the [[Firstforged]]. {{storylink|End of Time}} During the subsequent [[Age of the Firstforged]], early Cybertronian heroes like [[Halonix Maximus]] helped tame the wilderness, battle and subdue bestial Transformers like [[Preditron]], {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}} and raise towering works of art like the settlement that would eventually become [[Crystal City]]. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}}

Some time before the present day, a group of Cybertronians once used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to become [[Abominus (G1)|"The Abomination"]], a monstrous, fuel-guzzling combiner which ravaged the planet until a group of Transformers successfully felled the creature in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} Over time, the Cybertronians established a planetary [[Senate]] led by a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], who served as the assembly's "First Senator." {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}}

Eventually, the Cybertronian race began their [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]]; as the [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]] birthed many new Transformers, {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 2}} the people of Cybertron [[Cybertronian colonies|colonized]] new worlds with the assistance of many [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s and vanquished rival galactic powers. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} During this prosperous age, Cybertron was invaded by the [[rust worm]]s, a species of metallivores that secreted liquid rust, devouring the planet's innards. The planet responded to this by forming an impenetrable basin, containing the worms and creating the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} The age eventually came to an end when one Transformer, [[Exarchon]], was "corrupted" on a voyage away from Cybertron, and plunged his homeworld into the catastrophic [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. The war saw the mass conscription of many Cybertronians to stop the menace; although Exarchon's forces were defeated, the cost was high, and Cybertron was left broken and ravaged by the war. To limit further Cybertronian expansionism and help rebuild their planet, then-Autobot leader [[Nominus Prime]] passed the [[Nominus Edict]], which forbade the colonization of other worlds, mandated strict laws regarding [[energon]] rationing and storage, and limited the forging of new Transformers. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

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The ensuing era saw the rebuilding of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], the construction of the [[Winged Moon]] to provide Cybertron with a limitless supply of energon, and the great [[Tether]] that connected it to Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}} {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} While some Transformers looked back on the past with regret, noting that their expansion had caused other races to fear their destructive nature, {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} other Cybertronians like [[Termagax]] mourned a lost age of prosperity and potential that'd been cut short and felt that the Nominus Edict had overstayed its welcome. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

By the time that [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] supplanted Nominus Prime, Cybertron had established diplomatic relations with other neighboring powers such as the [[Thraal]], [[Occulted Dremden]], and [[Voin]]; {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} in time, different [[alien]] species immigrated to Cybertron and established various ethnic enclaves, such as Iacon's sprawling [[Xeno-Quarter]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}} They brought with them animals like [[skitter]]s and [[flyt]]s, which turned invasive and established breeding populations on the metal planet. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}}

Termagax's "[[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]" movement grew to become a substantial political party that advocated for the abolition of the Nominus Edict in order to restart a new age of colonization and conquest; despite this sentiment, the Edict had indeed brought peace to the metallic planet, to the extent that [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s murder was the first in living memory. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} Eventually, however, tensions between the Autobots and Ascenticons flared, and their early conflicts saw the destruction of the [[Memorial Crater]] {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three}} and a sleeping Titan in the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} One particularly vicious terrorist attack saw the Ascenticons hijack the Titan [[Vigilem]] and use him to destroy the Tether. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} In response, [[Heretech]]'s [[Reversionist]]s opted to flee the planet. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

The Reversionists soon returned to the planet however, intending to purify it of sinners, {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth for a Truth|A Truth for a Truth}} before [[Gauge]] exposed Heretech as nothing more than an ordinary Cybertronian, denouncing his zealotry. As Heretech was taken away, some of the Reversionists opted to remain on Cybertron while the rest intended to leave once the ''[[Exodus (G1 ship)|Exodus]]'' was repaired. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Three: Moment of Truth|Moment of Truth}}

When Sentinel Prime sought to denounce the Ascenticons, the party - now calling themselves the "Decepticons" - stormed the [[Senate]] building and seized it by force, {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} locking up the Senators. When Sentinel Prime managed to escape, the [[Rainmaker]]s slew him, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and rightful rulership of Cybertron passing onto his second Orion Pax, now renamed as Optimus Prime. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} As Optimus rallied the Autobots against the Decepticons, {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} their forces began targeting Iacon's [[Xeno-Quarter]], Optimus ordering the evacuation of all aliens from the planet. {{storylink|Escape Part One}} As the Decepticons consolidated their power, it was found that the [[data-bomb]] they'd used on the Titans was too effective. Fearing that the Autobots might be able to reactivate the giants, Megatron ordered them brought down. When the Titan [[Cargohold]] crashed in the [[Memorial Crater]], [[Roadtrap (POTP)|Roadtrap]] and [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] found [[Provoke]] in the ruins, {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} unaware that she had been usurped by [[Exarchon]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

As tensions mounted, unusually intense geological activity began plaguing Cybertron, {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}} mounting to such a degree that [[Straxus (G1)|Straxxus]] began to fear that the quakes might rupture the strata formed to limit the Sea of Rust, running the risk of unleashing the rust worms into the very fabric of Cybertron, disintegrating it. For this reason, Straxxus began restoring one of the old ''Ark''-class vessels to evacuate [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]'s citizens, generously turning over the other three to [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to evacuate the alien immigrants. {{storylink|Escape Part Two}} Concurrently, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] went rogue, sending their clone swarms across Cybertron to devour anything in their path. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}} When the Insecticons attacked the organic refugees at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], Straxxus launched his escape ships, only for one to be targeted and destroyed by the Insecticon clones. With Straxxus gone, the third ''Ark'' was used to evacuate most of the alien refugees, {{storylink|Escape Part Five}} with Darkmount being turned into a haven for refugees. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}}

When the reclusive [[Termagax]] was located and was found to be holding the [[Enigma of Combination]], {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Swindle's II|Swindle's II}} the Autobots and Decepticons converged on her [[House (building)|House]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} The battle saw the predicted fracturing of the Sea of Rust's basin, releasing the rust worms on the rest of the planet. As the Sea expanded, the Enigma fell in and concurrently, Exarchon began his power play once again. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

In Flatline's body, Exarchon recruited Shockwave, Soundblaster and the Combaticons to him. Unwilling to hitch his wagon to the Threefold Spark again, {{storylink|War's End Part One}} Skywarp teleported to Iacon and warned Starscream of Exarchon's return. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} Concurrently, Strika led a charge against the Autobot refuge of [[Crystal City]] only to be forced into a parlay by the arrival of [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}} {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}} Allowed to speak to Megatron, Optimus proposed a temporary alliance to save Cybertron, promising that the Decepticons could have the planet in the aftermath. On Starscream and Soundwave's advice, Megatron agreed. {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}} {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

Knowing Strika would honor both the spirit and the letter of the alliance, Megatron pulled her out and sent [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] against the Autobots, having his general conduct a bombing that placed the Autobots in the path of the rust worms. {{storylink|Radical Time}} When Termagax witnessed an Insecticon overpower a rust worm, {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}} she hit on the idea of turning the two predators against one another. {{storylink|Radical Time}} Once the viral program had been created [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] was able to detonate it on [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]. Though Optimus was unsure if the Inseticons would win, they ended the threat of the rust worms. {{storylink|End of Time}}

Shortly before the fall of Crystal City, Optimus had sent a team to the [[Sonic Canyons]] to look for any clues about Exarchon. After they were found by the tyrant, {{storylink|War's End Part One}} they discovered his ultimate plan to use his abilities on the AllSpark and become Cybertron itself. When the Autobots caught up to the last third of Exarchon's spark, [[Zetar (G1)|Zetar]] managed to destroy the Threefold Spark, ending his threat and saving Cybertron. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}

As Optimus' convoy marched to Darkmount, they were met by Megatron's elite who refused to allow them to leave, knowing that the Autobots would frustrate the Decepticons' galactic expansion. The arrival of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and the removal of the [[imploder]]-bearing [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] allowed the Autobots to continue onwards. Arriving at Darkmount, Optimus learnt the last ''Ark'' and Lodestar had been sufficiently repaired enough to leave the planet. As boarding commenced, the Decepticon army attacked, both Computron and [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] falling to the might of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. To buy the Autobots enough time to leave, [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] called on the power of the [[Combination Core]] to add [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]], [[Javelin]] and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] to the mix. Reborn as a ten-bot combiner, Computron managed to overpower Devastator and hold off the Decepticons long enough for the Autobot ships to launch. Though Shockwave congratulated Megatron on conquering Cybertron, the Decepticon leader was well aware that the war had only just begun. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

====Alternate future====
In a possible future where Exarchon had conquered Cybertron, the planet had become a ruined wasteland with its energon being beamed off into space while its surviving citizens were sold off to the [[Mercenary]] faction. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight II|Test Flight II}}
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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
[[File:GhostsofCybertron2-DecepticonMassacre.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Why the artists failed to sneak in another [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] death cameo, we'll never know.]]
While the Autobots fled Cybertron at the end of the Great War, [[Decepticon High Command]] was visited by [[Gozer]] who proceeded to take Starscream's form and attack Cybertron. Though the Decepticons fought back, they found their power outmatched by the invader. Unable to flee, Megatron was approached by [[Kremzeek|Kremzeek the Scavenger]] who had come seeking the [[AllSpark]], shuttled off Cybertron by the recently departed Autobots. Bargaining with the Decepticon leader, Kremzeek turned Megatron and his inner retinue into [[ghost]]s, leaving the majority of the Cybertronian race to be destroyed by Gozer along with their planet. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}
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===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
When the Autobots reawoke, thanks to the interference of the time-travelling [[T-800]], Optimus Prime questioned what the intruder knew of Cybertron. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} When the time traveller later destroyed the ''Ark'', the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to a truce until they could find an alternate method of returning to Cybertron. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
Long before the Great War, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Quintesson]] Empire who sold off its population as slaves. The Cybertronians eventually rebelled against their masters and reclaimed their world. The [[Quintesson Judge|Judge]] [[Deseeus]] would later claim credit for emancipating the Cybertronians, though the veracity of this claim is unknown. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

In the era prior to the Great War, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] was a revolutionary leader who brought freedom to Cybertron, taking on Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Megatron as his students. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} A great battle took place at [[Tarn-Hauser Gate]], with it becoming the largest mass grave in Cybertron's history. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}} The Autobots rebuilt Cybertron, {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} before the Transformers began colonizing other worlds, such as [[Velocitron]], travelling to them via [[space bridge|Space Bridges]]. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

Under as of yet unrevealed circumstances, Megatron led the Decepticons into the destructive Great War against the Autobots. The Decepticons proved the superior fighting force, setting up [[Surrender Station]]s across Cybertron. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}} As energon became ever scarcer, neutrals across Cybertron began hoarding and trading the substance among themselves. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

Outmatched, the Autobots constructed the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] to flee their world. As they scavenged for enough energon to power the ship, they discovered the last Space Bridge. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} After learning that Megatron sought the Allspark to reformat all Autobots into Decepticons, {{storylink|Siege episode 2}} the Autobots decided to launch the Allspark off the planet. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}}

After Bumblebee had inherited the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]], he used the information to pinpoint the Allspark's current location. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} Learning about the protocols, the Decepticons used Ultra Magnus' corpse to engineer a virus that destroyed them, though their similarity to Autobot code led to a widescale crippling of planetary infrastructure. Upon the Autobots retrieving the Allspark from the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], they managed to launch it through the Space Bridge, the ''Ark'' following shortly afterwards. A handful of Autobots, either by choice or circumstance, had remained behind, pledging to continue the fight against Megatron. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

As Cybertron's condition deteriorated, the Decepticons began construction of their escape ship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', fuelling it with the harvested [[spark]]s of a thousand Autobots and Decepticons, setting course for the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

As Megatron led the ''Nemesis'' after the ''Ark'', Shockwave took command of Cybertron, continuing to harvest its citizenry to keep the planet running. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}} The Autobots remaining on Cybertron later confronted him at [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Arena, destroying his facility, {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}} and killing all present.

Without the Allspark, Cybertron's condition continued to worsen, freezing over. When the ''Ark'' returned with the Allspark, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived to try and claim the artifact to destroy [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Despite their best efforts, Bumblebee succeeded in returning the Allspark to its rightful place, bringing the planet back to life. In the new era, the Autobots and Maximals kept to one side of Cybertron while the Decepticons and Predacons took the other, though Starscream worryingly noted to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] that Unicron would one day come for them. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

==== Alternate timeline ====
In the dark future from which the Maximals and Predacons hailed from, the Allspark never returned to Cybertron with Optimus Prime and Megatron being reformatted into Nemesis Prime and Galvatron respectively and made servants to Unicron. Despite the uninhabitable world they lived on, the Maximals and Predacons managed to cease their war and continue their civilization, developing advanced technology such as time travel. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Seeking to change the past by saving the original Megatron, [[Megatron (BW)|Predacon Megatron]] stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and was chased by the Maximals aboard the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' to Earth. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} The Maximals and Predacons returned to a new Cybertron with the Autobots and Decepticons, never again seeing their dying world. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
The [[radiant shrall]]s stopped off at Cybertron during the annual migration, roosting outside the planet's cities. {{storylink|The Beauty of Cybertron}}

In the midst of a battle for a space bridge that managed to pierce the barrier between realities, the Autobots and Decepticons were transported through the portal to the realm of [[Equestria]] as a result of the machine connecting to the [[magic]] of [[Queen Chrysalis]]. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}}

Though it was initially believed that [[changeling]] magic was required to reopen a portal to Cybertron, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] found a way to manage without, prompting Optimus Prime and [[Twilight Sparkle]] to combine the Matrix of Leadership with the power of friendship and banish the Decepticons back to their homeworld. After a delightful tea and energon party, the Autobots followed suit. Though Optimus destroyed the space bridge to prevent Cybertron from menacing Equestria ever again, Shockwave had retained the dimensional coordinates of the equine realm and noted it was possible to bring its magic to Cybertron. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

Constructing a new space bridge, the Decepticons pilfered several magical artifacts and natives from Equestria only to come to blows with Twilight Sparkle and her friends once again. In the conflict, Twilight fired a blast of magic at one of the Decepticons' prizes, freeing [[King Sombra]]. When the evil unicorn king took in his new surroundings, he deemed Cybertron a suitable place to build a new army, enthralling some of his old foes and several Decepticons to his will. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

The young [[Scootaloo]] was among the many ponies that the Decepticons had brought to their home, with her caretakers [[Holiday]] and [[Lofty]] following to find her. After the two had befriended Arcee and Greenlight and helped them see off the enthralled [[Killmaster]], Scootaloo arrived, having befriended some Cybertronian youths. Content that the children were safe, the four adults settled down to a picnic. {{storylink|A Real Mother}}

Sombra's thralls were sent across the planet, stealing energy infrastructure from various sites. When Knock Out took Ratchet and [[Rarity]] on a tour of Cybertron's tourist spots, the three discovered that using Cybertronian technology to enhance [[unicorn]] magic negated Sombra's spell. {{storylink|The Beauty of Cybertron}}

When Sombra sought to enthral the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Cybertronian/pony alliance confronted him, freeing his slaves with the power of friendship and overloading the Titan's systems, ending the threat. In the aftermath, hostilities between Autobot and Decepticon diminished as Cybertron began moving towards an official alliance with Equestria. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
In the centuries following the Great War, the Autobots and Decepticons had been supplanted by the Maximals and Predacons, with the former holding the majority of the power on Cybertron. When the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Galavar]] went rogue, his followers stole the Golden Disk from the [[Wheeljack Ministry of Science|Science Ministry]] and a warship from the [[Great Shipyard]] while destroying all the others, fleeing from Cybertron to plan without interference. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}

Following their running afoul of the [[Vok]], the Predacons joined forces with the Maximals who had pursued them. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] eventually hit on the idea of using the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''{{'}}s [[Transwarp Drive]] to send a message through [[unspace]] to Cybertron. Their idea was later used by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] who hoped that he would be brought an escape ship. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}} After the Vok had been defeated, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] offered the Predacons passage back to Cybertron only for them to refuse, noting that they would be punished for Megatron's crimes. Agreeing, Rhinox and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] noted to Optimus that they would need to take Megatron prisoner before returning home. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}
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==''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)==
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Well, it's... uh... it's green!]]
Cybertron was located near or orbiting a larger ringed world, {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} and had an [[asteroid prison colony]] in which dangerous [[Predacon (BW)#2001 Robots in Disguise Continuity family|Predacon]] prisoners were interred. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}} At one point there were a series of civil wars, in which [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], both creations of [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]], fought side by side. Following the wars, Magnus was honored, but [[Vector Sigma]] selected Optimus as Autobot leader and bestowed on him the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

The Predacons on Cybertron were ruled over by a [[Predacon Council|council]], of which [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was a subordinate, {{storylink|Mystery of the Ultra Magnus}} though he once claimed to be "leader of the Predacons and future ruler of the galaxy" and that he was already "ruler of many worlds". {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} Cybertron is also known to have an education system in place, featuring courses for such topics as Theoretical Mechanics, of which the Autobot [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] had been first in his class. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}
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==Unicron Trilogy==
Cybertron was the body of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Nine billion years ago, he created the [[Thirteen]] to aid him in his fight against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

Another account claimed that Primus was a "unique digital entity" that came into existence eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was the planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

Unicron made another attempt to attack Cybertron but he was stopped by the mighty warrior [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Joined by the four "Maximus" combiners he went into stasis lock deep beneath Cybertron to guard a reservoir of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|Ambition}} The Chaos Bringer however went into stasis lock and disguised himself as a moon orbiting Cybertron. {{storylink|Alliance}} Cybertron had at least two other moons. {{storylink|Titans}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Armada.jpg|left|165px|thumb|Flaky crust.]]

The Cybertronians attempted to turn Cybertron into the centre of a galaxy spanning empire via establishing four colony worlds with the intent of using the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] them into mechanical worlds before connecting them all via a galaxy wide [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]. For unknown reasons however, the plan fell through with Cybertron losing contact with the ships it sent out. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} The four worlds evolved in their own way with most considering Cybertron to be little more than a legend. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}}

As the millennia rolled past, the Cybertronians fell into civil war. {{storylink|First Encounter}} Seeing an opportunity at revival, Unicron spawned the [[Mini-Con]]s intending for these diminutive robots to grant additional power to the Autobots and Decepticons so he could feed off the escalating war. {{storylink|Prehistory}} As a result of their unintended sentience however, {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} the Mini-Cons soon realized what they were doing to Cybertron and its people and promptly left the planet so that their power could do no harm. [[Exodus (Armada)|Their ship]] crashed on one of the four ancient colony worlds, [[Earth]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}} At some point during the war, [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] gathered [[Team Rodimus (Energon)|a crew]] to escape the endless battle. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Composed of both Autobots and Decepticons, these warriors left Cybertron behind for [[Omnitron]]. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

In [[2010]], the unwitting [[Rad White]] activated [[High Wire (Armada)|one of the Mini-Cons]] which beamed a signal to Cybertron alerting the planet to the Mini-Cons' location. While [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] led their inner circles to Earth to retrieve the Mini-Cons, the bulk of the Cybertronians remained on their homeworld to continue battle. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

After repeated battles on Earth, Megatron managed to slay Optimus Prime and obtain all three Mini-Con superweapons. The Decepticons set course back for Cybertron, followed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Depart}} Unicron however made his move prompting [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] to sacrifice himself to unite the warring planet. {{storylink|Cramp}} Unicron's defeat marked the end of the war and both Autobots and Decepticons began working together to rebuild their world. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Energon.jpg|165px|thumb|I can see my house from here!]]

In the aftermath, the existence of Cybertronians was revealed to the human race who sent an envoy to Cybertron in [[2012]] to establish friendly relations. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

In [[2020]], however, Unicron and Megatron returned. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} After Cybertron had been protected by [[Energon tower (technology)|energon towers]], the Autobots and Decepticons fought Unicron. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}} After Unicron's physical form had been destroyed, {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}} he possessed Megatron and travelled to the [[Super Energon]] reservoir below the planet to properly revive himself turning Megatron into Galvatron once again. {{storylink|Wishes}} The release of energon gas however moved the planet from its orbit into [[Alpha Q's universe]]. {{storylink|Formidable}} Primus trapped Unicron's essence in a star composed of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|The Sun}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron GalaxyForce.jpg|left|165px|thumb|You DENTED it!]]

The conflict ended (again), the now predominantly Autobot and Neutral population began to rebuild their world. A further ten years later however, Primus's plan failed when the star collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] so powerful it not only threatened to consume reality itself but warped space/time, altering the past to an extent. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}} With the black hole hovering above Cybertron, Optimus gave the order to evacuate. [[Vector Prime]] returned to the planet for the first time in eons and revealed to Optimus that the Cyber Planet Keys were required to save their homeworld. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} Though Optimus was skeptical at first, he eventually made the search for the keys the top priority of the Autobots. {{storylink|Hidden}} After the Autobots had retrieved the [[Omega Lock]] and the keys from [[Velocitron]], [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] and [[Earth]], they brought them all to an altar deep beneath Cybertron where the energy of the three relics (bolstered by the [[Matrix of Leadership]]'s energies) allowed Primus to transform to robot mode. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

After all four Cyber Planet Keys had been restored to the Omega Lock, Primus was restored to his full power which allowed him to close the black hole and save the multiverse. With peace now secured, Primus transformed into a new Cybertron which incorporated aspects of all four colony worlds. {{storylink|End}}

The closing of the black hole had left the Jungle Planet drifting near Cybertron. When Galvatron damaged one of the planetary engines being used to restore the colony to its rightful orbit, the Jungle Planet risked slamming into Cybertron before the damage was mended. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

With peace finally restored to the universe, the Autobots hosted the first intergalactic peace conference to decide what to do with the Cyber Planet Keys on Cybertron. At Optimus Prime's suggestion, the four great colony ships launched from Cybertron once again to continue their ancestors' dream of colonizing the universe. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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==Live-action film series==
===Movies===
====''Transformers'' film====
[[File:Movie Cybertron surfaceconcept.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hell on Cybertron. Image taken from New York skyline.]]
Cybertron was a world created by a device known as the [[AllSpark]]. With its power, it gave rise to the Transformers, but their civilization soon fell to war over control of the AllSpark—and when the AllSpark was jettisoned from Cybertron, both Autobots and Decepticons chose to pursue it into the depths of space.

Shortly after arriving on Earth, Optimus Prime showed [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] a hologram of Cybertron so as to highlight the ruthlessness of his ancient foe [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
In ancient times, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s, a powerful race of Transformers who refuelled the AllSpark by extinguishing suns, constructing vast [[Star Harvester|harvester]]s that would extinguish suns to refuel the life-giving device. When the Primes visited Earth 17,000 years in the past, however, [[The Fallen|one of their number]] chose to sacrifice Earth by constructing a harvester on the planetary surface. This, in turn, would lead to the sacrifice of the Primes, who sealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] required to activate said machine in a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] composed of their own bodies.

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah.]]
At the end of the Great War, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] attempted to leave Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', carrying a cargo of [[space bridge]] pillars; using these, he hoped, he would be able to teleport Cybertron to Earth, and plunder the resources of the organic world in order to restore his ruined planet.

[[File:DOTM space bridge collapse.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Attempts to replicate the giant gash from Generation 1 have gone horribly wrong.]]
Though his plan would be delayed by the crash of his ship on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Sentinel would reveal his alliance of convenience with the Decepticons in 2011, and attempt to teleport his homeworld into orbit. However, Bumblebee destroyed the master pillar before Cybertron could fully emerge from the portal, and the planet seemingly collapsed as it fell back through the portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

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====''The Last Knight'' film====
[[File:TLKCybertronArrives.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Well, there goes the neighborhood... and that neighborhood. And that neighborhood. And that one.]]
Though Cybertron had survived its apparent destruction, the cataclysm left it condensed to a much smaller size than before (only slightly larger than Earth's moon) with several of its continents precariously attached to its core by large metallic cables. The sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] based herself on Cybertron, along with several Decepticon forces, and opted for a variation of Sentinel Prime's plan to restore Cybertron. Instead of draining Earth's resources to revive Cybertron, she would drain the life from [[Unicron]] (the core of the Earth) to revive Cybertron. To do this, she required a staff from Earth and Optimus Prime and thus sent [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to retrieve the latter while she moved Cybertron into Earth's orbit. As the planet entered the Sol system, Optimus Prime crashed landed on it where Quintessa found him, brainwashed him and sent him back to Earth after she explained her plan to him. Cybertron's entry into the solar system caused Unicron's six horns to sprout from Earth's crust as the Chaos Bringer reacted to Primus' approach. Human scientists tracked Cybertron's approach and predicted it would collide with, and destroy, the Earth. Cybertron hid its final approach into the solar system behind the [[Sun]], blinding the [[European Space Agency]] from tracking it before its trailing continents caused large gashes on the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|moon]].

When Cybertron arrived in Earth's orbit, its continents slammed into the Earth and caused massive destruction. Quintessa and Megatron then began the ritual, draining Unicron's life force into Cybertron. Cybertron then began knitting itself back together, its continents reconnecting and the damage from the Great War vanishing as the planet began to regain its larger size. The Autobots and the TRF however managed to halt their efforts which left Cybertron in Earth's orbit. Enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to it that it had healed most of its damage and that Optimus felt it was time for all Autobots in the galaxy to return to their homeworld.

At the time of its partial restoration, Cybertron possessed notably organic landscapes such as grassy hills. As these were visible from space as the planet approached Earth, it is unknown if they were a natural part of the planet or if Cybertron collected this feature during its journey through interstellar space. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

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====''Bumblebee'' film====
[[File:Bumblebee-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Wracked by civil war between the Decepticons and the Autobot resistance, it became clear to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] that the Autobots could not hold out on their besieged planet forever, and ordered his Autobot soldiers to abandon their home and regroup elsewhere in the cosmos. One such warrior, the young Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] was sent to scout out the planet [[Earth]], which, eventually, became the temporary fallback position for other Autobot refugees from across the galaxy. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

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===IDW movie comics===
The AllSpark created a race of dimensional travelers, the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], and made Cybertron suitable for their habitation. The Primes soon discovered that while the AllSpark's power was vast, it was also finite, needing to be recharged. The universe soon provided the answer, for a nearby star went nova, recharging the AllSpark. Though the Primes could travel dimensions, they needed help locating stars and harvesting their energy. The AllSpark responded by creating two things to help the Primes. The first gift was the second race of Cybertronians, the [[Transformer]]s, who could change their forms. The Thirteen Primes ruled over the Transformers with their descendants, forming the [[Dynasty of Primes]], to protect the AllSpark and Cybertron, while seeking out stars to harvest. The Dynasty even shared their dimensional traveling abilities with the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s, those tasked with finding stars. Once they found a star, the Dynasty would follow with [[Constructicon (ROTF)|builders]] to forge a [[Star Harvester|harvester]] to drain a star of its energy and send it to the AllSpark to form [[energon]]. The second gift the AllSpark gave the Dynasty was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a key which contained the essence of the AllSpark and powered the harvesters. The Dynasty of Primes recognized the potential for destruction the harvesters presented, so they decreed that any star system which supported life was to be spared.

One day, the Dynasty of Primes and their attendants came to [[Earth|a world]] to harvest its [[sun|star]]. Just as the harvester was completed, the Primes discovered [[human|primitive but sentient creatures]]. Twelve of the Primes upheld the sanctity of life, but the thirteenth despised the creatures as insects and sought to steal the AllSpark's power for himself. What followed was the very first battle of Transformer against Transformer, as the rogue Prime and his loyalists waged war against the Dynasty of Primes and their loyalists. The rogue Prime murdered eleven of his brothers, but the twelfth stole the Matrix and hid it a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] forged from the bodies of his brothers, sacrificing his own spark to seal the Tomb. The rogue Prime, now known as [[The Fallen]], dispatched the Seekers to find the Matrix. When he returned to Cybertron, he brought his war there as well, killing the rest of the Primes and destroying his brothers' [[Sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] to prevent them from returning. However, he expended much of his power in this process and withdrew to his own sarcophagus to heal. It was there that he learned that he'd made two mistakes: First, the spirits of his brothers were able to seal him in the sarcophagus, preventing him taking over Cybertron. Second, the warriors of the Dynasty had managed to save a single orphan, hiding him from the Fallen. The Dynasty of Primes passed into the realm of legend. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}}

Eventually, what little the Transformers knew of their origins would be lost to time. A new society arose, known as the [[Autobot]]s. The Autobots were a peaceful people, led by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], head of the [[Science Division]], and [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]], head of the [[Defense Force]]. The two leaders created a balance; Optimus was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Their world's main cities included [[Tyger Pax]], [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], [[Simfur]], and the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]]. Another area of importance was [[Burthov]], where the Science Division had many facilities. In time, the Autobots began work on a dig near the [[Simfur Temple]], discovering the remains of the Twelve's sarcophagi and the intact sarcophagus of The Fallen. At the same time, unknown [[Ejoornian|alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron. Megatron had Optimus remove the intact artifact to his quarters to better protect it, allowing him to come under the influence of The Fallen. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

As Megatron began to grow more aggressive, Optimus discovered that he was the orphaned Prime hidden away when the Dynasty fell. Megatron raised an army, the Decepticons, and sought to take the AllSpark to conquer the universe. However, most of the early Decepticon forces left on the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] with The Fallen and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to seek out the harvester. With the number of Megatron's Decepticons now diminished, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and raised his own army of Autobots. In the war that followed, Cybertron was decimated. Prime eventually sent the AllSpark through a wormhole into deep space, and Megatron pursued it. Both were lost. Without the AllSpark's power, Cybertron became a dead world. The Autobots and the Decepticons scattered across the galaxy, hoping either to create a new world or locate the AllSpark and restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} A number of Transformers remained, with the Decepticons centered in Trypticon (now a ''Decepticon'' capital), but this didn't last long. {{storylink|Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream}}

===Titan movie comics===
Internally, Cybertron has similar features to the inside of a ''Transformer'', including gyroscopic joints. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron, Part: 4}}

While everyone had abandoned Cybertron, the twin Autobot [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] hung out there for a while, and Starscream began organising [[Purple generic drone|an army]] there in secret. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

====Alternate timeline====
In a timeline where Megatron won the Battle of Mission City, Cybertron's status was unknown, with everyone abandoning it as it began to die. However, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by using [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]. Stockade believed they could renew Cybertron by summoning a new power source, one related to the AllSpark. They succeeded in summoning such an energy being, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} which did enter Cybertron to renew it...

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Planet!]]
...and to everyone's horror, announced itself as [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]]! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

The possessed Cybertron was swiftly altered into a scarier-looking form with a large mouth and grasping prongs, turned hostile to those on it, and warped to the Sol system. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} The Autobots and Decepticons were able to destroy Unicron, but Cybertron was left in its transformed state and seemingly in the Sol system, as well as continuing to be dead and powerless. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

When the Autobots were ordered off American soil, they regrouped ''under'' Cybertron and began working on the teleportation engines that Unicron had left there when he transformed the planet. Using these, they were able to make a decisive strike by teleporting the entire Decepticon army to Cybertron, then teleporting ''Cybertron'' to the far reaches of space. With the engines now burnt out and no energy on the planet, the Decepticons were marooned there, at the cost of the Autobots never being able to go home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}
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==''TransTech''==
[[File:Axiomnexus.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
This version of Cybertron occupies a unique position within the [[multiverse]]—the [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon|dimension it occupies]] is an overlapping "hub" for many different universes. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14}} The topology of the multiverse means that careless dimensional travellers may simply "fall through the cracks" and end up on this universe's Cybertron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015}} In the past, the native Transformers simply assumed that these strange visitors were aliens and helped them offworld. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} At one point, a group of dimensionally-displaced [[Waruder]]s took up residence underneath the planet and fed off the planet's supplies of [[Cybertonium]]. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

The Autobots and Decepticons of this universe never fell to war; they focussed on the sciences and constrained most of their disagreements to the political arena. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} Without an endless conflict to blunt their development, they made incredible scientific and technological progress, and eventually evolved into highly advanced "[[Transcendent Technomorph]]s". However, many of these breakthroughs were only made possible through the amoral experimentation of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]] and his master [[Jhiaxus (TransTech)|Jhiaxus]], under a secret government partnership with the Liege Maximo.<ref>[[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]'s profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #22]].</ref>

The archivist [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|Optimus]] and the military professional [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]] exposed [[Sentinel Prime (TransTech)|Sentinel Prime]]'s ties with the Liege Maximo, and after a dramatic battle most of the old [[High Senate]] was swept away and restructured under the auspices of Optimus, who became the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]].<ref>[[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]]'s profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 23|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #23]].</ref> Around this point, more and more dimensionally-displaced travellers began arriving, which forced the government to take an active role in accommodating the newcomers {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} Under the supervision of [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]], Cybertron's science ministry established monitoring stations across Cybertron, which tracked potential alternate universes and redirected all dimensional traffic through to the processing stations in Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} Most dimensional newcomers would be "processed", fitted with an identification bolt, and released into the segregated "Offworlder Zone" reserved for "lowtech" Cybertronians and other alien races, {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} while more dangerous beings—including "offworlder" versions of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and other faction leaders—would be returned to their home dimension. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/08}} At some point, the inhabitants of this Cybertron encountered and successfully repelled their universe's iteration of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

When the Waruders made themselves known and attacked the city of Axiom Nexus, they successfully shut down most of Cybertron with their venom and left only the various "lowtechs" in the Offworlder Zone functional. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}} After they'd been dealt with, the Science Ministry took a more proactive role by launching hundreds of dimensional probes into distant universes to search for any more potential threats. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} This didn't last long, however; the coming of the [[Shroud]] fundamentally altered the nature of the multiverse and made dimensional travel much harder, essentially stranding most of the offworlders who had hoped one day to return home in Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/10/29}}

==''Shattered Glass'' continuity family==
===Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity===
In this backwards universe, the malevolent [[Omega Terminus]] supercomputer exists deep within Cybertron and creates new Transformers by recycling fallen corpses and imbuing them with "embers" instead of [[spark]]s. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}} Like many other Cybertrons, this iteration does not possess a fixed orbit; {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}} ''unlike'' most versions of Cybertron, however, this particular version possesses water vapor in its atmosphere. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Cybertron was a peaceful planet whose inhabitants pursued only science and social harmony until the ambitious librarian-turned-warlord [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] founded the warmongering "[[Autobot]]s" bent on conquest and plunder. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} Only the heroic [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s took a stand against the villains, but their destructive civil war gradually drained the planet of its energy and resources. {{storylink|Do Over}} By the time that the Autobot [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] stumbled into this universe, Cybertron's trajectory had brought it close to [[Earth]] and a dangerous nebula known as the [[Plait Expanse]] that would severely limit travel to and from their homeworld. Optimus constructed the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' to conquer the organic planet, but the Decepticons stymied his first attempt to get off-world. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} With his window of opportunity closing, Prime made a second attempt to launch the ''Ark''; however, the Decepticons pursued the Autobots aboard the starship ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'' and the battle that precipitated their launch left both Megatron and Optimus stranded on their homeworld as it entered the Plait Nebula. {{storylink|Do Over}}

This Cybertron received a new satellite when the Earth of [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]] entered its orbit as a result of the destruction of its home reality by [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]]'s multiversal villainy. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

Following the [[Shroud]], [[Primus/Shattered Glass|Primus]] reawakened and assumed his robot form for the first time in eons, but had developed an evil personality as a result of ceasing being a [[multiversal singularity]]. Primus attacked the displaced Earth in his orbit but the planet fought back, revealing itself to be Primus's "sister" [[Gaea]]! Gaea was more than capable of defending herself and the [[Knights of Unicron (SG)|Knights of Unicron]] helped her at a pivotal moment in the great clash, blinding Primus, and allowing her to obliterate her foe, destroying his body and thus the Cybertron of this reality. Only Primus's head remained, orbiting Gaea in her planet mode as she became "New Cybertron". {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}

===IDW ''Shattered Glass'' comic===
In the era before the Great War, Cybertron was ruled by a corrupt [[Senate]], one that was protested by Megatron and his future Decepticons. The societal tensions eventually devolved into full scale civil war between the ruling Autobots and the Decepticon malcontents. The fighting briefly spread to the distant planet [[Earth]] only for the Decepticons to fall back to Cybertron once they were defeated on the organic planet. After the Autobots razed Earth, they too returned to their homeworld, decisively retaking control of it. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}} The Autobots' rule eventually fractured, Goldbug and Prowl breaking off from Optimus Prime and claiming a kingdom of their own, engaging in border skirmishes with their rivals. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 1|Shattered Glass #1}} {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 4|Shattered Glass #4}} Left on Earth, Megatron eventually followed his kind back to Cybertron, a decision he soon came to regret, and took up an existence as a hermit in the wilderness. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}}

[[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] eventually tracked down Megatron, {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 1|Shattered Glass #1}} managing to reignite his fighting spirit with a plan to reawaken the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Metroplex (SG)|Metroplex]] to reclaim Cybertron with. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}} From a pub in [[Gold City]], the Decepticons attempted to summon their remaining army only for [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]]'s forces to capture Starscream. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}}

While the Decepticons quickly mobilized to rescue Starscream, {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 4|Shattered Glass #4}} the fight ended with him killed by Goldbug who subsequently fled the city with the Seeker's unique spark. With the Decepticons poised to take Gold City, Goldbug fled to Metroplex, managing to rouse him with Starscream's spark. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 5|Shattered Glass #5}}

==''Animated''==
[[File:Animated Cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pointier than most.]]

The ancient world of Cybertron orbited the star [[Hadean]], and was considered by the [[Autobot]]s to be one of the most important planets in the [[Milky Way]]. Its true origins are unknown, though various theories suggested that it could have begun as a planet-sized factory, a product of [[atechnogenesis]], or played a role in a clash between primordial titans. Chronometric dating suggests that Cybertron is approximately ten billion years old, with the earliest Cybertronian civilizations roughly eight billion years ago, a product of the mysterious, life-giving artifact known as the [[AllSpark]]. By six billion years ago, the [[Guardian (Animated)|Guardians]] and [[Malignus (Animated)|Malignus]] factions had colonized much of the Hadean system; by 750 million years ago, after the conclusion of the [[Third Cybertronian War]], Cybertron had become the heart of a nascent interstellar empire that would come to be known as the [[Autobot Commonwealth]] as it underwent the Age of [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

The [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]] between the Autobots and Decepticons began ten million years ago, when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] expressed his plan of using the Allspark to transform Cybertron into an "interstellar juggernaut". {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} The war razed Cybertron, {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}} but the Autobots finally found a lasting advantage with the construction of the [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]] {{storylink|TransWarped}}. Autobot mastery of [[space bridge]] technology and their strategic relocation of the Allspark led to ultimate victory, where the Decepticons were driven from the planet entirely – a unique departure from other fictions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} Cybertron was once again dedicated to peace and an entire generation had seen neither [[armor-plating]] nor the transistor of a Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

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The Autobot culture under commander [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was primarily peaceful, although there was an organized militancy in the form of active boot camps {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}. The ancient building [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] was home to the [[Autobot High Council]] and [[Guilds Domesticus]], while the head of military operations was [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]. The capital of Iacon was a major location, home to destinations such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House#Animated Cartoon|Maccadam's Old Oil House]], {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} and the abandoned [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]]. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Cybertron and its citizens were very unfamiliar with and afraid of organic life. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} According to [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], it doesn't rain liquid on Cybertron; {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} despite this, it is has been shown raining. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} Make of this what you will.

Many stellar cycles later, a web of uncoordinated Decepticon attacks on the rim of the galaxy began taking place, in an attempt to claim control of the space bridges and TransWarp to the [[Emirate Xaaron Spacebridge Nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] in Iacon, to wipe out the unarmed Autobot populace from within. Receiving wind of these attacks from a [[Shockwave (Animated)|double agent on Cybertron]], Megatron sent a transmission to the Decepticon cells and ordered the organizing of the attacks, {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} and he himself began constructing a Space Bridge to lead his armies. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

[[File:SpaceBridgeNexus.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

However, Megatron's space bridge was destroyed by the reactivated Omega Sentinel [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} The attacks were subsequently called off, much to the disappointment of the Decepticons who had managed to secure the bridges. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

When Megatron's double agent, Shockwave, sensed that his cover was about to be blown, he attacked Ultra Magnus, mangling the Autobot leader {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} and causing him to be put on severe life-support. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} This was not enough to save him, unfortunately, and he soon went offline. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} Sentinel Prime, the acting Magnus, took advantage of the fear and paranoia created by the attack to grant himself emergency powers and aggressively remilitarize Cybertron, in an effort to combat the growing Decepticon threat. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

However, Megatron, Shockwave and the other Decepticons immediately under his command were subsequently captured by the maintenance bot [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his team on [[Earth]], {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} where they were imprisoned in [[Trypticon Prison]], part of the Decepticon City State of Kaon. A failed breakout attempt followed, with the Decepticons then diverting their attention to the (forceful) acquisition of Energon. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

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==Aligned continuity family==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
[[File:CovenantOfPrimus-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Cybertron was the mortal form of [[Primus]], who, in aeons past, chose to enter into a deep hypersleep as to avoid the depredations of his aggressive sibling [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]]. After Primus removed himself from the conflict, he created the [[Thirteen]] to fight in his stead, and the warriors successfully managed to defeat and exile Unicron, banishing his dormant body into a distant region of the galaxy.

Left to their own devices, the Thirteen began laying the foundations for a new society, only for the machinations of [[Liege Maximo]] to start the War of the Primes. The brief but violent battle concluded with the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the Liege Maximo, while [[Onyx Prime]] sustained mortal injuries and [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] exiled himself into deep space. Realizing that they themselves would need to leave Cybertron behind if the planet was to stand any chance of developing, the remaining Primes hatched a new plan to populate the planet with a race of beings based on their forms. Using a combination of Onyx Prime's [[Triptych Mask]] and the [[Well of All Sparks]] that had developed on the planet after Solus's passing, Vector Sigma itself was able to scan and gather data on all living creatures from across the universe and used that information to synthesize the first true generation of Cybertronian lifeforms: first, primitive bestial creatures, then the first humanoid Cybertronians—the Transformers themselves—and, finally, the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s. This era would later be known as the "Age of Evolution".

Early civilizations grew and thrived amidst this mechanical ecosystem, with the Thirteen defending these primitive villages against the aggressive Predacons, until Cybertron was menaced by the [[Great Cataclysm]], which rendered most Cybertronian life, including the Predacons, extinct. In the subsequent "Age of Origins," the Cybertronian wilds would be tamed by increasingly sophisticated Cybertronian societies, with [[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]] and her [[Patterner]]s responsible for reshaping vast swathes of Cybertron's wilderness with the ritualistic astrological charts necessary to predict another potential Great Cataclysm. It was in this state that Cybertron was discovered by the [[Quintesson]]s, the rogue creations of [[Quintus Prime]]. The subsequent "Age of Wrath" saw Quintesson interference transform the planet into a spacefaring civilization almost overnight, installing [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] as a puppet ruler while they manipulated the populace into an increasingly malleable and complacent state. As time went on, however, it became clear that the Quintessons had ulterior motives for the planet, and a Cybertronian rebellion that put their newfound [[transformation]]al abilities to the test saw the Quintessons and their servants forced back offworld.

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In their haste to flee the planet, however, the Quintessons had left their technology behind, and Cybertronians were able to reverse-engineer the principles behind [[space bridge]]s. Using these devices, Cybertron began an age of colonization, the "[[Golden Age]]," settling worlds that included [[Archon]] and [[Velocitron]], [[cyberforming|cyberformed]] via a [[conversion beam]]. The prosperous Cybertronian empire collapsed when the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] hit, a virulent disease that corroded all metal it touched; recognizing that the space bridges allowed it to jump from world to world, Sentinel ordered them all destroyed, cutting off Cybertron from the rest of the galaxy.

The Golden Age over, Cybertron entered the "Age of Rust," a period marked by strict social stratification and the consolidation of power under an ever-increasingly corrupt and stagnant [[Senate]]. This moribund state of affairs ended when an outspoken gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] emerged, his words inspiring Cybertron to accept a new generation of change. Among those who heard his message was the archivist [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]], but circumstances would drive the two friends apart, sparking the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] that would ultimately see Cybertron poisoned by [[Dark Energon]] and rendered uninhabitable for millennia until the end of the war, when the planet was re-energized and reborn. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Video games===
====''Transformers: War for Cybertron''====
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When Megatron discovered the powerful substance known as [[Dark Energon]], and that he could control it, he sought to use it to bring Cybertron under his control by infusing it into Cybertron's very [[core]]. Unaware of the true nature of the substance, the Dark Energon poisoned the planet. Though Cybertron's immune system initially fought back against the corruption, the spread proved too rapid and the planet was forced to shut down, Optimus Prime sending the [[Autobot fleet]] elsewhere in the galaxy to wait out Cybertron healing itself. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}
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====''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''====
In Cybertron's prehistoric era, the early Cybertronians discovered the [[Dark Spark]], purported to be the antithesis to the Matrix of Leadership. Unable to decipher the truth of its origins, or properly tame its terrible power, the artifact was locked away within [[Crystal City]].

In the modern era, as Cybertron continued to shut down following the Dark Energon corruption, the Autobots and Decepticons clashed over possession of the Dark Spark, Optimus eventually managing to use the Matrix of Leadership to send the Dark Spark off of Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

====''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''====
As Cybertron entered the final stages of shutdown, Shockwave re-discovered [[space bridge]] technology, using it to find a distant, primitive world that possessed a rich enough energy supply to reboot Cybertron. When he opened up a space bridge to this world, the tower was attacked by the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]] damaging it and rendering the portal unstable. Taking the chance to get off-world, the Autobots raced for the singularity, the Decepticons following for the chance to destroy their foes. The portal violently consumed both ships before it closed, cutting all combatants off from Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===Aligned novels===
Cybertron's origins are lost to time. It is known that the planet predated both Primus and Unicron, serving as their battleground in its prehistory. After Primus removed himself from the conflict and created the Thirteen, the warriors managed to exile Unicron from the planet. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} Early Cybertronian civilization can trace its roots back to [[Alchemist Prime]], who was known to have lived on the planet and shaped the development of prehistoric Transformer societies. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} The planet was also visited by the Quintessons in the distant past, who reorganized much of the planet's civilization under their cruel and barbaric rule of law, though [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] was able to successfully oust the invaders when the Cybertronians saw through their lies. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

During the planet's Golden Age, Cybertronians colonized distant worlds that included Velocitron, Gigantion, [[Hub (G2)|the Hub]], {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} and [[Aquatron]], {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} until the Rust Plague necessitated the destruction of the network. In the aftermath, only one space bridge was left in orbit of Cybertron alongside [[Moonbase One|Moon Bases One]], [[Moonbase Two|Two]] and the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Asteroid Belt Station]].

In the new era they found themselves in, Sentinel and the Guilds instituted the [[Functionism|caste system]] to slow their civilization's decline. The High Council and their Guards were in charge of law and order, but each state controlled its own militia. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} But as the nameless miners resorted to [[gladiatorial combat]] as an outlet for their misery, a champion named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] rose to seize the title of Prime for himself. Unwittingly, his Iaconian ally was appointed [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] instead, and their anti-caste movement became a civil war for Cybertron's future. The [[AllSpark]] was lost to space, whole regions of the planet were laid to waste, and the [[core]] of Cybertron was poisoned by [[Dark Energon]], the remnants of Unicron's attack, prompting the Autobots to evacuate on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Megatron and his elite forces left on Trypticon too, now modified into the ''Nemesis'', leaving [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] to deal with the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} The largely-devastated planet would be invaded again by the Quintessons from their Aquatronian staging ground some years later, facing minimal resistance from the worn-down Autobot and Decepticon remnants that stayed on the planet, though their invasion was quickly thwarted. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:DarknessRising4-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Well, at least there's ''one'' consistency.]]

Though Cybertron was once a thriving world, the former battleground between the Thirteen and Unicron in ancient times, {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons led to the planet's poisoning, leaving it completely uninhabitable. During this conflict, Orion Pax retrieved the Matrix of Leadership from Cybertron's [[Core]], which transformed him into Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

In the present, Megatron raised a [[zombie]] [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] army from Cybertron's dead by hurling solidified Dark Energon at it through a space bridge. His plan to have them sack Earth was foiled, when the Autobots turned the Energon pump on the space bridge and caused it to implode. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

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When Optimus lost his memories, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] sent [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to Cybertron to find [[Vector Sigma]]. Arcee told Jack to watch out for vermin. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} They were attacked by an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], left behind as a sentry, and a swarm of [[scraplet]]s, but managed to get the information they needed from Vector Sigma, deep under [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Seeking to gain an advantage over Optimus Prime and his newly acquired [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], Megatron and Dreadwing used a space bridge to travel to Cybertron to acquire the hand of an unnamed [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

After acquiring the four [[Omega Key]]s, the Autobots returned to Cybertron to activate the [[Omega Lock]] and restore the planet. However, as they were about to activate the lock, Megatron and his subordinates arrived with the Autobots' human allies, threatening to expose them to Cybertron's atmosphere if they did not give him the Omega Keys. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Prime and the Autobots surrendered, handing over the Omega Keys in exchange for the humans. However, before Megatron could use the Omega Lock to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] [[Earth]], Optimus Prime used the Star Saber to destroy it and save the human planet. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

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Eventually, the Decepticons, with help from Ratchet, built a second functioning Omega Lock on the exterior of the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Following their defeat of Megatron, the Autobots commandeered the ship and flew to Cybertron. There, they fired the Omega Lock into the [[Well of All Sparks]], which healed the wounded planet. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

During the process of rebuilding the planet for returning refugees, Optimus Prime and Wheeljack flew off to retrieve the AllSpark, which had been removed from the planet during the war. During this time, however, Unicron revived and took control of Megatron's body, and returned to Cybertron to destroy Primus. The chaos god led an army of Predacon Terrorcons to the Well of All Sparks, and the Autobots and Predacons joined forces to oppose them. Their efforts failed, but Optimus Prime arrived with the AllSpark and was able to use its container to trap Unicron, returning his undead army to dust in the process.

Afterwards, Optimus Prime revealed that, in order to use the container, he had transferred the AllSpark into the Matrix of Leadership, rendering his own spark inseparable from the multitudes within the AllSpark in the process. Consequently, the only way to return the AllSpark to the core would be to give his own life. With his farewells complete, the Prime flew into the Well of All Sparks, returning the AllSpark to Cybertron's core and causing numerous sparks to soar into the sky. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
Despite Cybertron's isolation from the larger galaxy, some starships, such as the ''[[Sigma]]'', were occasionally sent out to conduct deep space missions and patrols. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
After the restoration of the Well of All Sparks, Cybertron once again returned to a period of peace and prosperity. Statues commemorating various figures in the war were constructed. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} A new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] was chosen to rule the planet {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but they were usurped by [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]]'s Decepticon cell. Via the use of a [[Light Bender|light bender]], the five Decepticons assumed control of their homeworld and began making preparations for the return of Megatron and the rebirth of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} As part of their plans, they kept Cybertron isolated from the rest of the galaxy and blamed the Autobots (Optimus Prime in particular) for the damage that the Great War did to Cybertron. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Those who stood by Optimus Prime were blacklisted and were forced to find work in the lower rungs of society. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Lieutenant Bumblebee eventually found employment as a street patrol officer, but eventually returned to Earth via space bridge on the orders of a ghostly Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} This act caused the High Council to place a bounty on Bumblebee's head for his illegal use of a space bridge. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} The Council also sent Jazz to Earth to respond to the distress signal from the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After capturing [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], Jazz promised he'd smooth things over with the Council, {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but later Drift and Fracture (and their Mini-Cons) arrived on Earth to capture Bumblebee and collect the bounty. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron aboard the rebuilt ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' to confront the new Council. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} During the flight, he made contact with several old friends, {{storylink|Worthy}} but returned to Earth in a smaller craft when Bumblebee put out a distress signal. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} When he departed Earth again, he said the political situation on Cybertron was fluid but he was working with his friends to change it. {{storylink|Worthy}} On Cybertron however, the Council freed [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his [[Steeljaw's Pack|pack]] to capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] in exchange for a full pardon. {{storylink|Exiles}} {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} When Bumblebee became aware of this, he commented on the growing corruption on Cybertron. {{storylink|Exiles}} After [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s defeat, Optimus took him and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] back to Cybertron to stand trial. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}

Knowing the people of Cybertron would never support galactic conquest, the Council developed powerful mind-control techniques through which they could control the entire planet's population. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} The mind control was powerful enough to keep Cybertronians enthralled even if they were off Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}}

The Bee Team eventually returned to Cybertron aboard [[Prime Force One]] only to come under attack from the planet's orbital defences. As a result of their situational ally, Steeljaw, they managed to land on their homeworld where they were soon surrounded by the Council's security forces {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} only to be rescued by [[Dropforge]]. The High Council soon made a planet wide broadcast announcing the "glorious invasion of Earth" and the coming prosperity before the Bee Team destroyed their light bender and exposed their Decepticon bodies. When the mind-control signal had been destroyed, all of Cybertron bore witness to [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] proclaiming loyalty to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] before [[Ultra Bee]] defeated him, freeing Cybertron from Decepticon control.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime declined the opportunity to rule Cybertron and left [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] in charge until free elections could be held. The Bee Team opted to return to Earth however as Cybertron's first ambassadors to the planet. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] travelled to Cybertron to collect new students for the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] on Earth. {{storylink|Recruits Part I}} In response to meteors heading towards Iacon City, Heatwave, Grimlock and Bumblebee had to travel back to Cybertron to help out. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}}
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==''Knights of Unicron''==
[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]], [[Smelting pool|The Smelting Pool]], and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Great Dome|Stadium]], all located on Planet Cybertron, were the final venues for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

==''Cyberverse'' continuity==
[[File:Cyberverse Cybertron.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Cybertron's precise origins are lost to history, though sometime after [[2007]], the Autobots found evidence that led them to theorize that the [[Monsterbot (Cyberverse)|Monsterbots]] and the environment that they lived in were evident of Cybertron's prehistoric era. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}}

During an era that would come to be known as the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]], [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] and [[Titan (group)|Titans]] walked the planet but these had all faded into myths and legends by the modern day. {{storylink|The Citizen}} {{storylink|Thunderhowl (episode)|Thunderhowl}}

The Age of Expansion saw Cybertron colonize multiple planets often founded through the efforts of a Titan. {{storylink|Ghost Town}} A special class of Titan, the War Titans, carried Cybertron's conquering armies to other planets and waged wars on alien races for their worlds. Once the Age of Expansion had ended, only one of these giants, the mighty [[Iaconus]], survived to return to Cybertron. Unable to cope with the peacetime, he went mad and attacked Cybertron, only being felled through the sacrificial efforts of his crew. {{storylink|The Citizen}}

Some 66 million years before 2007, Cybertron kept in contact with at least two of its colonies, [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Terminal Velocity}} {{storylink|Maccadam's}}
[[File:Cyberverse Cybertron surface.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Overseen by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] and/or the [[Senate]], {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}} the government on Cybertron was a corrupt one, so much so that [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] was able to rally a following based on his promise of equal rights to all citizens. As time passed however, it transpired that Megatron served only his own powerlust and plunged Cybertron into the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] to try and gain control of the planet. To that end, he aimed to seize control of the [[AllSpark]] and have it birth a new generation of troops. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} Learning of this plan, the Autobots seized the AllSpark and sent it through a space bridge to prevent anyone from abusing its power. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}} As a consequence however, Cybertron's condition began to deteriorate prompting [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] to lead a mission on the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' to retrieve the artifact. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

Some 66 million years later, Cybertron was still habitable but overrun by the Decepticons who'd tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]], sending [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]'s squadron to retrieve it, the Autobot resistance sending [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to do the same. {{storylink|Fractured}} [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] was able to remotely tie into [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]'s [[cortical psychic patch]] from Cybertron, {{storylink|Sabotage}} and eventually came to Earth personally to take command of the operations. {{storylink|The Extinction Event}}

After the AllSpark had been recovered by the Autobots on Earth, they attempted to return to Cybertron and restore their world with it only for the Decepticons to dupe them into thinking the space bridge had been destroyed. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}} Using the space bridge, the Decepticons arrived home long before their foes and quickly occupied the remains of their planet, taking [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]] and [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]] prisoner and forcing them to send out a distress signal to the ''Ark''. {{storylink|The Crossroads}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}}

When the Autobots returned home, the battle for the AllSpark saw Cybertron be regenerated by the artifact's energies. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}} The peace would be an extremely short-lived one however for [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]], having been found by the extra-dimensional creatures known as the [[Quintesson]]s, sold out his species and planet to the aliens, leading them to invade Cybertron. As the Quintessons incorporated Starscream into their new [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]], {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} they began draining the energy of Cybertron into him {{storylink|The Alliance}} before the Autobots and Decepticons defeated the invaders. When Starscream revealed himself, {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} he was felled through the combined power of two versions of the Matrix of Leadership. Along with simultaneous death of the [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]], the invasion was considered over. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

In this new era of tentative peace, Megatron divided the planet in half. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} With Windblade's mind scattered following the Quintesson invasion, the Autobots searched the planet for her psychic shards so that they could repair their friend. {{storylink|Thunderhowl (episode)|Thunderhowl}} {{storylink|Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos}} {{storylink|Journey To The Valley Of Repugnus}} {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} The war's end saw many Cybertronians, since scattered across the galaxy, return home. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}

Cybertron would soon be invaded by another universe once again. The invader, [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|an alternate version of Megatron]], came from a timeline where he had won the war in its early stages and claimed the Matrix of Leadership, since stolen from him by the primary universe Megatron, and sought his prize. A psychic shard of Windblade had founds its way within this Matrix with the ghosts within it guiding her to destroy it, short-circuiting the alternate Megatron who was taken away by his former servant, [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]]. With the threat of both Megatrons neutralized, peace reigned on Cybertron once again. {{storylink|The Other One}}

To make this new peace official, the Autobot and Decepticon leaders drafted the [[Treaty of the Wall]]. Though the ceremony was interrupted by a gang of [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]] nearly managing to ransack and destroy the whole planet, the treaty was successfully signed and the wall deactivated, reunifying the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Immobilizers}} The celebrations were short lived, as [[Decepticon supersoldier]]s from the other dimension nearly took control of the planet in an attempt by their leader [[Tarn (Cyberverse)|Tarn]] to restart the war and eliminate the Autobots. Ultimately, the Autobots and Decepticons fought back, destroying Tarn and freeing the supersoldiers from his control. In the aftermath, Optimus ceded leadership of the planet to Bumblebee, Windblade, [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] and [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]], confident that they would be able to maintain Cybertron's newfound peace. {{storylink|The Perfect Decepticon}}

===Alternate universes===
In their travels across the multiverse, the Quintessons had come into contact with Cybertron several times, enough for their [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]] to build a collection of [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwaves]]. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

In the timeline from which Megatron X hailed from, the tyrant recognized that the rift between him and Optimus would never be mended and took the initiative, killing his old friend and claiming the Matrix for himself. With it, he defeated the Autobots and had the AllSpark create him a race of Decepticon supersoldiers before ridding himself of any "unneeded" troops. When the Quintessons sought to invade this Cybertron, Megatron simply used a [[laser snare]] to defeat them before harvesting their technology for his own ends. Cybertron was eventually visited by an alternate Megatron who stole the Matrix and fled with Astrotrain. {{storylink|The Other One}}
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
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[[File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imag— You know what, just forget it. It's not like we have rules for a reason.]]
*'''Primus''' ([[2006]])
**''ID number:'' '''00'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Generation 1|Omega Lock]], two [[missile]]s, silver Cybertron planet-type [[Cyber Key]]

:[[Primus#CybG1|Primus]] was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron/Galaxy Force'' toylines]], but was released in Japan as a Generation 1 ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toy a few months after ''Galaxy Force'' had ended its run. This release can be considered a pre-release of the ''Cybertron'' toy because it features Hasbro's [[Cyber Key Codes]] that the ''Galaxy Force'' line lacked.

:Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers' creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'']] [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], with visible cities, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], based upon its appearance in the [[DK Publishing]] book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], specifically [[Kolkular]], as seen in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. On the "bottom" of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

:Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a [[Powermaster]], in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top" of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons" swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

: In [[robot mode]], Primus resembles both the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Unicron prototype as well as [[Don Figueroa]]'s Primus concept, created for ''The War Within'' and used in ''The Ultimate Guide''. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable [[Articulation|articulated]] "manipulator arms".

:Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station" mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact. It looks kinda like the ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]''... backwards.

:In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code '''sp8u''' [[tampograph]]ed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con [[5 mm post|5 mm]] [[powerlinx]] posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:CybertronPrimusPackagingComparison.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|This was an expensive time for completists.]]
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme Class, [[2006]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Cybertron|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key, [[Unicron/toys#PrimusUnicronHead|Unicron head]] (second wave only)

:''Cybertron'' "[[Primus#Cybertron|Cybertron Primus]]" is the North American version of Supreme Class Primus, released a few months after the Japanese version. The toys are identical.

:In North America, Cybertron Primus was initially released in the second wave of ''Cybertron'' Supreme Class toys. This version came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" Unicron head based upon his Armada appearance, whereas the following wave did not come with the Unicron head. Unusually, both waves ended up shipping simultaneously.

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*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme Class, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Walmart|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:A later version of Supreme Class [[Primus#Walmart|Cybertron Primus]] was [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] as a [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] 2006 special, and included four Mini-Cons: [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]], and [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]].
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
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[[File:Primus 2010.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Oh. Your. God.]]
*'''Creator Primus''' ([[2010]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#2010|Omega Lock]], two missiles, clear Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:To celebrate the year 2010, Takara [[redeco]]ed the Supreme Class Primus toy and released him in TakaraTomy's [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#TakaraTomy Welcome to Transformers 2010 campaign|''Welcome to Transformers 2010'' campaign]], being packaged in a special box that is meant to go with the [[Unicron/toys#Transformers (2010)|Unicron]] toy released the same year. "[[Primus#2010|Creator Primus]]" is primarily metallic gunmetal in planet mode, with metallic blue robot parts, and a large number of black paint washes here and there. His Omega Lock is now blue.

:Primus comes with a [[retool]]ed Cybertron-style Cyber Key which was originally available with both [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron 2|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolishor]]. This Cyber Key features a "smooth" central area with no molded [[insignia]], and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from the [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol at the center.
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===''The Last Knight''===
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[[File:TF-TLK-MtS-Planet-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Just ''try'' to tell us this isn't [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|G2 Primus]], we dare you. ]]
*'''Cybertron''' ([[2017]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock]], two missiles, Autobot Cybertron-type Cyber Key

:''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' Cybertron is a redeco of the Supreme Class Primus mold. Contrary to [[stock photography]], which depict the Matrix-styled Cyber Key originally sold with ''Cybertron'' Leader Class Optimus Prime, it instead comes with the standard Autobot Cybertron Cyber Key, just as the older releases of the mold did. It is advertised on the box as having a third mode, "Defense Mode", that like his Battle Station mode appears to be an intermediate between his robot and planet modes. This figure was exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]] under the ''Mission to Cybertron'' banner. As the rest of the toys under this banner, he has decodeable [[Cyberglyphics]] on his body that spell out '''CYBERTRON''' and two cards that can form a bigger picture of Optimus and Megatron fighting on Cybertron, with Cyberglyphic writing on the back.

:This toy was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Blue Planet (GS)|Neo Primus]].
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==Notes==
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*The name "Cybertron" was used by Marvel Comics long before the Transformers series came about. In issue 48 of the original ''X-Men'' title (released in September 1968), a computer named Computo created a race of robots named the "Cybertrons".<ref>[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/computoxm.htm Computo and the "Cybertrons" at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]</ref>
*The size of the planet Cybertron varies between different continuities. In one, the diameter of the planet is smaller than Earth's while the Marvel comics describe it as "Saturn-sized," placing its diameter at around 120,000 km.<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/wottf.html World of TRANSFORMERS]</ref> We can probably lay these at the feet of Primus, who is a god after all, and can decide to be whatever size he wants.
*Towards the end of the original comic run, Blaster was asked in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK Letters Page]] whether Cybertron would be turned into a Transformer. His response was "No. More likely it will turn into a rapidly expanding ball of component molecules, the way things are going at the moment". [[:File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|Oh, what fools time makes of us all]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue323.jpg Letters page for Marvel UK Issue #323]</ref>
*Cybertron's "gashed" moon, often glimpsed during the course of ''Beast Machines'', is heavily based on one side of a modern sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Sphere with Sphere" ("Sfera con Sfera"), that can be found in the Vatican City's Courtyard of the Pinecone.<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/pomodoro/0003.jpg Photo of ''Sfera con Sfera'']</ref> See, kids? Transformers IS educational.
*In the Japanese Headmasters continuity, the planet is repeatedly called ''Cyberton''. This is most likely due to bad translation.
*A [[Hasbro Pulse#HasLab|HasLab]] Cybertron/Primus was considered at one point.<ref> on Twitter: Have considered doing #HasLab Cybertron/Primus. Banter about how impossibly huge a HasLab #GIJoe USS Flagg would be. #Hasbro #Transformers #MCMComicCon [[https://twitter.com/ZakuFan0079/status/1586339124700925952?s=20&t=jTgbo_1A9OGlaTW_tgcXtQ ZakuFan0079 Zakufan0079 on Twitter, reporting on MCM Comic Con 2022]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybertron''' (セイバートロン ''Seibātoron'',<ref>For decades, Western fans have typically opted to render the Japanese pronunciation of the planet's name as "Seibertron" (pronounced "Say-ber-tron") in order to distinguish it from the Japanese name of the Autobots, the "Cybertrons" (pronounced "Sigh-ber-tron"). However, several Japanese sources actually spell it as "Cybertron" in English, including the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|''Headmasters'' video game]], the covers of the ''"Planet of Cybertron Guide"'' books included with Takara's mid-90s {{w|LaserDisc}} sets of the original cartoon, a ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_2/img/043.jpg trading card], and the packaging for ''Galaxy Force'' toys. Sources beyond these are surprisingly scarce, although [[A Birth of Planet Saybertron|an article]] in the December 1985 issue of ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' did render the planet's name in English as, of all things, "Saybertron".</ref> サイバトロン ''Saibatoron'', サイバートロン ''Saibātoron'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Kibertron''' (Կիբերտրոն, "Cybertron")
*''Cantonese:'' '''Cybertron''' (斯比頓 ''Si1 bei2 deon6'')
*''English:'' '''Cyberton''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kibertron''' (''Marvel Comics'', ''Rescue Bots'' sometimes, ''Cybertron'' 2nd dub), '''Kájbertron''' (first ''The Movie'' dub), '''Mesterséges bolygó''' (''Energon'' 1st dub, "Artificial planet"), '''Cybertron''' (''live action movies'', ''Rescue Bots'' sometimes, ''Rescue Bots Academy'', ''Prime'', ''Robots in Disguise'')
*''Indonesian:'' '''Saibertron'''
*''Korean:'' '''Cybertron''' (사이버트론 "Saibeoteulon")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Cybertron''' (赛博坦/塞伯坦 "Sàibótǎn"; 賽博創 "Sàibóchuàng"; 賽博宙 "Sàibózhòu")
*''Russian:'' '''Kibertron''' (Кибертрон, "Cybertron")
*''Serbian:'' '''Kibortron''' (Generation 1 dub and first dub of ''Generation 2''), '''Sajbertron''' (Second ''G2'' dub, ''Armada'', ''Cybertron'', ''Animated'', ''Prime'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Kibertron''' (Кібертрон, "Cybertron")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue303.jpg Transformers #303 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]
*{{i|Cybertron}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
*[[wikia:memory-beta:Cybertron|Cybertron]] at Memory Beta, the non-canon ''Star Trek'' wiki
*[[wikia:ghostbusters:Cybertron|Cybertron]] at the Ghostbusters Wiki

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Transwarp Drive

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[[File:Nemesis2-transwarpcell.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Transwarp Inside]]

A '''Transwarp Drive''' is used to propel a [[Starship|spacecraft]] through space and time. They run on a number of small [[transwarp cell]]s which can also be removed and used individually on smaller craft such as shuttles and [[stasis pod]]s.

Each transwarp engine also generates its own transwarp signature that can be used to track its movements or pin down its current location.

Additionally, '''transwarp shunt''' technology allows a traveler to move through space and time without a ship. Instead, the traveller simply stands upon a platform to be transported to the desired place and time. The platform is not transported along with the traveller, so if they wish to return, there must be another transwarp shunt device on the other end, or they must bring along the parts to build one.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
As part of a scheme to change history and allow the [[Decepticon]]s to win the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] used the transwarp-capable ship ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' to travel to Earth during the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s dormancy. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his crew followed in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' to stop Megatron. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

When it seemed as though the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] had destroyed themselves, the Maximals raided the ''Darksyde'' for the parts they needed to repair their transwarp drive and return to their time. The Maximals managed to repair their transwarp drive enough to launch only for the Predacons to assault the craft during its takeoff, crashing it once again and destroying the functionality of its transwarp drive. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[Magmatron]] used a transwarp shunt to travel to the middle of Megatron's and Optimus Primal's Beast War in order to capture [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s. As an additional prize for his masters, he intended to send Megatron back to Cybertron, but was tricked by [[Razorbeast]] and [[Optimus Minor]], causing Magmatron himself to be displaced in time. {{storylink|Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering}}

===Force of Habit===
The Autobot flagship ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]'' and the Decepticon [[Dropship (Armada)|dropship]]-class ship ''[[Upstart]]'' were equipped with Transwarp drive. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
The ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' and the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'' had transwarp drives, which were used to travel from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Do Over}}

===''Wings Universe''===
The engines of the [[Star Seeker]] warship ''[[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]]'' had transwarp capability. The Star Seekers utilized this to time-travel to the future in order to enact Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s purported greatest scheme in history. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}} {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

===2021 IDW ''Beast Wars'' comic===
Transwarp drives were capable of both communicating and [[Time travel|travelling through time]]. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}} As a result of this, usage of the transwarp drives were heavily regulated by Maximal Command, the ships equipped with them being kept at the [[Great Shipyard]]. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} Following activation, a transwarp drive emitted unspace energy for three to four cycles. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}}

Seeking to travel through time, a group of Predacon separatists stole a warship from the Shipyard, the Maximals redirecting the transwarp-capable exploratory vessel ''Axalon'' to intercept. When the two ships came to blows, the Predacons activated their vessel's transwarp drive and escaped through time, being pursued through the time vortex by the ''Axalon'', both ships crashing on an uncharted organic world. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] was tasked with repairing the transwarp drive. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}}

When the Maximals attacked the ''Darksyde'', [[Nyx]] destroyed the stolen ship's transwarp drive. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 3}} [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] attempted to repair the drive, only to be tricked away by [[Saberback]]. {{storylink|Primal Rage}}

When the Maximals and Predacons joined forces against the [[Vok]], the aliens contacted [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and offered him their knowledge if he turned on his kind. Though they told Tarantulas to destroy what was left of the ''Darksyde''{{'}}s transwarp drive, he instead disabled its remaining functions, reasoning that he would need a transwarp capable craft to escape the planet and put his new knowledge to use. After hitting on the idea that the ''Darksyde''{{'}}s drive could be used to contact Cybertron for reinforcements, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] discovered the scientist's sabotage. After Tarantulas unleashed the reanimated corpse of [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], Scorponok used the transwarp drive to send a distress beacon to the ''Axalon'' before Tarantulas discovered him and used the drive to lure an escape ship from Cybertron.

At the ''Axalon'', the message came through not long after Rattrap and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] had managed to partially restore the Maximal craft's transwarp drive. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}} Working off Nyx and [[Skold]]'s theory that the Vok were creatures of unspace, the two engineers reworked the ''Axalon''{{'}}s drive to shunt its unspace energies into its weapon systems. Flying to the ''Darksyde'', the ''Axalon''{{'}}s new unspace weapons dissipated the energy forms of the Vok before the same weapon shunted Megatron forward in time. With the alliance over, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] allowed the Maximals to go in peace. When the other Predacons queried her about their future plans, the temporary leader noted that they should try fixing the ''Darksyde''{{'}}s transwarp drive, believing that the Vok's inert [[reversion device]] could be used as a useful spare parts supply. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}

==See also==
*[[Dark matter drive]]

[[Category:Beast Wars technology]]
[[Category:Cybertron technology]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass technology]]
[[Category:Time travel devices]]
[[Category:Wings Universe technology]]

Talk:Grimlock (G1)/toys

2022-09-20T11:06:00Z

Yakob52: /* Kinda sorta not quite Grimlocks */

== Kinda sorta not quite Grimlocks ==

Should the Beast Machines T-Wrecks and Energon Grimlocks REALLY be listed as toys of G1 Grimlock? I can see having them mentioned (trivia maybe?), but having them in the actual list of toys seems to be giving out MIS-information. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:39, 27 September 2009 (EDT)
:Yea that is pretty weird, going by this articles logic Megabolt Megatron should be listed under Beast Wars Megatron and not Megatron RID. [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 16:31, 27 September 2009 (EDT)
:I know this is a question from over a decade ago, but it's still absurd that they're listed as if they're representing the same character. Maybe move all instances of Beast Wars Grimlock into their own section? I would say create a new page, but it's only a couple of toys far as I'm aware. [[User:Yakob52|Yakob52]] ([[User talk:Yakob52|talk]]) 07:06, 20 September 2022 (EDT)

== Henkei figure ==

Me user has him Grimlock Henkei toy. Can me uploads picture? (I'm asking this cos I'm not sure what to do, I don't know how to find Takaratomy stock photos since [[Transformers Wiki:Images]] doesn't tell me how, so taking my own seems to be the best I can do for that) [[User:Item42|Item42]] 00:14, 20 February 2010 (EST)
:Yes. You can upload your own picture. That would be good. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:44, 20 February 2010 (EST)

== Me Metalstar not get bandicoots joke ==

Is this a crash reference? Also if I ever talk like that again please kill me.--[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 13:05, 22 February 2019 (EST)
:You have read the notes on your talk page about chatting, right?--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:23, 22 February 2019 (EST)
::I did. I'm just saying I don't get the joke. I'm asking what the joke is.--[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 10:03, 25 February 2019 (EST)
:::This is exactly the sort of chatting you have been told not to engage in. There's lots of jokes on here that I don't get. I just ignore them and move on.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 13:16, 25 February 2019 (EST)
::::Just explain the joke and we can move on with our lives. It's not that hard. Plus it's a legitimate question!--[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 13:07, 26 February 2019 (EST)
:::::Don't know what it's about, don't care what it's about. IT DOESN'T MATTER. It's a joke someone posted and it's none of your business to jibber jabber about it. And we can move on with our lives when you actually start paying attention to what you have been told over and over and over again. Quit chatting and start working.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:01, 26 February 2019 (EST)

== Galaxial Rocket Launcher ==

Hey, so what's the criteria for weapons to get their own pages?

'Cause I think Grimlock's rocket launcher might deserve its own page. [[User:Banannixx|Banannixx]] ([[User talk:Banannixx|talk]]) 02:50, 15 November 2020 (EST)

Talk:Grimlock (G1)/toys

2022-09-20T11:05:40Z

Yakob52: /* Kinda sorta not quite Grimlocks */

== Kinda sorta not quite Grimlocks ==

Should the Beast Machines T-Wrecks and Energon Grimlocks REALLY be listed as toys of G1 Grimlock? I can see having them mentioned (trivia maybe?), but having them in the actual list of toys seems to be giving out MIS-information. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:39, 27 September 2009 (EDT)
:Yea that is pretty weird, going by this articles logic Megabolt Megatron should be listed under Beast Wars Megatron and not Megatron RID. [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 16:31, 27 September 2009 (EDT)
:I know this is a question from over a decade ago, but it's still absurd that they're listed as if they're representing the same character. Maybe move all instances of Beast Wars Grimlock into their own section? I would say create a new page, but it's only a couple of toys far as I'm aware.

== Henkei figure ==

Me user has him Grimlock Henkei toy. Can me uploads picture? (I'm asking this cos I'm not sure what to do, I don't know how to find Takaratomy stock photos since [[Transformers Wiki:Images]] doesn't tell me how, so taking my own seems to be the best I can do for that) [[User:Item42|Item42]] 00:14, 20 February 2010 (EST)
:Yes. You can upload your own picture. That would be good. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:44, 20 February 2010 (EST)

== Me Metalstar not get bandicoots joke ==

Is this a crash reference? Also if I ever talk like that again please kill me.--[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 13:05, 22 February 2019 (EST)
:You have read the notes on your talk page about chatting, right?--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:23, 22 February 2019 (EST)
::I did. I'm just saying I don't get the joke. I'm asking what the joke is.--[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 10:03, 25 February 2019 (EST)
:::This is exactly the sort of chatting you have been told not to engage in. There's lots of jokes on here that I don't get. I just ignore them and move on.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 13:16, 25 February 2019 (EST)
::::Just explain the joke and we can move on with our lives. It's not that hard. Plus it's a legitimate question!--[[User:Metalstar|Metalstar]] ([[User talk:Metalstar|talk]]) 13:07, 26 February 2019 (EST)
:::::Don't know what it's about, don't care what it's about. IT DOESN'T MATTER. It's a joke someone posted and it's none of your business to jibber jabber about it. And we can move on with our lives when you actually start paying attention to what you have been told over and over and over again. Quit chatting and start working.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:01, 26 February 2019 (EST)

== Galaxial Rocket Launcher ==

Hey, so what's the criteria for weapons to get their own pages?

'Cause I think Grimlock's rocket launcher might deserve its own page. [[User:Banannixx|Banannixx]] ([[User talk:Banannixx|talk]]) 02:50, 15 November 2020 (EST)

Power of the Primes (franchise)

2022-09-05T08:15:38Z

Yakob52: Spelling correction

{{Nav-PowerOfThePrimes}}
'''''Power of the Primes''''' is a [[2017]]-[[2018]] multimedia branding used by [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] encompassing ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' toys, comics, and other merchandise. Capping off the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'', ''Power of the Primes'' follows the ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'' and ''[[Titans Return (franchise)|Titans Return]]'' sublines. Unlike its predecessors ''Power of the Primes'' does not spotlight any one particular gimmick, instead featuring a plethora of reverse-compatible play features based off the previous two installments of the trilogy while highlighting [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s featured across the ''Transformers'' mythos. This line is notable for representing the first fruits of Hasbro and TakaraTomy's labor to streamline their distribution of collector oriented product via one uniform global franchise, a practice that more or less persists to this day.

==Toys==
[[File:Generations 2015 Toyline logo.png|right|100px]]
{{Main|Power of the Primes (toyline)}}
Following the conclusion of the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'' toyline]]'s ''Titans Return'' [[subline imprint]], the ''Generations'' line was refreshed with ''Power of the Primes'' branding, and featured a line-wide [[gimmick]]: "[[Prime Master]]s", small [[Titan Master]]-type figures that represent the sparks of the [[Thirteen|Primes]]. Unlike Titan Masters, Prime Masters are available only in their own pricepoint, where they are packaged with [[Pretender]]-style [[Prime Master|Decoy Armor]], but can interact in some way with all larger assortments. Legends Class figures retain the ability to seat a small figure in alt-mode, whilst the Deluxe and Voyager Class pricepoints see the return of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style [[Combiner]]s. The combination joints remain unchanged, whilst the hand/foot system is tweaked: all Deluxes now include a hand, and all Voyagers a pair of feet. These accessories also facilitate the Prime Master integration for those size classes: Deluxes can use their hand as chest armor, into which a Prime Master spark mode can slot, and Voyagers can use their feet as forearm bucklers, which similarly fit a Prime Master. All Voyager Class figures also include an [[Enigma of Combination]], shaped like a Prime Master spark mode, that can fit onto their combined mode chest. Finally, Leader Class figures feature an "Evolution" gimmick, wherein each toy includes a Deluxe-sized character who can "evolve" into a Prime by combining with additional armor. Each Leader includes a uniquely-colored [[Matrix of Leadership]], the central crystal of which can be removed and replaced with a Prime Master.

==Cartoon==
{{Main|Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)}}
Picking up where the two [[Transformers: Combiner Wars (cartoon)|previous]] [[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|series]] left off, the ''Power of the Primes'' cartoon premiered on [[May 1]], 2018 and ran for ten episodes until [[July 3]], 2018, bringing the trilogy to a close.

==Notes==
*A survey commenced on January 23, 2017, to choose the next Transformer to be made a Prime in the story.<ref>[http://tfwiki.tumblr.com/post/153921009773/hasbro-lets-fans-shape-the-future-of-the Hasbro announcement (copied via Tumblr)]</ref> Fans initially had to choose the leader of three personality factions, with the highlighted winners going to the second round:<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/transformers/posts/1272396496163875:0]</ref>
**Honor: [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], '''[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]''', [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
**Order: [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], '''[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]'''
**Chaos: [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], '''[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]''', '''[[Deathsaurus (G1)|Unknown Evil]]''' (wild card)

*Optimus Primal won the final round,<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/pb.146805978722938.-2207520000.1487463781./1362620857141438/?type=3&theater]</ref> resulting in the 2018 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] exclusive [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#SDCC2018|''Throne of the Primes'' Optimus Primal]] toy. A redeco of his ''Power of the Primes'' Leader-class Evolution figure, it also pays homage to his victory in the poll by featuring the faces of the other participants on its included cardboard throne.<ref>[http://bwtf.com/news/sdcc2018-throne-of-the-primes-photos Toy News: SDCC 2018 Optimus Primal CONFIRMED, bwtf.com, 2 July 2018]</ref>

*''Power of the Primes'' did not have a tie-in "event storyline" comic from [[IDW Publishing]], as tentative plans for such an event were scrapped. However, by coincidence, [[John Barber]] wrote an overarching storyline in [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'' vol. 2]] and ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' featuring [[Onyx Prime]], and also guest starring [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], [[Liege Maximo]], and [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/969079746859450369 Tweet by @TheJohnBarber, 2018/03/01]</ref> So there you go.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin'': '''Biànxíngjīngāng Tiānyuánzhīlì''' (China, 变形金刚天元之力, "Transformers: Primes' Power")
*''Portuguese'': '''Poder dos Primes''' (Brazil, "Power of Primes")
*''Spanish'': '''Poder de los Primes''' (Latin America, "Power of the Primes")

==References==
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[[Category:Franchises]]
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User talk:Yakob52

2022-09-02T16:25:56Z

Yakob52:

User:Yakob52

2022-09-02T16:25:42Z

Yakob52: Created page with "I like Transformers."

I like Transformers.

User talk:Yakob52

2022-09-02T16:25:29Z

Yakob52:

I like Transformers.

Starscream (SG)

2022-09-02T16:22:40Z

Yakob52: Added an extra line for emphasis on the "creepy" part.

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{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon second-in-command|his evil counterpart|Starscream (G1)|Starscream}}
:''Starscream is a heroic [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:SGStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|350px|True North, Strong and Free!]]

'''Starscream''' is an intelligent and personable scientist who acts as [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s main science guy and [[second-in-command]], and constantly peppers his sentences with (genuine and effusive) admiration for his great leader.

It's all rather creepy, to be honest.

{{quote|Of ''course''! You're a ''genius'', Starscream!|A [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] legitimately praises a Starscream for once|"[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Shattered Expectations===
[[Image:Shattered Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum—and I've got ''fifteen packets'' of gum, punk!"]]

Working for the [[Quintesson Federation]], the just and fair-minded Starscream attempted to arrest [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]] and his comrades. Tracking them to a secret bunker containing ancient [[Pretender]] technology, he declared their plot was over "before it even begins!" and requested they surrender. When they resisted, he called in the might of the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations}}

{{_-}}

===Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity===
[[Image:SGStarscreamAltmode ShatteredGlass.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
Starscream graduated from the [[Crystal City Science Institute]] as the most ingenious 'bot on all of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Then the war broke out. When [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] tried to draft the genius, he refused, and, as punishment, the [[Autobot]]s demolished [[Crystal City]] before Starscream's very eyes. Fleeing underground, Starscream joined the [[Decepticon]] resistance headed by Megatron. Starscream threw himself into his work, hoping that, one day, his scientific acumen could be used for peaceful purposes. {{storylink|#Timelines|BotCon 2008 Starscream profile card}} He got a chance to pursue that ideology, even if by somewhat violent means, when an alternate version of [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] accidentally crossed over from a universe in which the Autobots were good into Starscream's world. With Cliffjumper's help, Starscream created "[[glass gas]]" bombs to use on the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launching platform to destroy it. He then participated in the attack that followed, leading the initial attack run. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}

Sometime later, Starscream was part of the defense of the [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump that the Decepticons had recently rediscovered. When Megatron was injured enough to be taken out of the fight, Starscream fussed over and helped repair him. He also helped provide cover fire for the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]'s assault after they were called in by [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]].

After the Autobots were beaten back into hiding behind cover, he was as surprised as everyone else by the appearance of the [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobots]], and their disruption of the fight that caused the Autobots to retreat fully back to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. As the Decepticons then discussed the now running-loose Dinobots, Starscream agreed with [[Dirge (SG)|Dirge]]'s suggestion that they attempt to capture some of them to bolster their own forces. He especially looked forward to being able to recover the AI matrix he had developed that [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] had stolen to make the Dinobots. Megatron ordered Starscream to gather a small force of their best mechs and have them commence the "Dinobot Hunt".

After the hunt was successful in recovering eight of the Dinobots (now Dinocons), Starscream successfully upgraded the Dinocons' brain modules and ensured they were comfortably housed, fed, and otherwise cared for. Until [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] took them on a little trip, that is... {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Several cycles later, Starscream discovered that the Dinocons had somehow gained [[Spark|ember]]s and the ability to transform. Despite this sudden revelation, the Decepticons moved forward with their plan to follow the Autobots into space.

Later on, Starscream was present when [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] called the Decepticons to demand a ransom for the return of Megatron. Starscream insisted that the safe retrieval of Megatron was the highest priority. Cliffjumper was able to convince the panicked Starscream that Megatron would want them all to proceed with the readying of the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', and Starscream reluctantly agreed.

Finally, the ''Ark'' lifted off, and the ''Nemesis'' followed. Starscream presided over the bridge of the Decepticon ship as it jumped into [[Unspace|transwarp]] towards [[Earth]]. Upon their arrival, the two ships engaged in battle, with the Decepticons taking the upper hand and managing to shoot the ''Ark'' out of the sky and send it crashing down to Earth. The [[human]]s, however, would prove to be a more successful threat. A [[fusion bomb]] detonated near the ''Nemesis'', severely disrupting the ship. Starscream remained on board as the rest of the crew escaped in pods, guiding it away from population centers with the help of Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Do Over}}

Starscream and Cliffjumper both survived the ship's crash-landing while ensconced in the crash compartments. When [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] and Soundwave finally discovered them with several humans in tow, Starscream helped explain their situation to the humans. After Starscream finished his explanation by saying he felt the ''Ark'' was taken care of and their priority was gathering their crew and returning home, Cliffjumper disagreed and said they should make certain that the Autobots were indeed out of commission. Starscream mulled this over and decided Cliffjumper was correct, and ordered them to go out and work on finding the escape pods of their crew while he remained behind, as his [[alternate mode|altmode]] would be too conspicuous.

When [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] broadcast a message about holding Earth hostage with the [[Burpleson Air Force Base|military base]] and [[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite]]s he had taken control of, Starscream overheard it and ordered the others (who had since located [[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]]) back to the ''Nemesis''. They discussed the situation, and after Heatwave was able to locate the base the Autobots were holed up in, Starscream ordered them to assault it while he remained behind to serve as "mission control". The mission was ultimately successful. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

Stuck on Earth, Starscream and his men busied themselves helping out the humans, such as when they thwarted [[Arachnolord]]. When [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] was augmented with an [[oPod]], Starscream realised that as it was broadcasting on an Autobot frequency, Blitzwing would render any Autobot near him helpless. He tested the theory by taking Blitzwing and [[Slugslinger (SG)|Slugslinger]] with him to stop [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop]] and [[Star Saber (SG)|Star Saber]] from attacking a restaurant. He was impressed when it worked, however Blitzwing's new ability became uncontrollable and began broadcasting on Decepticon frequencies as well. After Blitzwing fled, Starscream blamed himself for neglecting the well-being of one of his men. To protect themselves from the broadcast, he ordered the base locked down and all of the Decepticons into emergency stasis while Soundwave, who was unaffected, searched for Blitzwing. Once Blitzwing was retrieved, Starscream helped extract the oPod and was able to help out Soundwave with some legal trouble he had gotten himself into with [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

The Decepticons worked on building a [[Space bridge#Shattered Glass|stellar spanner]] of their own, though Starscream had to put up with Soundwave's atrocious puns while doing so. They finally contacted Cybertron, and sent up the specifications so they could build a two-way travel system. Thus [[Shockwave (SG)|Shockwave]] joined them on Earth. Starscream and a number of the Decepticons (and Cliffjumper) attended [[R.J. Blackrock]]'s unveiling ceremony, though Starscream found the event's formality uncomfortable. The Autobots attacked the event, and when Shockwave was seriously injured protecting [[Sephie Beller]], Starscream blamed himself for not being fast enough to help. He was disappointed when Sephie subsequently had herself augmented with Cybertronian technology, and confined her to base. He took opportunity to do a thorough scan of her, which gave the medics some pointers on how to improve their repair technology and help Shockwave.

When Sephie went out to face the Autobots on her own, Starscream modified [[Fistfight (SG)|Fistfight]] to act as an exosuit for [[Rick Ottman]], and they went to try to help her. Instead, the Decepticons fell into an Autobot trap, and were overwhelmed by superior forces. The Autobots were attacked by Blackrock, using his [[Centurion (SG)|Centurion]] battle suit, but the Decepticons were surprised when Blackrock revealed that he regarded all the Cybertronians as potential technology goldmines. When Sephie appeared to sacrifice herself to carry the overloading Centurion away and save everyone present, Starscream gave a heartfelt eulogy. Fortunately, she still functioned. To Starscream's disappointment, Blackrock wriggled his way out of being turned over to the authorities. Back at base, Starscream offered Sephie a place on the Decepticon team, but she turned him down in favor of taking her own course. {{storylink|Transhuman}}

At the Decepticons' base on Cybertron, [[Reflector (SG)|Reflector]] reported to Starscream that he had spotted [[Computron (SG)|Computron]] [[Aquarius (SG)|chasing]] [[Breakaway (Classics)|several]] [[Landquake (Timelines)|unknown]] [[Topspin (Classics)|individuals]]. Starscream had Reflector alert Megatron and send out [[Abominus (SG)|Abominus]] to deal with Computron. Starscream then helped greet said individuals as they sought safety inside the base, and listened to them explain their situation to Megatron. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 4}}

When Megatron was killed by [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] during the meeting in question, Starscream cried out in anguish and lamented over Megatron's body, wondering why it couldn't have been himself that had been hit instead of his "king". {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}} {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

Later, after the visitors were revealed as really being [[Nexus Prime]]—who then revived Megatron as Galvatron—Starscream was part of the group that saw Nexus Prime off on his next interdimensional journey. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

Starscream struggled for the first time to follow Megatron's orders now that their leader had become Galvatron. The change in Galvatron's behavior was enough to truly worry him. In particular, Starscream could not understand Galvatron's decision to forgive and pardon Cyclonus for his assassination. As his commanding officer and the wounded party, Starscream had no choice but to accept Galvatron's will, but he and the other Decepticons were hardly welcoming to Cyclonus on his return. They suspected the worst when Cyclonus took off without authorization with the shuttle ''[[Annex]]'', but he returned having saved some of their human friends from the [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|Coalescence}}

Starscream and Soundwave apparently made a bet about the importance of a distress signal that the Decepticons received from [[Paradron]]. When Soundwave traveled with [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]]'s team to a [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|strange parallel universe universe]] and saw that the dangerous [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] had indeed escaped prison, he remarked that he owed Starscream five credits. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

The Stellar Spanner was rendered inoperable after the inter-dimensional incursion of the positive Earth to the space around negative polarity Cybertron. To compensate, the positive polarity [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] created a [[Mental Spanner|''Mental'' Spanner]] to transmit a Cybertronian's mind between two distant bodies. Starscream constructed a second body for Soundwave on negative Earth so that the Mental Spanner could return him to the ''Ark'' and its crew. {{storylink|Solar Requiem}}

Starscream was present at [[Decepticon City (SG)|Decepticon City]] on Earth when Galvatron's victory over Optimus Prime drove the Autobot invaders into retreat. {{storylink|Restoration}} After Prime's defeat, Starscream and Galvatron flew the ''[[Annex]]'' back to Cybertron, as Galvatron's connection to the Thirteen anticipated some new threat. He was right. Cybertron itself arose to become the Dark God called [[Primus/Shattered Glass|Primus]], driving the ''Annex'' off with his devastating breath. Miraculously, the positive-Earth came to life as well, transformed by [[Rarified Energon]] into a Light God called [[Gaea]], who defeated Primus and then transformed herself into a new technological world to serve as a replacement Cybertron. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Starscream compared himself to his positive-polarity counterpart, and wondered whether he would end up somehow betraying [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] or if he would just remain the most loyal out of all Decepticons. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''SD SG''===
Starscream convinced [[Skywarp (SG)|Skywarp]] to accompany him on an "information retreat" to [[Earth]], only to pack insufficient fuel cells for the trip. Their power ran out as Skywarp complained to Starscream over his lack of foresight, but a solution presented itself readily: [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] was called into the room, which he illuminated with his [[neon|garish color scheme]]. {{storylink|SD SG issue 4|SD SG #4}}

===''Timelines''===
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{{storylink|Epilogue Two}}
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===IDW ''Shattered Glass'' comic===
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Before the war, Starscream was a scientist and a close friend of [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]]. As part of their research, the pair discovered and partially excavated [[Metroplex (SG)|Metroplex]], an ancient [[Titan (group)|Titan]] buried near the city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}} Thanks to his unique [[spark]], Starscream would be able to handle the power surge that came with directly linking with a Titan, and the pair hoped that they could find a way to reactivate and communicate with their subject in the hopes of better understanding Cybertron's history. However, mundane academic concerns got in the way of their lofty ideals, and to secure funding for their project the pair decided to meet with the Cybertronian [[Senate]] in the hopes of convincing one or more senators to support their research. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}} In between fundraising meetings, the pair watched one of [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s many civil rights protests outside the Senate building; although the Decepticon leader came to blows with Senate security officer [[Prowl (SG)|Prowl]], Starscream was inspired by the sight of a humble miner taking on the establishment and eventually developed sympathies for the nascent Decepticon movement. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}}

As it turned out, their next meeting was with senator [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Orion Pax]]—ambitious, power-hungry, and with designs of his own, he took an immediate interest in the idea of reactivating a Titan and promised them all the funding they'd ever need if they got him results and kept their research a secret. While Jetfire jumped on the offer, Starscream, who'd heard rumours of encroaching senatorial corruption, turned down the offer and walked out. Although the pair managed to scrape together the resources needed to continue their work, Jetfire continued to worry that they'd run out of money before they made any significant headway with their project, and continued floating the idea of taking Orion up on his offer. Although Starscream, correctly fearing that Orion was a tyrant in the making, made Jetfire promise that he wouldn't talk about Orion anymore, Jetfire went behind Starscream's back to meet with Orion and his followers in secret—unaware that a suspicious Starscream had trailed him to the meeting.

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When [[Goldbug (SG)|Bumblebee]] found Starscream and dragged him before Orion, Jetfire tried to convince the Autobots that Starscream was not a Decepticon—however, a furious Starscream told Jetfire that he'd betrayed his ideals and that he would never join the Autobots. Before Orion or his followers could deal with him, however, Starscream transformed and fled back to their dig site; knowing that the Autobots would find a way to compromise and weaponize their peaceful research, Starscream destroyed all of the necessary scientific equipment, then tried to bind the remaining data to his own spark, to permanently put it beyond Optimus's reach. However, when Jetfire and the other Autobots arrived, Starscream was forced to sever the link, leaving the data corrupted on both ends. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}}

With nowhere else to go, Starscream fell in with Megatron and the other Decepticons as the war against the evil Autobots began. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 5|Shattered Glass #5}} In time, Starscream became Megatron's closest lieutenant and developed a reputation as the spokesman for the Decepticon movement, {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 1|Shattered Glass #1}} even writing some of Megatron's pre-battle speeches for him. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}} In private, Megatron and Starscream discussed the possibility of using Starscream's spark as an indestructible safe, although the idea did not come to fruition before the end of the war. Although circumstances had driven them apart, Starscream never stopped believing that there was a kernel of goodness somewhere in Jetfire. Whenever they encountered each other on the battlefield, Starscream would try and reach out to his former friend. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 5|Shattered Glass #5}}

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Starscream was one of the many Decepticons who followed Megatron to the planet [[Earth]] to keep its supplies of [[Rarified Energon]] out of Autobot hands. However, as the conflict between the two factions intensified, their battles grew increasingly destructive. Finally, on the cusp of an unwinnable battle in [[Hollywood]], Megatron made the drastic decision to martyr himself for his cause, so that the Decepticon movement could survive: before he threw himself into one-on-one combat with Optimus Prime, he ordered Starscream to gather up every Decepticon left and flee the planet while he bought time for them to escape. Despite his urge to help out his commander, Starscream followed his orders to the letter, and, along with his fellow [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (SG)|Skywarp]], coordinated the Decepticon evacuation from Earth, while the triumphant Autobots defeated Megatron and pillaged the planet to their heart's content. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}}

As the Autobots won the war and consolidated their power over Cybertron, Starscream went into hiding and spent at least a megacycle in self-imposed isolation, combing through his corrupted databanks in an attempt to make himself whole again. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}} After Megatron had returned to Cybertron, he gave the Seekers the coordinates to his hideout in the [[Rust Sea]] should they ever need to contact him. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}} Finally, Starscream returned to Metroplex, intent on recovering the part of himself he'd abandoned all those years ago, and initiated the mental merge again—this time, however, Starscream was able to successfully complete the procedure, and discovered how to awaken and control the still-dormant Titan. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}} Unfortunately, however, his activity caught the attention of the Autobot [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], who deduced what he was up to. Goldbug put a bounty on his head and promised to handsomely reward the first Autobot [[bodyscrapper]] who successfully brought him in alive. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 1|Shattered Glass #1}} {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 4|Shattered Glass #4}}

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While he waited to contact Megatron, Starscream lay low in the ruins beyond [[Gold City]], Starscream came under attack from the bodyscrappers [[Chromedome (SG)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (SG)|Hardhead]], who attempted to bring him in... only for [[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]], another Autobot bodyscrapper, to rescue him. Blurr offered to escort him deeper into the lawless [[Static Zone]], in reality a means of stalling for time until he could summon Goldbug, but Starscream proved immediately skeptical of this impromptu teamup. Blurr tried to play on his sympathy by lying that he'd been pressured into joining the Autobots, and Starscream played along until they reached the deadly [[Chrome Ridge]]. In the ensuing battle, the Decepticon flier turned Blurr's infamous speed against him by tricking the speedster into running straight into a deadly flow of molten metal. To ensure that Blurr was dead, Starscream stood by his melted corpse until morning, at which point he flew away; the adventure had brought him one step closer to finding Megatron. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 1|Shattered Glass #1}} An injured Starscream limped to Megatron's hideout in the [[Rust Sea]], and forced the Decepticon commander to bring him inside his bunker to repair him. Although Megatron, feeling himself a failure, had long since lost the will to go on as leader of the Decepticons, Starscream reminded him of his past glories and inspired him to retake command, in the hopes that they could use a Titan to fight back against the triumphant Autobots. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}}

[[File:ShatteredGlass3-Starscreamsword.jpg|thumb|left|300px|An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.]]

Their first stop would be Gold City; travelling incognito, Megatron and Starscream met up with [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]], who agreed to put out the call to every remaining Decepticon. However, when the pair stopped off at a nearby bar to discuss their next steps, [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]] and his minions through their disguise and attacked them. As more and more arriving Autobots threatened to overwhelm them Megatron ordered Starscream to get to safety while he held them off. Starscream did so., cursing himself for abandoning his leader once more... until Jetfire shot him unconscious and delivered him to Goldbug. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}} Goldbug put Jetfire in charge of the interrogation, but although Jetfire implored him to surrender the knowledge willingly and escape death, Starscream refused to break, even after Goldbug announced that he'd murdered Starscream's would-be rescuer Skwyarp and showed him his head as proof. Furious by Jetfire's inability to get results, Goldbug snapped and pointed his blaster at Starscream, ready to kill him even if it meant losing the information he'd sought. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 4|Shattered Glass #4}}

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Despite Jetfire's protests, Goldbug released Starscream from his shackles and prepared to kill him—but when an explosion from outside heralded the arrival of Megatron's Decepticon army, Jetfire turned on his former leader and punched him out. However, as he helped Starscream to his feet, Goldbug was able to regain his bearings quicker than Jetfire had anticipated, reach for his gun, and shoot Starscream in the back, opening a gaping wound in his torso. Wounded but still alive, Starscream reassured Jetfire that the shot had missed his spark—at which point Goldbug ripped Starscream's pulsing spark from his body and killed him.

Although Megatron and his followers successfully liberated Gold City, Goldbug escaped in the chaos and successfully used the information encoded on Starscream's spark to reactivate Metroplex. In a later conversation with his spy [[Wheeljack (SG)|Slicer]], [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] told him that Optimus Prime and Prowl had plans of their own regarding the Titan, and Goldbug's fall from grace, combined with his possession of Starscream's spark, had painted a target on his back. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 5|Shattered Glass #5}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:ForgedtoFight Starscream SG.png|thumb]]
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==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:ShatteredGlasstoy-Starscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Starscream (G1)|He]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|his best friend]] are [[Fire in the Sky|so close]], they even dress alike!]]
*'''Shattered Glass''' (BotCon box set, [[2008]])
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, [[Earth]]-style [[Cyber Key]]

: Part of [[BotCon 2008]]'s [[exclusive]] box set of five figures, ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Starscream is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Starscream]] in a color scheme that [[homage]]s the original [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. He transforms into a Cybertronian starfighter. In both modes, plugging a Cyber Key (his is a red-plastic [[Earth]]-style key with a white border and black symbol) into his back pops out a blade-weapon from each of his wings/arms. He also has a spring-loaded missile launcher which can be hand-held, or mounted on the underside of his vehicle mode.

: Starscream was only available as part of a set of six toys, along with [[Optimus Prime (SG)#Toys|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (SG)#Toys|Grimlock]], [[Goldbug (SG)#Toys|Goldbug]], [[Jazz (SG)#Toys|Autobot Jazz]], and [[Razorclaw (SG)#Toys|Razorclaw]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Dirge (G1)#Universe (2008)|Dirge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/BCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on "Shattered Glass" Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:TFSS-5.0-Shattered Glass Starscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
*'''Shattered Glass Starscream''' (TFSS 5.0, [[2017]])
**''Accessories'': Weapon/combiner extremity, [[Atari-Scream]] rifle

:Released as a bonus figure for the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]] 5.0, ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' "Shattered Glass Starscream" is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Ghost Starscream]] from the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors 2|Grand Galvatron]] set, which is a retool of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe Class [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]]. He can combine to form the leg or arm of any ''Combiner Wars''-style Combiner or one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, although the amusingly non-committal "possible suggestion" given is to make him part of [[Modulus#Toys|Modulus]].

:Starscream was packaged along with [[Toxitron (G1)#Generations|Wrecker Toxitron]] and [[Punch (G1)#Generations|Wrecker Counterpunch]].
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===''Shattered Glass Collection''===
[[File:TF-Shattered-Glass-Collection-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Even if you don't like ''Shattered Glass'', you can always use a new [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] to bulk out the ranks, right?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, [[2021]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifles, 2 [[Energon]] swords

:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' subline, Starscream is a redeco of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Starscream, transforming into a Cybertronian tetrajet. In addition to the blasters included with the original mold, he includes two energy swords which can combine together into a single blade. He features numerous 5mm ports for compatibility with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]].

:As a redeco of ''Siege'' Starscream, this Starscream is also a heavy shellformer, able to separate the entire robot body from a nearly-complete Tetrajet via a single friction hinge.

:In an odd design choice, despite Starscream's eyes being fully capable of [[Light-piping|light-piping]], the effect is neutered due to his eyes being painted over in a light blue paint. Of course, it's nothing that a little bit of rubbing alcohol couldn't take care of. Proceed with caution, however.

:Unfortunately, Starscream is notorious for [[Unpaintable plastic#Photodegradation|yellowing]] extremely easily.

:Starscream also includes the [[Shattered Glass issue 3|third issue]] of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (IDW)|Shattered Glass]]'' comic, with an exclusive cover featuring spot UV.

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==Notes==
*Before Starscream was decided as the final [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 5.0 (2017)|Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] figure, [[Fun Publications]] nearly chose [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1265690290993709057 Tweet by @JesseWittenrich, 27 May 2020]</ref> [[Randy Para]] drafted the profile for Sunstorm, later recycling fragmentary elements for SG Starscream.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/137564-petes-robot-convention-and-twerk-academy/page-41#entry3545714 Post by Powered Convoy on The Allspark Forums, 2 July 2017]</ref>
*In ''Forged to Fight'', Starscream appears as a minor recoloring of his Generation 1 counterpart's CG model, based upon the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Leader Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Starscream toy]].
*In [[IDW Publishing]]'s comic series, Starscream mainly appears as his ''Siege''-based toy on Cybertron but in the Earth sequences appears as a "virtual redeco" of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Starscream toy]].

==References==
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==See also==
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Dani Burns

2022-09-02T16:14:59Z

Yakob52: Introduction spelling correction

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:''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 sync.

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.

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Yakob52: /* Transformer culture */ Spelling correction

{{disambig3.5|the living alien robots|the brand in which they appear and are sold as toys|Transformers brand|Transformers}}
[[File:Bumblebeeg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], a Transformer, transforming. Savvy?]]
The '''Transformers''' are a species of {{w|Sentience|sentient}}, living robotic beings (mostly) originating from the distant machine world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The stories of their lives, their histories, and most especially their wars have been chronicled across many different [[Continuity|continuities]] in the vast [[multiverse]].

The designation "Transformer" stems from the species' generally-shared ability to ''[[Transformation|transform]]'', to change their bodies at will, rearranging their component parts from a robotic primary mode (usually, but not always, humanoid) into an alternate form; generally vehicles, weapons, machinery, or animals. In some continuities this ability to transform is innate to all members of the species, in others it was a wartime innovation that was adopted by most, but not all, of the populace.

While this species is commonly known throughout the galaxy as "Transformers", the technical term for these beings is '''Cybertronians''', which they generally use to refer to themselves. Other, less-frequently used terms to refer to beings from Cybertron include '''Cybertronic''' or simply '''Cybertron'''.

{{bigquote|Many [[MYA|millions of years ago]], on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities.|[[Victor Caroli|A voice]] from beyond|"[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"}}

==Origins==
{{quote|Just how exactly did these towering marvels of technology become living, sentient beings with the ability to transform their appearance to adapt to their environment? Two words: WHO CARES?"|''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' story bible}}

The many origin stories of the Transformers—why and how these shapechanging robots became the way they are—has been explored across a wide variety of mediums. As is the case for just about every ''Transformers'' story, many of the details of these tales are mutually irreconcilable with one another.

The three most prominent origins for the Transformer race are as follows:

===The Quintessons===
: ''See also: [[Quintesson]]''
[[File:Ffod4 production line.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|1984 cartoon]] established that the Autobots and Decepticons began as two different product lines of robotic slaves, only developing civilization after overthrowing their cruel [[Quintesson]] creators.]]
{{quote|What the Quintessons failed to grasp was that their robots had developed emotions. That we knew and felt the difference between freedom and slavery. And that oversight sealed their fate.|[[Prime Nova]]|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]"}}

The malevolent aliens known as the [[Quintesson]]s first appeared in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 animated film]], but it would not be until the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the 1984 ''Transformers'']] cartoon that would explain their role in the history of Cybertron. In "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]," [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] experienced a vision of the past and learned that Cybertron had once been a planet-sized factory overseen by the aliens: the ancestors of the [[Autobot]]s were designed as "consumer goods," and the [[Decepticon]]s began as "military hardware". In time, however, the Quintessons' robotic creations would gain sentience and overthrow their masters in a rebellion before driving them off-planet, later inventing [[transformation]] when those military robots went rogue and made war against their proto-Autobot brethren.

Although well known because of the cartoon's prominence, it has been given relatively little attention in subsequent media; with the rise of the Primus origin story, subsequent works of fiction have largely reduced the Quintessons to merely ''interfering'' with the natural development of the Transformers, as seen in [[3H Productions|3H]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' comics and the [[Aligned continuity family]].

''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' would offer a variation on the Quintesson origin story, depicting the aliens as fifth-dimensional beings who had created the living planet known as "[[Daiakuron]]", which itself would go on to spawn [[Primus]] and the Transformer race.

More recently, the fourth installment of the [[live-action film series]], ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', would reveal that the Transformers of ''that'' universe had also been created by some other alien race. It is, however, unclear if the mysterious, organic aliens known only as the "[[Creator]]s" ''are'' this universe's version of the Quintessons, and what, if any, connection they possess to the equally enigmatic mechanoid who calls herself "[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]".
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===Primus===
: ''See also: [[Primus]], [[Unicron]], [[Thirteen]], [[Well of All Sparks]]''
[[File:Prima.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Prima]] was the first Transformer to be created by Primus, and would later be reimagined as the leader of the mighty group of Transformers known as the [[Thirteen]].]]

{{quote|They '''were''' the dream--mechanical beings able to transform their bodies into vehicles, machinery and weapons; a last line of defense against the chaos bringer, '''Unicron'''!|[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' comic]] introductory blurb}}

Independent of the cartoon's Quintesson origin, writer [[Simon Furman]] came up with his own origin for the Transformers. As first detailed in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]] comic, the Cybertronians of that universe had been created by their god, the benevolent [[Primus]], as proxies to carry on the battle with his villainous opposite: the dreaded chaos-bringer known as [[Unicron]]. This origin story was eventually folded into the American books when Furman took over from US author [[Bob Budiansky]], overwriting the earlier "[[atechnogenesis]]" theory. From there, the tale would undergo various permutations in various pieces of ancillary media before settling on a widely accepted version of events, establishing that Primus himself, like Unicron, could transform from a robot into a planet; unlike Unicron, however, Primus transformed into [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself.

The first Transformer that Primus created was dubbed [[Prima]], bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and later stories set in other universes would take this concept and run with it. Future works would establish that the very first group of Transformers to be created, of which Prima was traditionally a part, would become known as the "[[Thirteen]]," demigod-like figures of enormous power, and who themselves would go on to play a major role in the overarching ''Transformers'' mythos in their own right. The [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] was the first cartoon to incorporate the Primus and Unicron origin into its storyline, as would several [[Fun Publications]]-exclusive stories, and for many years this was widely accepted to be "the definitive" Transformer origin story.

Note, however, that not ''all'' modern continuities adhere to this strict interpretation of events; notably, the original [[2005 IDW continuity]] would establish a [[Rung (G1)|very different interpretation of Primus]], who that continuity's version of [[Unicron/Generation 1#2005 IDW continuity|Unicron]] was entirely unconnected to.
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===The AllSpark===
:''See also: [[AllSpark]], [[AllSpark Mutation]], [[Energon radiation]]
[[File:Defiance4 allspark creates primes.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[AllSpark]], a mysterious relic capable of granting life to the Transformer race, has featured prominently in most ''Transformers'' stories released since the late 2000s.]]
{{quote|Before time began, there was the Cube. We know not where it comes from, only that it holds the power to create worlds and fill them with life. That is how our race was born.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''}}

The very earliest drafts of the 2007 ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie originally had the Autobots and Decepticons come to [[Earth]] in search of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]; for one reason or another, this relic was later reworked into a new artifact, a life-giving cube that was first deemed "the Energon Cube," and then hastily redubbed into "The AllSpark," evidently co-opting the name from ''Beast Machines'' and its description of the [[Transformer afterlife]].

The first ''Transformers'' movie depicted the AllSpark as the sole creator of the Transformers; a powerful, semi-sentient object of unknown manufacture, this artifact was responsible of energizing the [[living metal]] of Cybertron with [[Spark]]s and creating the first generation of Transformers. When loosed on Earth, AllSpark energy was capable of spontaneously imbuing [[human]] machinery with Transformer life, creating "[[AllSpark Mutation]]s" from mundane vehicles or appliances. As part of Hasbro's attempts at brand synergy, the AllSpark would also feature in that year's ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' cartoon, with more-or-less the same backstory, treating the mysterious object as the creator of the Cybertronian species, with individual fragments of the AllSpark displaying the power to bring new Transformers online from whatever inanimate objects happened to be in the vicinity. The concept would be folded into the "Primus" origin in the "Aligned" continuity family, which established the Allspark as the divine mechanism Primus created to generate new sparks. Almost a decade later, 2018's ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' cartoon would once more establish the AllSpark as the mysterious, and seemingly sole, progenitor of Cybertronian life. The ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon would take a similar tack, claiming that Cybertron itself would be unable to survive without the AllSpark.

Recent developments in the live-action series continuity family—most notably the introduction of the enigmatic "[[Creator]]s"—have offered a possible insight into the ''true'' origin of the live-action version of the AllSpark, but no concrete information has yet surfaced.
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===Other origins===
[[File:Pulleys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The theory of atechnogenesis proposes the Transformer race evolved naturally, rather than being created by an external force.]]
; Atechnogenesis
The very first origin ever put forth for the Transformers established that the Transformers had evolved through [[atechnogenesis]], a mechanical parallel to {{w|abiogenesis}} that gave rise to life on Earth, with cybernetic life arising from the interaction between "naturally occurring gears, levers and pulleys" on the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This questionable theory was given in the [[The Transformers (issue)|very first ''Transformers'' comic ever produced]] and was quickly forgotten, though the concept occasionally crops up as an in-universe "atheist" viewpoint to contrast against more spiritual perspectives. A more serious take on the concept was published in a [[A Birth of Planet Saybertron|Japanese-exclusive story]].
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[[File:CybertronFossil.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' suggested that Cybertron was once home to organic creatures, long-since extinct.]]

; Migration
Several installments of the Generation 1 continuity — most notably ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', but also ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' — revealed that, long ago, the metallic world of Cybertron was once a verdant, Earthlike planet. The first episode of ''Beast Machines'' had [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] muse that the first Transformers "came to Cybertron," and subsequently learned to transform—an event that evidently coincided with the extinction of Cybertron's natural biosphere. The [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese continuity]] would reconcile the basics of this premise with the cartoon's Quintesson origin, but no American media has ever expounded on Primal's words or their significance.
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[[File:SpotlightNightbeat GorlamPrimeUpgrading.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Gorlamite]]s were once organic beings that came to adopt robotic forms.]]

; Biomechanical evolution
{{quote|The origins of our '''own''' planet are lost in the distant mists of time. Perhaps, once upon a time... '''Cybertron''' was something like '''this'''.|[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]|[[Spotlight: Nightbeat]]}}
In the [[2005 IDW continuity]], the world of [[Gorlam Prime]] was a planet whose [[Gorlamite|humanoid inhabitants]] developed a culture of cybernetic implants, rapidly shedding their biological forms to become a Transformer-like race and eventually rebuilding their planet into a metallic world and rechristening it "Cybertron". On a visit to Gorlam Prime during the earliest stages of this evolution, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] idly wondered if Cybertron and its inhabitants had once passed through a similar phase. To date, no continuity has ever established this "biomechanical evolution" as a proven origin for the Transformer race, but a similar process is how the Transformers' sister race, the [[GoBot]]s of [[Gobotron]], came to be.
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[[File:GoBots5-anheir.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The conclusion of Tom Scioli's ''Go-Bots'' series implied that the Cybertronian race was descended from a civilization of spacefaring Go-Bots.]]

; Go-Bots
{{quote|Go-Bots! Transform and roll out!|[[Road Ranger]]|[[Go-Bots issue 5|''Go-Bots'' #5]]}}
The long-dormant ''[[GoBots]]'' property, a one-time rival to the Transformers brand, was unexpectedly revived in late 2018 by writer and artist [[Tom Scioli]] for a [[Go-Bots (comic)|5-issue miniseries]]. Though the miniseries was, for the most part, an affectionate pastiche of various sci-fi concepts unrelated to the ''Transformers'' brand, and, indeed, most prior iterations of the Go-Bots—''{{w|Terminator (franchise)|Terminator}}'', ''{{w|Planet of the Apes}}'', and so on—the comic ended with a peaceful Gobotron sailing through space as Go-Bot leader [[Road Ranger]] announced his intention to seed the multiverse with a panoply of [[Cybertron (planet)|mechanical worlds]]. In the meantime, he worked to construct an "optimized" version of himself, a mechanical "heir" that, while not seen, is heavily implied to be [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]; [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] considered building a similar [[Bumblebee (G1)|copy of himself]], and [[Cy-Kill (G1)|Cy-Kill]] and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]]'s remains were amalgamated into a [[Starscream (G1)|new jet-bot]]. For a variety of reasons, it's very unlikely that any future ''Transformers'' story will touch upon this origin.
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==Transformer biology==
===Physiology and variance in form===
: ''See also: [[Robot mode]], [[alternate mode]], [[scale]]''

[[File:G1Misfire boxart.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Most Transformers are essentially humanoid...]]

{{quote|I take great pleasure, and indeed pride, in noting how varied we are throughout the cosmos and beyond. [[Noble (BM)|Organic Cybertronians]], [[Micromaster Combiner|modular Cybertronians]], [[Titan Master|Cybertronians]] [[binary bonding|binary-bonded]] to [[Overload (Armada)|other Cybertronians]], [[Headmaster (technology)|Cybertronians binary-bonded to organic life]], [[Pretender|Cybertronians with organic shells]], [[Combiner|Cybertronians who combine their sparks with other Cybertronians]], [[Duocon|Cybertronians who can split their sparks in twain]], [[Titan (group)|Cybertronians who become cities]], or [[Insecticon (WFC)|insects]], or [[Cosmos (G1)|starships]], or even [[Primus|planets]]... it makes my spark pulse brighter.|[[Vector Prime]]|[[Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 5/26/2015]]}}

The vast majority of Transformers are built along a humanoid frame, generally referred to as their "[[robot mode]]:" two arms, two legs, a torso, and one head. This isn't to say that all Transformers are human''like'', however: some have unconventional limbs, their hands (or whole arm) replaced with tools, claws, weapons, or some other form of manipulator (like a [[beast mode]]'s head). Though most Transformers possess a pair of humanlike legs, some Transformers have opted for more exotic forms of locomotion; a Transformer might possess digitigrade legs, wheels or tractor treads instead of feet, or no discernible legs at all, floating on antigravity. Some Transformers have more or less than the normal number of limbs altogether, such as the six-armed [[Octus (G1)|Octus]]. Transformers' faces run the gamut of design, from looking like a metal human in a helmet, to characters like [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] or [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], whose faces consist of little more than a single glowing eye, or more animalistic designs such as [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

[[File:ROTF Wheelbot concept art.jpg|thumb|left|250px|...but many are not.]]

While humanoid forms are the norm, they are certainly not the ''rule'', and it is not at all uncommon for a Transformer to possess a primary mode based on an animal or vehicle—for instance, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]], who transform from cassette tapes into a panther, a tank, and a jet, respectively. We consider these to be their "robot modes;" while they are definitely inhuman, they are at least capable of independent movement.

Transformers are ''generally'' large in comparison to Earth lifeforms; the average Transformer stands roughly four times the height of a human, depending on its size and shape. However, great variances in form are common; some Transformers, like the [[Mini-Con]]s, [[Micromaster]]s, [[Maximal]]s, or [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, are approximately human sized. Still others, such as the [[Real Gear Robot]]s or the [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]], are small enough to fit in a human's palm.

On the other end of the scale, some Transformers are large enough to dwarf other Cybertronians. The colossal city-bots known as [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s are one such faction, transforming into entire cities for smaller Transformers to inhabit. Particularly large Transformers, like [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]], might transform into entire planets. In the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' series, the planet [[Gigantion]] is populated by both extremes: robots who tower over "normal"-sized Transformers, aided by their tiny Mini-Con partners. For the most part, however, the "average" Transformer ranges from about 15 to 40 feet in height.
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===Physical construction===
:''See also: [[Living metal]], [[Transformation cog]], [[Brain module]], [[:Category:Transformer anatomy|Transformer anatomy]]''

[[File:BlitzwingDissectionDreamwave.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Transformer anatomy is made up of several different mechanical parts, each of which serves an important function.]]

{{quote|You're a motorcycle, Arcee. Shouldn't you know how to build a motorcycle engine?}}
{{quote|You're a human, Jack. Can you build me a small intestine?|[[Jack Darby]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]|"[[Masters & Students]]"}}

Though their metal bodies were shown to be easily built by other Transformers from conventional materials, even the very earliest stories in the franchise showed that Transformers could feel pleasurable and painful sensations—physically "alive" in body, not just mind. This "[[living metal]]" was described as having a cellular structure in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Victory'' cartoon]], a fact independently reiterated by the Marvel [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic books]], which also established that Transformers possessed "genetic material" (useful when [[Reproduction|"budding"]]). It was the Marvel comic which first introduced the idea that the Transformers originally emerged from the very fabric of the planet Cybertron itself, an idea that has become the dominant "origin" story for the species in modern media, and the means by which new Transfomers come into being even in the present day. Following its introduction in the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]], the first stage of Transformer life, prior to taking on an alternate mode, has come to usually be depicted as the raw, featureless "[[protoform]]". As living matter, Transformers' bodies are even capable of being ravaged by [[:Category:Diseases|disease]].

Being mechanical creatures, Transformers possess a number of distinct parts that make up their anatomy; some are largely analogous to human components, but many others serve exotic purposes: complex fuel reactors and ammunition storage are among them. Significant components include the [[transformation cog]], which controls a Cybertronian's ability to change shape, and the [[brain module]] and/or [[personality component]], which houses a Transformer's mind and controls the functions of the body.

===Transformation===
:''See also: [[Transformation]], [[Transformation cog]], [[Scanning]], [[Action Master]], [[Monoformer]]

[[File:TarnAltMode.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Most Transformers are capable of changing between two or more different forms at will.]]

{{quote|Why do you transform into cars and things?}}
{{quote|Simple. Disguise! Besides, it sure beats walking.|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]|"[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"}}

The eponymous, and most iconic, component of the ''Transformers'' franchise is, of course, their characteristic ability to [[transformation|transform]] from one shape to the other—in most cases, this involves changing from a humanoid [[robot mode]] into an [[alternate mode]]; this alternate mode is usually some kind of vehicle or creature, but Transformers across the multiverse have assumed unconventional forms: [[Metroplex (G1)|buildings]], [[Botanica (BM)|plants]], [[Ejector|household appliances]], or even [[Sprinkleberry D'uhnut|human food]].

Early stories depicted this ability as something that the Transformer race as a whole was not created with; it was either a wartime innovation designed to disguise themselves from their opponents, or an unexpected side effect as a result of their rebuilding at the hands of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on [[Earth]]. However, it would not take long for this ability to be cemented as a natural extension of Cybertronian biology; later stories would, for the most part, establish that Transformers are born with a functioning alternate mode, or at least the ability to assume one.

Modern ''Transformers'' fiction has established that the complex mechanical "organ" known as the [[transformation cog]], or T-cog, allows a Cybertronian to transform; most Transformers in contemporary fiction can change their alternate modes at will (e.g., changing their Cybertronian vehicle mode into a suitable Earth disguise) through a process known as [[scanning]]. Some Cybertronians possess unique forms of transformation: they may have the ability to [[Jumpstarter|transform much faster than "regular" Transformers]] or the ability to assume [[Triple Changer|multiple alternate modes]], for instance.

In rare instances, Transformers may ''lose'' the ability to transform over their lifetimes; the [[Marvel Comics continuity]] depicted this as a symptom of inducing mutagenic [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] as a fuel source, sacrificing transformation for enhanced durability and power, while in the [[2005 IDW continuity]] the decision to give up one's alternate mode was a religious choice which involved voluntarily removing the [[Transformation cog]].

===Sparks===
{{main|Spark}}

[[File:The Spark Rhinox spark.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The presence of an animating spark is what separates most Transformers from simple robots.]]

{{quote|We call it a 'Spark'. It contains our life force and our memories.}}
{{quote|Yeah, we call that a 'soul'.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Cade Yeager]]|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

Though their bodies and minds are robotic in nature, Transformers are not mere automatons: most Cybertronian lifeforms are living, sentient, emotional, and fully-intelligent beings. This animating, semi-mystical "life-force" that sets them apart from simple machines is traditionally referred to as the [[spark]], a specially charged mass of {{w|positron}}s that resides in, and energizes, their mechanical frames. Though the concept was first introduced in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' animated series, it has gone on to inform every incarnation of the Transformers franchise, and has even been retroactively applied to the earliest Generation 1 continuities. A spark can be thought of as the "soul" of the Transformer; a Cybertronian life effectively begins with the ignition of a new spark, and ends when that spark is extinguished.

The spark's relationship to the rest of the Transformer is somewhat nebulous and varies aross continuities. In some stories, a spark ''is'' the sum totality of a Transformer; it can be [[Spark extractor|extracted]] from the body of one Cybertronian and implanted into the frame of another, effectively "uploading" the memories and personality encoded in that Spark into a new body. In other continuities, the spark's presence in the body is harder to define; in these continuities, it coexists with other components crucial to Transformer life, such as the [[brain module]], making it harder to define where certain aspects of Transformer life begin or end. Some Cybertronians are created ''without'' sparks, and these Transformers are generally referred to as "[[drone]]s", deriving sentience from their programming. While their appearance and programming may allow them to adopt a convincing imitation of life and intelligence, most Cybertronians generally do not consider these Transformers to be truly "alive".
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===Fuel===
: ''See also: [[Energon]], [[Dark Energon]], [[Synthetic Energon]], [[Transformer fuel]], [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]], [[:Category:Power sources|Power sources]]

[[File:EnergonCubesCartoon1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|1984 cartoon]], Transformers can process different types of fuel into [[energon cube]]s, their primary energy source.]]

{{quote|No more artificial '''energon''' derivatives, no more scrabbling for micro-ergs of some foul local brew. This... is the '''real''' thing!|[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]|[[Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6]]}}

Unlike humans, who require food, air, and water to survive, the only substance Cybertronians require to assure their continued functioning is a fuel source—though for a species as large and powerful as the Transformers, the average Cybertronian consumes a ''significant'' amount of fuel on a regular basis. This desire for energy has led to many wars, and the frequent depletion of their home planet's energy sources. Though early stories such as the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], suggested that Cybertronians could directly convert human energy sources like oil and gasoline, into a nebulously defined [[Transformer fuel]], it wasn't long before the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|1984 cartoon]] introduced the concept of "[[energon]]:" a Cybertronian fuel that could be created by processing other fuel sources into an [[energon cube]], which generally became the default form of Transformer fuel going forward.

[[File:Roadhandler cardart.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Micromaster]] upgrade allows Transformers to downsize into smaller, more fuel-efficient bodies.]]

To survive the constant fuel shortages, various Transformers across the multiverse have attempted to find means of either reducing or circumventing their reliance on energon. Alternate fuel sources, such as [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]], [[Angolmois Energy]], or even the dreaded [[Dark Energon]], can fulfill most of the energy needs of a Transformer, but may have unpredictable side effects. Some continuities have expanded on Marvel's idea, and asserted that while Transformers ''can'' synthesize a usable fuel substitute from local energy sources, this Energon derivative is largely inefficient and offers poor fuel efficiency, making it a poor substitute for the genuine article. In other instances, Transformers may upgrade themselves into more fuel-efficient bodies, capable of functioning on exponentially less energon than other Transformers. The most famous of these are the [[Micromaster]]s, who derogatorily refer to other Transformers as "[[Macromaster|guzzlers]]". The [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s of [[Beast Era]] Cybertron would follow in their footsteps; by their time, three hundred years after the end of the Great War, the entire Transformer race had downsized to the point where they were only slightly taller than an average [[human]].

Not ''all'' Transformers exclusively rely on energon, however, and some Transformers have developed various solutions to cheaply convert organic material into energy. The Generation 1 [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s were one such group, who could sustain themselves by eating both organic and inorganic matter. Transformers who upgraded themselves into [[Powermaster]]s, meanwhile, could [[binary bonding|binary-bond]] with a specially-augmented biological partner, using this smaller lifeform's metabolism as a battery to fuel their systems in the absence of energon. In some universes, such as ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'', the Maximals and Predacons have displayed the power to directly process food into energon by using their beast modes, though this is not a universally-established ability.

===Combination===
: ''See also: [[Combiner]], [[Micromaster Combiner]], [[Power Core Combiners]], [[Multiforce]], [[Mini-Con]]

[[File:G1Defensor-VisualWorks.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] is the combined form of the five [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], but possesses his own independent consciousness and personality.]]
{{quote|Wow, how come we can't do that?}}
{{quote|I don't know, I think they're double-jointed.|[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] on [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]]|"[[Bullet Train to the Rescue]]"}}

Some Transformers have displayed the ability to physically unite with one or more Cybertronians to assume a single, unified shape. These unusual Transformers are known as "[[combiner]]s". The exact nature of this combination depends on the individuals. Some Transformers, such as the [[Mini-Con]]s, are capable of undergoing a unique form of combination known as "[[powerlinx|powerlinking]]", where the smaller partner is able to imbue their "bulk" partner with extra powers, and, in some cases, new weaponry.

In rare cases, two Transformers may combine to form a single, shared vehicle mode, such as the [[Micromaster Combiner]]s. In other situations, teams of Transformers may unite to form weapons or tools, such as the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the combined form of the [[Mini-Con]] [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]]. Generally, though, the most famous and memorable combiners are those Transformers who unite into a single "super robot", an exponentially larger and more powerful being than any of its components. This super robot, or "gestalt", may be made up of as few as two Transformers, or as many as six, but in most cases this combined form is, essentially, their own character, possessing a unique personality and consciousness that's more than just the sum total of their parts.

The origins of combination, when explored, are not particularly clear; the earliest fictions treated it as a unique trait that ''only'' these Transformers could possess through nebulous means, but as the ''Transformers'' franchise evolved other continuities would introduce various supernatural artifacts—such as the [[Spark of Combination]] or the [[Enigma of Combination]]—which could instantaneously change ''any'' group of Cybertronians into a functional combiner.
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===Weapons and abilities===
: ''See also: [[Weapon]], [[ability]]''

[[File:Shermandam.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Some Transformers can project energy into a physical form, creating weapons like the [[energon-axe]] and [[energon mace]].]]

{{quote|Have a mechanical malfunction, courtesy of my concussion cannon!|[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]|"[[Heavy Traffic!]]"}}

Even the most peaceful Cybertronian is far from harmless; while the sheer bulk of their massive mechanical bodies poses an inadvertent threat to smaller life-forms, most, if not all, Transformers also have access to a devastating variety of weapons. The earliest ''Transformers'' stories faithfully depicted the various accessories packaged with indidividual toys as unique handheld weapons, with [[Bob Budiansky]] coming up with a wide variety of powers to set each gun apart from the next, such as [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'s signature [[glass gas]]. Other weapons, such as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s shoulder-mounted cannons, are directly incorporated into their physical form. Like humans, Transformers may display a proficiency with long-ranged artillery weapons, medium-ranged rifles and pistols, or melee weapons like axes and swords. Individual weapons display varying levels of sophistication: melee weapons may be made out of solid metal alloys or pure energy, while their guns may fire bullets, slugs, chemical compounds, or exotic laser bolts.

[[File:Prime optimusionblaster.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The [[ion blaster]] is a signature weapon for [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] in many ''Transformers'' stories.]]

Where exactly Transformers ''store'' these weapons when not wielding them was something of a mystery for many years; some obscure media would later declare that the majority of Transformers have access to a "[[subspace storage pocket]]:" a miniature dimension capable of storing matter, and the place where weapons and other accessories (eg.g. Optimus Prime's trailer) went when not in use. Later stories, most prominently the original 2007 film and its sequels, would drop this concept entirely. Rather, these stories depicted the various weapons of any given Transformer as "built-in" extensions of their natural bodies, depicting their weapons as physical transformations for their hand and forearm. This treatment carried over into the 2010 ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon, though it would be dropped once again for [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|its 2015 sequel]].

In other instances, Transformers may possess rare abilities that, while they may not have a directly offensive use, set the Transformer apart from their comrades. Depending on the universe, these may be the result of natural upgrades to their bodies, or a sort of "genetic mutation" that distinguishes them from other Transformers—see [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s ability to [[teleportation|teleport]] himself from place to place, or [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]'s power to generate magnetic fields.
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===Organic components===
: ''See also: [[Binary bonding]], [[Pretender]], [[Technorganic]], [[Maximal]], [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]''

[[File:MTMTELandmine.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pretender]] technology augments Cybertronians with quasi-organic outer "shells".]]
{{quote|So what are we? Robots, or animals?}}
{{quote|Both... and neither.|[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]|"[[Master of the House]]"}}

[[File:Cheetorbw.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Future generations of Cybertronians use [[DNA scanner]]s to adopt the forms of organic creatures]]

Cybertronians are a constantly-developing race, and after making contact with non-mechanical intelligences both Autobots and Decepticons have been known to harness the potential of organic life, as both weapons of war and to advance their own development as a species. Though these upgrades are powerful, and frequently coveted by other Cybertronians, not ''all'' Cybertronians are convinced of the soundness of this so-called "evolutionary leap;" some Transformers view the prospect of carbon-based life as repulsive, and these technologies as revolting or downright heretical.

The fusion between organic and mechanical takes many forms across the vast ''Transformers'' multiverse, running the gamut from simple [[binary bonding|binary-bonded]] partnerships—where a Transformer develops a symbiotic partnership with a smaller creature, to the point where they may telepathically merge into a single entity—to the advanced [[Pretender]] armor, concealing the mechanical shape of a Transformer beneath a specially-tailored "shell" that incorporates organic matter. These so-called "Pretenders" possess enhanced regenerative abilities, with their shells even allowing them to pass as non-robotic humanoids.

In those future universes where the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] gives way to the [[Beast Era]], the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s will go on to develop advanced [[DNA scanner]]s; thanks to advancements in both [[Micromaster]] and Pretender technology, these future Cybertronians are able to copy genetic material and directly integrate organic components into their structures, allowing them to disguise themselves as organic life without the need for an external Pretender shell. Even this arrangement can be enhanced: exposure to the energies of the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] can unite both forms of life at the cellular level to create the first "[[technorganic]]" Transformers, a form of life said to be neither organic nor technological.
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===Gender===
{{main|Female Transformer}}

[[File:Revolution5-Windbladeprofile.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Changing attitudes in the ''Transformers'' brand led to the creation of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] as a new "headline" female character.]]
{{quote|Female Autobots?! I thought they were extinct!|[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]|"[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]"}}
As a kid-friendly franchise first and foremost, most continuities have established that Transformers reproduce through decidedly asexual means; despite this, however, the Cybertronian species is usually depicted with a degree of {{w|sexual dimorphism}}, with clearly "male" and "female" robots coexisting, both in fiction and on toy shelves—though the male-to-female ratio has been historically skewed greatly in favor of the former. In early ''Transformers'' installments (and even some later stories!), female Transformers were presented as an aberration of sorts, their femininity sometimes the result of alien interference or malevolent genetic experimentation, and treated as something "outside" the Cybertronian norm. Changes in the real-world pop culture landscape, and an increased number of female writers in the ''Transformers'' franchise, have led to more recent works taking steps to depict female Cybertronians and their gender presentation as nothing particularly different from their male counterparts: just a natural aspect of the Cybertronian species.

As a kid's franchise, the topic of what Transformer gender really ''means'' in a society of asexual robots hasn't really been explored in most continuities, though some works, most notably IDW's older-skewing comics, have used their settings to tackle some deeper issues relating to gender and gender identity in Transformer society and the real world.

The earliest female Transformers introduced to the mythos: [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]], [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and so on, were generally depicted as curvier than the boxy "male" Transformers, looking more like attractive human women in armor than anything else. Since then, however, female Transformers have been allowed to diversify in appearance and personality, giving us some less-stereotypical females like ''Beast Machines'' [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], while new headline characters like [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] have increased representation of female characters as a whole in the franchise.
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==Transformer life cycle==
The life cycle of the Transformer race differs greatly from those of organic species.

===Birth===
: ''See also: [[Reproduction]], [[Protoform]], [[hatchling]], [[M.T.O.|Made To Order Soldiers]]''

[[File:Protoforms2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Many continuities feature [[protoform]]s as the earliest stage of a Transformer life.]]
{{quote|The sparks give rise to '''sentience'''. The metal gains '''form'''... and the '''protoforms''' emerge. A '''generation new'''.|[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]|''[[The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation]]''}}

The vast majority of ''Transformers'' continuities have firmly established that the Transformers reproduce asexually, though the individual mechanisms of just ''how'' a new Transformer comes to life can vary even within the same fictional universe. The creation of a new Transformer generally begins with the ignition of a [[spark]]—whether this spark comes from the living computer [[Vector Sigma]], the [[AllSpark]] itself, or a [[sacred implement]] such as the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and its [[Primal Program]] depends on the story—and then infusing that spark into a suitable body. In some instances, such as those Transformers brought to life directly by the [[AllSpark]], this body can be a mundane Earth machine, its structure supernaturally altered to become the [[living metal]] that makes up all Transformers, but, for the most part, most continuities have established that new Transformers begin as a "[[protoform]]:" a humanoid mass of liquid metal that requires the infusion of a spark to become a full-fledged Transformer. A protoform quickly develops into a new Transformer after accepting a spark; though the specifics are rarely elaborated upon, this process is ''generally'' understood to be very fast, occurring in a matter of days, hours, or even minutes, depending on the continuity. In Transformer society at large, "protoform" is often used as a shorthand equivalency for childhood or infancy, and Transformers are frequently said to have been "forged" as a Cybertronian synonym for "born".

[[File:Your First Mistake - Army Building Seekers.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Other Transformers are manually assembled, like conventional machines, and subsequently given life through the infusion of a spark.]]
In other circumstances, a spark may bypass the protoform stage entirely, and is implanted into a pre-constructed Transformer body; after this infusion, the new Transformer simply springs to life. Still other continuities have established that Transformers are capable of "[[Reproduction#budding|budding]]", a {{w|mitosis}}-like process in which a Transformer sacrifices some of its own essence to create a new protoform.

The Transformers of the live-action movie series appear to be the exception to this rule; multiple Transformer characters have alluded to possessing fathers and mothers (the implications of these statements have never been explored), while in this continuity new Transformers begin as feral "[[hatchling]]s", who spend their early days nourishing themselves in egg sac-like "pods" of [[energon]]. Certainly this seems to point towards the Transformers having some kind of familial relationships, though how exactly these tie into that universe's overarching mythology of the AllSpark and the "[[Creator]]s" is something of a mystery.

===Early life===
: ''See also:[[:Category:Transformer education|Transformer education]]''

[[File:Shining armor 1 baby stardrive.jpg|thumb|right|200px|At five days old, [[Stardrive]] has already developed her "adult" appearance.]]
{{quote|But back then, I was just a '''kid'''. I had to learn to talk, and interact with people. By my '''fifth solar cycle''', I was... '''considerably bigger''' than [[Elonian|my classmates]].|[[Stardrive]]|[[Shining Armor issue 1|''Shining Armor'' #1]]}}

While [[human]] children might take years to master the various skills required of them in later life, Transformers are brought online as more-or-less independent lifeforms, their personalities ranging anywhere from early adolescence to full maturity. These new Cybertronians are essentially adults, capable of making decisions and fending for themselves without any kind of parental guidance. It is for this reason that most Transformers do not possess, or even have any concept, of parental units or familial bonds. The sole exception to this rule are [[twin]]s; akin to the splitting of a human zygote, twins are generally depicted as the product of a "split spark", granting them a unique, quasi-telepathic "sibling bond", and occasionally manifesting the power to [[combiner|combine]] with one another. Although many depictions of Transformer "childhood" tend towards the comedic and are thus of dubious veracity—for instance, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] claimed that he had been a non-transforming tricycle in his youth—some more recent works of fiction have featured a more detailed look at the lives of young Transformers as they mature.

[[File:Autobot Cadets.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Institutions like [[Autobot boot camp]] build teamwork and co-operative skills between young Autobots.]]

The personality and traits of a Transformer also seem to be established rather quickly after coming online; this can occasionally lead to strange situations, where the deep-voiced, chivalric hero [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] is in fact ''younger'' than the excitable, childlike [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Similar oddities occur across the franchise.

As a consequence of their unusual life cycle, most Transformers do not have much of a concept of "childhood" as humans know it, perhaps explaining why the Autobots are so prone to taking human children into harm's way. As a war story first and foremost, generally taking place long after the collapse of any functioning society, few continuities have explored how young Cybertronians are formally socialized and educated; indeed, most newborn Transformers are immediately thrust into the front lines to continue the war. Those scant references to early life ''do'' depict young Transformers learning life skills in a group setting, whether this is through ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron's]]'' [[primary programming]], or a more military-flavoured education such as ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Autobot boot camp]]. More specialized institutions, such as ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]], [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW]]'s [[Ultirex Technoversity]], or [[Aligned continuity family]]'s [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] suggest that some Transformers may choose to focus on specific academic or military fields as part of their vocational path.
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===Lifespan===
: ''See also: [[:Category:Elderly Transformers|Elderly Transformers]]''

[[File:AniRatchetPromoModel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|At more than four million years old, the elderly Transformer [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] is evidently in the later stages of his life.]]

{{quote|You can be glacially slow, because you live with an abundance of time. Yet you can be impetuous and careless, because error and consequence seem transitory. You expect to '''outlive''' them. When you imagine the far future, you imagine your individual selves in it. You '''know''' you will be there. And some of you think that gives you '''ownership''' over it.|[[Pra'tyne]]|"[[Escape Part One]]"}}

As mechanical beings, most Cybertronians are an incredibly long-lived, and even "young" Transformers may be older than any living thing on planet Earth. Though the specifics may vary, Transformers measure time in terms of millions of years and generally exist on a fundamentally different timescale than humanity—the precise age of Transformer civilization differs from one continuity to the next, from [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW]]'s twelve million years to ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s claim of "over ten ''billion'' years"—but across all of these continuities it's made clear that Cybertronians are not bound to the fleeting lifespans of short-lived organic beings; their histories, empires, and wars playing out over a period of geological epochs.

A conservative estimate would put the average Transformer lifespan at four to seven million years, though some universes, most recently 2018's ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' cartoon, has suggested that its cast of characters are more than 65 million years old, with the Autobots having landed on Earth during the end of the {{w|Late Cretaceous|Late Cretaceous}} era.

An individual Cybertronian might grow to a venerable age, outlasting entire civilizations in the process, but they are not truly immortal beings. Though one might assume that, as robotic lifeforms, a Cybertronian could simply replace worn-out parts indefinitely, it is clear that Cybertronians ''do'' age, many indeed become "elderly", (in some cases, this manifests as a variety of memory and mobility-related problems) and even die from age-related complications, such as [[cybercrosis]]. The precise nature of Transformer aging is not well-understood, though several continuities, such as the [[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]] or the live-action film series, have linked the process to a prolonged period of fuel depletion. These sorts of "natural" deaths are very rare in the franchise; as ''Transformers'' is a war story first and foremost, it is far more common to have Transformer lives simply cut short for one reason or another.
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===Death and the afterlife===
:''See also: [[Death]], [[Transformer afterlife]], [[Transformer funerary practices]], [[Zombie]]

[[File:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A powerful enough explosion can fatally blow a Transformer apart.]]

{{quote|He lived a warrior... and died a hero. Let his spark join the Matrix, the greatest of Cybertron.|[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] eulogizes [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

Though long-lived, powerful, and able to quickly recover from even grievous injuries, Cybertronians are not invincible, and can be killed like any other lifeform, as has been demonstrated again and again by their endless wars. Exactly what it ''takes'' to bring down a Transformer varies from one continuity to the next—and, more cynically, as the needs of the plot demand—but for the most part the death of a Transformer is accompanied by the extinguishment of its spark.

Transformers can be killed through ways that are analogous to human causes of death: they can be shot, stabbed, blown to bits, or otherwise damaged by weapons to the point where their body can no longer function, their heads and torsos can be mutilated beyond repair by [[decapitation]] or simple blunt impact trauma, or their physical structures can be broken down by toxic compounds designed to damage their [[living metal]]. A Transformer can be "poisoned", sometimes lethally so, by ingesting the wrong kind of fuel, or they can simply "starve" to death if they are unable to refuel for long enough. Transformers may also die from uniquely robotic causes; long-term exposure to exotic forms of radiation may short out their circuitry, while exotic diseases like [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] or [[Scraplet]]s can destroy their mechanical bodies from within. In those universes where science and sorcery coexist, Cybertronians have also displayed a glaring vulnerability to [[magic]]. As a story of war, all of these fates and worse have befallen various Transformers across the multiverse.

[[File:GhostsofCybertron1-Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Starscream's mutated spark is somehow able to sustain his consciousness after death, surviving as an incorporeal [[ghost]].]]

Unlike humans, however, who may or may not profess a ''belief'' in an afterlife without any concrete evidence, the various [[Transformer afterlife|afterlives]] are generally regarded as real; when a Transformer's spark is extinguished, it merely returns to the metaphysical dimension alternately referred to as the "Allspark" or "Afterspark", supposedly connected to the entirety of the Transformer race across the multiverse, where it can commune with the other spirits of the departed.

Death does not necessarily mark the end for a Transformer, however. It is possible that a Transformer may return to life if the spark can be plucked from the afterlife and safely transferred into a new vessel. In other cases, the spark itself may choose to re-enter our physical world if the need is great and resume life as a mortal Transformer. A handful of Transformers, most infamously [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], have displayed the ability to survive the complete physical destruction of their body and continue existence as a spectral "[[ghost]]", displaying typically ghostly skills such as intangibility and the power to possess the bodies of other Transformers. Various sources have flagged this ability as a rare spark-based "mutation," and as such it is the exception, not the rule.

In still other instances, Transformers may be resurrected as [[zombie]]s; in most cases, these are dead Transformers whose physical shells have merely fallen under the control of another, and lack the sparks that characterize Cybertronians as truly "alive".
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==Transformer culture==
[[File:WOTTF Emotion.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Transformers can exhibit any number of personality types, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|loving]] [[Elita One (G1)|couples]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|peaceful creatures]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|impetuous adolescents]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|omnicidal maniacs]].]]

Regardless of continuity, the most distinctive facet of Cybertronian society has been its near-continuous state of [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|planetary Civil War]] between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s. The conflict is mostly defined by what each faction believes is the "destiny" of the Transformers: the Autobots believe in a peaceful society where Cybertron is a place of culture and justice, while the Decepticons believe in a "might makes right" philosophy where Cybertron would be the center of a [[Decepticon Empire|mighty empire]]. The fact that the vast majority of what we know about Transformers has been shaped by this constant, corrosive warfare should not be overlooked.

===Society===
:''See also: [[Functionism]], [[Pax Cybertronia]], [[Cybertronian colonies]]

[[File:Bigredkhanna.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cybertronian civilization bears many similarities to human societies on Earth.]]

{{quote|Everyone's Shape Serves A Purpose|A [[Functionism|Functionist]] slogan|"[[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It]]", "[[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc]]"}}

Individual depictions of life on both pre-war and post-war Cybertron have varied wildly from one continuity to the next, but most continuities have established that Transformers organized themselves into societies comparable to most modern human civilizations, with many of the same hallmarks: a written language, clear division of labour, an organized government, complex social hierarchies, and education systems designed to pass on knowledge and culture to newly forged Transformers. Individual career paths on Cybertron are largely analogous to many human jobs: [[Stockade (RID)|soldiers]], [[Arcee (Animated)|teachers]], [[Constructicon (G1)|construction workers]], [[Terminus (G1)|miners]], [[Circuit (G1)|journalists]], [[Megatron (SG)|professors]], [[Perceptor (G1)|scientists]], [[Maccadam|bartenders]], and [[Windsweeper|sanitation engineers]], to name a few. Other facets of society are similarly Earth-like, with [[Needlenose (G1)|fads and fashions]], [[Overload (RID)|theater]], [[Rippersnapper (SG)|film]], [[Mirage (G1)|aristocracy]], [[Empty|poverty]], and so on. Millions of years old, life on Cybertron is very much guided by ancient traditions and millennia-old schools of thought, and many Transformers regard their forebears with great reverence and respect—even if a cursory analysis of the history books reveals that those "ancestors" were not particularly upstanding individuals themselves.

Unlike humans, however, Cybertronians place great importance on the value of their shapeshifting abilities and [[alternate mode]]s, and have been known to divide themselves into social groupings based on this premise. Depending on the universe, those Transformers who share a similar alternate mode or profession—for instance, all Transformers who become aircraft, or those who work in Cybertron's various scientific fields—may be lumped together under a single, inflexible social group or caste. The rigidity of this system varies by continuity, but some universes have taken this concept to the extreme, such as the [[Aligned continuity family]]'s depiction of its caste system or IDW's [[Functionism]] as the defining trait of pre-war Cybertron. In many continuities, pre-war Cybertron has been depicted as something of a dystopia; whether this is due to energy shortages, an oppressive government, and simple cultural stagnation, these stories portray the planet and its culture as crumbling, highly stratified between "haves" and "have-nots," and overseen by a bloated and corrupt government in the final years before the rise of the Decepticons. Not ''all'' modern ''Transformers'' fiction adheres to this rule, however, such as IDW's [[Transformers (2019 comic)|2019 comic reboot]] and its decision to reimagine the planet as an enlightened, largely egalitarian utopia.

[[File:Planetmicro landscape.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cybertronians have been known to colonize distant worlds, such as the planet [[Micro]].]]

The Transformers are a naturally expansionistic race, and their development has been punctuated by the periodic [[Cybertronian colonies|colonization]] of other planets throughout the universe. What this colonization entails depends on the intentions of the Cybertronians; Cybertronians may change their worlds to fit their needs through [[cyberforming]], strip-mining and rebuilding the planet into a miniature copy of Cybertron, while in other cases Cybertronians may adapt by changing ''themselves'', leaving the planet in a more-or-less natural state. Many universes have established that this period of colonization and expansion occurred in the distant past, with the various colonies cut off from Cybertron in the present day; in the interim, these isolated Transformer outposts may develop over time to become entirely new kinds of Transformer, with their own unique societies.

[[File:TheAutonomyLesson-spaceport.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Post-war Cybertronian society is marked by periods of turmoil and reconstruction.]]

Wartime Cybertronian society is portrayed as heavily polarized between Autobot and Decepticon. Neutrality is rare, and when [[neutral]]s do exist, they generally fare poorly, becoming victims of Decepticon abuse and destruction or being otherwise forced to flee the planet. Those rare universes where the Great War is allowed to come to an end feature reconciliation and reconstruction efforts aimed at rebuilding a wounded planet and otherwise move on from a dark era of death and destruction. But some Transformers are incapable of letting go of their grudges; armed pockets of resistance may hold out for years on backwater planets, while more clever individuals may gather like-minded dissidents to plot revenge from the shadows. Years after the ratification of an official armistice, even the most open-minded of Transformers may still continue clinging to old allegiances, with post-war society developing along strict factionalist lines.

Some Transformers refer to the ideal outcome of Cybertronian civilization as the "[[Pax Cybertronia]]", ushering in a prosperous future for the galaxy by bringing lasting peace to the Transformer homeworld and beyond.
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===War===
:''See also: [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]], [[:Category:Wars|Wars]]

[[File:BattleForCybertron.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Most ''Transformers'' stories are set during the "[[Great War (G1)|Great War]]" between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.]]

{{quote|'''Unity''' would give way to '''discord'''... '''civil war''' begat a '''Golden Age''' which begat a '''new''' civil war. "'''Why'''" is the question. Why...is Cybertron locked in this '''cycle'''?|[[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]|"[[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named]]"}}

The history of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is the history of a planet wracked by brutal civil wars, interspersed with comparatively brief "[[Golden Age]]s" of peace and prosperity. Not unlike [[human]]ity, the process of war and reconciliation tends to be depressingly cyclical: the outcome of one war leads to a disaffected group of individuals who inevitably spark the next great war. Though the most famous war in the ''Transformers'' multiverse tends to be the so-called "Great War," between the (generally) heroic [[Autobot]]s and the (usually) villainous [[Decepticon]]s, many other equally destructive conflicts can and have occurred: the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]], or the [[Grand Uprising]], have all pitted millions of Transformers against one another for control of Cybertron, and sometimes the entire galaxy.

The longevity and power of the Cybertronian race means that their wars tend to be brutal, drawn-out affairs, frequently lasting for millions of years and potentially stretching across dozens of planets—these may be [[Cybertronian colonies]], or "neutral" worlds populated by primitive organics. In many of these conflicts, Cybertron itself is rendered uninhabitable, forcing the war off-world. Cybertronians at war do not seem to follow any kind of rules of engagement analogous to humanity's {{w|Geneva Conventions}}; civilians, noncombatants, and wounded soldiers are considered to be viable targets, and the inhabitants of neutral planets may be exterminated, their homes [[cyberforming|cyberformed]], to expand the aegis of a potential [[Decepticon Empire]]. Wide-scale atrocities and ever-more elaborate weapons of war are common, and even many Autobot leaders across the multiverse have found themselves making morally questionable decisions in the name of victory.

The constant wars of the Cybertronian race have greatly stunted their potential development as a species; in [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon|one of the few universes]] where Cybertron did ''not'' collapse into civil war, the Transformers of that universe gradually evolved into a [[Transcendent Technomorph|highly advanced breed of life]] and devised a system of cross-dimensional travel.
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===Politics===
:''See also: [[Transformer government]], [[High Council (disambiguation)|High Council]], [[Prime (rank)]], [[Decepticon leader]]

[[File:Multiplicity Jetfire before High Council.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Many Transformer governments are oligarchic in nature, overseen by a "High Council" of appointed officials.]]

{{quote|Oh, ''great'' system, your "democracy"! No mechanism to break a tie!|[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]|"[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]"}}

Most Transformer governments are non-democratic in nature, overseen by one or more particularly wise or experienced individuals. This government may be oligarchic in nature, such as the various "[[High Council (disambiguation)|High Council]]s" present throughout the multiverse, monarchic, such as the ancient [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]] of the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], or an outright dictatorship—benevolent or not. All of them seem to wield a great deal of power over both military and civilian institutions. During wartime situations, command over a faction generally falls to a single autocratic leader, occasionally known as the [[Supreme Commander]]. Though they may seek counsel and consent from their followers, ultimately wartime decisions are theirs and theirs alone to make. Very few continuities have ever depicted a free or open electoral process on pre-war Cybertron.

On the planetary level, Cybertron is generally organized into a series of autonomous [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]]s with their own independent governments; some continuities have established that this present-day state of events is the result of the fracturing of larger empires during the earliest days of the Cybertronian race. Depending on the universe, these city-states may be represented by Senators, who meet to discuss international issues as part of the planetary governing body known as the [[Senate]].

Particularly noble or otherwise pious Transformers, such as the Autobots, may gravitate to leadership under a single powerful individual known as a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], who serves as a head of state, spiritual leader, and commander-in-chief all in one. In most franchises, this Prime is leader of the Autobots, and their leadership is demonstrated by their ability to wield the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] which is generally passed from one successor to the next. Several continuities have demonstrated that Autobot leaders ''can'' be removed by the [[Crisis Act]]—essentially a vote of no confidence—but this law is not universal. In the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' continuity, the supreme commander of Autobot civilization is known as a [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]], who answers to Cybertron's civilian and military guilds.

Those Transformers who rally under the flag of the Decepticons, however, bow only to the supremacy of the [[Decepticon leader|most powerful]] and normally have ''no'' mechanism for peaceful handover of power: power struggles within the faction have occasionally erupted in the form of a [[Decepticon Civil War]].

By the era of the Maximals and Predacons, the planet is dually ruled by both the [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Council of Elders]] and the [[Tripredacus Council]], each seeming to hold jurisdictions over their respective factions. Both appear to be composed of war veterans from the Great War, Autobot and Decepticon veterans who have retired from an active role in Cybertronian life in favour of guiding a new generation of Transformers. The episode "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]" suggests that Maximal society is [[democracy|democratic]] in nature, though IDW's ''Beast Wars'' comic would namedrop the [[Maximal Imperium]] as the name of their government.

===Religion===
:''See also: [[Religion]], [[:Category:Gods|Gods]]''

[[File:TheSumAndItsParts-OptimusMatrix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The devout inhabitants of [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] worshipped [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] as a living god.]]

{{quote|You gotta wonder: if God made man in his image, who made ''him''?|[[Robert Epps]] on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

Across the multiverse, different ''Transformers'' stories have introduced a wide range of potential belief systems for the Cybertronian race—beliefs that have an alarming tendency of eventually being revealed as more-or-less true. Very rarely are Transformers or their society ''writ large'' depicted as atheistic; most Cybertronians seem to hold at least some religious beliefs, though the nature of thieir faiths are not always clearly outlined. Most Autobots (and even some Decepticons), for instance, view the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to be a divine artifact, a combination sacred talisman and symbol of office. Sacred texts such as the [[Covenant of Primus]] and various religious rituals are common enough to be considered largely unremarkable in Cybertronian society.

Just like humans, groups of Transformers may choose to worship various deities, or differing aspects of the same deity. In most series, worship of [[Primus]] is the most predominant of these faiths, though permutations of Primus-worship take many different shapes; the [[2005 IDW continuity]], for instance, conflated Primus with the benevolent pantheon of deities known as the [[Guiding Hand]]. In more recent continuities, Cybertronians have been known to worship the [[Thirteen]], treating them as infallible demigods, and some particularly pious individuals may choose to deify ''all'' those Transformers who hold the rank of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] or carry the Matrix of Leadership.

[[File:WarWithin Escalation Bludgeons vision.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Some religious choices may have unintended consequences.]]

Other religions are more sinister in nature; ''particularly'' malevolent Cybertronians may choose to partake in illicit rites aimed at channeling arcane forces such as "[[dark science]]". Still others may choose to forsake Transformer society entirely by worshipping the dreaded [[Unicron]]. Among their number are the evil member of the Thirteen known as "[[The Fallen]]," and a number of different incarnations of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], both of whom have pledged to actively spread chaos and disharmony across the universe in service of their new master.

A handful of Transformers have displayed the ability to manifest paranormal powers outside the scope of natural Cybertronian science; they may have gained these powers as part of a dark pact with arcane forces, or they may be the result of studying mystical disciplines, like [[magic]]. These rare Transformers may be able to weave illusions, cast spells, fire bolts of mystical energy, commune with or resurrect deceased Transformers, or even divine the future.
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===Sciences===
[[File:Spacebridge (Cyberverse - Fractured).jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Space bridge]]s allow Transformers to instantaneously warp from one location to another, regardless of distance.]]
{{quote|This ship is literally out of this world! Even the [[Fantastic Four]]'s brilliant leader, [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]], would feel like a kid at his first science fair in here!|[[Spider-Man]]|"[[Prisoner of War!]]"}}

As robotic beings who predate the earliest humans by millions of years, it should come as no surprise that Cybertronian technology far outstrips the sum total of humanity's scientific development. Exotic technologies that defy our conventional understanding of physics are treated as commonplace; Cybertronian starships, and even those Transformers who ''become'' starships, for instance, are capable of {{w|faster-than-light}} travel and able to traverse vast distances in a short period of time. [[Space bridge]] technology goes even further than that, allowing travelers to instantaneously warp billions of lightyears, completely bypassing the need for an interstellar voyage. Artificial intelligences of varying levels of sophistication coexist alongside their sentient creators, and exotic chemical compounds are commonplace in both military and civilian uses.

When it is portrayed at all, academia on Cybertron is very much akin to its Earthen counterparts; Transformers may choose to specialize in one or more scientific disciplines—physics, engineering, and biology being the most common. Perhaps as a result of their biological immortality, scientific progress seems to occur far more slowly for Cybertronians than it does for humanity; outside of minor innovations and development of weapons, Cybertron has been known to have technology largely stagnate for millions of years, whether within or outside of wartime. Indeed, [[Vector Prime]] has [[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#CybertronianTech|noted]] that in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|certain universes]], technology developed more in the few decades following the Transformers' first contact with Earth than it did for millions of years beforehand, implying that humanity's [[Human Confederacy|own rapid development]] could act as a "catalyst" for the Transformers' advancements.

===Art===
: ''See also: [[Transformer music]], [[:Category:Artists|Artists]]''

[[File:Caged bulkhead.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Some Cybertronians have been known to study the artistic legacies of other species... though the results can be questionable.]]
{{quote|Destruction is the highest form of art.|[[Slog (G1)|Slog]]'s motto|[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile}}
The Transformers have been shown to have a very active [[Transformer music|musical tradition]]. The [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] itself has an archive of 11 million traditional Cybertronian songs. Many Transformers such as [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] have shown great interest in music, and [[Squawkbox]] is one prominent example of a Cybertronian musician.

Furthermore, sculpture seems to be one of the primary art forms of Cybertron, with many Transformers dedicated to it. One notable (and gruesome) school of sculpture, practiced by a startling number of Transformers involves making art out of the bodies of other Transformers. The [[Slogism]] movement is a part of this school.

Filmmaking is also practiced on Cybertron, though most examples seen are either [[Proteus's Promise|documentaries]] or [[The Birth of Cybertron|straight-up propaganda]]. Attempts by Cybertronians have also been made to produce films more inspired by the human art of cinema, but the results [[Dark Invasion|tend to]] [[Starscream: The Movie (film)|be lacking]].
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===Linguistics===
: ''See also: [[Cybertronian language]], [[Cybertronix]], [[Cybertronian Standard]], [[Cyberglyphics]], [[Ancient Cybertronian]]''

[[File:ToWalkAmongTheChosen-Spanish.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] displays the ability to fluently speak Spanish while deployed in [[Mexico City]].]]

{{quote|You must realize that our actual "names" are communicated in an alien language wholly orthogonal to the human experience, and we often translate not just words but concepts. Since these are sometimes culturally dependent, our algorithms use sophisticated "best-fit" methodologies to ensure that even if a translation is not literal, it is resonant.|[[Vector Prime]]|[[Ask Vector Prime]]}}

Nothing if not adaptable, Cybertronians can quickly adapt to life on a new planet by instantaneously learning the local languages, allowing them to fluently and easily communicate with native lifeforms. The process by which this is done so is not always so clear-cut; the [[Transformers (film)|2007 film]] credited this skill to the Autobots' ability to access the [[Internet]], while [[Recipe for Disaster!|an issue]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comic]] suggested that it was a natural ability, albeit one that that required time to unscramble and synthesize the language for Cybertronians. Various Transformers have referred to their names as "code-names," suggesting that their names as humans understand them are not their ''real'' names, but merely translated to get a similar ''idea'' of their true name across.

[[File:Other voices text.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' introduced separate languages for both Maximals and Predacons.]]

It can be safely assumed that stories set exclusively on Cybertron or setting otherwise devoid of humans have "translated" dialogue for the benefits of us, the viewer, though the ''implication'' is certainly that these Cybertronians are "really" speaking in their native tongue. What, exactly, spoken Cybertronian language sounds like is something of a mystery; the live-action film series, at least, have established that the native tongue of those Transformers is a collection of garbled electronic noises, its pitch and speed depending on the size of the 'bot in question. Transformers who are unable, or unwilling, to speak may use nonverbal languages, such as [[chirolinguistics]] or [[Cybertronian Sign Language]].

Our knowledge of written languages is more concrete; over the years, a variety of Cybertronian calligraphies have surfaced, depending on era and faction—[[Maximal]]s use a different language than [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, and both differ from the languages of [[Autobot]]s from [[Decepticon]]. Out of universe, these "written languages" tend to be rather simple 1-1 cyphers of the English alphabet, and as a result of this, many stories have taken the opportunity to sneak in various [[Easter egg]]s in the form of hidden messages, for the benefit of those ultra-geeky fans.
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===Medicine===
{{See also|:Category:Medics|l1=Medics}}

[[File:TheBecoming-MegatronAndRatchet.jpg|thumb|right|275px|While Cybertronian medical procedures superficially resemble human ones, the techniques involved are more similar to vehicle maintenance.]]
{{quote|Miko, a T-cog is a ''biomechanism'', not a scrapyard find. If it were that easy, don't you think I would have replaced Bumblebee's voice box by now?|[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]|"[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]"}}

Cybertronians are an adaptable and robust race, able to survive even grevious injuries, but seriously injured or ailing Transformers may turn to members of Cybertron's medical community for assistance. The robotic nature of their bodies means that a Cybertronian "doctor" is a combination mechanic, roboticist, and physician, who must be able to accurately assess and repair damage to their patient's mechanical form. Individual specializations exist, such as "[[blacksmith]]s"—essentially, a Cybertronian obstetrician—but most in-fiction Transformer medicine comes in the form of on-the-ground battlefield repairs, designed to get wounded soldiers back on their feet and into the fight as quickly as possible.

Different educational institutions on Cybertron have been known to offer courses in medicine, and the realities of war mean that their services are in generally high demand. Some particularly deranged medics may fall in with the [[Decepticon]]s or other unsavory sorts, developing [[Ratchet (SG)|exotic and oftentimes gruesome "treatments"]] to perform on both both friends and foes, or concocting exotic new [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|disease-based bioweapons]] designed to wreak havoc on their enemies.

Generally, Cybertronian physicians choose to transform into ambulances and other "first responder" vehicles, and even those who don't often sport red-and-white color schemes.
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===Romance===
: ''See also: [[Transformer romance]], [[Conjunx Endura]], [[Kiss]]

[[File:TheGloaming-iloveyou.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] and [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] would popularize the term "[[Conjunx Endura]]" as the official term for a romantic union between Transformers.]]

{{quote|Nudge nudge, wink, wink - know what I mean?|[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]|"[[Fire on High!]]"}}

Although their means of propagation tend towards the asexual, the Transformer psyche is not dissimilar enough to a human's that they do not crave the same kinds of long-term social bonds that we do, and though the story of ''Transformers'' is primarily one of war, various continuities have established that Cybertronians are also capable of the same kind of romantic affection that humans regularly engage in. This behavior dates back to the earliest days of the franchise; though it was never ''explicitly'' spelled out, dialogue in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the 1984 cartoon]] made it abundantly clear that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] held one another in high regard, with similar implications continuing through the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 animated film]] and its treatment of both the "swashbuckling hero" [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and the distinctly feminine [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]]. Some instances of romance are depicted as serious, while others are distinctly played for laughs, such as the Predacon [[Scylla]]'s emphatically one-sided crush on the Maximal [[Ikard]].

[[File:Pgalove.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cybertronians may fall in love with [[human]]s or other organic lifeforms.]]

In rarer cases, Cybertronians may fall in love with [[human]]s or [[alien]]s (though their feelings may not always be reciprocated), while particularly clueless Cybertronians may develop an attraction to inanimate objects—see [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and his inexplicable romantic attraction to red sports cars. Other Transformers may consider this behavior ''strange'', but there do not seem to be any explicit taboos against it either.

Though one would assume that—as basically sexless lifeforms—the average Transformer would not display any real kind of preference when it comes to the already vague concept of Transformer gender, most ''Transformers'' fiction has largely displayed Transformers in "straight" relationships, with "male" Cybertronians falling in love with "female" Cybertronians and vice versa. Only comparatively recently as this situation begun to change; in [[2012]], ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' made history by introducing [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] and [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] as the first definitively identified same-sex couple, with many more following in their footsteps. ''More than Meets the Eye'' would dub individuals in this kind of relationship as "[[Conjunx Endura]]e," the first official name for the concept and the term that would become the standard terminology to describe romantically intertwined Transformers of any gender.
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==Related species==
:''See also: [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]], [[Lithone (species)|Lithone]], [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]], [[Gorlamite]], [[Stentarian]], [[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]]
[[File:TFTM-WreckGarsits.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Junkions had the ability to transform into motorcycle forms, which others of their species could ride. In some continuities, they are alien creatures, while in others they are the descendents of stranded Cybertronian colonists.]]
What is a Transformer? Going over the criteria that we have laid out here, the question seems a simple one at first blush: an alien robot who can transform from one form to another. The truth behind the answer isn't quite as easy to define, however; the ''Transformers'' franchise has populated its fictional universe with a variety of other [[alien]] species who superficially resemble Transformers, most notably the eccentric [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] and the ravenous [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. In some instances, one could assume that these creatures are the process of a sort of {{w|convergent evolution}}, sharing a similar bodyplan despite originating on planets far from Cybertron.

Some more recent continuities, most notably the [[Aligned continuity family]], have established—apparently to preserve the "uniqueness" of the Cybertronian race—that these groups are actually the ''descendants'' of ancestral Cybertronians, who adapted both physically and culturally to survive on different worlds. This is not a hard-and-fast rule, however, and many modern continuities, such as the [[2005 IDW continuity|original IDW continuity]], have continued to treat these groups as entirely unrelated alien species.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Transformer''' (トランスフォーマー ''Toransufōmā'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Biànxíng Jīngāng''' (变形金刚, "Transforming Vajra")

==External links==
*{{i|Transformer}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
*[[wikia:memory-beta:Cybertronian|Cybertronian]] at Memory Beta, the non-canon ''Star Trek'' wiki

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