Autobot fleet

TheAutobot fleet(also known as theAutobot navy) is a fleet of powerful warships dedicated to the defence ofCybertron,its colonies,andthe larger galaxy.Generally, their main opponent is theDecepticon fleet.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Regeneration One

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When the rogue senatorJhiaxusreturned to Cybertron and proved hostile,The War to End All Wars, Part 1The War to End All Wars, Part 2the Autobot fleet attacked theHub Networkbut failed to defeat the technologically superior foe.The War to End All Wars, Part 3Instead, the Hub was felled via theWreckersutilizing the Hub's ownslam railsystem against it and the efforts ofShockwaveandStarscream(admittedly with help from theUnderbase) operating theArk.When the Hub collapsed, what few ships survived limped back to Cybertron,The War to End All Wars, Part 4only to find the planet and its populace had been corrupted by theDark Matrixentity. OnceRodimus Primehad defeated the creature, the Autobot fleet abandoned Cybertron once more, taking on a new life as interstellar ambassadors and champions of peace.The War to End All Wars, Part 5

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformerscartoon

Springerreferred toBroadsideand theAerialbotsas the Autobot fleet and dispatched them to extractRodimus Prime's group fromQuintessa.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2

WhenOptimus Primewas revived by theQuintessons,his brainwashing led him to lead the Autobot fleet into the path of a Quintesson doomsday device called "The Detonator". As per the Quintessons' plan, the Autobot fleet was utterly decimated by the Quintesson weapons, only being saved by theMatrix of Leadershippurifying the malicious coding in Optimus's mind who ordered what remained of the fleet to return to Cybertron while he rammed the flagship into The Detonator, dying once again but saving his people.Dark Awakening

Japanese cartoon continuity

As theGreat Warspread out into the cosmos, the Autobots joined severalalienpowers in forming theUniversal Peace Alliancewith the Autobots serving as the interstellar military force for the organization.Transformers: Victory (cartoon)

2005 IDW continuity

The Autobot fleet comprised a multitude of starship classes, most of the ships beingArk-class vessels.Shining Armor #5Last StandOur FinestThe fleet operated out ofAutobot Orbital Command Hub.Stormbringer #1

In the 1700s,Bumblebee,after a disastrous adventure on the planetXetaxxis,climbed into theMagnus Armor,its recall function returning the scout to the Autobot fleet where reported on the mission toAutobot High Command.Shining Armor #5

During theExpansion,the fleet came under attack from the forces of theDead UniversetheArk-12in particular suffering heavy damage.Spotlight: Cyclonus

Some years later,Sunstreakerbetrayed the Autobots toStarscream,granting the Decepticons all of the Autobot access codes. In what became known as theSurge,the Autobot fleet came under heavy attack, with the majority of its military might being wiped out.All Hail Megatron #5

At some point around this time, the Decepticons stole a batch of Model 84 exploration vessels from the Autobots and began using them as prisoner escort ships.AnimalsKill All 'Cons

Following Cybertron's reboot, what remained of the Autobot fleet limped back home.The Death of Optimus PrimeThe Autonomy Lesson

The Autobot fleet was rebuilt by the timeUnicronlaunched its attack on the galaxy, theArk-Zeroserving as the flagship. ThoughGarnakhad wished the fleet to jump toDevisiun,Unstopped and Unstoppablethe fleet first massed aboveCaminusto defend the colony from the monster and itsMaximalarmy only to be ravaged by the beasts' numerical superiority, quantum jumping back to Cybertron once the world had been consumed.Last StandWhen Starscream announced the existence of theDecepticon Vengeance Division,Windbladeproposed adding its might to the Autobot fleet only for a communication to come in that the DVD was already facing off against the monster.Stranger Eons

Unicron soon arrived over Cybertron, now having assumed a toweringrobot mode.The Autobot fleet rushed into action only to be met by the DVD, theDecepticon fleetnow warped into Unicron's service. Though the Autobots fought valiantly, they were ultimately defeated by the Decepticons' superior firepower, though not before they'd managed to destroy all the DecepticonWarworlds.Our FinestWhat few ships survived were teleported toEarthby themagicof theSpectral Knights.Road's End

Beast Wars: Uprising

By the 24th century, theHydrax Spaceportwas noted to serve as the dumping ground for the mothballed remains of the Cybertronian fleet, which presumably included the remains of the Autobot ships.Not All Megatrons

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Armadacartoon

The Autobot fleet escorted theExodusoff Cybertron, warping into action once the Decepticon fleet made their move, theHyperionfacing off against theDoomsday.Though theExodussuffered damage to itstranswarp drive,the Autobot fleet was ultimately successful in helping theMini-Consescape Cybertron.First Encounter

In2010,when theHydra Cannonarrived at Cybertron, a flotilla of Autobot ships scrambled to intercept it and destroyGalvatronforever only for them to fall to theHydra Cannon's might.Optimus Primesoon arrived and had the flag transferred to theAxalon.Uprising

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to combatUnicron,Alliancethe Autobot fleet fought alongside its Decepticon counterpart against the Chaos Bringer,Uniononly for their attacks to have no effect on their foe, the god feeding off the hatred of the warriors. Unicron was only felled through Galvatron's sacrifice with what remained of the fleets returning to Cybertron afterwards.Mortal Combat

Energoncartoon

Some ten years later, theMiranda IIhad become the fleet's new flagship.Go for Unicron!When a revived Unicron returned, the Autobot fleet moved to engage him and his Decepticon supporters, succeeding in returning the monster tostasis lock.Battle Stations

Timelines

When theUnicron Singularitythreatened to destroy Cybertron,Ultra Magnusdispatched the Autobot fleet to find the lost colony worlds and theCyber Planet Keysthey held. Magnus oversaw these operations from the Autobot flagship, theIron Hope.Force of Habit

Animatedcartoon continuity

To match the brutal might of their Decepticon foes, the Autobots enactedProject Omegawhich augmented their fleet with twelveOmega Sentinels,powerful living weapons, the last of them,Sigma Supreme,serving as the fleet's flagship. With this mighty fleet, the Autobots were able to enact a "planet-hopping" campaign and free all the captured colony worlds from Decepticon control. TheAmbush of Floron IIIlater saw the Autobot fleet decisively cripple its Decepticon counterpart.The AllSpark Almanac II

By the 21st century, the Autobot fleet had largely been decommissioned, with old warships being relegated to maintenance functions.Transform and Roll OutTransWarpedThe militarily active remnants of the fleet scrambled into action during theDecepticon Uprisingsbut found their forces stretched to near breaking untilMegatroncalled off the attacks.TransWarped

Aligned continuity family

WhenDark Energoncontamination forced theCoreto shut down,Optimus Primewas forced to order a planetary evacuation. Though the Autobot fleet quickly mobilized, they were met by the orbitingTrypticonwho used his cannon alternate mode to destroy any fleeing ships. Once Trypticon had been defeated, the fleet resumed its evacuation.War for CybertronBefore the battle of Iacon, a handful of transports escaped the planet, followed by theArkitself.Fall of CybertronSometime after theArkhad launched,Impactoroversaw the departure of a later batch of ships,Rage of the Dinobots #1while some stragglers,Ultra Magnusamong them, later departed in personal ships, intending to meet up with the larger fleet.Rage of the Dinobots #4