Editing 2005 IDW timeline

A timeline for the events of [[IDW Publishing]]'s mainline [[Generation 1]] Transformers series.

''See also: [[IDW continuity]].''


==Timeline==
===1,000,000+ years ago===
'''~ 6.7 million B.C.''' — The first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' is launched and subsequently lost. <ref>6.2 million metacycles ago, with 1 metacycle = 13 months</ref> Notable crew include [[Galvatron]], {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} [[Nova Prime]] and [[Jhiaxus]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

'''? B.C.''' — After Nova Prime and his strategist Jhiaxus disappear, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] locks away Jhiaxus' experiment, [[Monstructor]], in an inter-dimensional prison. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

'''? B.C.''' — The [[Autobot]]s evolve into a corrupt galactic police force and spark a riot when shutting down an energon-mining operation.  One of the miners, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], escapes in a shuttle and joins the illegal gladiatorial games in the city of [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1}} Megatron takes over the games and is approached by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], an emissary of Senator [[Ratbat]] to cause terror throughout Cybertron. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}} Megatron unites his gladiators under a common banner — the [[Decepticon]]s, but they are captured by [[Sentinel Prime]]'s forces.{{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} Starscream and Soundwave massacre the Senate, and release the Decepticons from prison. Megatron badly beats/kills Sentinel Prime, and the Decepticons occupy Kaon.  The Autobots withdraw to [[Iacon]].{{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

===100,000+ years ago===
'''~650,000 B.C.''' —  [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] begins planning [[Regenesis]], and begins distilling [[energon]] into a catalyst which he then launches at various planets, including prehistoric [[Earth]]. <ref>"Six Hundred Thousand Meta-Cycles Ago"</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

===1,000+ years ago===
'''? B.C.''' — Shockwave openly leaves the Decepticons to begin stabilizing his Regenesis planets. However, he is followed by the [[Dynobots]], out for revenge; and on Earth — the first of the planets — they engage him in combat. While he defeats them, he is deactivated by a failsafe set by [[Grimlock]], as the Dynobots' ship triggers a volcanic eruption which buries all six in what would later become [[Wikipedia:Eureka, Nevada|Eureka, Nevada]].<ref>Exact time unknown, overlaps mammoth extinction, 5,000-10,000 years ago has been suggested.</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

'''? B.C.''' — [[Megatron (G1)#IDW|Megatron]], on discovering Shockwave's absence, assigns Bludgeon to investigate his projects {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}} — and [[Soundwave (G1)#IDW|Soundwave]] to watch over Bludgeon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

===100+ years ago===
'''~1550 A.D.''' — [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] renders Cybertron uninhabitable.<ref>700 stellar-cycles ago, so if a stellar cycle is ~7.5 months, then presumptively ~437 years ago.</ref>  {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}} <!--You can't say "approximately" then specify a specific year in 400, re: despecifying from 1569 to 1550-->

[[Bombshell]], by order of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], injects a cerebro-shell into [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] in an effort to make him assassinate [[Blaster]], the inspirational broadcaster for the Autobots. Blaster is shot and left adrift in space.  Much later, he recovers, discovers what happened and vows revenge. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

===1900&ndash;2000===
'''1984''' — [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] investigates [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] activities on [[Earth]] and is deactivated when Bludgeon, after some of Shockwave's Regenesis ore — called "Ultra-Energon" by him — triggers the eruption of [[Wikipedia:Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens]] <small>(4 years later than in the real world.)</small> {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

'''1985''' — Soundwave, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] are excavated by [[Skywatch]]. Interest is taken in the cassettes, found in "robot mode", but Soundwave is apparently discarded. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

'''~1988''' — [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] tracks the Decepticon criminal [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to [[Nebulos]], but despite damages, he escapes. <ref>29 stellar cycles ago, or 18 years</ref> {{Storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}

===Current era===
====2002====
* Current era of Transformer activity on Earth begins.

====2006 onward====
* Shockwave's hand is discovered in an excavation in Nevada. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] lures [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to the planet [[Gorlam Prime]] and implants a device in his brain. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} 
=====Infiltration=====
* [[Starscream]]'s Infiltration unit on Earth discovers Shockwave's Regenesis ore, dubbing it "Ore-13". {{storylink|Infiltration}}
* Thunderwing is reactivated on Cybertron by Bludgeon using the "Ultra-Energon", and decimates Nebulos before returning to Cybertron and running out of fuel in front of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Stormbringer}}
* Megatron arrives on Earth and blows a hole through Starscream for disloyalty. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6}}
* After the Thunderwing debacle, Optimus Prime travels to Earth, following Shockwave's and Bludgeon's records. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}}
* Soundwave, trapped in alternate mode since 1984, is purchased from a pawn shop. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}
=====Escalation=====
* The Autobots decide to return the humans back to their normal lives{{m-}}Sunstreaker and Ironhide have the honors.  During the trip, the Machination violently ambush and capture Sunstreaker, along with Hunter O'Nion. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 1}}
* Verity and Jimmy are returned to the ''Ark-19'' and Sunstreaker's supposed remains are recovered, though not without heavy resistance.  The remains were actually faked, alerting the Autobots to their exposure. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 2}}
* With Megatron now in control of the Earthen Decepticon team, he powers up on Ore-13 and reformats his alternate mode into a pistol. He starts tension between Brasnya and Russia using facsimile Georgi Koska. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 3}}
* Prime orders additional reinforcements to Earth: Hot Rod, Hardhead and Nightbeat. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 3}}
* Optimus Prime orders an Autobot contingent to Brasnya to deal with Megatron while Ironhide and Ratchet plan to disobey Prime's orders and investigate Sunstreaker's disappearance based on a lead from Jimmy.  {{Storylink|Escalation issue 3}}
* Hunter undergoes strange experimental surgery. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 4}}
* Jimmy's lead takes him, Verity, Ironhide and Ratchet to an auto-parts store with unusually sophisticated scanners that could detect their holo-matter drivers. Verity and Jimmy can sneak in but they set off a booby trap. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 4}}
* The Decepticons skirmish with the Autobots while Megatron gives the order for Georgi Koska to self terminate. The other Autobots scramble to preserve him for study and are helped by the arrival of Hardhead and Hot Rod help even the odds. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 4}}
* An unidentified Transformer appearing to be severely damaged speaks with Dante of the Machination about replacing its body. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 5}}
* Excavation of Shockwave continues, now under Skywatch supervision, Shockwave's and Grimlock's torsos exposed. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 5}}
* The Autobot forces are able to avert the conflict, but a super-powered Megatron nearly kills Optimus Prime, who downloads his mind into his trailer to fake death. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 5}}  While in [[infraspace]], he encounters the presence of [[Nova Prime]].  Prime recovers and blasts Megatron at point blank range, depleting his Ore-13. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 6}}
* Jimmy and Verity set off a trap and Ironhide is blown up while rescuing them.
* Ravage and Laserbeak reactivated under Skywatch control. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 6}}
* Megatron summons Sixshot to Earth to hasten its destruction.  The Reapers follow. {{Storylink|Escalation issue 6}}
* During the Brasnya operation, Ramjet initiates an ambitious plan to take control. Megatron kills him before it can be carried out. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet}}
* Galvatron travels to Cybertron and defeats [[Hound]]'s unit to retrieve Thunderwing's body, which he takes to Gorlam Prime. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}
* Optimus Prime meets with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to learn about [[Nova Prime]], whom he saw in [[infraspace]] when he was almost killed by Megatron.  During the meeting, Omega is attacked by [[Monstructor]], who has escaped from the prison that Omega placed him in long ago.  Monstructor nearly kills Omega but is stopped by Optimus Prime, who turns him over to Jetfire to help cure his insanity. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

=====Devastation=====
* Skywatch orders Ravage and Laserbeak to find the other Transformers. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 1}}
* Sixshot arrives and is ordered to attack the Autobots.  While the Autobots are relocating the ''Ark-19'', Sixshot shoots it out of the sky. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 1}}
* The other Decepticons believe Megatron is foolish for bring in Sixshot early so they begin to revive Starscream. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 1}}
* The Autobots are able to avert disaster by crashing the ''Ark-19'' into the ocean and self-destructing. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 2}}
* Wheeljack and Hot Rod, who are on the way to rescue Ironhide, are attacked by a group of Sunstreaker Headmasters. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 2}}
* Hunter, also reformatted into a Headmaster, awakens at the Machination's headquarters and finds Sunstreaker's detached head. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 2}}
* Ratchet, Verity and Jimmy, who left the ''Ark-19'' in an escape pod, are located and chased by Sixshot and barely escape destruction.  Ratchet drops off the humans and prepares to face Sixshot alone when the other Autobots intervene. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 3}}
* The Reapers decide to destroy Earth. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 3}}
* From the [[Dead Universe]], Nova Prime, now calling himself Nemesis Prime, orders Galvatron to Earth to prepare for their second coming. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 3}}
* Skywatch's control over Ravage and Laserbeak is interrupted by a signal from Soundwave. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 4}}
* After a fight with Sixshot, Jazz and Bumblebee are injured before the Autobots are beamed back to the ''Ark-32'' by Nightbeat.  Verity and Jimmy are also beamed to the ship, which apparently kills them. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 4}}
* Sixshot is called away from the fight by Megatron to deal with the Reapers, who are attacking Decepticon headquarters. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 4}}

==Footnotes==
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