Quintesson Journal

The Quintesson Journal was a piece of Quintesson technology.

The Quintessons used these cylindrical data storage devices to hold information regaring their scientific operations and allows them to consult the information for analysis. Unfortunately for them, others don't like what the Quintessons have been storing in these devices.

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One such journal was lost and uncovered by both the Autobots and the Decepticons who learnt that the Quintessons were responsible for trading with numerous worlds by providing the inhabitants with technology that would destroy either the planet or propagate wars in order to profits from the sales. One such profitable endeavour that was recorded on the journal was the thousand year engineered war between Zitaxis and Lanark. After the Quintesson plot was exposed, the war ended with a tense peace.

A second journal was lost on the Junkion homeworld and a team of Sharkticons were dispatched to recover it but were fought off by the natives. This particular journal contained a subliminal message that made its recievers become more aggressive and xenophobic as well as distrusting of outsiders. The journal caused the Junkions to turn against anyone; even their allies the Autobots.