Praxus

Is this Praxis?

Praxusis one ofCybertron'scity-states,located in the northern hemisphere. It borders one or more of the following city-states:Iacon,Uraya,andProtihex,making it a candidate for the city-states theTri-Torus Loopleads to. Praxus is Cybertron's technological and cultural center and occupies a prominent position in Cybertron's political arena. This tends to put the citizens at odds with theDecepticons,who seek to forcefully reimagine Cybertronian society. For this reason, Praxus often is targeted during the early phases of thewar.

Sometimes, it becomes more popularly known asPraxis.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

DreamwaveGeneration Onecontinuity

• Locations
  • TheAssembly
  • TheDecepticon High Command Aerie
  • TheHelix Gardens
  • Internment Camp Pi

Over 8.7 million years ago,Praxus was a flourishing, utopic metropolis, one of the Tri-Peninsular Torus States,Transformers: The Ultimate Guideand home toBluestreakHardwiredandProwl.The War Within #1Many of its citizens pursued a career as merchants and traders,New World Orderwhile others had occupations that supported Praxus's status as Cybertron's technological and cultural center. Praxus was a city with little coherence in its architecture. Rather, the city's buildings reflected the essence of the all-encompassing tradition of Praxus, with some bearing the mark of shadowy ancient cultures whereas others were designed in the spirit of progress. One building looked like a pyramid, with a large glowing orb on top of it that glowed blue, orange and white in order. The orb broadcast agreetingin every availableCybertronian languageto anyalienculture elsewhere in theuniverse.Another building of unknown purpose appeared as a hundred massive, opaque bubbles stacked on top of one another. The city's landscape additionally featured white, blue, brown and golden towers, massive bulbous structures and ziggurats, and a number of citizens lived in apartments in graceful, cezium steel towers. The center of the city was occupied by the circular, domed and spired structure of theAssembly,the crown on Praxus's achievements.

The downside of Praxus's prosperity was that it drew the attention ofMegatron.As a symbol of the virtues of the "old way", its existence was a liability to the philosophies of the Decepticon faction, and it eventually became the target of a grand scale attack. The intent was for every citizen present in the city at that time and every piece of evidence of their culture and civilization to be destroyed, with one exception. One citizen had to survive in order to spread the message of the Decepticons' might.Ramjetwas put in charge of selecting and secretly protecting the lone survivor. The choice fell on Bluestreak, who ended up performing his role as Decepticon propaganda tool excellently.Hardwired

A short time after the death ofSentinel Primehalf a million years later,GrimlockcalledJazz,Prowl, and otherAutobotsto the former site of Praxus'sHelix Gardensto discuss the impending succession. Grimlock believed that the city served as a metaphor; The old ways were gone and the Decepticons' ruthlessness had left them without equivalent options. He informed his peers that if the newPrimewas not able to do what needed to be done, they would have to take over leadership of the Autobots and, if necessary, take out the new Prime.The War Within #1

Centricide colorized.

2.2 million years later, Praxus became Megatron's base of operation during theAge of Internment.He had nearly all of the Autobots enslaved inInternment Camp Pi,where they were put to work digging a tunnel to Cybertron's very core. He himself took up residence in theDecepticon High Command Aerie,which like everything in Praxus was guarded byAerospace Extermination Squadron units.Shockwavewas given a laboratory inside the aerie to find a way to make the squadron units loyal to Megatron instead of their true masters, theQuintessons.The Age of Wrath Pt.2Shockwave's research advanced steadily, the only interruptions being a series of inexplicable explosions inside his lab.The Age of Wrath Pt.3

Megatron was informed by the Quintessons that the Autobot rebels hiding inIaconwere advancing on Internment Camp Pi to free their comrades, so theDecepticon leaderwent there to personally deal with them. Meanwhile, Shockwave succeeded in reprogramming two squadron units, only to find one of them possessed byGrimlock's ghost.The Age of Wrath Pt.4

In 2003, theKeepersinformed Bluestreak how he had been manipulated by Megatron in the past, fueling his hatred for the Decepticons and Megatron in particular.HardwiredWhen Shockwave arrived onEarthwith the message that the war on Cybertron was long over and the order for the Earth-stationed Transformers to surrender, Bluestreak was the most fiercely opposed to obliging the Decepticon.New World Order

2005 IDW continuity

Bluestreak was from Praxus.The One Where They Go to Earth

One time before the war, an electrical storm hit the Tri-Peninsular Torus States. As it passed close to Praxus and Protihex, it interruptednewsfeedsand scrambled communications inRodion.Chaos Theory Part 2

Beast Wars: Uprising

During theGrand Uprising,theResistancecaptured Praxus, a mixed city whereMaximalsandPredaconsco-existed. However, they soon ceded the city to the independent warlord-turned-monarchRage,who annexed into her growing domain. It did not survive theVehicon Apocalypse;any survivors of the blitzkrieg retreated to her capital ofTriax.Derailment

War for Cybertron Trilogycontinuity

War for Cybertron Trilogymarketing material

Praxus was once a shining beacon of high technology and Cybertronian achievement during Cybertron's golden age. As a result of the war, the city had been completely decimated by aDecepticonattack. In the rubble of what remained, the city plunged into lawless chaos. As the final days of the war drew closer, both theAutobotProwland the DecepticonBarricadewere dispatched to the location.SiegeTeletraan-1 Data Files

War for Cybertron Trilogycartoon

During a dark chapter in Praxus' history, the criminal classes outnumbered the law enforcement personnel. To manage this, the ruling council developed thecore override,the remote detonation of abrain module.Prowl lived through these events and came to be deeply ashamed of them.Siege episode 5

2019 IDW continuity

Nightbeatonce held a posting in Praxus where he met Prowl.Swindle's

Cyber Key Code info

The inhabitants ofJungle Planethave a card game they callPraxus Fold 'Em.One would reason that Praxus exists then, though whether the place is located on Jungle Planet or Cybertron is unclear.Brimstone's Cyber Key Code text

Live-action film series

Praxus exists and lies between the area where thesmelting poolis located andPolyhex.The Launch Pad andCentral Citycan be found some space aside from Praxus.Risk

Shattered Glass

WhenAstrotrainhad attached himself to the hull of theArkand was destroying the ship's guns along with hisMicromastersquad,Rodimuscompared them to Praxianmech-ticksand suggested they'd deal with them the same way; by burning them off.Do OverThere's also a place calledPraxus-Delta,but the nature of its supposed connection to Praxus is unknown.BotCon 2008 Rodimus profile card

Aligned novels

• Locations
  • TheAssembly
  • TheHelix Gardens

Praxus was a progressive state, its Helix Gardens a symbol of theGolden Age,and its Assembly was where scientists ofCrystal CityandNova Cronumpresented their findings. Many of its citizens approved ofMegatron's anti-caste systembeliefs, but were disappointed by his militant direction. Megatron felt betrayed by this reaction, and so he sentSeekers,ConstructiconsandBruticus Maximusto attack. The Praxians threw in their support with the Autobots. With Praxus far from primary Decepticon territory, Megatron ran into the same supply problems as the Autobots normally did, and Praxus became the war's first stalemate. With thousands dead and the city ruined, Megatron conceded defeat and his soldiers left.

It was at Praxus thatOptimus Primegained two indispensable allies inIronhideandProwl.It was also the place whereRatchetmade his name as medic and soldier.Exodus

Merchandise

• RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition(2007)

Praxus is the purple rotatable zone on the board.

Notes

• Bluestreak's toybioandUniverseprofilestate that his home city was destroyed by Decepticons, withUniverseadding that Bluestreak was the lone survivor, but neither give the city a name. The same is true for theDreamwave Generation One continuity,including theMore Than Meets The Eyebooks.It wasScott Ciencinwho established inHardwiredthat Bluestreak's home city is Praxus. This likely was because at the time "Hardwired" was written, only a few locations on Cybertron had been given names and of them only Praxus had the properties to be Bluestreak's home city. The fact Bluestreak'smoldsakeProwlwas already established to be from Praxus may have contributed to the decision. In any case, whether future continuities will keep to this or reassign Bluestreak's home to another location is yet to be seen.
• According toSelectsSiegeSmokescreen'sHasbro Pulsepage,Barricade,Prowl,andSmokescreenare part of the "Praxus-native collection."
• In an earlier draft of the2007 moviecalled thePrime Directive,while introducing him,Optimus Primeadds thatIronhidewas forged in the Tri-Peninsular Torus states of Praxus.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Praxus(プラクサスPurakusasu)