Universal stream

The name or term "Universal" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Universal (disambiguation).

The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records. There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog. Bug Bite claims that there are fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.

These are the handful of as-yet officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:

• Aurex—the Unicron Trilogy continuity family
  • Aurex 802.23 Alpha—the Armada cartoon
• Malgus—the Animated continuity family
  • Malgus 1207.26 Alpha—the Animated cartoon continuity.
• Primax—the Generation 1 continuity family:
  • Primax 984.0 Gamma—the Marvel Comics US continuity
  • Primax 207.0 Epsilon—the Classics continuity, a splinter timeline of the Marvel Comics continuity
  • Primax 1291.0 Zeta—the "Another Time and Place" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity
  • Primax 095.0 Beta—the universal stream that's home to Generation 2 Bullet Bike's Tech Spec bio
  • Primax 787.3 Alpha—the Japanese The Headmasters cartoon continuity.
  • Primax 109.0 Beta—Original home of Alternity Convoy.
  • Primax -408.24 Epsilon—if one breaches "the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, one can reach the Shattered Glass universe.
  • Primax 903.0 Beta—the Binaltech continuity.
  • Primax 406.3 Eta—the Kiss Players radio drama.
• Quadwal—a strangely divergent continuity family.
  • Quadwal -3760.925 Theta—The world in which Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster were recruited to write the AllSpark Almanac.
• Tyran—the live-action film continuity family
  • Tyran 707.04 Delta—The 2007 film itself.
  • Tyran 407.01 Beta—"To Die Game!" mentions this stream, corresponding to the tech-spec of Protoform Optimus Prime.

Deciphering the terminology

Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book or manga series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

• Primax—the Generation 1 continuity family.
• Tyran—the live-action movie continuity family.
• Malgus—the Animated continuity family.
• Aurex—the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
• Quadwal—the "real world".
• Viron—the Robots in Disguise continuity family.
• Nexus—the cluster where the TransTech world of Axiom Nexus resides.
• Yayayarst—the Go-Go-Go-Bots continuity family.
• Gargent—the Tonka GoBots continuity family.
• Xobitor—the, uh, Robotix continuity family.

Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

• Alpha—animated series
• Beta—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
• Gamma—comic book series
• Delta—motion picture/live action
• Epsilon—club/convention fiction
• Zeta—text stories, storybooks and other prose works (printed)
• Eta—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
• Theta—live performance/spoken word
• Iota—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
• Kappa—games (video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity would be Aurex 802.23 Alpha.