Master (planet)
- Master is a planet in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Planet Master is an alien world with particularly hazardous atmospheric conditions. It became home to a group of Cybertronian refugees, and would later be most notable for the advanced technology they developed there, including Headmaster Transtectors.
RTM dub name: Master Star
Fiction
Headmasters animated series and manga
Millions of years ago, during the Cybertronian civil wars, many groups of Autobots fled the planet in order to escape the unending conflict. One particular group of diminutive robots, so young as to not yet have even mastered transformation, wound up crash-landing on Master. Unable to repair their ship, they attempted to eke out an existence on Master, mining energy and constructing cities, but the planet's deadly weather conditions and seasonal changes - including sandstorms, whirlwinds, metal-searing acid raid, scorching heatwaves and, during the ensuing four million years, even two ice ages - claimed the lives of many of their number. The need for survival fostered many technological advances, most specifically the creation of larger, stronger Transformer bodies named "Transtectors" that could better weather Master's dangerous environments, to which the small robots connected as heads.
Chaffing under the leadership of Fortress Maximus, Scorponok and some of the other newly-created "Headmasters" rebelled, and were forced off of Master, eventually joining up with Galvatron's Decepticons. The Decepticon ninja Sixshot is known to have visited Master before the inception of Headmaster technology, so he may have helped forge this team-up, but whatever the case, he and the Decepticon Headmasters returned to Master in 2011 to attack the Autobots there, before pulling out to join Galvatron in an attack on Cybertron. The Autobot Headmasters departed Master aboard Battleship Maximus, pursuing their enemies to their home planet and teaming up with the Autobots there; Fortress and Scorponok eventually became the supreme leaders of their relative factions, and the advanced technology that they brought with them from Master was responsible for resurrecting Soundwave and Blaster as Soundblaster and Twincast.
Life continued on Master, with more young Headmaster Warriors undergoing the training to perfect their transformation powers. Some time later, however, after being defeated on Earth, Scorponok's Decepticons returned to Master, and the young warriors formed a resistance force to battle them. A small group of refugees escaped from Master to alert the Autobots to their planet's plight, but after doing so, they were caught in a plasma explosion and fused to the arms of several Autobot and Decepticon warriors, creating the Targetmasters. The Autobots subsequently returned to Master to aid the resistance effort, but Scorponok had discovered G-Metal beneath Master's surface and used it to forge the Zarak Shield, with which he bested Fortress Maximus. Having claimed this victory, the Decepticons then departed Master for their final attack on Earth.
TV Magazine Masterforce prologue
Following the failure of the Decepticons' attack on Earth, they were forced off the planet for good, and the war became space-based, with the Autobot and Decepticon forces operating on Athenia and Chaar, respectively. The advanced technology of planet Master formed the backbone of this conflict, which was dubbed the "Master Wars." The Transtector technology of Master was subsequently upgraded with the addition of Masterbraces to create the Headmaster Juniors, and was presumably responsible for the creation of the Godmaster Transtectors as well.
