Edit: some spell checking.
Author's Notes:
I thought I'd never write anything again, but here I am. Oh well. I'm no longer living in a civil war zone nor am I bordering homelessness anymore. Finally 'mostly' okayish.
This is HEAVY AU, and taken from a glance of a science fiction/humanist perspective. If you like realistic interpretations on the hopelessness and pointlessness of war and a deep understanding for what it must feel like to be alive, then this fanfic is for you. If you are just looking for action or fluff, this is not for you.
Also, even though this is heavy AU, it does take some inspiration from Armada and what was originally supposed to be the plot of the movie-verse (thanks for screwing everything you touch, Bay). And yes, Starscream fans, the seeker will be a dual protagonist in this story along with Optimus Pime... yay.
The story of our kind's accursed struggle,
The rise and sudden fall of our civilization,
It happened all too suddenly, and we never did manage to recover before-
-We all managed to kill one another in our own obsession of proving the other wrong.
Or, perhaps, this was due to the deception of a select few?
Perhaps it was all because of our oppressors?
Or was this was Primus's doing?
Primus, fate, nothingness, the oppressors… Us,
None of it matters,
After all, we truly brought this upon ourselves.
We had our chance for peace, for forgiveness…
… We brutalized it.
Is it too late for our people to find forgiveness?
Can we still learn to love one another?
Or is this truly the end of our people?
Seven vorns before our planet was invaded by a close adversary we never knew was so well hidden from us, a young Seeker from a kingdom shrouded in mystery _ Vos _ had advocated for something that was only shared with the short lived Seeker race…. The numerous races of Cybetron should forfeit their immortality, destroy the AllSpark- the artifact he concluded to be trapping our race into a meaningless existence, and to free their sparks and become mortals just like the Seekers.
The highly fundamentalist council that represented two thirds of Cybetron's countries ignored the mech at first. After all, who would want to give up on living for hundreds of thousands of vorns in exchange for living barely thirty five vorns if they were lucky?
It seemed that, at the time, they did not take in consideration the trade-off that came with giving up immortal life…
A freed spark,
A spark with a unique charge,
A Positive Charged Spark, a Negative Charged Spark, or Neutral Charged Spark,
A biological gender.
The ability to procreate life without the dependency on the artifact the council held an iron grip on the planet with… The AllSpark began to seem less and less holy within less than a single vorn as the sight of a sparkling- a living transformer born from the spark of its two parents was more than enough to encourage a movement within numerous neutral and council-oppressed countries.
The Seeker- Dino, whom the Council spitefully began referring to as Savage attached a name for 'his' movement:
Predacons.
A name that well acknowledged the fact that the upper caste- council loving- death fearing transformers viewed 'him' and his followers as a bunch of primitive- backward animals, and Dino took full advantage of that distaste and twisted it to his movement's favor. Boasting a symbol for his Predacon movement: A golden V shaped head that seldom knew was a character from a long forgotten seeker language meaning 'Freedom'
The Predacon movement spread to the autonomous country of Kaon. At the end of the very same vorn, the movement's base of operation was moved away from Vos and was re-established in Kaon's capital: Helex.
This sudden spread to Kaon was a nightmare for the council. They hadn't expected the planet's largest country in land area to suddenly side with a 'mech' that advocated for 'death'.
Teletraan-1 Reports:
5.7 vorns before the invasion:
Free thinkers, scientists, philanthropists, philosophers, and writes begin joining the movement in masses.
5.5 vorns before the invasion:
The council issues arrest warrents for any transformer suspected of being a sympathizer within the council-held countries.
5.2 vorns before the invasion:
Dino appoints two 'mechs' as his advisers: An Iaconian scientist named Shockwave and Kaonian warrior named Sixshot.
5.182 vorns before the invasion:
The High-Council in Iacon issues a death warrant on Shockwave.
4.92 vorns before the invasion:
Polyhex joins the movement and renounces allegiance to the council, and establishes a base for the Predacons in its capital city: Darkmount.
4.9 vorns before the invasion:
Darkmount becomes the third Predacon capital.
4.8-4.5 vorns before the invasion:
The High-Council in Iacon declares war on the Predacons and demand their immediate surrender.
Darkmount's shores become a makeshift defense fort.
Sixshot advises Dino to arm, Shockwave is unsure- but agrees.
A 'mech' from Vos called Deadlock is appointed Commander on Fort Darkmount along with two Generals: A Polyhexian 'mech' called Lockdown and a Vosian 'femme' called Cyclonus.
The council lose the battle of Darkmount.
4.2 vorns before the invasion:
After much cohesion, Tarn joins the Predacon movement.
3.9-3.6 vorns before the invasion:
Six battles occurr between both sides with casualties higher on the Immortals' end.
Shockwave takes Sixshot's friend, a young 'carrier' from Kaon named Soundwave as a 'sparkmate'.
One fifth of the population on Cybetron is now mortal.
3.5 vorns before the invasion:
A temporary cease fire is agreed upon by both sides with two third council senate approval in the hopes of sparking negotiations.
Predacons agreed to halt their spread as negotiations begin.
Two fifths of the planet's surface area is under the control of the Predacons due to their spread across the largest countries by land area.
3.2 vorns before the invasion:
Alpha Trion, head of the senate is assassinated.
Negotiations are temporarily halted- but the cease fire is still in effect.
3.17 vorns before the invasion:
Shockwave is abducted by the High Council.
3.15 vorns before the invasion:
Predacon sympathy grows heavily within Iacon.
3.12 vorns before the invasion:
Soundwave sparked a 'carrier' sparkling; 'Ravage'
3.11 vorns before the invasion:
First battle occurrs in which the Predacons attack Council-held territories.
3.10 vorns before the invasion:
A severely disfigured and tortured Shockwave is rescued.
A lead medical scientist, an Iaconian 'femme' called Ratchet joins the Predacons.
A police chief from Torus, a 'mech' called Arcee, joins the Predacons.
2.9-2.7 vorns before the invasion:
Lockdown takes Ratchet as a 'sparkmate.'
The Predacons win two more battles.
The Predacons lose a battle on Tyger Pax's borders.
2.5-2.47 vorns before the invasion:
Ultra Magnus calls for immediate peace talks.
Predacons are apprehensive.
Immortals are apprehensive.
2.43 vorns before the invasion:
A 'token of peace' is proposed for both sides: The current Prime shall forfeit sole ownership to a relic known as The Matrix and become a mortal. Each Prime shall be 'born' from that point on.
Predacons are displeased with this suggestion, but reluctantly agree.
2.41 vorns before the invasion:
Current Vosian Winglord's only child_ a young and reluctant 'carrier' Seeker called Nexus is to be wedded to the now mortal 'mech' of a Prime called Sential.
A Seeker 'mech' called Galvatronus protests the planned bonding. His protests are largely ignored.
2.39 vorns before the invasion:
The bonding ceremony is held.
2.37 vorns before the invasion:
The First Cybetron World War is officially over.
1.9 vorns before the invasion:
Optimus Prime, a 'mech' is born to Nexus and Sential Prime.
1.7 vorns before the invasion:
Dino takes a 'femme' Seeker called Nightscream as his 'sparkmate'
1.5 vorns before the invasion:
Deadlock takes a 'Carrier' Seeker called Wing as his 'sparkmate.'
1.15 vorns before the invasion:
A 'femme' Seeker called 'Windblade' is born to Deadlock and Wing.
1.09 vorns before the invasion:
Reports of odd distortions occurring in Cybetron's solar system.
1.04 vorns before the invasion:
More reports, closer to Cybetron's sun.
0.9 vorns before the invasion:
A fleet led by Lockdown is sent to investigate.
0.7 vorns before the invasion:
Communications with the entire fleet is lost.
0.68 vorns before the invasion:
A brief distress signal from Cyclonus is sent.
0.67 vorns before the invasion:
All fleet crew is reported dead, barring a few that aren't yet confirmed to have their signals extinguished.
0.66 vorns before the invasion:
Ratchet demands an investigation. The request is denied.
0.63 vorns before the invasion:
After much protest, a naval fleet is sent to investigate.
0.47 vorns before the invasion:
The crew of the navel fleet is reported dead, barring some that are under the status of missing.
0.43 vorns before the invasion:
The AllSpark was compromised and destroyed after an unidentified flying object suddenly warped into Simfur's airspace and launched an attack on the Temple of Primus. Strange almost bi-pedal techno-organic looking creatures emerged from the craft and raided the temple.
Upon destroying the AllSpark, the strange creatures selectively killed the defending forces against the invaders. Whom they didn't kill from the soldiers and surrounding civilians, they abducted into their craft and vanished.
Tremendous physical strength and endurance was noted.
All of Cybetron is now mortal.
0.427 vorns before the invasion:
An alien threat was recognized, most likely answer behind the doomed fleets.
0.425 vorns before the invasion:
Upon full investigation of the carnage site, it was noted that only 'mechs' and 'femmes' were killed. 'carriers' weren't found among the dead. Suspicions that the missing crew members are all 'carriers' rose.
0.414 vorns before the invasion:
Suspicions confirmed.
0.39 vorns before the invasion:
Cybetron begins preparing for a possible planetary invasion.
0.35 vorns before the invasion:
Fire arms training becomes mandatory for all adult citizens.
0.29 vorns before the invasion:
Enemy scout craft sighted.
0.26 vorns before the invasion:
Sparklings are to be sent to shelters.
0.24 vorns before the invasion:
A survivor from the naval fleet makes it back in a mentally disturbed state. Upon medical examinations (Classified)
0.22 vorns before the invasion:
Carriers are to be sent shelters along with the sparklings immediately.
0.2 vorns before the invasion:
Cybetron is prepared for an invasion, strange aliens have been dubbed 'Quintessons.'
0.16 vorns before the invasion:
One fifth of Cybetron is in sheleters, only some carriers made it to the shelters due to the dire need of workers to run the planet's infrastructure, factories, and energon mining fields while the adult Mechs and Femmes prepare for planetary warfare.
0.12 vorns before the invasion:
Martial law is established to prevent mass panic after a scout craft warped into Cybetron's airspace and abducted Carrier civilians.
0.1 vorns before the invasion:
Enemy fleet enters Cybetron's solar system.
0.09 vorns before the invasion:
Order is violently maintained.
0.07 vorns before the invasion:
WMDs are being prepared for launch.
0.04 vorns before the invasion:
Cybetronian fleets are sent out.
0.02 vorns before the invasion:
War for Cybetron is declared on all media to have begun.
Optimus Prime shut the data pad off and hastily sat it on his berth-side table. The currently mask-less red and blue semi was sitting on his berth side, face in his servos, digits rubbing his template to ease his mental exhaustion. For a brief moment, he disabled his Autobot cyan optics in favor of real optic colors as he peeked back at the data pad.
No matter how much he tried to bring himself to read the logs recorded during the invasion again, he couldn't. He had hoped that his run-in with that Seeker that took place on the planet him and his soldiers currently established their base on would somehow pique his morbid curiosity to understand just how horrific the invasion was.
There was no point in reading the logs that took place after the invasion. He had read every log related to Dino's assassination, and the Decepticon coup on SixShot by Megazarak in every detail.
Optimus fully acknowledged that the evacuation of Cybetron's civilians post the invasion and right at the start of the Second Cybetron World War to an empty habitable planet on a nearby solar system was a mutual agreement between both the Decepticons and the Autobots to keep the remnants of their civilization intact as they waged their war on Cybetron- and now guerrilla fights on the human occupied planet: Earth.
The Decepticons are a catastrophe that he has the actual hope to put a halt to. Optics cyan once more, Optimus got off his berth with a tired sigh and and a brief sad glance towards the data pad. His face mask slid back on, hiding his tired face.
Optimus headed out of his berthroom and locked the key panel. He headed directly to the command room, nodding back and responding to the 'Good Morning Sir' he received from his fellow Autobots.
He had people to protect.
Author's Notes:
Now before you murder me for making Ratchet a 'femme' and Arcee a 'mech', keep in mind how many time mechs were femmes and vise versa in some iterations of the official Transformers cartoons.
I always found the notion that Transformers living for millions of years to be bizarre and often wondered how disturbing it would be to live for 'too long'.
The story will begin normally with the next chapter.
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