TFE
A Breif Timeline of the Great War
Copyright 2006, masterfwiffo. All rights reserved.
(1 Cybertronian Stellar Cycle .93 Earth Years)
Cybertonian Stellar Cycle 2348 AGE (After Golden Era) - The Quintesson Wars end. The Quintessons are driven back to their home sector, and forced into a peace treaty. Relative peace returns to Cybertron.
2348 - Gigatron first appears in the public eye. Demonstrations and rallies are held against the reigning Autobot Supreme Council, and their leader, Virtus Prime.
2357 - Virtus Prime is assassinated. Gigatron is blamed. He and his followers are branded 'Decepticons' for their continual denial of involvement. Gigatron goes into hiding. Nomen Prime is sworn in as new Autobot leader.
2358-2284 - Gigatron hides away for seventy Stellar Cycles. During this time, he becomes a prominent figure in the underground. The criminal element, disenfranchised war veterans, and wild youth are drawn to his rallies and speeches. The Autobots try in vain to dispose of him.
2285-2288 - Gigatrons new army begins attacking Cybertronian outposts. Those who don't join are killed. Several Autobot/Decepticon skirmishes along Iacons border
2289 - WAR BEGINS - The Decepticons launch a full-out assault on Autobot Capital Iacon. The Autobots are forced to abandon the city.
2291 - The great Battle of Iacon Point occurs - this would be the bloodiest battle to-date in the Autobot/Decepticon war. Decepticon General Magmatron leads the assault. During the battle, Autobot figurehead and legend Omega Protectorate is captured. The Decepticons attempt to reprogram him, but he counterattacks, and wrecks havoc inside the Decepticons new base of Iacon. He is finally brought down by a tag team effort of two up-and-rising Decepticon commanders, Megatron and Obsidian.
2295 - The Autobot headquarters at Praxis are attacked. The Autobots flee to Cybertrons moons.
2296-3024 - The Years of Silence - The Decepticons declare the war over, and them the sole possessors of Cybertron. The Autobots begin construction of a space fleet. During this time, construction of the Nemesis begins.
3025 - On the anniversary of their defeat at Praxis, the Autobots launch a stunningly successful assault on Iacon. Aided by the Quintessons (who had no desire to see the Decepticons in power), the tide is turned against the Decepticons in a matter of days.
3025 - 3099 - The Great Purge - A series of battles rage across Cybertron. Aided by the Quintessons, the Decepticons are eventually cornered in Kaon.
3100 - The final battle at Kaon occurs. Realizing the planet is lost, Gigatron orders the launch of the Nemesis, and the Decepticons flee Cybertron. During the next 50 years, the Decepticons would continue to harass Autobot interests in space.
3124 - The Battle of Strakus 3. Nomen Prime falls at the hands of Gigatron. Sentinel Prime ascends to the throne.
3150 - The Quintessons are attacked on their home-world by the new Decepticon Armada. They are driven back, but because the Autobots failed to send aid, all good relations between the Quintessons and the Autobots are severed.
3156 - The Quintesson Allos-Ty ascends to the throne of the Emperor. A veteran of the Quintesson Wars, he renews old hatreds of the Autobots, and the QUintessons declare a strict neutrality on all matters of the Autobot/Decepticon war, except those that further the interest of the new Quintesson empire.
3194 - Decepticons conquer 75 of Autobot colony holdings in space. The Autobot star-fleet is spread out in a vain effort to engage them. The Quintessons too, slowly begin conquering other Autobot colony worlds.
3227 - The energon holdings on Cybertron dry up. A new focus on the war begins. The Decepticons and Autobots struggle over remaining Energon holdings in the Universe.
3253 - Gigatron ceases to attend to major battles personally. He creates a class of Grand Generals, promoting favorites Magmatron, Obsidian, Megatron and Spacewarp to fill the four slots. These would become the most well-known faces in the war.
3259 - In the quest for Alternate energy sources, a Decepticon Scientist under Obsidians command discovers that the sub-race of Minicons can provide a massive power boost when linked properly.
3261 - The Battle of Regulus 7 - The Autobots suffer a crushing defeat defending the energon-rich world, as the new Minicon powerlinking process creates single Decepticon troops as powerful as an entire platoon.
3262-2993 - The Armada Wars - An Arms race occurs over the Minicon powerlinking process. The tiny non-native Cybertronians are killed by the thousands. Finally, the process is all but abandoned as it is found that the powerlinking process has draining side effects. Minicons remain in both Autobot and Decepticon service, though powerlinking is far more limited.
3305 - The Autobot flagship Glory is destroyed engaging the Nemesis. Young commander Optimus is given recognition in the battle for heroic rescue efforts and effective battle maneuvers, and is promoted to Major.
3309 - The Energon shortage becomes drastic. The Decepticons begin purchasing Energon from the Quintessons by selling POWs into slavery.
3317 (Earth: Present Timeframe) - Decepticon General Megatron sets out for Earth, in an effort to acquire more Energon. He is intercepted by Autobot Optimus Major, and both are stranded on the planet. A mysterious new sect of ancient Transformers is discovered there...
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