Sector Seven
| This article is about the Sector Seven organization itself. For the alternate reality game based on it, see Sector Seven (game). |
- Sector Seven is a human organization from the Movie continuity family. It doesn't run on "feelings."
Sector Seven is a secret American government agency, which deals with extraterrestrial technology and threats. It has been around for quite some time, but how long exactly depends on who you ask (see Notes for more).
It is so secret, it has its own secret website.
Sector Seven sometimes operates through the front companies S7 Industries. And Sectors Even.
Fiction
Sector Seven alternate reality game continuity
Sector Seven was founded over 100 years ago by a group of seven men:
- Stanford Julius Morehouse
- Edgar Thibedeau Westfield
- Neville Octavian Brewster
- Percy Emerson Whitting
- Wallace Wilson Clairmont
- Alistair Jennings Crowther
- Vance Milhaus Lawson
They are known as "The First Seven," and are said to have "hid the past to protect the future,"[1] whatever that means. Their portraits adorn a wall in the lobby of the present day Sector Seven headquarters, as a local pizza boy can attest.
In 2007, after the detection of a "blip" that matched their "threat profile," Agent Alexander Powers informed the organization that war might be imminent and that they were humanity's only hope. He and research scientist Rebecca Howard, ex-lovers, clashed several times over her desire to go public with information about the N.B.E. threat and seek assistance from other nations. This escalated with the detection of "N.B.E. Two," with whom Dr. Howard argued in favor of making contact.
Meanwhile, the mysterious Agent X began hacking into the Sector Seven network and leaking information to the public. Sector Seven ARG
Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit
To counter public suspicion and the information about the N.B.E.s leaked by Agent X, Sector Seven employed a mass disinformation program in the form of a road tour at various cinemas across America. Black Peterbilt cabover trucks pull large, armoured trailers containing sophisticated communications and scanning equipment, as well as a small cage for containing any captured N.B.E.s assigned agents happen to find. However, the communications equipment aboard these trailers are frequently susceptible to displaying emergency communiques from Sector Seven Command showing a very well-edited and scored satellite video feed of an alien robot attack in Qatar, usually in the presence of ordinary civilians.
Live-action film series contiuity
IDW Transformers movie comics
- Sector Seven had its origins in a US government team sent to investigate the "behemoth" that Archibald Witwicky had uncovered in 1898. After witnessing a battle involving non-biological aliens that killed one of their number, they decided a group would be needed to combat such threats. Original
- Sector Seven founders Walter Simmons and Theodore Joseph Wells had already been operating for years as scientist-adventurers, uncovering bizarre creatures and phenomena on Earth; President McKinley was aware of them. Original Artifacts they had included pictures and a skull from a "triclops" life form of some kind, a severed bestial arm in a jar (possibly from a version of the Beast Wars, although the sketch is difficult to make out and mechanics may not be incorporated) and what could possibly be a fragment of a Golden Disk. Most intriguing indeed. Movie Prequel #2
- The early Sector Seven (or at least Simmons and Wells) had a base in a normal-looking townhouse in Boston, Massachusetts. By 2003, they also had a base in Richmond, Virginia.
Ghosts of Yesterday prequel novel
- 1969 - Sector Seven (headed by Walter Simmons, known internally as "The Old Man"), attempted the first test flight of an Ice Man-derived spacecraft (Ghost 1) using the Apollo 11 moon launch as cover. Unexpected complications occurred following contact with N.B.E.s. At the same time the first attempt was made to relocate the Ice Man himself from the Arctic to southern Nevada to be better studied alongside a likewise mysterious "alien cube". Signs seemed to point to Sector Seven beginning to shift from being a secret U.S. military protocol to a non-military "black ops" program. Ghosts of Yesterday
Capture the Cube
In 2007, preceding the main Transformer conflict, a lone operative of a third Transformer faction was able to infiltrate the Hoover Dam base and almost obtain the "cube", simply by changing shape when people were coming. If it had reached the "cube", the results would have been horrific. Capture the Cube
IDW Transformers movie comics
Sometime before the events of Mission City, Sector Seven operated a secret base in Afghanistan. Unfortunately for them, a team of Decepticons led by Starscream happened to make planetfall beside them whilst searching for Megatron and the missing AllSpark Cube. Needing information on this world and the whereabouts of what they sought, the Decepticons attacked, at first easily defeating Sector Seven's defenders. However, one of the Decepticons, Wreckage, was attacked by a powerful localized EMP-based weapon designed to take down the Cybertronians. Incapacitated, Wreckage was abandoned and buried in the desert sand. Blackout only managed to hack into their systems briefly and access files on a "Project: Iceman" before the resourceful humans used an EMP burst to destroy their local files. Realizing that simple brute force would achieve the same result, the Decepticons decided to switch to stealth, and Blackout headed towards a place called "Qatar". Planetfall
Months later, Sector Seven recovered Wreckage's body from the ruins and brought him to a secret facility deep within the Nevada desert. Calling him N.B.E.-3, Agent Salazar and Professor Vine worked to reactivate the second Decepticon under their care. Alliance #1 At first, Wreckage was cooperative, helping them develop the L.M.-1 drones, but Sector Seven knew that Wreckage would not tolerate being their guest for much longer and would attempt to escape. When that day came, Salazar activated an emergency EMP burst that apparently shut the Decepticon down, but Vine suspected that Wreckage had merely shut himself down on purpose to conserve his energy, waiting for the right moment to regain consciousness. Alliance #2
Transformers (2007) movie
According to Tom Banachek, Sector Seven was convened 80 years ago under President Hoover. (Banachek later also states that the First Seven found the AllSpark cube in 1913, but that might have been before Sector Seven was formally created.)
A Sector Seven field team under Director Seymour Simmons headed to the Witwicky residence upon learning of Samuel James Witwicky's living car. Taking Witwicky and Mikaela Banes into custody, Simmons began to interrogate Sam and Mikaela aggressively, until the field unit's convoy was ambushed by Optimus Prime...who ripped off the roof of their SUV. Although they attempted to resist the Autobots, Ironhide alone had more weapons than all of them, and Jazz soon disarmed them. A backup team arrived to capture any of the Autobots they could, but were only successful in capturing Bumblebee and the two teens.
Taken to the Hoover Dam base, Simmons and Tom Banachek showed the teens, an army ranger unit, and Defense Secretary Keller the frozen N.B.E.-01, who Sam Witwicky identified as Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. However, Starscream arrived and destroyed their external power lines, while Frenzy sabotaged Megatron's stasis controls. With Megatron minutes away from thawing, Sam tried to convince Simmons to release Bumblebee, but Simmons was only convinced by Captain Lennox and his men...who pointed dangerous objects at everyone. However, Bumblebee, who was constantly being doused with cryoblasts, nearly lashed out at Sector Seven, before Sam calmed him and took him to the AllSpark. Beyond providing a small amount of soldiers to assist the ranger unit under Lennox, Sector Seven played no serious role in the Battle of Mission City, which was mostly decided by the Autobots.
Sector Seven's time had come—and they had done nothing but make the situation worse, all their secret weapons being ineffective against the Decepticons, and having alienated the Autobots. Sector Seven was terminated in an effort to better cover up the existence of the Transformers, but it may have been influenced by their loss of control over the situation. Transformers
Toy bios
Sector Seven managed to remain in operation, seemingly by buddying up to the Autobots very quickly; Ironhide appears to have been bribed with free experimental weaponry. Premium Ironhide What they don't know is that the Autobots have a secret agent, Landmine, spying on them. Landmine toy bio Worryingly, several Decepticons appear to be doing the same thing. A surprisingly large number of Autobots bear Sector Seven markings after the Mission City conflict, possibly indicating an exchange program between Sector Seven and the Autobots.
Sector Seven later shared intelligence with Optimus regarding Decepticon activity on Mars. Fire Blast Optimus Prime
IDW Transformers movie comics
Shortly after the victory over the Decepticons in Mission City, Sector Seven's personnel at Hoover Dam remained on high alert while Simmons, Banachek and Secretary of Defense Keller left to investigate the aftermath of the battle. The Reign of Starscream #2
Unfortunately for them, the Decepticon Starscream returned to the dam and attacked, intent on salvaging what remained of his compatriot Frenzy so he could access the data the diminutive Decepticon had stolen from Sector Seven. The Reign of Starscream #1 Sector Seven's human firepower availed them little proving to be little more than an annoyance to even the severely power-depleted Starscream, who tore his way through to the chamber where Frenzy fell with ease. As he left with his prize in hand, the Decepticon was surprised when Agent Salazar and Professor Vine unveiled L.M.-1, the prototype of Sector Seven's Cybertronian-derived Earth-built Transformer. However, it didn't work, breaking midway through transformation. When Sector Seven renewed their attack Starscream grabbed Salazar in an attempt to interrogate him about his knowledge of their race and the AllSpark. Sadly, when Starscream flew out of Earth's atmosphere, he didn't realize the fragility of human life, and Salazar was killed. The Reign of Starscream #2
In Mission City, Sector Seven had recovered the Decepticon corpses and several inert Transformers created by the AllSpark Cube energy released during the battle, while Simmons managed to recruit Captain Lennox and Sergeant Epps, ostensibly to better defend Earth against the Decepticons. Alliance #1
A month later, Sector Seven were ordered by the US government to prepare the Decepticon corpses for dumping into the sea, as agreed to with the Autobots. Simmons was less-than-happy with the prospect of losing a treasure trove of potential alien secrets, but grudgingly complied. When the Autobots arrived, the piece of the AllSpark that Optimus Prime recovered from Megatron's body suddenly reacted in proximity to the Decepticon leader's corpse. Realizing the danger of having the AllSpark fragment in close proximity to the Decepticons, Optimus handed it over to Professor Vine for safekeeping, not knowing that Sector Seven was housing Wreckage in a chamber under his feet. After the Autobots left, Simmons realized that it was extremely dangerous to have the AllSpark fragment out in the open where other Decepticons could detect it, but despite Vine's concerns, Simmons felt that Wreckage was so out of it that he would pose no danger if they brought the fragment underground. Unfortunately, Vine was proven right when the shard flew out of Simmons hands and struck Wreckage, who fully reactivated and attacked, intent revenge for his humiliating imprisonment. Breaking out of the underground chamber, Wreckage was briefly waylaid by L.M.-1 drones activated by the AllSpark energy surge, but they were no match for him. Vine attempted to return underground to retrieve the AllSpark fragment, but was killed when suddenly Starscream attacked. The Nevada base was spared total destruction when Bumblebee and Epps lead a contingent of soldiers in a counter-attack. Alliance #2
In the aftermath, Simmons recovered the severed head of Frenzy, who had fallen out of Starscream's cockpit during the battle. However, before he could use it to further Sector Seven's cause, Secretary of Defense Keller dissolved the organization and fired Simmons. Alliance #3
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Sector Seven had made the situation so bad that, in an alternate timeline, a single second's difference by Sam at Mission City led to the conquest & Decepticon occupation of the United States and the gradual transformation of Earth into a new Cybertron, with their Hoover Dam base being used by Megatron to store Optimus Prime's frozen body. Nice one, guys. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1
The only member of the organization seen so far fighting the Decepticons was Tom Banachek. His knowledge of the Hoover Dam base proved invaluable, as did his knowledge of (and probable involvement in) a nanovirus that targeted AllSpark operational frequencies: a weapon Sector Seven created in case they lost control of the AllSpark and needed to destroy it. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5 Why they hadn't used it when Megatron gained the AllSpark at Mission City? Because they suck.
Sector Seven was later reformed under President Allen, and Tom Banachek was placed in charge of it. Their mandate was to stop everyone on Earth from realizing that Megatron's aforementioned gradual transformation of their world had not stopped completely, and that the planet was facing techno-organic armageddon. Dark Spark Being Sector Seven, they crapped this up.
Revenge of the Fallen movie
Before Sector Seven was shut down, Seymour Simmons made copies of the research relating to Project: Black Knife, where Sector Seven had discovered evidence that Transformers had been on Earth before, including Cyberglyphics in ruins across the Earth, and that there may be Transformers lying inert on the planet. Simmons wanted to investigate these Transformers lying on Earth, but those higher up in the chain of command wouldn't let him, thinking that wanting to look for Transformers on Earth was an obsession that Sector Seven, who counter and look for Transformers, shouldn't indulge.
God these guys sucked. Revenge of the Fallen
Dark of the Moon movie
In the year 1961, an alien ship crash landed on the moon. Working in conjunction with people at NASA under the orders of John F. Kennedy, Sector Seven helped to prepare a manned mission to the moon in 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's exploration resulted in the discovery of several deceased N.B.E.s, and evidence and logs relating to the top secret mission was kept in Sector Seven's custody. Over the years, Sector Seven discovered that the Soviets had used unmanned probes to collect a few specimens around the ship, one of which was the cause of a nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
All of this had been deemed to be director-only-clearance at Sector Seven, as Charlotte Mearing explained to the Autobots in the year 2011, so some personnel such as Semour Simmons were unaware of these events. Dark of the Moon
The AllSpark Almanac
One parallel universe is so wildly divergent that Sector Seven are competent! They prevented Mainframe from capturing the leaders of the Los Bogos Project. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
Equipment
As an exceptionally well-funded secret government organisation, Sector Seven was at the cutting edge of human (or alien-derived) technology in their quest to better understand the Ice Man, the Cube, and to seek other N.B.E.s on Earth.
M9-2 Harpoon Gun
The M9-2 Harpoon Gun was a weapon developed by Sector Seven, under the direction of Rebecca Howard. The initial prototype was completed in 2003. Featuring an armor-piercing projectile that weighs 21.2 kilograms, the weapon has a range of 55 meters with a muzzle velocity of 324 meters per second. Primitive by N.B.E. standards, the weapon is nevertheless effective at subduing non-hostile aliens and contain them for cryo-freezing.
In 2003, Sector Seven first used the harpoon gun against Bumblebee outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, mounted on their pursuit vans. Bumblebee defeated them by dragging the vans into each other. Interlude Four years later, Sector Seven had better luck with these harpoons when Bumblebee was cornered trying to protect his human friends, Sam and Mikaela. Three helicopters mounted with harpoons entangled Bumblebee, allowing soldiers to move in and freeze the helpless Autobot. Transformers
Pursuit van
Once an N.B.E. has been located within range of Sector Seven field units, Mobile teams are sent out in pursuit vans to intercept and capture them (alive if possible). Equipped with the standard array of sophisticated communications equipment one comes to expect from Sector Seven, the vans are armed with a passenger-side M9-2 harpoon gun and generally carry a squad of troops armed with portable cryo-freezing units.
Outside of Baton Rogue, these vans, carrying Sector Seven troopers, tried to corral Bumblebee with their harpoons and totally failed. Interlude
AH-64 Apache attack helicopter
Sector Seven uses modified AH-64 Apache helicopters fitted with cryo-stasis rocket pods to capture N.B.E.s
Outside of Denver, Colorado, Bumblebee was attacked by one of these modified Apaches. It tried to hem him in with machine gun fire, but failed to hit the Autobot with its cryo-stasis pods. Interlude Soon afterwards, in New Mexico, several similar Apaches awaited Bumblebee in a trap set by Agent Simmons. However, the Decepticons turned up, complicating matters. Two Apaches attempted to cryo-freeze Blackout, but were destroyed by Starscream. Movie Prequel #4
SUV
For operations within urban/suburban zones or for human targets, Sector Seven agents travel in custom black GMC Yukons. They do not hold up well to being lifted by their roofs by large N.B.E.s, nor can they withstand electromagnetic pulses.
Agent Simmons and other Sector Seven personnel arrived at the Witwicky house in these GMC Yukons. After arresting the Witwickys and Mikaela Banes, Optimus Prime stopped several of these vehicles with his legs, then lifted the SUV containing Simmons, Sam and Mikaela by the roof, breaking it off and freeing his human friends. Reinforcement Yukons were easily defeated by an EMP blast from Ironhide's cannon. After Sam and Mikaela were rearrested, they were transported to and from an airfield in Nevada to Hoover Dam. Transformers
Assault buggy
Based upon the Chenowth Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) formerly used by the United States military, this all-purpose, high-speed recon and attack vehicle can be fitted with Sector Seven's specially-developed weapons, ranging from cryo-freezing cannons (though this requires cryo-tanks to be installed in the rear compartment) to belt-fed automatic grenade launchers capable of firing armor-piercing sabot rounds.
After Sam Witwicky, Captain Lennox's soldiers and the Autobots came to an agreement with Sector Seven, the human soldiers mounted up on the assault buggies to escort Bumblebee and the AllSpark cube to Mission City. They fared poorly against the attacking Decepticon forces, with many wrecks strewn about the city streets. Transformers
During the battle of Mission City, one of these buggies was imbued with power from the AllSpark and became the Autobot Landmine.
L.M.-1 drones
L.M.-1 drones are Sector Seven's crowning technological achievement: their own transforming mechanoids.
With the assistance of the captured Decepticon Wreckage, Agent Salazar and Professor Vine were able to develop the L.M.-1 units using Sector Seven's own assault buggy as a vehicle template at their Nevada desert base. Alliance #2 However, they failed to function once Wreckage was hit by an EMP weapon and shut down. The Reign of Starscream #2 Later, when the AllSpark sliver reactivated Wreckage, it also activated the L.M.-1s. Though they were armed with automatic grenade launchers and shoulder mounted missiles, they fared poorly against the rampaging Decepticon. Alliance #2
Sector Seven Drone
These large treaded robots patrol the interior of Hoover Dam serving as security patrols. They are also found at certain military installations seemingly not in association with the secret agency. They are equipped with two powerful cannons.
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Capture of Bumblebee (Screen Battles, 2007)
- Japanese ID number: SB-04
- This Screen Battles pack comes a redecoed Camaro Concept Deluxe class Bumblebee featuring a more accurate grey colour scheme for his robot mode parts and a silver painted face and toes. The pack also comes with non-poseable figurines of Sector Seven agent Seymour Simmons, a helmeted Sector Seven soldier, and what appears to be a figurine of William Lennox painted like a Sector Seven soldier.
- This set comes in a special window box featuring a diorama background of the scene where Bumblebee is captured by Sector Seven forces.
- The two Sector Seven soldier molds were also used to make soldiers for the 2010 Transformers set "The Ravage Infiltration".
- Other toys
- A number of other Transformers from the Movie toyline are robots in disguise as Sector Seven vehicles, some straight from the screen, others merely being redecos of toys from previous Transformers lines. These include:
Notes
Contradictory founding date
Various movie-related media have offered contradictory information regarding when Sector Seven was originally founded:
- In the movie itself (which is, for all intents and purposes, the "primary" media), Tom Banachek tells John Keller that Sector Seven was "convened 80 years ago under President Hoover". This would place the founding date of Sector Seven somewhere around 1927 (assuming the main events of the movie do indeed take place in 2007). Ignoring the historical error (Herbert Hoover didn't succeed Calvin Coolidge as president until 1929), Banachek later also tells Keller and everyone else given a tour of the S7 headquarters inside Hoover Dam that the First Seven had found the AllSpark cube in 1913, but he doesn't explicitly state that Sector Seven had already been established by then, so the discovery of the cube might have in fact been one of the factors that had later led to the formation of the organization.
- Meanwhile, information revealed as part of the Sector Seven Alternate Reality Game establishes that the First Seven had founded Sector Seven "over 100 years ago" (that is, before 1907). The Sector Seven game is in a different continuity and therefore not necessarily contradictory.
- Issue 2 of IDW's Movie Prequel mini-series implies that Sector Seven had already been established and operating for quite some time before Archibald Witwicky found Megatron in 1897 (they are shown to have a headquarters with quite a number of interesting artifacts displayed in trophy cases by 1898). To topple things off, Sector Seven is shown to discover the AllSpark cube as early as 1902. The Transformers: Sector 7 comic would retcon those artifacts to be a trophy collection of two scientist-adventures who would become founders of Sector Seven in 1898, but that still leaves the dates a bit iffy.
Of course it's possible that all this is simply part of the mystery surrounding such a shady group... but then again, why should Banachek lie to the United States' Secretary of Defense about the founding date of his organization? (Granted, saying 80 years may have just been rounding up. People do it all the time.)
