Civil Defense Hub

TheCivil Defense Hubis the headquarters of theCybertronian Civil DefenseinIacon.Capable of controllingCybertron's planetary defences, the building is a key strategic location.

Fiction

Regeneration One

Ultra Magnuswas stationed at the Civil Defense Hub whenTrailbreakerbrought him the news thatKupand theWreckershad deserted Cybertron in a shuttle and absconded toEarthaboard theCosmic Carnival.This upset Magnus so much he punched through one of his screens.Loose Ends, Part 2

While Magnus was away on Earth, the formerHeadmastersHighbrow,BrainstormandHardheadhad returned, resurrected byScorponokonNebulosand turned evil by hisGene Key.They landed in theBadlandsand made their way to the Civil Defense Hub, slaughtering the Autobots stationed within and taking the facility for Scorponok's use.Natural Selection, Part TwoScorponok calledGrimlockthere to execute the AutobotPunchwho appeared to be immune to the Gene Key's effects, but Grimlock defied his orders.Natural Selection, Part Two

Grimlock andTreadshotwere left at the Hub while Scorponok was away preparing to unleash a planet-scale version of the Gene Key at theSonic Canyons,when an alert came in from theNursery.Recognising it as a signal from hisDinobots,Grimlock incapacitated Treadshot and departed to meet up with them. Subsequently, Scorponok had the DecepticonClonesPounceandWingspanposted at the Civil Defense Hub when theValiantreturned to Cybertronian space, ordering them to wait until Magnus's squad and the Wreckers were within range and then blow them out of the sky.Natural Selection, Part Four

However, a small group of Autobots comprisingHosehead,Grapple,CrosshairsandBlurrsucceeded in retaking the Civil Defense Hub with the aid of the Dinobots, neutralising the guardsGuzzleandRoadblockand capturing the Clones. As the cloaked surface-to-air cluster missiles were launched towards theValiantCrosshairs demanded the pass-code necessary to disarm them. When Pounce hesitated, Crosshairs shot him at point-blank range and quickly got the proper pass-code from the remaining Clone.Natural Selection, Part Five

Finding that over ninety percent of the Civil Defence Force had been wiped out in his absence, Magnus rallied the remaining troops at the Civil Defense Hub with a not particularly convincing speech. Conferring with Optimus Prime on Earth, he reported that relief teams had been sent to Nebulos to deal with the traumatised population there, while he himself had doubts about Hot Rod's leadership. Prime advised him to trust Hot Rod as he had to learn to do things his own way.Destiny, Part OneWith a resurgence in activity fromSoundwave's Neo-Decepticons, Magnus remotely coordinated the Wreckers in an attack onFort Scykfrom the Civil Defense Hub but they found that the base had been abandoned and booby-trapped. Elsewhere,Prowl,Red AlertandStreetwisereported they could only find low-level Decepticons likeRunamuckon the streets so Magnus recalled his other patrols, assuming that the 'Cons had gone to ground.Destiny, Part Three