Boltax (G1)
| This article is about the keeper of the Underbase in the normal universe. For the keeper of the Underbase in the mirror universe, see Boltax (SG). |
- Boltax is a Transformer from the Marvel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Before the war, High Circuitmaster Boltax began storing the accumulated knowledge of the Transformer race in a database called the Underbase. He remained a neutral when the wars between the Autobots and Decepticons began, and his Temple of Knowledge is off-limits to all its participants. It is guarded by his disciples.
It is not known to many that Boltax is no longer a robot, but instead he himself is the Temple of Knowledge; the robot known as Boltax which presides over the estate is merely a puppet.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Millions of years ago, when the war on Cybertron was young, an equally young Optimus Prime sought the knowledge of Boltax to aid the Autobots in ending the war. Bringing the Triggerbots with him, he evaded the multiple traps outside the Temple of Knowledge, but was deterred by the Disciples of Boltax. The Triggerbots remained outside, while Optimus Prime continued inside to question Boltax.
Boltax welcomed him but could not give Prime exactly what he sought. Nevertheless, he allowed Prime to bathe in the knowledge of the Underbase in a chamber just beyond where they were standing. Optimus entered, but Megatron and the Triggercons were not far behind. Having already destroyed the disciples, they threatened Boltax as well. Boltax refused them access, and Megatron punched his fist through Boltax's chest, leaving his lifeless body outside the chamber.
In the resulting skirmish, Optimus Prime launched the Underbase off into space, destroying the Temple of Knowledge (the real Boltax), to keep it out of the hands of Megatron. Optimus Prime regretted his careless actions for the millions of years to come, though ironically it made his reputation as a great Autobot warrior. The Flames of Boltax!
Regeneration One
In Cybertron's distant past, High Circuitmaster Boltax was one of the world's five greatest minds, alongside Jhiaxus, Decanus, Rokan, and Tallus. Recognizing the benefits of their knowledge, the quintet regularly met as a "Brain Trust" to combine and share information mentally. However, Jhiaxus had plans of his own and took advantage of the merger, absorbing all the knowledge from his victims' cortexes, and then wiping all memory of him from Cybertronian history. Jhiaxus left Cybertron, leaving Boltax and the others in the dark. Less Than Zero
The "spirit" of Boltax and the others later reconstituted in their creation, the Underbase, which in turn reconstituted inside its one-time thief, Starscream. Through Starscream, the Brain Trust confronted Jhiaxus in the present day and forcibly absorbed him back into their quintet gestalt. The War to End All Wars, Part 4
Timelines
Among the many historical artifacts the Predacon Dirge managed to acquire was the Boltaxian Codex. Dirge's Timelines profile
Notes
- Boltax is named after Janet Boltax, one of writer Bob Budiansky's longtime friends. [1]
