Unicron's Spawn

The term "Unicron's Spawn" refers to a secret society formed by those who were created by Unicron, the Dark God and Chaos Bringer. They have infiltrated into many divisions of Cybertron's society in the Beast Era. They are waiting for the right time to wage a war against the Cybertronians, the children of Unicron's enemy Primus, including the Autobots, Decepticons, Maximals, and Predacons. Their ultimate goal is to see the return of their master, Unicron.

Possible Spawn

• Tarantulas
• General Ram Horn
• General Sea Clamp
• General Cicadacon

Fiction

Beast Wars

When it seemed like Megatron had been defeated, he closely explored the collapsed ruins of Tarantulas' lair. Upon discovering a secret hatch, Megatron mused aloud that "incipient treachery from Unicron's spawn may yet turn the tide." Nemesis Part 1

Ask Vector Prime

While bemoaning how the Knights of Unicron utilized the name of an evil god, Vector Prime mused that soon, 'bots would probably be hurling around "Unicron's Spawn" as a common insult. Ask Vector Prime

Notes

• According to Bob Forward, originally Megatron's line about "Unicron's spawn" was not intended to be fact but, instead, an insult, roughly equivalent to how insignificantly futile fleshlings may metaphorically deride each other's parentage. However, the line developed a life of its own, much like Terrorsaur's line about "the darkside". Eventually the connection was reasserted in 3H Productions' Primeval Dawn storyline but there's no evidence that Megatron actually knew of Tarantulas' connection to Unicron when he made that comment. Larry DiTillio would later say that "Bob regrets the 'Unicron's spawn' line, he really wasn't thinking when he dropped that one in".