Talk:Early Decepticons

The three contradictory retellings of Transformers pre-history make the early Decepticons' place in Transformers history somewhat difficult to pin down, but it seems this type of soldier saw wide service during the so-called Golden Age of Cybertron wherein fitful wars periodically swept across the planet, causing both Autobot and Decepticons to declare victory many times.

From my reading of cartoon Cybertron's history, this is inaccurate. There were no wars during the Golden Age. FFOD allows us to date/retcon the "Desertion of the Dinobots" film strip to the Second Cybertronian War.

When the narrator says: "And thus began a terrible series of wars. Many times both sides have claimed victory, but this has been short-lived, for the Autobots have overthrown Decepticon tyrants, and, likewise, Decepticon treachery has toppled many a peaceful Autobot ruler. And, to this day, the war rages on!" what he is describing is actually the ebb and flow of the Second War itself, before it has ended.

This fills in a narration gap from the Matrix vision's account, which jumps straight from "Knowing we could never defeat the Decepticons with firepower, we turned to stealth and invented the art of transforming" to "The Autobots ruled for many centuries."

Take note of the fact that first time you see anyone transforming in the "Desertion" film strip is after the narrator says "a few valiant survivors devised new tactics and launched a counter-offensive on their arch foes" and the second time comes right before he says "for the Autobots have overthrown Decepticon tyrants." Only Autobots are shown with the ability to transform, as it should be during the Second War. --KilMichaelMcC 14:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)