Cybertron - Animated Series

Animated Series

This version of Cybertron is depicted as having become a lifeless world by the end of the War for Cybertron video game and tie-in novel Exodus. By the time of the Transformers: Prime animated series, the known remaining inhabitants of the planet are a swarm of scraplets— an apparently native 'robotic flesh' eating type of creature— and an Insecticon drone while it continues its attempts at self-repair, though Ratchet hints at the possibility of other Insecticons or possibly even other Autobots having remained behind. Cybertron's core is stated by Ratchet as being Primus himself during the season one finale. Vector Sigma is also tied into the Matrix and Primus, being claimed to be a form of 'memory backup' for all who have possessed the Matrix, though the manner in which this is achieved is left unexplained. Jack and Arcee journey to Cybertron in order to use the Key to Vector Sigma to download a copy of Optimus' backup memory. It is unknown if Cybertron has or even retains an atmosphere by this time. Jack wears a high tech space suit for the trip to prevent any dangers from befalling him, such as lack of oxygen. However Arcee, the scraplets, and the insecticon drone they encounter on the planet seem to have no difficulties surviving on the planet. In later episodes of season two the Autobots find out that Alpha Trion had hidden Omega Keys, artifacts meant to restore Cybertron, to Earth. However, these keys ended up in hands of Starscream who gave them to Megatron in order to restore his place in the Decepticons. When the location of the Omega Lock, a machine meant to channel power fo the Keys, was discovered on Cybertron, the Autobots and the Decepticons traveled there and started a battle over the Keys. Autobots managed to get them all. But when the Decepticons threatened life of Jack, Miko and Raf, the Autobots had to hand over the Keys. But the Decepticons attemped to use the Omega Lock to transform Earth into a metallic planet, Optimus had no choice but to destroy the Omega Lock and leave Cybertron uninhabited forever.