Do you have any plans to incorporate other iterations into New Dawn? (Ex: Armada, Beast Wars, TFOne, TFP, etc).
Hey, Shortcake here,
Little out of character question here I’d love answer! The goal of New Dawn is to recreate a G1 style narrative with the outlook of modern transformers, a G1 rewrite in the modern era if you will. So to put it simply, they’re already here! New Dawn began as a “what if TFO had an Earth arc” between me and some friends, but spiraled into what you see today.
While the basis is G1, the backstory is very much informed by TFO. Large portions of my inspiration for this continuity are Armada. The Beast Wars cast exist, later, just not how you remember them. I’ve mixed Beastformers and Pretenders into one general idea that honors both without stepping on toes—I think.
As for Prime, Bulkhead and Knockout do make appearances on the main cast! I grew up with Prime, I love it, so don’t worry you’ll see lots of Prime-esque things. This is a huge passion project of mine focused on what I think of ideas and concepts, and finding a way to make them all work together instead of the very conflicting ideas we have had for so long.
Whether it be RID2001, IDW2, the Marvel Comics, or something far less niche—like Animated or the Bayverse—it’s definitely here in some way shape or form, promise.
Here’s a little synopsis of New Dawn:
For millions of years, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons ravaged their homeworld of Cybertron, eventually spilling beyond its surface and into the Seven Colonies. At the war’s darkest hour, Optimus Prime led a contingent of Autobots aboard a colony vessel known as the Ark, carrying thousands of dormant protoforms. Their mission was singular: to locate the Allspark and secure a future for their kind.
They did not escape unnoticed—Decepticon forces, led by Megatron, intercepted the ship in deep space. During the ensuing battle, the Ark was dragged into an unstable wormhole—and vanished.
In the summer of 1984, near the small town of Alderfalls, Oregon, two humans—Spike Witwicky and Carly Banes—uncovered the long-buried alien vessel. Their discovery reactivated the ship’s central intelligence, Teletraan-1, who restored Optimus Prime and his Autobots to life.
With the Autobots awakened once more, a war a million years old was reignited—this time, with Earth at its epicenter.
Now I feel is a good time as any to introduce our cast of characters, the main cast that is, a lot of characters exist and have lore here. If you guys want to hear about anyone specific, I’d love to add them to the list of profiles to write!
Decepticons:
Megatron
Soundwave
Starscream
Thundercracker
Skywarp
Knockout
Tarn
Thunderblast
Onslaught
Swindle
Vortex
Blastoff
Brawl
Autobots
Optimus
Bumblebee
Ratchet
Arcee
Chromia
Jazz
Wheeljack
Bulkhead
Thank you so much for your question and support! I’m really happy you’re enjoying my work. I love all of you guys, have a wonderful day.











