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	==Organization on this wiki==		==Organization on this wiki==
	The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all ~~forgettable~~ lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc.). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc.). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, [[Ask Vector Prime]], massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were existing characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to its original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, [[Ask Vector Prime]], massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were existing characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to its original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*''Iocus'' is [[Latin language\|Latin]] for "a joke"~~. Considering the personalities of its inhabitants, the title is oddly fitting~~.		*''Iocus'' is [[Latin language\|Latin]] for "joke".

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*''Iocus'' is Latin for "a joke". Considering the personalities of its inhabitants, the title is oddly fitting.		*''Iocus'' is [[Latin language\|Latin]] for "a joke". Considering the personalities of its inhabitants, the title is oddly fitting.

	==See also==		==See also==

Saix: /* Organization on this wiki */clean up, replaced: "Ask Vector Prime" → Ask Vector Prime, typos fixed: etc) → etc.)

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Organization on this wiki: clean up, replaced: "Ask Vector Prime" → Ask Vector Prime, typos fixed: etc) → etc.)

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	==Organization on this wiki==		==Organization on this wiki==
	The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc.). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were existing characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to its original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, [[Ask Vector Prime]], massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were existing characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to its original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	[[Category:Universal clusters]]		[[Category:Universal clusters]]

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	The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were existing characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were existing characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to its original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were ~~preexisting~~ characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were existing characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 21:17, 6 September 2016

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''TransTech''===		===''TransTech''===
	The repeal of the [[Vraz-Halogen Act]] heightened worries that [[Hydradread/Highbrow Hybrid Technologies]] would exploit the Iocus cluster. {{storylink\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}		The repeal of the [[Vraz-Halogen Act]] heightened worries that [[Hydradread/Highbrow Hybrid Technologies]] would exploit the Iocus cluster. {{storylink\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/09}}

	[[Axiom Nexus]] set up outposts, including a Triple H industrial base to create "Masher" bots. Every single one was lost without warning on 22 September 2015 [[Quadwal]] time, freaking the hell out of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist}}		[[Axiom Nexus]] set up outposts, including a Triple H industrial base to create "Masher" bots. Every single one was lost without warning on 22 September 2015 [[Quadwal]] time, freaking the hell out of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist\|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/09/22}}

	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	Many beings from other universal streams have counterparts in this universal stream, often with unusual properties. Not even the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s understand the process very well, and many Iocus natives face prejudice in [[Axiom Nexus]] since the TransTech regard them as a kind of joke. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 17/8/~~2015~~}} [[Optimash Prime]] and [[Bumble Spud]] hail from this cluster. [[Vector Prime]] noted that there was little interdimensional travel among the Iocus realities to date. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 13/5/~~2015~~}}		Many beings from other universal streams have counterparts in this universal stream, often with unusual properties. Not even the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s understand the process very well, and many Iocus natives face prejudice in [[Axiom Nexus]] since the TransTech regard them as a kind of joke. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/17}} [[Optimash Prime]] and [[Bumble Spud]] hail from this cluster. [[Vector Prime]] noted that there was little interdimensional travel among the Iocus realities to date. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/13}}

	==Organization on this wiki==		==Organization on this wiki==
	The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages, and possibly the ''[[Knights of Unicron (franchise)\|Knights of Unicron]]'' characters, who do not clearly fall into one pre-existing categorization.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Rhymus: presumably Bumblebebee was a typo, not a dig at Iocus?

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presumably Bumblebebee was a typo, not a dig at Iocus?

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	==Organization on this wiki==		==Organization on this wiki==
	The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of ~~Bumblebebee~~, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 18:20, 17 January 2016

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	==Organization on this wiki==		==Organization on this wiki==
	The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus ~~cluster~~ to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus Cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus ~~cluster~~. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus Cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 00:35, 17 January 2016

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	'''Iocus''' is a [[~~universal~~ stream\|universal cluster]]. Common features involve universes' residents mirroring beings from other universal clusters.		'''Iocus''' is a [[Universal stream\|universal cluster]]. Common features involve universes' residents mirroring beings from other universal clusters.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
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	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	Many beings from other universal streams have counterparts in this universal stream, often with unusual properties. Not even the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s understand the process very well, and many Iocus natives face prejudice in [[Axiom Nexus]] since the TransTech regard them as a kind of joke. [[Optimash Prime]] and [[Bumble Spud]] hail from this cluster. [[Vector Prime]] noted that there was little interdimensional travel among the Iocus realities to date. {{~~Storylink~~\|Ask Vector Prime}}		Many beings from other universal streams have counterparts in this universal stream, often with unusual properties. Not even the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s understand the process very well, and many Iocus natives face prejudice in [[Axiom Nexus]] since the TransTech regard them as a kind of joke. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 17/8/2015}} [[Optimash Prime]] and [[Bumble Spud]] hail from this cluster. [[Vector Prime]] noted that there was little interdimensional travel among the Iocus realities to date. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 13/5/2015}}

	==Organization on this wiki==		==Organization on this wiki==
	The Iocus ~~cluster~~ was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.		The Iocus Cluster was designed to encompass all forgettable lines of side-merchandise, such as ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)\|Bot Shots]]'', ''[[Construct-Bots]]'', ''[[Hero Mashers]]'', and the like, which either depict various versions of characters from different series co-existing, blend together characteristics of characters from different series, or feature character designs generic enough that they don't really resemble ''any'' particular incarnation of a character. The idea for the cluster was introduced in the pages of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac\|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', as a reaction to TFWiki's organizational system at the time, which gave each character from each of these series an article of their own (a page for ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Construct-Bots'' Bumblebee, a page for ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee, etc). With the introduction of the Iocus cluster to serve as a home for all these unremarkable, generic versions of characters, each iteration of Bumblebebee, for instance, could go on one collective article for the "Iocus" character.

	Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages.		Unfortunately, that happened ''just'' as TFWiki's editors had decided to abandon the idea of giving these characters articles of their own—largely a product of the ''Age of Extinction'' and 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' branding bleeding over into the sub-lines, leading to ''Construct-Bots'' and ''Hero Mashers'' versions of the movie and cartoon characters which it seemed patently foolish to split off into separate articles from those of the main characters. This combining of articles had to be stopped after the "Iocus" idea came to light, but in response, the official Facebook Q&A, "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", massaged the idea a little, adding the ''[[Attacktix]]'' line to the Iocus cluster. Since the majority of Transformers featured in the ''Attacktix'' line were preexisting characters from the [[Unicron Trilogy]], who it would be have been foolish to remove from their parent pages so they could be grouped with other "Iocus" versions, it was decided that TFWiki would return to is original plan and keep all "Iocus" versions of characters on the parent pages. The sole exception to this is the [[Battle Masters]] characters, none of which bear enough resemblance to any other version of the characters to place them on existing pages.