Sun

This article is about the big shiny thing in the sky. For the Energon episode, see The Sun.

MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!

The Sun is the closest star to Earth, a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

The Sun is a frequent target of the Decepticons, who seek to utilize it in various ways, such as tapping into its power, hurling things such as Autobots or the planet Earth into it, or just plain blowing it to smithereens. The Autobots usually stop them in time, but it's almost always a close call.

Japanese name: Taiyō (太陽 "Biggest Light/Sun"), Nichi (日)

Sun Facts

• The Sun is hot.
• The Sun is large.
• The Sun is far away.
• Even when it's out of sight, the Sun shines night and day.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity

The Decepticons built the Solar Needle to harvest the Sun's energy, but did not intend to destroy it: only an instability was causing it to damage the star. A last minute pull of the Needle's wires by Optimus Prime that shut it down saved the day. Changing Gears

Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1

Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2

The Revenge of Bruticus

Cosmic Rust

The Rebirth, Part 3

Live-action film continuity

IDW Transformers movie comics

In the distant past, the mysterious relic known as the All Spark Cube created life on the planet Cybertron and terraformed its surface to make the world suitable for habitation for its creations. However, this effort depleted the All Spark, and the power from a star was the one thing that could re-energize it. The Cube created a servant race of transforming workers who would seek out suns and build devices called solar harvesters to aid in collecting the solar energy.

The Cybertronians arrived on the distant world of Earth to prepare to drain the Sun's energy with a harvester, but when it was realized that the planet was inhabited, twelve of the thirteen master beings refused to utilize the harvester. Unfortunately, the remaining being felt no such obligation to protect life and merely wanted all of the All Spark's energy for himself. His twelve brothers gave their lives to seal him in his own sarcophagus, and the harvester was hidden by the native inhabitants of Earth. Defiance issue 4

Revenge of the Fallen film

Revenge of the Fallen

External links

• The Sun at Wikipedia

• Why does the Sun shine?