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When Megatron unexpectedly surrendered, Xaaron was called in to advise on the legal aspects of his detention and possible trial. ([[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] wasn't too happy with the idea of POW rights for Megatron) Xaaron's advise was that Megatron should not be tried by an Autobot military tribunal but by a third party, as the intergalactic community had no time for ''either'' faction in the war and would accuse the Autobots of rigging the result. He also offered [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] a job at Kimia, in Ironfist's old lab. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} | When Megatron unexpectedly surrendered, Xaaron was called in to advise on the legal aspects of his detention and possible trial. ([[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] wasn't too happy with the idea of POW rights for Megatron) Xaaron's advise was that Megatron should not be tried by an Autobot military tribunal but by a third party, as the intergalactic community had no time for ''either'' faction in the war and would accuse the Autobots of rigging the result. He also offered [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] a job at Kimia, in Ironfist's old lab. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} | ||
{{spoiler|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|February 11, 2012}} | |||
After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of the [[D-Void]]'s attack, Xaaron watched on as a viewscreen showed [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] explaining his desire to gather a crew to find the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{Storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} | After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of the [[D-Void]]'s attack, Xaaron watched on as a viewscreen showed [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] explaining his desire to gather a crew to find the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{Storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 14 January 2012
- Xaaron is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Emirate Xaaron is the leader of the Autobot underground resistance movement and was the chairman of the Council of Autobot Elders. He is not a fighter, but his strength is found in his convictions. Xaaron, though physically unimposing, speaks and acts with incredible confidence that grows from his irreverent brand of wisdom. A few under his command wish he weren't such a "wily old buzzard," since Xaaron's touch is about as subtle as a boulder to the head. It is this heavy-handed approach, however, that makes him extremely valuable to the Autobots as a source of inspiration; some believe he is so important to the cause that most would willingly lay down their lives to save him.
He has a small combat tank as alternate mode,[1] but what with the "not really a fighter" thing, he hasn't transformed in hundreds of years. Doing so might very well kill him from the shock!
| “ | I don't know whether to thank him or tear his head off! | ” |
—Impactor on Xaaron's "methods" | ||
Fiction
Marvel Generation 1 comics
Millions of years ago, when the Autobot/Decepticon war was new, Xaaron belonged to Iacon's Academy of Science and Technology, where he dismissed a proposal from his colleague Flame to reattempt Megatron's scheme to rebuild Cybertron into a mobile battlestation. Flame, who was increasingly mad, was then seemingly destroyed in an explosion near Kalis.[2] Legion of the Lost!
The war continued, and long after, the capital city of Iacon was under heavy assault, prompting the Council of Autobot Elders to contemplate surrender. Emirate Xaaron refused, suggesting to High Councillor Traachon that bureaucratic mismanagement of the Autobot army was the real culprit. He nominated a single warrior to take direct control of the Autobot forces—Optimus Prime! And There Shall Come...a Leader! Crisis of Command!
After Optimus Prime, Megatron, and countless other combatants were lost to Earth, the Decepticon warlord Trannis rose into power. Xaaron created an assault team, the Wreckers, to assassinate Trannis, but when they succeeded, one warlord was merely replaced by another. Cybertron: The Middle Years!
In 1986, Xaaron hatched a new plan for the Wreckers: Operation: Volcano. Using himself as bait, he would lure the several of the best Decepticon warriors into a trap. The Wreckers, under the leadership of Impactor momentarily reconsidered when Ultra Magnus, who was built to aid them in this particular mission, left for Earth to investigate the disappearance of Optimus Prime. Xaaron quickly replaced them with the Autobot Triple Changers, at first sending them to attack Impactor while pretending to be Decepticons. Though this trick aggravated Impactor, the Wreckers commander grudgingly admitted it proved the three were up to the job. The bait was set, but a turn of events forced the Decepticons to abandon it. However, one disobedient Decepticon fired on Xaaron anyway, and when Impactor jumped in front of the blast, the Wreckers commander was destroyed, dying in Xaaron's arms. Springer was chosen to replace him. Target: 2006
A short time later, Springer captured an alleged imposter posing as Optimus Prime. The imposter escaped, and Springer alerted Xaaron. Upon finding the imposter cradling a dying Outback, Xaaron heard enough of his passionate words to realize that this was, indeed, the real Optimus Prime. After four million years, Xaaron welcomed his old friend home. Distant Thunder! Xaaron pleaded for him to stay, but Optimus insisted he was needed more back on Earth. Resurrection!
An explosion which rocked Kalis caught the attention of Xaaron and the other Autobots stationed in a subterranean headquarters near there. This caused Emirate Xaaron to recall Flame's old experiments with Megatron's underground fusion reactors, so he filled in Springer's Wreckers on this presumed closed chapter of history, initiating a search for the source of the problem. Unfortunately, three weeks of probing woke up an army of zombies, led by the reanimated corpse of the former Wreckers leader, Impactor! Xaaron's attempts to appeal to Impactor failed, and worse, Flame subsequently reintroduced himself, very much alive! Flame's mad plans to activate the fusion reactors had continued all this time, and even though Xaaron again noted that this action would destroy all of Cybertron, he had his zombie army put Xaaron and the Wreckers in bound captivity. The cackling Flame left zombie Impactor to guard their prison cell. After Xaaron encouraged Springer, who was having doubts about the success of his leadership, Springer was able to reach what was left of the old Impactor inside his undead husk of a body. Legion of the Lost!
Xaaron and the others were freed from their bondage, and so he snuck into Flame's main staging grounds, hoping to stop him personally. Flame, however, had been expecting Xaaron to arrive, having watched him on the monitors. Since Xaaron hadn't transformed in hundreds of years, meaning the shock to his systems may actually kill him, he was hopelessly outgunned. Flame could transform with ease into his heavily-armed flame-tank mode, and so Xaaron was forced to dive for cover. Just like Xaaron predicted, the fusion reactors warned of an imminent meltdown, but Flame's insanity was too great to be deterred. Flame was momentarily knocked out when Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers arrived, but there was bad news. In order to stop the destruction of Cybertron, they would have to isolate the reactor, but doing so would ultimately destroy the Transformer who would make that final, heroic act. Xaaron suggested he do it, but Ultra Magnus wouldn't have it, as Xaaron was too important to the Autobot resistance movement. No, the deed was done by Impactor, who had regained his wits, despite his zombie state. And with Xaaron's blessing, Impactor sacrificed his life once again for all of Cybertron. Meltdown!
Xaaron inspected the remains of Chameleon following his death. Deadly Games!
When the Micromaster Battle Patrol were captured by Thunderwing's Decepticons, Xaaron ordered Roadhandler's Race Car Patrol to destroy them so that Micromaster technology would not fall into Decepticon hands. When Roadhandler failed to do this, partly because of his own misgivings, he returned to Xaaron to submit himself for execution. Emirate Xaaron refused, saying the folly was his own for putting the demands of war over the lives of individuals. A Small War!
After Bumblebee, Jazz, and Grimlock were restored as Pretenders, their new might helped turn the tide of Xaaron's underground resistance. During their tour of duty, Seawatch was returned to Autobase, catatonic. Xaaron sent the Classic Pretenders to investigate, and they found the Demons, relics of Cybertron's past. Demons! From Seawatch's manic ramblings, Xaaron was clued in to the lore of the Demons and their weakness. Arriving on the battlescene with a weapon, Xaaron overloaded them with pure energon, destroying the creatures. Dawn of Darkness The Classic Pretenders needed to return to Earth, but while Xaaron had opened a transdimensional portal to send them home, the Autobots were suddenly under attack by Bludgeon's Mayhem Attack Squad. As a result, the Mayhem Attack Squad, the Classic Pretenders, and some Autobot Micromasters were thrown into the center of Cybertron. Yesterday's Heroes! Xaaron was able to locate them and send them to their intended destination, but not before the combatants had awoken Primus. Primal Scream
With Unicron now nearing Cybertron, Xaaron aided Optimus Prime in their search for the Autobot Creation Matrix by sending out teams into a sector of the galaxy where the Matrix (in Optimus Prime's old body) had likely been jettisoned. Martix Quest But Unicron had his own plans in mind, sending a Galvatron from a possible future to Cybertron to prepare for his arrival. The timelost herald pursued Xaaron specifically, finally cornering him deep below the surface of the planet. Galvatron revealed that he felt betrayed by Unicron and wished to ask Xaaron how to defeat him. Xaaron gasped, recalling an old legend which stated that if the Transformers united as one, Unicron could be defeated. ...All This and Civil War 2 Galvatron brought Xaaron down into the center of Cybertron, where Primus' chamber lay, and had the resistance leader attempt to pray Primus out of his renewed slumber. Xaaron succeeded, Primus awoke, and all of the Transformers on Earth were instantaneously transported to Cybertron. Out of Time!
Primus spoke through Xaaron's body, causing it to glow and float above the startled Transformers, and he told them the history of their race. After the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces long enough to ward off brainwashed Unicron cultists, Primus' avatar nominated Optimus Prime to be their united leader. This union dissipated quickly into chaos and terror once the impossibly huge Unicron arrived. The Void!
Unicron's assault on the planet was halted momentarily when the possessed Xaaron confronted him, but both Xaaron's body and Primus' essence were seemingly destroyed once Unicron realized that this avatar could do him no harm and blasted Xaaron's form to tiny pieces. On the Edge of Extinction!
TransTech
A confused Scrounge who lived in Axiom Nexus believed that he was secretly the Emirate Xaaron of universal stream Primax 093.0 Epsilon. He's really, really not. I, Lowtech
IDW Generation 1 comics
Xaaron was one of the Autobots' chief legal advisors Chaos Theory Part 1 and had been for a long time: when arresting some scumbag in the pre-war era, Orion Pax said he had the right to a "Xaaron-approved" attorney. Chaos Theory Part 2
I AM THE LAW!
Long ago, he was rescued from a drilling platform within the Sonic Canyons by the Wreckers' leader, Impactor. Last Stand of the Wreckers #2
Later, as Flame was tried by Aequitas for his crimes, Xaaron watched in disgust alongside Prowl, Chief Justice Tyrest, Nightbeat, and others. Fearing the potential damage to morale and Decepticon use as propaganda should the trial data be released, these law and order luminaries agreed to keep the trials secret until the final verdict had been passed, then it would be full disclosure. Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5
Xaaron served on the Ethics Committee meetings at the Kimia Facility, alongside Trailbreaker and Animus. He sat in consideration of Ironfist's new invention, cerebro-sensitive bullets that used onboard computers to ensure a killshot to the head with every pull of the trigger. Bullets
When Megatron unexpectedly surrendered, Xaaron was called in to advise on the legal aspects of his detention and possible trial. (Ratchet wasn't too happy with the idea of POW rights for Megatron) Xaaron's advise was that Megatron should not be tried by an Autobot military tribunal but by a third party, as the intergalactic community had no time for either faction in the war and would accuse the Autobots of rigging the result. He also offered Wheeljack a job at Kimia, in Ironfist's old lab. Chaos Theory Part 1
 Plot details for Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It follow. |
After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of the D-Void's attack, Xaaron watched on as a viewscreen showed Rodimus explaining his desire to gather a crew to find the Knights of Cybertron. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It
Notes
- If the 'Emirate' from Xaaron's name is the Anglicised version of a Cybertronian title, then it is a misnomer. Emirate is not a title, but a word that describes a place. An Emir is the leader of an Emirate. At least, that's how it goes on Earth.
- In Xaaron's first appearance, he addresses Traachon as "High Councillor" of the Council of Autobot Elders. Later, Flame claims Xaaron was the chairman of the "ludicrously pompous" Council of Autobot Elders. Either Xaaron was later promoted and he changed his job description, or everyone on the council has different, important-sounding titles. Or, uh, Flame is just crazy and confused. Because he is, you know. Very crazy, that is.
- Xaaron was one Marvel UK conceit that writer Simon Furman quickly brought over when he began writing for Marvel US. In the translation, however, Xaaron lost all his colors except for the yellow.
- Xaaron is one of two Transformers who have served as a yellow-glowing avatar for Primus. The other is Mini-Con Jolt from Cybertron.
- In Xaaron's very first fictional appearance, his head design was clearly based on the Generation 1 Megatron toy, minus the larger grey helmet and the gun kibble. His chest looks a little Megatrony as well.
References
- ↑ "Transformers: The Facts"
- ↑ It is not entirely clear when, relative to other events, Flame disappeared. He must have been dispelled from the Iacon academy before Iacon was destroyed, but it also seems unlikely he worked at his plan for four million years.
