Nemesis (BW)
| The name or term "Nemesis" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nemesis (disambiguation). |
- Nemesis is a Predacon artificial planet from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Nemesis (ネメシス Nemeshisu) is an artificial planet owned by the Predacon Emperor of Destruction, Galvatron. Nemesis is enormous—the size of an entire planet. The "eye" situated in the front of the planet has the ability to "suck" energy from planets. In the case of Gaia, Nemesis was used to drain every ounce of Angolmois Energy from within the planet.
Fiction
Beast Wars II cartoon
After traveling through space, the Maximals and the Predacons arrived on the strange planet Gaia, a world brimming over with a chaotic and powerful energy source known as Angolmois Energy. Galvatron, leader of the Predacons, sought to steal the Angolmois Energy and use its power to fortify a Predacon powerbase on Gaia. However, Lio Convoy stood in his way time and again.
In reality, their minor skirmishes over single pools of Angolmois Energy were nothing more than a stall tactic. Galvatron had ordered the incredible Predacon vessel Nemesis to follow him to Gaia.
Nemesis consumed one of Neptune's moons. Megastorm Reborn
As Nemesis swung by Uranus, it almost pulled in Ikard's dropship as it departed Gaia, requiring an emergency warp-out. The New Weapon, Tako Tank
Saturn's rings were devoured by Nemesis on its way to Gaia. It used the energy it absorbed to fire a massive blast of Angolmois Energy at the planet Gaia. It flew on, leaving a ringless Saturn in its wake. Gigastorm's Treachery
As Nemesis approached Jupiter, it first stirred, then siphoned off the gas giant's atmosphere. The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic
Once Nemesis reached the planet, it used its ability to "suck" energy to drain Gaia of all its Angolmois Energy. The Predacons then boarded the planet and prepared to depart from Gaia. Before the Predacons could leave orbit, Lio Convoy and the Maximals invaded the planet in a last-ditch attempt to stop the villains. While Lio Convoy and Lio Junior kept Galvatron busy, the Predacon leader made the dangerous gambit of taking all of the planet's Angolmois Energy into himself. During their skirmish with the empowered Galvatron, Lio Convoy and Lio Junior, combined as the Green Warrior, used the power of their Energon Matrices to seal all of Galvatron's Angolmois Energy into capsules and sent them flying off into outer space, depowering both Galvatron Nemesis. Not to be denied, Galvatron activated his Galva-Matrix and set the planet to self-destruct. The destruction of Nemesis killed Galvatron, sent the Predacons adrift helplessly through space, and trapped all the Maximals within a wormhole.
Trivia
- This artificial planet holds the honor of being the very first thing in the history of the Transformers brand to bear the name "Nemesis", beating out the Decepticon Space Cruiser of Generation 1 by almost eight months since the latter vessel would not receive the name for itself until the American Beast Wars cartoon's series finale, "Nemesis Part 1" and "Part 2". That the two ended up sharing the same name relatively contemporaneous to one another, and essentially served the same role of being the final instrument of each show's respective lead villain's endgame, was truly an enormous coincidence of the time, as the members of Mainframe Entertainment paid very little heed to what Japan was doing with its own Beast Wars shows across the Pacific.
- Yes, it's absolutely terrifying.
