Loose Ends, Part 3 Using the Ark as his main base in an attempt to get Optimus Prime's attention, Loose Ends, Part 2 Megatron exploited his mental connection with Ratchet to reactivate the Ark, reprogramming Aunty and reviving the Underbase casualties as lobotomized zombies to serve him. Subsequent events are unclear but they managed to reactivate Megatron. Soon after, someone either very greedy or very bored or both managed to enter the Ark. Natural Selection, Part Twoįor two years after the crash, Spike and Fortress Maximus kept the Ark isolated until Spike called it quits in 1994 so as to live a normal life. Loose Ends, Part 5 To save his spark following the crash, Shockwave willingly wired himself into the Ark. Counterpoint During the second crash, Galvatron was thrown from the ship and wound up buried in the ice of Yukon in stasis lock after a battle with Fortress Maximus. In the realm of Zero Space, someone witnessed the Ark crashing on Earth in the planet's prehistoric era and its second crash in the planet's twentieth century. The ship played host to the visiting Decepticons led by Bug Bite, and a subsequent battle between the Decepticons as well as a party of invading Autobots, who destroyed its computers. Megatron took command of the Ark, but apparently kept it (with Ratchet on ice, and Shockwave's head in a jar) as his new headquarters on Earth. Since it crashed 15 years ago, it's rounded itself off and grown another rocket port. The shuttle, Thunderwing, and the Creation Matrix were ejected into space. Once aboard, the corrupted Creation Matrix fought the Autobots through his vessel, Thunderwing, who was beating everyone up until Nightbeat harpooned him with the shuttle and opened the cargo bay doors. Thunderwing was granted access to the Ark while aboard a shuttle stolen from Grimlock's search party. Matrix Quest The Creation Matrix was eventually found by Thunderwing, but it had been corrupted by evil and began controlling Thunderwing's actions. Child's Play The Ark served as a base of operations of sorts for the various search parties during the Matrix quest. Rock and Roll-Out!ĭuring Grimlock's first term as Autobot leader, he had the ship repaired Used Autobots and returned to space. Wheeljack installed within them the minds of five Autobot warriors, which were encoded in crystals before the Autobots left Cybertron. The Ark constructed five new Transformer bodies. Upon the disappearance of these warriors in their attempt to destroy Shockwave, the Ark shut itself down. The TransformersĪfter the crash, some of the Ark's systems still functioned, and when they detected the Decepticon Shockwave making planetfall, the ship revived five of her Autobot crew and rebuilt them into the Dinobots. Hilary, a volcano located a small distance outside of what would one day become Portland, Oregon. Hoping to end the threat of Megatron forever, Optimus Prime purposely crashed the ship into the passing planet Earth. When this was done and her reserves depleted, the Decepticons attacked and boarded her.

It was launched to clear a path for the wandering planet Cybertron through an asteroid field. ' Raiders of the Last Ark It is also referred to as the most powerful starship in Cybertron's history, and control of it was considered a huge tactical advantage. The Ark as it first appeared in the Marvel Comics. 1.15.2 War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoonįiction Marvel Comics continuity Marvel The Transformers comics.1.15.1 War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material.1.15 War for Cybertron Trilogy continuity.1.4 Dreamwave Generation One continuity.

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