Cybertronians, (Villkin'ber as named by the Second Human Empire) or more commonly known as Transformers, are a species of autonomous robotic organisms originating from the planet called Cybertron from various interconnected universes, mostly originating from the planet of Cybertron, which to humans means they're robotic aliens from another world. The designation "Transformer" stems from the species' generally shared ability to transform; to change bodies at will, rearranging their component parts from a robotic, humanoid (usually their primary) mode into an alternate form; generally vehicles, weapons, machinery, or animals, etc.
They were created of Primus's life force, the mutliversal of good. As a result, the Cybertronians as a whole are marked by a distinct amorality: Some Cybertronians depending on certain factions such as Decepticons, view themselves as superior to carbon-based lifeforms, regardless of being sapient or not due to their advance technical achievements and their ability to transform, viewing themselves as conquerers. And the Autobots, who value all organic life and non- as worthy of protection, this has caused certain frictions among the Transformer races and often engaged in warfare between each other for dominance and survival such as the need for Energon to sustain themselves and their homeworld.
History[]
Creation[]
Their origins can vary on accounts, in certain beliefs they were created by either the Quintessons or a deity known as Primus in certain universes, while others claim that they came into existence by a relic known as the All Spark. Some accounts even say Cybertronians naturally evolved like most organic species, which is most likely true for the inhabitants of Cybertron's colonies. Yet the most common factor was that all Transformer races' origins trace back to the Primus and Unicron when their universes were very young and the birth of Cybertronian life.
Another race of Cybertronians, were originally created by Dr. Fikk Xio'lekker as a means to create a family, and in turn were more human-sized, however they were taken by the First Human Empire to be turned into weapons during the Second Human Civil War, forcing Dr. Xio'lekker at gunpoint to redesigned them into massive weapons of war but eventually rebelled and joined the Second Human Republic to give them similiar designs creation just another addition to the many weapons being used by both sides in the long ended civil war of eons past.
Quintesson Rule[]
The first possible theories of Quintessons being connected to the origins of Cybertronians was in Primax 984.17 Alpha and also other realities like Alpha Ai'vonik, when Rodimus Prime experienced a vision of the past and learned that Cybertron had once been a planet-sized factory overseen by the aliens. The ancestors of the Autobots were designed as "consumer goods" while the Decepticons began as "military hardware", while also used for gladiatorial combat for their own entertainment. As time passed, the Quintessons' robotic creations would develop sentience and overthrow their masters in a revolt, this occurred a few times until they finally driving them off-planet to earn their freedom. For a moment, they earned a period of peace, the first Cybertronians gained the ability of transformation when military robots waned to become the conquerers and declared war against their proto-Autobot counterparts.
Although well known, this origin from certain realities had been given relatively little attention in subsequent years. With the rise of the Primus origin story, subsequent universes such as those of the Uniend Cluster have largely reduced the Quintessons to merely interfering with the natural development of the Cybertronians.
Primax 514.3 Gamma would offer a variation on the Quintesson origin story, depicting the aliens as fifth-dimensional beings who had created the living planet known as "Daiakuron", which itself would go on to spawn Primus and the Cybertronian race.
Certain origins vary similar to each other, yet different in other ways as the Cybertronian factions: commonly the Autobots and Decepticons waged their never ending war over the planet Cybertron that would last for eons.
Alpha Ai'vonick Cybertronian War[]
The Cybertronians became involved in the current events of the First Multiverse War in the Alpha Ai'vonik Universe in 1986 (1602 NE) during the events of the conflict on Alpha Ai'vonik Earth between the Decepticons and the Autobots when Megatron's second-in Command, Starscream (Alpha Ai'vonik) and his creations, the Combaticons entered the battlefield. The Alliance, Axis, and the Coalition factions took part in their conflict in the Ai'vonik verse, some mostly interested in their advance technologies and Energon, where as the Alliance supported the governments and Autobots in their war against the Decepticons.
Biology[]
Vast majority of Cybertronians are built along a humanoid frame, generally referred to as their "robot mode:" two arms, two legs, a torso, and one head. This is not to say that all Cybertronians are human-like. Some have unconventional limbs, their hands (or whole arm) replaced with tools, claws, weapons, or some other form of manipulator (like a beast mode's head).
Though most Cybertonians possess a pair of human-like legs, others have opted for more exotic forms of locomotion. They might possess digitigrade legs, wheels or tractor treads instead of feet, or no discernible legs at all, floating on antigravity. Some Cybertronians have more or less than the normal number of limbs altogether. A Cybertronian's face runs the gamut of design, from looking like a metal human in a helmet, to faces consist of little more than a single glowing eye, or more animalistic designs. While humanoid forms are common, they are certainly not the rule as it is not entirely uncommon for a Cybertronian to possess a primary mode based on an animal or vehicle. For instance, Ravage, Grand Slam, and Raindance transform from cassette tapes into a panther, a tank, and a jet, respectively. These are considered to be their "robot modes" and while they are definitely inhuman, they are at least capable of independent movement.
They are generally large in comparison to such lifeforms, standing roughly four times the height of a human or humanoid depending on its size and shape. However, great variances in form are common. Mini-Cons, Micromasters, and Beast Era Cybertronians became approximately human sized whereas Real Gear Robots and BotBots are small enough to fit in a human's palm.
On the other end of the scale, some Cybertronians are large enough to dwarf other Cybertronians. A major example of this is the colossal Cybertronian Titans, who transform into entire cities for smaller Cybertronians to inhabit. Particularly large Cybertronians such as Unicron and Primus might transform into entire planets. The Cybertronian colony Gigantion is populated by both extremes: Gigantions who tower over "normal"-sized Cybertronians, aided by their tiny Mini-Con partners. For the most part, however, the "average" Cybertronians ranges from about 15 to 40 feet in height.
Governments[]
Society Culture[]
Throughout the multiverse, the most distinctive facet of Cybertronian society has been its near-continuous state of planetary civil war between the many factions of the race. The conflict was mostly defined by what each faction believed was the "destiny" of the Cybertronians. Factions such as the Autobots and Maximals believe in a peaceful society where Cybertron is a place of culture and justice, whereas the Decepticons and Predacons believe in a "might makes right" philosophy where Cybertron would be the center of a mighty empire for war and conquest. The fact that the vast majority of what is known about Cybertronians has been shaped by this constant, corrosive warfare should not be overlooked.
Individual depictions of life on both pre-war and post-war Cybertron have varied wildly from one universe to the next, but most have established that Cybertronians organized themselves into societies comparable to most modern civilizations, with many of the same hallmarks: a written language, clear division of labour, an organized government, complex social hierarchies, and education systems designed to pass on knowledge and culture to newly forged Transformers.
Individual career paths on Cybertron are largely analogous to many human jobs: soldiers, teachers, construction workers, miners, journalists, professors, scientists, bartenders, and sanitation engineers, to name a few. Other facets of society are similarly Earth-like, with fads and fashions, theater, film, aristocracy, poverty, and so on. Millions of years old, life on Cybertron was guided by ancient traditions and millennia-old schools of thought, and many Cybertronians regard their forebears with great reverence and respect, even if a cursory analysis of the history books reveals that those "ancestors" were not particularly upstanding individuals themselves.
Cybertronians place great importance on the value of their shapeshifting abilities and alternate modes, and have been known to divide themselves into social groupings based on this premise. Depending on the universe, those Cybertronians who share a similar alternate mode or profession (ex, becoming aircraft, working in Cybertron's various scientific fields) may be lumped together under a single, inflexible social group or caste. The rigidity of this system varies by universal stream, but some universes have taken this concept to the extreme, such as the Uniend Cluster's depiction of its caste system or the concept of Functionism as the defining trait of pre-war Cybertron.
In many universes, pre-war Cybertron has been depicted as something of a dystopia. Whether this is due to energy shortages, an oppressive government, and simple cultural stagnation, these realities portray the planet and its culture as crumbling, highly stratified between "haves" and "have-nots," and overseen by a bloated and corrupt government in the final years before the rise of the Decepticons. For course, not all universes discovered in recent years. An example can be found in Primax 319.13 Gamma, in which pre-war Cybertron was portrayed as an enlightened, largely egalitarian utopia. Another in the Qi'vonik Universe, Cybertron was originally ravished by war and resources depleted.
The Cybertronians are a naturally expansionistic race, and their development has been punctuated by the periodic colonization of other planets throughout the universes they are native to. This depends on the intentions of the Cybertronians' colonisation. In some cases, they may change their worlds to fit their needs through cyberforming, strip-mining and rebuilding the planet into a miniature copy of Cybertron. In others, Cybertronians may adapt by changing themselves, leaving the planet in a more-or-less natural state. Many universes have established that this period of colonization and expansion occurred in the distant past, with the various colonies cut off from Cybertron in the present day. In the interim, these isolated Transformer outposts may develop over time to become entirely new kinds of Cybertronians, with their own unique societies.
Wartime Cybertronian societies are often portrayed as heavily polarized between factions such as the Autobots and the Decepticons fought one another. Neutrality has been very rare, and when neutrals do exist, they generally fare poorly, becoming victims of Decepticon abuse and destruction or being otherwise forced to flee their home planet. Those rare universes where the Great War is allowed to come to an end feature reconciliation and reconstruction efforts aimed at rebuilding a wounded planet and otherwise move on from a dark era of death and destruction.
However, some Cybertronians are incapable of letting go of their grudges. Armed pockets of resistance may hold out for years on backwater planets, while more clever individuals may gather like-minded dissidents to plot revenge from the shadows. Years after the ratification of an official armistice, even the most open-minded of Cybertronians may still continue clinging to old allegiances, with post-war society developing along strict factionalist lines.
Some Cybertronians refer to the ideal outcome of Cybertronian civilization as the "Pax Cybertronia" from the Bi'vonik Universe, ushering in a prosperous future for the galaxy by bringing lasting peace to Cybertron itself and beyond after the Cybertronian War and First Multiverse War.
Known Sub-races[]
Variety of Cybertronian subspecies have been known to exist, most of which have been known to inhabit colony worlds sponsored by the Thirteen Primes.
- Velocitronians from Velocitron, which is associated with Amalgamous Prime
- Cityspeakers, Torchbearers and other Camiens from Caminus, which is associated with Solus Prime
- Animatronians from Animatron, which is associated with Onyx Prime
- Gigantions from Gigantion
- Aquatronians and Aquatron
- Combatronians from Combatron
- Mutacons from Neutronia, which is associated with Amalgamous Prime
- Micromasters from Micro and Gorlam Prime, the latter of which is associated with Quintus Prime
- Micromaster Combiners sometimes from Devisiun, which is associated with Nexus Prime
- Mini-Cons sometimes from Prion, which associated with Micronus Prime
- Omnicons from Omnitron
- Terrorcons from Planet Q
- Noisemazes, Laserbeaks, and Unknowns from Planet X
- Junkions from Junkion (occasionally)
- Sharkticons from Quintessa, New Quintessa, and Aquatron (occasionally)
- Allicons from Quintessa and New Quintessa (occasionally)
- Terrans, BotBots, AllSpark Mutations, undead Terrorcons, and Unknowns from Earth, which is associated with the Thirteenth Prime/The Arisen
Cybertronians in the Multiverse[]
Alpha Ai'vonik Universe[]
In Alpha Ai'vonik, the Cybertronian Wars lasted for millions of years from their home planet until both factions led by their leaders crashed on Prehistoric Earth until they reactivated to resume their war since 1984 (1600 NE)
Bi'vonik Universe[]
The Cybertronians had made a formal peace treaty, the Pax Cybertronia, ratified and signed by the Autobots and Decepticons. A few Decepticons are granted amnesty, most of whom simply retire sometime between the 21st and 24th century. An unstable peace begins and lasts for "centuries" where as the Cybertronians of that era undergo the "Great Upgrade" from Autobot to Maximal and Decepticons to Predacons. The peace between them did not last until the Beast Wars broke out on a prehistoric Earth
Notes[]
- A good and often repeated question involving Cybertronians, especially after their rebirth so to speak is the fact that they have genders, and the reason for this varies per universes but often the reason for this is interactions with other gendered organic species, but otherwise Cybertronians are agendered and sexless as a general rule, although with that being said, it still varies as well, as many universes have their own equivalent to marriage found in other species, although considerably more straight forward then the often complications found for organics, usually at any rate.
- Cybertronians, given their nature, can and have changed their genders quite easily, though as to how freqently a Cybertronian does this varies per Cybertronian, but most of the time Cybertronians are either male, female or non-binary with only a minority of them that regularly (or regularly for a ageless nigh immortal species of giant robots at any rate) changes genders and even then Cybertronians can still change their gender later in their lives.