Targetmaster Extirpation

Following the end of the Great War, the Targetmasters were seemingly granted amnesty and exile... only to be wiped out in a systematic Targetmaster Extirpation.

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

During the war, Targetmasters functioned by drawing power from the Sparks of their users, allowing them to unleash devastating amounts of firepower. However, this was not the limit of their abilities. The Decepticon Thunderwing discovered a way to amplify this ability so as to drain the life from any nearby Cybertronian. Horrified, both Autobots and Decepticons agreed that this was too powerful for either side to make use of, and as a precursor to the Pax Cybertronia it was decreed that all Targetmasters would have to die.

Hoping to eliminate the problem at its source, the surviving Targetmasters—both Nebulon and Cyberdroid—were granted amnesty in exchange for exile from Cybertron. The Targetmasters who accepted this deal were promised that they would be sent to a distant planet where they could live the remainder of their lives in peace. Once gathered, however, the Targetmasters were betrayed and slaughtered by their old comrades, with Autobots and Decepticons both taking part in the massacre.

Not all the Targetmasters were killed, since Hyperfire warned some of his comrades of what was to come. Any survivors of the slaughter went underground, adopting new names and bodies to hide their true natures. Trigger Warnings