Cybertron (planet)

The name or term "Cybertron" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, seeCybertron (disambiguation).

Cybertronis the home planet of theTransformersand (usually) the body of their creator,Primus.Cybertron is (almostalways) a shining metal, technological world; a planet of towering future cities without end and vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains and bottomless neon-lit chasms. Battling over control of Cybertron and its resources is frequently the motivation for, or origin of, the Transformers' epic wars. Beyond these facts much about Cybertron can differ between continuities, see individual entries below.

“	This world is older than you can imagine. It has sailed the starscape... tending budding galaxies... forever a buffer tothe approaching darkness.And now its fate... is in your hands.	”
—A voice toOptimus Prime,The War Within#6

Contents 1Generation 1 continuity family 1.1Marvel Comics continuity 1.1.1MarvelThe Transformerscomics 1.1.2Significant locations 1.1.3Regeneration One 1.1.4Transformers '84 1.2Generation 1 cartoon continuity 1.2.1The Transformerscartoon 1.2.2Japanese cartoon continuity 1.2.2.1Kiss Players 1.2.2.2Generations Selects Special Comic 1.2.2.3The Headmasterscartoon 1.2.2.4Unite Warriors 1.2.2.5Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio 1.2.2.6Beast Warscartoon 1.2.2.7Beast Wars Returnscartoon 1.2.2.8Legendscomic 1.2.2.9Beast Wars Neocartoon 1.2.3Wings Universe 1.3A Birth of Planet Saybertron 1.4Beast Warscartoon continuity 1.4.1Beast Warscartoon 1.4.2Beast Machinescartoon 1.4.33H comics 1.5DreamwaveGeneration Onecontinuity 1.6G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers 1.72005 IDW continuity 1.7.1The Functionist Universe 1.8Transformers vs. G.I. Joe 1.9Beast Wars: Uprising 1.10Ask Vector Prime 1.11Of Masters and Mayhem 1.12Prime Wars Trilogycontinuity 1.12.1Prime Wars Trilogymarketing material 1.12.2Prime Wars Trilogycartoons 1.13Star Trek vs. Transformers 1.142019 IDW continuity 1.14.1Alternate future 1.15Transformers/Ghostbusters 1.16Transformers vs. The Terminator 1.17War for Cybertron Trilogycartoon 1.17.1Alternate timeline 1.18My Little Pony/Transformers 1.192021Beast Warscomic 1.20Calm Sleep Stories 1.21Energon Universe 2Robots in Disguise(2001) 3Unicron Trilogy 4Live-action film series 4.1Movies 4.1.1Transformersfilm 4.1.2Revenge of the Fallenfilm 4.1.3Dark of the Moonfilm 4.1.4The Last Knightfilm 4.1.5Bumblebeefilm 4.2IDW movie comics 4.3Titan movie comics 4.3.1Alternate timeline 5TransTech 6Shattered Glasscontinuity family 6.1Fun PublicationsShattered Glasscontinuity 6.2IDWShattered Glasscomic 7Animated 8Aligned continuity family 8.1The Covenant of Primus 8.2Video games 8.2.1Transformers: War for Cybertron 8.2.2Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark 8.2.3Transformers: Fall of Cybertron 8.3Aligned novels 8.4Primecartoon 8.5Rescue Botscartoon 8.62015Robots in Disguisecartoon 8.7Rescue Bots Academycartoon 9Knights of Unicron 10Cyberversecontinuity 10.1Alternate universes 11EarthSparkcartoon 12Onefilm 13Toys 13.1Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 13.2Cybertron 13.3Welcome to Transformers 2010 13.4The Last Knight 14Notes 14.1Foreign names 15References 16External links

Generation 1 continuity family

Marvel Comics continuity

MarvelThe Transformerscomics

Cybertron was the adopted form of the lord of theLight GodsPrimus,who trapped himself andUnicronin barren asteroids which they then shaped into their physical forms. While Unicron turned his prison into a transformable, humanoid body, Primus reformed himself into a vastSaturn-sized machine-world, home for arobotic racehe created to fight Unicron with similartransformationabilities.The Primal Scream

It has been suggested that theDemonsin the darkness were the world's original inhabitants, locked away beneath the world by Primus, though this remains unconfirmed.

Aside from the Transformers, the world seems to possess the mechanical equivalent of plant and animal life, though the exact nature and origin of this lower "life" has never been examined in detail. This version of Cybertron has rough hewnmountain rangesand greatseas.(Though of note these seas are not made ofwater.Liquid water is so rare on Cybertron as to be thought a mythical substance. Alternative substances these bodies are filled with are mercuryThe Smelting Pool!and liquid heliumThe Primal Scream^[1]) The atmosphere and temperature on most of the surface is such that human life can survive unaided.

In its earliest recorded era Cybertron orbitedAlpha Centauri,and the Transformers were at peace.The TransformersFrom an unknown point of time, Cybertron was ruled by theOverlords,a governing council of absolute rulers. Over time, their power and number dwindled, until Cybertron was composed of multiple city-states who were constantly clashing with each other; the key three powers wereVos,TarnandIacon.While all the major cities were using their might to pork energy at the expense of others, Iacon did ration theirs out to neighbouring smaller cities. Tarn and Vos, by comparison, built up vast armies. In an attempt to lessen growing hostilities caused by the splintering governments and the dwindling resources on Cybertron, the last Overlord started theGames:an inter-citygladiatorial tournament.This allowed the population to exorcise their hostilities, and soon the vicious athleteMegatronhad a cult of personality based around him and his feats. He built this up, quietly planning to unite Cybertron under his own rule and turn it into a mighty cosmic dreadnought! One of his great rivals was Optimus Prime, the champion of Iacon.

Vos — ruled by aStarscream-headed criminal syndicate — sent its athletic team to bomb Tarn (ruled byShockwave) and finger Iacon as the culprit. As with all plans by Starscream, this cocked up — Tarn realised Vos had attacked it, and war broke out that devastated both cities. Iacon happily let its rivals beat on each other. During the conflict, Optimus Prime tried to get the Overlord to safety but Megatron secretly ensured the leader starved to death; once the war ended, Megatron used his fame and charisma to convince the war's survivors that Iacon was at fault for not stepping in to prevent the war, and that Iacon was the enemy. This angry mass became the first Decepticons.State Games

Megatron rallied his army to march on the Autobot cities, conquering large swaths of Cybertron untilOptimus Primearose from the Autobots ranks to match his old foe. Megatron's ultimate aim was to turn Cybertron into a "cosmic dreadnought", intending to use his homeworld as a galaxy conquering warship.The TransformersTo achieve this, Megatron constructed a prototype set ofplanetary enginesinKalis.Meltdown!

Before Megatron could achieve his dream, the sheer firepower unleashed by theGreat Wartore Cybertron from its orbit and sent it hurtling aimlessly throughout the cosmos. When it passed through theSol system,theasteroid beltthreatened to destroy Cybertron forcing the Autobots to use theArkto clear a path for their world. Though they were successful, they were ambushed byDecepticonsled by Megatron, and their battle ended with a crash-landing on Earth that left all the combatants deactivated. Their compatriots on Cybertron mourned their loss but continued the wars.The Transformers

The young warlordTrannisseized on his opportunity and assumed command of the Decepticon forces, reorganizing the army and conquering all butIacon.After a long stalemate, Trannis decided "screw it" and razed Iacon, finally putting Cybertron under Decepticon rule. As the centuries passed, Trannis grew complacent in his rule allowing theWreckersto assassinate him which only served to allow for the more brutalStraxusto take command.Cybertron: The Middle Years!

By1985,the Autobots had been forced into guerrilla warfare against their foes. When the Earth-bound Transformers contacted their homeworld, the Decepticons made plans to connect the two planets viaspace bridge.The Smelting Pool!ThoughPerceptor's resistance cell managed to destroy the bridge and kill Straxus, they were left stranded on Earth.The Bridge to Nowhere!

After Optimus Prime's physical demise, Megatron went properly off his rocker and blew up the space bridge he was standing on,Gone but Not Forgotten!which transported him to theDead Endon Cybertron, spending the next few years as a mindlessEmpty.The Resurrection Gambit!

Circa1990,members of the Ark crew fought with theMayhem Attack Squadin a chamber containing the giant head of Primus. A stray shot hit the god's face, and he awoke with a scream that alerted Unicron to his location.The Primal Scream

When the Chaos Bringer arrived, the Autobots and Decepticons united against him, but the battle still wreaked havoc on the planet. Unicron was defeated by the opening of theCreation Matrix,but only after he'd already destroyed Primus.On the Edge of Extinction!In the aftermath, Cybertron suffered storms and earthquakes that many believed would tear the world apart.Exodus!The remaining Transformers evacuated, but Cybertron was ultimately saved by the united efforts of Optimus Prime and theNeo-Knightswho awakened theLast Autobot.The Last Autobot?The ancient steward revealed that upon the Matrix's opening, the planet had been bathed in its energy and was in fact healing itself. After he guided the process in a steady manner, he and Prime recalled the Autobots before returning the humans to Earth and finally bringing peace to the metallic planet.End of the Road!

Significant locations

• Cybertron has two moons.The Bridge to Nowhere!
• Cybertron was historically organized into city-states, the largest and most important beingIacon.Others have includedKalis,Tarn,andVos.Within the province ofPolyhexwas the Decepticon stronghold calledDarkmount.
• Beneath theMutantfilled sewers, theDemons in the Darknesswere locked away.
• At the center of this Cybertron there was a room with a huge head of Primus on the wall where he slept and was watched over by theKeeper.Somewhere within the depths of Cybertron could also be found a chamber containing theLast Autobot.

Regeneration One

Before creating the Cybertronians,Primuscreated theDemonsas a first run. The creatures' free will however caused them to turn each other and Primus attempted to wipe the slate clean. Though most perished, a few survived beneath Cybertron's surface, unnoticed by the Cybertronians who took their place.Natural Selection, Part Four

Prior to the Great War, Cybertron had trade relations with other mechanical planets.The War to End All Wars, Part 1

As Cybertron reconstructed itself following Unicron's defeat, theDark Matrixentity merged itself with the planet infecting every crack and becoming one with it as Primus had done before.The War to End All Wars, Part 5After the end of the Great War, thePax Cybertroniawas signed which brought peace to the planet.Loose Ends, Part 1

After 21 years of relative peace, however, the planet was again thrown into the fire by the machinations of the Dark Matrix entity,The War to End All Wars, Part 5marked by the destruction of the Last Autobot.CounterpointAfter learning that Megatron still lived and was wreaking havoc on Earth, Optimus left the planet underHot Rod's leadership.Loose Ends, Part 3Scorponokplanned to use aGene Keyto turn all on the planet into Decepticons. Natural Selection, Part OneThough the Decepticon was halted, his scheme had caused great damage to Cybertron,Natural Selection, Part Fivewith many turning themselves in or asking to be prosecuted for war crimes.Destiny, Part OneCybertron however was soon invaded by Bludgeon'sWarworld,Destiny, Part Threewhich soon turned into all out war before theWreckersdestroyed the ship.Destiny, Part Five

As Cybertron began (another) cleanup, rogue senatorJhiaxusarrived,The War to End All Wars, Part 1and offered to integrate Cybertron into theHub Network.The War to End All Wars, Part 2The Autobots soon went to war with the Hub and while they were offworld, the Dark Matrix struck out on Cybertron, turning everyone on the planet intoshadow-leeches.Hot Rod, now Rodimus Prime, eventually realized the Dark Matrix creature had been posing as Primus and confronted it inZero Space.There, Optimus Prime revealed the entity's plan to Rodimus and that the only way to prevent it was to sever their own reality from the multiverse which Rodimus reluctantly did. Cut off from Primus, Cybertron and its people became mortal, with the latter abandoning the planet in the aftermath. When Rodimus Prime returned to Cybertron after untold eons to finally die, the last vestiges of his Spark energy flowed to one of the stasis pods inhabited by the Demons anda new breed of Cybertronianemerged to tame the planet.The War to End All Wars, Part 5

Transformers '84

After Cybertron had been ripped from its orbit, Shockwave test fired aplanetary turbinethat directed the planet towards the dangerousStellae Cimeteriumto try and have Megatron refocus onProject Dreadnoughtto no avail.Secrets & Lies #1

Despite this, Optimus Prime felt that Megatron represented the greatest threat to Cybertron, not least because Cybertron's errant course could be halted by a series of controlled explosions, and launched the Ark in an attempt to lureDecepticon High Commandoff Cybertron forever, entrustingPunchto ensure that Megatron never saw their home planet again, so that the Autobot army could have a fighting chance.Transformers '84 #0

After clearing away theasteroid beltthat threatened Cybertron, Optimus crashed the Ark on Earth once it had been boarded by the Decepticons.Secrets & Lies #2Despite this, the situation on Cybertron deteriorated for the Autobot army,Straxusemerging as thede factoDecepticon leaderand leading a brutal campaign against the remaining Autobots. Once he was secure in his power, he gave Counterpunch the clearance to reactivate Project Dreadnought. Punch brought the information back to the Autobots who formed theWreckersto end Dreadnought.Secrets & Lies #3

Despite coming up againstAbominus,the Wreckers succeeded in destroying Project Dreadnought, leaving Cybertron to continue its errant course throughout the cosmos. With the Decepticons firmly in control of the planet, the Autobots opted for a decentralized approach to warfare under a shared high command.Secrets & Lies #4

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformerscartoon

Cybertron appearedconsiderably smaller than the planet Earth.Entirely metallic on the surface, some of thelowest levelsof Cybertron consisted of rock and dirt, suggesting an organic beginning to the planet. Its gravity was light enough thathumanswere able to traverse the surface without any trouble, and it possessed a breathable atmosphere.Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2Water,or at least a substance resembling it, was in evidence on the planet—lakes and rivers have been shown to exist, albeit sparingly.Grimlock's New BrainWar DawnMany levels below the surface was the energy-furnace, thePlasma Energy Chamber,The Rebirthand at the heart of the planet was the spherical mega-computer,Vector Sigma.The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1

Cybertron was orbited by at least three unnamed moons, but its own place in the cosmos appears unfixed—in1984,it was clearly shown to exist outside of theMilky Way;on the cusp of an entirely different galaxy, in fact.Roll for ItNine million years prior, however,StarscreamandSkyfirehad been able to fly from their home planet to Earth under their own power,Fire in the Skysuggesting that it may drift freely through space, and had been passing through the Sol System at that point, going on to drift out of the galaxy over the ensuing millennia.

If the assorted colourful exclamations made by numerous Transformers are anything to go by, Cybertron also played host toa vast array of fauna,including but not limited to:antroids,bolt-bats,cyber-ducks,dynametal ducks,electro-toads,glitch-mice,guinea pigatrons,helio-hamsters,hydroweasels,photovoltaic pussycats,pigeonoids,retrorats,robo-rats,sheepacrons,titanium moose-bots,turbofoxes,zap-miceandroboto-possums.

Though Cybertron's precise origins are unknown, twelve million years prior to2006,the planet was used by theQuintessonsas a mega-factory.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4Their first creations were theTrans-Organics,monstrous fusions of organic flesh and Cybertronian metal. Deeming them as failures, the Quintessons destroyed what creatures they could and sealed away the seven they could not in theHibernation Chamber.The Dweller in the DepthsDispensing with the organic, the Quintessons manufactured two lines of purely mechanical creations, "consumer goods" and "military hardware". Having done too good a job however, the robots evolved into fully sentient creatures that understood cruelty and began a revolt against the Quintessons.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4In theAutobot Rebellionthat followed, the Quintessons sent theirDark Guardiansout to do the actual fighting while they remained safe in their stronghold ofHive City.When the rebel leaderA-3turned hisCoder Remoteagainst the Dark Guardians,Forever Is a Long Time Comingthe Quintesson rule collapsed and they were forced off Cybertron.

With the Quintessons gone, the Autobots built a peaceful society but this new peace was short-lived. The military hardware line had evolved into theDecepticonsand began a war of conquest under the rule ofTrannis.Better suited for warfare, the Decepticons destroyed twoAutobotleadersuntilSentinel Primedevelopedtransformationtechnology. With this advantage, the Autobots thought themselves victorious and brought about theGolden Age.

Eventually, however, the Decepticons adopted transformation as well, along withrobot modeflight, and around nine million years ago, the creation of the DecepticonMegatronre-ignited the war on Cybertron.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4Megatron rallied like-minded individuals to his cause, and brainwashed others into his service,The Secret of Omega Supremequickly killing the current Autobot leader in a strike on one ofIacon's outer cities. With this act kept out of the public knowledge, rumors circulated as Autobot machinesmithAlpha Trionworked diligently on a new process to reconstruct Autobots into battle-hardy configurations for the war he knew was coming. That war finally erupted in full when Megatron fatally injured a naive young dock worker, Orion Pax, and Alpha Trion made him the first subject of his new process, reconstructing him intoOptimus Prime,who would lead the Autobots in theThird Cybertronian War.War Dawn

After a further five million years of war, during which many Autobots fled the planet,Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2the Decepticons had acquired a large hold on the planet, with the majority of it under their control. The main Autobot force continued to operate from the capital city-state of Iacon, but Cybertron's energy levels were depleted to a dangerous low, necessitating a space mission to locate a new planet with new sources of energy that the Transformers could harness. Optimus Prime led his best and brightest on theArk,but they were pursued by Megatron's elite troops, and all were stranded in stasis on Earth for four million years.More than Meets the Eye, Part 1

In the ensuing four million years,Shockwave,who Megatron had left in charge as guardian of the planet, maintained the Decepticon hold on the planet, though he was unaware of the continued guerrilla efforts ofElita One'sFemale Autobotsto undermine him as they raided his energy supplies.The Search for Alpha TrionEventually, Cybertron's energy level dipped so low as to put the planet in immediate, mortal danger. Reestablishing contact with Megatron, who had awoken with the other Transformers on Earth in the year 1984, Shockwave co-designed thespace bridge,an intergalactic transport system that could transportenergoncubesfrom Earth to Cybertron, abating the planet's impending doom.Transport to Oblivion

When Optimus Prime'scosmitronwas destroyed, the Autobots dispatched a party to Cybertron to claim a replacement that was still inWheeljack's workshop.Divide and Conquer

Cybertron's place in the universe was forcibly altered in 1984 when the Decepticons constructed a colossal space bridge that actually transported the entire planet into theSol system,into Earth's orbit,The Ultimate Doom, Part 1where its gravity wreaked havoc with the planet's natural balance, unleashing an unending torrent of energy created by natural disasters.The Ultimate Doom, Part 2The energy acquired re-energized Cybertron enough to put it out of the danger zone, but the planet was soon knocked out of orbit by a massive energon explosion, and set drifting off through the solar system.The Ultimate Doom, Part 3At this closer range, Cybertron remained easily accessed throughout 1985 at least, with the Autobots now able to reach it by conventional transportation (Omega Supreme), rather than having to constantly hijack use of the spacebridge.The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1

After Megatron had duped the human race into thinking the Autobots were the invading faction of Cybertronians, the exiled Autobots intended to return to Cybertron only for Megatron to sabotage their flight plan.Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1

Not long after that didn't work out, the Cybertronians on Earth, save those who had been built on the planet, began malfunctioning due to depleting stores ofcybertonium.At Megatron's order, Shockwave mined and sent a large batch of the substance to Earth for the Decepticons to be healed. Intercepting the communication,SpikeandCarlywent off to intercept the shipment. Though they initially asked theDinobotsto help,Grimlocksaw a chance to abandon Optimus Prime's group and led his team through the space bridge,Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1whereupon they were captured and enslaved by Shockwave, save Swoop who retreated into Cybertron's underground.Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2Undeterred, Carly and Spike space bridged to the metallic planet themselves,Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1using their small size to dodge Shockwave's blaster fire and sabotage delicate parts of his equipment. Escaping underground, the humans met Swoop who helped them free the other Dinobots and return to Earth with the cybertronium shipment.Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2

When Shockwave discovered that Elita One's band of Autobots still lived, the Decepticons took her as a hostage to try and have Optimus Prime surrender himself. Despite knowing the danger, Optimus rushed to Cybertron where he was taken prisoner. Though Starscream intended to melt Optimus in acid, Elita One used her ability to stop time to save him, requiring the Prime to bring her to Alpha Trion for repairs. The remainder of Elita's squad met up with Ironhide, Powerglide and Inferno, who had followed Optimus through the space bridge, and engaged the Decepticons, succeeding when Optimus and Elita returned.The Search for Alpha Trion

Tiring of his forces constantly being defeated on the ground, Megatron built theStunticonsin response but needed Vector Sigma to truly bring them to life. Returning to Cybertron, the Decepticons claimed theKey to Vector Sigmafrom Alpha Trion, using its power to turn thecenturion droidsagainst the Autobots who pursued him. With their new warriors, the Decepticons left Cybertron.The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1Taking inspiration from their foes, the Autobots built theAerialbotswith Alpha Trion sacrificing his life to activate Vector Sigma and bring them online.The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2

When Shockwave'sKronospherecame online, the Autobots made for Cybertron to investigate its energy signature. Though intending to use the device to plunder Cybertron's pre-war energon reserves, Megatron instead used it to shunt the Aerialbots into the past. Though he intended to send them to the beginning of time, Autobot damage to the device sent them nine million years into the past, where they ensured Orion Pax would become Optimus Prime, before they returned to the present.War Dawn

In one of Starscream's attempts at becomingDecepticon leader,he returned to Cybertron to steal thepersonality componentsof theCombaticons,implanting them into new bodies. When this ended in them all being banished to an asteroid,Starscream's BrigadeStarscream abandoned his new warriors and made for Cybertron. Beating him home, the Combaticons used their combined form ofBruticusto overthrow Shockwave and conquer the planet, using the space bridge to sendEarthtowards itssunas revenge against Megatron. Making another alliance, Optimus Prime and Megatron led their forces to Cybertron, the combined armies defeating Bruticus and ending the Combaticons' reign.The Revenge of Bruticus

By the Earth year 2005, Cybertron had exited the Sol system, but, remaining within the Milky Way, was still relatively easily accessible by shuttlecraft from Earth. By this time, the Decepticon forces had succeeded in conquering the entire planet, forcing all the Autobots off it, leading them to relocate toAutobot Cityon Earth, and to two staging ground bases on two ofCybertron'smoons.It was at this time that Cybertron came under attack from the world eater,Unicron,who consumed the two moonbases and assaulted Cybertron itself, only to be destroyed by the power of theAutobot Matrix of Leadership.His deactivated, decapitated head fell into orbit around Cybertron, a grisly new satellite to replace those he had destroyed.The Transformers: The MovieWith the Decepticon forces in disarray after Unicron's attack,Rodimus Primeand his troops succeeded in driving their foes off Cybertron, reclaiming the planet for the Autobots, and restoring and re-energizing much of the planet by 2006.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1

Seeing an opportunity, the Quintessons made an alliance with the fracturedDecepticon Empireto attack Cybertron.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4While the Decepticons attacked Cybertron, the Quintessons sent aSharkticoncommando team to flip thelarge switchthat would deactivate every Transformer across the galaxy. AfterGalvatronflipped it and the Quintessons rejoiced at having Cybertron back, though they had not planned for Spike Witwicky who destroyed the switch. Restored, Galvatron shot at the Quintessons before ordering his forces to retreat.Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

When a later Quintesson plot reanimated Optimus Prime, he stranded Rodimus Prime's group in theAutobot Mausoleumand returned to Cybertron, leading theAutobot fleetinto a trap. Having been given theMatrix of Leadershiponce again, its energies purified Prime's mind of the Quintesson programming whereupon he ordered the Autobots to return to Cybertron.Dark Awakening

Being pursued by Galvatron's elite, the renegade DecepticonOctanehid on Cybertron's abandoned Decepticon areas where he was found by Starscream'sghost.Starscream's GhostDuring an attempt byDaniel WitwickyandWheelieto discoverUltra Magnus's date of creation,Cyclonussent theLost Cybertronian Storage Asteroidon a collision course with Cybertron to disrupt theFirst Inter Galactic Peace Conferencebut the Autobots managed to destroy the rogue planetoid.Surprise PartyCybertron later played host to various alien diplomats.Madman's Paradise

Undeterred in his desire to live again, Starscream possessedScourgeand ventured to Unicron's head, bargaining with the Chaos Bringer for a new body. Agreeing, Unicron sent Starscream and Scourge on three labors to repair the Dark God, the last of which was to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself so it could become the Chaos Bringer's new body. Warned by Scourge, the Autobots planted energon cubes that sent Unicron's head flying away.Ghost in the Machine

Cybertron was later used as a neutral meeting site in the war betweenXetaxxisandLanarq,becoming the point where a peace treaty was signed following the revelation of how the Quintessons had exploited both sides of the conflict.The Quintesson JournalFollowing the discovery and destruction of thecolony worldParadron,the survivors emigrated to Cybertron.Fight or FleeThe Quintessons later manipulated the Decepticons once again, this time into unleashing the Trans-Organics. The energy siphoningDwellerwreaked havoc on Cybertron before the Autobots managed to launch it into space.The Dweller in the DepthsGalvatron later sent aSkuxxoidandSlizardoto plantanti-electronsinsidea new power generatorto destroy the Autobots but this didn't work out.Grimlock's New BrainWhenTornedronwas unleashed on the galaxy, Cybertron was drained of energy before Grimlock undid the creature's rampage.Call of the Primitives

In the year 2007, Cybertron was once again wrenched from its place in space whenGalvatronand the Decepticons invaded the planet and constructed a massiveplanetary enginethat propelled Cybertron back into Earth orbit once more. Once there, Galvatron opened the Plasma Energy Chamber, intending for the energy release to drive the Sun supernova, consuming Earth, Cybertron and everything else in one final destructive blow.Spike Witwickyand the Autobots'Nebulanallies were able to stop this plan by reversing the rocket engine, which drained off the excess solar energy and channeled it straight into Vector Sigma, which used it to fully re-energize Cybertron. Its rich golden hue restored, Cybertron entered a new Golden Age.The Rebirth, Part 3

Japanese cartoon continuity

Kiss Players

12 billion years ago, the ancient geniusPrimacronand his assistant, theOraclewere attacked by Primacron's renegade creation Unicron. The Oracle's body was destroyed, but his essence, encased within a protective shell, fled to a dead planet at the center of the universe, which he proceeded to transform into a verdant, living world.

In time, the Quintessons discovered the Oracle's world and invaded, taking control of the Oracle and his powers. The Oracle was transformed by the Quintessons into the mega-computerVector Sigmaand also obtained the shell that had held his essence, which went on to become theMatrix of Leadership.Using the power of theKey to Vector Sigma,the Quintessons transformed the Oracle's green planet into the metallic Cybertron.2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline

Generations Selects Special Comic

At the dawn of time, what would become Cybertron was a barren rocky planet at the centre of the galaxy. Shortly after the birth of Unicron, Primus retreated to the planet, intending to turn it into a paradise. He was discovered by the early Quintessons whocyberformedthe planet and gave it its name. Shackling Primus intoa supercomputer,the Quintessons turned Cybertron into a mega-factory only for the Cybertronians to eventually rebel and drive them off the planet.

Following the end of the Angolmois Energy crisis in2050,the Cybertronians retreated to their homeworld, swearing to remove all mentions of Earth from their archives to ensure no one would seek out Earth's Angolmois supplies.Finale

The Headmasterscartoon

In 2011, it was discovered that the release of the energy of the Matrix by Optimus Prime to cure theHate Plaguehad much more far-reaching consequences that anyone suspected. With the Matrix's energy depleted, Vector Sigma's balance—permanently tilted in favor of the Autobots by the existence of the Matrix—was reset to neutrality, allowing the Decepticons, bolstered by their newHeadmastertroops, to freely invade Cybertron. Eventually, this forced Optimus Prime to sacrifice his life by merging with Vector Sigma in order to stabilize the computer before it destroyed Cybertron from within.Four Warriors Come out of the SkyThe Mystery of Planet MasterBirth of the Fantastic Double Prime

Not long thereafter, Vector Sigma developed a new metal alloy dubbedCybertonuron,which enticed Galvatron into another raid on the planet. However, the Decepticon Headmaster leaderZarak,in a bid to prevent the Autobots from obtaining it, arranged for his Headmasters to plant bombs at the core of the planet, within Vector Sigma's chamber. The Autobots were unable to stop the countdown and the bombs detonated, tearing Cybertron apart and leaving it a charred uninhabitable ruin drifting in space.Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2

Unite Warriors

Having survived the devastation of Cybertron, Vector Sigma granted the AutobotDisaster Relief Teamnew bodies and powers so that they could rebuild the planet. By 2021, Cybertron had been made inhabitable once more.Sky Reign ChapterThat same year, Unicron's head returned and attempted to turn the planet into his new body, but was repelled.Ruination Chapter, Part Two

Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio

Some time beyond the year 2036, Cybertron began to suffer from a major energy shortage. In order to re-energize the struggling planet, Optimus Prime upgraded into aPowermasterand ventured into a black hole to obtain the super-energynucleon,which was used to restore Cybertron to its former glory.Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio

Beast Warscartoon

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Beast Wars Returnscartoon

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Legendscomic

Following the conversion of Cybertron into a technorganic planet, Vector Sigma also underwent an upgrade and effectively turned into the "soul" of the planet, becoming the ultimate authority of the planet who issued its will through the newly createdGreat Convoys.Tens of thousands of years later, when Vector Sigma discovered that theBlentronswere trying to resurrect Unicron withAngolmois Energy,the supercomputer converted Cybertron back to a wholly mechanical planet in preparation for war.Bonus Edition Vol. EX

Beast Wars Neocartoon

Tens of thousands of years into the future, in the era of theMaximalsandPredacons,the mechanical Cybertron was reigned over by Vector Sigma, who handed down orders through the ruling body known as theGreat Convoys.Big Convoy, Move OutBy this point, the planet had come to reside in the center of theMilky Waygalaxy.Fight! Maximals

When Unicron was resurrected as an energy being, he sought to use Cybertron as a new physical body, as his original body at theTriple Z Pointwas too ravaged to serve as a suitable vessel.Fight! MaximalsUnicron was able to get through all of Cybertron's defenses and merged with Vector Sigma itself, granting him absolute control over Cybertron and the planet began converting into an imitation of Unicron's original planet mode.End of the Maximals!?However, thanks to the efforts ofBig Convoy's unit,Magmatron,andLio Convoy,Unicron was able to be drawn out of Vector SigmaThe Final Battleand defeated in his weaker form. In the aftermath, Predacons and Maximals united to rebuild the planet.Graduation Ceremony!!

Wings Universe

The secondGolden Ageof Cybertron came to an end in2013whenJhiaxusinitiated theMachine Wars.However, the Machine Wars ended in a matter of weeks and inadvertently brought about the signing of thePax Cybertronia.TerminationA Common Foe

In2984,theStar Seekersarrived from a temporal journey throughtranswarpto enact CaptainCannonball's newest scheme: plunder Cybertron of all its energon using Unicron's head when Cybertron would be at peace and have high levels of energy. The pirates attracted the attention of Cybertron's elite defenders, theCybertronian Knights,but during the clash aboard Unicron's head,Alpha Trizergave Cannonball a crushing revelation: his scheme was doomed to fail from the start because the Cybertron he was attacking was technorganic andno longer ran on energon(as a result of theGreat Transformation).Hoist the Flag

A Birth of Planet Saybertron

Cybertron was originally a mere satellite, built to ensure peace between a coalition of planets. But the powerful computer within the satellite proved too advanced for it to remain in its initial form; using electromagnetic forces to draw in other satellites, it used their materials to build itself up. This ultimately led to a malfunction of the computer, and the civilizations that had built it found themselves no longer able to access it. Though the united civilizations tried to stop the satellite, it kept on growing and becoming more sophisticated, eventually plundering all nearby resources and leaving its galactic neighborhood bare of resources. Ages passed and Cybertron became a planet proper, with metallic mountains and oceans of oil. From it sprung primitive machines, which evolved into Transformers over the millennia.A Birth of Planet Saybertron

Beast Warscartoon continuity

Eons ago, Cybertron was a verdant, Earthlike world, populated by a wide variety of organic creatures.SurvivorThis idyllic period came to an end when the first Transformers arrived on the planet, an event foreseen by the mysticalOraclethat surroundedVector Sigma;The Reformattingtheir arrival evidently coincided with the extinction of Cybertron's natural biosphere,Survivorand over the eons Cybertronian civilizations would build over the rock and soil with metal upon metal, giving rise to the illusion that Cybertron was, and always had been, a world of technology alone.The ReformattingRemnants of the past persisted in the lowermost levels of the planet, including stray plant life,Forbidden Fruitfossilized remains of the animals that had once roamed the surface,Survivorand an "organic core"composed ofconcentrated biological matter.The KeySuccessive generations of Cybertronians built atop old cities, layer after layer, only to be gradually forgotten.The Reformatting

During theGreat War,four million years before the present day, the Autobots left Cybertron aboard theArk,The Agenda (Part III)but were intercepted by the Decepticon starshipNemesis,Nemesis Part 1eventually coming to crash-land on prehistoricEarth.The Agenda (Part III)

Three hundred years after the end of this conflict and the signing of thePax Cybertronia,The Agenda (Part 1)Cybertron would come to be populated by theMaximalsandPredacons,descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons. This great metamorphosis was precipitated by the "Great Upgrade,"described as the period of time when Cybertron's Autobot population transitioned to Maximals; old cities likeIaconwere once again abandoned and paved over to make way for new cities, likeCybertropolis.The SearchThree hundred years after the end of the conflict, Cybertron was once more a peaceful, prosperous planet, governed by theHigh CouncilofMaximal Elders,PossessionDeep MetalMaster of the Housewhile theTripredacus Councilcontrolled the affairs of thePredacon Alliance.The Agenda (Part 1)

Peacetime diversions included theSix Lasers Over Cybertronamusement park; "mature" entertainment included joints where the servers went around without their torso plates on.The Agenda (Part 1)

Beast Warscartoon

WhenOptimus Primaland hisstarshipwent missing,temporal probeswere dispatched from Cybertron in the hopes of finding where he and his crew had vanished to.The ProbeNot long afterwards, thetranswarp wavefrontgenerated by the destruction of thePlanet Bustersuperweapon was due to hit the planet only for theTripredacus Councilto disrupt it before it reached Cybertron, allowing them to covertly dispatchRavageto bring inMegatron.The Agenda (Part 1)

Beast Machinescartoon

The tranquility of this age would come to a rapid end whenMegatronreturned from theBeast Warsand set avirusloose on the world that incapacitated the population and paved the way forVehiconrule. Under Megatron's reign, the villain sought to reorganize the entirety of Cybertronian civilization into one vast machine controlled by a single, overriding intellect—his own.Master of the HouseMegatron would be opposed, however, by Optimus Primal and his band of Maximals, who, after discovering the Oracle, befriendinga survivor of Megatron's attack,and learning the truth behind Cybertron's organic nature,Survivorbelieved that they needed to restore the organic to Cybertron and destroy all technology—a conflict that came to a head when Primal and Megatron pitted thePlasma Energy Chamberagainst theKey to Vector Sigma,unleashing a doomsday energy storm.End of the Line

In the aftermath, Primal realized he had been wrong in his mission; rather, the Oracle wanted him to create a balance, a peaceful equilibrium of the organic and the technological. In the end, Primal would see his dream accomplished when he applied the power of the Oracle to the exposed organic core of Cybertron, his sacrifice converting the entire planet into a lush paradise wheretechnorganicplants and animals coexisted with Transformers.Seeds of the Future

3H comics

According toAl-badur,the Quintessons had once served Unicron, and in doing so, they'd found the "dimensional landing" of Primus: Cybertron. Rather than alert their master, however, they decided to capitalize on their discovery for their own purposes. They attempted to subvert Primus's creations via the Plasma Energy Chamber, but theresultswere disastrous. Success came when they placed a shell program overVector Sigmaand channeled the divine power into creating a subservient race. That race would one day rebel and become the Transformers, but the Quintessons' influence remained in the form of the Vector Sigma shell program—otherwise known as the Oracle. Primus could nonetheless sometimes send messages from Vector Sigma through the Oracle, but it is difficult to tell the difference.Disclosure

Almost a week after theGreat Transformation,the Quintessons invaded Cybertron, hoping the sudden transition to technorganic would leave the Transformers disoriented. Instead, the population of Cybertron successfully repelled the invaders—and the Quintessons learned that they themselves had been pawns of Primus, who had deliberately manipulated the aliens so that Cybertron and his creations could make this great evolutionary leap.The Wreckers: Finale Part 1Wreckers: Finale Part II

One year later, this reality's Cybertron later became became the home base of theChildren of Primusin the multiverse-spanningUniverse Waragainst Unicron.AbductionEscapeHomecomingUnfortunately during the war, Cybertron fell victim to the "Culling", where Unicron'sMinionscut a swath across the planet to feed the sparks of the victims to the Chaos-Bringer, though the invaders were ultimately repelled.Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal's bioThe Children continued the war, and eventually emerged victorious.Revelations Part 2

DreamwaveGeneration Onecontinuity

The planet Cybertron and its two moons orbitedAlpha Centauri;a Saturn-sized mechanical world, the planet possessed an oxygen-based atmosphere capable of supporting carbon-based life. Complex tunnel networks and advanced machinery existed in the deepest levels of the planet; some Decepticons, like Megatron, believed that Cybertron could become a mobile fortress equipped withplanetary engines,and sought to make this dream a reality.Transformers: More than Meets the Eye

The earliest Cybertronians supposedly arose from theWell of All Sparks,Conflagrationbut after creating the Transformers, Primus went dormant so as to avoid the attention of his ancient nemesis Unicron. TheSonic Canyonsthat spanned the planet's southern equator gathered data from across the universe so as to be analyzed by Vector Sigma,Transformers: The Ultimate Guidewhile Primus sealed the well to prevent Unicron from locating his physical form.ConflagrationPrior to the Great War, Megatron claimed to have discovered anartifactwhich suggested thetruthbehind the origins of the Cybertronian species, which would, over time, lead to the formation of the Decepticons.The Route of All Evil

The war between the Autobots and Decepticons would eventually lead to Optimus Prime and Megatron disappearing in aspace bridgeexplosion; in their absence, however, the conflict continued, with the Autobots and Decepticons being joined by various splinter factions.Fragmentation.The arrival ofThe Fallenbriefly forced these competing factions to work together,Conflagrationand dwindling fuel supplies eventually led to the construction of energy-efficientMicromasters—though these warriors were eventually forced to take up arms as well.

3.5 million years ago, continued energon shortages finally culminated in the event known as the "Great Shutdown,"where all Transformers on the planet simply ground to a halt after Cybertron's natural supplies ofenergoncompletely dried up. This state of affairs lasted for many millions of years; it would not be until some three thousand years ago thatShockwavereactivated and worked to bring other Transformers back online.Cold War

Initially, after Cybertron's reawakening, Autobots were reluctant to trust Shockwave until key Autobots agreed to share leadership of Cybertron with him. An underground resistance movement was formed and a youngHot Rodrose to leadership of one such faction. It wasn't until Optimus Prime's return to Cybertron that the majority of Autobots rededicated themselves to eliminating the Decepticons.War and Peace

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

TheQuintessonscreated bothtransorganicsand the gladiator and slave races that would evolve into the Decepticons and Autobots.The Art of War #1

Following Optimus Prime and Megatron's crash on Earth, Cybertron was conquered byShockwave.The planet was also the location ofTeletran 3,which accidentally transported members ofG.I. JoeandCobrato the alien world.G.I. Joe vs the Transformers #1

Shockwave was eventually defeated and the Decepticons were driven back to theGladiator Zone,allowing Cybertron to be at peace for the first time in millennia. Awarp gatewas set up between Cybertron andArea 52on Earth.The Art of War #1The peace was interrupted whenSerpent O.R.warped to Cybertron and took control of the Decepticons, but he was eventually defeated.The Art of War #5Notable locations on Cybertron includedCapitol Cityand the large junkyards where thecannibalizerswould reside.The Art of War #3

After the death of Serpent O.R., Cybertron was peaceful yet again, and seemingly stayed that way.Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2

2005 IDW continuity

Cybertron and its two moons orbited a yellow dwarf.^[2]A Sunrise DarkThe precise origins of the planet are not known; various religious sects held that the planet had a relation toPrimus,who either arose from the surface of CybertronPrimus: You, Me, and Other Revelationsor had himself created the mechanical world,Timeline in Revolutionaries #1perhaps after vanquishing the mythologicalUnicronat the dawn of time.Last Stand

Another theory postulates that Cybertron may have once been an organic world, one whose biological inhabitants made an evolutionary leap to a cybernetic existence before eventually discarding their organic heritage to become fully-mechanical lifeforms.Spotlight: NightbeatEvidence for this theory is corroborated by the planetGorlam Prime,whose inhabitants underwent such a transition; after emerging from this "chrysalis state," they renamed their world "Cybertron," which raises some interesting questions about the origins of the Transformers.Spotlight: Sideswipe

The first known Cybertronian to come into existence wasPrimushimself; though later Transformers would deify him as a warrior-god,Primus: You, Me, and Other RevelationsPrimus's only unique trait was the ability to manufacturephotonic crystals.He would be joined by four other Transformers—Epistemus,Mortilus,Solomus,andAdaptus—and together this first generation of Transformers would become known as theGuiding Hand.The UnrememberingTogether, they would go on to ignite the twelvehot spotsacross the planet, allowing Vector Sigma to begin sending the life-giving pulses of energy that ignited new sparks and gave rise to the first true "generation" of Transformers: theKnights of Cybertron,who turned the prehistoric planet into a paradise for both body and sprit.The Death of Optimus PrimeThe predecessors ofFunctionistdoctrine believed that, if tilted at just the right angle, Cybertron could refract the light of a sun, turning the planet itself intoa weaponto be used against asteroids and other spaceborne threats.Farsickness

Some twelve million years ago, the ambitious Adaptus would turn on his comrades; seeking to introduce the notion of war to the species so as to avoid the stagnation he feared would soon grip the planet, he battled the other four members of the Guiding Hand in what would come to be called the "God War".Although the other members of the Hand fought back, they were unable to vanquish their enemy, who fled tothe planet's first moon,readying anelectromagnetic pulsethat would leave the inhabitants of Cybertron disoriented while he retrofitted the moon into a primitive spaceship and fled.The UnrememberingThough thisinformation creepwould distort reality into garbled legends, the Knights of Cybertron remained known, and eventually opted to leave Cybertron aboard a fleet ofTitans.Deprived of their benevolent oversight, Cybertronian society regressed back to an era of barbarism, splintering into numerous smaller city-states and tribes.The CrucibleThis sequence of events would be noted as atypical compared to the development of most other civilizations, who established permanent world governments before mastering faster-than-light space travel.Shining Armor #3

It was in this primitive landscape that the DecepticonShockwavefound himself after the destruction of hischronal drivein 2013. Unable to return to his own time, Shockwave slew the shepherdOnyxand manipulated events to bring theThirteentogether.The First Who Was NamedIn his new role, "Onyx" encouraged expansion and the colonization of distant worlds. Titans colonized distant worlds to expand the aegis of thePax Cybertronia,includingCaminus,Eukaris,Velocitron,andDevisiun,all in service to Shockwave's infinitely longer game.First ContactEventually, Shockwave would also mastermind theFirst Cybertronian Civil War,HeavyThe Cruciblewhich ended in the ascension ofNova Primeand a grand reordering of the planet's society under Functionist doctrine.The CrucibleIt quickly became clear, however, that Cybertron's rapidly urbanizing population was not infinitely sustainable, prompting the younger version of Shockwave to begin aplanto ensure that Cybertron could meet its energy needs;Shockwaveswhile Nova Prime planned a grandExpansionthat would see Cybertron the capital of a grand interstellar empire, this plan fell through when he and his innermost retinue vanished aboard theArk-1in theBenzuli Expanse.Spotlight: Galvatron

The reign ofNominus Primesaw the widespread automation of Cybertron's oldenergonmines, leading to an employment crisis as labourers lost their livelihoods.Megatron Origin #1The Functionist regime stagnated Cybertron's cultural and technological development, andaliencivilizations of the time came to view the planet as a stultified backwater.Chaos Theory Part 2

The subsequentGreat Warbegan four million years ago, and ravaged Cybertron untilThunderwing's experiments withPretendertechnology led to a mad rampage that left the planet completely uninhabitable. With no atmosphere, Cybertron's surface was unprotected from cosmic radiation and was wracked by plasma storms. Transformers had to divert energy to their personal shielding in order to remain on the surface for short periods; the surface was presumably immediately lethal for humans. Gravity was also weaker than normal and Transformers neededmagno-treadsto walk on the surface. The Transformer race abandoned the planet (save for occasional scientific surveys from orbit) and began conducting their conflict across the galaxy. According to Autobot command directives, landing on Cybertron was forbidden.Stormbringer #1However, with the resurrection (and subsequent defeat) of Thunderwing, this directive was lifted due to the unusual circumstances.Spotlight: Galvatron

Around the year 1997, the wiseAlpha TrionandMetroplexreturned to Cybertron, with a plan to revive the planet. Over the next few years, Trion worked to repair Cybertron's atmosphere and rid it of radiation, though the planet remained dead and resourceless.Any Old Iron

A decade later, the Decepticons created the threeInsecticonson Cybertron from a naturally-occurring subterannean species,Historia,and left the thousands offailed clonesto their own devices. When the Decepticons defeated the Autobots on Earth during theSurge,they sent their battered enemies through a portal to Cybertron, where the swarm would finish them off.All Hail Megatron #7By this time, Alpha Trion's hard work had eliminated much of the radiation and electromagnetic storms, so the Autobots survived their stay on the planet with only minor pains.Any Old IronLater, the Autobot starshipTrionwas shot down over Cybertron, and its crew joined the rest of the survivors on its surface.All Hail Megatron #5They were eventually rescued byOmega Supreme,leaving Alpha Trion and Metroplex to continue their work uninterrupted.All Hail Megatron #10

In order to make Cybertron habitable again, Trion revivedIronhide,who had been recently slain onEarth,to help take out the swarm.Ironing Out the DetailsTrion then left again, with only Ironhide,Sunstreakerand a few hundred swarm members remaining on the planet,Any Old Ironwhich were eventually quashed by the time thatGalvatronreturned to Cybertron, intent on turning the metal world into his first line of defense againstD-Void,a malevolent entity set on devouring all Transformers.Heart of Darkness #4By the time his army arrived on the planet, the swarm had seemingly been exterminated. The arrival of Galvatron caused Ironhide and Sunstreaker to flee onRodimus's newly arrived ship, after which they traveled to Earth to alert the rest of the Autobots to Galvatron's occupation.Out of the Silent Planet

Led byOptimus Prime,the Autobots on Earth returned to Cybertron and confronted Galvatron.LamentationsDuring the battle, Galvatron inserted hisHeart of Darknessinto the remains of Vector Sigma, in the belief that this would stop D-Void from entering the universe. In reality, the Heart of Darkness was an aspect of D-Void, and doing so would allow the entity to turn the dead planet of Cybertron into a giant portal to the Dead Universe. To stop this from happening, Optimus Prime opened theMatrix of Leadershipinto Vector Sigma.GenesisSomehow, the Matrix of Leadership was able to restart Vector Sigma, and its energies worked to "reset" the entire planet into a primordial state. Almost every structure and geographic landmark on the planet was wiped out, and the only Transformer-made structure remaining was the crashed remains ofKimia Facility.Simultaneously, Cybertron itself sent out a signal to all Cybertronians out in space, telling them to come home.The Death of Optimus PrimeThe only known structures that were spared this reformatting wereCrystal City,resurrected byOre-14,ShockwavesandKaonwhich had been buried beneath the new layer of metal.The Last Autobot

With Cybertron restored, most Decepticons captured and thousands ofneutralsreturning to repopulate their planet, the war was considered over. When the planet came alive again, it began transmitting energy to its two moons, reviving Luna 2 as well. Since Luna 1 was missing, its share of the energy ended up in the atmosphere instead, supercharging it and causing "ball lighting" effects to strike the planet's surface untilWheeljackgot a temporary satellite in orbit.Stick TogetherAfter a brief revival of the Autobot/Decepticon war, the neutrals kicked the two factions out of Iacon and briefly assumed control of the planet under the leadership of Starscream,Heavy Is the Headwho established theRepublic of Cybertron.The Sound of Breaking Glass

Soon afterwards, Shockwave attempted to bring his Regenesis plan to fruition, collapsing all of space-time into a singularity to fuel Cybertron for eternity which would have made the planet the sole thing that existed, had ever existed or would exist before he was defeated by Optimus Prime andMegatron.Dark CybertronThe destruction of his chronal drive caused the formation of ablack holethat sent him back to the planet's prehistoric past, free to take up the mantle of "Onyx Prime" and shape the history of Cybertron in a great ontological paradox.The First Who Was Named

In the aftermath of the cataclysm, Metroplex was able to locate five of Cybertron's colonies,The Transformers: Windbladeleading to the formation of theCouncil of Worlds,All That Remainswhich eventually came to encompassEarthafter Optimus chose to annex the organic world into the Cybertronian Council for its own protection.PerihelionWhenSentinel Primeabruptly returned to life, he viewed modern Cybertron as a world built on compromise;The Last Autobotdisgusted, he planned to wipe the slate clean with an army ofzombieTitans.Ten to MidnightThough he perished,Last Lightthe Titans arrived at Cybertron and began destroying all in sightPingbefore they were stopped byWindbladeandVigilem.Rubicon

Earth would soon come to join the Council of Worlds as an official member state, not a mere protectorate, and various human dignitaries were shuttled from Earth to Cybertron viaspace bridgeto prepare for the ceremony inIacon.Unfortunately, repeated Cybertronian incursions had also convincedJoe Coltonthat one day Cybertron would destroy Earth,First Strike #1and so he assembled ancabal of supervillainswho would poison Cybertron's energon from within by harnessing the power of the alienTalisman,launching an all-out assault on Iacon while he and his inner team of supervillains travelled into the core of the planet to enact the plan.First Strike #2Though Optimus Prime and his allies raced to stop the villains as they travelled to the core of Cybertron, it was soon revealed that the entire scheme had been masterminded by Colton's second-in-command; revealed as thePrysmosianwizardMerklynn,he used the Talisman to transform a small fragment of the planet intoNew Prysmos,a copy of hislost homeworld.

The process drained nearly half of Cybertron's energon supply which caused the planet to "scream", the missing energon sent into space as a communication signal that translated to "Welcome. Death". The signal struck the slumbering form ofUnicron,and roused the ancient monster into action.First Strike #6As Cybertron rebuilt from the invasion, "Onyx Prime" arrived alongsideLiege Maximoand hisMaximalhordes to put the final stages of his plan into action:Surfeit of Primesnow convinced that Cybertron itself was not worth saving, "Onyx" revealed his true identity to Cybertron, engineering a series of crises designed to break the collective faith of Cybertron in everything that they believed in.UnforgivableEverything Shockwave had worked towards for the last twelve million years was in anticipation of Unicron's arrival: the very Talisman itself was poisoned bait; when Unicron consumed the planet, its corrosive energies would kill him from the inside out.Stranger Eons

In the meantime, however, the Talisman was still in service to theDarkling Lordsof Prysmos, who had recently come to inhabit the caverns beneath the planet, burrowing its way to Vector Sigma to complete its mission of transforming the entire planet into a copy of Prysmos.SchismaticTo save the planet, Wheeljack constructed an anti-Talisman bomb that would counteract itsmagic,and when the bomb detonated, the exotic energies had the combined effect of transforming a patch of Cybertron into a copy of Prysmos' old biosphere, while also beaming a second message out into space: one that simply said "Unicron."Transformers vs. VisionariesUnstopped and Unstoppable

Indeed, Unicron awoke and began his assault on the galaxy not long afterwards, and after destroying eleven of the worlds affiliated with the Transformers, Unicron attacked Cybertron directly.Stranger EonsThough the populace initially attempted to fight back,Our FinestWindblade was forced to call on the Visionaries, who used a combination of their magic and the Talisman to teleport the population of Iacon to Earth. Contrary to Shockwave's predictions, the destruction of Cybertron didnotspell the destruction of Unicron; the planet-eater, intelligent enough to realize the threat that the tainted planet posed to his own body, simply destroyed the planet by tearing it apart, unleashing a burst of energy that ripped the planet in half.Road's End

The Functionist Universe

In a world where Megatron had never been created, theFunctionist Councilgrew ever more powerful, to the point where they eventually usurped theSenateand functionally conquered the planet.The Custom-Made NowWhen the Council concluded that alien life had no purpose inPrimus's grand design, they isolated their homeworld from the rest of the galaxy to stoke the fires of fear and xenophobia, while they worked to create an army powerful enough to wage war on the galaxy.Modes of Production

After the intervention ofTeam Rodimuscost the CouncilLuna 2,This Machine Kills Fasciststhe Council turned Cybertron itself into their instrument of destruction, outfitting it with a set ofplanetary enginesand using theWarrento travel from world to world. The planet's lack of mobility proved a hindrance, prompting the Council to reengineer the planet so that it possessed a robot mode, cast in the likeness of the mythological Primus. With this new avatar, the Functionists were able to breach realities, and crossed over from their home reality to make war against the primary timeline—an event briefly glimpsed byAdaptus,who had himself used the Warren to flee across time and space so as to prepare for the threat. Rationalizing thatfiveCybertrons, untouched by war, could command exponentially more power, he commissioned a planet-sized mold and created the "God Gun".Farsickness

Pursued by the dimensionally displaced Megatron and theAnti-Vocationist Leagueback into Megatron's home reality, theMagnificenceoffered the suggestion to blow up Cybertron, though Megatron overruled it on account of the trillions of innocents still trapped on the planet.The Return of the KingThe crew soon deduced a way to overload Vector Sigma, preserving Cybertron while killing the Functionists.The UnrememberingAfter forcing "Primus" back into planet mode, the crew allied with the Architect's forces to stage an invasion of Cybertron, battlingFunctionariesuntil they opened twelve duplicate Matrices at each of Cybertron's hot spots, the surge of energy overloading Vector Sigma and vaporizing the Functionists.A Spark Among Embers

With the native Cybertron recently annihilated by Unicron, this world—now stranded in a parallel reality—was eventually christened "New Cybertron" by those who chose to live there.Prowlmade the decision to remove theLost Light's quantum engines to double the universally displaced planet's energon reserves. With most of the Cybertronian population now based on Earth, New Cybertron was largely left to its own devices; in the years to come, the crew of theLost Lighttook up residence there, while other inhabitants would include millions ofLunariansspawned from Luna 1'shot spot.How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

Cybertron was the alternate mode ofPrimus,one of the many living worlds created byDaiakuronat the dawn of time.Earth: R.I.P.Though none of the inhabitants of either world were aware of it, Cybertron had a deep connection with the planet Earth, for the organic world wasalsoa creation of Daiakuron, and Cybertronian artifacts from ancient times could be found across the planet.Everybody Hates Metroplex

Originally located in a distant galaxy, the planet had been ruled by Decepticons ever since the abrupt departure of Optimus Prime, leaving Megatron and his forces free reign of the planet, with the Autobots in disarray under Grimlock's unruly leadership.Form Follows FunctionWhen Starscream brought Bumblebee's head to Megatron, Megatron pronounced that the Decepticons had won the Great War,The Golden Boysand, binding the stolenMatrix of Leadershipto his Spark,Pax Megatronushe subjugated Primus to his will viaVector Sigma.Cybertron then slowly began to transform into a massive spaceship in the shape of Megatron's face that would cyberform the galaxy.Expelled from the GardenPsych Outdescribed Cybertron as "the ultimate Transformer" owing to its constantly shifting geography though whether this was a natural phenomenon or a side-effect of Megatron's plan is unclear.Form Follows Function

Cybertron then moved into Earth's solar system,I Saw Three Shipsbefore it was invaded byG.I. Joe,using a combination of a "green bomb"fusillade and a strategically deployedWeather Dominatorto terraform portions of Iacon into an environment capable of sustaining human life.TargetmastersSoon after, Cybertron grew a pair of mega mountains that reached high into its atmosphere.Form Follows FunctionMegatron then used the horns to gouge into the Earth, seemingly destroying itPax Megatronusso as to clear a path to the Sun, intending to have Primus consume the star and supercharge his creation powers.Escape from PrimusBelieving Earth to be destroyed, various surviving groups, such as theOktober Guard,attempted to claim Cybertron as their new homeworld.Earth: R.I.P.

Starved of energy, Primus needed little incentive to consume the star, creating a dyson sphere from his own body to speed up its consumption before Primus was stopped byAtlas—Earth's own robotic form. Though many Cybertronians chose to emigrate from Cybertron to various planets and moons in Earth's solar system, Rodimus guided the impaired but functional Primus back to his original orbit. With Optimus on a mission to the find theMakers,Rodimus took charge of the planet.The War Never Ends

Beast Wars: Uprising

Cybertron orbits the starHadean.Broken WindshieldsEleven million years prior to2384,Cybertron was consumed by the Great War, its third planetary level conflict.Micro-AggressionsAs the conflict escalated, groups of Cybertronians fled to establish new colony worlds where they could live in peace.A Brush With Infamy–Prologue

Four million years prior to 2384, theArkandNemesisleft Cybertron only to crash on the primitive world of Earth.A Change to the AgendaWhen the two crews reawoke in 1984, the Decepticons reestablished contact with Cybertron.Cultural Appropriation

Following theScouring of Nebulosin2031,the technologically advancedHuman Confederacyconfined the Cybertronian race to theAllowed Zone,a small region of space consisting of Cybertron and nine of its colonies. Recognizing the burgeoning human empire as an obstacle,Decepticon leaderGalvatronconquered the Allowed Zone for the resources needed to rebuild theDecepticon fleet.With his reborn army, Galvatron launched theGreat Pushin2033but was ultimately defeated by theConfederated Terran Colonial FleetMicro-Aggressionsin a narrow victory.A Brush With Infamy–PrologueThe humans responded to the attack by halving the Allowed Zone, the inhabitants of the soon to be sterilized worlds emigrating to Cybertron.Micro-Aggressions

At some point during the early to mid 21st century, Unicron attacked Cybertron only to be destroyed by the sacrificial efforts of thePoint One Percenters.The Inexorable March

After millions of years of war, Cybertron's energon supplies were left drained. The Decepticon scientist Thunderwing developed theMicromastersas a fuel-efficient successor race, both sides eventually fielding them as the primary warriors in the Great War.Cultural AppropriationIdentity PoliticsThunderwing eventually became the new Decepticon leader and led an expedition to find the mythicalUnderbase.Successful, Thunderwing's power was boosted to obscene levels and making him a threat to all of Cybertron. The Autobots allied with the non-insane Decepticons to save their world, trapping Thunderwing's mutated spark and the Underbase's energies in Cybertron'score.Not All MegatronsWhile Thunderwing died, the energies of the Underbase allowed the core to begin slowly healing Cybertron's ravaged biosphere.Derailment

With the restoration of the biosphere centuries off, Cybertron was left a dying planet following Thunderwing's defeat.Micro-AggressionsNow settled into an uneasy truce, the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces as theBuilders of Cybertron,though their old grudges and factional divides remained. With energon having attained such a high premium, theMacromasterswired themselves into Cybertron itself.Broken WindshieldsThe Micromasters were fuel efficient enough to remain mobile, causing the petty builders to look down upon them as second class citizens.Identity Politics

WithVector Sigma,the source of newsparks,having been destroyed in the Great War, the BuilderCerebrosreached out to the Human Confederacy, hoping to recreate theirEutychus Project.While the humans wouldn't hand over the project's secrets, they surrendered enough knowledge for Cerebros to build theenergon matrixas a successor to Vector Sigma. Though Cerebros had hoped that this could lead to a new generation of Cybertronians that had never known war, the Builders saw the new generation as a means to continue the Great War. With theMaximalsandPredaconsas the successors to the Autobots and Decepticons, respectively, the Builders used the new generation for sport in a series of violentGamesfought in the ruined remains of the old Builder cities.Head GamesAt the same time, new breeds of Cybertronian life—mechanimals—began to emerge in the ruins of these old cities. While the older generations of Cybertronians considered them vermin, theOraclehad masterminded the process after the return of the Underbase to Cybertron's core as a means for the wounded planet to heal itself by generating a functioning, self-sustaining ecosystem.Derailment

This dystopian Cybertron was rocked by theGrand Uprising,a protracted war where the Maximals and Predacons fought to topple the stagnant oligarchy that their predecessors had established.Broken WindshieldsShortly after the Beast Upgrade hit the planet,Overshootclaimed that the Oracle hadalsoengineered this war, an evolutionary step forward that would free the citizens of Cybertron from their dependence on energon cubes. The war ended with the disastrousVehicon Apocalypse,and although theResistancehad ostensibly won the war by that point, it took the united forces of Maximal, Predacon, and Builder alike to curtail the genocidal ambitions ofLord Imperious Delirious.In the end, the planet was reorganized under the egalitarianCybertronian Parliament.Derailment

Years afterwards, as the Human Confederacy fell victim to theFall of Man,the Cybertronian race ventured beyond the Allowed Zone once again.The Inexorable MarchWhile communing with the Oracle during the Grand Uprising, Overshoot glimpsed visions of the distant future, and saw a time when Earth and Cybertron would first unite against a grave threat before eventually merging into a single, technorganic planet.Cultural Appropriation

Ask Vector Prime

InPrimax 185.0 Beta,Cybertron was the capital of theDecepticon Empire.When the Decepticons went to war with theQuintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere,their resistance promotedGalvatronto try and transfer hissparkinto Cybertron itself and be reborn asGrand Galvatron.As he commenced the transfer however, his spark was destroyed by the sacrificial efforts ofThe Autobotand theDreadnoks.Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04

Of Masters and Mayhem

As the Great War continued, Decepticon science createdThunder Mayhem,a combiner so destructive that it was thought to have destroyed Cybertron outright and brought about the functional extinction of the Cybertronian race.Life Finds a WayHistoryIn reality, the combiner, while enacting a near-genocide, had simply devastated the planet's surface.DivinationThe Decepticon remained there for a while before he left to destroy other worlds.Deadly Aim

WhenImpactor,FractylandCounterpunchwere seeking out allies for their crusade, they travelled to the ruins of their homeworld and foundToxitron.The Toxic Transformer

Left on Cybertron,Bluestreakeeked out an existence before he was contacted by theTeklaanswho claimed that they could restore his world. Eager to bring about "New Cybertron", Bluestreak made contact with theWreckersand brought them back home, sacrificing them to the Teklaans to provide them with the information they needed to rejuvenate the biosphere. As the prodding happened, Fractyl remembered that the Teklaans' last creation had fallen victim to a virus, implanted by the Teklaans themselves, and died off in a few generations. After convincing Bluestreak to aid them, the Wreckers confronted the Teklaans only to learn that the cyberforming had already begun. After incorporating Bluestreak and Impactor intoWreckage,the combiner destroyed the Teklaan ship, the central node of the cyberforming, and sent thealiensrunning. Upon leaving Cybertron, Impactor assured Bluestreak that his plan had been a good one but until Thunder Mayhem was defeated, it wasn't viable.Lively Pursuit

Prime Wars Trilogycontinuity

Prime Wars Trilogymarketing material

Cybertron was drained of life by the war of conquest whichMegatronstarted.Combiner WarsMegatron toy bio

Cybertron was the possible location of one of thirteenTitans,alongsideUnicron,Dominius,Nebulos,Junkion,Antilla,Paradron,Caminus,Earth,Velocitron,Biosfera,Aquatron,Botropolis,Micron,andGigantion.Titan Force^[3]

Soundwaveonce led a Decepticon attack on an Autobot base on Cybertron only to be routed when the base transformed intoFortress Maximus.Titans ReturnFortress Maximus online bio

Prime Wars Trilogycartoons

In eons past, Cybertron was ruled by theThirteen,who successfully vanquishedUnicronwith the help of theRequiem Blaster.The SwampIn the age that followed, the Thirteen were known to have inhabited, and subsequently sealed away, a variety of locations such as the mythical library of knowledge, theAthenaeum Sanctorum.Finally, however, Megatronus would accidentally murder his beloved,Solus Prime,and for this punishment he banished himself from the planet. The Requiem Blaster would be sealed within a dome inside thePrimal Swamp,guarded by a lineage of warriors; by the present day, the most recently appointed guardian of the Blaster wasOptimus Primal.Athenaeum Sanctorum

Though Cybertron and many other planets were ravaged by the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons, the conclusion of the conflict allowed for theCouncil—consisting ofRodimus,Starscream,and theMistress of Flame—to serve as the heads of the new postwar government,The Councilwhile Megatron and Optimus Prime both chose to leave Cybertronian civilization to develop and retreated to the wildernesses of Cybertron to continue their lives in self-imposed exile.The DuelUnforgotten

It would not be until the events of theCombiner Warsthat both Prime and Megatron would return to civilization to help deal with theEnigma of Combination,Unforgottenand were subsequently instrumental in combating the threat that a Starscream-possessedTrypticonposed to the planet. Prime perished during Megatronus's return,All Things Must Passcausing many of Cybertron's people to turn on one another for fear of the coming apocalypse.The Swamp.Optimus Primal was later upgraded by the Matrix into the powerful "Optimal Optimus"Megatronus Unleashedand, after Megatronus's defeat, would become the next leader of Cybertron, supported by the wisdom of the newly revived Optimus Prime.Saga's End

Star Trek vs. Transformers

Four million years in the past, Cybertron was a rogue planetoid menaced by asteroids, leading to the launch of theArkand its subsequent crash onEarth.

While mind-melded with Optimus Prime,Spockexperienced a vision of Cybertron during the planet'sGreat War,Prime's Directive, Part TwowhileJames T. Kirkglimpsed flashes of the planet'sGolden Agewhen hebinary bondedwithFortress Maximus.Prime's Directive, Part Three

2019 IDW continuity

Cybertron was a living mechanical planet and the homeworld of the Transformers. At its core existed theAllSpark,a massivesparkfrom which all other sparks originated;War's End Part Twothese sparks would travel up through theWell of All Sparksto the planetary surface to beforgedinto new Transformer life.The World In Your Eyes Part FourConventional mythology holds that theThirteenwere the first Cybertronians; it wasSolus Primewho created theFirstforged,a second generation of Transformers who laid the groundwork for a global civilization.End of TimeTheReversionistsbelieved that Cybertron was the transformed body of Primus, who had surrendered his physical form to create a home for his children.Gauging the Truth: Part OneWhen a Cybertronian grew tired of living, they could chose to go "immersant",a voluntary ego-death where their bodies and minds gradually merged with the planetary strata until their spark permanently left their body and rejoined the Allspark.Escape Part TwoManyTitanschose to go immersant outsideIacon;their jumbled remains eventually became theCybertronian Mountains.The World In Your Eyes Part One

During theAge of the Firstforged,early heroes likeHalonix Maximustamed the wilderness, battled bestial Transformers likePreditron,Tremorsand raised towering works of art like the settlement that would eventually becomeCrystal City.A Dust of CrystalsThe Cybertronians established a planetarySenateinTarn,Primeled by aPrime,who served as the assembly's "First Senator";Constructicons Rising, Part 3theForge PyramidinIaconbecame the nexus of new Transformer life, where thesparksthat arose from theWell of All Sparkswere forged into new Transformers.The World In Your Eyes Part FourEarly in Cybertron's history, aa group of Cybertroniansused theEnigma of Combinationto become"The Abomination",a monstrous, fuel-guzzling combiner which ravaged the planet until a group of Transformers successfully felled the creature inIacon.Constructicons Rising, Part 1At some point, the Senate was later relocated to Iacon.Prime

During Cybertron's ancient history, the TitanChelasaved the planet from a rogue comet.Titans

During theAge of Expansion,the people of Cybertroncolonizedmany new worlds and vanquished rival galactic powers with the assistance of the mightyTitans.The Change In Your Nature Part FiveDuring this prosperous age, Cybertron was invaded byrust worms,rust-secreting metallivores who threatened to consume the entire planet. Efforts to neutralize the creatures failed; in the end, Cybertron itself sealed them away within an impenetrable basin, which became theSea of Rust.Sea of Rust IThe Age of Expansion came to an end whenExarchonwas corrupted by forces unknown while on an extraplanetary voyage; he returned as a living virus capable of snuffing out the sparks of other Cybertronians and incorporating their bodies into his tripartite collective.War's End Part OneThe subsequentWar of the Threefold Sparksaw the mass conscription of many Cybertronians. The final battle of the war was fought outside Iacon; while Exarchon was seemingly vanquished, the cost of victory proved high, and cities across the planet were left in ruins.

Realizing that their reckless expansionism had brought Exarchon down on their heads, then-Autobot leaderNominus Primepassed theNominus Edict,which effectively curtailed any future colonization endeavours, mandated laws regardingenergonrationing and storage, and limited the forging of any new Transformers.The Change In Your Nature Part ThreeNominus made the decision to end the creation of new Titans; futureTitansparkswere placed in storage in a hidden room beneath the Forge Pyramid.War World: TitansThe remaining Titans were repurposed into an orbital defense fleet that would protect the planet from spaceborne threats.The World In Your Eyes Part OneNominus Prime's term saw the rebuilding ofIaconConstructicons Rising, Part 1the construction of theWinged Moon,a massive energon-harvesting station that would provide Cybertron with limitless energon, and theTetherthat connected it to Cybertron.Orion Pax: Free FallWhile some Transformers looked back on the past with regret, noting that their expansion had caused other races to fear their destructive nature,The Change In Your Nature Part Fiveother Cybertronians likeTermagaxmourned a lost age of prosperity and potential that'd been cut short and felt that the Nominus Edict had overstayed its welcome.Orion Pax: Free Fall

By the time thatSentinel Primesupplanted Nominus Prime, Cybertron had established diplomatic relations with neighboring powers such as theThraal,A'ovan,Occulted Dremden,andVoin;Nautica: Homein time, differentalienspecies immigrated to Cybertron and established various ethnic enclaves, such as Iacon's sprawlingXeno-Quarter.The World In Your Eyes Part FiveThey brought with them animals likeskittersandflyts,which turned invasive and established breeding populations on the metal planet.The World In Your Eyes Part TwoMany lived in the barren wastelands between cities; at least one region held a thriving forest of imported alien flora.I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream

Termagax's "Ascenticon"movement grew to become a substantial political party that advocated for the abolition of the Nominus Edict in order to restart a new age of colonization and conquest; despite this sentiment, the Edict had indeed brought peace to the metallic planet, to the extent thatBrainstorm's murder was the first in living memory.The World In Your Eyes Part TwoNautica: HomeEventually, however, tensions between the Autobots and Ascenticons flared, and their early conflicts saw the destruction of theMemorial CraterThe Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Threeand a sleeping Titan in theCybertronian Mountains.The Change In Your Nature Part TwoOne particularly vicious terrorist attack saw the Ascenticons unleash adata-bombthat took the planet'sTitan Netout of commission; amidst the confusion, they hijacked the TitanVigilemand used him to destroy the Tether, causing planetwide devastation.The Change In Your Nature Part FiveAs disasters piled up, unusually intense geological activity began plaguing Cybertron,Tremorsto the point where intellectuals likeStraxxusandGeomotusspeculated that the quakes might rupture the Sea of Rust and unleash its contained population of rust worms into the planetary crust.Escape Part TwoGroups of Cybertronians began drafting plans to get offworld: these included the population ofDarkmount,Escape Part Fourand a group of Reversionists led byHeretech—however, his "exodus" was a ruse so that he could double-back to Cybertron, in the hopes that he could kill everyone on the planet beforeGaugehelped foil his plan.Moment of Truth

Eventually, the Ascenticons—now calling themselves the "Decepticons" —stormed the Senate building, overthrew Sentinel Prime, and seized Iacon.We Have Deceived YouAn ad-hoc rescue mission ended with theRainmakerskilling Sentinel Prime; theMatrix of Leadershipsubsequently passed to Orion Pax, who becameOptimus Prime.PrimeThe Autobots attempted to rescue as many alien immigrants as they could;Escape Part Onewith the assistance ofDai Atlas,they were able to evacuate many immigrants and neutral Transformers off-planet in a repurposedArk-class vessel.Escape Part FiveAt the same time, however, theInsecticonswent rogue and created anclone army,which threatened to overrun the planet.The Landscape of Fear

As the Decepticons consolidated their power, it was found that thedata-bombthey'd used on the Titans was too effective. Fearing that the Autobots might be able to reactivate the giants, Megatron ordered them brought down. When the TitanCargoholdcrashed in theMemorial Crater,RoadtrapandGutcruncherfoundProvokein the ruins,Titansunaware that she had been usurped byExarchon.EnigmaticUltimately, the Autobots were unable to hold Iacon and were forced to fall back to Crystal City. Although the Autobots controlled Crystal City and Darkmount the Decepticons captured multiple Cybertronian cities, includingProtihex,Tarn,Stanix,theTagan Heights,andProtihex.Test Flight IWhen the reclusiveTermagaxwas located and was found to be holding theEnigma of Combination,Swindle's IIthe Autobots and Decepticons converged on herHouse.Sea of Rust IThe battle saw the predicted fracturing of the Sea of Rust's basin, releasing the rust worms on the rest of the planet. As the Sea expanded, the Enigma fell in and concurrently, Exarchon began his power play once again.Enigmatic

The Decepticons attempted to capture Crystal City, only to be forced into a parlay by the arrival ofLodestarandComputron.A Dust of CrystalsThe Landscape of FearAllowed to speak to Megatron, Optimus proposed a temporary alliance to save Cybertron, promising that the Decepticons could have the planet in the aftermath. On Starscream and Soundwave's advice, Megatron agreed.The Landscape of FearWar's End Part TwoKnowing Strika would honor both the spirit and the letter of the alliance, Megatron pulled her out and sentJhiaxusagainst the Autobots, having his general conduct a bombing that placed the Autobots in the path of the rust worms.Radical TimeWhen Termagax witnessed an Insecticon overpower a rust worm,The Landscape of Fearshe hit on the idea of turning the two predators against one another.Radical TimeOnce the viral program had been created,Novastarwas able to detonate it onBombshell;the software reprogrammed the swarming Insecticon clones so that they would only eat the rust worms.End of Time

Shortly before the fall of Crystal City, Optimus had sent a team to theSonic Canyonsto look for any clues about Exarchon. After they were found by the tyrant,War's End Part Onethey discovered his ultimate plan to use his abilities on the AllSpark and become Cybertron itself. When the Autobots caught up to the last third of Exarchon's spark,Zetarmanaged to destroy the Threefold Spark, ending his threat and saving Cybertron.War's End Part Four

As Optimus' convoy marched to Darkmount, they were met by Megatron's elite who refused to allow them to leave, knowing that the Autobots would frustrate the Decepticons' galactic expansion. The arrival ofComputronand the removal of theimploder-bearingSkywarpallowed the Autobots to continue onwards. Arriving at Darkmount, Optimus learned the lastArkand Lodestar had been sufficiently repaired enough to leave the planet. As boarding commenced, the Decepticon army attacked, both Computron andLeviathanfalling to the might ofDevastator.To buy the Autobots enough time to leave,Scattershotcalled on the power of theCombination Coreto addPipes,Flareup,Backstreet,JavelinandGrooveto the mix. Reborn as a ten-bot combiner, Computron managed to overpower Devastator and hold off the Decepticons long enough for the Autobot ships to launch. Though Shockwave congratulated Megatron on conquering Cybertron, the Decepticon leader was well aware that the war had only just begun.Fate of Cybertron

Alternate future

In a possible future where Exarchon had conquered Cybertron, the planet had become a ruined wasteland with its energon being beamed off into space while its surviving citizens were sold off to theMercenaryfaction.Test Flight II

Transformers/Ghostbusters

While the Autobots fled Cybertron at the end of the Great War,Decepticon High Commandwas visited byGozerwho proceeded to take Starscream's form and attack Cybertron. Though the Decepticons fought back, they found their power outmatched by the invader. Unable to flee, Megatron was approached byKremzeek the Scavengerwho had come seeking theAllSpark,shuttled off Cybertron by the recently departed Autobots. Bargaining with the Decepticon leader, Kremzeek turned Megatron and his inner retinue intoghosts,leaving the majority of the Cybertronian race to be destroyed by Gozer along with their planet.Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4

Transformers vs. The Terminator

When the Autobots reawoke, thanks to the interference of the time-travellingT-800,Optimus Prime questioned what the intruder knew of Cybertron.Enemy of My Enemy Part TwoWhen the time traveller later destroyed theArk,the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to a truce until they could find an alternate method of returning to Cybertron.Enemy of My Enemy Part Four

War for Cybertron Trilogycartoon

Long before the Great War, Cybertron was ruled by theQuintessonEmpire who sold off its population as slaves. The Cybertronians eventually rebelled against their masters and reclaimed their world. TheJudgeDeseeuswould later claim credit for emancipating the Cybertronians, though the veracity of this claim is unknown.Earthrise episode 2

In the era prior to the Great War,Alpha Trionwas a revolutionary leader who brought freedom to Cybertron, taking on Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Megatron as his students.Siege episode 1A great battle took place atTarn-Hauser Gate,with it becoming the largest mass grave in Cybertron's history.Siege episode 4The Autobots rebuilt Cybertron,Siege episode 5before the Transformers began colonizing other worlds, such asVelocitron,travelling to them viaSpace Bridges.Siege episode 6

Under as of yet unrevealed circumstances, Megatron led the Decepticons into the destructive Great War against the Autobots. The Decepticons proved the superior fighting force, setting upSurrender Stationsacross Cybertron.Siege episode 3As energon became ever scarcer, neutrals across Cybertron began hoarding and trading the substance among themselves.Siege episode 5

Outmatched, the Autobots constructed theArkto flee their world. As they scavenged for enough energon to power the ship, they discovered the last Space Bridge.Siege episode 1After learning that Megatron sought the Allspark to reformat all Autobots into Decepticons,Siege episode 2the Autobots decided to launch the Allspark off the planet.Siege episode 3

After Bumblebee had inherited theAlpha Trion Protocols,he used the information to pinpoint the Allspark's current location.Siege episode 5Learning about the protocols, the Decepticons used Ultra Magnus' corpse to engineer a virus that destroyed them, though their similarity to Autobot code led to a widescale crippling of planetary infrastructure. Upon the Autobots retrieving the Allspark from theSea of Rust,they managed to launch it through the Space Bridge, theArkfollowing shortly afterwards. A handful of Autobots, either by choice or circumstance, had remained behind, pledging to continue the fight against Megatron.Siege episode 6

As Cybertron's condition deteriorated, the Decepticons began construction of their escape ship, theNemesis,fuelling it with the harvestedsparksof a thousand Autobots and Decepticons, setting course for theArk.Earthrise episode 2

As Megatron led theNemesisafter theArk,Shockwave took command of Cybertron, continuing to harvest its citizenry to keep the planet running.Earthrise episode 3The Autobots remaining on Cybertron later confronted him atKaonArena, destroying his facility,Earthrise episode 6and killing all present.

Without the Allspark, Cybertron's condition continued to worsen, freezing over. When theArkreturned with the Allspark,GalvatronandNemesis Primearrived to try and claim the artifact to destroyUnicron.Despite their best efforts, Bumblebee succeeded in returning the Allspark to its rightful place, bringing the planet back to life. In the new era, the Autobots and Maximals kept to one side of Cybertron while the Decepticons and Predacons took the other, though Starscream worryingly noted toBlackarachniathat Unicron would one day come for them.Kingdom episode 6

Alternate timeline

In the dark future from which the Maximals and Predacons hailed from, the Allspark never returned to Cybertron with Optimus Prime and Megatron being reformatted into Nemesis Prime and Galvatron respectively and made servants to Unicron. Despite the uninhabitable world they lived on, the Maximals and Predacons managed to cease their war and continue their civilization, developing advanced technology such as time travel.Kingdom episode 1Seeking to change the past by saving the original Megatron,Predacon Megatronstole theGolden Disk,and was chased by the Maximals aboard theAxalonto Earth.Kingdom episode 2The Maximals and Predacons returned to a new Cybertron with the Autobots and Decepticons, never again seeing their dying world.Kingdom episode 5

My Little Pony/Transformers

Theradiant shrallsstopped off at Cybertron during the annual migration, roosting outside the planet's cities.The Beauty of Cybertron

In the midst of a battle for a space bridge that managed to pierce the barrier between realities, the Autobots and Decepticons were transported through the portal to the realm ofEquestriaas a result of the machine connecting to themagicofQueen Chrysalis.Transformation Is Magic

Though it was initially believed thatchangelingmagic was required to reopen a portal to Cybertron,GrimlockandSpikefound a way to manage without, prompting Optimus Prime andTwilight Sparkleto combine the Matrix of Leadership with the power of friendship and banish the Decepticons back to their homeworld. After a delightful tea and energon party, the Autobots followed suit. Though Optimus destroyed the space bridge to prevent Cybertron from menacing Equestria ever again, Shockwave had retained the dimensional coordinates of the equine realm and noted it was possible to bring its magic to Cybertron.Finale

Constructing a new space bridge, the Decepticons pilfered several magical artifacts and natives from Equestria only to come to blows with Twilight Sparkle and her friends once again. In the conflict, Twilight fired a blast of magic at one of the Decepticons' prizes, freeingKing Sombra.When the evil unicorn king took in his new surroundings, he deemed Cybertron a suitable place to build a new army, enthralling some of his old foes and several Decepticons to his will.The Magic of Cybertron

The youngScootaloowas among the many ponies that the Decepticons had brought to their home, with her caretakersHolidayandLoftyfollowing to find her. After the two had befriended Arcee and Greenlight and helped them see off the enthralledKillmaster,Scootaloo arrived, having befriended some Cybertronian youths. Content that the children were safe, the four adults settled down to a picnic.A Real Mother

Sombra's thralls were sent across the planet, stealing energy infrastructure from various sites. When Knock Out took Ratchet andRarityon a tour of Cybertron's tourist spots, the three discovered that using Cybertronian technology to enhanceunicornmagic negated Sombra's spell.The Beauty of Cybertron

When Sombra sought to enthral theTitanScorponok,the Cybertronian/pony alliance confronted him, freeing his slaves with the power of friendship and overloading the Titan's systems, ending the threat. In the aftermath, hostilities between Autobot and Decepticon diminished as Cybertron began moving towards an official alliance with Equestria.Finale

2021Beast Warscomic

In the centuries following the Great War, the Autobots and Decepticons had been supplanted by the Maximals and Predacons, with the former holding the majority of the power on Cybertron. When the PredaconGalavarwent rogue, his followers stole the Golden Disk from theScience Ministryand a warship from theGreat Shipyardwhile destroying all the others, fleeing from Cybertron to plan without interference.Savage Landing Part 1

Following their running afoul of theVok,the Predacons joined forces with the Maximals who had pursued them.RhinoxandScorponokeventually hit on the idea of using theDarksyde'sTranswarp Driveto send a message throughunspaceto Cybertron. Their idea was later used byTarantulaswho hoped that he would be brought an escape ship.The Beginning of the EndAfter the Vok had been defeated,Optimus Primaloffered the Predacons passage back to Cybertron only for them to refuse, noting that they would be punished for Megatron's crimes. Agreeing, Rhinox andDinobotnoted to Optimus that they would need to take Megatron prisoner before returning home.The End

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Energon Universe

Cybertron existed in a galaxy beyond theMilky Way.Cobra Commander #1Transformers #5

In the "earliest point" of their world's history, legends said thatZerta Trionhad broken away from her fellows after the Cybertronians gained independence from their creators.Void Rivals #11Over the following millennia, Cybertron became a peaceful world, beautiful, in its own harsh way,Transformers #2though the Cybertronians shared a mutual hatred with theQuintessons.Void Rivals #4

Optimus' spark came into being towards the end of Cybertron's peaceful eraTransformers #2when an energy crisis struck, leadingJetfireto leave Cybertron in order to find a way to save the planet. Jetfire would spend centuries fruitlessly searching before he crashed on a desolate planetoid not far from theSacred Ringwhere a lack ofenergoncaused him to fall intostasis lock.WhenDarakandSolilainadvertently awoke Jetfire after finding his inert body in ship mode, Jetfire ran a quick scan of himself and deduced he had been asleep for a millennia. Concerned as to the state of his homeworld, Jetfire immediately flew off-planet, leaving Darak and Solila behind.Void Rivals #1Much would change in the time Jetfire was away, all for the worse.Transformers #1

Since Jetfire's departure, Cybertron fell to war,Transformers #2with Megatron seeking to restore his planet to its "rightful and glorious place among the stars".Transformers #14For two centuries, the Autobots fought to try and keep the old ways of peace, but the extremist Decepticon faction caused such a large amount of casualties the Autobots had no choice but to abandon Cybertron to their oppressors. Led by Megatron himself,Decepticon High Commandpursued.Transformers #2In the absence of the Autobots and sufficient energon, the Decepticons on Cybertron went into stasis under the watch ofShockwave.Void Rivals #4Other groups of Autobots also fled Cybertron, seeking new sources of energon.Void Rivals #11

Seeking to capitalize upon the Cybertronian/Quintesson rivalry, theSkuxxoidcaptured aQuintesson Prosecutorand brought his prisoner to Cybertron, hoping to arrange some kind of trade. However, he opted to barter with Shockwave, who now had little currency left for trade after spending it all on resources to survive for the past couple of centuries. With barely enough energon to sustain himself, and even less patience, Shockwave told the organic to take the Prosecutor out of his sight, lest the Decepticon start stripping theRockeroidfor parts.Void Rivals #4

After finding theArkand unintentionally restarting the Great War on Earth, Jetfire was fatally wounded byStarscreamas the Autobots fled the Decepticons. As he lay dying, Jetfire lamented that he had spent centuries of searching to try and heal their home, only to find nothing. He asked Optimus if there was any hope left for their homeworld, only for the Prime to reply he did not know. Believing he had failed in his mission, Jetfire succumbed to his wounds, stating that Cybertron would die.Transformers #1

Landing in a frozen wasteland,Transformers #4Megatron was found byCobra-La,the man who would becomeCobra Commanderextracting information on Cybertron from theDecepticon leader.Cobra Commander #1Following Megatron's escape from Cobra-La,Golobulusand his elite examined the chamber where theDecepticon leaderhad been held in and discovered the outsider's data on him, including Megatron's nature as an extraterrestrial. Offended at the idea of a machine world, Cobra-La launched an organic probe at Cybertron,Cobra Commander #5only for their scouts to instead find themselves at the planetoid Jetfire had crashed on.Void Rivals #13

Following Soundwave assuming command of the Decepticons,Transformers #7he had theNemesispartially raised and reactivated. Accessing the ship's communications array, Soundwave reestablished contact with CybertronTransformers #8so reinforcements could be sent viaspace bridge.On Cybertron, Elita One was the last survivor of a team seeking to rescue Ultra Magnus, managing to jump through the space bridge to Earth before she destroyed the portal. While this bought time for her, Magnus and Optimus to escape, the Decepticons began repairing the space bridge.Transformers #9

As the Decepticons worked to repair the space bridge, Shockwave determined that the Decepticons' Earth-bound resources were insufficient to achieve their objectives. To that end, he ordered theConstructiconsto build afeeder,harvesting nearby ocean fauna and flora intoenergon.Once the space bridge was fully re-charged, Shockwave brought Cybertron itself into Earth's orbit.Transformers #10

As Cybertron quickly began to reenergize from the fresh bounty of resources, Shockwave briefly returned to the homeworld to order theCombaticonsto stand ready against Autobot rebels who would be drawn bythe fortress' energy signature. After scanning the space bridge, theArkcrew drew up plans to attack theNemesisand sever the space bridge, though Elita balked at the thought of saving Earth at the expense of Cybertron and the Autobots still on the planet.Transformers #11

After punt-kickingCliffjumperthrough the space bridge,Devastatorwas sent falling onto the feeder, sending Cybertron back to its orbit, even as the energy transfer continued. Refusing to leave Cliffjumper behind again, Optimus ran through the space bridge, chasing away theCombaticonsand crushing Shockwave's head. Though Optimus sought to return to Earth, Elita destroyed Cybertron's end of the portal, citing the Autobots' need for Optimus and how they could use the pilfered energon. Refusing to win that way, Optimus attempted to detonate the charges and sever the link between the two planets only for Elita to reveal she'd never set them. With a heavy spark, Optimus turned hisfusion cannonon the energon stores, destroying the fortress and severing the link. Left behind on Cybertron, Elita cursed Optimus for choosing Earth over his own people. A sizeable chunk of the planet was severed during all this, which fell into the ocean; a fate that would have befallen Prime hadBeachcombernot swooped in and saved him.Transformers #12The fallen chunks of Cybertron attracted the attention ofCobra Commander,who gleefully mused at further gifts from the mechanical world.Destro #5

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After chancing across one another, Starscream and Astrotrain agreed to an alliance, the latter turning to shuttle mode to try and escape the tsunami created by the fragment falling into the ocean, picking up the abandonedOnslaughtandBrawl.Once the waters had calmed, Astrotrain landed on the chunk of Cybertron, the group reuniting with the otherCombaticonsand pledging fealty to Starscream.Transformers #14

Robots in Disguise(2001)

Cybertron was located near or orbiting a larger ringed world,Ultra Magnusand had anasteroid prison colonyin which dangerousPredaconprisoners were interred.The Final BattleAt one point there were a series of civil wars, in whichOptimus PrimeandUltra Magnus,both creations ofAlpha Trion,fought side by side. Following the wars, Magnus was honored, butVector Sigmaselected Optimus as Autobot leader and bestowed on him theMatrix.Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

The Predacons on Cybertron were ruled over by acouncil,of whichMegatronwas a subordinate,Surprise Attack!Mystery of the Ultra Magnusthough he once claimed to be "leader of the Predacons and future ruler of the galaxy" and that he was already "ruler of many worlds".Battle Protocol!Cybertron is also known to have an education system in place, featuring courses for such topics as Theoretical Mechanics, of which the AutobotSide Burnhad been first in his class.The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus

Unicron Trilogy

Cybertron was the body ofPrimus.CybertronNine billion years ago, he created theThirteento aid him in his fight againstUnicron.Vector Prime: In the Beginning

Another account claimed that Primus was a "unique digital entity" that came into existence eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was the planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron.First Encounter

Unicron made another attempt to attack Cybertron but he was stopped by the mighty warriorOmega Supreme.Omega SupremeJoined by the four "Maximus" combiners he went into stasis lock deep beneath Cybertron to guard a reservoir ofSuper Energon.AmbitionThe Chaos Bringer however went into stasis lock and disguised himself as a moon orbiting Cybertron.AllianceCybertron had at least two other moons.Titans

The Cybertronians attempted to turn Cybertron into the centre of a galaxy spanning empire via establishing four colony worlds with the intent of using theCyber Planet Keystocyberformthem into mechanical worlds before connecting them all via a galaxy wideSpace Bridge.For unknown reasons however, the plan fell through with Cybertron losing contact with the ships it sent out.FallenThe four worlds evolved in their own way with most considering Cybertron to be little more than a legend.Invasion

As the millennia rolled past, the Cybertronians fell into civil war.First EncounterSeeing an opportunity at revival, Unicron spawned theMini-Consintending for these diminutive robots to grant additional power to the Autobots and Decepticons so he could feed off the escalating war.PrehistoryAs a result of their unintended sentience however,Driftthe Mini-Cons soon realized what they were doing to Cybertron and its people and promptly left the planet so that their power could do no harm.Their shipcrashed on one of the four ancient colony worlds,Earth.First EncounterAt some point during the war,Rodimusgathereda crewto escape the endless battle.The Legend of RodimusComposed of both Autobots and Decepticons, these warriors left Cybertron behind forOmnitron.Survival Instincts

In2010,the unwittingRad Whiteactivatedone of the Mini-Conswhich beamed a signal to Cybertron alerting the planet to the Mini-Cons' location. WhileOptimus PrimeandMegatronled their inner circles to Earth to retrieve the Mini-Cons, the bulk of the Cybertronians remained on their homeworld to continue battle.First Encounter

After repeated battles on Earth, Megatron managed to slay Optimus Prime and obtain all three Mini-Con superweapons. The Decepticons set course back for Cybertron, followed by the Autobots.DepartUnicron however made his move promptingStarscreamto sacrifice himself to unite the warring planet.CrampUnicron's defeat marked the end of the war and both Autobots and Decepticons began working together to rebuild their world.Mortal Combat

In the aftermath, the existence of Cybertronians was revealed to the human race who sent an envoy to Cybertron in2012to establish friendly relations.Cybertron City

In2020,however, Unicron and Megatron returned.Megatron RaidAfter Cybertron had been protected byenergon towers,the Autobots and Decepticons fought Unicron.Shockblast: RampageAfter Unicron's physical form had been destroyed,Unicron Perisheshe possessed Megatron and travelled to theSuper Energonreservoir below the planet to properly revive himself turning Megatron into Galvatron once again.WishesThe release of energon gas however moved the planet from its orbit intoAlpha Q's universe.FormidablePrimus trapped Unicron's essence in a star composed ofSuper Energon.The Sun

The conflict ended (again), the now predominantly Autobot and Neutral population began to rebuild their world. A further ten years later however, Primus's plan failed when the star collapsed into ablack holeso powerful it not only threatened to consume reality itself but warped space/time, altering the past to an extent.Revelations Part 2With the black hole hovering above Cybertron, Optimus gave the order to evacuate.Vector Primereturned to the planet for the first time in eons and revealed to Optimus that the Cyber Planet Keys were required to save their homeworld.FallenThough Optimus was skeptical at first, he eventually made the search for the keys the top priority of the Autobots.HiddenAfter the Autobots had retrieved theOmega Lockand the keys fromVelocitron,Jungle PlanetandEarth,they brought them all to an altar deep beneath Cybertron where the energy of the three relics (bolstered by theMatrix of Leadership's energies) allowed Primus to transform to robot mode.Cybertron

After all four Cyber Planet Keys had been restored to the Omega Lock, Primus was restored to his full power which allowed him to close the black hole and save the multiverse. With peace now secured, Primus transformed into a new Cybertron which incorporated aspects of all four colony worlds.End

The closing of the black hole had left the Jungle Planet drifting near Cybertron. When Galvatron damaged one of the planetary engines being used to restore the colony to its rightful orbit, the Jungle Planet risked slamming into Cybertron before the damage was mended.Unfinished

With peace finally restored to the universe, the Autobots hosted the first intergalactic peace conference to decide what to do with the Cyber Planet Keys on Cybertron. At Optimus Prime's suggestion, the four great colony ships launched from Cybertron once again to continue their ancestors' dream of colonizing the universe.Beginning

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Transformersfilm

Cybertron was a world created by a device known as theAllSpark.With its power, it gave rise to the Transformers, but their civilization soon fell to war over control of the AllSpark—and when the AllSpark was jettisoned from Cybertron, both Autobots and Decepticons chose to pursue it into the depths of space.

Shortly after arriving on Earth, Optimus Prime showedSam WitwickyandMikaela Banesa hologram of Cybertron so as to highlight the ruthlessness of his ancient foeMegatron.Transformers

Revenge of the Fallenfilm

In ancient times, Cybertron was ruled by thePrimes,a powerful race of Transformers who refuelled the AllSpark by extinguishing suns, constructing vastharvestersthat would extinguish suns to refuel the life-giving device. When the Primes visited Earth 17,000 years in the past, however,one of their numberchose to sacrifice Earth by constructing a harvester on the planetary surface. This, in turn, would lead to the sacrifice of the Primes, who sealed theMatrix of Leadershiprequired to activate said machine in atombcomposed of their own bodies.Revenge of the Fallen

Dark of the Moonfilm

At the end of the Great War,Sentinel Primeattempted to leave Cybertron aboard theArk,carrying a cargo ofspace bridgepillars; using these, he hoped, he would be able to teleport Cybertron to Earth, and plunder the resources of the organic world in order to restore his ruined planet.

Though his plan would be delayed by the crash of his ship on Earth'sMoon,Sentinel would reveal his alliance of convenience with the Decepticons in 2011, and attempt to teleport his homeworld into orbit. However, Bumblebee destroyed the master pillar before Cybertron could fully emerge from the portal, and the planet seemingly collapsed as it fell back through the portal.Dark of the Moon

The Last Knightfilm

Though Cybertron had survived its apparent destruction, the cataclysm left it condensed to a much smaller size than before (only slightly larger than Earth's moon) with several of its continents precariously attached to its core by large metallic cables. The sorceressQuintessabased herself on Cybertron, along with several Decepticon forces, and opted for a variation of Sentinel Prime's plan to restore Cybertron. Instead of draining Earth's resources to revive Cybertron, she would drain the life fromUnicron(the core of the Earth) to revive Cybertron. To do this, she required a staff from Earth and Optimus Prime and thus sentLockdownto retrieve the latter while she moved Cybertron into Earth's orbit. As the planet entered the Sol system, Optimus Prime crashed landed on it where Quintessa found him, brainwashed him and sent him back to Earth after she explained her plan to him. Cybertron's entry into the solar system caused Unicron's six horns to sprout from Earth's crust as the Chaos Bringer reacted to Primus' approach. Human scientists tracked Cybertron's approach and predicted it would collide with, and destroy, the Earth. Cybertron hid its final approach into the solar system behind theSun,blinding theEuropean Space Agencyfrom tracking it before its trailing continents caused large gashes on the surface of themoon.

When Cybertron arrived in Earth's orbit, its continents slammed into the Earth and caused massive destruction. Quintessa and Megatron then began the ritual, draining Unicron's life force into Cybertron. Cybertron then began knitting itself back together, its continents reconnecting and the damage from the Great War vanishing as the planet began to regain its larger size. The Autobots and the TRF however managed to halt their efforts which left Cybertron in Earth's orbit. Enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to it that it had healed most of its damage and that Optimus felt it was time for all Autobots in the galaxy to return to their homeworld.

At the time of its partial restoration, Cybertron possessed notably organic landscapes such as grassy hills. As these were visible from space as the planet approached Earth, it is unknown if they were a natural part of the planet or if Cybertron collected this feature during its journey through interstellar space.The Last Knight

Bumblebeefilm

Wracked by civil war between the Decepticons and the Autobot resistance, it became clear toOptimus Primethat the Autobots could not hold out on their besieged planet forever, and ordered his Autobot soldiers to abandon their home and regroup elsewhere in the cosmos. One such warrior, the young AutobotB-127was sent to scout out the planetEarth,which, eventually, became the temporary fallback position for other Autobot refugees from across the galaxy.Bumblebee

IDW movie comics

The AllSpark created a race of dimensional travelers, theThirteen Primes,and made Cybertron suitable for their habitation. The Primes soon discovered that while the AllSpark's power was vast, it was also finite, needing to be recharged. The universe soon provided the answer, for a nearby star went nova, recharging the AllSpark. Though the Primes could travel dimensions, they needed help locating stars and harvesting their energy. The AllSpark responded by creating two things to help the Primes. The first gift was the second race of Cybertronians, theTransformers,who could change their forms. The Thirteen Primes ruled over the Transformers with their descendants, forming theDynasty of Primes,to protect the AllSpark and Cybertron, while seeking out stars to harvest. The Dynasty even shared their dimensional traveling abilities with theSeekers,those tasked with finding stars. Once they found a star, the Dynasty would follow withbuildersto forge aharvesterto drain a star of its energy and send it to the AllSpark to formenergon.The second gift the AllSpark gave the Dynasty was theMatrix of Leadership,a key which contained the essence of the AllSpark and powered the harvesters. The Dynasty of Primes recognized the potential for destruction the harvesters presented, so they decreed that any star system which supported life was to be spared.

One day, the Dynasty of Primes and their attendants came toa worldto harvest itsstar.Just as the harvester was completed, the Primes discoveredprimitive but sentient creatures.Twelve of the Primes upheld the sanctity of life, but the thirteenth despised the creatures as insects and sought to steal the AllSpark's power for himself. What followed was the very first battle of Transformer against Transformer, as the rogue Prime and his loyalists waged war against the Dynasty of Primes and their loyalists. The rogue Prime murdered eleven of his brothers, but the twelfth stole the Matrix and hid it atombforged from the bodies of his brothers, sacrificing his own spark to seal the Tomb. The rogue Prime, now known asThe Fallen,dispatched the Seekers to find the Matrix. When he returned to Cybertron, he brought his war there as well, killing the rest of the Primes and destroying his brothers'sarcophagito prevent them from returning. However, he expended much of his power in this process and withdrew to his own sarcophagus to heal. It was there that he learned that he'd made two mistakes: First, the spirits of his brothers were able to seal him in the sarcophagus, preventing him taking over Cybertron. Second, the warriors of the Dynasty had managed to save a single orphan, hiding him from the Fallen. The Dynasty of Primes passed into the realm of legend.Defiance #3Defiance #4Revenge of the Fallen #3

Eventually, what little the Transformers knew of their origins would be lost to time. A new society arose, known as theAutobots.The Autobots were a peaceful people, led byOptimus,head of theScience Division,andProtector Megatron,head of theDefense Force.The two leaders created a balance; Optimus was fair while Megatron was firm.Movie Prequel #1Their world's main cities includedTyger Pax,Metrotitan,Simfur,and the capital city ofTrypticon.Another area of importance wasBurthov,where the Science Division had many facilities. In time, the Autobots began work on a dig near theSimfur Temple,discovering the remains of the Twelve's sarcophagi and the intact sarcophagus of The Fallen. At the same time, unknownalien hostilesattacked Cybertron. Megatron had Optimus remove the intact artifact to his quarters to better protect it, allowing him to come under the influence of The Fallen.Defiance #1Defiance #2

As Megatron began to grow more aggressive, Optimus discovered that he was the orphaned Prime hidden away when the Dynasty fell. Megatron raised an army, the Decepticons, and sought to take the AllSpark to conquer the universe. However, most of the early Decepticon forces left on theNemesiswith The Fallen andSoundwaveto seek out the harvester. With the number of Megatron's Decepticons now diminished, Optimus assumed his propertitleand raised his own army of Autobots. In the war that followed, Cybertron was decimated. Prime eventually sent the AllSpark through a wormhole into deep space, and Megatron pursued it. Both were lost. Without the AllSpark's power, Cybertron became a dead world. The Autobots and the Decepticons scattered across the galaxy, hoping either to create a new world or locate the AllSpark and restore Cybertron.TransformersA number of Transformers remained, with the Decepticons centered in Trypticon (now aDecepticoncapital), but this didn't last long.The Reign of Starscream

Titan movie comics

Internally, Cybertron has similar features to the inside of aTransformer,including gyroscopic joints.Return to Cybertron, Part: 4

While everyone had abandoned Cybertron, the twin AutobotSkidsandMudflaphung out there for a while, and Starscream began organisingan armythere in secret.Training Day

Alternate timeline

In a timeline where Megatron won the Battle of Mission City, Cybertron's status was unknown, with everyone abandoning it as it began to die. However,Stockadeand a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by usingNucleon.Stockade believed they could renew Cybertron by summoning a new power source, one related to the AllSpark. They succeeded in summoning such an energy being,Return to Cybertron: Part 1which did enter Cybertron to renew it...

...and to everyone's horror, announced itself asUnicron, the Anti-Life!Return to Cybertron: Part 2

The possessed Cybertron was swiftly altered into a scarier-looking form with a large mouth and grasping prongs, turned hostile to those on it, and warped to the Sol system.Return to Cybertron: Part 3The Autobots and Decepticons were able to destroy Unicron, but Cybertron was left in its transformed state and seemingly in the Sol system, as well as continuing to be dead and powerless.Return to Cybertron: Part 4

When the Autobots were ordered off American soil, they regroupedunderCybertron and began working on the teleportation engines that Unicron had left there when he transformed the planet. Using these, they were able to make a decisive strike by teleporting the entire Decepticon army to Cybertron, then teleportingCybertronto the far reaches of space. With the engines now burnt out and no energy on the planet, the Decepticons were marooned there, at the cost of the Autobots never being able to go home.Revolution Part 2Revolution Part 3

TransTech

This version of Cybertron occupies a unique position within themultiverse—thedimension it occupiesis an overlapping "hub" for many different universes.Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14The topology of the multiverse means that careless dimensional travellers may simply "fall through the cracks" and end up on this universe's Cybertron.Ask Vector Prime, 2015In the past, the native Transformers simply assumed that these strange visitors were aliens and helped them offworld.Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06At one point, a group of dimensionally-displacedWaruderstook up residence underneath the planet and fed off the planet's supplies ofCybertonium.Cybertron's Most Wanted

The Autobots and Decepticons of this universe never fell to war; they focussed on the sciences and constrained most of their disagreements to the political arena.Withered HopeWithout an endless conflict to blunt their development, they made incredible scientific and technological progress, and eventually evolved into highly advanced "Transcendent Technomorphs".However, many of these breakthroughs were only made possible through the amoral experimentation ofShockwaveand his masterJhiaxus,under a secret government partnership with the Liege Maximo.^[4]

The archivistOptimusand the military professionalMegatronexposedSentinel Prime's ties with the Liege Maximo, and after a dramatic battle most of the oldHigh Senatewas swept away and restructured under the auspices of Optimus, who became the nextPrime.^[5]Around this point, more and more dimensionally-displaced travellers began arriving, which forced the government to take an active role in accommodating the newcomersRook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06Under the supervision ofRhinox,Cybertron's science ministry established monitoring stations across Cybertron, which tracked potential alternate universes and redirected all dimensional traffic through to the processing stations in Axiom Nexus.Withered HopeMost dimensional newcomers would be "processed", fitted with an identification bolt, and released into the segregated "Offworlder Zone" reserved for "lowtech" Cybertronians and other alien races,Transcendent: Part 1Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06while more dangerous beings—including "offworlder" versions of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and other faction leaders—would be returned to their home dimension.Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/08At some point, the inhabitants of this Cybertron encountered and successfully repelled their universe's iteration ofUnicron.Withered Hope

When the Waruders made themselves known and attacked the city of Axiom Nexus, they successfully shut down most of Cybertron with their venom and left only the various "lowtechs" in the Offworlder Zone functional.Cybertron's Most WantedAfter they'd been dealt with, the Science Ministry took a more proactive role by launching hundreds of dimensional probes into distant universes to search for any more potential threats.Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06This didn't last long, however; the coming of theShroudfundamentally altered the nature of the multiverse and made dimensional travel much harder, essentially stranding most of the offworlders who had hoped one day to return home in Axiom Nexus.Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/10/29

Shattered Glasscontinuity family

Fun PublicationsShattered Glasscontinuity

In this backwards universe, the malevolentOmega Terminussupercomputer exists deep within Cybertron and creates new Transformers by recycling fallen corpses and imbuing them with "embers" instead ofsparks.Dungeons & DinobotsLike many other Cybertrons, this iteration does not possess a fixed orbit;Eye in the Skyunlikemost versions of Cybertron, however, this particular version possesses water vapor in its atmosphere.Dungeons & Dinobots

Cybertron was a peaceful planet whose inhabitants pursued only science and social harmony until the ambitious librarian-turned-warlordOptimus Primefounded the warmongering "Autobots"bent on conquest and plunder.Shattered GlassOnly the heroicMegatronand hisDecepticonstook a stand against the villains, but their destructive civil war gradually drained the planet of its energy and resources.Do OverBy the time that the AutobotCliffjumperstumbled into this universe, Cybertron's trajectory had brought it close toEarthand a dangerous nebula known as thePlait Expansethat would severely limit travel to and from their homeworld. Optimus constructed theArkto conquer the organic planet, but the Decepticons stymied his first attempt to get off-world.Shattered GlassWith his window of opportunity closing, Prime made a second attempt to launch theArk;however, the Decepticons pursued the Autobots aboard the starshipNemesisand the battle that precipitated their launch left both Megatron and Optimus stranded on their homeworld as it entered the Plait Nebula.Do Over

This Cybertron received a new satellite when the Earth ofPrimax 207.0 Epsilonentered its orbit as a result of the destruction of its home reality byUltra Magnus's multiversal villainy.Invasion

Following theShroud,Primusreawakened and assumed his robot form for the first time in eons, but had developed an evil personality as a result of ceasing being amultiversal singularity.Primus attacked the displaced Earth in his orbit but the planet fought back, revealing itself to be Primus's "sister"Gaea!Gaea was more than capable of defending herself and theKnights of Unicronhelped her at a pivotal moment in the great clash, blinding Primus, and allowing her to obliterate her foe, destroying his body and thus the Cybertron of this reality. Only Primus's head remained, orbiting Gaea in her planet mode as she became "New Cybertron".The Future Buried...

IDWShattered Glasscomic

In ages long past, theTitanswalked the surface of Cybertron, though details of this age eventually became lost to time.Shattered Glass #3

In the era before the Great War, Cybertron was ruled by a corruptSenate,one that was protested by Megatron and his future Decepticons. The societal tensions eventually devolved into full-scale civil war between the ruling Autobots and the Decepticon malcontents. The fighting briefly spread to the distant planetEarthonly for the Decepticons to fall back to Cybertron once they were defeated on the organic planet. After the Autobots razed Earth, they too returned to their homeworld, decisively retaking control of it.Shattered Glass #2The Autobots' rule eventually fractured, Goldbug and Prowl breaking off from Optimus Prime and claiming a kingdom of their own, engaging in border skirmishes with their rivals.Shattered Glass #1Shattered Glass #4Left on Earth, Megatron eventually followed his kind back to Cybertron, a decision he soon came to regret, and took up an existence as a hermit in the wilderness.Shattered Glass #2

Almost a megacycle after the Great War ended in Autobot victory,Shattered Glass #3Starscreameventually tracked down Megatron,Shattered Glass #1managing to reignite his fighting spirit with a plan to reawaken theTitanMetroplexto reclaim Cybertron with.Shattered Glass #2From a pub inGold City,the Decepticons attempted to summon their remaining army only forGoldbug's forces to capture Starscream.Shattered Glass #3

While the Decepticons quickly mobilized to rescue Starscream,Shattered Glass #4the fight ended with him killed by Goldbug who subsequently fled the city with the Seeker's unique spark. With the Decepticons poised to take Gold City, Goldbug fled to Metroplex, managing to rouse him with Starscream's spark.Shattered Glass #5

As the Decepticons rebuilt Gold City into "New Kaon", the Wreckers launched a coup against Optimus Prime.Shattered Glass II #1After Goldbug had done the heavy lifting of rebooting Metroplex, the Wreckers moved in and claimed the Titan for themselves.Shattered Glass II #3Soundwave andJetfiremanaged to remove Starscream's spark, returning the Titan to stasis, while the Wreckers fell in battle. While Jetfire fled with Starscream's spark, Soundwave noted that other threats existed but that he would never stop fighting until Cybertron knew true peace.Shattered Glass II #5

Animated

The ancient world of Cybertron orbited the starHadean,and was considered by theAutobotsto be one of the most important planets in theMilky Way.Its true origins are unknown, though various theories suggested that it could have begun as a planet-sized factory, a product ofatechnogenesis,or played a role in a clash between primordial titans. Chronometric dating suggests that Cybertron is approximately ten billion years old, with the earliest Cybertronian civilizations roughly eight billion years ago, a product of the mysterious, life-giving artifact known as theAllSpark.By six billion years ago, theGuardiansandMalignusfactions had colonized much of the Hadean system; by 750 million years ago, after the conclusion of theThird Cybertronian War,Cybertron had become the heart of a nascent interstellar empire that would come to be known as theAutobot Commonwealthas it underwent the Age ofExpansion.The AllSpark Almanac II

TheGreat Warbetween the Autobots and Decepticons began ten million years ago, whenMegatronexpressed his plan of using the Allspark to transform Cybertron into an "interstellar juggernaut".The AllSpark Almanac IIThe war razed Cybertron,The Thrill of the Huntbut the Autobots finally found a lasting advantage with the construction of theOmega SentinelsTransWarped.Autobot mastery ofspace bridgetechnology and their strategic relocation of the Allspark led to ultimate victory, where the Decepticons were driven from the planet entirely.Transform and Roll OutTransWarpedCybertron was once again dedicated to peace and an entire generation had seen neitherarmor-platingnor the transistor of a Decepticon.The AllSpark Almanac II

The Autobot culture under commanderUltra Magnuswas primarily peaceful, although there was an organized militancy in the form of active boot campsAutoboot Camp.The ancient buildingMetroplexwas home to theAutobot High CouncilandGuilds Domesticus,while the head of military operations wasFortress Maximus.The capital of Iacon was a major location, home to destinations such asMaccadam's Old Oil House,The AllSpark Almanac IIand the abandonedCyber-Ninja Dojo.Five Servos of DoomCybertron and its citizens were very unfamiliar with and afraid of organic life.This Is Why I Hate MachinesAccording toSentinel Prime,it doesn't rain liquid on Cybertron;Where Is Thy Sting?despite this, it is has been shown raining.The Stunti-Con JobMake of this what you will.

Many stellar cycles later, a web of uncoordinated Decepticon attacks on the rim of the galaxy began taking place, in an attempt to claim control of the space bridges and TransWarp to theSpacebridge Nexusin Iacon, to wipe out the unarmed Autobot populace from within. Receiving wind of these attacks from adouble agent on Cybertron,Megatron sent a transmission to the Decepticon cells and ordered the organizing of the attacks,Mission Accomplishedand he himself began constructing a Space Bridge to lead his armies.Rise of the Constructicons

However, Megatron's space bridge was destroyed by the reactivated Omega SentinelOmega Supreme.A Bridge Too Close, Part IIThe attacks were subsequently called off, much to the disappointment of the Decepticons who had managed to secure the bridges.TransWarped

When Megatron's double agent, Shockwave, sensed that his cover was about to be blown, he attacked Ultra Magnus, mangling the Autobot leaderWhere Is Thy Sting?and causing him to be put on severe life-support.This Is Why I Hate MachinesThis was not enough to save him, unfortunately, and he soon went offline.The AllSpark Almanac IISentinel Prime, the acting Magnus, took advantage of the fear and paranoia created by the attack to grant himself emergency powers and aggressively remilitarize Cybertron, in an effort to combat the growing Decepticon threat.This Is Why I Hate Machines

However, Megatron, Shockwave and the other Decepticons immediately under his command were subsequently captured by the maintenance botOptimus Primeand his team onEarth,Endgame, Part IIwhere they were imprisoned inTrypticon Prison,part of the Decepticon City State of Kaon. A failed breakout attempt followed, with the Decepticons then diverting their attention to the (forceful) acquisition of Energon.The Stunti-Con Job

Aligned continuity family

The Covenant of Primus

Cybertron was the mortal form ofPrimus,who, in aeons past, chose to enter into a deep hypersleep as to avoid the depredations of his aggressive siblingUnicron.After Primus removed himself from the conflict, he created theThirteento fight in his stead, and the warriors successfully managed to defeat and exile Unicron, banishing his dormant body into a distant region of the galaxy.

Left to their own devices, the Thirteen began laying the foundations for a new society, only for the machinations ofLiege Maximoto start the War of the Primes. The brief but violent battle concluded with the death ofSolus Primeand the Liege Maximo, whileOnyx Primesustained mortal injuries andMegatronusexiled himself into deep space. Realizing that they themselves would need to leave Cybertron behind if the planet was to stand any chance of developing, the remaining Primes hatched a new plan to populate the planet with a race of beings based on their forms. Using a combination of Onyx Prime'sTriptych Maskand theWell of All Sparksthat had developed on the planet after Solus's passing, Vector Sigma itself was able to scan and gather data on all living creatures from across the universe and used that information to synthesize the first true generation of Cybertronian lifeforms: first, primitive bestial creatures, then the first humanoid Cybertronians—the Transformers themselves—and, finally, thePredacons.This era would later be known as the "Age of Evolution".

Early civilizations grew and thrived amidst this mechanical ecosystem, with the Thirteen defending these primitive villages against the aggressive Predacons, until Cybertron was menaced by theGreat Cataclysm,which rendered most Cybertronian life, including the Predacons, extinct. In the subsequent "Age of Origins," the Cybertronian wilds would be tamed by increasingly sophisticated Cybertronian societies, withAzimuthand herPatternersresponsible for reshaping vast swathes of Cybertron's wilderness with the ritualistic astrological charts necessary to predict another potential Great Cataclysm. It was in this state that Cybertron was discovered by theQuintessons,the rogue creations ofQuintus Prime.The subsequent "Age of Wrath" saw Quintesson interference transform the planet into a spacefaring civilization almost overnight, installingSentinel Zeta Primeas a puppet ruler while they manipulated the populace into an increasingly malleable and complacent state. As time went on, however, it became clear that the Quintessons had ulterior motives for the planet, and a Cybertronian rebellion that put their newfoundtransformationalabilities to the test saw the Quintessons and their servants forced back offworld.

In their haste to flee the planet, however, the Quintessons had left their technology behind, and Cybertronians were able to reverse-engineer the principles behindspace bridges.Using these devices, Cybertron began an age of colonization, the "Golden Age,"settling worlds that includedArchonandVelocitron,cyberformedvia aconversion beam.The prosperous Cybertronian empire collapsed when theRust Plaguehit, a virulent disease that corroded all metal it touched; recognizing that the space bridges allowed it to jump from world to world, Sentinel ordered them all destroyed, cutting off Cybertron from the rest of the galaxy.

The Golden Age over, Cybertron entered the "Age of Rust," a period marked by strict social stratification and the consolidation of power under an ever-increasingly corrupt and stagnantSenate.This moribund state of affairs ended when an outspoken gladiator namedMegatronemerged, his words inspiring Cybertron to accept a new generation of change. Among those who heard his message was the archivistOrion Pax,but circumstances would drive the two friends apart, sparking theGreat Warthat would ultimately see Cybertron poisoned byDark Energonand rendered uninhabitable for millennia until the end of the war, when the planet was re-energized and reborn.The Covenant of Primus

Video games

Transformers: War for Cybertron

When Megatron discovered the powerful substance known asDark Energon,and that he could control it, he sought to use it to bring Cybertron under his control by infusing it into Cybertron's verycore.Unaware of the true nature of the substance, the Dark Energon poisoned the planet. Though Cybertron's immune system initially fought back against the corruption, the spread proved too rapid and the planet was forced to shut down, Optimus Prime sending theAutobot fleetelsewhere in the galaxy to wait out Cybertron healing itself.War for Cybertron

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

In Cybertron's prehistoric era, the early Cybertronians discovered theDark Spark,purported to be the antithesis to the Matrix of Leadership. Unable to decipher the truth of its origins, or properly tame its terrible power, the artifact was locked away withinCrystal City.

In the modern era, as Cybertron continued to shut down following the Dark Energon corruption, the Autobots and Decepticons clashed over possession of the Dark Spark, Optimus eventually managing to use the Matrix of Leadership to send the Dark Spark off of Cybertron.Rise of the Dark Spark

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

As Cybertron entered the final stages of shutdown, Shockwave re-discoveredspace bridgetechnology, using it to find a distant, primitive world that possessed a rich enough energy supply to reboot Cybertron. When he opened up a space bridge to this world, the tower was attacked by theDinobotsdamaging it and rendering the portal unstable. Taking the chance to get off-world, the Autobots raced for the singularity, the Decepticons following for the chance to destroy their foes. The portal violently consumed both ships before it closed, cutting all combatants off from Cybertron.Fall of Cybertron

Aligned novels

Cybertron's origins are lost to time. It is known that the planet predated both Primus and Unicron, serving as their battleground in its prehistory. After Primus removed himself from the conflict and created the Thirteen, the warriors managed to exile Unicron from the planet.ExodusEarly Cybertronian civilization can trace its roots back toAlchemist Prime,who was known to have lived on the planet and shaped the development of prehistoric Transformer societies.ExilesThe planet was also visited by the Quintessons in the distant past, who reorganized much of the planet's civilization under their cruel and barbaric rule of law, thoughSentinel Primewas able to successfully oust the invaders when the Cybertronians saw through their lies.Retribution

During the planet's Golden Age, Cybertronians colonized distant worlds that included Velocitron, Gigantion,the Hub,ExodusandAquatron,Retributionuntil the Rust Plague necessitated the destruction of the network. In the aftermath, only one space bridge was left in orbit of Cybertron alongsideMoon Bases One,Twoand theTrypticon Asteroid Belt Station.

In the new era they found themselves in, Sentinel and the Guilds instituted thecaste systemto slow their civilization's decline. The High Council and their Guards were in charge of law and order, but each state controlled its own militia.ExodusBut as the nameless miners resorted togladiatorial combatas an outlet for their misery, a champion namedMegatronrose to seize the title of Prime for himself. Unwittingly, his Iaconian ally was appointedOptimus Primeinstead, and their anti-caste movement became a civil war for Cybertron's future. TheAllSparkwas lost to space, whole regions of the planet were laid to waste, and thecoreof Cybertron was poisoned byDark Energon,the remnants of Unicron's attack, prompting the Autobots to evacuate on theArk.Megatron and his elite forces left on Trypticon too, now modified into theNemesis,leavingShockwaveto deal with theWreckers.ExodusThe largely-devastated planet would be invaded again by the Quintessons from their Aquatronian staging ground some years later, facing minimal resistance from the worn-down Autobot and Decepticon remnants that stayed on the planet, though their invasion was quickly thwarted.Retribution

Primecartoon

Though Cybertron was once a thriving world, the former battleground between the Thirteen and Unicron in ancient times,One Shall Rise, Part 1the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons led to the planet's poisoning, leaving it completely uninhabitable. During this conflict, Orion Pax retrieved the Matrix of Leadership from Cybertron'sCore,which transformed him into Optimus Prime.One Shall Rise, Part 3

After the planet had been functionally abandoned, the Decepticons began shipping energon back to Cybertron, drawing the attention of AutobotsCliffjumperandArcee.Discovering a Decepticonspace bridge,the two Autobots managed to overload it and escape toEarthto join Optimus Prime.Out of the PastThough everyone else assumedShockwavehad perished when he chased Cliffjumper and Arcee into the portal, the scientist survived. Shockwave managed to repair himself but was left marooned on Cybertron, occupying himself by resuming work on Project Predacon.Scattered

In the present, Megatron raised azombieTerrorconarmy from Cybertron's dead by hurling solidified Dark Energon at it through a space bridge. His plan to have them sack Earth was foiled, when the Autobots turned the Energon pump on the space bridge and caused it to implode.Darkness Rising, Part 5

When Optimus lost his memories,RatchetsentArceeandJackto Cybertron to findVector Sigma.Arcee told Jack to watch out for vermin.Orion Pax, Part 2They were attacked by anInsecticon,left behind as a sentry, and a swarm ofscraplets,but managed to get the information they needed from Vector Sigma, deep underKaon.Orion Pax, Part 3

Seeking to gain an advantage over Optimus Prime and his newly acquiredStar Saber,Megatron and Dreadwing used a space bridge to travel to Cybertron to acquire the hand of an unnameddead Prime.Alpha/Omega

After acquiring the fourOmega Keys,the Autobots returned to Cybertron to activate theOmega Lockand restore the planet. However, as they were about to activate the lock, Megatron and his subordinates arrived with the Autobots' human allies, threatening to expose them to Cybertron's atmosphere if they did not give him the Omega Keys.RegenerationPrime and the Autobots surrendered, handing over the Omega Keys in exchange for the humans. However, before Megatron could use the Omega Lock tocyberformEarth,Optimus Prime used the Star Saber to destroy it and save the human planet.Darkest Hour

Soon afterDarkmountwas raised, Megatron sentKnock Outback to Cybertron to find any relics left behind in the ruins of the Omega Lock.Darkmount, NVHis instruments having detected the Omega Lock's energy, Shockwave travelled to the wreckage and was brought back to Earth to join the Decepticons.Scattered

Eventually, the Decepticons, with help from Ratchet, built a second functioning Omega Lock on the exterior of theNemesis.SynthesisFollowing their defeat of Megatron, the Autobots commandeered the ship and flew to Cybertron. There, they fired the Omega Lock into theWell of All Sparks,which healed the wounded planet.Deadlock

During the process of rebuilding the planet for returning refugees, Optimus Prime and Wheeljack flew off to retrieve the AllSpark, which had been removed from the planet during the war. During this time, however, Unicron revived and took control of Megatron's body, and returned to Cybertron to destroy Primus. The chaos god led an army of Predacon Terrorcons to the Well of All Sparks, and the Autobots and Predacons joined forces to oppose them. Their efforts failed, but Optimus Prime arrived with the AllSpark and was able to use its container to trap Unicron, returning his undead army to dust in the process.

Afterwards, Optimus Prime revealed that, in order to use the container, he had transferred the AllSpark into the Matrix of Leadership, rendering his own spark inseparable from the multitudes within the AllSpark in the process. Consequently, the only way to return the AllSpark to the core would be to give his own life. With his farewells complete, the Prime flew into the Well of All Sparks, returning the AllSpark to Cybertron's core and causing numerous sparks to soar into the sky.Predacons Rising

Rescue Botscartoon

Despite Cybertron's isolation from the larger galaxy, some starships, such as theSigma,were occasionally sent out to conduct deep space missions and patrols.Unfinished Business

2015Robots in Disguisecartoon

After the restoration of the Well of All Sparks, Cybertron once again returned to a period of peace and prosperity. Statues commemorating various figures in the war were constructed.Pilot (Part 1)A newHigh Councilwas chosen to rule the planetCan You Dig It?but they were usurped byCyclonus's Decepticon cell. Via the use of alight bender,the five Decepticons assumed control of their homeworld and began making preparations for the return of Megatron and the rebirth of theDecepticon Empire.Freedom FightersAs part of their plans, they kept Cybertron isolated from the rest of the galaxy and blamed the Autobots (Optimus Prime in particular) for the damage that the Great War did to Cybertron.Decepticon Island (Part 1)Those who stood by Optimus Prime were blacklisted and were forced to find work in the lower rungs of society.Enemy of My Enemy

Lieutenant Bumblebee eventually found employment as a street patrol officer, but eventually returned to Earth via space bridge on the orders of a ghostly Optimus Prime.Pilot (Part 1)This act caused the High Council to place a bounty on Bumblebee's head for his illegal use of a space bridge.Hunting SeasonThe Council also sent Jazz to Earth to respond to the distress signal from theAlchemor.After capturingPed,Jazz promised he'd smooth things over with the Council,Can You Dig It?but later Drift and Fracture (and their Mini-Cons) arrived on Earth to capture Bumblebee and collect the bounty.Hunting Season

Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron aboard the rebuiltAlchemorto confront the new Council.Decepticon Island (Part 2)During the flight, he made contact with several old friends,Worthybut returned to Earth in a smaller craft when Bumblebee put out a distress signal.Strongarm's Big ScoreWhen he departed Earth again, he said the political situation on Cybertron was fluid but he was working with his friends to change it.WorthyOn Cybertron however, the Council freedSteeljawand hispackto capture theBee Teamin exchange for a full pardon.ExilesFreedom FightersWhen Bumblebee became aware of this, he commented on the growing corruption on Cybertron.ExilesAfterSoundwave's defeat, Optimus took him andLaserbeakback to Cybertron to stand trial.Collateral Damage

Knowing the people of Cybertron would never support galactic conquest, the Council developed powerful mind-control techniques through which they could control the entire planet's population.Five FugitivesEnemy of My EnemyThe mind control was powerful enough to keep Cybertronians enthralled even if they were off Cybertron.Five Fugitives

The Bee Team eventually returned to Cybertron aboardPrime Force Oneonly to come under attack from the planet's orbital defences. As a result of their situational ally, Steeljaw, they managed to land on their homeworld where they were soon surrounded by the Council's security forcesEnemy of My Enemyonly to be rescued byDropforge.The High Council soon made a planet wide broadcast announcing the "glorious invasion of Earth" and the coming prosperity before the Bee Team destroyed their light bender and exposed their Decepticon bodies. When the mind-control signal had been destroyed, all of Cybertron bore witness toGalvatronusproclaiming loyalty toMegatronbeforeUltra Beedefeated him, freeing Cybertron from Decepticon control.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime declined the opportunity to rule Cybertron and leftRatchet,Jazz,BulkheadandWindbladein charge until free elections could be held. The Bee Team opted to return to Earth however as Cybertron's first ambassadors to the planet.Freedom Fighters

Rescue Bots Academycartoon

Optimus Primetravelled to Cybertron to collect new students for theRescue Bot Training Centeron Earth.Recruits Part IIn response to meteors heading towards Iacon City, Heatwave, Grimlock and Bumblebee had to travel back to Cybertron to help out.Dino-mite Duo

Knights of Unicron

Maccadam's Old Oil House,theToxic Sludge Swamps,The Smelting Pool,andIaconStadium,all located on Planet Cybertron, were the final venues for theKnights of Unicronon their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour.Knights of Unicron

Cyberversecontinuity

Cybertron's precise origins are lost to history, though evidence found by the Autobots in the modern day led them to theorize that theMonsterbotsand the environment that they lived in were evident of Cybertron's prehistoric era.Battle For Cybertron III

During an era that would come to be known as theAge of Expansion,PrimesandTitanswalked the planet, but these had all faded into myths and legends by the modern day.The CitizenThunderhowl

The Age of Expansion saw Cybertron colonize multiple planets often founded through the efforts of a Titan.Ghost TownA special class of Titan, the War Titans, carried Cybertron's conquering armies to other planets and waged wars on alien races for their worlds. Once the Age of Expansion had ended, only one of these giants, the mightyIaconus,survived to return to Cybertron. Unable to cope with the peacetime, he went mad and attacked Cybertron, only being felled through the sacrificial efforts of his crew.The CitizenEons after the Expansion, Cybertron kept in contact with at least two of its colonies,CaminusandVelocitron.Terminal VelocityMaccadam's

Overseen by theHigh Counciland/or theSenate,Matrix of Leadershipthe government on Cybertron was a corrupt one, so much so thatMegatronwas able to rally a following based on his promise of equal rights to all citizens. As time passed however, it transpired that Megatron served only his own powerlust and plunged Cybertron into theGreat Warto try and gain control of the planet. To that end, he aimed to seize control of theAllSparkand have it birth a new generation of troops.Megatron Is My HeroLearning of this plan, the Autobots seized the AllSpark and sent it through a space bridge to prevent anyone from abusing its power.AllsparkAs a consequence however, Cybertron's condition began to deteriorate promptingOptimus Primeto lead a mission on theArkto retrieve the artifact.Matrix of Leadership

Some 66 million years later, Cybertron was still habitable but overrun by the Decepticons who'd tracked the AllSpark toEarth,sendingSlipstream's squadron to retrieve it, the Autobot resistance sendingWindbladeto do the same.FracturedShockwavewas able to remotely tie intoBumblebee'scortical psychic patchfrom Cybertron,Sabotageand eventually came to Earth personally to take command of the operations.The Extinction Event

After the AllSpark had been recovered by the Autobots on Earth, they attempted to return to Cybertron and restore their world with it only for the Decepticons to dupe them into thinking the space bridge had been destroyed.Escape From EarthUsing the space bridge, the Decepticons arrived home long before their foes and quickly occupied the remains of their planet, takingChromiaandPerceptorprisoner and forcing them to send out a distress signal to theArk.The CrossroadsBattle For Cybertron I

When the Autobots returned home, the battle for the AllSpark saw Cybertron be regenerated by the artifact's energies.Battle For Cybertron IVThe peace would be an extremely short-lived one however forStarscream,having been found by the extra-dimensional creatures known as theQuintessons,sold out his species and planet to the aliens, leading them to invade Cybertron. As the Quintessons incorporated Starscream into their newJudge,The End Of The Universe Ithey began draining the energy of Cybertron into himThe Alliancebefore the Autobots and Decepticons defeated the invaders. When Starscream revealed himself,The Judgehe was felled through the combined power of two versions of the Matrix of Leadership. Along with simultaneous death of theScientist,the invasion was considered over.The End Of The Universe IV

In this new era of tentative peace, Megatron divided the planet in half.Enemy LineWith Windblade's mind scattered following the Quintesson invasion, the Autobots searched the planet and its moonLuna 3for her psychic shards so that they could repair their friend.ThunderhowlAlien Hunt! With Meteorfire And CosmosJourney To The Valley Of RepugnusDweller In The DepthsThe war's end saw many Cybertronians, since scattered across the galaxy, return home.Wild Wild Wheel

Cybertron would soon be invaded by another universe once again. The invader,an alternate version of Megatron,came from a timeline where he had won the war in its early stages and claimed the Matrix of Leadership, since stolen from him by the primary universe Megatron, and sought his prize. A psychic shard of Windblade had founds its way within this Matrix with the ghosts within it guiding her to destroy it, short-circuiting the alternate Megatron who was taken away by his former servant,Astrotrain.With the threat of both Megatrons neutralized, peace reigned on Cybertron once again.The Other One

To make this new peace official, the Autobot and Decepticon leaders drafted theTreaty of the Wall.Though the ceremony was interrupted by a gang ofMercenariesnearly managing to ransack and destroy the whole planet, the treaty was successfully signed and the wall deactivated, reunifying the Autobots and Decepticons.The ImmobilizersThe celebrations were short lived, asDecepticon supersoldiersfrom the other dimension nearly took control of the planet in an attempt by their leaderTarnto restart the war and eliminate the Autobots. Ultimately, the Autobots and Decepticons fought back, destroying Tarn and freeing the supersoldiers from his control. In the aftermath, Optimus ceded leadership of the planet to Bumblebee, Windblade,Hot RodandShadow Striker,confident that they would be able to maintain Cybertron's newfound peace.The Perfect Decepticon

Alternate universes

In their travels across the multiverse, the Quintessons had come into contact with Cybertron several times, enough for theirScientistto build a collection ofSoundwaves.The Scientist

In the timeline from which Megatron X hailed from, the tyrant recognized that the rift between him and Optimus would never be mended and took the initiative, killing his old friend and claiming the Matrix for himself. With it, he defeated the Autobots and had the AllSpark create him a race of Decepticon supersoldiers before ridding himself of any "unneeded" troops. When the Quintessons sought to invade this Cybertron, Megatron simply used alaser snareto defeat them before harvesting their technology for his own ends. Cybertron was eventually visited by an alternate Megatron who stole the Matrix and fled with Astrotrain.The Other One

EarthSparkcartoon

"Light years" away from Earth,Secret Legacy, Part 1Cybertron was originally inhabited by the Thirteen Primes. One of their number,Quintus Prime,eventually left his home, seeding new life across the universe with hisEmberstone.Age of Evolution, Part 1Cybertron was sustained through theAllSpark,the source of newsparks.Warzone

As the eons passed, an "epic battle" broke out between the Autobots and Decepticons. The fighting eventually spilled over to the planet Earth on September 17, 1984.Secret Legacy, Part 1The Decepticons brought the AllSpark to Earth with them, threatening the metallic planet's continued survival. Aided by a repentantMegatron,the Autobots attempted to return the AllSpark to Cybertron so it could revive the planet. Megatron managed to toss the AllSpark through thespacebridgejust asOptimus Primedestroyed the portal. With the bridge destroyed, the Cybertronians on Earth were cut-off from their homeworld. Given the totality of the explosion, Megatron feared that the AllSpark had been destroyed and taken Cybertron with it.Warzone

Decades later, when the Decepticons on Earth had reconsolidated their forces,Shockwavefelt the best usage of their resources would be return to Cybertron. Given that they still had no proof that Cybertron existed,Starscreamoverruled that idea and instead sought tocyberformEarth into "New Cybertron".Witwicky, Part 1

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Cybertron was the alternate mode of Primus, who had first populated the planet with theThirteen.Via the power of the Matrix of Leadership,energonflowed in abundance until theQuintessonsinvaded. The Thirteen led the defence of their homeworld until they were betrayed by their principle aidSentinelwho sold out his race to the Quintessons by leading the Primes into an ambush. Though Sentinel thought to claim the Matrix fromZeta Prime's corpse, the talisman rejected him and dematerialized. With the planet failing to produce fresh energon in the absence of the Matrix, the newly crowned Sentinel Prime spun a lie to his people as they retreated to Cybertron's underground, harvesting thetransformation cogsof yet to born Cybertronians to act as miners who would mineenergon crystalsfrom the planet's lowest levels. Travel to the surface became restricted to only Sentinel and his inner retinue, where they delivered tributes of energon to theQuintesson High Commander.

Fifty cycles after Sentinel's betrayal, Orion Pax proved himself worthy of the Matrix and was reborn asOptimus Prime,energon flowing through Cybertron once again as the planet returned the mining class' transformation cogs. As the leader of the Autobots, Optimus beamed a message into space, warning the Quintessons to stay away from Cybertron.One

Toys

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

• Primus(2006)
  • ID number:00
  • Accessories:Omega Lock,twomissiles,silver Cybertron planet-typeCyber Key

Primuswas developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their jointCybertron/Galaxy Forcetoylines,but was released in Japan as a Generation 1Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformerstoy a few months afterGalaxy Forcehad ended its run. This release can be considered a pre-release of theCybertrontoy because it features Hasbro'sCyber Key Codesthat theGalaxy Forceline lacked.

Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers' creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed thanArmadaUnicron,with visible cities, includingIacon,based upon its appearance in theDK Publishingbook,Transformers: The Ultimate Guide,andKaon,specificallyKolkular,as seen inThe War Within.On the "bottom" of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to aPowermaster,in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top" of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons" swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

Inrobot mode,Primus resembles both theBeast Wars NeoUnicron prototype as well asDon Figueroa's Primus concept, created forThe War Withinand used inThe Ultimate Guide.He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendablearticulated"manipulator arms".

Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station" mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact.

In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key codesp8utampographedonto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the fourCyber Planet Keys,although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con5 mmpowerlinxposts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.

Cybertron

• Cybertron Primus(Supreme Class,2006)
  • Accessories:Omega Lock,two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key,Unicron head(second wave only)

Cybertron"Cybertron Primus"is the North American version of Supreme Class Primus, released a few months after the Japanese version. The toys are identical.

In North America, Cybertron Primus was initially released in the second wave ofCybertronSupreme Class toys. This version came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" Unicron head based upon his Armada appearance, whereas the following wave did not come with the Unicron head. Unusually, both waves ended up shipping simultaneously.

• Cybertron Primus(Supreme Class, 2006)
  • Accessories:Omega Lock,two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

A later version of Supreme ClassCybertron PrimuswasexclusivetoWalmartas aBlack Friday2006 special, and included four Mini-Cons:Strongarm,Knockdown,Nightscream,andOffshoot.

Welcome to Transformers 2010

• Creator Primus(2010)
  • Accessories:Omega Lock,two missiles, clear Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

To celebrate the year 2010, Takararedecoedthe Supreme Class Primus toy and released him in TakaraTomy'sWelcome to Transformers 2010campaign,being packaged in a special box that is meant to go with theUnicrontoy released the same year. "Creator Primus"is primarily metallic gunmetal in planet mode, with metallic blue robot parts, and a large number of black paint washes here and there. His Omega Lock is now blue.

Primus comes with aretooledCybertron-style Cyber Key which was originally available with bothCybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus PrimeandCybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolishor.This Cyber Key features a "smooth" central area with no moldedinsignia,and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from thetampographedAutobot symbol at the center.

Creator Primus is, unfortunately, a subject ofGold Plastic Syndrome,as his metallic blue parts hit their expiry dates 13 years later.

The Last Knight

• Cybertron(2017)
  • Accessories:Omega Lock,two missiles, Autobot Cybertron-type Cyber Key

The Last KnightCybertron is a redeco of the Supreme Class Primus mold. Contrary tostock photography,which depict the Matrix-styled Cyber Key originally sold withCybertronLeader Class Optimus Prime, it instead comes with the standard Autobot Cybertron Cyber Key, just as the older releases of the mold did. It is advertised on the box as having a third mode, "Defense Mode", that like his Battle Station mode appears to be an intermediate between his robot and planet modes. This figure was exclusive toToys "R" Usunder theMission to Cybertronbanner. As the rest of the toys under this banner, he has decodeableCyberglyphicson his body that spell outCYBERTRONand two cards that can form a bigger picture of Optimus and Megatron fighting on Cybertron, with Cyberglyphic writing on the back.

It was priced at $150. Ten years earlier, Cybertron Primus had been $50. Ooof.

This toy was laterrepurposedasNeo Primus.

Notes

• The name "Cybertron" was used by Marvel Comics long before the Transformers series came about. In issue 48 of the originalX-Mentitle (released in September 1968), a computer named Computo created a race of robots named the "Cybertrons".^[6]
• The size of the planet Cybertron varies between different continuities. In one, the diameter of the planet is smaller than Earth's while the Marvel comics describe it as "Saturn-sized," placing its diameter at around 120,000 km.^[7]We can probably lay these at the feet of Primus, who is a god after all, and can decide to be whatever size he wants.
• TheMarvel UK letters pagefrequently responded to queries about whether Cybertron was a Transformer. Grimlock reckoned Primus becoming a robot would just reignite his battle with Unicron where it left off.^[8]Dreadwind didn't think Primus could become a robot, but then what wouldheknow?^[9]Blaster thought that Cybertron was more likely to "turn into a rapidly expanding ball of component molecules, the way things are going at the moment"^[10]and answered a similar query with a flat "No."^[11]So there you have it. Cybertron would never become a Transformer! Nowscroll back up.
• Cybertron's "gashed" moon, often glimpsed during the course ofBeast Machines,is heavily based on one side of a modern sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Sphere with Sphere" ( "Sfera con Sfera" ), that can be found in the Vatican City's Courtyard of the Pinecone.^[12]See, kids? Transformers IS educational.
• In the English dub of theThe Headmasterscartoon, the planet is repeatedly calledCyberton.This is most likely due to bad translation.
• AHasLabCybertron/Primus was considered at one point.^[13]

Foreign names

• Japanese:Cybertron-sei(セイバートロン tinhSeibātoron-sei,^[14]サイバトロン tinhSaibatoron-sei,サイバートロン tinhSaibātoron-sei;"Planet Cybertron" )
• Armenian:Kibertron(Կիբերտրոն, "Cybertron" )
• Cantonese:Cybertron( tư so đốnSi¹bei²deon⁶)
• English:Cyberton(Omni Productionsdub)
• Hungarian:Kibertron(Marvel Comics,Rescue Botssometimes,Cybertron2nd dub),Kájbertron(firstThe Moviedub),Mesterséges bolygó(Energon1st dub, "Artificial planet" ),Cybertron(live action movies,Rescue Botssometimes,Rescue Bots Academy,Prime,Robots in Disguise)
• Indonesian:Saibertron
• Italian:Sibara(Dub ofSuper God Masterforceonly)
• Korean:Cybertron(사이버트론 "Saibeoteulon" )
• Mandarin:Cybertron( Cybertron / Cybertron "Sàibótǎn"; tái bác sang "Sàibóchuàng"; tái bác trụ "Sàibózhòu" )
• Russian:Kibertron(Кибертрон, "Cybertron" )
• Serbian:Kibortron(Generation 1 dub and first dub ofGeneration 2),Sajbertron(SecondG2dub,Armada,Cybertron,Animated,Prime)
• Ukrainian:Kibertron(Кібертрон, "Cybertron" )

References

External links

• Cybertronat Memory Beta, the non-canonStar Trekwiki
• Cybertronat the Ghostbusters Wiki

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