Cyberglyphics
- Cyberglyphics are a language in the live-action movie continuity.
An ancient and all-but-forgotten language, the symbols known as Cyberglyphics offer a link to the heritage of the Transformers. Much of the language is poorly understood, relegated to the studies of scholars such as the Cybertronian who would one day be known as Optimus Prime. In archaeological digs on the planet Cybertron, he slowly began to piece together its rudiments. Many of its symbols are present in the whorls of the All Spark.
Fiction
IDW Transformers movie comics
During their excavations, the crew serving under Optimus came across one symbol repeatedly on the unearthed sarcophagi. They believed it to denote the lineage of Primes. Defiance issue 4
Much later, Starscream honored his heritage by carving Cyberglyphics into his exo-structure to mark his quest for vengeance and righteous battle. Alliance issue 1
Battle for the Allspark v2
Numerals to denote zero through nine were shown.Battle for the Allspark v2
Revenge of the Fallen movie
After getting a violent jolt by touching a fragment of the seemingly destroyed All Spark, Sam Witwicky started to have visions of Cyberglyphic symbols, scribbling them in his notebooks, on chalkboards, and eventually all over his room at Hamilton Hall. This earned him the attention of Alice, who was secretly a Decepticon spy.
After a Decepticon attack nearly killed Optimus Prime, Sam resolved to figure out what the symbols in his visions meant. Leo Spitz led Sam to Seymour Simmons, who showed Sam evidence from his trove of pilfered Sector Seven files. Through this, Sam learned that his ancestor Archibald Witwicky drew similar ones after his encounter with the frozen Megatron. Seeking more answers he questioned the captive Decepticon Wheelie, who was able to identify them as the language of the Primes but was unable to decipher them. He did however reveal that Seekers had an understanding of them, and led Sam and his friends to the decrepit Jetfire in the Smithsonian Institute. The turncoat Seeker was indeed able to translate, and opened a space bridge to transport the group to Egypt, where the translated prophecy led him to the Tomb of the Primes. Revenge of the Fallen (film)
Files
- Cyberglyphics reference file (PDF format)
