Great Shutdown

The Great Shutdown (also known as The Big Shutdown) is an event from the G1 <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dreamwave_Generation_One_continuity" title="Dreamwave Generation One continuity">Dreamwave continuity</a>.

Taking place approximately 1205 <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Units_of_time" title="Units of time">vorns</a> after the launch of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_%28G1%29" title="Ark (G1)">Ark</a>, (3.5 million years before the Transformers awake on present-day Earth) the Great Shutdown marked the end of conflict on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a> for a staggering 46,592 vorns. During this time all known <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertronian" class="mw-redirect" title="Cybertronian">Cybertronians</a> on the planet were in an enforced stasis lock, rendering them inoperative.

The exact reasons for the Great Shutdown remain a mystery but the basic belief is that despite attempts to conserve energy, such as <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micromaster" title="Micromaster">Micromaster technology</a>, Cybertron's <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_%28G1%29" title="Energon (G1)">energon</a> completely dried up, and Transformers all across the planet simply began to shutdown as they entered a pre-programmed period of hibernation allowing Cybertron itself to heal from its grievous war wounds.

After about 36 vorns, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_%28G1%29" title="Shockwave (G1)">Shockwave</a> was reactivated and began awakening others bringing the Great Shutdown to an end.

[[Image:|right|148px|thumb|Cybertronian Graffiti]]Initially, after Cybertron's reawakening, Autobots were reluctant to trust Shockwave until key Autobots agreed to share leadership of Cybertron with him. An underground resistance movement was formed and a young <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod" title="Hot Rod">Hot Rod</a> rose to leadership of one such faction. It wasn't until Optimus Prime's return to Cybertron that the majority of Autobots rededicated themselves to eliminating the Decepticons. <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/War_and_Peace" title="War and Peace">War and Peace</a></span>