Velocitron
Velocitron, otherwise known as the Speed Planet, was colonized by a group of spacefaring, trailblazing Cybertronians aboard the starship Ogygia eons ago. Huge superhighways and racetracks crisscross the surface of this desert planet, patrolled by colossal cleaning and road repair drones.
Racing is the order of the day for the denizens of the Speed Planet, and if you're not a racer, working for a racer, or watching a race, then you're clearly not a Velocitronian. This is no planet for the slow-moving or bulky Cybertronians; everyone, from the enormous to the elderly transforms into some variety of high-powered racing vehicle. Even the slowest of Velocitronians can outrun most offworlders.
Fiction
Cybertron cartoon
Most of the globe was covered in seas of sand interspersed with rocky cliffs, though reportedly it had a "bayou" region that was a bit more swampy in nature. The Diablo Desert was part of an offroad race on Velocitron. It was a hazardous course wracked by sandstorms and a deadly "quicksand zone", whose vortices could appear without notice. Sand
The planet-spanning super-races, the Speedia 500 and the Planet Cup, were some of the most important events in Velocitronian society. So obsessed were the Velocitronians with speed that the winner of the Planet Cup would become the planet's ruler. Until the recent arrival of the Autobots and Decepticons from the forgotten world Cybertron, Override held court (the first and only female Velocitronian to do so), but she was defeated in an upset by the impetuous Hot Shot.
Velocitron, like its three sister planets Gigantion, Animatron, and Earth were threatened by the Unicron Singularity. Only the discovery of the planet's Cyber Planet Key, which over time had come to be used as the trophy for the Planet Cup race, could ensure its survival.
The AllSpark Almanac
Velocitron was a robotic planet in the Autobot Commonwealth. The Revenge shot down Delta Supreme over Velocitron. The AllSpark Almanac II
Aligned novels
Exodus
Velocitron was a colony world linked to Cybertron by space bridges during the Golden Age. Exodus
Exiles
Velocitron was one of seven planets orbiting a dying yellow star an incredible distance away from Cybertron (to fly between the two without aid of a space bridge would take longer than the sum of Cybertronian history). The Velocitron system is about halfway the galactic core in an area of space defined by a triad of star clusters. The star Velocitron circled was, on a planetary scale, near its end. The radiation emitted by the star created massive solar storms, which had the effect of severely disrupting communications on the planet.
During the Golden Age of Cybertron, a great space bridge network allowed ships to spread colonies among the stars. Velocitron was one such colony founded by the crew of the starship Ogygia. Since the collapse of the space bridge network and Velocitron's subsequent isolation, the Velocitronians cared about one thing and one thing only- speed.
Viewed from space, Velocitron appears as a brown and grey ball that has been covered in a mesh net. The lines of this “net” are world spanning roads (lined with bleachers) and the knots are nodal settlements built around road interchanges. While there are foundries, mines, factories and more, these have all been subordinated to the primacy of speed. The majority of the planet has been reengineered to provide a smooth ride. Few locations have been spared this reconstruction and the Velocitronians show little to no interest in those, limiting even their maps entirely to the road systems. One area that remains natural is the southern magnetic pole, an area of jumbled sandy hills, windblown heights, and thin slot canyons where the ancient monolith that once served as beacon for the space bridge network still stands, distorting the local spacetime.
Velocitron's capital is the city of Delta, near to the equatorial zone of the world. It is the location of the Speedia, the great celebration-race which decides the most prominent citizens, and, on some occasions, even the political leaders of the planet. Velocitron's Transformers have a distinctive visual style to their construction: exceptionally long limbs, elongated torsos, streamlined bodies with armor flourishes that are designed for aerodynamics. According to Optimus Prime a number of entirely new types of Transformers have come into being here that are unknown on Cybertron. There are, however, no fliers in the colony.
The smooth, flat engineered surface of the planet, plains and desert allow great windstorms to roar across the world, with little to ease or break their fury. The Velocitronians accept these storms as part and parcel of the challenges they face in their races. Other than the solar storms and extreme windstorms, dwindling mineral resources are also a major problem for the colony. Optimus Prime noted that the vast amount of resources spent on upgrading racers and racetracks may be contributing to this shortage.
Speed is absolutely revered on Velocitron, and its two leaders are usually chosen from past winners or placers of the Speedia, the world's foremost sporting event. The current pair of leaders, Override and Ransack, have been edging closer and closer to civil war due to Ransack's desire to rule solo.
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Foreign names
- Japanese: Speedia (スピーディア Supīdia)
