Viron 102.0 Beta
Viron 102.0 Beta is a universe in the Viron universal cluster.
Fiction
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As a result of the temporal machinations of Jaguar in the Primax 785.06 Alpha system and the Alternity's repairs to history, a duplicate of the shuttle carrying the victorious Maximals home from the Beast Wars of Primax 496.22 Alpha was created, ending up in Primax 903.0 Beta. Unicron observed the shuttle and destroyed it, scattering its crew into transwarp space.
Megatron thus escaped Maximal custody, ending up in Viron 102.0 Beta. He schemed to conquer this reality's Cybertron, joining forces with Cryotek, a native Predacon, to better learn about the new world he found himself in. As in many Primax realities, Megatron captured the sparks of Cybertron's populace and converted their bodies into Vehicons. The Alternity shepherded the similarly "shipwrecked" Optimus Primal, Rhinox, Rattrap, and Silverbolt to this dimension to battle Megatron, activating the Oracle to guide them. They fought the resulting "Allspark Battles" against Megatron's Vehicon hordes, with Optimus Primal eventually upgrading into an Air Attack" form to counter "Megahead Megatron"; The Maximals would prove triumphant.
In response to Megatron's defeat, Cryotek launched his own stratagem. Like Megatron, he sought mechanical purity, but in a different way. Cryotek believed that sparks were not Transformers' life essences, but rather symbiotic leech-like parasites (his beliefs influenced by his own mutated, humanoid-shaped spark). Cryotek planned to eliminate all sparks from Transformers’ bodies, replacing them with physical operating systems which he had created, based partially on Megatron's own research into shell programs and spark extraction. Cryotek knew to be cautious in dealing with the ones who had defeated Megatron, and settled on using hit-and-run tactics. Needing allies, he contacted Galvatron—then active on early 21st century Earth—who offered him refuge aboard his ship, the Megastar, in exchange for a body upgrade. By Cryotek's hand, the Predacon leader become “Megatron Megabolt”. Meanwhile in the future, Optimus Primal found the victims of Cryotek’s horrendous experiments and resolved to stop him, no matter the cost. Having already perceived that a greater power was behind the Oracle, Primal demanded it send him after Cryotek; the Alternity revealed their true form to Primal and agreed to his request, if he would join the ranks of their elite agents, the Protectors, in return. Primal accepted the offer and was sent to 21st century Earth with Mirage GT as a guide. To minimize the risk of paradox, Primal could only assume a corporeal form to engage with Cryotek; against the threat posed by Megabolt Maximus—Fortress Maximus under control of Megatron—Primal could only act as a spirit guide. It was a tough battle, but in the end Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal emerged victorious, with Megatron and Cryotek decisively defeated. Ask Vector Prime
Notes
- Viron 102.0 Beta is the universal stream designation of the Tech Spec of the Air Attack Optimus Primal toy, explained by the Facebook version of Ask Vector Prime to be the first dimensional assignment of said iteration of Optimus Primal. It also includes the Tech Spec of the Megatron Megabolt toy.
