Alpha Trion (Energon)

<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot"><img alt="" src="Alpha%20Trion%20%28Energon%29_files/30px-Symbol_autobot_reg.png" border="0" width="30" height="30"></a></div></div><div style="border: thin solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 0pt 1em 0pt 2em; padding: 0.5em; background: rgb(247, 248, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The name or term <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b> refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Trion_%28disambiguation%29" title="Alpha Trion (disambiguation)"><b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b> (disambiguation)</a>.</div>

<b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b> is an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy" title="Unicron Trilogy">Unicron Trilogy</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.

[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|Alpha Trion hosts the Optimus Prime (continuity) family reunion.]] <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b></b> hangs out in the center of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a> with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vector_Sigma" title="Vector Sigma">Vector Sigma</a>. Some people call him Sig-Omega, but he's probably not aware of that.

<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Alpha_Trion_%28Energon%29&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="Energon_comic"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Alpha_Trion_%28Energon%29&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Energon comic">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Energon comic</span></h3> [[Image:|left|200px|thumb|Emirate Xaaron's probably in here, too, and he's probably called Vec-Alpha.]] <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28Armada%29" title="Optimus Prime (Armada)">Optimus Prime</a>, feeling a sense of coming dread, was sent by the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mini-Con" title="Mini-Con">Mini-Con</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Over-Run_%28Armada%29" title="Over-Run (Armada)">Over-Run</a> to one of countless <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Uplink_platform&action=edit" class="new" title="Uplink platform">uplink platforms</a>. Here, Over-Run told him, was a direct point of access to Cybertron's planetwide internal mainframe, a mass intellect which can give him answers. Touching the platform, Prime was transported into the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hub_%28Energon%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Hub (Energon)">Hub</a>, a digital world, where a bearded sage appeared. It was revealed to Prime that <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron" title="Unicron">Unicron</a> will return, the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Terrorcon_%28Energon%29" title="Terrorcon (Energon)">Terrorcons</a> are gathering, and that his old foe <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28Armada%29" title="Megatron (Armada)">Megatron</a> still persisted within the heart of Unicron. And most importantly, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_%28Energon%29" title="Energon (Energon)">Energon</a> existed in vast quantities on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, and the Terrorcons would strike there soon! <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/This_Evil_Reborn" title="This Evil Reborn">This Evil Reborn</a></span>

Prime returned with this information to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Autobot_High_Council&action=edit" class="new" title="Autobot High Council">Autobot High Council</a> at the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=High_Halls&action=edit" class="new" title="High Halls">High Halls</a>, telling him of the vision he received from this planetary intelligence named "Sig-Omega." High Councilor <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Levitacus" title="Levitacus">Levitacus</a> rejected this news, for they had never heard of such an entity. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/What_Lies_Beneath%2C_Part_1" class="mw-redirect" title="What Lies Beneath, Part 1">What Lies Beneath, Part 1</a></span>

Critically damaged during an attack by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Unicron%27s_Four_Horsemen&action=edit" class="new" title="Unicron's Four Horsemen">Unicron's Four Horsemen</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Strongarm_%28Energon%29" title="Strongarm (Energon)">Strongarm</a> took Prime to another uplink platform, where he once again communed with the bearded sage. He granted Prime and various other fallen Autobots who surrounded him the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spark_of_Combination" title="Spark of Combination">Spark of Combination</a>. With this upgrade, the Autobots were able to repel the invasion. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/What_Lies_Beneath%2C_Part_2" class="mw-redirect" title="What Lies Beneath, Part 2">What Lies Beneath, Part 2</a></span>

<a name="Cybertron_comic"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Alpha_Trion_%28Energon%29&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cybertron comic">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Cybertron comic</span></h3> [[Image:|right|250px|thumb|'Scuse me while I play with my balls.]] While <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vector_Prime" title="Vector Prime">Vector Prime</a> aided the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> in their search for the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyber_Planet_Keys" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber Planet Keys">Cyber Planet Keys</a>, he would also report their progress to <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b>. During one such visit, after using the reality-warping properties of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Singularity" title="Unicron Singularity">Unicron Singularity</a> to enlist <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sentinel_Maximus" title="Sentinel Maximus">Sentinel Maximus</a> from another timeline, his chamber came under attack by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron" title="Unicron">Unicron</a>'s herald, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_%28Universe%29" title="Ramjet (Universe)">Ramjet</a>, and his partner, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nemesis_Prime_%28Universe_2003%29" title="Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)">Nemesis Prime</a>. While Vector Prime battled Ramjet, Sentinel Maximus failed to defend <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b>, and Nemesis Prime threw <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b> into <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vector_Sigma" title="Vector Sigma">Vector Sigma</a>, severely damaging both. The damage was worsened when Ramjet unleashed an antimatter blast. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Balancing_Act_%28issue%29" title="Balancing Act (issue)">Balancing Act</a></span>

After Ramjet and Nemesis Prime's retreat, <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b> was placed in a repair chamber. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Balancing_Act%2C_Part_2" title="Balancing Act, Part 2">Balancing Act, Part 2</a></span> Unfortunately, limited resources were available to them while the Unicron Singularity's threatened their planet, so <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b> was not completely restored until months after the search for the Cyber Planet Keys was over and Primus had vanquished the black hole forever. <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b> met with the two Optimus Primes currently in his universe, Sentinel Maximus, and others, mourning the loss of Vector Prime and the enigmatic <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skyfall_%28Cybertron%29" title="Skyfall (Cybertron)">Skyfall</a> during <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> Trion's absence, but the sage announced that this day forward would be a new Cybertronian era thanks to their sacrifices. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Revelations%2C_Part_6" class="mw-redirect" title="Revelations, Part 6">Revelations, Part 6</a></span>

<a name="Trivia"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Alpha_Trion_%28Energon%29&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Trivia">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Trivia</span></h2> [[Image:|right|150px|thumb|Give him the stick!]]

• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alex_Milne" title="Alex Milne">Alex Milne</a>'s pencils of this character from the aborted <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unreleased_Dreamwave_issues#Energon:_More_Than_Meets_the_Eye" title="Unreleased Dreamwave issues">Energon: More Than Meets the Eye</a> profile books named him "<b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alpha</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Trion</b>" as well. So who knows what that Sig-Omega stuff was about.

• Milne's design from the legs down is pretty funky! And check out that staff, eh?

• In fact, most of the design seems to be completely made up. Oh, that Milne.