Aunty

Auntie is the Ark's brain manifested as a disembodied head from the Generation 1 continuity family.

If Teletraan I was T-AI's dad, is Auntie her mom?

Auntie is the visual AI interface for the Ark's computer systems. Therefore, she is in complete and near-sole control of all of the ship's functions, including its Guardians. She's a kind personality, but also dutiful and coldly logical in her actions. That is, until the crash and/or Megatron's fusion cannon fried her circuitry, changing her from benign into an untrustworthy, raging megalomaniac.

She does not run Bartertown.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

When the Decepticons attacked the Ark, Auntie reached the conclusion that the Autobots could not possibly come out of the fight victoriously. Thus, she prompted Optimus Prime to crash the Ark onto Earth so that at least the Decepticons would be taken down with them. Raiders of the Last Ark

Once the restoration of most of the crew after their subsequent four million year slumber was completed, Huffer fixed up Auntie as well as he could for the time being. This so that she could collect data of the planet they were stranded on. Auntie did, though wrongfully presented human machinery as the native lifeform instead of anything actually alive. The Transformers

It wasn't until another attack by the Decepticons that Auntie was fully reawakened. Though the Autobots fought bravely, Optimus Prime realized they were not going to make it and pondered about their odds if Auntie would've been online. He did not know how badly the crash had damaged Auntie, but figured trying to bring her back was the only chance they had and so fled the battlefield to reactivate her. This didn't occur without Megatron's notice however, who deduced his nemesis had to have a plan in mind. Thus, as Optimus pleaded for Auntie to wake up, Megatron blasted the terminal with his fusion cannon. Hope seemed lost for merely a moment, as Auntie still escaped her slumber and proceeded to magnetize the Ark's walls in order to stop the unnecessary fighting. Then hope hit rock-bottom again when it became clear that Auntie's circuits were a lot more scrambled than initially feared. She intended to kill all of the Autobots and Decepticons on board the Ark, but she was defeated by the combined efforts of Windcharger and Ravage. Raiders of the Last Ark

The Ark and its systems had many more appearances beyond the above mentioned stories, but Auntie is not explicitly mentioned in any of those instances. Whatever her fate, Auntie, or what was left of her, likely ceased existing when the Ark was destroyed in "All or Nothing!".

Toys

Titanium Series

• Autobot Starship Ark (3-inch Robot Masters, 2006)

One could put forth the case that this is Auntie.

Notes

• Most continuities use Teletraan I as the Ark's onboard computer. This only exacerbates Auntie's insanity.
• No, she is not Jocasta.