Ammonite
- The Ammonites are a faction of Stentarians from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Ammonites are a race of transforming and combining robots who have been at war with their sworn enemies, the Terradores, for sixteen million years. The Galactic Council was formed in response to their conflict, and specifically an event known as the Great Shattering.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
"Ha! Paper covers rock!"
"Darn it!"
At some point a group of Ammonites infiltrated the crew of the Vis Vitalis posing as the Autobot Paddox, in order to pass secrets and weapons technology back to their own people.
While taking shore leave on the planet Hedonia, Whirl, Skids, and Rewind encountered a group of Ammonites led by 16444/9. After a brief bragging match in which the Autobots found themselves hopelessly outclassed, they settled down for a drink together and learned that the Ammonites were on Hedonia to keep a low profile and looking to buy a new ship to throw the Terradores off their trail. When they were interrupted by the arrival of a Terradorian warcruiser carrying their leader Imperius Drax, Whirl simply marched outside and killed him on the spot, showing the Ammonites how to bring sixteen million years of war to an end.
The next Terradorian leader was so determined to win that, from the Ammonite point of view, he risked destroying their planet. The panicked Ammonites organised for one final big push, with all deep cover agents ordered to steal anything that could give them an edge and come back for active service. Aboard the Lost Light with Thunderclash's crew, Paddox revealed his true nature and attempted to seize the ship, with the intention of taking its quantum generators back to the Ammonites to vastly improve their spacefaring technology. He was eventually defeated when Swerve knocked him into his component Ammonites with Rung's alternate mode. Little Victories
Games
Transformers Legends
Some Ammonites attacked the Lost Light and a Decepticon starship near a planet, and were defeated by a combined Autobot/Decepticon alliance, shortly before said alliance fell apart and the Autobots and Decepticons turned on each other. Into the Abyss
Toys
Generations
- Mini-Con Assault Team (Deluxe, 2014)
- Japanese ID number: TG32
- Released in the Generations Deluxe Class assortment, the Mini-Con Assault Team is composed of Windshear, Heavytread, and Runway, who can also combine to form Centuritron. Although their packaging and tampographed insignia give their faction as Mini-Con, the characters appear among the Ammonites on cover A of More than Meets the Eye #24 (the same issue also included with the figures, albeit with a different cover), and Centuritron himself shows up among an army of Ammonites on the final page of issue 27.
Notes
- Unbeknownst to the Transformers, they are popularly known as the Evil Ammonites (as opposed to the Heroic Terradores) and as such are analogous to the Decepticons. It looks like Whirl took the wrong side.
- Paddox refers to their forces as scattered.
- In real life, Ammonites are either an extinct group of molluscs (like Dead End) or an ancient tribe from Biblical times.
- Among the edits (mostly for tone and language) the pack-in versions of the Dark Cybertron issues available with the Generations Thrilling 30 Deluxe Class figures were subjected to, the name "Ammonites" was frequently (but not consistently) changed to "Minicons".
