Milky Way

The Milky Way is the name the fleshlings have given to the galaxy Earth occupies. It contains numerous stars and star systems, including their own.

God only knows if Cybertron is in there or not.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Marvel The Transformers comics

Cybertron originally orbited the star known as Alpha Centauri, located in the Milky Way. However, millennia of fighting dislodged it from the star's orbit. The Transformers

The Transformers cartoon

Cybertron's original location is unknown. Starscream and Skyfire seemingly flew from there to Earth under their own power millions of years ago. Fire in the Sky In the 1980s, Cybertron was somewhere beyond the Milky Way galaxy but was then teleported into Earth orbit via space bridge. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 Subsequently a huge energon explosion pushed Cybertron out of Earth orbit, The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 but the planets remained close enough that Omega Supreme and other Transformers often flew between the worlds without the aid of large ships or space bridges. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 War Dawn. Cybertron's planetary engines were later used to push it into Earth's solar system. The Rebirth, Part 3

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Following the passage of tens of thousands of years into the future, Cybertron is not only located within the Milky Way, but smack dab in the galaxy's very center. Fight! Maximals

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Cybertron orbited Alpha Centuari. New World Order

2005 IDW continuity

Cybertron is located in the Milky Way galaxy, somewhere in the direction of the constellation Scorpius. A Sunrise Dark

At the centre of the galaxy, there lay a supermassive black hole. The black hole had quantum tunnels that linked it to every star system in the galaxy. When Unicron was activated, it assimilated this singularity so it could non-linearly draw power form every star in the galaxy, causing them to fade out on account of the Ore-1 in its systems. Such damages did these actions wreak to the fundamental fabric of the galaxy itself that Jetfire felt it far outstripped the physical destruction of the Cybertronian colonies. Assembly

The various regions of the Milky Way were governed by various political entities. There existed three "Grand Dominions" in the galaxy, two of which were the Galactic Council and the Solstar Order. Our Darkest

Beast Wars: Uprising

Cybertron was somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy. Some time after the 25th century AC, the Cybertronian race had a war with the Ammonites which led the Convoy Council to forbid any Cybertronian from leaving the Milky Way to avoid attracting things "beyond mortal ken".

Then, in the 34th century AC, a group of Maladroids did just that, in the stolen Terrastar. The Inexorable March

Star Trek vs. Transformers

By the 23rd century, spacefaring organic civilizations such as the Federation and the Klingon Empire existed as galactic powers within a region of the Milky Way. Prime's Directive, Part One Starscream would claim that all Cybertronians in the galaxy were on Cygnus Seven suggesting that Cybertron was located beyond the Milky Way. Prime's Directive, Part Four

Energon Universe

Cybertron was located outside the Milky Way galaxy. Cobra Commander #1 Transformers (2023) #5

Unicron Trilogy

According to Landmine, Cybertron is "not that far from [Earth], galactically speaking", suggesting that Cybertron existed in the Milky Way or one of its satellite galaxies. Fallen

Live-action film series

Transformers film

Following the loss of the AllSpark and the accelerated decline of Cybertron, the Cybertronian race scattered across the galaxy, searching for the AllSpark. Transformers

Dark of the Moon

Laserbeak has become more self-aware since arriving in the Milky Way. Laserbeak's on-package bio

Bumblebee film

As the war for Cybertron turned against them, the Autobot resistance fled into the larger galaxy, hiding out on other planets. Decepticon hunters like Shatter and Dropkick were assigned to patrol the galaxy to find Autobot war criminals. Bumblebee

IDW movie comics

According to Bumblebee, he arrived in the Milky Way galaxy shortly before arriving on Earth, thus implying that Cybertron is located outside the Milky Way galaxy. Transformers: Beginnings Starscream similarly described their homeworld as being "galaxies away" from Earth, The Reign of Starscream #1 only to later describe Cybertron and Earth as being in the same galaxy. The Reign of Starscream #5

Animated cartoon

There existed six major powers in the Milky Way galaxy; the Autobot Commonwealth, the Decepticon Empire, the Nebulon Republic, a loosely allied coalition of peaceful organic races, the mercantile Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere, the mysterious Vok Territory, and the empire of aggressive mechanoids known as the Vestial Imperium. Several minor coalitions such as the Tiresian Union, Intruder Empire, and the Galran Khanganete control small regions of otherwise unclaimed space. Finally there are a few worlds like Varua that are neutral. The AllSpark Almanac II

Aligned continuity family

Exodus

When the Ark left Cybertron through the last space bridge, it emerged outside the Milky Way, and Prowl detected the AllSpark. As the Milky Way is described as an unknown spiral galaxy, Cybertron was outside of it. Exodus

Within the Milky Way, the Ark crew found the lost colonies of Velocitron, Exiles and Aquatron. Retribution

Prime cartoon

As the Great War tipped in the favour of the Decepticons, Optimus Prime removed the AllSpark from Cybertron's Core and covertly launched it to a distant star system to keep it hidden from the Decepticons. Said system turned out to be Theta Scorpii, regarded by Wheeljack as one of the most hazardous systems in the galaxy. Predacons Rising

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Though Megatron had renounced conquest, his former subordinates still retained their ambitions. Starscream plotted to use the power of the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, later boosted by the Dark Star Saber, to conquer the galaxy. Mini-Con Madness

The Decepticons aboard the Alchemor intended to use the rebuilt ship to plunder various worlds across the galaxy before Steeljaw seized power and declared Earth as the capital of the Decepticon Empire. Decepticon Island (Part 1)

Having seized control of Cybertron from nearly the moment Unicron had been defeated, Cyclonus dedicated himself to reviving the Decepticon Empire. After using mind control to enthral the Autobot military forces, Cyclonus prepared to launch a galactic conquest before the Bee Team defeated his forces. Enemy of My Enemy Freedom Fighters

Games

Transformers Roleplaying Game

The Machine Empire hailed from somewhere beyond the galaxy. Memories and Salvation

New Kaon was located on the outer rim of the Milky Way. Decepticon Directive

External links

• Milky Way on Wikipedia

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