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:''Metrobase is an [[Autobot]] installation from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
:''Metrobase is an [[Autobot]] installation from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Metrobase and multiforce.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
[[Image:Metrobase and multiforce.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
'''Metrobase''' is the headquarters of the [[Earth]]-based [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]]s in the early 1980s.
'''Metrobase''' was the headquarters of the [[Earth]]-based [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]]s in the early 1980s.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===''Micromaster''===
===Japanese Generation 1 continuity===
====''Micromaster''====
Upon the discovery of strange ruins at the base of [[Mount St. Hilary]] that suggested to them that [[Transformer]]s had been on Earth before them, the Autobot Micromasters constructed the Metrobase at the foot of the mountain in order to protect it from Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!}}
Upon the discovery of strange ruins at the base of [[Mount St. Hilary]] that suggested to them that [[Transformer]]s had been on Earth before them, the Autobot Micromasters constructed the Metrobase at the foot of the mountain in order to protect it from Decepticon attacks. {{storylink|The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!}}
[[File:MetroWars-Metrobase.jpg|thumb|left]]
====''Transformers Generations 2013''====
Lacking a [[transformation cog]], Metrobase was easy prey for a Decepticon attack, requiring the activation of the recently-rebuilt and upsized [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], despite the Autobots' energy-critical situation. {{storylink|Metro Wars}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MtMtEAnn2012-Metrobase.jpg|thumb|]]
Metrobase could just be seen amongst the [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitans]] of the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
*Metrobase is (in its one illustrated appearance, seen at the top of this article) drawn to resemble the Autobot [[city-bot]] [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Its white, blue and burgundy coloration, meanwhile, is similar, but not identical, to the Metroplex [[redeco]] [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]. Any fictional connection between Metrobase and either of these two Transformers is never mentioned, nor is it revealed if the Metrobase can transform as they can.
*Metrobase was originally, in what was for a long time its one illustrated appearance (seen at the top of this article) drawn to resemble the Autobot [[city-bot]] [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Its white, blue and burgundy coloration, meanwhile, was similar, but not identical, to the Metroplex [[redeco]] [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]
*For the appearance in "[[Metro Wars]]", its colour palette was revised to a more distinct lilac-based scheme, one of those previously used by [[Guido Guidi]] in the fleet of Metrotitans seen briefly in the ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' Annual.


[[Category:Autobot bases on Earth]]
[[Category:Autobot bases on Earth]]
[[Category:Micromaster]]
[[Category:Micromaster]]
[[Category:United States of America]]
[[Category:United States of America]]

Revision as of 02:51, 28 August 2013

Metrobase is an Autobot installation from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Metrobase was the headquarters of the Earth-based Autobot Micromasters in the early 1980s.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 continuity

Micromaster

Upon the discovery of strange ruins at the base of Mount St. Hilary that suggested to them that Transformers had been on Earth before them, the Autobot Micromasters constructed the Metrobase at the foot of the mountain in order to protect it from Decepticon attacks. The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!

Transformers Generations 2013

Lacking a transformation cog, Metrobase was easy prey for a Decepticon attack, requiring the activation of the recently-rebuilt and upsized Metroplex, despite the Autobots' energy-critical situation. Metro Wars

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Metrobase could just be seen amongst the Metrotitans of the Knights of Cybertron. Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations

Notes

  • Metrobase was originally, in what was for a long time its one illustrated appearance (seen at the top of this article) drawn to resemble the Autobot city-bot Metroplex. Its white, blue and burgundy coloration, meanwhile, was similar, but not identical, to the Metroplex redeco Metrotitan
  • For the appearance in "Metro Wars", its colour palette was revised to a more distinct lilac-based scheme, one of those previously used by Guido Guidi in the fleet of Metrotitans seen briefly in the The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Annual.