Let me start off by stressing that this is a fanfic story, and I do not own any rights to any part of the Transformers universe. I am not trying to make money with this story. However, if Hasbro, or whoever owns the rights to Transformers, wants to talk, I'm open ;)
I have been a fan of the Transformers since the first episode back in 1984. When the 1986 movie came out on video I rented it and watched it not less than 5 times that night. While I didn't exactly cry when Prime died, I was very moved. And I continued watching the cartoon episodes for years afterward. When Beast wars came out, I watched about a half of an episode, and decided it was stupid and lost interest. After that, several other incarnations of Transformers came and went, all without me even knowing about them.
Anyway, I'm drifting. What I'm trying to say is that this story isn't going to follow the live action movie timeline, or much at all after the original series. The Autobots who survived the 1986 movie will be featured, and unless they were specifically shown to have been killed off in the movie, then they will be around. Which means Jazz is still alive (and a Porsche), however both Ironhide and Ratchet are dead (as are Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, Brawn, and Prowl). And even though he survived the movie, Wheelie will NOT be included.
Actually, no check that. He will be included, but only as a cameo in the first scene.
Galvatron, Cyclonus, and the Quintesans will also be featured. I will also include the allspark and certain things surrounding that.