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| 4,000,000 years ago (prior to State Games) |
Path Formers: The Crusaders (Act 1: Humidity) (by Ricky Miller) (Transtrip #13-15) Path Formers: The Crusaders (Act 2: Losing My Religion) (by Ricky Miller) (Transtrip #16, #18-19) Path Formers: The Crusaders (Act 3: Star Crossed) (by Ricky Miller) (Transtrip #21, #23-24) The Living Shadow (By George Morgan) (TOC #5) Snap Decisions (By Gavin Merrifield and Andy Turnbull) (TOC #9) |
Path Formers is a possible partial account of the years on Cybertron leading up to the Great War. |
| 4,000,000 years ago (prior to Ark Launch) | Rockfall
(by Andy Dornan) (spans the stories in this section) (Transfixion, reprinted
in TOC #6-8, Part 1 reprinted in TOC Special Edition)
Decepticon Dawn Parts 1-6 (By Ian Suddell) (TOC #7-8) Sentinel Prime to Orion Pax to Optimus Prime (by Miles Reid) (TOC #8) Operation Wreckers: Plausible Deniability (Garry Bodsworth) (Distributed via the Internet) Discoveries (by Paul Cannon) (Junk Files #5) The Dark Behind the Force (by George Morgan) (TOC #4) A Dangerous Choice (Miles Reid) (distributed via the internet) The Ark: Year One (by Ralph Burns) (distributed via the internet) Past Lives Part 1 (by Andy Dornan) (TOC #8) Revenge Sweet or Stupid (George Morgan) (TOC #6) Role Reversal (by James Roberts) (Transtext #2 & Transtext CG2) |
Rockfall
tells the story of the discovery of transformation and the coming of the
asteroid threat. Decepticon Dawn charts the rise of the Decepticon Movement
and the start of the war between Vos and Tarn.
Decepticon Dawn sees the emergence of the Decepticon movement and some early power play between Megatron and Shockwave. The Autobot Commando unit, The Wreckers forms. Past Lives features the original Grapple, Hoist, Skids, Smokescreen and Tracks back on Cybertron. |
| Following the launch of the Ark | The
Fall of Iacon (by Ben O'Sullivan) (Transtext CG2 On-Line)
The History of the Transformers Part 2 (by Gavin Merrifield) (CG2 #22) Deadly Foes (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #1) Deadly Rivals (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #2) Profit Motive (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #3) Destroy All Monsterbots (By charles ellis) (TOC #9) Technicality (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #1) Computerised (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #3) Split (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #4) Hunted Part 1 (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #4) Hunted Part 2: Battle Zone (by Martin McVay) (TOC #5, reprinted in HS #10) Hunted Part 3 (by Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #5) [Hunted Parts 1-3 reprinted in TOC: Special Edition] Revenge and Reconciliation (By Gavin Merrifield, Andy Turnbull and Kevin Hagan) (TOC #7-8) Pros and Cons (By Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #9) |
The
above Tales of Cybertron stories chronicle a Civil War between Decepticon
forces lead by Lord Straxus and Scorponok.
A rift develops between Emirate Xaaron and Fortress Maximus that leads to a tempory division in Autobot forces. Both sides are reunited prior to the start of The Middle Years, at least at the surface. |
| The Middle Years | Shutdown:
The First Duty (By Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #10)
Shutdown: Dealing with the Monster (By Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #10) Stasis: The World that vanished beneath the Stars: Parts 1-2 (By Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #10-11) Stasis: Reflections (By Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #11) Stasis: The Pretender Chronicles Part 1 (By Gavin Merrifield) (TOC #??) |
Cybertron
is in danger from without as well as from within.
SHUTDOWN stories build up to the main story of Middle Years. STASIS stories are set during the main period of Middle Years. REACTIVATION stories are set at the close of Middle Years and slightly beyond. |
| The distant future of AU3 | Dreams (by Kevin Smith) (TOC #3) | Optimus Prime awakens from a horrific nightmare where the War is won but the Autobots are wiped out by an unkown plague to find the nightmare fast becoming reality. |
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