Adaptus
- Adaptus is a deity from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Adaptus is a god, believed to have "forged" the Cybertronians and given them the ability to transform. As such, the transformation cog is associated with him.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 comics
After the creation of Cybertron, Primus split his essence into five beings that became a pantheon of deities called the Guiding Hand. Adaptus was blessed with an infinity of shapes and he stood alongside Mortilus, Solomus, Epistemus as well as Primus himself. Together, they brought about the first Golden Age and guided early Cybertronian civilization. Their reign ended when disharmony broke out as Mortilus desired to strike out against the universe. His dissension caused Cybertron to shudder and ripped asunder the first moon where he managed to bring about the end of the Guiding Hand. Adaptus was stripped bare and turned into a transformation cog before Mortilus was destroyed. Though defeated, Adaptus passed the legacy of transformation to future generations of Cybertronians as his gift to them. Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations
Forging is somehow associated with Adaptus: forged medics (rather than constructed ones) have natural fluidity of movement in their hands that make them the best medics, and this is seen by some as proof of Adaptus' existence. (Ratchet doesn't believe that bit) Life After the Big Bang That may be why there used to be apartheid on Cybertron over whether you were forged or constructed cold. Chaos Theory Part 1
The Militant Monoform Movement symbolically rejected Adaptus by surgically removing their transformation cogs. Life After the Big Bang While explaining to Springarm that he was skeptical of religion, Orion Pax admitted that he didn't believe in the gods Primus, Mortilus and Adaptus. Chaos Theory Part 2