Polyhex

Polyhex is a location on Cybertron from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Polyhex is a city-state that lies in the northern half of Cybertron, where it is surrounded by the Rust Sea, the Tagan Heights, Iacon and Nova Cronum. The fortress city Darkmount serves as its capital. Polyhex is in charge of Cybertron's satellites and home to the Cybertron network command hub. It tends to fall into Decepticon hands, which add such scenery as smelting pools and gladiatorial facilities.

Fiction

Generation 1

Marvel comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

• Locations
  • Darkmount
  • An unnamed Decepticon stronghold
  • The/A smelting pool
  • The Dead End
  • Energon cube transference stations
  • Ratbat's offices
  • An Autobase
  • The original space bridge
  • Access to the Titanium Turnpike

Straxus gained rule over Polyhex as Lord High Governor, which presumably happened during the "middle years". From Darkmount, he practiced ruthless control over his domain. In response to the dwindling energy reserves of Cybertron, Straxus issued a campaign to hunt down the region's Neutrals, the Empties, to have them melted down for raw materials in the smelting pool. Harvester units were employed to fetch the bodies the Decepticons shot down.

Blaster saved one Empty when he was waiting for Scrounge in the Dead End, the Empties' home. Scrounge meanwhile had infiltrated Darkmount in search for the abducted neutral scientist Spanner and obtained information that the Ark crew lost four million years ago was still alive and on Earth. Trying to reach Blaster, Scrounge was captured in the Dead End by Shrapnel and on orders of Straxus thrown into the smelting pool. Blaster, with the assistance of the rest of the Polyhex Autobase, came looking for him there based on information acquired from one of the Empties that had witnessed Scrounge's capture. He found him, but though Scrounge could pass on the information, he could not be saved anymore. The Smelting Pool! Spanner had been abducted in order to build a space bridge for Straxus' troops to be able to travel to Earth. Additionally, Straxus had gone so far as to have the space bridge constructed from the scientist's own body. This last fact was unknown to the Autobots when they decided they had to destroy the device. Blaster was assigned to plant explosives on the space bridge and blow it up while Perceptor and the others would distract the Decepticons by digging their way to Darkmount's power supply chamber and blowing the fortress up from the inside. Perceptor's group was succesful, but Blaster had been taken aback when he learned the space bridge was alive and hesitated too long. The Decepticons came to stop him, followed by the Autobots who came to rescue him. In the subsequent fight, the Autobots ended up on Earth, the Decepticons remained stuck on Cybertron, Straxus was seemingly destroyed and the space bridge needed extensive repairs to be used again. The Bridge to Nowhere!

In truth, Straxus had survived, albeit only as a head on life support. He relocated his headquarters to an unnamed stronghold, where Megatron also ended up after accidentally being teleported to Cybertron throught the repaired space bridge. The Harder They Die! Under Fire! Distant Thunder! Resurrection! The Resurrection Gambit!

Getaway once used the toll booth of the Titanium Turnpike in Polyhex to escape a Decepticon attack. Getaway's Universe profile.

Universe

• Locations
  • Darkmount
  • An unnamed canyon
  • The grease pits

During the Great War, the Decepticons captured Autobots to fight for their entertainment in the infamous grease pits of Polyhex. Tap-Out was one of the many forced into the role of gladiator. Tap-Out's toy bio

Wreckers: Finale Part II

Dreamwave Generation 1 comics

• Locations
  • The Ultracons' base.
  • The grease pits

During the Border Wars, Ratbat's Ultracons had their base of operations located in Polyhex. Escalation

At some point during the war, Kick-Off was imprisoned at Polyhex and forced to fight in the grease pits. He ended up having to kill his best friend in one of the matches. Kick-Off's More Than Meets The Eye profile

Timelines

• Locations
  • Gladatorial pits

The Insecticon Buzzclaw used to be a fighter in the gladatorial pits of Polyhex. Buzzclaw's toy bio

IDW Generation 1 comics

Old Ways The Polyhexian border is notorious for its ongoing aerial skirmishes, which was why Rotorstorm was posted there. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1

Movie

If the Transformers RISK game is to be taken at face value, Polyhex exists and is surrounded by Praxus, Perihex and the area where the space bridge is located. Risk

Shattered Glass

• Locations
  • Darkmount
  • A unnamed university

Before the war, Polyhex was home to one of Cybertron's most prestigious universities, where Megatron gave math classes. Megatron's toy bio When the Autobots started to annihilate anyone not willing to join them, Megatron rose from the fires of the city-state and morphed the survivors into an effective counterforce. Polyhex was subsequently rebuilt to function as the Decepticons base. Shattered Glass

Dungeons & Dinobots

Merchandise

• RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition (2007)

Polyhex is one of the purple zones on the board.

Notes

• Polyhex was introduced in the Marvel comics as a province rather than a city-state. This was before the introduction of city-states to the Marvel and other continuities, so make of it what you will.

External links

• Transformers #162 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk

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