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The '''Wings of Honor continuity''' is a ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Continuity|universe]] based loosely on [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]].<ref>[http://www.transformersclub.com/members/transforum/msgs.cfm?msg=125826&forum=22 Collectors' Club forum thread] in which Pete Sinclair says the Wings of Honor continuity "is VERY similar to the original G1 toon, though it is different enough to allow us some leeway in the overall story telling. [...] Scourge will have always been in his BotCon 2009 body, Hot Rod in his Universe Legends body and so on. As time goes on there will be more subtle, and not so subtle, differences."</ref> It has been depicted in [[Fun Publications]] comics and prose stories, the first of which was titled "[[Wings of Honor]]".
 
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'''''Transformers: Wings Universe''''' is a ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Continuity|universe]] based loosely on [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]].<ref>[http://www.transformersclub.com/members/transforum/msgs.cfm?msg=125826&forum=22 Collectors' Club forum thread] in which Pete Sinclair says the Wings of Honor continuity "is VERY similar to the original G1 toon, though it is different enough to allow us some leeway in the overall story telling. [...] Scourge will have always been in his BotCon 2009 body, Hot Rod in his Universe Legends body and so on. As time goes on there will be more subtle, and not so subtle, differences."</ref> It has been depicted in [[Fun Publications]] comics and prose stories, the first of which was titled "[[Wings of Honor]]".
<div class="list-header">''Wings of Honor Stories'':</div>
 
*[[Wings of Honor|''Timelines'' #4]]
{{chapters|title=''Transformers: Wings Universe''|align=left|content=
*"[[Flames of Yesterday]]" (between TCS #2-#3)
<center>'''Elite Guard stories:'''</center>
*"[[A Team Effort]]" (between TCS #4-#5)
<div class="list-header">''Timelines'':</div>
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Coming Storm]]'':</div>
*"[[Wings of Honor]]"
<br/><div class="list-header">"[[The Coming Storm]]":</div>
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 1|Part 1]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 1|Part 1]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 2|Part 2]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 2|Part 2]]
*"[[Flames of Yesterday]]"
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 3|Part 3]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 3|Part 3]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 4|Part 4]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 4|Part 4]]
*"[[A Team Effort]]"
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 5|Part 5]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 5|Part 5]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 6|Part 6]]
*[[The Coming Storm: Part 6|Part 6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[Battle Lines]]'':</div>
<br/><div class="list-header">"[[Battle Lines]]":</div>
*[[Battle Lines, Part 1|Part 1]]
*[[Battle Lines, Part 1|Part 1]]
*[[Battle Lines, Part 2|Part 2]]
*[[Battle Lines, Part 2|Part 2]]
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*[[Battle Lines, Part 5|Part 5]]
*[[Battle Lines, Part 5|Part 5]]
*[[Battle Lines, Part 6|Part 6]]
*[[Battle Lines, Part 6|Part 6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Generation 2 Stories'':</div>
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[Around Cybertron]]'':</div>
*[[Around Cybertron issue 9|#9]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 10|#10]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 11|#11]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 12|#12]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 13|#13]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 14|#14]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 15|#15]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 16|#16]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 17|#17]]
*[[Around Cybertron issue 18|#18]]
 
<center>'''''Generation 2'' / ''Machine Wars'' stories:'''</center>
<div class="list-header">''Timelines'':</div>
*"[[Generation 2: Redux]]"
*"[[Generation 2: Redux]]"
<br/><div class="list-header">''Related Stories'':</div>
<br/><div class="list-header">"[[A Flash Forward (story arc)|A Flash Forward]]":</div>
*''[[Around Cybertron]]'' (strips #9-current)
*[[A Flash Forward|Part 1]]
*[[A Flash Forward, Part 2|Part 2]]
*[[A Flash Forward, Part 3|Part 3]]
*[[A Flash Forward, Part 4|Part 4]]
*[[A Flash Forward, Part 5|Part 5]]
*[[A Flash Forward, Part 6|Part 6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Timelines'':</div>
*"[[Termination]]"
*"[[A Common Foe]]"
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers Menagerie]]'':</div>
*[[The Transformers Menagerie issue 1|Part 1]]
*[[The Transformers Menagerie issue 2|Part 2]]
*[[The Transformers Menagerie issue 3|Part 3]]
*[[The Transformers Menagerie issue 4|Part 4]]
*[[The Transformers Menagerie issue 5|Part 5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">Other:</div>
*"[[Interlude...]]"
 
<center>'''''Pirates VS Knights'' stories:'''</center>
<div class="list-header">Facebook blog:</div>
*"[[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]]"
<br/><div class="list-header">''Timelines'':</div>
*"[[Hoist the Flag]]"
<br/><div class="list-header">Other:</div>
*"[[Legacy (issue)|Legacy]]"
}}
}}
==Overview==
==Overview==
Most of the Wings of Honor stories are set in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s distant past, at the outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. They establish that there was an [[Autobot]] [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] at that time, from whose winged insignia the title is derived. Some action also occurs in a nebulously modern setting, but so far only as a framing device. In one of those instances, [[Nexus Prime]] declares that this universe has some sort of importance to him and his quest, though he doesn't know exactly what.
The ''Wings Universe'' stories take place in a timestream very similar to the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]. The stories dance around the events of the cartoon, creating additional backstory and sometimes plugging plotholes.  ''Wings'' doesn't take place in the actual cartoon universe, however, only a nigh-identical universe. Differences include the designs of some of the characters. Transformers like [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] are in their BotCon toy bodies, while Galvatron and Cyclonus are in their ''Universe'' bodies. The events of the cartoon are said to have happened largely unaltered except for characters such as these having different appearances.


In broad strokes this continuity hews to the universe of the original cartoon, but the series creators have declared that it will diverge in some details. For example, the fact that the young Elite Guardsman [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] is surrounded mostly by characters who never appeared in the cartoon helps avoid problems of relative age... but there are still a few [[Combaticon (G1)|questionable]] [[Female Autobots|cases]].
Most of the early ''Wings Universe'' stories are set in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s distant past, at the outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. They establish that there was an [[Autobot]] [[Elite Guard]] at that time, from whose winged insignia the title is derived. Later stories shift focus to a post-"The Rebirth"  setting, bringing late-G1, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' and ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' characters into the universe. In a "finale" of sorts for the universe, a final jump forward in time took the story to a post-''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' timeframe, with inspiration drawn from the [[3H Productions]] stories set in that era.


==Timeline==
==Timeline==
Writer and editor [[Pete Sinclair]] has given the following timeline for events in the Wings of Honor continuity:<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67730&st=80&p=1489241#entry1489241 Allspark.com post by Pete Sinclair]</ref>
Writer and editor [[Pete Sinclair]] has given most of the following timeline for events in the ''Wings Universe'':<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110716214607/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67730&st=80&p=1489241 Allspark.com post by Pete Sinclair] (archived link)</ref>


* 9 million years ago
* 9 million years ago
:*"[[Wings of Honor]]" (flashback)  
**"[[Wings of Honor]]" (flashback)  
:*"[[War Dawn]]" (flashback)
**"[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]" (flashback)
* 8,999,990 years ago
* 8,999,990 years ago
:*"[[The Coming Storm: Part 2]]"
**"[[The Coming Storm: Part 2]]"
:*"[[Flames of Yesterday]]"
**"[[Flames of Yesterday]]"
:*"The Coming Storm" parts [[The Coming Storm: Part 3|#3]] & [[The Coming Storm: Part 4|#4]]
**"[[The Coming Storm]]" parts [[The Coming Storm: Part 3|#3]] & [[The Coming Storm: Part 4|#4]]
:*"[[A Team Effort]]"
**"[[A Team Effort]]"
:*"The Coming Storm" parts [[The Coming Storm: Part 5|#5]] & [[The Coming Storm: Part 6|#6]]
**"The Coming Storm" parts [[The Coming Storm: Part 5|#5]] & [[The Coming Storm: Part 6|#6]]
:*"[[Battle Lines, Part 1]]"
**"[[Battle Lines]]" parts [[Battle Lines, Part 1|#1]] through [[Battle Lines, Part 6|#6]] (up to the end of the attack on Iacon)
* 8,999,990 years ago through 2007 AD
* 8,999,990 years ago through 4,000,000 years ago
:*Seasons 1, 2, 3, and "[[The Rebirth]]"
**"[[Battle Lines, Part 6]]" (latter part)
* 4,000,000 years ago through 2007 AD
**Events akin to the beginning parts of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"
**[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']], "[[Ground Zero]]", and events akin to the parts of ''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]'' set on prehistoric Earth
**''[[Primeval Dawn]]''
**Events akin to ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' seasons 1 and 2, ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', season 3, and "[[The Rebirth]]"
* 2010 AD
* 2010 AD
:*"Wings of Honor" (present)
**"Wings of Honor" (present)
:*"[[The Coming Storm: Part 1]]"
**"[[The Coming Storm: Part 1]]" (present)
:*"[[Generation 2: Redux]]"
**"[[Generation 2: Redux]]"
:*"[[A Flash Forward]]" <ref>In a [http://www.transformersclub.com/members/transforum/msgs.cfm?msg=154526&forum=30 Transformers Collectors' Club forum thread], Pete Sinclair says that "A Flash Forward" take place "2-3 months" after "Generation 2: Redux."</ref>
**"[[A Flash Forward]]" <ref>In a [http://www.transformersclub.com/members/transforum/msgs.cfm?msg=154526&forum=30 Transformers Collectors' Club forum thread], Pete Sinclair says that "A Flash Forward" take place "2-3 months" after "Generation 2: Redux."</ref>
* 2012 AD
**"A Flash Forward" parts [[A Flash Forward, Part 2|#2]] through [[A Flash Forward, Part 6|#6]]
* 2013 AD
**"[[Interlude...]]"
**"[[Termination]]"
**"[[A Common Foe]]"
* 2030s AD
**"[[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]]" (entries pre-[[BotCon 2014]])
*~2300 AD
**"[[Dawn of Future's Past]]"
**''Beast Wars'' (modern-day Cybertron portions)
**''Reaching the Omega Point''{{'}}s "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]" story
**''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' and ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers]]''
* 2984 AD
**"[[Hoist the Flag]]"
**"[[Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur]]" (entries post-BotCon 2014)
**"[[Legacy (issue)|Legacy]]"
**Events akin to the parts of ''Reaching the Omega Point'' set in Shokaract's alternate future


==Creative team==
==Creative team==
Writing duties on the "Wings of Honor" portion have shuffled between [[Rik Alvarez]], [[Forest Lee]], [[Pete Sinclair]], and [[Jesse Wittenrich]] (or combinations thereof), while art has been drawn by [[Guido Guidi]], [[Dan Khanna]], [[Andrew Griffith]], and [[Casey Coller]]. "Generation 2: Redux" was written by [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], with [[Robby Musso]], [[Frank Milkovich]], [[Evan Gauntt]], Trent Troop, and Jesse Wittenrich on various art duties.
Writing duties on the ''Wings Universe'' have shuffled between [[Rik Alvarez]], [[Forest Lee]], [[Pete Sinclair]], and [[Jesse Wittenrich]] (or combinations thereof), while art has been drawn by [[Guido Guidi]], [[Dan Khanna]], [[Andrew Griffith]], [[Casey Coller]], and [[Matt Frank]]. "Generation 2: Redux" was written by [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], with [[Robby Musso]], [[Frank Milkovich]], [[Evan Gauntt]], Trent Troop, and Jesse Wittenrich on various art duties.
 
 
==Toys==
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' / [[BotCon 2005]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromia (G1)#Toys|Chromia]] (as [[Moonracer (G1)#Wings Universe|Moonracer]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Deathsaurus (G1)#Timelines|Deathsaurus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Outback (G1)#Timelines|Fallback]] (as Outback)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ricochet (Timelines)#Toys|Ricochet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Virulent Clone#Toys|Virulent Clones]]}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'''''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Acid Storm (G1)#Universe (2008)|Acid Storm]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Cyclonus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Galvatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Rodimus]] (as Hot Rod)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Octane#Universe (2008)|Tankor]] (as Octane)}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' / [[BotCon 2009]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
 
{{Bp-d1|[[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Timelines|Banzai-Tron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Flak (G1)#Timelines|Flak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Kup (G1)/toys#Timelines|Kup]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Landshark (G1)#Timelines|Landshark]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Leozack#Timelines|Leozack]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Razorclaw (G1)#Timelines|Razorclaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (G1)/toys#Timelines|Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skyquake (G1)#Timelines|Skyquake]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sweep (G1)#Timelines|Sweeps]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunder Clash#Timelines|Thunderclash]]}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''Timelines'' / [[BotCon 2010]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Double Punch (G1)#Timelines|Double Punch]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Rapido#Timelines|Rapido]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sharkticon (species)#Timelines 2|Sharkticons]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (RID)#Timelines|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Slicer (G1)#Timelines|Decepticon Slice]] (as Slicer)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Autobot Spark]] (as Pyro Ignatius Spark)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]] (as Streetwise)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Scorch (G1)#Timelines|Turbomaster]] (as Scorch)}}
 
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Timelinestoy-KupWoH.jpg|250px|thumb|BotCon 2009 Kup]]
|-
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''Timelines'' '''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
 
{{Bp-a1|[[Dion (G1)#Timelines|Elite Guard Dion]] (with [[Cop-Tur (G1)#Timelines|Cop-Tur]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Punch (G1)#Timelines|Punch-Counterpunch]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Side Burn (RID)#Timelines|Side Burn]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ramjet]] (''Generation 2'')}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]] (as Runabout)}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''Reveal the Shield'''''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#RTSDeluxe|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]]}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''Timelines'' / [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|TFSS]] 1.0'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|Scourge]]}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''Timelines'' / [[BotCon 2013]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bitstream (G1)#Timelines|Bitstream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blastcharge Strika Drone#Toys|Blastcharge Strika Drone]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Electro#Timelines|Autobot Electrons]] (as Electro)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hoist (G1)/toys#Timelines|Hoist]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Hotlink (G1)#Timelines|Hotlink]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megaplex#Timelines|Megaplex]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#BotCon2013|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Obsidian (BM)#Timelines 2|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sandstorm (MW)#Timelines|Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (MW)#Timelines|Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Strika (BM)#Timelines|Strika]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sunstorm (G1)#Timelines|Sunstorm]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (MW)#Timelines|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (MW)#Timelines|Thundercracker]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|-
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' / ''Thrilling 30'' '''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (G1)#Voyager|Sandstorm]]}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''Timelines'' / TFSS 3.0 '''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Carzap (BT)#Timelines|Carzap]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Krok (G1)#Timelines|Krok]] with [[Gatoraider#Timelines|Gatoraider]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Nacelle (G1)#Timelines|Nacelle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Nightracer (G2)#Timelines|Nightracer]] with [[Shakar#Timelines|Shakar]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Serpentor#Timelines|Serpent O.R.]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Timelines|G2 Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Timelines|Tarantulas]] with [[Arachnoid#Timelines|Arachnoid]]s}}
 
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>''' ''Timelines'' / [[BotCon 2014]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-ss|Pirate [[Cannonball (G1)#Timelines|Cannonball]]}}
{{Bp-ss|Pirate [[Ferak#Timelines|Ferak]] with Pirate [[Tornado#Timelines|Tornado]]}}
{{Bp-ss|Pirate [[Scorponok (G1)#Timelines|Scorponok]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Knight [[Devcon (G1)#Timelines|Devcon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Knight [[Ginrai (robot)#Timelines|Ginrai]]}}
{{Bp-m1|Knight [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BW10J|Alpha Trizer]]}}
{{Bp-m1|Knight [[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Apelinq]]}}
{{Bp-a1|Knight [[Flareup (G1)#BotCon2014|Flareup]]}}
{{Bp-ss|Pirate [[Shokaract#Timelines|Hunter]]}}
{{Bp-ss|Pirate [[Brimstone (G1 Star Seeker)#Timelines|Brimstone]]}}
{{Bp-ss|[[Dread Pirate Crew#Timelines|Dread Pirate Crew]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Flamewar (G1)#BotCon2014|Flamewar]]}}
 
|}
 
==Notes==
*A prose story titled "[[Impossible Phantoms]]" was intended to feature Punch, based on the 2010 Collectors' Club figure. The story could have slotted into either ''Wings'' or ''Classics'' continuities.
*An ultimately unrealized prequel story to "Termination" would have featured [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (based on the [[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|TFSS 1.0 toy]]) as one of [[Jhiaxus (G2)#Wings Universe|Jhiaxus]]'s clones.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/128200-new-tcc-prose-counterpunch-story-the-truth-we-make/?p=3229535 Comments by Pete Sinclair at the Allspark] (dead link)</ref>
*A [[Untitled Lyzack Story|story]] about [[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]] was also planned for release in [[2011]], but wasn't finished in time. It would have bridged the gap between "[[The Coming Storm]]" and "[[Battle Lines]]".


==References==
==References==
<references />
{{reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 21:08, 4 January 2026

Okay, where are the wings?

Transformers: Wings Universe is a Generation 1 universe based loosely on the original cartoon.[1] It has been depicted in Fun Publications comics and prose stories, the first of which was titled "Wings of Honor".

Transformers: Wings Universe
Elite Guard stories:
Timelines:

"The Coming Storm":

"Battle Lines":

Around Cybertron:
Generation 2 / Machine Wars stories:
Timelines:

"A Flash Forward":

Timelines:

The Transformers Menagerie:

Other:
Pirates VS Knights stories:
Facebook blog:

Timelines:

Other:

Overview

[edit]

The Wings Universe stories take place in a timestream very similar to the Generation 1 cartoon continuity. The stories dance around the events of the cartoon, creating additional backstory and sometimes plugging plotholes. Wings doesn't take place in the actual cartoon universe, however, only a nigh-identical universe. Differences include the designs of some of the characters. Transformers like Scourge, Ironhide, and Ratchet are in their BotCon toy bodies, while Galvatron and Cyclonus are in their Universe bodies. The events of the cartoon are said to have happened largely unaltered except for characters such as these having different appearances.

Most of the early Wings Universe stories are set in Cybertron's distant past, at the outbreak of the Great War. They establish that there was an Autobot Elite Guard at that time, from whose winged insignia the title is derived. Later stories shift focus to a post-"The Rebirth" setting, bringing late-G1, Generation 2 and Machine Wars characters into the universe. In a "finale" of sorts for the universe, a final jump forward in time took the story to a post-Beast Machines timeframe, with inspiration drawn from the 3H Productions stories set in that era.

Timeline

[edit]

Writer and editor Pete Sinclair has given most of the following timeline for events in the Wings Universe:[2]

Creative team

[edit]

Writing duties on the Wings Universe have shuffled between Rik Alvarez, Forest Lee, Pete Sinclair, and Jesse Wittenrich (or combinations thereof), while art has been drawn by Guido Guidi, Dan Khanna, Andrew Griffith, Casey Coller, and Matt Frank. "Generation 2: Redux" was written by Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, with Robby Musso, Frank Milkovich, Evan Gauntt, Trent Troop, and Jesse Wittenrich on various art duties.


Toys

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Timelines / BotCon 2005 Universe Timelines / BotCon 2009 Timelines / BotCon 2010
BotCon 2009 Kup
Timelines Reveal the Shield Timelines / TFSS 1.0 Timelines / BotCon 2013
Generations / Thrilling 30 Timelines / TFSS 3.0 Timelines / BotCon 2014

Notes

[edit]
  • A prose story titled "Impossible Phantoms" was intended to feature Punch, based on the 2010 Collectors' Club figure. The story could have slotted into either Wings or Classics continuities.
  • An ultimately unrealized prequel story to "Termination" would have featured Scourge (based on the TFSS 1.0 toy) as one of Jhiaxus's clones.[4]
  • A story about Lyzack was also planned for release in 2011, but wasn't finished in time. It would have bridged the gap between "The Coming Storm" and "Battle Lines".

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ Collectors' Club forum thread in which Pete Sinclair says the Wings of Honor continuity "is VERY similar to the original G1 toon, though it is different enough to allow us some leeway in the overall story telling. [...] Scourge will have always been in his BotCon 2009 body, Hot Rod in his Universe Legends body and so on. As time goes on there will be more subtle, and not so subtle, differences."
  2. ↑ Allspark.com post by Pete Sinclair (archived link)
  3. ↑ In a Transformers Collectors' Club forum thread, Pete Sinclair says that "A Flash Forward" take place "2-3 months" after "Generation 2: Redux."
  4. ↑ Comments by Pete Sinclair at the Allspark (dead link)
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