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**[[Primax 109.0 Beta]]—the original home of ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy Vibrant Red]].<ref>[[From Here to Alternity]]</ref>
**[[Primax 109.0 Beta]]—the original home of ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy Vibrant Red]].<ref>[[From Here to Alternity]]</ref>
**[[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' continuity, a [[splinter timeline]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics US continuity]] continuity.<ref name="witheredhope">"[[Withered Hope]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' continuity, a [[splinter timeline]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics US continuity]] continuity.<ref name="witheredhope">"[[Withered Hope]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 209.0 Gamma]]—a universe where the Great War never stopped, and the Maximals and Predacons are used as proxies for the Autobot and Decepticon armies.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|Depth Charge bio]]</ref>
**[[Primax 209.0 Gamma]]—the Beast Wars: Uprising universe, where the Great War never stopped, and the Maximals and Predacons are used as proxies for the Autobot and Decepticon armies.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|Depth Charge bio]]</ref>
**[[Primax 388.0 Gamma]]—Japanese Generation 1 [[manga]] continuity, which branches off from cartoon continuity with the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' manga.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 388.0 Gamma]]—Japanese Generation 1 [[manga]] continuity, which branches off from cartoon continuity with the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' manga.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 406.3 Eta]]—the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama]].<ref name=todiegame/>
**[[Primax 406.3 Eta]]—the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama]].<ref name=todiegame/>

Revision as of 17:49, 14 May 2015

The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records.[1] There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.[2] Bug Bite claims that there are over fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.[3]

Deciphering the terminology

Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

  • Alpha—animated series
  • Beta—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
  • Gamma—comic book series
  • Delta—motion picture/live action
  • Epsilon—club/convention fiction
  • Zeta—text stories, storybooks and other prose works (printed)
  • Eta—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
  • Theta—live performance/spoken word
  • Iota—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
  • Kappa—games (video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own: for example, Dreamwave's Transformers: Armada comics continuity would be Aurex 702.10 Gamma.

Officially-designated universal streams

These are the officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:

References

  1. ↑ This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "Withered Hope".
  2. ↑ In "Worlds Collide, Part 4", the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating Optimus Prime, adrift in the multiverse.
  3. ↑ "Games of Deception"
  4. ↑ Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "fourth wall", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "To Die Game!"
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter"
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Transformers I.Q. (issue #56)
  10. ↑ Transformers I.Q. (issue #58)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
  12. ↑ SG Aquarius' bio
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "I, Lowtech"
  14. ↑ From Here to Alternity
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Withered Hope"
  16. ↑ Depth Charge bio
  17. ↑ Transformers I.Q. #8
  18. ↑ "Invasion: Epilogue"
  19. ↑ Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter
  20. ↑ Optimus Prime bio
  21. ↑ "To Mega Therion"
  22. ↑ "The World Is Flat!"
  23. ↑ "Timeless"
  24. ↑ Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts
  25. ↑ The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the Hebrew calendar That answers THAT question.