TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on CYBERTRONIAN COLONIES

Our worlds are in danger! From the racetracks of Velocitron to the rust deserts of Antilla... from the oceans of Aquatron to the cities of Gigantion... these are The Basics on the many planets that have been touched by the Transformers' war, which have become home to CYBERTRONIAN COLONIES!

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[Wolfie]

Velocitron, as silly as it is, makes a lot of sense for a species able to transform into vehicles.

[minhthuan]

I wish there a mmorpg transformers game that let you customized your transformers and chose what colonies your from and chose your factions

[nemesisbloodryche]

In this episode "cosmically empowered Starscream" is being played by "cosmic rust"

[spencergellsworth]

Can't stop thinking of Caminus as Planet of the Theatre Kids

[Aumon]

Nebulos: **exists**
Autobots: prepare for trouble
Decepticons: and make it double

[Jalaguy]

The mystery of Antilla/Unicron was one of my favourite running story threads in the original IDW run. Great evocative imagery - the world of rust orbiting a star of infinite darkness! - and a pitch-perfect drip-feed of clues and teases that let you theorise without giving everything away...

[ninetailednarutoa]

This info is what I really needed for my Transformers RPG campaign. Thank you to either the Patreon supporter who asked for this, and/or Chris himself for this!
I can't wait to hear more about the individual planets in future episodes

[myriadmediamusings]

I love the idea of the colonies, allowing for different but not too different kinds of Transformers, and if some are miffed or dislike the idea that multiple Cybertronian worlds ruins the scarcity and endangerment of their race, you could always make the argument thay the colonies lost contact with each other eons ago until recently.

[battleupsaber]

Cybertron/Galaxy Force was one of my favorite TF shows growing up because of the focus on other planets. The idea of Transformers from worlds beyond Cybertron blew my mind.

[IAmEvilTree]

Transformers: Cybertron was probably my last TF series I watched as a child and I loved the colony concept it introduced. IDW's expansion on it is great too, both in introducing Caminus and it's unique culture and showing that colonising planets with an existing population can go stupendously wrong for both sides.
I didn't know about that War for Cybertron toyline, I'm mostly an animated series watcher than a toy collector. Makes me wish that the Netflix series had more episodes so things like this and other concepts they introduced could be explored.

[mikhaelgribkov]

Velocitron is such cheese concept, but it works so well and probably the most iconic one.

[BPBludgeon]

It's a shame that Titans and Combiners have removed the need for other kinds of giant Transformers, because I really like Gigantion.

[leemaster]

Here's an idea for a new video: The Basics on Transformers Crossovers. It's definitely a fertile subject, and one that's still relevant now, what with the Transformers/MLP comic books coming out, all the 80s/90s franchise crossover toys coming out recently, and all the shared continuity stuff Hasbro is doing with GI Joe and Mask and the like.

[jayvbspdx]

I'd been waiting _forever_ for this episode! My dreams now fulfilled, I shall head off into the far off sunset and live the rest of my days knowing I shall not want for anything!

[cobaltprime]

I think a cool idea is making Antilla the colony of Nexus Prime. Where Victorion is the sole survivor of Cosmic Rust due to her anti-corrosive metal unique to her as the newest leader descended from Nexus. Holding the Enigma of Combination as she remained alone until Cybertronians arrive and become infected.

Velocitron the colony of Almagamus who created the races that evolved into the modern era. Whom is the predecessor of Override, but only in terms of succession through the fastest.
And with Legacy having the Speedia 500 collection, I’d have Decepticon Scourge be a local evil mafia leader who covets the position. With his own Decepticons and even turncoat Autobots to command. Often uniting forces with Motormaster and the Stunticons.

Aquatron the colony of Quintus Prime. From which we get the Quintessons who overthrew him and sought to conquer his homeworld. Creating lifeless drones. With a few exceptions. Gnaw, who led the Sharkticons. An Allicon with a new name who led the others. And a normal sized Scorpinok (maybe Titan sized idk) who leads them all.

Eukaris the Jungle Planet of Onyx Prime. But mechanical animals not techno-organic like Maximals and Predacons. Though the original Predacons and Terrorcons could originate from here. The current leader is Scourge (possibly renamed to Scorch?) who holds the deactivated Tryptic Mask of Onyx. A symbol of the strongest will rule status.

Gigantion: The resting place of Titans who fulfilled their duties. Whose residents are all giants that continually build their world. Some are even Titans that took on smaller forms. Perhaps Metroplex eventually does the same. Though I would rename their leader and only cast him in the image of the Cybertron cartoon.

Junkion: A Mad Max style world of junk. Debris had collected over millions of years around the dead Titan of Megatronus. The Requiem Blaster lay at the core in an endless labyrinth only one with another relic could traverse. The Matrix, Enigma, even the Mask. Megatronus himself would only discover this disgraced world of his eons later, as he sought his old weapon to destroy the returning Unicron himself. With the goal to conquer Cybertron afterwards.

Botropolos: A space-traveling city originally built by Prima with his Titan. His descendants, the Knights of Cybertron would reactivate it and leave their world to go explore the stars. Combining old or dead Titans along the way.

And Caminus: Built by Solus Prime before her death. Currently led by her successor the Mistress of Flame. Where City Speaking originated. A gift that would be added to their local Well of All Sparks so it could be given to members of other colonies.
A theocratic matriarchy that worships the Primes who had not fallen from grace. It is home to only female transformers. There are cases where a male is born but they are quick to leave for other worlds.

Nebulon/Nebulos: World of the Headmasters. A project undergone by Nexus, Micronus, Amalgamous, and Alchemist. They created an adapted race of transformers that could use the strange energy of the planet. Resulting in Minicons that would combine with larger bodies. Some of those larger bots having minds and sparks of their own.
The Master Transformers were born from this experiment. Headmasters who combine as heads for their larger Transtectors. Partnered Targetmasters of a blaster and larger bot. Battlemasters who took on melee weapons and worked similarly as the Targetmasters.

Finally Micron: Home of Micromasters. Micronus’s colony of only Minicons. These Minicons underwent evolution to become more than mini-transformers. The difference is subtle, but Micromasters can combine with each other or simply be more fuel efficient than a normal Minicon or even Nebulon Headmasters.

[autobotzapof]

I’m glad cybertron’s influence spread throughout other series.

[Phantom]

I grew up on The Unicron Trilogy and Cybertron was my favorite of the shows (despite it's dubious canon) but because of it I love the colonies aspect of Transformers. I think it's a good way to justify some of the weirder ideas, like the Headmasters.

[chanhjohnnguyen]

Cybertron was my first series I really got into and man I’m glad it’s a lot more influential than I thought

[RobDeMann]

Cybertron along with the Unicron Trilogy on 4Kids every Saturday morning was my childhood growing up -- so much nostalgia revisiting it now 😌

[diegos]

I would love to visit Gigantion / Gigalonia! I think that colony deserves some love!!!