Lost Light

The Lost Light is a starship from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Lost Light is a starship utilized by Rodimus and over 200 other assorted Transformers on a quest to find the mythical Knights of Cybertron.

Its crew at launch includes:

• Animus
• Blaster
• Boss
• Brainstorm
• Brawn
• Chromedome
• Cosmos
• Drift (third-in-command)
• Fizzle
• Gears
• Grapple
• Highbrow
• Hoist
• Hound
• Huffer
• Hyperion
• Inferno
• Jackpot
• Mainframe
• Ore
• Perceptor
• Pipes
• Pointblank
• Polaris
• Powerglide
• Rad
• Ratchet
• Red Alert
• Rewind
• Rodimus (leader)
• Rollout
• Rung
• Shock
• Siren
• Smokescreen
• Sunstreaker
• Sureshot
• Swerve
• Trailbreaker
• Ultra Magnus (second-in-command)
• Waverider
• Whirl
• Xaaron

Joining the crew after their journey is underway:

• Cyclonus
• Skids
• Tailgate

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 comics

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Denied the help of Omega Supreme, Rodimus prepared the Lost Light to find the Knights of Cybertron, a group from Cybertron's ancient past. He intended on following a map discovered in the halves of the now empty Matrix of Leadership by Perceptor and Rewind, hoping that the knowledge and power of the Knights could be used to bring Cybertron into a new golden age. Rodimus gave a rousing speech on the day prior to the launch, intending on swaying the varied Transformers currently inhabiting and feuding on Cybertron to accompany him. While Prowl predicted Rodimus would fail to convince anyone to leave with him, at least 200 answered the call. After being checked and cleared by a diligent Red Alert, the passengers boarded the Lost Light, along with a "weapon of mass destruction" brought on board by Ratchet, an unconscious and crippled Tailgate, and mysterious cargo smuggled aboard on Prowl's orders.

The ship launched on schedule, but something went wrong. As the Lost Light lifted off, it was rocked by an explosion and quantum jumped before it was ready. The jump placed the Lost Light over an unknown planet somewhere in space and caused one of the rear thrusters to explode, resulting in a fire and a hull tear in one of the hangars on the upper decks. Before the tear could be sealed, 40 Autobots were ejected through the breach. Rodimus ordered the Lost Light to be set down on the planet's surface so the lost Autobots could be recovered. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It Perceptor and Brainstorm found that the reason for the explosion was that Ore had been standing close to one of the quantum generators when they were activated, and was mashed into it. By the time the rescue mission was done and the Lost Light left the planet, Skids joined the crew while Hyperion and Polaris had been found dead. Hangers On

Plot details for Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things follow. Spoilers have expired, you may remove this tag

Unbeknownst to the Autobots, the NAILs that had sold them the Lost Light had at one point trapped a Sparkeater in one of its rooms. The creature broke out during their journey, killing Shock and Animus before going on a hunt for the "brightest spark" on the ship, Rung. Rodimus had the rest of the crew locked in their quarters and lured the Sparkeater to the engine room, where he mashed it into a generator when the Lost Light did its next quantum jump. The Chaos of Warm Things

Notes

• According to Roberts in an online interview, Fireflight intended to join the crew of the Lost Light but was talked out of it at the last minute by "someone with a vested interest".