Seattle

Typical Seattleites.

Seattle is a city in the state of Washington in the United States of America, near the city of Tacoma. It contains a military base, an interstate highway, and a bunch of goddamn nuke-hating hippies.

The real-life Seattle has no military bases, though some neighboring cities do. Fort Lewis in particular is roughly 40 miles away, in a different county. The rest of the description is still absolutely true, though.

Fiction

Generation 1

Marvel Generation 1 comics

Seattle's Fort Lewis was the site chosen for the activation of Power Station Alpha, which was overseen by congresspeople, guarded by G.I. Joe, protested by anti-nuclear-power demonstrators, menaced by Dreadnoks, infiltrated by Bombshell, and ultimately stolen by Cobra. And in the middle of all that, it was also the site of Bumblebee's fateful destruction. However, the hapless Autobot's life was saved by the happy coincidence that G.B. Blackrock was enjoying a pleasure cruise in the area. When the industrialist's boat was the random victim of Cobra fighter-jet fire, the Joes who rescued him happened to bring the Transformers up in conversation, and he quickly volunteered his help. At Fort Lewis, he convinced them that Bumblebee was an ally worth rebuilding, which they did — into Goldbug. G.I. Joe and the Transformers

The Transformers cartoon

When Megatron brought the Key to Vector Sigma to Earth, he began experimenting with it in an area identified by Teletraan I as "20 miles west of Seattle-Tacoma." The ensuing battle threatened a nearby city, though it's unknown if it was Seattle, Tacoma, or even another. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2

"Seattle-Tacoma" may refer to the area in the real world called "SeaTac", which would become a city of its own five years after the episode was aired. Twenty miles west (more or less) is the edge of the Olympic National Forest, which is consistent with the evergreen forest Megatron begins cyberforming with the Key. If that geography holds true, then the city seen in the battle could not be SeaTac, Seattle, or Tacoma, as the three are separated from the Olympic Peninsula by Puget Sound.

Unicron Trilogy

Linkage

Stella Holley was a resident of Seattle, where she had a job as employee of a paperware manufacturer. One day after work, she found that three alien robots — Mini-Cons — had turned her car into a turbo cannon. This was the start of a beautiful friendship and, Linkage Part 1 presumably after they turned her car back to normal, Stella allowed the group to stay at her place for a while. Linkage Part 2 They stayed until the acquired a spaceship that they could make their new base, though they parked it near the coast so they could keep in contact with Stella. Linkage Part 5 Shortly after, another Mini-Con by the name of Falcia entered the new base and took one of the Mini-Con storage panels that Redline kept inside him with her, as it belonged to a teammate of hers. Falcia took it back into Seattle with her to her team's leader, Combusta, but before she could reach her, Falcia was attacked by the Speed Chaser Team. Combusta came to Falcia's aid and chased them away, but she could not prevent Falcia being shot and the storage panel being broken. Linkage Part 6 The two took the panel back to the Super Stunt Team's base, where they were provided with the technology to revive Twirl. Linkage Part 7

External links

• Seattle at Wikipedia