Sun

The sun is a deadly lazer.

TheSun(also referred to asSol) is the closest star toEarth,a mass of incandescent gasa miasma of incandescent plasma, a gigantic nuclear furnace where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

The Sun is a frequent target of theDecepticons,who seek to utilize it in various ways, such as tapping into its power, hurling things such asAutobotsor the planetEarthinto it, or just plain blowing it to smithereens. The Autobots usually stop them in time, but it's almost always a close call.

The Sun is the center of theSolar System.

Sun facts

• Look out the window, see that big bright thing? That's the Sun.
• The Sun is hot.
• The Sun is large.
• The Sun is far away.
• Even when it's out of sight, the Sun shines night and day.
• The Sun is not a place where we could live. But here on Earth, there'd be no life without the light it gives.

Fiction

The Transformerscartoon

The sun is a wondrous body. Like a magnificent father. If only I could be so grossly incandescent.

The Decepticons built theSolar Needleto harvest the Sun's energy, but did not intend to destroy it: only an instability was causing it to damage the star. A last minute pull of the Needle's wires byOptimus Primethat shut it down saved the day.Changing Gears

When a court ruling expelled the Autobots from Earth, they were launched into space in a rocket ship constructed byShawn Berger.Megatronfixed the ship's course to collide with the Sun.Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1When the Autobots were unable to change the ship's destination, they abandoned ship before it was plunged into the Sun and was destroyed. Contained inTrailbreaker's forcefield linked toCosmos,the Autobots found they were still on course for the Sun, as Cosmos' course was being determined byTeletraan I.It wasn't until the computer was disabled that they were able to escape certain doom.Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2

TheCombaticonsintended to gain their revenge on Megatron for exiling them. TakingCybertron,Onslaughtrigged thespace bridgeto push Earth into the Sun. Torn from its orbit, the Earth began heating up, causing spontaneous fires to break out across the planet. While theProtectobotsbattled to save the planet, the Autobots and Decepticons went to Cybertron, where they managed to reverse the effects of the space bridge and prevent Earth from plunging into the Sun.The Revenge of Bruticus

As part of a plan to overload the Sun, sending it nova,Galvatronopened thePlasma Energy Chamberand channeled the energy into the star. With all of the Transformers disabled by the plasma energy,Spike Witwickyshut down the chamber and, with the help of theNebulons,reversed the process, drawing the energy back out of the Sun and stabilising it.The Rebirth, Part 3

Live-action film continuity

IDWTransformersmovie comics

In the distant past, the mysterious relic known as theAllSparkCube created life on the planetCybertronand terraformed its surface to make the world suitable for habitation for its creations. However, this effort depleted the AllSpark, and the power from a star was the one thing that could re-energize it. The Cube created a servant race oftransforming workerswho would seek out suns and build devices calledStar Harvestersto aid in collecting the solar energy.

The Cybertronians arrived on the distant world ofEarthto prepare to drain the Sun's energy with a harvester, but when it was realized that the planet was inhabited, twelve of thethirteen master beingsrefused to utilize the harvester. Unfortunately,the remaining beingfelt no such obligation to protect life and merely wanted all of the AllSpark's energy for himself. His twelve brothers gave their lives to seal him in his ownsarcophagus,and the harvester was hidden by the native inhabitants of Earth.Defiance #4

Revenge of the Fallenfilm

In17000 BC,theDynasty of Primesand their workers came to Earth to build aStar Harvester,with which to createEnergon.Just as they were completing the harvester, they discovered a group of primitivehumanswho were hunting in the valley they were building the harvester. Six of the Primes invoked their rule of the sanctity of life and refused to activate the harvester. However, Seventh Prime despised the humans as simple insects, and seized theMatrix of Leadership,the key to making the harvester work, in an attempt to activate it. As Transformer fought Transformer for the first time, the faithful Six stole the Matrix and sacrificed their lives to seal it in atomb made of their bodies.The surviving Prime, forever known asThe Fallen,sent theSeekersto find the Matrix, but he abandoned them when they failed.

Thousands of years later, whenSam Witwickyused the Matrix to reviveOptimus,the last of the Dynasty of Primes, The Fallen teleported in and stole the Matrix, placing it in the harvester. Proclaiming that he would finally claim Earth's sun, The Fallen and his discipleMegatronwere soon defeated when Optimus, using parts donated by the dead SeekerJetfire,destroyed the Star Harvester and killed The Fallen, saving Earth and the sun.Revenge of the Fallen

The Last Knightfilm

Quintessaused the sun to maskCybertron's final approach into Earth's orbit from human sensors. A scientist at theEuropean Space Agencyexplained this to his colleagues and that it suggested Cybertron was moving deliberately on its course to Earth.The Last Knight

Timelines

The Sol ofGargent 984.08 Alphawas destroyed by theCataclysm,which disrupted the normal processes of atomic fusion and fission.Withered Hope

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

After discovering the solar system,The Golden BoysMegatron had Cybertron fly to itI Saw Three Shipsso thatPrimuscould consume the sun and supercharge his creation powers.Escape from Primus

To accelerate the process, Primus created a dyson sphere around the sun, sucking it dry of its energy. Even after the god had been freed from Megatron's influence, his hunger was so voracious that he continued to feed on the star, having to be forcibly separated from it byAtlas.Megatron meanwhile had found himself trapped in the sun's core and escaped by using his internalblack holeto teleport to anew world,though not before being horribly charred by its energies. To heal the sun, the governments of Earth launched their nuclear and protonic weapons into it while the remains of Primus's dyson sphere became a new planet calledSunshadow.The War Never Ends

External links

• Sunat Wikipedia
• Whydoesthe Sun shine?