Who Became Dion Vector?
Dear Vector Vagabond,
Ah yes, the wandering philosopher Dion Vector. The diminutive Guardian of Wayward Sparks has shepherded many non-aligned Transformers from the various conflicts that have plagued Cybertron over the millennia. But perhaps it is time to finally elucidate who this bot truly is.
Born during the reign of Taraxus Prime the Insatiable, Blue Maximus was an Ultra-class interstellar freighter tasked with transporting goods between the various Cybertronian colonies. On a routine trip to Apollonia to deliver solartarium converters, Maximus was walking through the bustling Halcyon Plaza when the very first Arcturan attack happened.
As the war between the Cybertronian Empire and the Arcturan Resistance escalated, Maximus and his family continually found themselves caught up in a conflict they wanted no part of. It wasn’t until Maximus’ eldest son, Gindion, was conscripted and taken against his will that the family decided to flee Cybertron and take refuge elsewhere. In his travels, Maximus heard rumors to the location of the last known spacebridge, supposedly constructed by Mercurian Prime themselves to transport any and all Cybertronians to a secret haven during the days of the Chromatic Wars (a slight misconception, but that’s a tale for another time).
Maximus and his family trekked across the stars for many stellar cycles, meeting colorful characters and avoiding the Cybertron Secret Police along the way. However, when they arrived at the coordinates, they learned their efforts were all for naught. The spacebridge had been damaged by Noirgo the Destructor’s Hand eons ago, and now it was little more than an imposing art installation. Here they were, at the edge of the galaxy, supplies dwindled to their last reserves, and with nowhere to go. That’s when the family was beset by Terrorcons.
Ultimately, Blue Maximus was left alone. Badly injured and mode-locked, he crash landed on the alien world Antilla, a lush paradise world teeming with all sorts of organic life… and Energon. Maximus used a small drone component to scour the area, make minor repairs to his main body, and refine the wild Energon into something his body could use. It was during this period, forced to remain still and do little more than watch the stars and the battles above him, Maximus made a promise: no matter what, no one else would ever feel this pain.
Returning to Cybertron and using his drone to masquerade as a Cyberdroid, Maximus took on the new identity of Dion Vector (the name taken from his lost son and one of those colorful characters he encountered on his first voyage). He began to secretly shuttle any Cybertronians looking for refuge off-planet to Antilla. With the help of a young engineer named Skywarp, Vector outfitted his larger body with a personal transwarp engine, allowing him to shorten the trip immensely for his passengers. Vector would continue to carry passengers to Antilla over the next century, and the growing population of settlers led the planet to become a permanent settlement. After the end of the Cybertronian/Arcturan conflict, Vector would retire to spend his days in peace in the rapidly developing city of New Tyrest.
