NEST
- NEST is a military organization in the live-action film series continuity family.
Following the disbanding of Sector Seven, Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers (N.E.S.T.) was set up under William Lennox to create a combined United States Military/Autobot defense force against Decepticons. Though originally an American-Autobot military alliance, it soon expanded to include armed forces from the United Kingdom and other nations.
Fiction
IDW Transformers movie comics
Initial training for the NEST unit took place in Diego Garcia. Alliance issue 3
NEST had a baptism of fire against the Decepticon scouts Swindle and Dead End in San Francisco. Following that, it expanded to a multinational force and began taking on Decepticon agents across Earth. Every Decepticon encountered was destroyed. Alliance issue 4
The Veiled Threat prequel novel
Revenge of the Fallen movie
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Known members
Humans
- Technical Sergeant Robert Epps (United States Air Force)
- Captain/Major William Lennox (United States Army Rangers)
- Salani
- Kaminari Ishihara — Cyberneticist
- Petr Andronov — "AI genius"
Autobots
Trivia
- NEST troopers appeared on Cover B of the Revenge of the Fallen prequel comic "Alliance #2" , but were nowhere to be seen in the story inside. This is because most of the covers illustrated by Revenge concept artist Josh Nizzi were meant to allude to scenes or situations in the actual Revenge of the Fallen movie itself.
- Diego Garcia appears to be a central base for NEST, at least for training alongside the Autobots. The native population of Diego Garcia were expelled from the island to make way for the joint United Kingdom/United States military bases. The Autobots are led by Optimus Prime, who believes freedom is the right of all sentient beings. Err...
