Kimia Facility

The Kimia Facility is an Autobot-manned space station from the IDW comics portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Located far from the battle lines of the Cybertronian civil war, the Kimia Facility aids the Autobot war effort with cutting-edge scientific research and weapons development. While much of their work is entirely in the realm of the theoretical, they regardless manage to develop mature technologies at a sufficient rate to keep the Autobot forces well-equipped. Often their creations are field-tested by the Wreckers commando team.

The staff includes:

• Perceptor
• Brainstorm
• Ironfist
• Crosshairs
• Skyfall
• Tripwire
• Swerve
• Atomizer
• Afterburner
• Nosecone
• Lightspeed
• Downshift
• Pointblank
• Chomedome
• Sureshot
• Rung
• Mainframe
• Rad
• Rewind
• Slamdance

Fiction

IDW comics continuity

Jetfire and the Technobots relayed their findings regarding the Pretender technology Bludgeon had been attempting to utilize, and in a collaborative research effort the scientists of the facility were able to create a stable version of it. The process proved critical to safely entering the Dead Universe without being trapped there as other Cybertronians had. Spotlight: Doubledealer

Later on, Brainstorm worked with Perceptor at the facility to further adapt the cerebro-interface used in the Pretender process. This breakthrough resolved the technological incompatibility Kup experienced with modern upgrades, and allowed the facility to construct a new body for the old veteran. Everything in Its Right Place

Ironfist spent most of his "military career" in his workshop on Kimia, creating various weapons including glass gas, cerebro-seeking bullets, and even Optimus Prime's personal rifle. Last Stand of the Wreckers #4

An Ethics Committee oversaw Kimia's weapons, and included Xaaron, Trailbreaker (briefly) and Animus. They approved of new weapons or banned them under the Non-Conventional Weapons Act, the latter making the weapon's use a war crime under the Tyrest Accord. Such weapons banned included cerebro-sensitive bullets Bullets and the ban was very respected by the Wreckers! Last Stand of the Wreckers #2

Xaaron, who found Kimia dull, later left the facility with Perceptor to rendezvous with Optimus Prime and his unit. As Ironfist's recent passing had left Kimia with a spare workshop, he offered Wheeljack a chance to work there. Chaos Theory Part 1 It turned out he had chosen the right time to leave, as Cyclonus and an army of Sweeps attacked Kimia while he was gone, murdering almost every Autobot onboard the station before bringing it into orbit above Cybertron. It was also revealed that Kimia was capable of transforming into a massive weapon and Galvatron promptly ordered the Sweeps to use it to fire it at Cybertron's surface. Chaos Part One: Lamentations

Though they didn't know what Galvatron had to gain from burrowing into the planet with a laser, Optimus Prime and his Autobots decided to put a stop to it. Silverbolt led the Autobot fliers in an attack on Kimia and Trailbreaker attempted to block its blasts with a force field, but when nothing seemed to work, Rodimus prepared to ram the station using Omega Supreme's rocket mode. Little did anyone know Lightspeed and Afterburner had survived the Sweep attack and were still onboard, where they managed to place explosives on the cannon's power couplings and destroy Kimia Facility from the inside before Galvatron could reach his goal. Chaos Part Two: Numbers