Post by Dead End on Nov 21, 2007 19:39:26 GMT -5
Protection Level: Average; Available to "authorized" Decepticons1
Format: Audio recording with slide show
Decepticon Logo
"I am the Stunticon Dead End, and this is a brief history of Cybertron in the reality from which Starscream, Hook, myself and several others seem to originate. A list of known Decepticons and Autobots from this reality will be attached as an addendum. This emblem is the Decepticon symbol in my reality."
Autobot Logo
"The Autobot emblem from our reality. The pre-modern portions of this report have been put together with input from Hook and Starscream."
Low-res image of a Quintesson in front of a spaceship sitting on a bleak, rocky plain
"Several million years ago, Cybertron was a factory world owned by a race of aliens known as Quintessons. The robots of Cybertron were originally built as servant robots, sold by the Quintessons for profit. At some point, we had enough of slavery, rebelled against the Quintessons, and drove them off Cybertron. This was the First Great War. We dimly remembered them as 'The Builders'."
Timeline chart
"The Decepticons originally derived from military robots, and the Autobots from non-military models. The origins of the Second Great War are sketchy, but that was the first time we Decepticons tried to take our rightful place as rulers of Cybertron and the galaxy--and were thwarted by the Autobots. The Autobots supposedly developed transformation technology first, though we acquired it from them and adapted it for our own use. Unfortunately, we lost the Second Great War, and supposedly disappeared from history."
"Apparently, much of the history of the Second War was suppressed during the Autobot's so-called 'Golden Age'. Fortunately for us, most Autobots were stupid enough to believe their own victorious propaganda. The Autobots did not mark the rise of Megatron as anything or anyone notable until he started leveling their cities. How unfortunate for them. Megatron had no successful opposition until modern times; however, the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, managed to slow Decepticon conquest enough that the fighting dragged out for millions of years. Unwilling to compromise and submit to Megatron's rule, the Autobots fought until Cybertron was an energy-drained husk, then fled searching for energy to steal from other worlds to continue their pointless, futile battle."
"Megatron took an elite crew and pursued the Autobot starship and boarded it in what eventually proved to be Earth's solar system. In the ensuing battle, Prime attempted to destroy everyone by crashing the vessel into the planet Earth. He very nearly succeeded; for four million years, both Autobots and Decepticons remained deactivated inside the wrecked ship."
"A geological disturbance activated the ship's auto-repair systems, which repaired the Decepticons aboard, thanks to the quick actions of Skywarp, the first to be repaired. After the repair systems apparently ran down, the ruined Autobot ship was abandoned for opportunities elsewhere on that technologically-developed planet. Unfortunately, some event must have re-triggered the ship's auto-repair systems and subsequently awakened the Autobots."
"Over the next twenty years, the Autobots under Optimus Prime did what they had done on Cybertron: lost steadily, but delayed Megatron's conquest. In spite of Prime's efforts, the Decepticons under Megatron and Starscream acquired enough energy to revitalize Cybertron and drive the Autobots off Cybertron entirely by the year 2005. That period also saw the creation of the most powerful Decepticon units: we Stunticons, Trypticon, and the re-creation of the Constructicons, and the Combaticons. It also saw the Autobots' futile attempts to counter us with the creation of the Aerialbots and the Protectobots. Somewhat more successful was the creation of Metroplex."
"In 2005, the Autobots retained a toehold on the two moons, and their bases on Earth along with their human allies. Megatron opted to strike at the Autobot's powerbase on Earth, in a risky, 'go-for-broke' strategy. That was the day everything went greasy-side up."
"Megatron took Starscream, the Constructicons, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Soundwave and his cassettes, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, Reflector, Eye-fire, and the Insecticons, that I know of. Starscream captured an Autobot shuttle over the dead shells of some of Optimus Prime's elite cadre--that he personally killed with Megatron in hand. That and the termination of Optimus Prime were possibly the only good things out of that raid."
"Further details are sketchy. Optimus Prime was definitely killed by Megatron. As for the rest, it is said that Megatron was gravely wounded by Prime, perhaps killed. Starscream returned to Cybertron in Astrotrain, on the last dregs of the latter's fuel, but without Megatron, Skywarp, Thundercracker, or the Insecticons. They were all killed in battle with the Autobots, and the bodies jettisoned to save fuel. Starscream took leadership of the Decepticons."2
"Enter Unicron. Unicron was--is--a gigantic living machine planet that eats other planets. It also transforms, so it could also be the largest Transformer in existance. What none of us knew at the time was that Unicron had stalked the shuttle home."
"It salvaged some of the jettisoned Decepticons, and re-made and re-programmed them to suit itself. One of those was Megatron--he became Galvatron, and apparently did not follow the program Unicron intended."
"A purple spacefighter crashed Starscream's coronation ceremony, and out of it leaped Galvatron--the spacefighter transformed into his lieutenant, Cyclonus. Galvatron transformed into a sort of fusion cannon artillery piece and fired. That, I fear, was the end of Starscream's reign and history."
"Galvatron lead us to attack the Autobots. Things were rather chaotic after that--Unicron ate both moons and attacked the planet. Shockwave sent all the Seekers and spacefighters and other fliers up to defend our world against the Great Devourer. A few survived. Shockwave did not. He was under Unicron's first strike on Cybertron."
"Somehow, the Autobot Hot Rod got turned into Rodimus Prime, the new Autobot leader, defeated Galvatron, and destroyed Unicron. Those few of us who survived were exiled from Cybertron; we starved for a year on a burnt-out world called Charr."
"Then Cyclonus and Scourge came out of space to rally us and search for Galvatron, whom they eventually found, and then there were the Quintessons pretending to ally with us when they really wanted to use us to kill all Cybertronians, and Galvatron returned to lead us, and it's been very involved since then."
"Some of this involvement included the return of Starscream as an extremely vindictive ghost, the exile of Octane, the exile of Blitzwing, the attempt by Cyclonus to cure Galvatron of his insanity--that went rather badly; various attempts by the Quintessons to cause trouble, and the spectacle of the Autobots blowing up an entire inhabited world to keep us Decepticons from using its resources."
"This history concludes early in the year 2007; Rodimus Prime was leader of the Autobots, and Galvatron was leader of the Decepticons at that time."
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1I.e., once you've been interviewed and vetted as Not A Security Risk, you're "authorized". Unless Senior Officers say differently.
2Certain rumors about who tossed whom out airlocks have been omitted. Dead End is tired of being shot by Starscream.
Format: Audio recording with slide show
Decepticon Logo
"I am the Stunticon Dead End, and this is a brief history of Cybertron in the reality from which Starscream, Hook, myself and several others seem to originate. A list of known Decepticons and Autobots from this reality will be attached as an addendum. This emblem is the Decepticon symbol in my reality."
Autobot Logo
"The Autobot emblem from our reality. The pre-modern portions of this report have been put together with input from Hook and Starscream."
Low-res image of a Quintesson in front of a spaceship sitting on a bleak, rocky plain
"Several million years ago, Cybertron was a factory world owned by a race of aliens known as Quintessons. The robots of Cybertron were originally built as servant robots, sold by the Quintessons for profit. At some point, we had enough of slavery, rebelled against the Quintessons, and drove them off Cybertron. This was the First Great War. We dimly remembered them as 'The Builders'."
Timeline chart
"The Decepticons originally derived from military robots, and the Autobots from non-military models. The origins of the Second Great War are sketchy, but that was the first time we Decepticons tried to take our rightful place as rulers of Cybertron and the galaxy--and were thwarted by the Autobots. The Autobots supposedly developed transformation technology first, though we acquired it from them and adapted it for our own use. Unfortunately, we lost the Second Great War, and supposedly disappeared from history."
"Apparently, much of the history of the Second War was suppressed during the Autobot's so-called 'Golden Age'. Fortunately for us, most Autobots were stupid enough to believe their own victorious propaganda. The Autobots did not mark the rise of Megatron as anything or anyone notable until he started leveling their cities. How unfortunate for them. Megatron had no successful opposition until modern times; however, the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, managed to slow Decepticon conquest enough that the fighting dragged out for millions of years. Unwilling to compromise and submit to Megatron's rule, the Autobots fought until Cybertron was an energy-drained husk, then fled searching for energy to steal from other worlds to continue their pointless, futile battle."
"Megatron took an elite crew and pursued the Autobot starship and boarded it in what eventually proved to be Earth's solar system. In the ensuing battle, Prime attempted to destroy everyone by crashing the vessel into the planet Earth. He very nearly succeeded; for four million years, both Autobots and Decepticons remained deactivated inside the wrecked ship."
"A geological disturbance activated the ship's auto-repair systems, which repaired the Decepticons aboard, thanks to the quick actions of Skywarp, the first to be repaired. After the repair systems apparently ran down, the ruined Autobot ship was abandoned for opportunities elsewhere on that technologically-developed planet. Unfortunately, some event must have re-triggered the ship's auto-repair systems and subsequently awakened the Autobots."
"Over the next twenty years, the Autobots under Optimus Prime did what they had done on Cybertron: lost steadily, but delayed Megatron's conquest. In spite of Prime's efforts, the Decepticons under Megatron and Starscream acquired enough energy to revitalize Cybertron and drive the Autobots off Cybertron entirely by the year 2005. That period also saw the creation of the most powerful Decepticon units: we Stunticons, Trypticon, and the re-creation of the Constructicons, and the Combaticons. It also saw the Autobots' futile attempts to counter us with the creation of the Aerialbots and the Protectobots. Somewhat more successful was the creation of Metroplex."
"In 2005, the Autobots retained a toehold on the two moons, and their bases on Earth along with their human allies. Megatron opted to strike at the Autobot's powerbase on Earth, in a risky, 'go-for-broke' strategy. That was the day everything went greasy-side up."
"Megatron took Starscream, the Constructicons, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Soundwave and his cassettes, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, Reflector, Eye-fire, and the Insecticons, that I know of. Starscream captured an Autobot shuttle over the dead shells of some of Optimus Prime's elite cadre--that he personally killed with Megatron in hand. That and the termination of Optimus Prime were possibly the only good things out of that raid."
"Further details are sketchy. Optimus Prime was definitely killed by Megatron. As for the rest, it is said that Megatron was gravely wounded by Prime, perhaps killed. Starscream returned to Cybertron in Astrotrain, on the last dregs of the latter's fuel, but without Megatron, Skywarp, Thundercracker, or the Insecticons. They were all killed in battle with the Autobots, and the bodies jettisoned to save fuel. Starscream took leadership of the Decepticons."2
"Enter Unicron. Unicron was--is--a gigantic living machine planet that eats other planets. It also transforms, so it could also be the largest Transformer in existance. What none of us knew at the time was that Unicron had stalked the shuttle home."
"It salvaged some of the jettisoned Decepticons, and re-made and re-programmed them to suit itself. One of those was Megatron--he became Galvatron, and apparently did not follow the program Unicron intended."
"A purple spacefighter crashed Starscream's coronation ceremony, and out of it leaped Galvatron--the spacefighter transformed into his lieutenant, Cyclonus. Galvatron transformed into a sort of fusion cannon artillery piece and fired. That, I fear, was the end of Starscream's reign and history."
"Galvatron lead us to attack the Autobots. Things were rather chaotic after that--Unicron ate both moons and attacked the planet. Shockwave sent all the Seekers and spacefighters and other fliers up to defend our world against the Great Devourer. A few survived. Shockwave did not. He was under Unicron's first strike on Cybertron."
"Somehow, the Autobot Hot Rod got turned into Rodimus Prime, the new Autobot leader, defeated Galvatron, and destroyed Unicron. Those few of us who survived were exiled from Cybertron; we starved for a year on a burnt-out world called Charr."
"Then Cyclonus and Scourge came out of space to rally us and search for Galvatron, whom they eventually found, and then there were the Quintessons pretending to ally with us when they really wanted to use us to kill all Cybertronians, and Galvatron returned to lead us, and it's been very involved since then."
"Some of this involvement included the return of Starscream as an extremely vindictive ghost, the exile of Octane, the exile of Blitzwing, the attempt by Cyclonus to cure Galvatron of his insanity--that went rather badly; various attempts by the Quintessons to cause trouble, and the spectacle of the Autobots blowing up an entire inhabited world to keep us Decepticons from using its resources."
"This history concludes early in the year 2007; Rodimus Prime was leader of the Autobots, and Galvatron was leader of the Decepticons at that time."
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1I.e., once you've been interviewed and vetted as Not A Security Risk, you're "authorized". Unless Senior Officers say differently.
2Certain rumors about who tossed whom out airlocks have been omitted. Dead End is tired of being shot by Starscream.