Mitteous Plateau
The Mitteous Plateau is the most fragile part of Cybertron's landscape.
Fiction
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
[edit]In an attempt to catch up with the Ark before it launched, Tailgate took a shortcut through the Mitteous Plateau. It cost him dearly, as he fell through the surface to a cavern below, where he was trapped. Slowly over the millennia, he inched towards his energon rations so that he could use them to blast through the ceiling and call for help.
Six million years later, Ratchet, Chromedome, and Rewind walked across the Mitteous Plateau on their way to the Lost Light. They were interrupted by Cyclonus and Whirl, who crashed in front of them from the sky. Just as Whirl was about to kill his opponent, a blast erupted from the ground and revealed Tailgate. The trio, completely bemused, decided to just take everybody to the Lost Light. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It
Prowl would later suggest leaving the Lost Light on the Mitteous Plateau as a monument to its crew. How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2 How nice of him.
Notes
[edit]- "Mitteous" derives from the word "Mittyesque", which describes someone like the titular character from "[[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}The Secret Life of Walter Mitty|{{#if:||The Secret Life of Walter Mitty}}]]", meaning: "an ineffectual person who spends time in heroic daydreams or intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not."<ref>{{#if: “Mitteous” deriving from James Thurber’s [Secret Life of] Walter Mitty, which in turn gave us Mittyesque: “an ineffectual person who spends time in heroic daydreams or intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not.” Eh, Tailgate? |"“Mitteous” deriving from James Thurber’s [Secret Life of] Walter Mitty, which in turn gave us Mittyesque: “an ineffectual person who spends time in heroic daydreams or intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not.” Eh, Tailgate?"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632792509653852160 |James Roberts|James Roberts}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2023 |, 2023{{#if: 03 |/{{#switch:{{#len:03}}|1=003|03}}{{#if: 06|/{{#switch:{{#len:06}}|1=006|06}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632792509653852160 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632792509653852160%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632792509653852160%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632792509653852160%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632792509653852160%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>
- Just to be clear: the Mitteous Plateau absolutely would not support the weight of the Lost Light.<ref>{{#if: Prowl’s being a (typical) bastard here: the Mitteous Plateau, which Tailgate was taking a shortcut across back in issue #1 when he fell below ground, is notoriously the most fragile landscape on Cybertron. It would never support the Lost Light’s weight |"Prowl’s being a (typical) bastard here: the Mitteous Plateau, which Tailgate was taking a shortcut across back in issue #1 when he fell below ground, is notoriously the most fragile landscape on Cybertron. It would never support the Lost Light’s weight"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632790331103096834 |James Roberts|James Roberts}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2023 |, 2023{{#if: 03 |/{{#switch:{{#len:03}}|1=003|03}}{{#if: 06|/{{#switch:{{#len:06}}|1=006|06}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632790331103096834 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632790331103096834%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632790331103096834%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632790331103096834%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1632790331103096834%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>
Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Mitteous Daichi (ミッテオス台地 Mitteosu Daichi, "Mitteous Plateau")