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'''''Apelinq's War Journals''''' is a web-based series of short text stories written by [[Rob Gerbracht]] and was originally released on a near-weekly basis on ''BotCon: Beyond'' from [[February 17]] to [[June 29]], [[2001]]. It served as part of a campaign to build up hype for [[BotCon 2001]] (following a similar campaign conducted earlier by "[[VEHICON ALERT!]]"), and is written in the form of personal logs made by the [[Maximal]] [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]].
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|title="Apelinq's War Journals"
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|caption=Get your stinking paws off my war journals.}}


'''As first Cybertron and then the universe come crashing down around him, Apelinq records his impressions.'''
It also served as both a bridge between the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons and as a bridge between the [[1998]]–[[2000]] convention-based storyline ''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]'' (which had just concluded the previous year at [[BotCon 2000]]) and the then-forthcoming ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers]]'' comic series  set to debut at BotCon 2001.


==Synopsis==
{{chapters|title=''Apelinq's War Journals''|prev=Reaching the Omega Point|next=Transformers: The Wreckers|content=
[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] was a Squadron Commander of the [[Wrecker]]s at the time of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s return from the past. His journal entries reflect Apelinq's growing alarm at the beginning of Megatron's assault. He expresses frustration at the bureaucracy as [[Imperial Peace Marshal]]s go missing and Peace Marshal Command denies they need help, and incidents swiftly escalate to the point the [[Tripredacus Council]] wants martial law.
*[[The Terror Begins|#1]]
 
*[[Pieces of a Puzzle|#2]]
Then suddenly Megatron's paralyzing virus sweeps across the planet, and Apelinq only survives because [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] orders him to stay at [[Wrecker Command]] to man the systems. It soon becomes clear that he's the only remaining Transformer on the planet (except [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|this odd Autobot shuttle]] that got shot down...). He leaves Command to investigate, protecting himself from the virus by developing a "shield suit". He finds fellow Wrecker Rodimus, whose "somewhat… [[Matrix Templar|''unique'' physiology]]" made him immune. Apelinq uses this information to create an inoculant against the virus.
*[[Crumbling Edges|#3]]
 
*[[Chaos (AWJ)|#4]]
When [[Primal Prime]] and his team of Maximals arrive from post-Beast Wars prehistoric [[Earth]], Apelinq inoculates them. But they're attacked by the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]], who plunges Apelinq into the same transwarp portal that Primal Prime and company had come through. Apelinq manages to dispatch Mirage, but not without losing track of his transfer interlink and antiviral program. However, he finds both and gets his bearings, secretly [[Visitations|observing the Beast Wars]] while he waits for a "temporal polestar" that will allow his transfer interlink to reopen the transwarp portal he came through. Unfortunately, though, this only happens when Shokaract arrives, and he finds himself thrust into the middle of that Armageddon.
*[[The Tyrant Returns|#5]]
*[[Wreck and Rule|#6]]
*[[Circle of Dread|#7]]
*[[The Virus Revealed|#8]]
*[[Back From the Past|#9]]
*[[The Wait is Over|#10]]
*[[Two Against a World|#11]]
*[[A Cure is Found|#12]]
*[[Call From the Heavens|#13]]
*[[(Primal Prime) Assuming Command|#14]]
*[[Timewrecked|#15]]
*[[Re-visitations|#16]]
*[[The Frontiers of Our History|#17]]
*[[Point of No Return (AWJ)|#18]]
*[[Witness to the Covenant|#19]]
*[[Beyond Point Omega|#20]]
}}


==Featured characters==
==Overview==
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''Apelinq's War Journals'' chronicles the days on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] that led up to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] takeover of the planet following his return from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], all told from the perspective of [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]], a [[Maximal]] scientist and Squadron Commander for the elite special operations unit known as the [[Wreckers]]. These events are drip-fed over the course of each journal entry, providing tantalizingly small samples of the story's bigger picture rather than spelling everything in fully-elaborated detail. Once Megatron has conquered the planet, the story carries on into the events of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon, with Apelinq observing [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal's]] team of Maximals returning to Cybertron in [[Back From the Past|Journal 9]].
|h1=[[Maximal]]s/[[Autobot]]s
|c1=
*[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3) (mentioned)
*[[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] (4) (mentioned)
*[[Primal Prime]] (5)


|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]/[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]
By [[Call From the Heavens|Journal 13]], a major status quo shift occurs when a [[unspace|transwarp]] ship containing a ragtag crew commanded by [[Primal Prime]] arrives on Cybertron, with [[(Primal Prime) Assuming Command|Journal 14]] seeing Apelinq thrown back in time while Primal Prime take his place for that journal entry. For the rest of the series, Apelinq is stranded on prehistoric [[Earth]] during the latter half of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon, and observes the events of that series a from afar. He finally gets involved when the battle of [[Point Omega]] suddenly begins, bringing the series full circle with Apelinq's previous appearance in "[[Terminus (issue)|Terminus]]", the finale of ''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]'' set between the ''Beast Wars'' episodes "[[Master Blaster]]" and "[[Other Victories]]". The series ends on a deliberate cliffhanger that overlaps with the events of "Terminus", leaving Apelinq's fate undetermined in order to hype up the [[BotCon 2001]] exclusive comic [[Departure|''The Wreckers'' #1]].
|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (2) (mentioned)
*[[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] (6) (mentioned)
|c4=
* [[Covenant]] (7-18) (mentioned)
}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Following its original release on ''BotCon: Beyond'', the series was later moved to ''BotCon Online'' on [[November 13]], [[2001]], where it remained until it disappeared in a site update made on [[May 11]], [[2003]]. It wouldn't resurface until early [[January]] [[2006]], on the ''BotCon Online'' archives hosted by [[Fun Publications]] (and later BC Productions).
* Apelinq dates his entries in [[AU]]s, or in the number of [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s '''A'''fter '''U'''nicron's attack. All of his entries take place during 316 AU, with decimal points to distinguish between them.
*Apelinq uses an [[AU]] dating system for his journal entries. The recap of ''Apelinq's War Journals'' included in the [[BotCon 2001]] comic [[Departure|''The Wreckers'' #1]] would later indicate this system to refer to the number of years, or [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s, '''A'''fter '''U'''nicron's destruction (in reference to [[The Transformers: The Movie|his 2005 destruction]]). The first fourteen of Apelinq's entries take place during 316 AU, with decimal points to distinguish between them. As Journals 10 and 11 are dated with the same decimals, but clearly take place some time apart from each other, it is very plausible that each decimal signifies the day, or solar cycle, of the year/stellar cycle 316 AU that Apelinq made each entry.
* The events of the War Journals begin shortly before the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon, and continue during the show's early events. Later they jump to the era of the third-season ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. His second entry says he was searching for the lost ''[[Axalon]]'' and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and that the second-season BW's transwarp wave is "recent"; this indicates all three things happened quite quickly from the future's point of view, rather than spaced out over three years.
*Between [[Timewrecked|Journals 15]] and [[Beyond Point Omega|20]], Apelinq was basically stuck on prehistoric Earth from about midway through Season 2 of ''Beast Wars'' to right after "[[Master Blaster]]".
* Megatron's takeover and the return of the Maximals happen in the same stellar cycle, and very little space between them: Megatron's won in 316.258 AU and the Autobot shuttle shows up in 316.265 AU.
*The series was originally placed under the ''Transformers: The Wreckers'' label on ''BotCon Online'', but then placed under the ''Reaching the Omega Point'' label when the series was brought back in 2006.
* Wrecker Command is located in Delta Three and then in Delta Five. Presumably, they moved it to keep away from Megatron.
*Apelinq would later make one more War Journal entry on the inside-cover of [[Disclosure|''The Wreckers'' #3]], serving as a prologue for that comic issue in lieu of a standard recap for the preceding issue, [[Betrayal|''The Wreckers'' #2]].
* Megatron's attack starts with escalating terrorist attacks before his big push. (Why he's doing it this way is not specified)
*The concept of personal log journals written by Apelinq would later be revisited for [[BotCon 2014]], with seven entries written by the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' version of the character published by "[[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]]", the Facebook page of the [[Star Seeker]] [[Tornado]]. These entries were given date indices beginning with 468.900.12, but with no units given. They cover the ''Wings Universe'' [[Primal Prime]]'s new Wreckers team and his conflict with the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, as well as Apelinq's visions of another life he had [[Point Omega|forgotten]].
* Apeling was basically stuck on prehistoric Earth from partway through ''Beast Wars'' S2 to right after "[[Master Blaster]]". I wonder how he was staying refueled?
 
===Continuity errors===
* For some reason Apelinq refers to the [[Covenant of Primus]] as the Book of Primus.
* Megatron's virus goes completely unmentioned in the early entries and Apelinq eventually deduces this was what he did. ''Beast Machines'' showed that he used the virus before he sent the Vehicons in and it was a very public event, something all Transformers (or at least the very non-deducing [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]) knew was a virus.
 
===Other===
* The War Journals, a series of brief text stories, were originally published online at BotCon.com, as part of the build-up to [[BotCon 2001]]. There were 20 entries total, tying into the ongoing convention-based story "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]".
* The notion of Apelinq journals was revisted for [[BotCon 2014]], with entries written by the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' version of the character being released via [[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|the pirate Tornado's Facebook page]]. These entries are given date indices beginning with 468.900.12, but with no units given. They cover [[Primal Prime]]'s new Wreckers team and his clash with the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, and Apelinq's visions of an alternate version of his life.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://botcon.com/archive/story/journals/index.html Apelinq's War Journals at BotCon Online]
*[http://www.botconarchives.com/archive/story/journals/index.html "Apelinq's War Journals" at the ''BotCon Online'' archives]
*BotCon 2014 Apelinq journals:
*Apelinq's Journal entries from [[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]]:
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2Nmc1kzY0JCN2R4bVk/edit Date index 468.900.12]
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2Nmc1kzY0JCN2R4bVk/edit Date index 468.900.12]
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmSEx1QlRZWGNBYmM/edit Date index 468.910.08]
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmSEx1QlRZWGNBYmM/edit Date index 468.910.08]
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmUUZpMThFeXl2UjA/edit Date index 468.912.18]
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmUUZpMThFeXl2UjA/edit Date index 468.912.18]
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmNTFLaTBTZFlHTGc/edit Date index 469.136.04]
**[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmNTFLaTBTZFlHTGc/edit Date index 469.136.04]
**[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmbXZCQXhhMWMxaUE/view Date index 466.824.06]
**[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmZUZJaDlLQTJCZTQ/view Date index 467.713.75]
**[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2Nma2JadEdXVXhXY3c/view Date index 469.822.09]


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Latest revision as of 05:12, 6 May 2025

Get your stinking paws off my war journals.

Apelinq's War Journals is a web-based series of short text stories written by Rob Gerbracht and was originally released on a near-weekly basis on BotCon: Beyond from February 17 to June 29, 2001. It served as part of a campaign to build up hype for BotCon 2001 (following a similar campaign conducted earlier by "VEHICON ALERT!"), and is written in the form of personal logs made by the Maximal Wrecker Apelinq.

It also served as both a bridge between the Beast Wars and Beast Machines cartoons and as a bridge between the 1998–2000 convention-based storyline Reaching the Omega Point (which had just concluded the previous year at BotCon 2000) and the then-forthcoming Transformers: The Wreckers comic series set to debut at BotCon 2001.

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Overview

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Apelinq's War Journals chronicles the days on Cybertron that led up to Megatron's takeover of the planet following his return from the Beast Wars, all told from the perspective of Apelinq, a Maximal scientist and Squadron Commander for the elite special operations unit known as the Wreckers. These events are drip-fed over the course of each journal entry, providing tantalizingly small samples of the story's bigger picture rather than spelling everything in fully-elaborated detail. Once Megatron has conquered the planet, the story carries on into the events of the Beast Machines cartoon, with Apelinq observing Optimus Primal's team of Maximals returning to Cybertron in Journal 9.

By Journal 13, a major status quo shift occurs when a transwarp ship containing a ragtag crew commanded by Primal Prime arrives on Cybertron, with Journal 14 seeing Apelinq thrown back in time while Primal Prime take his place for that journal entry. For the rest of the series, Apelinq is stranded on prehistoric Earth during the latter half of the Beast Wars cartoon, and observes the events of that series a from afar. He finally gets involved when the battle of Point Omega suddenly begins, bringing the series full circle with Apelinq's previous appearance in "Terminus", the finale of Reaching the Omega Point set between the Beast Wars episodes "Master Blaster" and "Other Victories". The series ends on a deliberate cliffhanger that overlaps with the events of "Terminus", leaving Apelinq's fate undetermined in order to hype up the BotCon 2001 exclusive comic The Wreckers #1.

Notes

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  • Following its original release on BotCon: Beyond, the series was later moved to BotCon Online on November 13, 2001, where it remained until it disappeared in a site update made on May 11, 2003. It wouldn't resurface until early January 2006, on the BotCon Online archives hosted by Fun Publications (and later BC Productions).
  • Apelinq uses an AU dating system for his journal entries. The recap of Apelinq's War Journals included in the BotCon 2001 comic The Wreckers #1 would later indicate this system to refer to the number of years, or stellar cycles, After Unicron's destruction (in reference to his 2005 destruction). The first fourteen of Apelinq's entries take place during 316 AU, with decimal points to distinguish between them. As Journals 10 and 11 are dated with the same decimals, but clearly take place some time apart from each other, it is very plausible that each decimal signifies the day, or solar cycle, of the year/stellar cycle 316 AU that Apelinq made each entry.
  • Between Journals 15 and 20, Apelinq was basically stuck on prehistoric Earth from about midway through Season 2 of Beast Wars to right after "Master Blaster".
  • The series was originally placed under the Transformers: The Wreckers label on BotCon Online, but then placed under the Reaching the Omega Point label when the series was brought back in 2006.
  • Apelinq would later make one more War Journal entry on the inside-cover of The Wreckers #3, serving as a prologue for that comic issue in lieu of a standard recap for the preceding issue, The Wreckers #2.
  • The concept of personal log journals written by Apelinq would later be revisited for BotCon 2014, with seven entries written by the Wings Universe version of the character published by "Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur", the Facebook page of the Star Seeker Tornado. These entries were given date indices beginning with 468.900.12, but with no units given. They cover the Wings Universe Primal Prime's new Wreckers team and his conflict with the Cybertronian Knights, as well as Apelinq's visions of another life he had forgotten.
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