Rust Sea

The Rust Sea is a body of liquid from the Generation 1 and an unknown continuity family.

The Rust Sea is an area of unstable planetary matter and molecular flux located along Cybertron's equator, stretching from Tyrest to Polyhex to the Tagan Heights and Altihex. It constantly emits a collection of corrosive, yet relatively harmless gasses. It too is home to various forms of plantlife by the time of the Beast Era. It is Cybertron's most prominent sea, the only other one known being the Mithril Sea.

The Hydrax Plateau rises out of the center of it. Cybertron's primary spaceport is located here, where planetary visitors must check in first.

Fiction

3H Universe comics

In some dimension at some point in time, Megazarak killed Optimus Prime and left his remains to the corroding care of the Rust Sea. Nemesis Prime's Universe profile

In the Generation 1 continuity, at least since the beginning of Beast Era, the Rust Sea borders the Undercity. Blackarachnia and a horde of Piranacons were sent to the Rust Sea as best strategy to reach the Vector Sigma chamber. One of its old utility tunnels that had been closed before the Great War was located deep under the Rust Sea's shore and due to long exposure to the sea's gasses been made easy to breach. Information on this made the Piranacons momentarily afraid of their own safety while working in the area, but Blackarachnia aggravatingly revealed that it'd take six million years of exposure to the gasses before anyone'd have to worry about its effects.

As the Piranacons went to work, Blackarachnia searched the area to ensure their mission's secrecy. She found Rattrap nearby in the Undercity and chose to kill him just to be on the safe side. She was stopped by Depth Charge, who was on his way to the Rust Sea and ignored Rattrap's subsequent warning about the location. Taking a solitary swim to ponder on his recent resurrection, Depth Charge soon found himself surrounded by the Piranacons. Homecoming

Shattered Glass

On the hunt for the escaped Dinobots, Sideswipe and Cliffjumper made their way to one of the toxic bayous adjoining the Rust Sea. Among the crystalline growths along the bayou's edge that resulted from the Rust Sea's energon particles solidifying due to evaporation, they found Slugfest. Cliffjumper ran up to the little guy and wrestled him down, ignoring his claims that he had big friends. That is, until such a big friend burst through the tree-like crystalline growth, looking decidedly displeased. Cliffjumper's and Sideswipe's initial attacks had no effect on the creature and the situation evolved such that Sideswipe became the involuntary distraction, racing through the bayou with the behemoth right behind him, while Cliffjumper tried his best to subdue the creature. Sideswipe eventually got himself stuck in some of the crystalline growth, at which point Cliffjumper finally found an opportunity to trick the Dinobot into unconsciousness.

After getting Astrotrain to come pick up the two Dinobots, the duo noticed Huffer rushing a little further down the bayou. They cornered him and interrogated him on why he was in such a hurry. In return for an energon rod and believing the information was not going to earn the two anything, Huffer revealed that he had spotted Grimlock in the Badlands. Cliffjumper and Sideswipe immediately went after the Dinobot. Dungeons & Dinobots

Hunt for the Decepticons

The Rust Sea is home to the poisonous oxide sharks, whom Devastator based his color scheme on. Most Wanted website

Exodus

The Rust Sea's enclosure of the Hydrax Plateau made it difficult for the Autobots to get extra troops to the area when the Decepticons attacked it. Ultimately, the Decepticons won the battle and gained control of the plateau. Transformers: Exodus

Transformers Prime

Cliffjumper Mentioned he had traversed the rust sea alone. He compared it to the desert where he and Arcee arrived on earth Out of the Past

External links

• Transformers #162 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk