Alpha Trion/Shattered Glass

This article is about the evil Autobot. For his heroic counterpart, see Alpha Trion (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Alpha Trion (disambiguation).

Alpha Trion is an evil Autobot from the "Shattered Glass" continuity family. He is also known as the "Old One".

Eventually one of them was bound to go senile.

Alpha Trion is from a universe where the Decepticons were defeated long ago. He is also the owner of a sword taken from a dead Decepticon named Slaughter, a sword which can corrupt the mind of the wielder towards evil. But an act of sabotage took him from his original universe and whisked him here, to Axiom Nexus, where he fights an underground war against the arrogant TransTech, who aim to control the populace with mind control devices.

None of the above is true.

Sure, this Alpha Trion may seem like a nice old robot like all the others, but wait until you're introduced to his ceiling of mutilated corpses! Then the web of lies will begin to unravel...

In 2010 Hasbro introduced a retcon naming Alpha Trion as a member of the Thirteen original Transformers, and thus a likely multiversal singularity (meaning, basically, that all Alpha Trions in the multiverse would be the same individual). Due to the lengthy histories many of these incarnations had prior to the retcon—and in particular, the massive contradiction to the idea that this version of the character seemingly represents—we have opted to leave their pages as separate entities, and merely note the retcon on each individual page. For the Alpha Trion that is definitively one of the 13 see: Alpha Trion (Prime)

Fiction

TransTech and Shattered Glass

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Alpha Trion, also known as the Old One, acted as an adviser to Optimus Prime in a shattered universe. Prime had little patience for the Old One's lies and scheming, and so Alpha Trion was banished from this universe, Shattered Glass cast through the prototype Stellar Spanner that Alpha Trion had been developing. Blitzwing Bop Alpha Trion left a secret cadre of loyalists behind who would wait for his return. Reunification: Part 1

The outcast sage found himself in the multiversal hub city of Axiom Nexus, in the ancient, super-advanced universe of the TransTech Transformers. Rather than admit defeat, Alpha Trion plotted anew, and gathered another group of loyalists. Maximals Blackarachnia and Nightscream and Predacons Scavenger and Immorticon soon fell under his wing. He easily turned their feelings against the TransTech government, as they had dealt with corruption in their native universe, and once Alpha Trion had also accumulated a skilled Transformer named Topspin, the experiments began. With Topspin's help, Alpha Trion was able to move the sparks of his Maximal and Predacon acolytes into new TransTech bodies TransTech Blackarachnia's profile as well as a few other unfortunates. I, Lowtech But Topspin himself was the piece to a larger puzzle, and one that Alpha Trion, with his intimate knowledge of Cybertronian lore, had devious plans for. All he needed were the other pieces. Reunification: Part 2

Dammit, A3, you show them the rec room first. THEN the ceiling of corpses.

Alpha Trion soon found these pieces. He was assigned to three newcomers to Axiom Nexus, Skyfall, Landquake, and Breakaway, and instructed to help them acclimate to their new dimension. However, after Breakaway was abducted right under their noses by mechs unknown, Transcendent: Part 1 Alpha Trion revealed his real plan. He revealed that the TransTechs that ruled over the city were an untrustworthy and manipulative lot, and that there were personality inhibitors broadcast through satellites in this Cybertron's orbit. Furthermore, they had a habit of abducting certain mechs of interest, and were likely probing the slag out of poor Breakaway somewhere. Skyfall and Landquake began to feel uncomfortable, so Alpha Trion tried to reassure them. He led the two to his room full of ceiling-suspended TransTech corpses. Transcendent: Part 2

For some reason, that didn't work. Alpha Trion's helper, Topspin, arrived to explain, noting that none of the corpses were actually dead, as their sparks were kept safe elsewhere. These were nothing more than their experiments in trying to help mechs escape Axiom Nexus, as its inhabitants' bodies are tagged. Speaking privately with Skyfall, Alpha Trion gave him his own sword for safekeeping. He warned it once belonged to a Decepticon named Slaughter, and though it could influence terribly the thoughts of the bearer, Alpha Trion believed Skyfall had as strong a spirit as himself. Should Alpha Trion fall, Skyfall would have to keep it. Transcendent: Part 3

Nightscream brought word to Alpha Trion: He had learned where the TransTech had taken Breakaway! Alpha Trion informed his acolytes that they would attack that very night. Transcendent: Part 4 Gathering Nightscream, Scavenger, Blackarachnia, Immorticon, Topspin, and an increasingly suspicious Skyfall and Landquake, Alpha Trion stormed the Transwarp Complex in search of Shockwave's lab and the Transit Room. After he killed the guards and ran Depth Charge through with his sword, he reminded Skyfall of the terrible influence of his evil weapon. He took Skyfall, Landquake, and Immorticon with him towards the lab and ordered the others to occupy the Transit Room. Unfortunately, Megatron was in their way. Transcendent: Part 5 It wasn't long before the TransTech military commander struck a devastating blow, mutilating one side of Alpha Trion's face. But he and the two multiversal hitchhikers made their getaway (with Breakaway in tow) as Megatron was busy reducing Immorticon to rubble.

"You don't even get the non-attending exclusive package."

As the group neared the Transit Room, Alpha Trion told Skyfall of his great importance, how back in his original universe, Vector Sigma had told him that "Primus is calling his first sons home." Unfortunately for Skyfall, Alpha Trion had different plans. While the others disappeared through the Transit Room into Alpha Trion's original universe, he impaled Skyfall with his sword, killing him. Skyfall's conscience and strength of will would have served as a distraction in Alpha Trion's coming rise to power, and "Reunification" could take place with one of "them" dead. He then ordered Nightscream to drag the body through the portal with them, as Alpha Trion had a universe to conquer. Transcendent: Part 6

Alpha Trion and the others appeared back in his home universe within his old lab. Though Alpha Trion wished to get directly at the task at hand, Breakaway and Landquake obviously had questions about Skyfall's demise. When pressed on the issue, Alpha Trion told Landquake that Skyfall had been shot from behind on their way through the portal, but Breakaway was quick to note that Skyfall had a blade wound, not a gun wound. Alpha Trion sighed, and as more of his acolytes (ones native to this universe) arrived, he called for them to seize the two... and Topspin. Reunification: Part 1 Topspin was puzzled, to say the least, as he had been very loyal to Alpha Trion. This act of betrayal unhinged Topspin, and after he killed one of Alpha Trion's acolytes, the three were able to escape Alpha Trion's lab with Skyfall's body. Alpha Trion decided to move his group to another of his labs and hunt them down another day. Reunification: Part 2

Some weeks later, Alpha Trion communicated with Rodimus that his plans were in place and he was ready to strike. Rodimus' assassins would kill Optimus Prime at the same time Trion's agents killed Megatron, thus paving the way for the two of them to conquer Cybertron and Earth. Reunification: Part 3

After Remote Patrol Six attempted (and miserably failed) to kill Optimus Prime, Alpha Trion showed up with Sky Lynx and Nightscream to try and kill Prime himself, only to be introduced to Omega Doom's cannon. Reunification: Part 5

He survived the cannon blast, though the Decepticons had taken his Stellar Spanner back to their base, and destroyed it after Nexus Prime and Aquarius passed through it to parts unknown. Reunification: Part 6

Toys

Timelines

Old people can't drive, but they sure can fence.

• Alpha Trion/Weirdwolf (souvenir add-on, BotCon 2007)
  • Accessories: Sword, missile, Cyber Planet Key

A bagged set of Alpha Trion, Beta Maxx and Weirdwolf was released at BotCon 2007 as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. Alpha Trion was a retool of Cybertron Vector Prime, redecoed in purple, white, and red, plus a new head.

Alpha Trion transforms into a large Cybertronian space cruiser with "solar panel" wings, his shape seemingly taking cues from both the Beast Wars starship Axalon and the Star Wars Sith Infiltrator. His nosecone has a spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Inserting his Cyber Planet Key (painted gold to resemble the Key to Vector Sigma) does not activate any sounds, unlike Vector Prime's toy. Alpha Trion has the more flexible translucent plastic parts (for safety reasons) of the Hasbro version of the mold.

• More information on Alpha Trion at TFU.info

Notes

• Timelines Alpha Trion's profile card is super-misleading! It doesn't mention how he's evil at all! Just stuff about how he knows lots of things and has advised lots of Transformers, which is technically true. And how we don't know much about him yet. It doesn't say he's not evil, but...(it may just be generic universe)
• However, the profile card does state that Beta Maxx is his "constant companion." We've never seen Beta Maxx in any fiction, despite the numerous appearances of this Alpha Trion thus far...
• The situation with Alpha Trion is a little difficult, he might have been intended to be part of the Classics toyline, but never made an appearance in that universe fiction-wise. The toy's bio also does not contradict its status of being a "Shattered Glass" toy. He just "evolved" into what we now have with the publishing of Shattered Glass stories featuring him, but he was always kind of hinted at being sinister. So he might be the first "official" Shattered Glass toy or technically a repurposing.
• Seeing as Alpha Trion is the only one who can control the Omega Terminus, his sword may be the fabled "Terminus Blade",the only object that can control the supercomputer.