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| {{spoilers|Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron|July 22nd, 2010}}
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| Cybertron's once-mighty civilization is in a period of stasis and decadence. The bygone ages of space exploration and building relations with other forms of life are all but forgotten, the space bridges having all gone offline through sabotage or millennia of neglect. The architecture of ancient cities such as Iacon display a boldness and dynamism absent from modern structures and, indeed, from most of Cybertronian life. As soon as every Cybertronian emerges from the Well of AllSparks (in which resides the AllSpark itself, the device that physically creates them) they are assigned to a caste and guild from which they may never deviate throughout their lifetimes--and even this process has lost its grandeur over the eons, with the newly-sparked no longer expected to make a death-defying run through the primordial monsters' den of Underworld. There is no opportunity for change or personal growth. Some are born to lead, others are civil servants, and those of the lowest castes--manual laborers in the underground mines and factories--don't even have names.
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| Understanding that the social hierarchy instils tensions that must be relieved somehow, the High Council turns a blind eye to the proliferation of underground gladiatorial combat. Over these brutal deathmatches, the laborer caste rallies around a charismatic and seemingly unstoppable iconic figure who--acting beyond his natural station--has taken a name, and not just any name but that of one of the original 13 Transformers, the powerful and sinister Megatronus. In the cheers of his adoring fans this name gets shortened to Megatron, and the new form sticks.
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| Orion Pax, a data clerk who feels dissatisfied with the caste system, is assigned to eavesdrop on Megatron's political speeches and file them appropriately for the High Council's knowledge. Megatron's stated goals of a free Cybertron, with each individual determining his own path in life, is highly appealing to Orion. Confused, Orion turns to guidance to his supervisor and mentor, Alpha Trion.... who, unbeknownst to Orion and everyone else still alive, is the last surviving member of the original 13 Transformers. As the scribe of past, present, and future, Alpha Trion knows that some great destiny awaits both Megatron and Orion Pax, but does not know what it is. Speaking cryptically to his younger colleague, Alpha Trion encourages Orion Pax to monitor this new upstart.
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| Shockwave: utterly amoral, conducts gruesome experiments on other Cybertronians, is believed to have created combiners.
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| Soundwave: treacherous and hungry for information and control; his Minicon partners spy on everybody, everywhere, including Megatron himself, and it is believed he manipulates both sides to his own ends.
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