Nyon

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Nyon is a Cybertronian Torus-City. Though once a great, shining example of a city, neglect from Zeta Prime's corrupt Autobot government caused it to devolve into a rusty slum town and a hotbed for anti-government insurgent activity.

Named locations in Nyon include the Rust Narrows and the Acropolex.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Orion Pax and his band of outliers saved a number of sparks from being exposed to radiation by the Senate by teleporting them to a safehouse in Nyon, where they could be used to make new Transformers. All Our Parlous Yesterdays

Years later, ready to do anything to rid Cybertron of those opposed his rule, Zeta Prime made the rebellious population of Nyon his first target. He began secretly draining civilians of their energon to power his Omega Destructors and their vamparc ribbon weapons, planning to do the same to other cities. Parasites Next, Zeta sent Orion Pax's Autobot unit to Nyon with the mission to capture the Decepticon Swindle, who was supplying the city's terrorists with explosives. Law and Disorder The plan was for them to be killed during the mission, giving Zeta an excuse to assault Nyon directly with his Omega Destructors, but instead they succeeded. Cause and Effect

Zeta Prime went on with his plan to attack the city anyway, but first got Orion out of the way by ordering him to arrest Hot Rod, one of the insurgents. Orion tracked him to the Acropolex, where he found tanks full of energon stolen from the city's population and realized Zeta was wrong. Ruins Meanwhile, Zeta Prime and the Omega Destructors ruthlessly attacked Nyon, draining its citizens and burning its buildings. Hot Rod attempted to evacuate the city while Orion Pax's team distracted the Destructors, but realized it was futile and fell back on the insurgents' contingency plan: destroying Nyon themselves with phase-charges planted throughout the city. According to Slinger, it was better their comrades die at their hands than become Zeta's fuel, so Hot Rod regretfully detonated the explosives and most of Nyon went up in flames. Purge

Soon after Orion Pax became Optimus Prime, the Matrix of Leadership guided him back to the abandoned ruins of Nyon and allowed him to feel the life force of the Acropolex, in truth an ancient dormant Transformer. When the other Autobots arrived and rallied around him, he introduced them to a revived Acropolex, now known as Metroplex. Rise Metroplex then went to look for Nyon's survivors and aid them. Broadcast With the rise of Optimus Prime to replace Zeta, the survivors assumed new roles as historians and made it their mission to catalogue the past. Endgame

Beast Wars: Uprising

Left in ruins after the war, Nyon was domed over to be used as an arena in the Games, becoming known as the Nyon Coliseum. The arena was known for the many different mechanimals roaming around, providing additional entertainment during Games. Nyon went unmonitored when there was no game going on and Black Omen, the Builder in charge of the area, had little interest in overseeing it, so Lio Convoy chose it as an area where Blackarachnia could avoid detection. Broken Windshields

Six years after the beginning of the Grand Uprising, Nyon remained under the control of the Builders. Safe Spaces

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Nyon (ナイオン Naion)