Swarm (G2)
| This article is about the cloudlike evil mass. For issue #9 of the G2 comic, see Swarm (comic issue). |
The Swarm is a cloudlike black mass, accidentally created by a missuse of the form of Transformer reproduction called budding, under the direction of the Liege Maximo and the Cybertronian Empire. Though very different from Transformers on the surface, its genetic material and cellular structure are identical to the Transformers, betraying its origin. It seeks out and destroys life, literally "eating" mechanical (But not, apparently, organic) living beings, in a fairly horrific fashion. The Swarm is hollow and blindly hungry for the soul/power/mission of Primus that it lacks, and so is drawn specifically to Transformers, though it will eat other forms of life in its blind attempts to complete itself.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Optimus Prime fed both himself and the Matrix to the the Swarm, filling it with Primus's vision, and hence turning it into a force for creation rather than mindless destruction. In an attempt to make amends, it recreated Prime in a new body, before departing. A Rage in Heaven! This, however, is after the Swarm killed many worlds and many other Transformers. Great work, guys.
3H comics continuity
The Vok told Primal Prime that they were "tempered by the darkness of the Swarm" and "forged in the purity of the Matrix".Primeval Dawn This isn't very clear, as things go.
(Extra-canonical comments from the Beast Wars creators suggested that the Swarm eventually evolved into the alien race known as the Vok. The details of this were discussed but never formally decided upon and did not make it into the show. The 3H fan club material was intended to solidify this connection, but does not go into very specific detail.)
