Universal stream

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The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records.<ref>This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "Withered Hope".</ref> There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.<ref>In "Worlds Collide, Part 4", the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating Optimus Prime, adrift in the multiverse.</ref> Bug Bite claims that there are fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.<ref>"Games of Deception"</ref>

Deciphering the terminology

Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

• Aurex—the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.<ref>Mentioned in "I, Lowtech" as the origin cluster of the Omnicons.</ref>
• Gargent—the GoBots continuity family.<ref name="almanacII"/>
• Malgus—the Animated continuity family.<ref>Mentioned in "Withered Hope", but confirmed as Animated in "Bee in the City" and Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac.</ref>
• Nexus—the cluster where the TransTech world of Axiom Nexus resides.<ref name="almanacII"/>
• Primax—the Generation 1 continuity family.
• Quadwal—the "real world".<ref>Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "fourth wall", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.</ref>
• Tyran—the live-action movie continuity family.
• Viron—the Robots in Disguise continuity family.<ref name="almanacII">Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II</ref>
• Xobitor—the, uh, Robotix family.<ref name="almanacII"/>
• Yayayarst—the Go-Bots continuity family.<ref name="almanacII"/>

Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

• Alpha—animated series
• Beta—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
• Gamma—comic book series
• Delta—motion picture/live action
• Epsilon—club/convention fiction
• Zeta—text stories, storybooks and other prose works (printed)
• Eta—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
• Theta—live performance/spoken word
• Iota—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
• Kappa—games (video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the Robots in Disguise cartoon continuity would be Viron 901.8 Alpha.

Officially-designated universal streams

These are the officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:

• Aurex—the Unicron Trilogy continuity family
  • Aurex 103.10 Alpha—the Micron Densetsu cartoon.<ref name=todiegame>"To Die Game!"</ref>
  • Aurex 603.0 Kappa—The Energon Within video game.<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Aurex 802.23 Alpha—the Armada cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>

• Gargent—the GoBots continuity family
  • Gargent -1084.22 Alpha—an evil GoBots mirror universe from the cartoon episode "Transfer Point".<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Gargent 984.08 Alpha—the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>

• Malgus—the Animated continuity family
  • Malgus 1207.26 Alpha—the Animated cartoon continuity.<ref name=almanac>Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac</ref>

• Nexus—the TransTech continuity family.
  • Nexus 208.0 Epsilon—Axiom Nexus.<ref name=almanacII/>

• Primax—the Generation 1 continuity family:
  • Primax -408.24 Epsilon—if one breaches "the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, one can reach the Shattered Glass universe.<ref>SG Aquarius' bio</ref>
  • Primax 095.0 Beta—the universal stream that's home to Generation 2 Bullet Bike's Tech Spec bio.<ref name="ilowtech">"I, Lowtech"</ref>
  • Primax 109.0 Beta—the original home of Alternity Convoy Vibrant Red.<ref>From Here to Alternity</ref>
  • Primax 207.0 Epsilon—the Classics continuity, a splinter timeline of the Marvel Comics US continuity continuity.<ref name="witheredhope">"Withered Hope"</ref>
  • Primax 388.0 Gamma—Japanese Generation 1 manga continuity, which branches off from cartoon continuity with the Super-God Masterforce manga.<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Primax 406.3 Eta—the Kiss Players radio drama.<ref name=todiegame/>
  • Primax 698.20 Theta—the world of "Visitations".<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Primax 703.02 Gamma—the world of the Devil's Due Press's G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity. <ref name=almanacII/>
  • Primax 787.3 Alpha—the Japanese The Headmasters cartoon continuity.<ref name="ilowtech"/>
  • Primax 903.0 Beta—the Binaltech continuity.<ref>"To Mega Therion"</ref>
  • Primax 905.0 Beta—the Binaltech Asterisk continuity.<ref>"The World Is Flat!"</ref>
  • Primax 984.0 Gamma—the Marvel Comics US continuity.<ref name="witheredhope"/>
  • Primax 984.17 Alpha—the Generation 1 cartoon continuity.<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Primax 1087.09 Alpha—the Video Challenger opening of the Headmasters.<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Primax 1291.0 Zeta—the "Another Time and Place" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity.<ref name="witheredhope"/>
  • Primax 1286.3 Kappa—The Mystery of Convoy game.<ref name=todiegame/>

• Quadwal—a strangely divergent continuity family.
  • Quadwal -3760.925 Theta—the world in which Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster were recruited to write the AllSpark Almanac.<ref name=almanac/><ref>The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the Hebrew calendar That answers THAT question.</ref>

• Tyran—the live-action film continuity family
  • Tyran 307.27 Zeta—the world of Ghosts of Yesterday.<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Tyran 407.1 Beta—the world of the movie toyline's Tech Specs.<ref name=todiegame/>
  • Tyran 707.04 Delta—the Transformers film.<ref name="witheredhope"/>

• Viron—the Robots in Disguise continuity family
  • Viron 403.0 Beta—home stream to Dreadwing and Smokejumper. <ref name=almanacII/>

• Xobitor—the Robotix continuity family
  • Xobitor 286.0 Gamma—the Robotix comic.<ref name=almanacII/>
  • Xobitor 1085.06 Alpha—the Robotix cartoon.<ref name=almanacII/>

• Yayayarst—the Go-Bots continuity family
  • Yayayarst 201.11 Beta—the only known stream in this family.<ref name=almanacII/>

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