Xantium (DOTM)

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

The Xantium is an Autobot starship from the Dark of the Moon portion of the live-action continuity family.

The Autobot spaceship Xantium delivered the second wave of Autobot arrivals to Earth. The Wreckers watch over the ship at Kennedy Space Center with Robert Epps.

Fiction

Dark of the Moon film

The Autobot spacecraft Xantium transported the second wave of Autobot refugees to Earth, and there after was based at the Kennedy Space Center so that the United States government could study and maintain military control over it. A trio of Autobots, dubbed the Wreckers, were responsible for maintaining the craft while it was grounded.

When the Autobots learned the true nature of the Apollo moon landing missions, the Xantium was used to transport Optimus Prime and Ratchet to the crash site of the long-lost Ark on Earth's moon, and successfully retrieved Sentinel Prime and his space bridge pillars.

Later, Sentinel Prime revealed he had made a deal with Megatron long ago, and coerced the human governments to exile the Autobots from Earth. The Xantium successfully lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, but true to the treacherous nature of the Decepticons, Starscream destroyed the craft, and seemingly, its occupants, during the ascent. Fortunately for humanity, the Autobots had hid themselves inside the booster rockets, which were jettisoned and landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Dark of the Moon

Dark of the Moon novel adaptation

Dark of the Moon

Notes

• The designation, Xantium, comes from the Generation 1 spaceship Xantium, which was also associated with the Wreckers.
• The Xantium's depiction in Dark of the Moon is built around the distinctive orange Fuel Tank and white SRB boosters of the Space Shuttle launch stack, and later seen mated to the Discovery itself on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. However, it's description in the novelization is that of a "Two-stage Saturn V rocket", an odd description as the Saturn V was a three-stage rocket, and the preceding Saturn IB was two-stage.