Editing Dawn of the Predacus

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|title="Dawn of the Predacus"
|image=DawnOfThePredacus-cvr.jpg
|caption= I've got no strings to hold me down, to make me fret, or make me frown...
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 7]], [[2016]] ([[BotCon 2016]])<br>
|writers=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|art=[[Corin Howell]]
|colors=John-Paul Bove
|color assists=[[Ed Pirrie]]
|letters=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
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|continuity=[[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity]]?
|chronology=Circa [[2035]]
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'''At [[BotCon 2016|the end]] of [[Fun Publications|an era]], a [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Dawn_of_the_Predacus&oldid=1085435 huge] [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Dawn_of_the_Predacus&oldid=1085554 fight] ends in [[The Transformers (franchise)|disaster]] for many of [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|our heroes]]...'''

==Synopsis==
In the last days of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] hovers next to a big hole and reports to the [[Autobot High Council]] at the [[Nova Plenum]] with shocking news: [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]].

Meanwhile, [[Cicadacon]], [[Sea Clamp]], and [[Ram Horn|Ramhorn]] are in the middle of <s>infodumping</s> discussing the [[transmatter]] experiment they have been performing on Decepticons when [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] rushes in to report that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] is dead. The group are immediately contacted by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], who delivers the same news, then ignores Cicadacon's orders to stand down, instead claiming that he and his troops have orders to keep fighting... which is an inconvenience to Cicadacon's group, who need a ceasefire so they can [[reformatting|reformat]] as many living Autobots and Decepticons as possible into a new form!

Back at Nova Plenum, the Autobot High Council--now Optimus Prime's collective successor, the [[Primal Council]]--discuss next steps. [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] advises caution and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] demands immediate action, but [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] insists that the Decepticons be given the chance to surrender. [[Under-3|The last survivor]] of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor's]] Unit-3 objects, wanting to avenge his teammates, but the like-minded Ironhide calms him down and offers him a part in a contingency plan, leaving Prowl and Silverbolt to ponder what Perceptor had found: signs of [[transwarp]] reactions. They send the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' to investigate...

At the former site of [[Omega Spaceport]], [[Tigatron]] leads Unit-2 as a peace envoy, and are rewarded with an attack by Megatron's Decepticons, including the massive [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]].  Tigatron engages Megatron in swordplay while Airazor, beset by [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], defeats them both handily, in particular throwing Waspinator under Predaking's foot. But then, while the Autobots are occupied with Predaking, Megatron and his soldiers escape... headed for the Primal Council.

Now, several things happen at once. Airazor insists that Tigatron hurry to the council, and he arrives shortly after Megatron's troops, and combines with Ironhide, Silverbolt, Prowl, and Unit-3 into [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]]. Meanwhile in orbit, the ''Axalon'' has found the location of the transwarp signature: [[Unicron]]'s head, where Cicadacon's group has finished their [[transmatter bomb]]. The ''Axalon'' partially deflects the blast with its shields, but streaks of light still rain down onto Cybertron, causing combatants to "melt" into [[protoform]]s. Cicadacon's group arrives at the former Omega Spaceport and combines to form [[Predacus]], who kills Predaking with his own sword.

As Magnaboss and Megatron stare at the transmatter bomb's victims in confusion, Tarantulas arrives to blame the effect on a supposed doomsday device left behind by Galvatron, and falsely presents Predaking's death as suicide committed out of guilt. Megatron's attempt to press on anyway is cut short when he is shot down by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and Cicadacon ends the Great War with the Decepticons' surrender.

With the war over, the Autobots and Decepticons agree to set aside those factions in favor of Maximals and Predacons, the latter named in honor of Predaking. Those turned into protoforms by the transmatter bomb, Airazor among them, are placed in life support pods, to hopefully be reconstituted at a later date. Ravage and Tarantulas are granted amnesty because they "took great risks for peace," and laugh all the way to the proverbial bank, while those who can be connected directly to the worst atrocities are punished.

And Cicadacon begins work on [[Magmatron|his next project]]...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s / [[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (1)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (2)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (4)
*[[Tigatron]] (13)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (14)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (15)
*[[Big Convoy]] (16)
*[[Under-3|Unit-3]] (17)
*"[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]" (18)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (19)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (?) (20)
*"[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]" (21)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (22)
*[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (26)
*[[Razorbeast]] (27)
*[[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] (32)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (34)
*[[Air Hammer]] (36)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|White Propionica]]<ref>The [[BotCon 2016]] script reading, "[[The Hot Rod]]" established this name as Blackarachia's pre-Earth name in this continuity.</ref> (37)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (39)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s / [[Predacon (disambiguation)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Cicadacon]] (5)
*[[Sea Clamp]] (6)
*Decepticon experiments (7/8)
*[[Ram Horn|Ramhorn]] (9)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Retrax]] (12)
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] (23)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (24)
*"[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]" (25)
*[[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] (29)
*[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]] (30)
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] (31)
*[[Predacus]] (33)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (35)
*"[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]" (38)
*[[Magmatron]] (40)

|h3=Others|c3=
*[[Unicron]]'s head (28)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
*This book was produced by [[IDW Publishing]] instead of [[Fun Publications]]. As such, it was promoted as being in continuity with IDW's other ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast]] [[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|Wars]]'' [[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|comics]].
*According to the author, this story takes place 30 years after ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and 300 years before ''Beast Wars''.<ref>https://twitter.com/wordmongerer/status/716433907621736448</ref> It also precedes "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]".<ref>http://wordmongerer.tumblr.com/post/142758963250/this-past-weekend-my-first-transformers-story</ref>
*We're going to remind you now that the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon did not establish a definitive in-universe history for itself, merely making it highly plausible that events closely resembling the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Sunbow cartoon]] or the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]] happened offscreen. While "Dawn of the Predacus" is likewise light on details about its universe's history, what little info it does contain seems to lean more towards the ever-popular "Generation 1 cartoon as background" route that most ''Beast Wars'' tie-ins have utilized.

===Continuity notes===
*Ironhide references [[The Transformers: The Movie|having been killed]] by Generation 1 Megatron before.
*The profile card for Optimus Primal's BotCon 2006 toy stated that he was a veteran of "the last Great War" which resulted in the defeat of the Predacons. However, see ''[[#Continuity errors|Continuity errors]]'' below.
*The profile card for Razorclaw's BotCon 2009 toy (tying into his appearance in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]") stated that he was doublecrossed and assassinated by the Tripredacus Council. However, see ''[[#Continuity errors|Continuity errors]]'' below.
*The death of Optimus Prime in the final battle of the Great War was alluded to in "[[Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search]]". 
*Unicron's head is still in orbit of Cybertron following the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*The destruction of Unicron's head explains its absence by the time we see Cybertron in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
*Some trends that would be in evidence in the Beast Wars—Tarantulas's manipulation of Megatron, Waspinator's terrible luck—are seen here for the "first" time.
*Megatron is seen reading a [[Covenant of Primus]] shortly before announcing his name; Megatron taking his name from the Covenant was established in "[[Nemesis Part 2]]".
*Many of the characters are not wearing faction symbols. The author has stated that clear factions (especially on the Decepticon side) had fallen down after the events of "[[The Rebirth]]" and Autobots and Decepticons at the time of the story do not necessarily correspond to future Maximals and Predacons.
*Rattrap seems to give Optimus Primal his name here, as a mocking nickname in reference to his resemblance to Optimus Prime and their mission from the Primal Council. This isn't just a cute bit: [http://wordmongerer.tumblr.com/post/142758963250/this-past-weekend-my-first-transformers-story on his tumblr], Bove stated that he'd found it a "contradiction" that Primal had Prime's face and name despite being low-ranked, and he wanted to make it "less of a stretch" by saying Rattrap stuck the guy with it.
*Dinobot is seen standing over Grimlock's stasis pod, implying that he got the idea for his Beast Wars name from the Autobot subgroup. This made even more apparent in the accompanying BotCon 2016 script reading "[[The Hot Rod]]", in which the yet-not named as such Dinobot was presented as an admirer of Grimlock.
*Tarantulas is already named "Tarantulas" 300 years before he ever gets a spidery [[alternate mode|beast mode]]. Surprisingly, that's technically not an error or dramatic conceit (at least not by Bove): in "[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]", Tarantulas is introduced by Ravage as "Lieutenant Tarantulas of the [[Predacon Secret Police]]", suggesting this may have always been his name, despite all reason.

===Transformers references===
*Magnaboss references the "such heroic nonsense" line from ''The Movie''.
*The [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] is mentioned.
*One of the Decepticons under Megatron's command very strongly resembles the 2010 ''Transformers'' toyline character [[Terradive (TF 2010)|Terradive]].
*The [[universal greeting]] is referenced.
*Cicadacon laying down the Decepticon sigil echoes Optimus Prime's surrender in "[[Surrender!]]".
*Ramhorn mocks the inconsistent units of time used in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoons.
*Optimus Primal tells the yet-unnamed Rattrap to shut his "trap."
*This would not be the last time Primal would have [[Other Voices, Part 1|an encounter with Unicron's head]].
*Plans for [[Magmatron]]'s body and Ravage's [[transwarp cruiser]] are seen.
*Unnamed 'bots who resemble pre-beast forms of [[Air Hammer]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are seen walking around in the epilogue. Additionally, the accompanying BotCon 2016 script reading, "The Hot Rod", featured a pre-beast Blackarachnia named "White Propionica". It is likely safe to say that this is her.

===Real-life references===
*Ironhide refers to Megatron as a "[[Knockoff|knock-off]]."

===Continuity errors===
*The profile card for the "Dawn of Future's Past" version of Generation 1 [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] says that after the defeat of the Decepticons in the Great War, he led the nascent Predacon faction against the Autobots until the Tripredacus Council seemingly assassinated him. In addition, [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] appears alive in "Dawn of Future's Past", and the profile card for "Dawn of Future's Past" [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] says that Divebomb recruited Ravage to the Predacons. Here, however, Razorclaw's entire team is killed off by Predacus in the final battle of the Great War before any of that can happen.
*The profiles in "Dawn of Future's Past" for Optimus Primal and Megatron state that the Maximals defeated the Predacons in the last Great War, and ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' established a Maximal-Predacon Great War after this one so there's no clash there. Problem is that in that case, Megatron is now going to be a known warmonger but nobody brings it up or acts like he's a big noise in either "Dawn" or ''Beast Wars''.   
*The death of [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], a being composed of mammals and birds, is commemorated with... an insect face?
*Waspinator is already named "Waspinator" in his pre-beast mode and, unlike Tarantulas, it conflicts with his 2011 [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] bio that declared his pre-Earth name to be just "Wasp". 

====Contentious continuity====
To put it ''very'' mildly, this story was quite controversial within the fandom—aside from the admittedly subjective "''Beast Wars'' isn't supposed to be all about Generation 1" complaints, many fans perceived it as stomping all over the continuity it was supposed to fit into like, well, a combiner stomping on Waspinator. Some of these issues have their origins in plot points that author John-Paul Bove had in mind but either didn't have time for or didn't realize were unclear, which he has gone on to clarify [http://wordmongerer.tumblr.com/post/142758963250/this-past-weekend-my-first-transformers-story on his] [http://wordmongerer.tumblr.com/post/143819209495/greetings-now-i-am-not-the-most-online-person Tumblr]. Bove has stated that the story was originally meant to be part of a miniseries set after "The Rebirth", so maybe some or all of these points would have been clearer in that context, but...

*This story predates the existence of Maximals and Predacons, and there is no indication that any sort of downsizing has taken place yet, yet the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' is already in service, apparently scaled to Generation 1-era Transformers prior to the [[Great Upgrade]] (see also the section regarding the ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' further below for more on this).
**According to Bove, after the downsizing, Generation 1-scaled ships and buildings were retrofitted to suit smaller inhabitants. In particular, each deck of the ''Axalon'' would have been split into several smaller ones, making it a "larger" ship from the Maximals' point of view. 
***In "[[Optimal Situation]]", a cross section of the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge is moved into the Ark, and we can see how big Optimal Optimus—who was larger than his fellow Maximals but much smaller than [[Optimus Prime (G1)|at least one Generation 1 guy]]—is in relation to the inside of the ship, which, by the way, already housed a grand total of two levels of ''Maximal''-sized decks. As Optimal Optimus is tall enough to span the height of the ''entire'' hull (which is ''why the cross-sectioning happened'' for out-of-universe reasons), that the ship once housed Generation 1-sized guys is essentially impossible, unless they were scooting around inside it on their butts within the space of a single deck spanning the entire volume of the ship's hull.
****Bove further explained that he did take the empty lower deck seen in the cross section into consideration before writing the story, contending that existing decks were divided up into smaller decks and consoles were all reconfigured, making for a cramped space for a Generation 1-sized crew before the Great Upgrade (but all that is ''REALLY'' pushing it). 
*Protoforming technology is established as a weapon of war, with its victims placed into life support pods. Optimus Primal takes possession of some of these pods (stating that he'll "do what we can for them"), implying that the stasis pods said to contain his Maximal crew on the cartoon are actually a bunch of protoformed Autobots and Decepticons he's been carrying around in his ship for 300 years and that the blank protoform who becomes his new body from "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]" onward is actually somebody's corpse.
**Bove writes that this was only meant to be the ''beginning'' of protoform and stasis pod technology, and by the time of the cartoon it would have evolved into the usage the cartoon suggested, with only ''some'' of the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s pods being old Autobots and Decepticons (the rest having been restored to their old selves).
**He further claims that none of this actually contradicts what is given by the cartoon, but misses the point in this new take on protoform technology being quite ghoulish and unsettling.
*The sight of Generation 1 Inferno becoming a protoform which is then labeled as (naturally) "Inferno" suggests that his protoform became [[Inferno (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Inferno]]. Which wouldn't really be a continuity error, but it ''would'' be incredibly stupid.
**Bove stated at [[BotCon 2016]] that this was deliberately left open to the reader's interpretation, and that he hasn't ruled out Generation 1 Inferno's return if the story were to be continued.
*Devices that resemble stasis pods are seen in this story that labeled with the names of the characters inside, whereas the pods in the show were unmarked (with the obvious exception of [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]]).
**Bove explains that these pods are not supposed to be the same devices as the stasis pods seen in the show, declaring them instead to be mere life support pods meant to keep the new protoforms alive, emphasizing these pods' shapes and functions as differing from those of show's stasis pods.
*There appears to be at least one of Ravage's transwarp cruiser, which will be "''experimental''" 300 years later, flying around.
**Bove explains that it's just a similar design, similar to the various ''[[Star Trek|Enterprises]]''.
*In "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]", General Ram Horn says, "ever since the Autobots defeated our Decepticon ancestors, we Predacons have worked secretly towards the day where we might rise up and take what is rightfully ours," but we learn in this story that the Tripredacus Council WERE those Decepticon ancestors and that they defeated ''themselves''... on purpose.
**Bove would say that he was basically ignoring that one in favour of the episode "[[Other Victories]]", where we learn from Tarntulas that the Council are ''not'' Decepticon descendants after all; and let's be honest, ''Beast Wars'' gave no craps about "Victories" clashing with Ram Horn's line. 


However, on some points his explanations fall short:

*Rattrap ''really'' shouldn't know Optimus Primal yet. Bove defends this by saying nobody ever said how long they'd been serving together, but while nobody establishes a ''precise'' timeframe, "[[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]" makes it ''abundantly'' clear that Rattrap is new to Primal's command, unfamiliar with Primal on a personal level, and on top of that strongly suggests that ''Primal himself is new to command''. Making them former comrades 300 years earlier weakens the backbone of Rattrap's entire first-season character development, as it's grounded in him learning to know and trust Primal as a friend and commander. There's some wiggle room, but it's hard to argue that there are ''three centuries'' of it.
*Many Maximals and Predacons from the cartoon, plus some who didn't appear in the cartoon, existed concurrently with their legendary "energon guzzler" "ancient ancestors". Bove ''tries'' to explain this away by pointing out that most of them aren't seen to ''interact'' with any Autobots or Decepticons, but that still puts them in the same time frame as characters who were supposedly part of the distant past. 
*In particular, many participants in the Beast Wars were present for the end of the Great War, with some playing rather prominent roles during the war's end:
**''Beast Wars'' Megatron seizes a role of authority following Galvatron's demise, bossing Predaking around. When the Autobots want to negotiate an end to the war, Tigatron and Airazor are sent to ''him''. Bove would clarify that he [[Authorial intent|hadn't intended that]], and that Megatron isn't a big player yet but just a chancer with big ambitions.
**Tigatron is an ''incredibly important Autobot'', to the point that he's not only a seating member of the Primal Council, described by Prowl as being "respected by all sides for his desire for peace", but is also sent as an emissary to the Decepticons due to his widespread reputation. This echoes his later personality traits when awoken on prehistoric Earth and he would again be sent as an emissary by the Vok... but apparently nobody will make the connection. Plus, his importance status in this comic feels at odds with his status in "Dawn of Future's Past", in which he's more of a low-ranking beat cop of no significant recognition or reputation.
**Airazor is a close associate of Tigatron's and later ends up in a stasis pod labeled with her name (while Tigatron does not), which makes the status quo of "Dawn of Future's Past" difficult to extrapolate. Apparently at some point Airazor was brought back, but without her memories (and possibly without her name—despite it having been ''written on her pod''), and also Tigatron won't recognize her. Which isn't impossible, but ''wow'' she has the ''worst'' luck.
**While Bove has declared Optimus Primal to be an unimportant, low-ranking ship captain in this comic (as he was in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon) Primal is shown here to have the authority to take possession of the new protoforms and assume the responsibility of caring for them. Who is he to do this if he's supposed to be this "nobody" that Bove claims him to be? Wouldn't it make more sense for an actual authority figure, like ''any'' of the Primal Council members, to do this, or to at least give Primal the authority to do this, instead?


And though this comic is meant to be in continuity with IDW's ''Beast Wars'' comics, there are several points of conflict between this comic and those comics, particularly the ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'':

*According to the ''Sourcebook'', "Galvatron's eventual fate is the stuff of legend and conjecture." Yet, in this comic, his fate is anything ''but'' legend or conjecture: He died in battle. Case closed.
*The ''Sourcebook'' states that the ''Axalon'' was one of many space exploration vessels whose construction was commissioned by the Maximals in "the age of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]". Yet, it is seen here already built and in service (of the ''Autobots'', even) during the end of the Great War prior to the signing of the Pax Cybertronia.
*The ''Sourcebook'' lays out the timeline of this continuity quite differently than what is seen in this comic. For one, the Sourcebook refers to a second conflict after the Great War that was ''also'' known as the "Great War", in which the Predacons tried to renew the "age-old" Autobot/Decepticon conflict between themselves and the Maximals at a point after the [[Great Upgrade]]. Furthermore, the ''Sourcebook'' states that the Pax Cybertronia was then signed after this second conflict had ended, making the timeline be "First Great War --> Great Upgrade (ages pass between the two wars) --> Second Great War --> Pax Cybertronia". This is all completely contradicted by this comic instead depicting the Pax Cybertronia as being signed on the ''same day'' as the end of the ''first'' Great War, thereby moving the Great Upgrade to come ''after'' the Pax Cybertronia's beginning, and seemingly preventing the second Great War from ever existing in this timeline, despite the ''Sourcebook'' saying otherwise.
*In the ''Sourcebook'' the Pax Cybertronia was "signed and sealed by both the [[Predacon Alliance]] and the [[Maximal Imperium]]." While the members of the latter group did sign the document in this comic, they weren't members of the Maximal Imperium yet as neither of these groups exist yet in this comic's timeframe, as the Maximal and Predacon factions don't yet come about until after the treaty is signed.
*The ''Sourcebook'' strongly implies that the three members of the Tripredacus Council only rose to power after the Predacon Alliance was formed and after the signing of the Pax Cybertronia, yet here the three are already in power as high-ranking authority figures in the ''Decepticon'' faction during the Great War, and even personally sign the peace treaty with the Autobots.

===Other notes===
*An early plan was to have Optimus on the Primal Council as Head of Science but that was dropped as "making him too prominent".
*Unit-3 is asked to "fill some big shoes" and later becomes a leg (and foot) for Magnaboss. Ahaha. ''Haha.'' '''''Ha.'''''
*This was originally planned as a miniseries. Cut bits would include:
**An explicit [[canonizing|canonization]] of the fan theory that [[Pretender]] and [[Micromaster]] tech had been the starting point for the Beasties (half of this longstanding theory appeared in 2013 in ''[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]'').
**The Golden Age, as established in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", had indeed happened with just pockets of Decepticon rebellion but Galvatron blew it all up. It would've been more clearly established that there were many fighters who weren't in either main faction but were allied to them (Bove comparing this to how in the [[World War II|Second World War]], there were multiple countries, groups, and sympathizers attached to the Allies and Axis).
**There would have been material on "the status of a number of Autobots before DotP and the some of the Cold War events after to properly begin to fill in some of the picture of a post-war world."

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