Dreamwave timeline

A timeline for the events of IDW Publishing's mainline Transformers series.

=Timeline=

Ancient era

 * Primus and Unicron fight.
 * The Fallen is created and imprisioned.
 * Forgotten era of ancient Transformers.

Pre-war

 * Quintessons Infiltrait the Council of Ancients
 * Megatron explores the The Forbidden Zones and finds Golden Disk (ancient)
 * Gathering supporters, Megatron starts his war.

=War on Cybertron=
 * Grimlock switches from a Decepticon to an Autobot
 * Prowl's home in Praxus is demolished.
 * Sentinel Prime is killed by Megatron, searching for The Matrix.

The War Within

 * Megatron attempts to have Cybertron re-imagined as a planet-sized vehicle.
 * Starscream botches this.
 * Optronix is appointed new Prime, becomes [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime}}
 * Optimus starts a soon-abandoned plan to leave Cybertron to the Decepticons.
 * Optimus lobotomizes Megatron
 * Optimus tosses away the other Golden Disk (council)


 * this may be when Megatron punishes Starscream for killing the Council


 * Pre-Dark Ages: Some incident with a Cerebro shell involving Grimlock and Jetfire (alluded to in )
 * Megatron, develops an early Space Bridge to explore new worlds. Optimus rushes in at the last moment, both are lost.
 * Combiner groups are ruled non-allied by the Crisis Intervention Accord, with their combat status downgraded. Explained by Springer ''
 * Two groups of Decepticons split off, becoming the Predacons and the Ultracons
 * Likewise, two groups of Autobots split into the Wreckers and the Lightning Strike Coalition
 * Shockwave begins experimenting on Triple Changer technology on Blitzwing, who the Autobots are able to capture.
 * Jetfire switches from Decepticon to Autobot

The War Within: The Dark Ages

 * The Fallen is freed from his prison as a side effect of the Space birdge incident
 * The Fallen captures Blitzwing, Jetfire, Grimlock and Hotspot
 * Deus Ex Machina defeats The Fallen
 * Shockwave and Prowl coin the term "Until all are one."


 * Pre-Age of Wrath: Megatron makes some deal with the Quintessons, having forgotten that their infiltration of the Council of Ancinets started this war.
 * Ultra Magnus rises to power, takes charge, and unites most of Cybertron

The Age of Wrath

 * Starscream attacks a peace ceremony, but Megatron returns
 * Megatron enslaves the captured Autobots.
 * this may be when Megatron punishes Starscream for killing the Council


 * A number of Autobots and Decepticons leave Cybertron on their ships The Ark and the Nemesis
 * The Dinobots chase the Insecticons to Earth. It's assumed the Insecticons are killed, but they start opperating underground.


 * Pre-Micromasters
 * Operation: Containment: Jetfire, Countdown, Groundshaker, and Omega Supreme leave Cybertron.
 * Operation: Containment splits into two seperate groups
 * Skystalker invades planet Paradron, killing most of it's inhabitants.
 * Countdown chases Skystalker to Paradron's core and steals the third Golden Disc.
 * Skystalker drains all energy from the world Kyron to send a signal to Shockwave


 * Autobots and Decepticons collaborate to develop Micromasters in the Little Iacon establishment as a means to add more troops to each side.
 * The project is terminated early, both factions take whatever troops they can.

Micromasters

 * Countdown and Skystalker return to Cybertron
 * Countdown and Big Daddy recruit Micromasters from both sides to stop Skystalkers plans to kill all the Guzzlers
 * Fortress Maximus quits the Autobots
 * Big Daddy decides to find the truth for himself.


 * Pre-Ascention Omega Supreme is pushed from being a creature of impulse into a creature of pure technical computation.

=Great Shut-down
 * All Transformers deactivate as Cybertron undergoes a new stage in it's planetary evolution.
 * Scourge awakens Shockwave.
 * Scourge saves Shockwave from the Sharkticons
 * Shockwave turns on Scourge


 * Scourge makes his way to Earth and attacks Jetfire's ship.
 * Jetfire imprisons Scourge in an Autobot escape pod.
 * Jetfire and the pod are trapped in an avalanche.
 * If the Beast Wars happened, they would be happening sometime around now

=The Eighties=
 * The Decepticons recover/capture Jetfire and hold the scientist aboard the Nemesis
 * Megatron captures the Dinobots and their ship and holds them in a cave. Only Megatron and Grimlock are award of this.


 * May 4th, 1998 Operation: Liberation Autobot and human military action is taken against the Decepticons

everybody died

=The Future= Hot Rod fights alongside Fortress Maximus