Onyx

This subject of this article goes by multiple names that apply to other articles as well. See Onyx Prime, Onyx Primal.

Onyx is a corporation from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Garrison Blackrock heads Onyx, a cutting-edge think tank and electronics manufacturer that uses reverse-engineered Transformer technology to make people's life easier. Onyx has revolutionized the consumer electronics market with a bevy of tablets, personal computers, and other electronic gizmos.

... at least, that's what most people know about the company. Those in Blackrock's inner circle know that their eccentric founder has found more insidious applications for his marvelous technology: creating armies of man-made Transformers and even colluding with the Decepticons. And even less of them are aware that his business empire was built off the code of the vaunted Enigma of Combination–a supernatural artifact capable of warping the fabric of the universe itself.

Unlike many other companies, Onyx's products have not yet turned homicidal, so that's probably a good thing to put in their quarterly reports. And no the name has nothing to do with him.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

During its war on Cobra, Onyx supplied weapons to G.I. Joe and continued to do so after the team was restarted. White Light Among their other products was the Onyx Blackbook, a social networking site. Future Glories Lost

Onyx organized a press launch in Nikko, Japan detailing all sorts of cute technologies which Spike Witwicky interrupted and said Onyx was making weapons and making deals with Decepticons. Once he proclaimed that he was the good guy, Blackrock demanded Marissa Faireborn come to him. Signals, Calls, and Marches There was an Onyx vault in Wanmu, China where all sorts of Cybertronian treasures were held. Vs. While the vault was trashed by Devastator, Blackrock released the Onyx Interface code onto every Onyx tablet worldwide. ONoffON The end result of this was that Galvatron was able to use the code to turn the planet Earth itself into a gigantic version of the Enigma of Combination. It's Beginning To And Back Again

While being escorted by Roadblock and Scarlett, Blackrock brought up the fact that he gave them their guns to paint himself as a friend. Scarlett retorted that he was really a Cybertronian spy. White Light Despite this however, he was able to continue his position as CEO. Enter The Shadow When Eagles Scream

After the people of Verenya had been mutated with Dire Wraith DNA, the Action Man Programme took custody of them, Crisis Intervention and brought them to the Onyx tower in Buenos Aires, with the Talisman soon being sent there for study. Enter The Shadow

After the Revolutionaries had captured Garrison Kreiger and reunited with the time lost Sgt. Savage (long story), they reconvened at the Onyx tower to wait for G.I. Joe to take custody of Kreiger and the Talisman. Unfortunately Centurion was still loyal to Kreiger and hacked the building defences to raise the forcefield and shoot down G.I. Joe's plane while Doctor X and Storm Shadow managed to infiltrate the building before Ironblood and the remainder of his cabal teleported into the tower via the M.A.S.S. Device. When Eagles Scream After a strange infraspace encounter with Onyx Prime and Mike Power, Blackrock realized what he had to and used his Titan Master abilities to summon Metrotitan to the tower. The Titan shattered the forcefield with ease and Optimus Prime entered the fray. Despite everyone's best efforts, the villains were ultimately successful in retaking the Talisman and teleported away from the tower. Ghost in the Machine