Universal stream

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.

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

• Malgus-the Animated continuity family

• Malgus 1207.26 Alpha—the Transformers 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 you "breach the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, you can reach the Shattered Glass universe.
• Primax 903.0 Beta—the Alternators/Binaltech continuity.

• Tyran—the live-action film continuity family

• Tyran 707.04 Delta—The 2007 film itself.

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

and as a side note:

Quadwal—specifically Quadwal -3760.925, the dimension from which Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster were recruited to write the AllSpark Almanac. ("Don't ask," they say.)

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 0802.23 Alpha.

See also

• continuity family
• continuity
• micro-continuity
• splinter timeline
• "Withered Hope"