Carcer

Carcer is a Metrotitan from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Carcer was one of the Titans created by the legendary Knights of Cybertron to act as a living ship. Unlike many of his siblings, Carcer never actually colonized a planet; permanently transformed into his starship form, he and his occupants chose to live a nomadic life among the stars.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

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Millions of years ago, Carcer and the other 12 colony Titans departed Cybertron to found new outposts of Cybertronian civilization. First Contact Carcer travelled through space for eons, and as his natural resources began to diminish his occupants began sacrificing their own bodies to keep their Titan alive. Eventually, Elita One became captain, ruling from a chair composed of the bodies of Carcer's greatest heroes- all of whom had given their lives in the service of their ship. The straitened inhabitants learned to value three things above all else: efficiency, security, and truth. The Will of the Few

After Cybertron decided to re-establish contact with its abandoned colonies, the First Titan Metroplex located Carcer with his sensors. First Contact During their climatic battle, Devastator kicked Optimus Maximus through Metroplex's space bridge and onto Carcer's hull, although Optimus quickly rebounded and dived back through to Cybertron. All That Remains Several weeks later, Windblade and Starscream arrived to make formal contact. Believing that they were arrivingTempo, a Titan crewed by peaceful philosophers, they were surprised by Carcer's militaristic ways. Elita One claimed that they had renamed Tempo into Carcer, although Windblade knew that Carcer and Tempo were two separate Titans. After some political wrangling, the two ambassadors were able to convince Carcer to join the Council of Worlds; they chose to send Strika and Obsidian as ambassadors.

Notes

• "Carcer" is Latin for "prison", which raises a lot of questions about Carcer and its inhabitants.