Nemesis (Prime)
| The name or term "Nemesis" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nemesis (disambiguation). |
- The Nemesis is a Decepticon starship from the Aligned continuity family.
The Nemesis is the big bad warship of the Decepticons. Sometimes it's a former Dark Energon containment lab that later became Trypticon. Sometimes it's just a ship full of folks who don't know what Dark Energon is. It's very confusing.
Fiction
Aligned novel continuity
Exodus
Exiles
Prime cartoon
When Cliffjumper followed strange energy readings, he found the Nemesis hovering over a crater filled with Energon. The ship fired on him before disgorging Decepticon drones who cleaned his clock. He was dragged back to the ship where Starscream dispatched him. The ship sailed off before the rest of the Autobots could reach the location. Starscream used the ship's equipment to open the space bridge, allowing Megatron's return. Darkness Rising, Part 1 Once Megatron had come on board with the chunk of Dark Energon he'd found, they flew the ship to the main Decepticon Energon mine. There it stayed until the Autobots attacked the mine in search of Cliffjumper, and Megatron ordered the mine destroyed. Darkness Rising, Part 2
Megatron's use of the Dark Energon on himself set the Decepticon leader on a new path, and he temporarily left control of the ship in Starscream's hands. After Soundwave intercepted a communication from Agent Fowler, Starscream had the human kidnapped, and parked the Nemesis in a canyon while he interrogated Fowler. The ship was attacked by Bulkhead. While fighting the Decepticons stationed on top of the Nemesis, he ripped the ship's main dish off and used to demolish some of the Decepticons. Darkness Rising, Part 3 He, Arcee and Bumblebee invaded the ship, along with their three humans companions. While the three kids were left in a side room, the Autobots headed to the ship's brig, where they were able to rescue Fowler. When Megatron returned to the ship and found the damage, he was very upset. Darkness Rising, Part 4
With the ship damaged and unable to set the space bridge's target, Starscream put an alternate plan involving Soundwave into motion. The Nemesis was moved to near the space bridge, thought the Autobots reached it by GroundBridge first. Though the Autobots and their allies fought bravely, the space bridge was successfully opened. Standing on the hull of the Nemesis, Megatron hurled his Dark Energon chunk through the bridge and turned Cybertron's dead into zombies. Starscream moved the ship away from the space bridge as it became apparent that the Autobots were up to something, and the Nemesis was clear of the subsequent explosion. The same could not be said for Megatron. Darkness Rising, Part 5
Starscream's attempt at speechifying to the Nemesis crew met with an unenthusiastic reception, so he sought satisfaction elsewhere. After Megatron was recovered from the site of the space bridge's destruction, Starscream reluctantly returned him to the ship and placed him in stasis in the sick bay. Masters & Students
The Decepticons captured Wheeljack and put him in the ship's brig while they sent Makeshift to the Autobots in his place. While they were waiting on the ship's upper hull for Makeshift to activate the GroundBridge, Wheeljack broke free and scaled the outside of the ship to attack them. Makeshift exploded on top of the ship shortly after returning, though it's unclear how much damage the ship sustained. Con Job
The ship's electromagnetic shielding broke while orbiting above China, leaving a trail Ratchet was able to locate it with. When Optimus Prime was infected with Cybonic plague, Arcee and Bumblebee GroundBridged to the ship to locate the cure. Discovering Megatron's body, Bumblebee entered his mind via cortical psychic patch to find it. Meanwhile, Starscream and Knock Out attempted to convinced Soundwave to euthanize Megatron. When they discovered the cortical patch, Bumblebee had retrieved the cure and the Autobots escaped, but not before Arcee fired at Megatron. Though his mind was now blank, Soundwave insisted they keep their leader on life support. Sick Mind
Starscream's new plan involved mounting a heat ray on the top of the ship so that they could melt a glacier in the Arctic so they could get to a huge energon deposit. Unfortunately the Autobots turned up and Optimus attacked the heat ray, causing it to explode. The top of the ship was still blazing away minutes later as it departed. Meanwhile Bumblebee, possessed by Megatron's spark, GroundBridged onto the ship and resurrected Megatron. Neither of the outcomes was favorable for Starscream. Out of His Head
Megatron put Starscream in the infirmary, but Starscream decided to use the chunk of Dark Energon he still had hidden to resurrect Skyquake. When he ran into Autobots, he was forced to use the Decepticon GroundBridge to return to the ship, minus his right arm. Knock Out fetched a new arm from storage, but Starscream, believing Skyquake to have risen, again left the ship... and got into trouble and had to GroundBridge back. Shadowzone
The ship was cruising through the clouds at speed when news came in that Breakdown had been kidnapped by MECH. Operation: Breakdown Some time after Breakdown's "escape", Megatron sent him out to secure a polarity gauntlet, but instead the 'Con returned to the ship with Airachnid, who was suddenly keen to rejoin the Decepticon cause. Metal Attraction Airachnid and Starscream were sent out to check the wreck of the Harbinger for a Decepticon weapon, and Airachnid came back without either her partner or the weapon. Partners At some point the Decepticons took the Nemesis out of the atmosphere and into orbit. Knock Out and Breakdown brought a Cybertronian data cylinder back to the ship, only to find it was empty. They were able to use the ship's sensors to detect the missing data on Earth, but proved fruitless in actually retrieving it. T.M.I.
The ship returned to Earth's atmosphere as the Decepticons looked for components for their new space bridge. They located an adequate power source in a human military installation, but when the Autobots tried to stop the Vehicons from taking it, the 'Cons brought the Nemesis itself to the battlefield so Megatron could pick up the power source personally. Optimus and Bulkhead managed to get on board the ship and steal the power source back. Prime began a rampage through the ship, looking to take revenge on Megatron for injuring Raf. Megatron had Soundwave GroundBridge Optimus off the ship to the volcano he'd found. One Shall Fall
It handily turned out that the volcano was spewing Dark Energon, so Megatron had the ship park nearby while the miners gathered the stuff up and filled the ship's hold with it. Megatron subsequently left the ship under Airachnid's command while he went to have to a chat with Unicron. One Shall Rise, Part 1
Airachnid took the ship into orbit to wait, though she was of the opinion that Megatron probably wasn't coming back. One Shall Rise, Part 2 Soundwave disagreed and took control of the ship until Megatron returned with an amnesiac Optimus Prime. One Shall Rise, Part 3
Though the Decepticons tried their best to keep "Orion Pax" in the dark, they had a security lapse when Arcee managed to get on board to hunt for the lost Autobot leader. Soundwave was able to get her back off the ship through deft use of the GroundBridge. It happened again sometime later when Starscream sneaked on board to steal energon cubes and stumbled on Orion. Orion Pax, Part 1
Starscream fled the ship, but his visit raised Orion's suspicions and he accessed the Decepticon database to find out the truth. Orion Pax, Part 2
The Decepticons had a full log of his activities and he was left under Vehicon guard to continue his work, but soon broke free and left the ship to help the Autobots. Orion Pax, Part 3
Notes
- The Nemesis was first named by the Autobots in "Shadowzone". Beforehand, they just called it "the Decepticon warship".
