Varta - Revision history

DDog at 15:19, 8 May 2019

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	:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[2005 IDW continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''		:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''
	[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]		[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]
	'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!		'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!

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Locoman: replaced: IDW Generation 1 continuity → 2005 IDW continuity (4)

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	:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''		:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[2005 IDW continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''
	[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]		[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]
	'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!		'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
	Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.		Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.

	[[File:Varta skewered Syndromica 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.1]]		[[File:Varta skewered Syndromica 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.1]]
	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.		Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.

	Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} As the planet bounced its way into the year [[2018]], it was threatened by [[Unicron/Generation 1 \|Unicron]], {{storylink\|Our Darkest}} and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} As the planet bounced its way into the year [[2018]], it was threatened by [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], {{storylink\|Our Darkest}} and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}		Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}

Locoman at 18:08, 9 September 2018

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	Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.		Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.

	Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} ~~Eventually~~, ~~however, a mysterious force of destruction~~ threatened ~~LV-117~~, and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} As the planet bounced its way into the year [[2018]], it was threatened by [[Unicron/Generation 1 \|Unicron]], {{storylink\|Our Darkest}} and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}		Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}

Jcbynum1 at 02:19, 25 August 2016

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	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[~~Viewfinder~~]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.		Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.

	Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} Eventually, however, a mysterious force of destruction threatened LV-117, and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} Eventually, however, a mysterious force of destruction threatened LV-117, and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

Ascendron at 17:47, 29 April 2016

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	Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.		Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.

			[[File:Varta skewered Syndromica 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.1]]
	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

SanityOrMadness at 19:29, 19 January 2015

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===IDW Generation 1 continuity===		===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
	Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build universal ~~translators~~ for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.		Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.

	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

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SanityOrMadness at 04:44, 14 February 2014

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	:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from ~~the~~ [[Generation 1 continuity ~~family~~\|~~Generation 1~~]] [[continuity family]]!''		:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[IDW Generation 1 continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''

	[[File:Varta.jpg\|~~200px~~\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]		[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]
	'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!		'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!

Mimi: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

2013-05-23T11:10:15Z

IDW Generation 1 continuity

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	== Fiction ==		== Fiction ==
	===IDW Generation 1 continuity===		===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
	Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "Ore-1" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build universal translators for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.		Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build universal translators for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.

	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

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	[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]		[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]
	'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!		'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!

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	:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''		:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[2005 IDW continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''
	[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]		[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]
	'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!		'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
	Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.		Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.

	[[File:Varta skewered Syndromica 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.1]]		[[File:Varta skewered Syndromica 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.1]]
	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.		Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.

	Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} As the planet bounced its way into the year [[2018]], it was threatened by [[Unicron/Generation 1 \|Unicron]], {{storylink\|Our Darkest}} and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} As the planet bounced its way into the year [[2018]], it was threatened by [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], {{storylink\|Our Darkest}} and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}		Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}

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	Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.		Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.

	Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} ~~Eventually~~, ~~however, a mysterious force of destruction~~ threatened ~~LV-117~~, and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} As the planet bounced its way into the year [[2018]], it was threatened by [[Unicron/Generation 1 \|Unicron]], {{storylink\|Our Darkest}} and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}		Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}

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	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

	Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[~~Viewfinder~~]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.		Reaching the ship, Varta was attacked and captured by its surviving Decepticon passengers, [[Spyglass]] and [[Spectro]]. Fortunately for him, he was saved by another Autobot visitor to his world, [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]], who undid his shackles with a well-aimed shot and allowed him to escape. Wheelie proceeded to track him down and befriend him, adopting his rhyming speech pattern as they worked together to patch up a spacecraft that lay elsewhere on the planet that could take Wheelie home. Once finished, however, they were attacked by Spyglass and Viewfinder again, and Varta was taken captive and threatened with execution if Wheelie would not turn the ship over to the two Decepticons. Wheelie acquiesced to save his friend, but rigged the ship to explode after it took off, killing the villains.

	Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} Eventually, however, a mysterious force of destruction threatened LV-117, and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Wheelie and Varta spent at least a further year on the planet, living fairly happily in a shelter cobbled together from the remains of the ship. {{storylink\|Spotlight: Wheelie}} Eventually, however, a mysterious force of destruction threatened LV-117, and the pair were forced to make plans to flee the planet to save their lives. Acquiring a [[Quintesson Cruiser\|ship]] through as-yet-unknown means, they loaded up some of the planet's native animals and were preparing for departure when Optimus Prime, still on his time-hopping journey, reappeared. Varta recognized the Autobot leader, but could not even finish his greeting before he was stabbed and killed by Prime's fellow time-traveller, [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

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	Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.		Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build [[universal translator]]s for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.

			[[File:Varta skewered Syndromica 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.1]]
	Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}		Thousands of years before the present day, Varta and many members of his race were captured by the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Turmoil]], who saw ways to put their technological abilities to use. When a time-hopping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]] appeared from the future, Turmoil grabbed Varta and threatened to kill him in order to stay Prime's hand, but this only pushed the Autobot leader into faster action, and he punched Turmoil out and took Varta under his arm. While touching Varta, Prime underwent another time-jump, and Varta was brought with him some distance into the future, where he assumed a monstrous aspect and turned on Prime, thinking him one of the Decepticons. Realizing that Varta could not understand him unless he rhymed, Prime was able to communicate with and placate the alien. When another ship from Prime's future appeared overhead, Varta ignored Prime's warnings and departed to investigate. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}}

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	:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[IDW Generation 1 continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''		:''Varta is an alien, really! He's from [[IDW Generation 1 continuity\|IDW's portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]!''

	[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]		[[File:Varta.jpg\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]]
	'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!		'''Varta''' is an alien who talks in rhyme through and through; he won't understand you if you don't do it too! He's good with machines and he can change his shape, handy for getting out of a rough scrape. When it comes to friends, he made a good pick, and spread to [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] his <s>annoying</s> amusing vocal tic!

	== Fiction ==		==Fiction==
	===IDW Generation 1 continuity===		===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
	Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build universal translators for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.		Varta was a native of the planet [[LV-117]], one of the worlds selected by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Shockwave]] as a target for one of his [[Regenesis]] missiles. The "[[Ore-1]]" the missile was loaded with had a far stranger effect than generating the [[energon]] Shockwave sought, however: it mutated the planet's soil into chronally unstable matter that unhinged the entire world from linear time. Varta's race spent generations growing up in the shadow of the missile, and access to its technology made them amazingly technologically adept, allowing them to build universal translators for themselves that they hung around their necks. Unfortunately, the devices relayed all their words in rhyme, and could not process speech from other creatures unless it too was spoken in rhyme. Using their skills, the aliens took it upon themselves to guide their errant world on its shifting journey through time.
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	Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}		Wheelie recovered the deceased Varta's translator necklace, and took it with him as he escaped the planet, relocating to nearby [[LV-118]]. {{storylink\|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination\|The Stars My Destination}}


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	[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]		[[Category:IDW Generation 1 aliens]]