Solar cycle

A Solar cycle is a unit of time that corresponds to how long Cybertron takes to rotate on its axis, which makes it the equivalent of to a day on Cybertron. There are ten solar cycles within a deca-cycle (or a Cybertronian week) and thirty-two solar cycles in an orbital cycle. Each solar cycle of a deca-cycle has a name given to it. They are, in the order that they would appear in a deca-cycle:

• Dillesol
• Gerbesol
• Davisol
• Maleksol
• Marxsol
• Glutsol
• Robbisol
• Wolsol
• Dixosol
• Wisesol

Notes

• As the names of the solar cycles were introduced in the reference heavy The AllSpark Almanac II, they were all designed as references to writers of episodes from the Generation 1 and Beast Wars cartoons (except for one).
  • Dillesol refers to Flint Dille, who wrote the Five Faces of Darkness five-parter.
  • Gerbesol is named for Steve Gerber, who did not write any episode scripts, but was the story editor of the original cartoon's third season alongside Flint Dille and pitched an idea for the Beast Machines series.
  • Davisol is based upon Paul Davids, responsible for episodes Cosmic Rust, Chaos, Thief in the Night, and Grimlock's New Brain.
  • Maleksol is named for Bryce Malek, who wrote the scripts for Transport to Oblivion, Fire in the Sky, A Prime Problem, and The Ultimate Doom triology.
  • Marxsol derives its name from Christy Marx, who is responsible for the Beast Wars episode Transmutate, as well as the unproduced episode Dark Glass.
  • Glutsol took its name from writer Donald F. Glut, who created various G1 episodes, including Heavy Metal War and Masquerade.
  • Robbisol is named after Dick Robbins, who worked on the same episodes as Bryce Malek.
  • Wolsol takes its name from Marv Wolfman, responsible for The Return of Optimus Prime two-parter episode, The Probe from Beast Wars, as well as various Beast Machines episodes.
  • Dixsol is named in honor of Buzz Dixon, writer of Prime Target, The God Gambit, and Carnage in C-Minor.