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| "A Birth of Planet Saybertron" [sic]
セイバートロン星の秘密 (Cybertron-sei no Himitsu) "Secret of Planet Cybertron" | |||||||||||||
| Published in | Comic BomBom | ||||||||||||
| First published | December 1985 | ||||||||||||
The history of the planet, Cybertron, is revealed!
Synopsis[]
Billions of years ago, a number of advanced planetary civilizations joined in alliances to create cultural connections. However, the mingling of so many different beings inevitably erupted in war that spread across the galaxy. To stop the enveloping war, the greatest minds of the planets came together and created an observational space station called "Cybertron" that included a large processor. The intention of the machine was to maintain peace, which it accomplished once sent out into space.
The space station was built just too perfectly and it developed a will of its own. Using electromagnetic forces to draw in passing spacecraft and satellites, Cybertron added mass to its own, growing and growing. The computer at its core began to malfunction, losing any regulation or outside access. The alliance attempted to contain the mad station, but their attempts only met with failure. Cybertron simply kept expanding and draining resources from the galaxy till it was barren.
Hundreds of millions of years later, Cybertron began to evolve into something resembling a planet. Mountains were formed. Oceans of oil made. Soon, mechanical life itself developed. Those life forms themselves evolved into the Transformers. Their own great science and discovery in turn led to war between two factions over the resources of Cybertron. Of the two factions, the Decepticons promoted conquest, while the Autobots sought the peaceful gathering of energy. The war raged when the Autobots built a ship and took off in it, with the Decepticons following in their own ship. The crews of both ships crashed onto a planet known as Earth.
Notes[]
- At the same time Comic BomBom was presenting this wholly fabricated origin for the Transformers, TV Magazine was offering a more cartoon-accurate history in their publication, beginning with a manga prologue. Presumably, the Japanese children of 1985 with multiple magazine subscriptions were somewhat confused.