Simanzi Massacre

The Simanzi Massacre is a battle from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Simanzi Massacre was a watershed moment for the Cybertronian race - a titanic battle in the region known as Simanzi that raged for generations, annihilating half of the entire Cybertronian race and leaving the planet Cybertron almost entirely under Decepticon control. Little else is known about it except that something called The Crucible was at the centre of it.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

The Simanzi Massacre occurred in the first cycle, 3178.

Five miles from the Crucible, Ultra Magnus and Rotorstorm found themselves wading through a muddy muck of some kind, trying to evade a troop of Cybernoughts. They were not entirely successful; one of the battle suits caught them unawares and blasted Ultra Magnus. The Gloaming

The Autobot 9th Battalion only survived thanks to Rotorstorm's timely intervention, but it took the involvement of Optimus Prime to prevent over a thousand Autobots (such as Pyro) and neutrals from falling into The Crucible. Rotorstorm's Profile Pyro's Profile The Duobots Shock and Ore were among the survivors. The Chaos of Warm Things Fortress Maximus became famous for the amount of Decepticons he killed at Simanzi. Interiors

The battle, or perhaps the Crucible, caused some kind of superheating of the planet's entire southern hemisphere, requiring some length of time to cool down. The Becoming

The Massacre was one of the many things the Wreckers ignored in favour of chasing Squadron X. Zero Point In response to it, the Endless Retaliation was performed.

The Massacre was such an evil act on the behalf of the Decepticons that, years later, Rewind used it to show Tailgate the true nature of the Decepticons. Life After the Big Bang

Megatron, for many years, regarded Simanzi as the closest he ever came to total victory. The Becoming