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[nazrigar]

Well, I guess since Lori from the Cybertron cartoon is here I guess it really has come to this. So I guess this means that bots and cons have introduced in said show exist here in the Allsparks AU.

Decepticons like Thunderblast, Dirt Boss, Crumplezone, Undermine, Brimstone, and Scourge(Flame Convoy/Cybertron Scourge) and more.

While on the Autobots side we had Override, Backstop, Quickmix, Joyride, etc.

Guess now that we know that Lori does indeed exist. Do all of guys also exist too?

And does that mean Coby her boyfriend exist here too?

Like Lori’s mere presence says a lot about the story potential that you have in mind for the All-Sparks AU.

Yup! Every continuity has characters I like, and it helps that different versions of characters can be interpreted as descendants or relatives to other characters.

And I'm glad you like Lori's inclusion and potential! Because in many ways she fills the more grounded outlook among the friend group, the most likely to note that if something can go wrong, then you gotta prepare and have contingencies.

Coby does exist in my AU! He's part of shop class, and what Raf is in software, Coby is for hardware, aka he's a very good mechanic.

Ironically, while Sierra and Lori are BFFs, Coby and Jack don't interact much. Unless it's online and playing video games, and Coby has an intense, if one-sided rivalry with Jack, especially in online RPGs.

Jack may be considered an average dude in daily life, but when it comes to RPGs, dude's a menace. He's nice to newcomers (especially in Fallout 76), but EVERY experienced gamer in Jasper has at least one encounter with "The Darby" and challenged him to an in-game fight. Jack always wins because typically he's been a consistent player since when said RPGs were in open beta.

"Like if a boss fight was controlled by a player" Coby would remark.

Even Miko has tried her luck in bringing ol' "Jack Attack" down a peg, but, alas Jack is just WAY too good.

"Not bad for a guy as plain as sliced bread" Miko would say after her first match with him.

[nazrigar]

So Megatron was a very good dad before the dark times apparently huh?

So does that mean the other cons were so bad either?

Yup, but not all of 'em.

Megatron, prior to being taking a fall for a crime he didn't commit, was a good dad and a person his crew and son looked up to.

Blackout was a true symbol of the working 'bot, his huge size and strength being complimented by a jovial personality.

Soundwave, though uncharismatic, is typically seen as a pretty good listener and some sort of wizard with animals.

Rumble and Frenzy are Soundwave's employees, and pretty much just want to have a good time (and calling Orion a dork). Notably this brother-sister team hasn't changed much from pre-war, following Soundwave outta loyalty to 'The Boss' (Soundwave). Rumble's the brother, and Frenzy is the sister.

Onslaught, despite his name, is basically a professional officer and gentleman through and through.

Meanwhile...

Starscream has always been quite the egotist, and a lot of his actions come from wanting to come out on top. It's why yells about quotas in the sketch collection.

Shockwave WAS really all about doing things for the good of Cybertron, from his philanthropic work to his scientific pursuits ... even when he was going too far.

Razorclaw was and is a man that followed a might makes right philosophy, with the concept of the hunt taking top priority.

Deathsaurus was and is a scheming, power grabbing menace who bided his time until everything fell in place where he could carve territory for himself.

[nazrigar]

Hi Nazriger

So it’s been a while, and I was wondering about you All-Sparks AU again, and with the recent issue of Image Comics TF run, revealing what the matrix is Meg’s chest is. I could help but wonder exactly what is Megatronus Prime’s deal is here in the AU.

Is he dead, is he imprisoned in an alternate dimension? What’s his deal

Megatronus is quite dead here in my AU, and his memories and parts of his being resides within the Matrix.

This is because, before his own passing, Megatronus had his own Fallen-then-Redemption journey.

[nazrigar]

Okay saw your answer to my post okay so there are topics about your au that ya can share okay so another question regarding the current state of the two sides. Mainly about who’s winning and who’s losing.

We know that the cons are basically the Covenant from Halo here in All-Sparks au apparently. While the bots are taking a page out of the UNSC and digging in. And making the cons pay for every inch and f territory they take with an ocean of energon. But that doesn’t say much about who’s winning.

Sounds like the cons are still kinda cracking open those fortress worlds. One at a time. If them being able to still strip mine planets down the freaking core is anything to go by.

That also raises another questions are there any bits or cons we know of currently in the field leading their respective side? In the battles revolving around the Autobot alien allied fortress worlds.

Good questions!

The war has effectively grinded to a stalemate because the Autobots have at last created enough defensive positions that, without proper planning and coordination, would basically turn Decepticon wave assaults into scrap metal.

However, just because Decepticon momentum has been paused, doesn't mean it'll stay that way. They're still developing weapons, still figuring out new ways to obliterate worlds even at a distance, and still a plague on non-aligned worlds.

In the big picture, The Decepticons are winning by virtue of still having enough manpower and material to even think about attacking fortress worlds.

I do have leaders for the 'cons and bots for their respective sides by the time Earth begins its story!

Autobot Command:

Ultra Magnus: The de facto leader of the Autobots when both Elita and Optimus are absent. He's not the most creative person, but he keeps a tight ship, both diplomatically and militarily.

Star Saber: Leader of the Knights of the Circle of Light, but otherwise also the guy responsible for training the best of the best melee warriors among the Autobots. He's a priest, but his zeal in lifting up others also make him popular even among the most hardcore secularist.

Primal Major: Leader of the Maximal expeditionary unit, they are the chief reconaissance unit of Autobot forces, especially on worlds dominated by organics.

Springer: Leader of Autobot Spec-Ops, especially the wreckers. He actually REALLY doesn't want the job, and much prefers to be a field commander, but unfortunately the wreckers as a unit chose him to lead and manage them, and Ultra Magnus is too busy leading the entirity of Autobot forces in absentia.

Crosscut: Mistress of the word, for she commands the Autobot Diplomatic Corps, the unit that helps maintain friendly relations with alien nations and empires... as well negotiating with mercenaries, Cybertronian and otherwise.

Decepticon Legionary Commanders:

Straxus: Master of Cybertron, and effectively the collective ruler of Decepticons when Big M himself is absent. Why? Because Straxus not only has the longest experience of governing, even before the Great War, but Straxus' wrath is second only to Megatron's.

BW Megatron (aka Galavar aka The Purple One): Now I can reveal Beast Wars' Megatron's role! He's the current leader of the DER, the Decepticon Expedition and Reconaissance force, and commander of the Nemesis. His original name is Galavar, but his rise from bottom to the top will be explored in the future. His name is in tribute to his idol and hero.

Deathsaurus: A smug, swell guy that basically has his own miniature empire within Decepticon space. He leads the New Destrons, a Decepticon faction that works largely independent from the main group. Has a flair for the dramatics.

Onslaught: Chief of logistics, and the guy most people need to be wary about when he feels like the time is ready to strike, for the leader of the Combaticons is typically accompanied by a good chunk of Decepticon shock troops, but also two or more combiners as part of an invasion force. Also... he and his combaticons can transform into Bruticus when needed.

Tarn: The dreaded leader of the DJD, still active, still looking to murk people on the The List. Drift has nightmares about him, and sometimes worries that her presence alone would mean that, one day, the DJD will come after not only her, but her beloved Hot Rod and friends.

[nazrigar]

Hey so n the All-Sparks au, how does the arrival of the transformers go down? Like do they arrive and then they start fighting right away? Attracting the attention of the retired joes and other human related factions?

Or is it instead a slow build up to the inevitable escalation and open public warfare. With the cons attacking both the bots, their human allies, and the world in general to conquer it?

Or am I all wrong and the war is just wages out in the open and all of humanity knows right off the bat about the two warring alien powers that have come to earth?

BIG apologies for the late reply, went through a major depressive episode!

Non-spoilery stuff, the arrival of the Transformers is a slow gradual game of reconnaissance, establishing themselves in human territory, and from the Autobot's perspective, praying to Primus that the Decepticons haven't arrived yet... but that's of course a false hope.

It's a slow build up, and if there are going to be battles, it's going to be clandestine as much as possible, but no matter how clandestine, human attention WILL come.

Eventually the Autobots WILL get noticed by human intelligence services, because whatever happens in the world, sooner or later, a man named Joe Colton will find out about it.

And after that... you bet that Autobot vs Decepticon WILL escalate to a far bigger scale.

[nazrigar]

Hey question about All-Sparks au, so we know that Blackout is a member of the cons in your universe. So does that mean his bro Grindore is too?

Also, if that’s the case, are there any other beavers Deceptacon’s who have been given the G1 treatment in your universe?

His bro Grindor is indeed canon to All-Sparks! But there's a twist!

Grindor while a Decepticon early on, QUICKLY abandoned the cause when Megatron went from "we should reshape the system" to "I am going to destroy everything that even resembles the old way, including reverence for The Primes" and "I am going to obliterate everyone who gets in my way of murking the Prime"

He hangs about Soundblaster's mercenary gang as the logistician. (Soundblaster is Soundwave's brother, and is all flash and loud).

Mohawk is one, though mostly because he joined out of fear and that Megatron is one effing SCARY dude.

Berserker is basically one of the one-bot army attack bots of Decepticon forces. He's a very melee oriented dude who likes fighting equally large and powerful alien forces.

Nitro Zeus hangs about with Soundblaster's crew. He's Soundblaster's Shockwave counterpart being the local cyclops with big ol' cannon on one arm. Much like Soundblaster is Soundwave's personality opposite, so is Nitro Zeus to Shockwave. Shockwave here is more inspired by his G1 cartoon iteration, but still does horrible things in the name of SCIENCE. Nitro Zeus meanwhile blows things up because he thinks it's fun and/or funny. He is complimented by the much more no-nonsense but very snarky Slipstream, who is basically Soundblaster's Starscream.

[nazrigar]

Hey so is there any new kind of info about the All-Soarks universe you made that we can know about that isn’t spoilers?

Like what’s Megatron and his forces up to before the cons and bots find earth.

What’s the current status of the Autobot’s forces? Do the cons really control all of Cybertron? Are there any aliens who are fighting against the Decepticons?

Will there be any other Cybertroian villains other the cons? Like The Fallen? Or is that big spoiler stuff?

Some of these questions I CAN answer!

Megatron and his forces are just straight up conquerors and destroyers, though Megs in particular likes just straight up crushing or humiliating forces that consider themselves "proud warriors" or "warrior cultures" like the Ejoornians and Femaxians. While Femax still lives in on with its people and fleet, the Ejoornians are pretty much wiped out. When Megatron conquers a world, it's either to convert it to a base of operations for assault deployment or to strip mine down to the core to fuel the Decepticon war machine, and the Decepticon war machine in particular is very feared in the wider galaxy. They are well known to be the fiercest and most unrelenting warriors period in all the galaxy.

Autobot forces are primarily centered on various clusters of worlds connected by space bridge technology. These worlds are known as "Fortress Worlds" as they are both the main hubs of command as well as bases of operations for defensive deployment. As the Decepticons are much more aggressive than the Autobots, the current strategy among Autobot command is one of entrenchment and working with allied aliens. So while the Decepticons have a numerical advantage, they're not having much luck taking Autobot space because wherever Autobots set up a defensive position, they WILL make Decepticons bleed their energon dry.

The Fallen is NOT going to be a villain for sure. All I can share for now about Megatronus is that he's known by both his name AND his title as The Fallen, as he's primarilly a lesson on how you can be the pinnacle of something, fall to despair, but can again be picked right back up with those who support you (in this case, Solus was the one who helped Megatronus get back on his feet).

[nazrigar]

Okay I am sorry I forgot all about good old Denny. I forgot all about him and all the story implications that come with him.

Okay distant am super excited that we are getting the Prime sequel story humans included and given good roles in this AU. I personally think that the human cast was overrated. And underutilized like his son.

Also I very interested that he’s Lori’s mentor and boss. Like I’m surprised was not expecting that. Hmm wonder if he knows about the transformers because he discovered one before. After all he quickly wants duo to the bots in his show. And since he’s willing to break a few laws or too to help keep the secret I have this very strong suspicion. That once Lori learns of the Autobots and if they need a place to hide to go to his scrapyard. He’d probably help them right off the bat!

Also I cannot help but ask. So since Denny Clay is here does that mean so is his Son Russel? And is he in the same group as Raf? And if so do you also have him being friend with Hank from Robots in Disguise(2015) too? So many questions Denny’s presence opens up.

Like are their versions of cons from his show that are also here in All-Sparks AU?

Honestly there’s so much story potential with the human cats you’ve opened up with these recent reveals. And I cannot wait to see where the All-Sparks Au goes from here.

Wonder if Denny knows any other potential human allies? Who’d keep the secret of the transformers?

I just HAD to include Denny in my AU, he's so much fun!

One note tho, Denny is actually Sierra's boss, while Lori is focused on other pursuits (and probably helping out her own family in any way she can). In the reference picture, she's put next to Denny because she's part of Sierra's social circle (alongside Denny).

But you ARE warm that Lori is probably going to be one of the first to suspect something's more off than usual in Jasper (because Denny, the town eccentric, is just guy with specific interest odd, not 'I think something's up with the cars in this place odd).

At the very beginning of the Earth side of things, Denny, nor anyone else, knows about the Transformers. However, do note why the importance of that miniature vintage car collection is important in his entry, because foreshadowing. Denny is as oblivious as everyone else, but being a massive Sci-fi nerd in this AU, you bet that he'll be super enthusiastic to support the 'good guy robots from space'.

Russel exists, but spends the majority of his time with his mother (I'm figuring out what the possible custody arrangement this could be), he does sometimes stay with his dad, especially if his mom has to go overseas on work related detail. Russel I imagine, while somewhere in Raf's age group, probably is in a different school. In my own personal headcanon, he's definitely already friends with Hank.

Russel is definitely more a background supporting character, that might make the occassional cameo, as for now, he's living with his mother.

Just wanted to say I appreciate your enthusiasm for the human cast, and yes, there's a lot of potential to go around!