The Bot's Logs

"Customization"

Like any society Cybertron wasn't absent from having beauty standards and preferences on certain physical appearance depending on the region you visited, many had a say in what they were looking for as the "ideal look"

For example there's Iacon. One of the biggest cities of the planet and home of many important political figures of their society. It's streets and buildings are a reflection of the wealth and upper class that resides in the city, so of course the citizens have to play their part on keeping the facade of their city.

For this, the council made great emphasis on their citizens hygiene, implementing it on the medical recommendations.

"It is recommended to keep any grease, dust or any substance off the plating and specially the joints to avoid any possible rust spread on the plating"

They exaggerated, a little too much, on the need to keep the frame clean and free of any stain with the excuse of deceases and even possible lose of body parts; this was mainly directed to the working class, higher class believed that if the workers forced themselves to remain clean they would do the same with their work areas/stations and avoid these places like factories, construction areas and docks ruining the pristine image they wanted to maintain for Iacon.

So naturally the high hygiene became the norm for the Iaconians, along with shiny and light colors, this to make emphasis on how the high maintenance their frames were kept on. It was incredible rare to see an Iaconian with a dark color palette that wasn't implemented as uniform of any institution.

The standard of Iaconian had clear blue eyes due to the meaning of this color in their society; thanks to the energon, the color blue was associated with fresh, modern and energized look on almost anything, so Iacon made it their signature color along with the gold of it's buildings to represent their wealth and the silver/white for the purity as a complementary. Along with their citizens brilliant colors, Iacon became Cybertron's finest city and an example of perfection and high class.

For an Iaconian the ideal look consists of stylish yet modest, a minimalistic yet modern look that makes others orbit towards you.

Then there was Kaon, the complete opposite.

Kaon is often described more as a fortress rather than a city, this thanks to being the capital with the biggest, most dangerous and vicious arenas of all the planet, fighters being mostly criminals trying to earn their right to live. While Iacon is place where the higher class goes to flaunt their wealth, Kaon is the place where they build it, where all their underpaid workers and barely legal bets on which gladiator will fall that cycle reside.

One known say is that if you want a change of appearance, make it your armor, optics, denta, paint job, engraving, any customization of any kind, legal or not you go to Kaon.

There are no restrictions to how one is meant to look, at least not imposed by their government. It is not a place that had beauty standards per se, but it's citizens wear specific looks that are not popular in any other cities or regions.

Kaon having a high criminal rate and being home to big concentration of corrupt groups it had the unspoken rules about what image were you meant to portray to keep yourself safe and out of trouble; heavy armor, dark or muted colors, red or yellow optics were some of the basic and most common traits that identify you as a local.

The heavy armor was a sign of being related to any fighting business and/or being a war frame, this type of bots were to not be mess around with and many common bots started wearing bigger covers to hang onto that reputation to avoid getting robbed or assaulted. The dark/muted paint job was to avoid drawing any attention, most other cities were known to use vibrant colors so they became the easiest way to tell if someone wasn't a local and therefore making them easy to scam. Seeing someone wearing bright colors at the same time than being well armored or having the right color of optics usually meant the bot was flashy or was incredibly dangerous, someone that was not afraid of making themselves known in the streets of Kaon meant that bot that could risk it. Last thing were the optics, red and yellow being very common due to those being the colors of war frame optics, usually those soldiers that do not survive are taken apart and used as spare parts, must of the population has those due to the amount that go and get modifications or for medical reasons, others are build with them, having a different color means being an outsider so it remains as the standard.

The ideal look for an Kaonite is one that imposes dominance: brawny, sharp and rugged. They enjoy someone who carries themselves with confidence and that they can back it up.

Other cybertronian colonies, even thought they are not on the planet, carry similar views, take Velocitron as an example.

In this planet people prefer their interactions to be straightforward and as fast as possible, they are not the type of people to be shy with, since they can get bored easily. A velocitronian most carry themselves with ease and security on their words and image, they are specially attracted to intense and flashy colors, with sharp and slender builds, well maintained frames are a priority for racers since in this planet racing can be high-risk, they are very meticulous about their frames being adequate for the sport.

The ideal look for a velocitronian most be striking and dramatic. Maintaining a aerodynamic and uncluttered look. If you manage to attract their attention with looks alone, all you have to do now is win a race against them.

Even thought most cities carried very different ideals on what is an ideal look, there were things that were standard or viewed as common sense to achieve a presentable look, these can vary from how many colors they wear, if they carry accessories, engravings, etc.

"Senses"

TASTE: They have something similar to taste buds, but they are hard to "activate" per se, they are there for the sole reason of detecting if their energon is in bad condition as to avoid malfunction, most things that are not energon taste dull to them, since their systems are meant to only reconize energon so it takes a lot to make them adapt or "train" into recognizing the new fuel, some bots have a more "stimulated" pallet than others due to them changing their diet.

TOUCH: They posses sensors all around their bodies covered by the armor that work as pressure plates which identify any physical contact the bots encounters, be it organic or inorganic matter, a living being or inanimate object. It is also through these sensors that alert the pain receptor which is connected to the processor. These sensors come in similar sizes in all bots the only thing that changes is the amount a bot posses, this is depending on their size. Let's say an average sized cybertronian has about fifty sensors in the palm of their servo which are distributed by layers, a mini bot will have half of that and a war frame will have a little more than double the first amount. The one big difference is about the armor, since the sensors are under it between more there is in-between the sensor and the object the harder it is to recognize, this is why the bigger or more armored bots are the more sensors they require to make sure the bots is able to recognize the full object and any characterize it has that can only be detected by touch. Mini bots and average size bots rarely have these problems, average doesn't hold much armor, while mini bots tend to have more coverage in their servos due to the amount of strength the hold, they usually can match an average bot without too much issue, the extra armor in their hands is to avoid any damage while carrying excessive weight. Average and War frames have around three to four layers of sensors, while mini bots have five to seven for the better distribution. Some common issues during the war were war frames kept suffering more and more damage in their servos due to the constant combat, these resulted in many of them having their layers destroyed or malfunction, it caused a big problem in the long run since they could not properly process anything they went into contact with and some even stop feeling pain in certain areas of their frame and did not notice injuries until later. Another issue became "phantom touch", as the medics named the conditions, the bots who suffered from it were not able to recognized what or when were they holding or going into contact with inanimate objects, they did not presented similar problems with living beings due to the patient relying on their sight to pinpoint them but for objects came a whole different issue; they could not tell the temperature, weight or texture of anything, sometimes they would break or drop things due to not being able to determined how strong their grip needed to be. The lack of physical contact started affecting the patients psychologically to great and possible permanent degree.

SMELL: Even though they do not require oxygen to function, their vents never stop circulating air in and out of the frame, thanks the amount they posses cybertronians can detect smells very deeply and even at long distances, this possible thanks to the olfactory sensors that recognize the chemical structure of them judging by how damaging it is for the systems, since they are metal a lot of smells can be even a little damaging to their frames if constant exposure so their processors are well equipped to detect any smell that can cause rapid decay to immediately alert the processor and take precautions . Thanks to the amount of manufacturing they have surround themselves with back in Cybertron they are not sensitive to strong or slightly toxic aromas, it is very common for them the smell of acid and chemicals in the air, to some it even comes off as nostalgic due to the acid rain they get in the planet due to contamination of their atmosphere.

SIGHT: Their optics are similar to camera lenses, being mainly formed from curved glasses capable of rotating to focus, it gives them incredible range and helps them detect the smallest things. They are tetrachromats, meaning that they posses more than three high intensity light receptors inside of their optics, while human vision of every color being a combination of red, green and blue, cybertronians experience multiple of color combinations incapable of being perceived by the naked human eye, making their sight more brilliant, intense and clear than most species on earth. They have a similar amount to the Mantis shrimp, who posses around twelve to sixteen light receptors, which makes them capable of seeing in polarized, ultraviolet and infrared lights without issues.

"God´s side effects"

The Matrix of Leadership is a relic almost as old as Cybertron itself, made to be granted to the next bot meant to lead the tranformers and bring peace to the planet, the one way of conduction for the power of Primus to take form and speak to their people through the wielder.

Probably the most important duty to have in the entire history of their society, but, what does it truly mean to carry this artyfact?.

One of the most common aspect of the Matrix is how it requires a strong build to be held, this is often interpreted as the relic granting better armor to the wielder, for most part this is true, one of the main attributes of the Matrix is the great amount of power it holds.

Unlike Optimus and Rodimus, the Primes were created/forged with the Matrix in mind, they were made to carry it, therefor had larger, stronger, over all sturdier builds capable of handeling the amount of energy the piece generated and is always ready to lend. Even war frames would have an overcharged issues if one was to carry the Matrix without frame upgrades.

Unfortunaly, this type of transfomation is not painless whatsoever.

It´s not like being touched by Unicron but by no means is enjoyable for Orion and Hot Rod, who were common worker and racer builds.

The process revolves around all the energy of their frames to be expulsed and inmediatly transferred to the Matrix, this is followed by what could be best explained as sparkbonding.

It is not at all like the well known ritual between Cybertronian lovers, but this is the closest to an accurate explanation it can get to.

As Primus' energy enters the frame it will inmediatly start the "upgrade" both body and mind. The armor and size will increase to make room for all the new energy they will store, this is also to secure there's room enough for the spark of the vessel and the Matrix. This can cause great pain for the vessel due to the large amount of energy it makes them storge, even if it is for just a moment, that moment will be full of a burning and piercing feeling strike their spark and spread all througout their frame until it's fully re shaped. Primus' energy becoming their energy as the Matrix's coding infiltrates and settles in their processor.

The Matrix will not be physically fused to the frame even inside of the bot, but if it is to suffer any damage, the wielder will experiment the pain as if they had been striked themselves. The closest thing that the Matrix has done to show that it also "feels" when the wielder is hurt is that it will expel more energy, in different ways depending of the user.

An example would be as a weapon, how Optimus first was created his energon axe out of pure energy coming from the Matrix. Another can be Rodimus' flames, when in danger or experiencing extreme distress his flames will come out of his exhaust pipes with force and will burn severely if another individual is to come in contact with them to the point of melting in just a few seconds.

While this ability is certanly usseful the side effect is very bothersome and can cause great inconvinience.

After the Matrix decides the vessel is safe or in stable condition and does not need assitence anymore, it will withdraw the energy it lended, this can cause the Prime great depletion and can sometimes cause an emergency shutdown. This tends to result in chronic pain for in and around the area where the Matrix is located, even if no wounds were near the area.

Medical staff from the Autobots report Optimus going through this process multiple times during the war.

Another side effect noted is the constant "whispers", as put by Optimus.

There are records all the way back to Prima Prime that describe the strange audial allucination of a voice and the sensation of a presence that hunts them constantly, in moments of silence and peace or great stress.

This is categorized as a hallucination since none of the Primes ever described the voice as something that came from the Matrix. The closest the wielders have come to agree to what this hallucination feels like is that it's something that sends keywords or unfinished sentences that they complete on their own, like a signal that comes from someone else but theres's never any sender, they just appear as if it came from their own processor, like a though yet one that does not belong to them.

Next side effect are the visions.

Many bots during the golden era used to say that the Primes operated as a hive mind due to how the youngests were able to recall many moments of the lifes of the eldests, how they would describe them with great detail as if they were the ones who lived them.

What actually happend was that, when given the Matrix, the host will start experiencing past moments witnessed by their predecesors when going through a similar situation. The Matrix has made many Primes experience false "deja-vus".

It has come useful many times for some of them but at the same time, it came off as distressfull for others since it caused them to question multiple times which memories were theirs and which belonged to who. There were even moments of great tension due to secrets being outed by the artifact. This ability created various conflicts between the Thirteen that were hidden from their followers to avoid panic, which with time, made things worse.

The reason they were described as visions was due to a missunderstanding during the cycle where Solus had started forging the weapons for her bretherend. One night, while she was recarging, the Matrix showed them a memory of Prima, many of his battles against Quintessons, training with their brothers and even practicing on his own during times of solitude back when he was an only Prime.

She envision it . The perfect weapon for her eldest brother.

That very cycle, the Star Saber was made.

As Solus presented the weapon to the first Prime, she recall the things she had seen.

"I saw it, in these...visions! It showed me what you needed, what I needed to made you" She expressed with disbelif yet amazed as all of Primus' choosens stared at them bewildered.

It was no less confusing for the newer Primes when it was their turn to experience it.

Optimus thought the Primes themselves were trying to speak and guid him.

Rodimus thought the same until, during recharge, he was shown a memory of Optimus, who was very much alive, then he got really weirder out and went to talk to Rung, they eventually were able to figure out what was happening after a long chat with Optimus.

To finish, there's what Rodimus calls "Matrix induced Separation Anxiety"

As mentioned, the Matrix is not fused with the frame but rather to the processor, it becomes an extension of the wielder almost like a symbiotic relationship, since the artifact could be considered somewhat sentient.

It basically consist of a state of consternation and uneasiness the wielder suffers when they spent too long separated from the relic, it can start small as a nagging feeling in the processor, like they are forgetting or leaving something behind, to a complete panic state of distress.

"It's so weird, I feel so...empty, like, a void that keeps growing" Rodimus described.

"It's a strange...pressure that keeps increasing and increasing, up until I feel I can't open my vents and my spark is gonna explode" Said Optimus.

Preceptor theorized that the rumor of hive mind was not so far off at all, when questioned he explained how none of the Thirteen seemed bothered or anxius when other Prime held the Matrix. He pointed out how Optimus didn't react at all at the moment of the conversation even though he wasn't holding the artifact, which was in Rodimus' chassis.

They even went as far as to run an experiment.

The Matrix was given to Optimus. Rodimus felt nothing.

Brainstrom proposed something more intense, this time, for both of them.

So they went further and took the Matrix somewhere else and not revealing the location.

The Primes still didn't react.

Rodimus said that it wouldn't work even if they didn't know where it was as long as it was with the Autobots it wouldn't be of concern, Optimus agreed.

That thought lasted about three hours until they started asking Ratchet where had they put it, the medic refused to said. By hour seven Rodimus kept asking Preceptor every ten minutes while passing the room like a caged animal, meanwhile Optimus sat at the in the mechanics part of the laboratory, hitting his pede against the floor loudly, staring profundly at Wheeljack, who had participated in the experiment and refused to give the information and was severly considering calling Elita One.

The experiment concluded that throught the internal connection with the Matrix, any vessel was able to know or to be exact, feel when the Matrix was not in the choosen custody and it needed to remain with it.

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As it can be seen in the way I write these headcanons, I don't really write with a continuity in mind unless I take inspiration out of one or multiple.

When I write these I have basically my own version in mind, I wish to expand on it one day when I can complete it, so I apologize if sometimes these feel like small bits of a fanfic, I will try to stick to a more simple format.

Hope you enjoyed.

Any constructive criticism is welcome and well appreciated.

"New world" - CYBERWORLD

⚠SPOILERS AHEAD⚠

After all the wait, the new web series Cyberworld is out, this new continuity brings a new scenario for the Autobots and Decepticons: A virtual simulation.

The episode "Optimus Prime crash land on Cyberworld" is pretty straight forward with the premise.

It starts with our Prime waking up mid air, while this happens we can hear a voice calling out for him in panic. No ship in sight from which he may have been drop out of, as if he had materialized into thin air.

After hitting the ground, not without finding a few trees that soften his landing in a very unfortunate, and quite funny, sequence, Optimus stands up but is quickly hit with an "upgrade".

From this alone we can start to suspect what are the rules of this world. We have a level meter, which Optimus due to just arriving, is on one, next are Optimus' abilities, there's only two at the moment which are his vehicle mode and most likely Optimus' own fighting knowledge, meaning he doesn't have any weapons on him. Lastly, a map.

All those elements make reference to the ones you would find in a videogame, meaning this world may come with challenges one most defeat, missions to level up and possibly escape.

Once the update is complete Optimus notices his new environment and acts confuse about it, pointing out the obvious organic surroundings.

"This is certainly not Cybertron" Optimus says, expressing a mix of annoyance and confusion as he looks around the area.

Later on he notices a new area, a desert, he decides to approach it after taking a look at an strange flower. As he walks and passes the flower strange blue cube surround it for a moment just to disappear less than a second later, along with the sound that could only be described as "electronic"

As Optimus enters and walks through the sand land he seems uncertain about the this other terrain, not familiar in the slightest with organic territory, this could mean that in this timeline the war hasn't/didn't reach the earth, or even left cybertronian grounds.

After a bit of wandering around, Optimus spots a small ship, one that carries the Autobot symbol, hopeful of the possibility of an ally he runs towards the ship but is stopped by the ground beneath him shacking.

As Optimus falls back a new enemy arises, Scorponok, who immediately threats the Prime, while also introduces themselves. Optimus quickly stands up, ready for a duel but notices he doesn't posses his axe.

"Huh, there's usually an axe" Going back to the abilities listed at the start of the episode it's most likely that the empty spot was/is meant for this weapon. Either Optimus will gain it back doing a quest or it will be replaced with other power.

Optimus tries to introduce himself and give his know speech but Scorponok immediately shuts it down and strikes, at this Optimus decides to run away back towards the jungle in an attempt to lose the bigger bot. During Optimus' escape we get the first look at his vehicle mode.

Unfortunately he gets stuck in the sand and has to change back to avoid Scorponok's attacks, resuming his way to the jungle where manages to turn again, this time in a solid ground for his wheels and where he cannot be followed.

Taking a break to remove the sand out of his joints, Optimus gets notified of energon being in close range, he looks around trying to find it until a light emerges in front of him and a cube comes out of the soil, he takes it and it disappears seconds later. We can see Optimus level bar going up, but stops a bit just before being full, this means that the more energon one gains/finds, it grants the levels going up, this may bring different benefits by the videogame logic: Longer lasting stamina, stronger armor, more weapons, etc.

Right after this Optimus hears a very angry voice and strong steps coming right at his direction. We are introduced to the well known king of the Dinobots, Grimlock, who yells at Optimus for taking the energon he claims to had have been waiting weeks for.

Optimus' scan recognizes Grimlock as both Dinobot and Autobot, yet he calls Grimlock 'Dinobot' instead of his designation, which means Dinobots are known maybe as different 'species', like minicons, or mostly as a subdivision in the Autobot faction but never had they been properly introduced to Optimus.

Grimlock introduces himself and immediately charges at Optimus, who once again has to fight for his life.

Another detail to note is that if a bot is hit or suffers damage, small blue cubes will pop out of them and disappear in an instant, similar to the ones that appeared on the flower moments ago.

Grimlock talks about waiting for the energon for a long time, when he first appear he came out of the deep jungle, meaning he may have been hiding while waiting for the energon to appear, the reason for his camping was that he was low and has not being able to find any, Grimlock was probably hiding to surprise any other bots that may come by and try to take the energon. Optimus comes in and does exactly that.

Optimus decides to once again run away from the fight but this time, his opponent keeps close to him while going through the jungle, he switches between alt-mode and robot to avoid obstacles like trees and rocks. During this chase we can see once again Optimus' stats and they have once again change.

When Optimus took the energon their level had gone almost all the way, after fighting with Grimlock and taken a few hits, it had gone to half, meaning that taking damage makes the energon/levels go down. This is what the blue blocks meant, meaning they are literally the energon leaving they body as it takes damage. Grimlock most have faced an opponent strong enough to get him low enough to force him to camp in a known energon spawn.

After escaping the t-rex by getting him stuck in a tree, Prime hears a loud noise coming from the sky, as he looks up he notices it's a ship, similar to the one he found before, this one has the Autobot symbol as well, it seems to have a bright yellow tone. Optimus follows the ship hopeful that it's his dear scout the one falling out of the sky.

"Is it possible?...Bumblebee?"

Somewhere in the bast jungle, the scout awakes with a headache, receiving the upgrade Optimus had received at the start. While complaining he hears heavy steps getting louder behind him, Bumblebee looks behind him, relived to have company, for his misfortune it is none other than this world's version of the infamous warlord, Megatron.

He has a far different appearance than the one he had last time the community saw him.

Confused, Bumblebee asks Megatron where are they and how did he end up in there, that's when the scout remembers what seems to be moments before he fell into that world. Him, running towards Optimus before he disappeared into a bright light, reveling the voice that had woken up Optimus as he fell was Bumblebee's.

In the flashback we can see three silhouettes be taken by the light, the biggest one being most likely Optimus, thinking about other characters that we know are to appear in the series, it is most likely one of the bots who came in with Optimus is Elita, as far as I'm aware no other Autobots have been announced for this series that could fill the spot.

Yet.

Going back to the bull and the bee.

Bumblebee assumes that what took Optimus was the Decepticons doing, accusing Megatron.

"You did it. didn't you? You won...You and your decepticreeps!"

At this Megatron smiles, seeming amused at the bot's bravery. He offers his fand to Bumblebee, a symbolic act of truce.

"I am no Decepticon and you are no Autobot, we are all just survivors here"

This means that whatever created the world and trap these bots in it is not part of any faction, Quintessons perhaps?.

In the distance trees can be seen being taken down, immediately we see it is due to Grimlock, who is remains persistent in chasing Optimus. Unfortunely for the Dinobot, Prime creates a plan, using some vines from the trees to restrain him and leaving quickly, set on finding Bumblebee, who has started walking around with Megatron.

We get a look at Megatron's stats and they reveal a few things.

He posses three abilities: The axe we saw earlier, his alt-mode, obviously is a bull and what seems to be a laser, most likely his fusion canon. There's also his level, since we did not get Grimlock or Scorponok's, Megatron has the highest level among the known players of the world, meaning he has been in there for a while already.

Megatron explains to Bumblebee how the world they are in is incredibly hostile, that if one is not careful enough they will become "rust in the wing", meaning Megatron has others died in that world, making emphasis in his experience and long stay.

Megatron stops in the middle of a weirdly empty area and stays put, Bumblebee tries to figure out what's so special about it when suddenly a big green light come out the floor, startling Bee.

Megatron pushes Bee into the light while speaking of how the energon is for the strong to take. They are introduced to the challenge: a platform are with targets scattered all over. Bumblebee looks confused when a scoreboard appears not understanding the instructions.

"Hit the targets...commence programming"

Megatron repeat what the AI as he transforms and tells Bumblebee to go for the targets to win energon and proceeds to do exactly that, smashing every target he finds.

Bumblebee complains of not having a weapon and not being able to participate just to looks right beside him and see two laser guns floating, he takes one and tries to aim at different target but keeps being interrupted by Megatron, who destroys them before the scout has a chance to shoot. Bee tries to tell Megabull that the AI probably put the lasers there for a reason, that they should be shotting instead of destroying the targets, but Megatron ignores him and continues with the destruction.

At the end, when only one target remains, Bee rushes to it and is finally able to shoot it and takes the last, and only, point. All while giving us a look at his vehicle mode.

As the scores marks 49 to 1, Bumblebee complains as to why do they have separate score if there were to be a team, to this Megatron just chuckles until the AI announces he actually has zero points, revealing the scout was right about the targets needing to be shot and not destroyed.

After Bumblebee teases Megatron for his mistake a blue light covers him and grants him his prize, enough energon to level him up all they way to halfway of level 2. As he turns to look at his companion he sees Megatron on his knees, surrounded by a red light, most likely getting energon taken away, could be that the energon taken was the one given to Bumblebee, meaning Megatron must be at down to halfway to level 6.

Unsurprising to anyone, Megatron is annoyed at this, so at the moment Bumblebee turns around to keep celebrating his win, the Decepticon pulls his canon and repeats his words to Bumblebee as he shoots.

"And I told you...

Only the strong survive"

Bumblebee gets send backwards, hitting the hard soil of the jungle a few time like a rock being thrown in the water, as he loses the energon he just gained.

While he lays in sore in the grass, he hears someone approaching, thinking it's Megabull, he tries to act brave and ask if he's back for more. He is pulled from the floor into a sitting position, as he looks up he see the bright blue eyes of none other than Optimus.

"Optimus...is that you?"

"I have you, my friend"

As they reunite it marks the end of this first episode.

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As a new fan of the franchise it's exciting seeing the start of what could be a great project with an interesting concept.

Everything about this new show is so catchy from the animation to the plot and comedy moments, I tried to not include those to avoid taking the first impression to anyone who hasn't seen it yet, which I recommend to change.

This shows has a great potential and I have high hopes, as a fan of web series it makes me happy that Transformers decided to take this approach and hope that we get new episode soon.

I'm not aware of how many episodes will this show be conformed of so I will not be doing an analysis of each but I will be doing theories, headcanons or analysis of an specific aspect of it, it has a lot to explore and can't wait to see where it leads.

I apologize if the gifs have bad quality, the app I used has had some issues, I will be looking into getting a different one, I wish to give the best possible into the visuals of this blog, since I have sometimes trouble explaining or elaborating of some scenes.

Hope you enjoyed.

Any constructive criticism is welcome and well appreciated.

"Incompatible cog"

In Transformers One , we focus on the transformation cogs.

As seen in the movie, the t-cogs provide bots the ability to shift into vehicle mode and to summon weapons hidden in the frames. The main cast is given t-cogs that belonged to the deceased Primes, later on D-16 takes the t-cog that belonged to Megatronous and becomes Megatron. This scene is interesting since the character goes through a second sequence of transformation, which is never explained. D-16 already possessed a Primes cog, so why did Megatronus' made him change? We can note that Sentinel, previous holder of the Prime's cog, did not change after taking it, so what was different in D-16?

The theory that I present is that it is because D-16's frame, is compatible with Megatronous'.

D-16 is a tank, therefore, he could be considered a soldier/military/war frame. Megatronous was known to be the strongest Prime to ever lived. He was shown to have great physical strength and combat knowledge along with build-in missiles, so it would be logical to assume Megatronous was the Prime who was responsible of the protection of Cybertron, weaponry and training of the soldiers that would conform the military force (most likely the high guard), for this it would be logical that the Prime is a war frame as well.

It is unknown (as far as I'm aware) which Prime's cog did D-16 received, I believe that any t-cog would have been enough for any of the main four, it would have made no difference in their frames if it was a Prime's or a civilian's. Any cog would have served its purpose but upgraded them the way Megatron had would have either be impossible or needed more detail on what the Primes were build for to link those abilities to the main four and deduce which would be more compatible, bringing all of their potential to light, like happened to D-16.

D-16 and Megatronous being war frames made them compatible, unlike Sentinel (who I believe originally worked on the archives or communications and just liked to have a fancy paint job and lots of modifications, afforded thanks to working for the Primes).

We get some clues of Sentinel not being compatible by seeing his lack of transformation in the film.

During the entire story Sentinel never changes into vehicle mode, it's not even mention what he is suppose to be, it is only thanks to the toys that we are let know that the is a jet.

My hypothesis is that Sentinel used to transform just like everyone else but it became harder and/or it takes longer after taking the t-cog due to all the weaponry he now carries, the type Megatronus used to carry.

Even looking at his vehicle mode it seems a bit over charged by the lasers, missiles and even shield, because he was not meant to have that much weight on him on the first place.

There's also his flying style.

At the start of Iacon 5000 we can see Sentinel descend from above, using his propellants to get closer to the stadium, no problem, the mech wants to interact with the public, he likes to put on a show, giving high fives and having others reach out to him, a matter of vanity and to keep the public happy.

The next time we see him flying is on his way to the meeting with the Quintessons, you can see how everyone is in vehicle mode except Sentinel. This could have been the perfect opportunity to show the spectator his second form yet he remains in root mode. He also remains way closer to the ground than expected, only using his propulsors to increase his speed before he get to the floor instead of maintaining height.

Compare to the others flyers he relays a lot more in gravity and his weight rather than his engine to reach his objective, this could easily be resolved by flying higher and letting his wings and propellants keep him in the air. In almost all scenes where Sentinel flies he jumps of a high building, the only scenes where we seen him fly without the height is briefly after talking with Quintessons and when he enters battle mode when he fights D-16.

After D-16 ambushes Sentinel and throws them off the balcony there are many instances where Sentinel could have transformed and speed away, yet again, he refuses to transform. Even with his propellants Sentinel does not remain in the air for too long, crashing into a building in the middle of Iacon city.

It's clear that Sentinel doesn't fly not because he doesn't want to, it's because he can't. The extra weight of the fire weapons in a frame that was not build to carry makes him incapable of flying higher and only for short periods of time. Due to this, the best he can do is to glide his way through and hope he doesn't reach the floor faster than anticipated.

His vehicle mode is probably locked due to the many weaponry or has a hard time fitting everything in a jet, it cannot be easy or quick to play tetris with your body when you have missiles on every single limb along with your shoulders, it could be even dangerous to try with the chance of any of explosives getting setting off.

Sentinel was presented with this difficulties when possessing Megatronus' t-cog, unlike Megatron, who only got taller, stronger and more dangerous.

Megatron's frame change brought him benefits as increased height and strength, more powerful weapons and an upgraded armor. Megatron doesn't seem to have the missiles that Sentinel and Megatronus had, this could be due to his frame redirecting the power to the weapons he already had, in comparation to Sentinel who probably had none, like his fusion canon, which went from being a singular barrel, round and a bit thin to a bigger triple-barrel, rapid-fire variant.

Megatron being able to overpower Sentinel during their fight was the most logical outcome since, even thought he had a war frame's cog at the moment, Sentinel seem to not be familiar with combat. The moment he had to fight D-16 he immediately transformed into battle mode and tried to keep his distance until he was sure he had a chance to deliver the final blow, it could be explained by him not having training of any kind, since before being a "Prime" he was just a secretary it is understandable him relaying in his fire power to over power his opponents, he had the capacity to become a great warrior thanks to the t-cog but he was probably just not interested in expanding his abilities thinking no one could harm him as long as he had Megatronus' cog. He admitted that he saw Megatronus as the strongest.

"Ah Megatronus Prime, of course you are a fan. Megatronus was the coolest Prime! The biggest, the baddest, the toughest...That's why after I killed him...I took his cog, for myself"

Sentinel was desperate for power to protect himself after making a deal with the most dangerous creatures of the planet, so his solution was take the war frame's cog hoping that would make him powerful enough to not get killed, ignoring completely how the incompatibility of his frame would affect him.

In comparison with Sentinel, Megatron was able to use the new power to good use, fighting one on one with a fresh-out-of-Primus Optimus, even though they were both quite unexperienced on combat they used the most out of their newly given upgrades and strengths.

Other transformation cogs probably do not have side effects as severe as a war frame's or not all since bots outside of this classification do not posses weapons of great size, at best what some may have are ones similar to B-127's small blades, nothing big enough to obstruct transformation if it were to be in other's frame.

A war frame relies on their weaponry to mark the difference between other frames, the rest of the features the posses could be easily shared with others, so it is understandable that one of the "side effects" of possessing a war frame's transformation cog is to now store fire power in a frame which may not be able to take it, in this scenario if one had a t-cog beforehand it does not guarantee that the frame will adapt correctly, it will at best make space but not fully adapt the frame or vehicle mode.

"Glass"

In many times we have had the opportunity to see what Cybertron used to look like during it's peaceful times, during these we were able to see the cybertronian's architecture work. In many of these can see the use of glass.

As a planet in which metal is the prominent material, glass could be used as a secondary material mainly to beautify spaces thanks to it's versatility and functionality. It can also help budlings and rooms feel more spacious and less narrow, which should be considered important for a society in which size and height are concepts that lack an "average" in between citizens and tends to have really large body types. It can be of great to help to avoid making interiors feel claustrophobic for any resident or visitor.

For exteriors the usage of glass and windows may have different proposes.

In Cybertron seems to be common for the cities to follow a theme, making most buildings have an specific color palette.

Most of the buildings keep neutral colors and light, looking at the examples, Iacon and Kaon's lights that are seen through the glass are colors that go along with the buildings, these cities are know to have a theme, Iacon gold, yellow and in general bright colors, meanwhile Kaon has had for most part a darker design and using purple as complementary. Compared to Velocitron, which is a colony build entirely around racing, an spectacle, a show that calls for attention and seeks to lure the eyes of everyone around it. The colored glass and flashing lights all over the buildings are for enhancing visibility and drawing attention, a way to call for the individual that may be passing around.

Few lights in Iacon break the gold/white color scheme, meaning it's purpose is to draw attention, color glass and different light colors would be used for places as bars, ballrooms, event centers, etc. Places that require a more jazzy style, to let bots around them know that it holds a different use that their normal budlings like apartments, offices, and other buildings which are not for any sort of entertaining.

Iacon could use the colored glass to create effects like the examples above, creating bright yet still warm lights that stand out in between the gold structures but enough to clash and feel out of place. Meanwhile Kaon would focus on neon colors for their windows to bring attention due to the dark and greyish buildings, making them easy to spot.

In a more artistic vision, the used of glass in cybertronian society could vary from big to small. An example of big could be Crystal city, mainly the one from Generation one.

This city was a known as symbol of beauty and was considered a monument. In most continuities the city was actually used and inhabited yet remained know for it's elegance and majesty.

"I remember, the most spectacular city on Cybertron" -Optimus Prime.

In a smaller scale, we have drinkware.

Cybertronias' way of consumption of energy being mostly liquid makes their usage of glass pretty common. It would be natural to assume their demand on glass cubes is pretty high and probably one of the most demanded products in the glass manufacturing business. Creating a sub category within the existent arts, most likely funded by the higher class.

Cups, glasses, bottles, any glass container could be shaped in any way when given the right procedure.

Examples:

Another example of smaller scale glass sculpture in decorative lighting.

Combination of minerals, glass and artificial light, crystal lamps make a great ornament for any cybertronian household.

"Original class"

In Transformers One is never specified where do the bots, outside of the Primes, come from or how are they created, it could be safe to assume their frames are built before receiving a spark, method presented in the comics as "Cold Construction". This explains how Sentinel was able to take the transformation cogs from the miners without them ever knowing.

The theory that I present is that those bots were selected from another sectors or groups instead of being build specifically for mining, a perfect example is D-16, he is a tank, he was always meant to be one, this could mean he was from a batch of military/solider bots, his strength is the main clue, capable of stopping a cogged bots punch without a sweat. If he was meant to be a miner then there would be no reason for someone with his vehicle mode to be on the mines; same with Elita, a motorcycle does not have any use in a job like hers; Orion could have been if he was meant to carry materials but that would require modifications to his frame.

Many of the Autobots who used to be miners, assuming there will be no changes in the future, have vehicle modes that couldn't be beneficiary for the task.

Sentinel decided it was not worth to redirect resources into creating an entire new working class so he decided to just pull civilians and some bots of other groups to form the mining class before they were given life. Removing their cogs was Sentinel's way of making sure they had no other duty to answer, making them believe they were build for the job and only that job. Letting the belief that coggless bots were inferior be spread in the cybertronian society to avoid any miner being able to escape their duties and to find a way to get a cog was either his doing or the middle and higher class came up with it by themselves.

The question that remains is, to which group did they belong to originally?

Orion could have been transportation, similar to his G1 version; Elita could have been a civilian or maybe a racer, along with Arcee, Jazz, Irohide, etc.

"How to detect a Transformer in the wild"

Even though Cybertronians are incredibly accurate when it's about coping earth vehicles, there are small things that they can miss or not control, or sometimes just not care.

1.- Plates: Since this pieces are technically not part of the vehicle they are useless to them, also, this makes it easier for them to disappear since it makes it difficult to identify them. For racing cars goes the same, they do not wear any kind of plate or identification numbers, same with any aircraft registration.

2.- Fuel door: Transformers replicate the small door for the gasoline but do not posses the hole, this to prevent humans trying to pour anything dangerous into them.

3.- Texts: They do not copy any text that the vehicle posses, with this I refer to the texts on the side mirrors or the letters on the gear lever, pretty much any details that isn't part of the vehicle or is engraved into the car, like some gear levers have, is not copied.

4.-Interiors: If you ever get inside a Transformer while in vehicle mode, the interior will tend to look a bit different than the original model, sometimes it's the color, the smell, the seat belts texture. For flying frames they will not have all the controls, buttons, etc., or some buttons will just not do anything or some meters will not show any difference even if they vehicle takes flight.

5.- Smell: They never smell of gasoline, never. Some will smell like oil at best.

6.- Radio: Their radios have different frequencies, different ones from the common ones a car should have, these abnormal frequencies are their way of communicating with their other Transformers, the radio will show cybertronian words while it's on those frequencies. The radios can function without the Transformer being conscious.

7.- Tires: Their tires don't smell as the earth ones do when they drift, they still leave smoke and marks on the road, but the smell is not as strong. Their tires also never lose their tread pattern no matter how long on the road they been.

8.-Weight: They are heavier, not by much, than the original model. This is due to their original vehicle modes not meant to have an interior, so they have extra weight that they require to distribute. (This does not apply to all of them?

9.- Endurance: They are way more resistant than earth vehicles, their metal doesn't dent too often even in crashes, their windows take a lot of strength to break, most of the times a fire weapon is needed, even their parts are hard to remove, their bolts and screws and impossible to remove unless the Transformer is unconscious or they allow you to do it.

10.- Temperature: They are always warm, always have the temperature of a vehicle that's active, even if appear to have been park for hours you can get close and the metal will still be warm. Their metal also absorbs heat better, so even if it's really hot and has been under the sun the temperature will stay warm.

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These are small headcanons I could not elaborate more on that I decided to put together. If I can think of anything else I will update this post.

Any constructive criticism is welcome and well appreciated.

"Blacksmith's gift"

One cycle, Solus Prime spoke to Primus, asking them for guidance.

"Dear Primus, I wish to create great weapons for my brethren, the greatest our people will ever know of"

"Go north, to my spark, there you will find the purest materials to make powerful weapons you and your brothers need"

Solus went to the center of Cyberton, the endless well which emanated a radiant light, mighty and holy as if all your sins could be washed away by it. There she would find what she was promised.

That very cycle, the weapons were made.

The next cycle Solus spoke to Primus again.

"Dear Primus you were true to your word, my brothers are very please with their weapons, and look, I have made myself a tool as well, with it I will forge Cybertron's future" The bot held the hammer, showing it to the god.

"I'm proud of your work, my young spark"

"I require your guidance again dear Primus, this time I wish to create tools for my apprentices so can pass my knowledge to them and for them to innovate their world too"

"Go south, to my helm, there you will find the strongest materials to make long lasting tools for your apprentices"

Solus went to the highest mountains of Cybertron, so high the stars danced around you and the next galaxy loomed, there she would find what she was promised.

That very cycle, every apprentices had their very own tools.

The next cycle Solus spoke to Primus once again.

"Dear Primus you were true to your word, my apprentices are very grateful and happy with their tools"

"I wish to be witness the results of your teaching soon, young spark"

"Dear Primus, I beg for your guidance yet again, I wish to give armors to our soldiers, for them who defend our home"

"Go west, to my shoulder, there you will find light yet durable materials for your soldiers"

Solus and the bots went one of the moors of Cybertron, plain yet beautiful as the sun light danced above it, letting all the gemstones scatter on the soil shinned as the the bot made her way through the landscape looking around until she found the right ones.

That very cycle, the soldiers held their armors.

The next cycle Solus spoke to Primus yet again.

"What do you seek this cycle Solus dear?"

"Dear Primus, I am tired, I tired of traveling all across your form for these materials, it takes too long time to gather them"

"Very well young spark, I shall fix that for you"

That very cycle, Primus transformed parts of armor and separate them from his protoform, letting them collide one against another. Cycle after cycle the small bits danced around Cybertron, bumping into each other over and over again until it stared, finally holding down a form.

One cycle, Primus gift for Solus was done.

The next cycle Primus spoke to Solus.

"My sparks, come out, look at the sky, I have something to show you"

As the Primes exited their chambers they looked at the stars, immediately noticing what their creator wish for them to notice.

"What is that?" Asked Prima in awe.

"It's...my gift" The optics of the femme shinned in amaze, astonished as she stared at the new moon of Cybertron.

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Summarize: Solus wanted the materials to be closer to her since traveling through all of Cybetron was annoying, so Primus, who saw how much his daughter was doing for her brothers and the people of the planet, decided to give her a moon as gift.

This moon has almost every single mineral existent on Cybertron, making them be relatively closer and way easier to find since the moon is pretty much desert of anything else other than the materials. After the moon was created, the rest of the Primes designed ships to travel and transport the stones back to Cybertron. Later on, these ships would be used to travel to other planets.

Guilty pleasure of mine is Primus being a girl dad.

I apologize if this is not as straightforward as the headcanons I've been writing, one of the reasons I decide to make this blog was to practice my writing in English, since it's not my first language. I also apologize for past, present, and future spelling mistakes.

Any constructive criticism is welcome and well appreciated.

''Languages''

When the cybertronian specie got to earth one of the first things they did was to connect to their communications lines to study their language carefully, this is a tactic that they used before the war before coming in contact with other species to avoid having any misunderstandings with the alien life forms due to the language barrier and to guarantee a good commercial alliance.

A little difficulty that was presented was that earth, compared to other planets visited before, is vastly separated and each region they arrived to had a new and very different dialect.

Thanks to this, many autobots and decepticons that were scattered around the globe while hiding learned different languages, it became harder for both factions to get in contact with their soldiers. Many of them got lost and remain awaiting from others since the orders were to communicate specifically in that human's language to avoid being discovered as outsiders (Imagine that Japanese soldier from WW2 who didn't get the memo)

Thanks to this the bots gained accents as well, for this we can take the live action movies as an example of it. Hot Rod with his French accent or Wheeljack from Rise of the Beasts.

"Mouths"

Cybertronian are pretty different to humans in many aspects, but one thing they share is the possession of a mouth and most things that come inside. For this, I will use Transformers One as an example.

In this adaptation we can see with detail that they have both tongues and teeth, something to note about the teeth is that they're completely smooth, no separation in between meaning it is only one piece, therefor two in total per bot. This design is logical considering their diet, energon can be consumed in any form as long as it is processed correctly. Still, cybertronias have chosen to consume it manly in liquid form.

Thanks to the small/non existent amount of chewing they perform their teeth result in this form, evolution is not exactly the word one could use for a species that has mostly build itself generation after generation, this is more of a modification of model rather than upgrade.

Modifications exist, of course.

"Scraplets"

Small bug like crawlers with those big shiny optics and sharp teeth, truly adorable.

They're small, at least for cybertronian standards. They are about the size of a puggle, body of grey shades with bluish cat-like-optics, and spider-like-legs.

Working as a hive mind allows them hunt more efficiently and to form their small colonies quickly. They're a nomad species, moving from place to place always looking for food and staying still only to feed and to give birth and raise the younglings just until they are grown enough to participate in the hunt.

Not all of them live on the same place, they're scattered around the planet, their colonies consist on dead bodies of whatever unfortunate individual crossed their path, similar to how the creatures in Alien use the humans as housing for their children but for a much longer period of time. After most of the metal in the body has been eaten they leave to look for their next prey/home.

They have three stages of life:

Hatched: Born from an egg, even smaller, posses four skinny limbs that barely support it's own weight along with small yet sharp teeth. Most of their time is spend feeding from the metal surrounding them, rarely hatch outside of a colony, grown out of this phase quickly.

Fully formed reached: Thanks to all the nutrients from the metal they grow two more limbs, making it six and having a better sense of equilibrium, reaching full size and being able to help with the hunt.

Rusting: Ironically, energon is quite bad for an Scraplet's systems and body, they may be made out of metal from the outside but they posses a digestive system composed mostly of flesh. Similar to humans their insides produce digestive acids that melt the metal they consume and use it as fuel, the energon does not mix well with those acids and basically makes them rust from the inside out. These individuals are left to die in their last colony or tend to die mid travel form a colony to another, the symptoms start with brownish spots around the intake that extends to the rest of the body, after that it jumps to the final stages where most of teeth and limbs start falling off, making it impossible to move or feed. They either die of starvation or the rusting gets to their processor.

It's theorized that the reason of this species' aggressive behavior is due to the constant state of pain they are forced on during feeding, other's say it's their coding because of their status as predators in the wild.

"Minerals"

As everyone who knows the basics on cybertronias is aware that they require energon to function, not necessarily to live as seen in Transformers One with Alpha Trion, it is safe to ssume it's one of the main, if not the only, mineral they consume. The concept of cybertronias needing certain nutrients found in this element whatever is solid, liquid, crystallize, etc., opens a question: Is there anything, outside of Cybertron, that shares those nutrients?.

Different minerals growing on Cybertron are used for different things, the only one in common with Earth are the diamonds (for some reason my mind decided that they are spicy).

Of course anything else but energon can't keep their systems from shutting down, these minerals are just used to be infused in the energon, some instances for this could be during sickness and these nutrients infused into the energon for the patient or simply for the change of taste.

(I'm taking as canon that tiktok comment from the Transformers One account about energon tasting like sprite for this)

"Fabrics"

Since Cybertron is a planet pretty much made out of metal or elements pretty similar to, one could assume it lacks the soil to plant anything in general, so therefor incapable of getting any material as cotton along with the lack of mammals or insects that could produce natural protein fiber.

Therefor most fabrics that reside in the planet come through shipment from other planets. Expeditions to other worlds with commercial or shipping proposes are regular to have these materials as cargo

Only the bots of high class are able to order these materials, mainly for decoration like curtains, carpets, banners or just to handle from the ceiling.

They could also be used as accessories but since they get in the way of transformation they are quite small, like veils or as shoulder pieces, probably adorned with their own minerals and jewelry.

And of course there's capes.

Capes are seen as one of biggest expressions of wealth and power in cybertronian culture, the longer the better, a way to show that you don't even need your vehicle mode in the slightest for transportation or activate any weapon to self protection, such things are beneath someone of such high class and wealth.

Things like mattress and pillows are also considered decoration (another headcanon: There's ac everywhere, there's not areas of the planet or times where it gets too cold or hot naturally but it's implemented absolutely everywhere specially in factories to avoid machines or workers overheating due to physical labor.)