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The Builders of Cybertron are venerated as the founders and honored elders of Cybertronian society. Too bad they completely don't deserve any of that.
With Cybertron's energon dwindling, the increasingly decrepit combatants realized that their massive guzzler bodies had become far too fuel-consumptive to allow for prolonged activity. Over the centuries, surviving Cybertronians adapted to a sedentary lifestyle. Some could move via exo-walker, but the vast majority chose to hard-wire themselves into the planet's infrastructure to conserve fuel. Broken Windshields Head Games In their old cities like Tarn, they became part of the architecture, wired into place like gargoyles. Head Games
They created the Builder Assembly as a new legislature to rule Cybertron, with only "proper" Autobots and Decepticons allowed to serve on it, with no Micromasters allowed. Identity Politics They secretly rigged the Games so that they could have endless amusement. When the Builders had enough sparks for gladiatorial fodder, they hid the Matrix inside a Maximal, Lio Convoy, and they employed him as a match-fixer, the "Guardian of Order". Outside of the Games, Cybertronian law was written by the Builder Assembly to micro-manage every aspect of their lives in order to conserve energon. The few Builder Micromasters were rated superior to the Maximals and Predacons, and the bulks above them. Cybertronian society would live forever with the Builders at the top. Broken Windshields
