sweet it got like 3 notes HERE WE GO
First of all, and this is important context, they're mixed faction.
Second, also important context, they have been on earth for a while.
Third, also ALSO important context, they are Useful Alt-modes. Meaning FARMING EQUIPMENT :D
Timber! He's the oldest of the bunch, comparatively 60s to a human. He transforms into one of these babies:
Tbh his name isnt actually Timber but his first emcounter with a human involved him getting his optic cracked by a piece of lumber and falling over. Some dumbass human shouted "TIIIIIIIMBER" as he fell over and it stuck. He was a Decepticon.
Next is DUCK'N'COVER!!!!! A set of young twins picked up by Timber after the exodus from Cybertron. They transform into identical little two-seater ATVs and help heard cattle bc its the only thing that uses their energy.
They are Little and Timber will gut you if look at them wrong. They were from a neutral colony that got wiped out by a Cosmic Rust plague.
Next up is my girl ARTY! She's an old model semi truck and hauls the farm's goods off to market. She doesn't remember what her name was before due to heavy processor damage that they don't have the resources to help fix. Her name is shortened from something else as well (this is a surprise tool that will help us later!)
She's a Big Girl and likes sitting in the cow field when she's not needed. She was an Autobot.
Next up is POPS! No one knows what his name actually is, just that he's old as shit (think Kup old) and transforms into a tractor. He does most of the hauling around the farm, hay rides in fall, pulls a sleigh with the horses in winter.
They all live on a farm in the northwest somewhere they have no idea if anyone else survived. So they stay with the human family they befriended 200 years ago. Including travelling across the continent with them and protecting them. Human ocs will come later tho ^-^