Universal stream
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The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records.[1] There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.[2] Bug Bite claims that there are over fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.[3]
Deciphering the terminology
Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book series.
List of known continuity family indicators:
- Aurex—the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
- Cymond—the continuity family of various TakaraTomy non-Transformers franchises.
- Fornax—the Kre-O continuity family.
- Gargent—the GoBots continuity family.
- Iocus—the Hero Mashers, Bot Shots, Construct-Bots, and Battle Masters continuity family.
- Lukas—the Star Wars Transformers continuity family.
- Malgus—the Animated continuity family.
- Nexus—the cluster where the TransTech world of Axiom Nexus resides.
- Primax—the Generation 1 continuity family.
- Quadwal—the "real world".[4]
- Rovio—the Angry Birds Transformers continuity family.
- Tyran—the live-action movie continuity family.
- Uniend—the Aligned continuity family.
- Viron—the 2001 Robots in Disguise franchise continuity family.
- Xobitor—the, uh, Robotix family.
- Yayayarst—the Go-Bots continuity family.
Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak, Trent Troop, and Jim Sorenson, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:
- Alpha—animated series
- Beta—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
- Gamma—comic book series
- Delta—motion picture/live action
- Epsilon—club/convention fiction
- Zeta—text stories, storybooks, and other prose works (printed)
- Eta—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
- Theta—live performance/spoken word
- Iota—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
- Kappa—games (video and otherwise)
- Lambda—covers, still images, and advertisements (there's so many Lambdas these days that Vector Prime stopped keeping track Ask Vector Prime)
Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, Primax 514.03 Gamma would be the designation for the IDW Transformers vs. G.I. Joe comic series.
Officially-designated universal streams
These are the officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:
Aurex
The Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
- Aurex 103.10 Alpha—the Micron Densetsu cartoon.[5]
- Aurex 105.08 Alpha—the Galaxy Force cartoon.[6]
- Aurex 402.0 Gamma—the Dreamwave Armada comic.[7]
- Aurex 405.0 Epsilon—the Fun Publications Cybertron fiction.[6]
- Aurex 503.01 Gamma—the Linkage comic mini-series.[6]
- Aurex 503.21 Gamma—the Panini Armada comic.[8]
- Aurex 603.0 Kappa—The Energon Within video game.[9]
- Aurex 604.0 Beta—the Omega Sentinel toy.[6]
- Aurex 615.03 Epsilon—the Beast Wars of Alpha Q's universe.[6]
- Aurex 802.23 Alpha—the Armada cartoon.[9]
- Aurex 1006.0 Beta—Jungle Planet Optimus Prime's toy bio.[8]
- Aurex 1107.23 Beta—the Tech Specs from the Black Friday release date of the Cannonball/Downshift "Search for the Pirate Moon" two-pack.[10]
Cymond
The continuity family for pre-Transformers lines and other miscellaneous series related to Transformers.
- Cymond 290.03 Alpha—the Brave Exkaiser cartoon.[6]
- Cymond 381.0 Beta—the "New Microman" toyline that included Micro Change.[6]
- Cymond 772.0 Beta—the Henshin Cyborg, Diakron, and Kronoform toylines.[6]
- Cymond 999.04 Alpha—the Zoids cartoon.[6]
- Cymond 1184.0 Gamma—the Starriors comic miniseries.[6]
Fornax
- Fornax 711.01 Alpha—the Kre-O Transformers cartoon.[7]
- Fornax 813.0 Gamma—the Kre-O Transformers comic.[7]
Gargent
- Gargent -1185.01 Alpha—an evil GoBots mirror universe from the cartoon episode "Transfer Point".[6]
- Gargent 984.08 Alpha—the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon.[9]
Lukas
The Star Wars continuity family.
- Lukas 577.25 Beta—the Star Wars Transformers continuity.[7]
Malgus
The Animated continuity family.
- Malgus -411.27 Zeta—the "Shattered Glass Animated" universe.[11]
- Malgus 1207.26 Alpha—the Animated cartoon continuity.[12]
Nexus
The TransTech continuity family.
Primax
The Generation 1 continuity family. There's a LOT of these ones!
Major Primax universes
- Primax 290.03 Gamma—the Marvel Comics UK Earthforce continuity.[6]
- Primax 488.12 Alpha—the Super-God Masterforce cartoon.[6]
- Primax 490.0 Gamma—the universe introduced in "Rhythms of Darkness!"[6]
- Primax 496.22 Alpha—the Beast Wars cartoon.[6]
- Primax 787.3 Alpha—the Headmasters cartoon.[15]
Minor Primax universes
- Primax -408.24 Epsilon—the Shattered Glass universe.[16]
- Primax 094.0 Beta—the Hero Optimus Prime toy.[6]
- Primax 095.0 Beta—the Bulletbike toy's bio.[15]
- Primax 109.0 Beta—the original home of Alternity Convoy Vibrant Red.[17]
- Primax 185.0 Beta—the Decepto-Pack toy.[6]
- Primax 196.0 Beta—the first wave Beast Wars bios.[6]
- Primax 206.24 Gamma—the Beast Wars Reborn text story.[6]
- Primax 207.0 Epsilon—the Classics comics.[13]
- Primax 209.0 Gamma—the Beast Wars: Uprising universe.[18]
- Primax 290.0 Zeta—the Zone story pages.[6]
- Primax 388.0 Gamma—the Super-God Masterforce manga.[9]
- Primax 400.05 Alpha—the Car Robots cartoon.[6]
- Primax 406.3 Eta—the Kiss Players radio drama.[5]
- Primax 498.1 Alpha—the Beast Wars II cartoon.[19]
- Primax 504.0 Gamma—the Beast Within comic.[6]
- Primax 509.28 Epsilon—the Wings Universe continuity.[20]
- Primax 512.5 Gamma—the Regeneration One comic.[7]
- Primax 513.25 Beta—the Transformers GT: Mission GT-R toyline.[6]
- Primax 514.23 Iota—the Transformers X Evangelion text story.[6]
- Primax 514.29 Gamma—the Cloud continuity.[7]
- Primax 603.0 Beta—the Heroes of Cybertron Gigatron toy.[6]
- Primax 613.28 Lambda—the convention exclusive cover of My Little Pony Micro-Series #5.[6]
- Primax 698.20 Theta—the "Visitations" script reading.[9]
- Primax 700.12-N4 Kappa—the Nintendo 64 Beast Wars Transmetals video game.[6]
- Primax 700.12-SP Kappa—the PlayStation Beast Wars Transmetals video game.[6]
- Primax 703.02 Gamma—the G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comics.[9]
- Primax 703.09 Gamma—the doomed universe introduced in Armada #13.[6]
- Primax 706.05 Gamma—the IDW Hearts of Steel comics.[6]
- Primax 785.06 Alpha—the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers cartoon.[6]
- Primax 785.13 Zeta—the Marvel UK letters page.[6]
- Primax 797.18 Epsilon—the 3H Beast Era continuity.[8]
- Primax 798.0 Gamma—the Beast Wars II manga.[8]
- Primax 807.11 Zeta—the timeline included with the Kiss Players/15 Go! Go! compilation.[6]
- Primax 886.0 Gamma—the Transformers: The Movie comic.[6]
- Primax 895.0 Gamma—the "The New Battle!!" comic.[21]
- Primax 903.0 Beta—the Binaltech continuity.[22]
- Primax 905.0 Beta—the Binaltech Asterisk continuity.[23]
- Primax 994.0 Gamma—the Fleetway Generation 2 comic.[6]
- Primax 1086.0 Kappa—The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth video game.[6]
- Primax 1087.09 Alpha—the Video Challenger opening of the Headmasters.[9]
- Primax 1099.01-N6 Kappa—the Beast Wars Metals 64 video game.[6]
- Primax 1099.01-PS Kappa—the Transformers: Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle video game.[6]
- Primax 1104.10 Lambda—the cover of G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3.[6]
- Primax 1114.26 Gamma—the Functionist Universe.[6]
- Primax 1185.04 Alpha—the universe introduced in the G.I. Joe episodes "Worlds Without End".[6]
- Primax 1186.0 Lambda—the cover of #26 of the Marvel Transformers series.[7]
- Primax 1206.0 Beta—the Autorooper toy and the timeline included with it.[6]
- Primax 1286.3 Kappa—the Mystery of Convoy video game.[5]
- Primax 1291.0 Zeta—the "Another Time & Place" text story.[13]
- Primax "whatever" Zeta—the Big Looker Storybook books.[24]
Quadwal
A strangely divergent continuity family.
- Quadwal -3760.925 Theta—the world in which Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster were recruited to write the AllSpark Almanac.[12][25]
Rovio
The Angry Birds continuity family.
Tyran
The live-action film continuity family.
- Tyran 207.28 Gamma—the IDW movie comics.[7]
- Tyran 208.28 Gamma—the alternate Titan Magazines timeline started by "Twilight's Last Gleaming".[6]
- Tyran 307.27 Zeta—the world of Ghosts of Yesterday.[9]
- Tyran 407.1 Beta—the world of the movie toyline's Tech Specs.[5]
- Tyran 509.12 Zeta—Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel.[7]
- Tyran 607.07 Kappa—the world of Capture the Cube.[9]
- Tyran 609.08 Kappa—the Revenge of the Fallen mobile phone game.[6]
- Tyran 609.23-XP Kappa—the Revenge of the Fallen PC video game.[7]
- Tyran 707.04 Delta—the Transformers film.[13]
- Tyran 1211.03 Theta—the world of Transformers: The Ride – 3D.[6]
Uniend
The Aligned continuity family.
- Uniend 610.23 Zeta—the Aligned book series begun by Transformers: Exodus.[8]
- Uniend 713.01 Alpha—the Go! cartoon.[6]
- Uniend 812.21 Kappa—the Fall of Cybertron video game.[7]
- Uniend 911.05 Alpha—the Prime cartoon continuity.[7]
Viron
The 2001 Robots in Disguise continuity family.
- Viron 403.0 Beta—the home stream to Dreadwing and Smokejumper.[9]
- Viron 704.08 Gamma—the "Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?" comic.[7]
- Viron 901.8 Alpha—the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon.[10]
- Viron 903.0 Beta—the Sam's Club-exclusive release of Optimus Prime.[8]
Xobitor
The Robotix continuity family.
- Xobitor 286.0 Gamma—the Robotix comic.[9]
- Xobitor 1085.06 Alpha—the Robotix cartoon.[9]
Yayayarst
The Go-Bots continuity family.
- Yayayarst 086.0 Beta—the world of First Transformers.[6]
- Yayayarst 201.11 Beta—the world of 1-2-3 Transformers.[9]
References
- ↑ This information, which forms the seed of this article, comes from the text story "Withered Hope".
- ↑ In "Worlds Collide, Part 4", the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating Optimus Prime, adrift in the multiverse.
- ↑ "Games of Deception"
- ↑ Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "fourth wall", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "To Die Game!"
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 "Ask Vector Prime" on Facebook
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter"
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Transformers I.Q. (issue #56)
- ↑ Transformers I.Q. (issue #58)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Withered Hope"
- ↑ "Timeless"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "I, Lowtech"
- ↑ SG Aquarius's bio
- ↑ From Here to Alternity
- ↑ BWU Depth Charge bio
- ↑ Transformers I.Q. #8
- ↑ "Invasion: Epilogue"
- ↑ "Hero" Optimus Prime bio
- ↑ "To Mega Therion"
- ↑ "The World Is Flat!"
- ↑ Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts
- ↑ The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BCE is the first day of the Hebrew calendar That answers THAT question.
