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During a time immediately prior to the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]], the planet was broken up into a galla of warring city-states, ruled over (rather pathetically) by the last of the Autobot Overlords. This aging, rusted husk of a mech - enfeebled to the point of needing a near-constant supply of energon injected directly into his body to keep himself functional - had attempted to quell the fighting between two such providences, those of [[Tarn]] and [[Vos]], with the suggestion of settling their disputes through glatiatorial combat, instead of all-out conflict. The talks went sour, however, and as war began brewing between the two city-states once again, the Overlord - accompanied by his trusted bodyguards [[Nightstalker]] and [[Ravage]], along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a then-neutral [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] - was forced to beat a hasty retreat back to Iacon. | During a time immediately prior to the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]], the planet was broken up into a galla of warring city-states, ruled over (rather pathetically) by the last of the Autobot Overlords. This aging, rusted husk of a mech - enfeebled to the point of needing a near-constant supply of energon injected directly into his body to keep himself functional - had attempted to quell the fighting between two such providences, those of [[Tarn]] and [[Vos]], with the suggestion of settling their disputes through glatiatorial combat, instead of all-out conflict. The talks went sour, however, and as war began brewing between the two city-states once again, the Overlord - accompanied by his trusted bodyguards [[Nightstalker]] and [[Ravage]], along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a then-neutral [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] - was forced to beat a hasty retreat back to Iacon. | ||
He didn't get far, however, before the Tarn forces cornered him and his party at the ruins of the bridge to Iacon, the forces having demolished it to | He didn't get far, however, before the Tarn forces cornered him and his party at the ruins of the bridge to Iacon, the forces having demolished it to prevent their quarry from escaping. Jumping the gap, Optimus went on ahead to gather reinforcements, while Megatron and the bodyguards held their ground. who began to quickly realize just how outnumbered they really were. When all hope seemed lost, Nightstalker, in an extreme show of loyalty to his charge, jumped into the middle of the Tarn forces and self-destructed, choosing to sacrifice his own life to destroy the enemy and save the Overlord than abandon the elderly Autobot and save himself. His sacrifice succeeded in defeating the Tarn forces, but in vain; now almost completely out of energon to sustain him, the Overlord pleaded to Megatron, then Ravage to sacrifice some of their own energy to keep him alive, only to be rebuffed by both, believing it was time for a change, and that Megatron represented the planet's best chance for that change. With this betrayal, the rusting scrap pile that was the Overlord perished, his death glossed over by Megatron to those who asked him as the old mech's circuits failing from the stresses of the Tarn attack. | ||
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Revision as of 17:13, 10 October 2006
The Overlords were a group of Autobots from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Overlords were the ruling council on Cybertron before the onset of the Great War. Their home base was Iacon.
Marvel Comics UK continuity
During a time immediately prior to the Cybertronian Civil Wars, the planet was broken up into a galla of warring city-states, ruled over (rather pathetically) by the last of the Autobot Overlords. This aging, rusted husk of a mech - enfeebled to the point of needing a near-constant supply of energon injected directly into his body to keep himself functional - had attempted to quell the fighting between two such providences, those of Tarn and Vos, with the suggestion of settling their disputes through glatiatorial combat, instead of all-out conflict. The talks went sour, however, and as war began brewing between the two city-states once again, the Overlord - accompanied by his trusted bodyguards Nightstalker and Ravage, along with Optimus Prime and a then-neutral Megatron - was forced to beat a hasty retreat back to Iacon.
He didn't get far, however, before the Tarn forces cornered him and his party at the ruins of the bridge to Iacon, the forces having demolished it to prevent their quarry from escaping. Jumping the gap, Optimus went on ahead to gather reinforcements, while Megatron and the bodyguards held their ground. who began to quickly realize just how outnumbered they really were. When all hope seemed lost, Nightstalker, in an extreme show of loyalty to his charge, jumped into the middle of the Tarn forces and self-destructed, choosing to sacrifice his own life to destroy the enemy and save the Overlord than abandon the elderly Autobot and save himself. His sacrifice succeeded in defeating the Tarn forces, but in vain; now almost completely out of energon to sustain him, the Overlord pleaded to Megatron, then Ravage to sacrifice some of their own energy to keep him alive, only to be rebuffed by both, believing it was time for a change, and that Megatron represented the planet's best chance for that change. With this betrayal, the rusting scrap pile that was the Overlord perished, his death glossed over by Megatron to those who asked him as the old mech's circuits failing from the stresses of the Tarn attack.
