Gauge
| This article is about the IDW Cybertronian. For the Galaxy Force Mini-Con named "Gauge" in Japan, see Skidmark (GF). |
- Gauge is an Autobot or Reversionist from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Gauge is a young Cybertronian, mentee of Arcee.
Fiction
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers #4
"I want my hole, Arcee! I wanna be an owl!"
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 shadow 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
 Plot details for Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth For a Truth follow. |
When the Reversionists discovered Gauge and her mentors on board the Exodus, Arcee and Greenlight were immediately imprisoned. Gauge, meanwhile, was still young enough to have her memory tampered with, and was subject to a memory wipe. The Reversionists indoctrinated Gauge and reassigned her as the mentee of Accelerator. Under Accelerator's wing, she was taught to be a curate of Heretech. Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth For a Truth
Gauge vigorously practiced Reversionism on-board the Exodus. Heretech taught the Reversionists revere Primus, performing daily tasks such as devotion and chores. She memorized all of the teachings of her plenary, and dutifully, if uncertainly, followed instructions for some time, until she noticed a strange code appearing and disappearing throughout the ship. Her attention shifted entirely to cracking this code, causing her to forget her chores and be tardy for devotion, much to Accelerator's annoyance. Knowing the code was distracting her, Gauge initially figured it was the dark forces of Cybertron trying to lead her astray. The symbol flashed on a screen above Heretech's throne during a session of devotion. Gauge tried to approach the throne, but accidentally bumped into a fellow curate and knocked them over. She vowed to be more careful as she got close to the plenary's throne. However, Heretech noticed her and blocked her way, demanding to know what she was doing. Shocked that he spoke to her, she fell to her knees and asked how she could serve him. Before she could decide if it was a sign she should abandon her pursuit of the mysterious code, Heretech asserted that he did everything for her as a curate, and shamed her in front of her fellow shipmates. Gauge felt betrayed by the bot who was supposedly her god. Running to her room, she vowed she couldn't trust anyone. Suddenly, Gauge realized the code was meant specifically for her, and the translation was a word beckoning her to the engine room; "heresy". Knowing what to do, Gauge snuck inside the closed off sector.
A guard noticed Gauge intruding and began to chase her down. As she ran from them, Gauge realized that despite never running from anything to her knowledge, it felt all too familiar. The bot chasing her down collided with her as she stopped dead in her tracks. Knocking out the guard as they recovered, she ran deeper into the ship, eventually finding the engine room, and who had been sending her the message; the imprisoned Arcee and Greenlight. Gauging the Truth: Part One
Worried by their presence and knowledge of her, Gauge hesitantly accepted a memory patch from the two, reasoning she no longer had anything left to lose. The memory patch showed her truth of her origins, and a startled Gauge realised it made too much sense to be false. Her mentors told Gauge the only means of freeing them lay in Heretech's quarters, and whatever he and the Reversionists were planning, it was happening soon. A shaken Gauge returned to her routine drugery, certain only that Arcee and Greenlight held the answers she needed. Approaching Accelerator, she feigned a desire to atone for her "mistakes" by getting into the plenary's quarters, which was declined. As she was still struggling with whether she could trust the two Cybertronians, Heretech announced that the time of ascenion was at hand, forcing Gauge to act.
Breaking into Heretech's quarters, Gauge was resolved to find whatever the truth was herself, only to be caught by Accelerator. However, she had already freed Arcee and Greenlight, having come to the realization that while they had told her what to do, they had never told her she had to do it. Racing past Accelerator, Gauge made her way back to the Exodus's engineering section, where her mentors had gotten free. Their reunion was interrupted by Heretech announcing to the entire ship that they had reached their promised destination - Cybertron. Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth For a Truth
My Little Pony/Transformers
Gauge was one of several Autobots who battled for control of a malfunctioning spacebridge, only to be teleported to Equestria as a result of Queen Chrysalis's magic interfering with the machine. Transformation Is Magic
