Silver Harvest

The Silver Harvest is an event from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Silver Harvest refers to one of the largest population booms in Cybertronian history.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

When Tyrest learned how to tap into the Matrix to produce new sparks, his program produced an incredible number of new sparks, far more than his engineers fashioning new bodies to contain the sparks could keep up with.The Divided Self The surplus sparks were held in cold storage for some time, and either lost or forgotten after the launch and disappearance of the first Ark.

When the stored sparks were located after Nova Prime's time, roughly five million years ago, enormous effort was put towards producing enough pre-fab bodies in Con(struction) facilities to support the newborn Cybertronians. Predestination: An Expert's Guide The Silver Harvest was the name given for this production era. Megatron and Nightbeat were among the Cybertronians brought to life during this timeframe. Twenty Plus One

The Necrobot would later state that the Silver Harvest was when the Cybertronian race peaked. The Not Knowing