Golden Disk (Vok)

The little dude with the tree should be the official Vok insignia.

ThisGolden Disk(also often referred to as theAlien Disk) is ofVokorigin, one of a pair ofGolden Disksobtained byMegatronduring theBeast Wars.It was discovered in a mountain byInferno.

Despite its uncanny similarity to theVoyagerdisk,there is no known connection between the two. Its information seems only to pertain the Vok and their projects on prehistoric Earth, with no explicit reference to the distant future. Some of its outersymbolscorrespond directly to markings found on the Vok's constructs. Megatron andTarantulas,through their own independent analyses of the disk, gleaned much information about the Vok and were able to predict and even subvert the aliens.

Fiction

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Inferno makes his bid for king of England.

Following odd energy readings, Inferno discovered the alien disk embedded in a rotating monolith within a glowing, hollow mountain. He tore the disk from its recess, which caused the energy discharge to cease. Then he brought it back to Megatron, who claimed he had "long expected" to find it.

It was identical in size, shape, and color to the Voyager disk, except for the markings: several pictographic symbols which were also found on Vok constructs. These symbols could be observed to change independently of each other, fading from one to another.

Keep your eye on that lower-left symbol. Don't turn your back on it. Don't feed it after midnight.

Megatron immediately began analyzing it, even calling a truce withOptimus Primalwhile he focused his efforts on the disk and its implications. (Evidence strongly suggests that the disk contained information about the comingPlanet Busterapocalypse.) He kept his decipherments to himself, but Tarantulas hacked into hisdatatraxand learned its secrets as well. And thenTigatrondid the same. But in both cases, Megatron was aware of the subterfuge. In Tarantulas's case, Megatron hoped that the spider would devise his own plans, which Megatron would be able to weave into his own. And in Tigatron's case, he simply saw it as giving "bait".Before the Storm

After the Planet Buster's destruction,Dinobotinfiltrated thePredacon baseand stole the Golden Disks.Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)He gave the Vok disk toRhinox,and they uncovered the disk-symbol/construct-symbol congruity. But it's unclear how much more information, if any, theMaximalsgot out of it before Megatron stole it back. He claimed it still contained secrets that only he knew, but Tarantulas countered that onlyhecould implement them. So the two combined their efforts in anticipation of theMetal Hunter's arrival, another event they predicted from disk information.Other Visits (Part 1)

Apparently that's where it goes. MYSTERY SOLVED.

This apparently-unmanned Vok ship tried to subdue all the Beast Warriors. However, its power only worked on the non-Transmetallized,and Megatron approached it unfazed. A symbol on the ship matched one of the disk's markings, and when Megatron touched the latter, the Metal Hunter's door opened. Inside, he placed the disk into an interface apparently made for the purpose, and after being subjected to some sort of painful energy beam, he received the command seat. His subsequent rampage might have been unstoppable, had Tarantulas not turned on him and used a virus to destroy the ship and, presumably, the disk along with it.Other Visits (Part 2)

While the physical artifact may have been lost, the information it contained—or at least informationaboutit—had been copied into more than one datatrax. Tarantulas in particular showed an ongoing knowledge of and obsession with the Vok, and his manipulations ofTigerhawkand even the Vok themselves suggest he continued to put the disk's secrets to use.Other Victories

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Games

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals(PS)

As theAxaloncame under Predacon attack, Primal hatched a plan: drive the Predacons back to their base, then retake the Golden Disk while they're still weak. With the help ofRattrap,CheetorandSilverbolt,the plan was successful and the Maximals reclaimed the Golden Disk from Megatron.Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)

Toys

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

• Autobot Ark(Titan Class,2021)
  • Hasbro ID number:WFC-K30

KingdomAutobot Arkcomes with both the Vok andVoyagerGolden Disks. Deviating from its cartoon appearance, the Vok disc features theVoyagerdisk's "Sounds of Earth" design on its rear, instead of more alien symbols. The accessories can only be wielded by several figures with poseable hands/open-palms.

• Terrorsaur(Golden Disk Collection,2022)
  • Chapter 4: The Terrorfying[sic] Conclusion

KingdomTerrorsaurincludes a Golden Disk, identical to the Vok disk from theKingdomAutobot Ark (complete with the erroneous "Sounds of Earth" reverse design from the Voyager disc) but with darker paint. The product description refers to it as theVoyagerGolden Disk,^[1]so maybe this time it's the Vok side which is in error?

Notes

• Dreamwave'sMore than Meets the Eyeprofile book series included a framing device in the form of a comic story set during the time frame Megatron stole theVoyagerprobe's Golden Disk... except it was accidentally drawn asthisGolden Disk. Whoops.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Alien Disk(エイリアンディスクEirian Disuku)
• Spanish:Disco de origen desconocido(America, "Disk of unknown origin" )