Gauge
| This article is about the IDW Cybertronian. For the Galaxy Force Micron Booster named Gauge in Japan, see Skidmark (GF). |
- Gauge is a Transformer from the 2019 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Gauge is a young Cybertronian, mentee of Arcee.
Fiction
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers #4
Under the terms of the Nominus Edict, Cybertron's ability to forge new Transformers became greatly limited, limited to only a handful of forgings every kilocycle; Gauge's creation was thus something of an anomaly, as she was forged only a few weeks after Rubble. The World In Your Eyes Part Four Some Cybertronians saw this as a political move, one designed to distract Cybertronians from the recent murder of Brainstorm, and that her forging had only been authorized because of Brainstorm's death. The World In Your Eyes Part Four Arcee/Greenlight: Run
Like every other newborn Cybertronian before her, Gauge was forged in the great Pyramid in the city of Iacon, where a celebration was held to welcome her into the world. There, she was introduced to her newly chosen-mentor Arcee and Arcee's partner Greenlight; observing these events, Bumblebee noted that she had essentially received two mentors for the price of one. The World In Your Eyes Part Four
Over the next few weeks, Gauge continued to settle into life on Cybertron, and with Arcee's help she began to try her hand at several prospective careers, oblivious to the rising tensions that threatened to engulf the planet. While working with Grapple's architectural division, Gauge told Arcee that she'd heard some of the other workers gossiping about her forging, prompting Arcee to confront the 'bots responsible. No sooner had Arcee chewed them out, however, then a great shaodw blotted out the city skyline: the Tether collapsed, destroying vast swathes of the city. Gauge, her mentor, and Greenlight helped to evacuate survivors and clear debris, but Gauge's curiosity led her to be shot by a looter who'd taken the opportunity to steal some energon from a nearby storage facility. Although unharmed, the experience provoked Arcee into agreeing with Greenlight: Cybertron was no longer safe and they would be evacuating the planet immediately. Racing through an exploding energon storage field to the takeoff site of the Exodus, Arcee and Greenlight tried to get Gauge to safety aboard the Reversionist vessel. Although it initially seemed like Arcee sacrificed herself to let the other two members of her family board the ship, she was able to rejoin them at the last moment, and the three happily embraced as the ship lifted off. Arcee/Greenlight: Run
