Shockwave - Blog Posts

Hi people!!! I'm back in the building again! Anyways, based on an ask i wrote on @yume-writes (Hi Yumi if you're seeing this!)

Emputara Black Hook on MCB x TFP!

Here's the link!

Tada!! I rushed this after making the ask and fell asleep halfway,sorry :)

Since he is a metal cardbot, I'd envison the process a bit differently. I still want to keep the mouthpiece and instead make his optics (well optic now) as like one whole visor screen.

It wasn't dont that well as his frame didn't cooperate, so there would be wires sticking out that sparks sometimes, his visor cracked from the amount new coding processed in the procedure. There are small glitches on the cracked screen and dead cells (the pink lines) on it. He still can see, dont worry. It is just new for his frame.

Based on Tf One shockwave design

His frame has a lot of damages, scars and dents.

Ohh nooooo.... why would anyone do this!?!? (I would) anyways I love Black Hook enough to give him character development soooo enjoy this piece while I think of more stuff to do!

dadwave

meet the bayverse

​Starscream using his last braincell to justify his traitorous schemes against Megatron:

Short lil’ animatic

Megatron's "Not So Interesting' Life

So, I have this thought of an au for a while, where the war never happened but the world is littered with anomalies, entities and all that jazz, right? And Megatron, is just a normal mech, with a normal life, being friends with "normal" people and finding their newly crowned Prime off. Oh! He also gets these cool abilities that I have yet to properly set down-

If you have any ideas on what I should do with this story! Or questions! Let me know! Have fun!

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Megatron knows that he special he has always  known this. How could he not? From a young age, he could instinctively distinguish between a walking glitch of a fake and an actual mecha. It was as if his optics had been calibrated to detect the unseen threads of the universe. Shadows danced at the edges of his vision, and he always had the gnawing sense that something lurked just beyond his peripheral awareness. Not that he cared. In fact, he barely gave it a second thought.

Megatron has always known that he has abilities, that he has a gift. He knew this. He could see what others couldn’t. Yet, for the longest time, he refused to acknowledge it, treating it as little more than an inconvenient quirk. That was, until he befriended a few of those shadowy entities that liked to pass themselves off as part of the mortal world. He never really minded—they weren’t doing him any harm, again, he barely cared.

They are attracted to Megatron's gift, I mean, who wouldn't? Having the ability to sniff out someone's bull is pretty helpful.

You see, Megatron grew up in Kaon, and growing up in Kaon, which was and is a place dripping with superstition, Megatron had heard his share of horror stories: the dark, Unicron’s spawns, Primus’ Youngs, and the whispers of what prowled in the shadows. These tales were used to scare younglings into good behavior.

Megatron himself had his fair share of those stories, although, some of the elders do love to exaggerate those stories.

He likes it, not because it makes it creepy. He didn’t find them scary—he found them funny, mostly because of his friends. For reasons he still couldn’t quite fathom, his closest companions growing up were a spark eater, a ghoul, and a demon. Hearing their outrage over the inaccuracies in these tales was endlessly entertaining.

“You can’t eat a spark like that,” Starscream, the spark eater, would hiss in annoyance whenever he hears these ridiculous stories  . “Why do they always describe it like I’m slurping energon soup? There’s nuance!”

“Ghouls: do not hide under berths: waiting to snatch younglings” deadpanned Soundwave, the ghoul, glaring at Megatron. “Soundwave: not a sterotype: Stories; exaggerated”

And Shockwave, the demon of the group would just simply twitch in annoyance.

And unlike Iacon, who rarely has anything to do with superstitions and such beliefs were dismissed as primitive nonsense. (or as media likes to portray it). Kaon has plenty, it thrived on superstition, unlike Iacon,  If Kaon had a museum for the supernatural, it would probably need its own skyscraper.

Megatron can attest to it, as stated before, he is friends with some of the horrifying entities that the tales always tell. Not only that, He’d had his share of encounters with those dark forces, not all of them pleasant. Most of the time, it ended in one of three ways: a fight, a frantic escape, or an unsettling brush with death. The only reason Megatron was still functioning was thanks to his friends, who often bailed him out of tight spots to save his arf.

Yet despite all of this, Megatron barely cares.

He doesn't do much, than work at his boring office job, visit his friends and reassure them that he is well, one of the literally lives in Vos! But at least his trip is always payed, courtesy to his friend. Outside of that? His life is completely barren and uneventful.

That is, until he met the new Prime that goes by the name Optimus Prime. Not, met met him, more like saw him in the holos and the streets during the coronation parade. He didn't wanna be there to be honest, but Starscream wanted to be there, he was in town for royal duties as the Prince of Vos and he wanted to Megatron to hang out with him, that isn't the mech's lonely apartment or Soundwave's house, or Shockwave's lab.

And Megatron, is a friend, so Megatron decided to go with Starscream, begrudgingly of course. 

When Megatron first laid his optics on the New Prime, he immediately sensed something was off, and he can tell that Starscream noticed too, yet he seem calm, which was odd. Normally, Starscream would have been on high alert, his predatory instincts kicking in. But this time? He wasn’t reacting defensively. That wasn’t exactly a good sign, isn't a bad one either.

Spark eaters tend to have heightened senses, they have the ability to sniff out their pray, and they have the ability to semi manipulate the perception of others, making it easy for them to blend in. If Starscream wasn’t threatened, that meant whatever this “off” thing was, it wasn’t something Starscream recognized as dangerous—or perhaps it was something he couldn’t categorize at all.

Megatron looks at the Prime, observing him closely. Their newly crowned Prime seems nice, he speaks very confidently yet softly, a leader with stern yet does not weild his fist to cage those around him. He spoke to the crowd with warmth, crouched to address younglings optic-to-optic, and carried himself with an air of calm authority.

Megatron….he knows there is something wrong, something off with the Prime. Megatron could feel it, like static in his circuits. He wanted to dig deeper, to pull at the threads of this mystery. But before he could, Starscream interrupted.

Megatron has to put those thoughts into a file and store it for later to entertain his friend. A bored Starscream always never ends well.

Soundwave can attest to that.

So Megatron talks to Starscream as they watch the parade from the distance in the balcony of Starscream's  fancy hotel. They watch as the Prime mingle with the civilian, as he interacts with the younglings with such care.

“Ugh. Look at that pompous mech!” Starscream sneered, slumping dramatically in his chair.

Megatron arched an optic ridge. “What are you talking about? He seems fine.”

“Fine? Look at him, so pristine, so proper!” Starscream gestured wildly at the balcony railing. “He’s too sweet. It’s disgusting. He’s practically dripping syrup on those younglings!” 

"Shouldn't I be the one making complaints here? I'm the one who's gonna get affected if his rule is slag" Megatron quipped dryly, already dreading the new rules and laws that will be set if this Prime is like the other ones before him.

“Oh, please.” Starscream waved him off. “If it were up to you, you’d just brood in silence and not say a word.”

“I would, actually,” Megatron muttered. “Besides, you’re the one verbally attacking your own kind right now.” He pointed out, wanting to immediately change the topic, for all that is stands in this world, Starscream is right, he would probably just brood in silence, rules kept him safe after all.

Starscream makes a disgruntled noise. "That thing down there, is far from being my kin."

Megatron grows confuse, he looks at Starscream. "What do you mean?"

Starscream’s wings twitched irritably as he leaned back in his chair. “That thing down there is not my kin.”

That got Megatron’s attention. He turned to Starscream, optics narrowing.

Starscream huffed, clearly annoyed he had to explain. “Look at him! He’s too…off. Too stiff to be a spark eater, too mellow to be a ghoul. His frame doesn’t match anything I recognize. And his voice?” Starscream shuddered theatrically. “It’s wrong. It’s too nice. No one’s voice is that…perfect.”

Megatron frowned, glancing back at the Prime. Now that Starscream mentioned it, he can see more of the odd things about him. The balance of his movements, the precision of his words, the faint flicker of something beneath the surface—it didn’t quite add up.

Huh… Yeah, he can kinda see that now.

Decepticon Corp Baby!!

I think this is my biggest project yet! SUPER FUN had a blast coloring and rendering the drawing.

by the way, special thanks to my friend @specyyyy for helping me out with the rendering, giving me tips and suggestions : )

@zorangezest very cool DITYS!!! Many thanks for hosting!!

Close ups!! I'll get images with better quality someday I swear

Pinterest demolishing my blood vessels as usual, in varying states of emotion

THIS IS THE COOLEST FANMADE SHOCKWAVE DESIGN I'VE EVER SEEN HOLY [place f-bomb here💣💥]

Shockwave (making things creepy in my style is hard)

Doodles lul

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Some recent doodles and wips

Normal Blurr < Compact Block Blurr 🫶

The way that shockblurr has a chokehold on me is astounding (i need to practice drawing blurr more cuz my god-)

I also have these

I’ve been in a shockwave kick ever since getting knee surgery (again) on my left leg so yeah 😀

love the attention to detail on the scratches each cybertronian has and how much they should have them during close ups

the animators also never forget which ones maintain their finish

then there's those who were literally born yesterday and already roughing up his faceplate

but my favorite, of course

making grumpy old bots have unexpectedly immaculate armor

Humanformers in The Office

Humanformers [Transformers: Prime]

How to care for ScratchDisk

Guys I'm on a transformers kick

But uhhh this is ScratchDisk. I've never made a Wavewave kid before but I love her a lot

Still workin on personality but generally I liked the idea of rumble n frenzy having a lil sister thats basically double their size

🦋Ko-fi🦋

Commission me!

lil zappy kissu

🦋Ko-fi🦋

Commission me!

Finally finished this!

Inktober

Ratchet’s predacon

Better watch out shockwave- you’re not the only one with a predacon nOw-

My beloved boys with my own designs💞💖

I did the color circle challenge. I decided to do all transformers. I haven't finished all of them yet. I will eventually though. But here they are!

SHOCKWAVE OF CYBERTRON, YOU HAVE DISPLAYED THE SKILL TO SPREAD FEAR ACROSS THOSE WHO CROSS YOU WITH LOGIC AND SCIENCE. FOR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SECLECTED TO JOIN THE YELLOW LANTERN CORPS.

The Cybertronian Members of the Lantern Corps (A Concept)

So here’s the idea: The Cybertronian Civil War has finally and truly ended. Megatron has surrendered, and the Decepticons and Autobots have struck up a peace. And thanks to this, many old records from Iacon have been recovered and Cybertron has once again opened up trade and travel with the galaxy, becoming an active participant of the universe… which gets the attention of the various Lantern Corps of DC. So many new Rings find new owners from the various members of Cybertronian Society.

(Side note I’ll be focusing on four Lantern Corps since I know more about them than the others)

(ALSO note that this is MAINLY IDW Comics inspired)

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Green Lantern Members:

Bumblebee

Ironhide

Cyclonus

Red Lantern Members:

Deathsaurus

Soundwave

Prowl

Onslaught

The Contructicons

Getaway

Sunstreaker

Yellow Lantern Members:

Tarn

Sunder

Pharma

Shockwave

Motormaster

Blue Lantern Members:

Megatron

Thundercracker

Ultra Magnus

Black Lanterns:

Alpha Trion

Skids

Nova Prime

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There would be one UNIQUE Lantern, who would become the main threat to many and would be the reason there are once again Black Lanterns… Overlord. He would be both a Red and Yellow Lantern, harnessing Rage and Fear for his own gain. So a new battle would have to begin.

Transformers Omnicode Main AUTOBOTS (... maybe lol)

The Main Autobots: —----------------------

Name: Bumblebee Position: Leader of the Ark Division Weapon(s): Stingers, Static Rifle Spark Ability: Electricity Sting [Bumblebee can create shields out of pure energy and release those shields as a barrage of stingers] Bio: Bumblebee never wanted to be a leader. All he wanted to be was an engineer. He even tried to apply as an engineer. But no one would take him. His altmode made him suited for only delivery runs and being a racer. So Bumblebee slogged away, taking up a job as Alpha Trion’s delivery driver, delivering notes to various Lower Senate leaders and even to High Senate leaders. But when the war started, Orion Pax assigned the newly acquainted Bumblebee as leader of the Ark Division. Bumblebee almost protested, but Orion Pax stopped him, saying that he sensed a strong spark in Bumblebee, and he was the one best suited for the job, since the Ark Division consisted of getting ships ready for launch and defending the Autobot controlled flight decks, which were severely limited. Bumblebee accepted the role then, and began to lead the Ark Division, even after Orion Pax ordered the retreat.

Name: Drift Position: Weapon(s): Twin Blades, Energon Crossbow Spark Ability: Quick Teleport [Drift can do quick and short teleportation] Bio: Drift was once a Decepticon named Deadlock. He was Megatron’s top assassin and spy, but during one of his missions, he was caught by the two Decepticon deserters, Grindor and Blackout. They took him to Bumblebee, who expressed interest in Drift’s beliefs. Drift stated he wanted nothing more than to bring peace to Cybertron. Bumblebee simply pointed to a section of the flight platform where hundreds of cots layed with Cybertronians, of all factions. It was made quite clear to Drift that Megatron had simply gone down a path of violence. Drift wanted peace, Megatron only craved violence. It was then Deadlock became Drift. 

Name: Grindor Position: Scout Weapon(s): Buzzsaws, Machine Guns Spark Ability: Temporary Invisibility [Grindor can turn invisible for a temporary amount of time. Bio: Grindor and his twin Blackout were both bodyguards for important individuals before the war. But when the war STARTED, these two were almost immediately left to die. During a raid on an Autobot Flight deck, where the main operatives of the ARK Division were, both Grindor and Blackout were shot down by anti-aircraft artillery. And Motormaster simply laughed at their supposed demise, despite Breakdown trying to get back to them. It was actually Bumblebee and Fortress Maximus that found them bleeding out, and actually helped repair them. With that both of them lost trust in the Decepticons.

Name: Blackout Position: Technician Weapon(s): EMP Cannons, Fisitcuffs Spark Ability: Total Blackout [Blackout can cause a massive EMP blast that can shutdown any and all technology not powered by a spark] Bio: TBH just read Grindor’s bio. The biggest difference is that Blackout was the one to build Grindor’s buzzsaws.

Name: Arcee Position: Speed Delivery/Scout Weapon(s): Energon Katanas, Twin Blasters Spark Ability: Machinery Connections [Arcee can connect with any energy powered machine without a form on Mentality] Bio: Arcee used to be Cybertron’s second fastest racer, behind Blurr. She always wanted to beat him, but when the war started, all of that was thrown to the side when her best friend, Cliffjumper, was badly wounded by Arachnid. While he escaped, he lost his hearing and ability to speak. So she began to hunt the Insecticon. During that time, Bumblebee, who had just been put in charge of the ARK Division was in some serious need for some scouts. And when he came across Arcee on a routine patrol, he asked for her help, in exchange for his aid in hunting down the vile Decepticon. Arcee eagerly agreed.

Name: Windblade Position: Current Cityspeaker Weapon(s): Sacred Blades Spark Ability: Energon Clones [Windblade can summon clones made of Energon. She has to be careful though, since it runs off HER Energon.] Bio: Windblade was always interested in the history of Cybertron. Its mythology, government, everything. And it was thanks to her keen eye for details that old Cityspeaker, Victorian, asked Windblade to become the next in line. While hesitant at first, Windblade agreed. Fast forward to the beginning of the war, Windblade has joined the Autobots since Orion promised they would do their best to preserve Cybertronian history, negative and positive. 

Name: Whirl Position: ARK Division Wrecker Weapon(s): Machine Guns, Great Sword, Claws, Chest Guns, Tasers on Claws Spark Ability: Aura of Devastation [An area of pure devastating energy surrounds Whirl, allowing him to to simply walk over weaker foes, eliminating them.] Bio: Whirl used to be a clockmaker, being able to escape the confines of his castate. But it was relatively short lived when Institute employees retrieved Whirl forcefully and forced him under the Emputara Process, turning him into a bloodthirsty killer. But it was thanks to Shockwave, before he was turned into the being he is now, that Whirl was able to gain more of his original memories and mentality back. Now a Wrecker for the Autobots, Whirl uses his abilities to defend those who need it, in the bloodiest ways possible.

Name: Fortress Maximus Position: ARK Division Second in Command Weapon(s): Energon Ax, Twin Cannons Spark Ability: Engulf in Flames [Fortress Maximus can engulf any weapon he holds in intense hot flames.] Bio: Fortress Maximus is one of Orion Pax’s best friends, and worked with him in the library/archives before the war. When the war started, Fortress Maximus was on the front lines, helping Orion get innocents off world before there was too much innocent bloodshed. Orion personally assigned Maximus to Bumblebee as his second in command due to Maximus’s skills as a fighter and tactician, believing the two could become quite skilled partners.

Name: Grimlock Position: Leader of the Dinobots/AR Division Field Commander Weapon(s): Chainblade (chainsaw sword), Wrist Flamethrowers Spark Ability: Berserker Mode [Grimlock can go into a supercharged bruiser state, his body becoming incredibly super heated] Bio: Grimlock is a descendant of Optimus Primal, a Maximal that served under Nova Prime. Despite this, Grimlock’s alt mode, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, connects him to the original Megatron, or Predatron. Regardless, Grimlock used his heritage to create a legion of Cybertronians called the Dinobots. While seen as an imposing and deadly warrior, Grimlock is intelligent, being a powerhouse in field combat, and his love for Cybertron’s wildlife and everyday citizens made him join the Autobots. He and the rest of the Dinobots would be charged with helping the ARK Division during the final months on Cybertron.

Name: Wheeljack Position: Lead Engineer and Scientist Weapon(s): Rocket Launcher, Taser, Brass Knuckles, Wrist Rockets, Teleporter Spark Ability: X-RAY [Wheeljack can see through any unaltered solid object including Cybertronians.] Bio: Wheeljack served as the High Council’s head Scientist. Despite all his work though, he was always seen as scrap, and was even regularly damaged by members of the council whenever he failed. Wheeljack didn’t even want to work for them, but due to his inherent intelligence, he couldn’t just up and leave. It wasn’t until the war started was he able to escape his horrid circle of life, becoming an Autobot, seeing it as returning the favor to Orion, who often saved his life after being damaged. Now Wheeljack builds the ARK Division their gadgets and weapons alongside Blackout.

Transformers Omnicode BASIC TIMELINE

Ight so here is the basic and IMPORTANT plot points of the Omnicode timeline! Keep in mind that there MAY be changes to this at any given point.

ALSO, while to PLOT itself doesn't show many things, rest assured things like the Iacon Relics from TFP, the Space Bridges/Magnus Hammer from TFA, The Golden Disk from BW, etc will ALL be somehow included into the plot, either as relics being hunted down, or just references and such in the background, or something else entirely!

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IMPORTANT PLOT POINTS:

ARK Division gets the order from Orion to send everyone off world. 

The main AUTOBOT cast enters the ARK and discovers its secrets.

The ARK arrives on Earth and lands in an old Cybertronian-made campsite hidden deep in the mountains. The Decepticons also arrive and make a base somewhat nearby.

A few conflicts covering the area ensue, following various targets (Ancient Technology, Energon Mines, etc).

FASTFORWARD: The main AUTOBOT cast has all found altmodes. (“side episodes” would describe their interactions with the humans via Jack, Miko, Raf, Sari and Issac Sumdac, and N.E.S.T) when Optimus Prime arrives with Ultra Magnus and Elita One. 

Cut to various characters which reveals both sides are getting tired finally. Even Megatron was tired and thinking of ways to end the war without fighting.

Enter the Shattered Glass universe. The Shattercons (SG Decepticons) join the Autobots. The Shatterbots (SG Autobots) join the Decepticons. Goldbug runs to join the Autobots.

More fighting and planning. Shatter Prime (SG Optimus) begins to challenge Megatron. 

Galvatron and the Unicronians arrive on Earth. Shatter Prime alongside some of the Shatterbots and Decepticons join him. 

The rest of the Decepticons and Shatterbots join the Autobots and Shattercons. 

The fighting begins to become serious, with the two new battle lines drawn.

Final fight ensues. Galvatron faces off Megatron and SG!Megatron (He doesn’t change his name) while Optimus stands up against Alpha Magnus (SG! Ultra Magnus) and Shatter Prime. 

The good guys win and finally peace is realized. 

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SIDE PLOTS

The Scavengers and Nova Prime story plot [Scavengers come across the perfect preserved AND STILL ACTIVE body of Nova Prime].

Lugnut, Blitzwing, Lockdown, Soundblaster mercenary adventures.

The Astrotrain Scandal: Nitro Zeus deals with a cruel scientist.

Which bring us to the how of EXECUTING this how fan continuity. The way most probably would is make a comic outta it. WHICH WOULD BE COOL! But I've TRIED making a comic before, due to my lack of concentration to a singular project and my motivation being all over the walls at times and drained the next, I never finished it.

SO! I'll probably be making short stories, mini comics, memes, art, and just silly things to show of the universe. ANY questions at all, feel free to shot me one! OH, and the main cast (kinda, there will be more made in the future) bios are getting done! Almost done with the Autobots and then I can work on the Decepticons!

Transformers: Omnicode

Transformers:Omnicode is a TRANSFORMERS fan continuity that draws inspiration and concepts from various Transformers continuities. Oh and it’s basically an anime. With MHA as a basis, persay.

But EVERYONE has a unique power. EX: Bumblebee as an Electricity Based power where he can create Stasis Stingers and Energy Fields; Overlord can summon two extra arms made of energy which are bigger and far stronger. Cry about it. 

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Cybertron. A world ruled by a seemingly goodwill and calm nature senate. But that was far from the truth. In fact, almost every member of the senate was dealing with illegal activities and abusing the lower earning citizens. But there were seven leaders of the senate that REALLY made the senate the corrupted group they were.

Ian Duo was a lazy slob of a Cybertronian and dealt with various drug and arms dealers. Xianmu was a vain and jealous bot that wanted items and add ons to a point of forcing the parts in. Baoshi was drunkard pure and simple, and could down gallons of high grade Energon. Fenu was the angriest bot you could ever meet, and if you disagreed with him, the next day you never existed. Yuwang was a seductive bot with a sharp tongue and corrupted view of Cybertronian biology. Tanian was a greedy pig that controlled all the banks on Cybertron. And their leader Zihao? So filled with pride she was charming and persuasive, but a powerful bot that no one could challenge. 

Together they controlled Cybertron with their fellow senators. But there was one senator who was different. His name was Shockwave. And he was shocked by the corrupted nature of the senate, but knew if he spoke out he’d be effectively sent to the mines and gladiator rings. But it was this exact thought that led him to go to the Pits of Kaon. It was there he met a strong willed and intelligent young bot named Megatron. Megatron worked in the mines during the day, and then fought in the ring at night. Shockwave was able to find some time for them to chat privately. Shockwave was able to hear the treacherous conditions of the mines and fights the lower citizens had to deal with. It broke Shockwave’s heart. So Shockwave decided to find a friend.

That friend was Orion Pax. He and his friends Fortress Maximus and Ultra Magnus were working in the library as High Ranking Librarians for Alpha Trion, a member of the Lower Senate, which wasn’t corrupted… yet. Shockwave knew Orion would listen.

And listen Orion did. Orion went STRAIGHT to the pits to meet with Megatron. The two began to chat often, and Orion was even able to get Megatron a job in the library instead of the pits thanks to his high position. This is what Shockwave had hoped to have happen. If Megatron could help the lower ranked citizens from his now earned high position, the senate’s actions would be exposed.

Sadly the High Senate would catch on. Zihao ordered an Institute Squad to drag Shockwave to the Institute where he was forced under the Emputara Process. Luckily for him, Starscream, a fellow Senator from the Lower Senate was able to bail him out, but the damage was done. Shockwave became a dangerous scientist. From there only the ancients could have foreseen the chaos. Shockwave would come to Megatron to expose what has become of him, and in a rage Megatron would rally the lower ranking citizens from the pits and raid the Senate building, killing all of the High Senate. 

Orion couldn’t stand for the slaughter of the senate, seeing that violence was only making things worse and tried to speak for peace, but Megatron had gotten a taste for High Rank blood. So Orion was forced to gather his own forces to defend the rest of Cybertron from Megatron’s violence. 

Fast forward millions of years later, and the war is still going on with a stalemate. Orion Pax, as leader of the Autobots, decides to send everyone off-world to various sectors. And while they do that, he’ll stay behind with Ultra Magnus and Elita One on a quest to find a powerful relic. Megatron has become ashamed of his actions and now tries to figure out a way to finish the war fast and with the least amount of lost lives with the help of his closest advisors Soundwave, Onslaught, Mixmaster, Shockwave, and Starscream. But the only plans they come up with have massive consequences. ______________________________________________________________

Just a few notes: There WILL be some repositioning of various characters. Blackout and Grindor (Bayverse edition) are going to become Autobots, for example.

Optimus Prime IS still going to exist, but later down the timeline. He actually doesn't have that big of a role at the BEGINNING of the "story."

Characters like Zeta Prime and Sentinel Prime ALSO exist. But they may become members of the High Senate or Supporters of it.

Shockwave and Starscream are VERY different now, but for a reason.