Megatron
Planet of Origin: Cybertron
Place of Creation: Tarn
Alternate Mode: Cybertronian tank; Formerly a driller
Color of Metal: Silver, gray, black, red
Optic Color: Red
Mouth Type: Standard
Affiliation: The Decepticons; Formerly Thymesis Energon Mining
Relatives: None
Aliases: Many that his underlings and enemies wouldn't say to his face
In Tarn, a rare form of spark, dubbed a "point one percenter" spark, was accidentally transferred into a factory where new Cybertronians were made. To cover this up so that the factory's workers wouldn't be fired, or far worse, they didn't acknowledge that they made a mistake and sent this 'bot off to its designated field of work, the mines. Once there, the future Decepticon leader Megatron was activated.
Megatron lived a fairly average life for a 'bot of his specialty, which in this case was mining. This meant that he lived in a bunker underground, where he shared a room with many other Quarribots, the name that was given to Cybertronians who's alternate mode had something to do with mining. Seeing the unjust way that his people were being treated, Megatron began to write poetry and journals logging the ways that they were being treated. These documents began to create movements and strikes, and this uproar began causing trouble for the Functionist Council.
The council sent a representative to try and convince Megatron to stop, and when he refused, the representative murdered his mentor, Terminus. However this only encouraged his writing, with him writing "Towards Peace." With this book being read by many, especially those who worked menial jobs. The council would decide to kill Megatron, however, instead of being executed, he was sent to underground gladiator pits, which were watched by higher class members of Cybertron's society. But Megatron persisted, never losing a match. With time, Megatron was known by all who were forced to fight in the pits and was both feared and praised.
Making friends with some of those against the pits, Megatron was able to be smuggled out and returned to his original mine, where he gathered followers for his new revolution. To keep up appearances, Megatron continued serving in the mine. However, one day when Megatron went into the mines, he came out..different. He began to be more violent and that very day Megatron led a revolt that killed those who forced them to do their jobs. While it's not exactly known what made him this way, what is known is that it all began with him finding his infamous fusion cannon.
With the his followers growing by the day, Megatron would create an alliance with fellow revolutionary Orion Pax. The two would have a great friendship and would work together to form movements and liberate their fellow Cybertronians. However, this would change when their combined forces would attack the council head on. Orion could tell by the bloodlust in his optics that Megatron was not who he thought he was. With the council dead, there was dispute for how Cybertron should be run and when a new and more wise council was formed, Megatron would kill them too.
With the two's thoughts on how Cybertron should be ruled differing, Megatron and Orion would become enemies. While they were originally political enemies, when their respective groups began fighting and trying to kill one another, it was not long before war would overtake Cybertron.
Thousands of years of war would take place, with Megatron killing countless innocents and Autobots alike. However, Megatron would send out various starships out to conquer planets, with his goal being claimed to spread Decepticon influence, however it's been theorized that he's looking for something. This supposed search is likely why Megatron left Cybertron aboard the Nemesis, but was displeased to find his old friend Optimus Prime following him. The Nemesis and the Autobot ship, the Ark, would do battle, with each eventually taking heavy damage and crashing onto a nearby planet, Earth.