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==Timeline==
==Timeline==
===Millions of Years Ago===
'''~ 6.7 million B.C.''' - The first [[Ark-1|Ark]] was launched and subsequently lost. <ref>6.2 million metacycles ago, with 1 metacycle = 13 months</ref>
'''~ 6.7 million B.C.''' - The first [[Ark-1|Ark]] was launched and subsequently lost. <ref>6.2 million metacycles ago, with 1 metacycle = 13 months</ref>


'''? B.C.''' [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] battled the [[Dynobots]] on [[Earth]], and is deactivated in a volcanic eruption in [[Wikipedia:Eureka, Nevada|Eureka, Nevada]].<ref>Exact time unknown, overlaps mammoth extinction, 10,000 years ago has been suggested.</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}
===Hundreds of Thousands of Years Ago===
'''~650,000 B.C.''' [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] begins planning [[Regenesis]], and begins distilling [[energon]] into a catalyst which he then launches at various planets, including prehistoric [[Earth]]. <ref>"Six Hundred Thousand Meta-Cycles Ago"</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}


'''~1569 A.D.''' — [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] renders Cybertron uninhabitable.<ref>700 stellar-cycles ago, so if a stellar cycle is ~7.5 months, then presumptively ~437 years ago.</ref> {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}}
===Thousands of Years Ago===
'''? B.C.''' — Shockwave openly leaves the Decepticons to begin stablising his Regenesis planets. However, he is followed by the [[Dynobots]], out for revenge; and on Earth - the first of the planets - they engage him in combat. While he defeats them, he is deactivated by a failsafe set by [[Grimlock]], as the Dynobots' ship triggers a volcanic eruption which buries all six in [[Wikipedia:Eureka, Nevada|Eureka, Nevada]].<ref>Exact time unknown, overlaps mammoth extinction, 5,000-10,000 years ago has been suggested.</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}


'''1984''' — [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] investigates [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] activities on [[Earth]] and is deactivated when Bludgeon triggers the eruption of [[Wikipedia:Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens]] <small>(4 years later than in the real world.)</small> {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}
'''? B.C.''' - [[Megatron (G1)#IDW|Megatron]], on discovering Shockwave's absence, assigns Bludgeon to investigate his projects {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}} - and [[Soundwave (G1)#IDW|Soundwave]] to watch over Bludgeon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}
 
===Hundreds of Years Ago===
'''~1550 A.D.''' — [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] renders Cybertron uninhabitable.<ref>700 stellar-cycles ago, so if a stellar cycle is ~7.5 months, then presumptively ~437 years ago.</ref>  {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}} <!--You can't say "approximately" then specify a specific year in 400, re: despecifying from 1569 to 1550-->
 
===Last Hundred Years===
'''1984''' — [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] investigates [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] activities on [[Earth]] and is deactivated when Bludgeon, after some of Shockwave's Regenesis ore - called "Ultra-Energon" by him - triggers the eruption of [[Wikipedia:Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens]] <small>(4 years later than in the real world.)</small> {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}
 
'''1985''' - Soundwave, Ravage and Laserbeak are excavated by [[Skywatch]]. Interest is taken in the cassettes, found in "robot mode", but Soundwave is apparently discarded.  {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}


'''~1988''' — [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] tracks the Decepticon criminal [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to [[Nebulos]], but despite damages, he escapes. <ref>29 stellar cycles ago, or 18 years</ref>
'''~1988''' — [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] tracks the Decepticon criminal [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to [[Nebulos]], but despite damages, he escapes. <ref>29 stellar cycles ago, or 18 years</ref>


'''2002''' — Current era of Transformer activity on Earth begins.
===Current era===
====2002====
*Current era of Transformer activity on Earth begins.


===Footnotes===
====2006====
<references/>
*Shockwave's hand is discovered in an excavation in Nevada.
*[[Starscream]]'s Infiltration unit on Earth discovers Shockwave's Regenesis ore, dubbing it "Ore-13".
*Thunderwing is reactivated on Cybertron by Bludgeon using the "Ultra-Energon", and decimates Nebulos before returning to Cybertron and running out of fuel in front of Optimus Prime.
*Megatron arrives, and blows a hole through Starscream for disloyalty.
*After the Thunderwing debaclé, Optimus Prime follows to Earth, following Shockwave and Bludgeon's records.


====2007====
*Soundwave, trapped in alternate mode since 1984, is purchased from a junk shop.
*Excavation of Shockwave continues, now under Skywatch supervision, Shockwave and Grimlock's torsos exposed.
*Ravage and Laserbeak reactivated under Skywatch control.


==Footnotes==
<references/>


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Revision as of 20:36, 12 June 2007

A timeline for the events of IDW Publishing's mainline Transformers series.


Timeline

Millions of Years Ago

~ 6.7 million B.C. - The first Ark was launched and subsequently lost. [1]

Hundreds of Thousands of Years Ago

~650,000 B.C. - Shockwave begins planning Regenesis, and begins distilling energon into a catalyst which he then launches at various planets, including prehistoric Earth. [2] Spotlight: Shockwave

Thousands of Years Ago

? B.C. — Shockwave openly leaves the Decepticons to begin stablising his Regenesis planets. However, he is followed by the Dynobots, out for revenge; and on Earth - the first of the planets - they engage him in combat. While he defeats them, he is deactivated by a failsafe set by Grimlock, as the Dynobots' ship triggers a volcanic eruption which buries all six in Eureka, Nevada.[3] Spotlight: Shockwave

? B.C. - Megatron, on discovering Shockwave's absence, assigns Bludgeon to investigate his projects Spotlight: Shockwave - and Soundwave to watch over Bludgeon. Spotlight: Soundwave

Hundreds of Years Ago

~1550 A.D.Thunderwing renders Cybertron uninhabitable.[4] Stormbringer

Last Hundred Years

1984Soundwave investigates Bludgeon's activities on Earth and is deactivated when Bludgeon, after some of Shockwave's Regenesis ore - called "Ultra-Energon" by him - triggers the eruption of Mount St. Helens (4 years later than in the real world.) Spotlight: Soundwave

1985 - Soundwave, Ravage and Laserbeak are excavated by Skywatch. Interest is taken in the cassettes, found in "robot mode", but Soundwave is apparently discarded. Spotlight: Soundwave

~1988Ultra Magnus tracks the Decepticon criminal Scorponok to Nebulos, but despite damages, he escapes. [5]

Current era

2002

  • Current era of Transformer activity on Earth begins.

2006

  • Shockwave's hand is discovered in an excavation in Nevada.
  • Starscream's Infiltration unit on Earth discovers Shockwave's Regenesis ore, dubbing it "Ore-13".
  • Thunderwing is reactivated on Cybertron by Bludgeon using the "Ultra-Energon", and decimates Nebulos before returning to Cybertron and running out of fuel in front of Optimus Prime.
  • Megatron arrives, and blows a hole through Starscream for disloyalty.
  • After the Thunderwing debaclé, Optimus Prime follows to Earth, following Shockwave and Bludgeon's records.

2007

  • Soundwave, trapped in alternate mode since 1984, is purchased from a junk shop.
  • Excavation of Shockwave continues, now under Skywatch supervision, Shockwave and Grimlock's torsos exposed.
  • Ravage and Laserbeak reactivated under Skywatch control.

Footnotes

  1. 6.2 million metacycles ago, with 1 metacycle = 13 months
  2. "Six Hundred Thousand Meta-Cycles Ago"
  3. Exact time unknown, overlaps mammoth extinction, 5,000-10,000 years ago has been suggested.
  4. 700 stellar-cycles ago, so if a stellar cycle is ~7.5 months, then presumptively ~437 years ago.
  5. 29 stellar cycles ago, or 18 years