Terminus (G1)

The name or term "Terminus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Terminus (disambiguation).

Terminus is a Transformer from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

You can't see me!

_{This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.}

Terminus was a co-worker and influence on young Megatron.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Terminus was a drill operative at the Messatine mines and, most importantly for Megatron, a proofreader and distributor for his political writing. (He kept quiet about how he distributed it) A mining accident tore off his legs and he simply wasn't 'worth' the cost of fixing. Megatron topped up his energon with his own rations, even as Terminus told him not to. Eventually, getting suspicious of his role in distributing tracts, the mine administrators came around to have a nice chat about how they'd hope he'd get better. This backfired: Terminus instead demanded Megatron devote more of his time, that he harden himself against negotiations, and that he should make himself a figurehead instead of relying on the collective.

When Messatine had to be evacuated, Terminus' body went missing. Births, Deaths, and Interventions

Megatron dedicated Towards Peace to Terminus, only to remove the dedication in a revised edition. When asked as to why by Rung, Megatron simply noted that Terminus taught him to "not get attached". Towards Peace

Notes

The script for the Megatron Origin comic series initially included a character who would have met Megatron and served as a 'mentor' to Megatron in his early days, but the character was removed when the script was shortened from six issues to four.