Internment Camp Pi
In return for the troops he needed to conquer Cybertron, Megatron made a deal with the Quintessons. At least one part of that deal constituted that he had to gain access to Cybertron's core. Hence why, upon his return to and subjugation of his home planet, he established Internment Camp Pi, a labor camp situated in Praxus where the captured Autobots are made to dig a tunnel to the planet's core. Access to the mining area goes through a large, central tower, which is surrounded by the barracks the Autobots are locked up in between shifts. Each set of barracks is cut off from the others by two laser fences and a pathway the guards utilize for surveillance and to pick up prisoners for their shifts. At various locations inside the camp, towers stand, among which the Decepticon High Command Aerie, where the various Decepticon guards live and from which further surveillance occurs. One large laser fence surrounds the entire camp, and in addition to being locked up, the Autobots not at work are kept in line with inhibitor claws.
Fiction
[edit]Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]As a group of prisoners were brought deep into the mine to start their shift, one of them, Cliffjumper, tripped. Octane and Barrage used his "unauthorized rest" as an excuse to let out their sadistic sides, but before they could punish Cliffjumper, Brawn came to his rescue. The Minibot handed them a sound thrashing until Aerospace Extermination Squadron units pacified him and took him away. Ultra Magnus witnessed all this from his occupation in the mine, distraught that there was nothing he could do. The Age of Wrath Pt.2
The Autobots not captured organized a mission to save their comrades, but the Quintessons notified Megatron of the life signs they had spotted heading towards the excavation site. As such, Megatron himself was awaiting the rescue party. He single-handedly took them all out. The Age of Wrath Pt.4