Solar cycle

A Solar cycle is a unit of time that corresponds to how long Cybertron takes to rotate on its axis, which makes it the equivalent of to a day on Cybertron. There are ten solar cycles within a deca-cycle (or a Cybertronian week) and thirty-two solar cycles in an orbital cycle. Each solar cycle of a deca-cycle has a name given to it. They are, in the order that they would appear in a deca-cycle:

• Dillesol
• Gerbesol
• Davisol
• Maleksol
• Marxsol
• Glutsol
• Robbisol
• Wolsol
• Dixosol
• Wisesol

Notes

• As the names of the solar cycles were introduced in the reference heavy The AllSpark Almanac II, they were all designed as references to writers of episodes from the The Transformers and Beast Wars cartoons.
  • Dillesol refers to Flint Dille, who wrote the "Five Faces of Darkness" five-parter.
  • Gerbesol is named for Steve Gerber, who did not write any episode scripts, but was the story editor of the original cartoon's third season alongside Flint Dille and pitched an idea for the Beast Machines series.
  • Davisol is based upon Paul Davids, responsible for episodes "Cosmic Rust", "Chaos", "Thief in the Night", and "Grimlock's New Brain".
  • Maleksol is named for Bryce Malek, who wrote the scripts for "Transport to Oblivion", "Fire in the Sky", "A Prime Problem", and "The Ultimate Doom" triology.
  • Marxsol derives its name from Christy Marx, who is responsible for the Beast Wars episode "Transmutate", as well as the unproduced episode "Dark Glass".
  • Glutsol took its name from writer Donald F. Glut, who scripted various The Transformers episodes, including "Heavy Metal War" and "Masquerade".
  • Robbisol is named after Dick Robbins, who worked on the same episodes as Bryce Malek.
  • Wolsol takes its name from Marv Wolfman, responsible for "The Return of Optimus Prime" two-parter episode, "The Probe" from Beast Wars, as well as various Beast Machines episodes.
  • Dixsol is named in honor of Buzz Dixon, writer of "Prime Target", "The God Gambit", and "Carnage in C-Minor".
  • Finally, Wisesol's name comes from David Wise, who was the single-most prolific writer of the original cartoon.