Golden Age

The Golden Age, also known as the First Golden Age of Cybertron, was a period in Transformer history on their homeworld of Cybertron when their world was rich in energy and the inhabitants were at peace with one another. It ended with the beginning of the Great War.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Nine million years ago, Cybertron was at peace until Megatron led his newly formed Decepticon army against the peaceful Autobots which began a long series of wars that resulted in a broken planet. War Dawn

Cybertron entered into a new Golden Age when the Plasma Energy Chamber was used to re-charge the planet by directing the energy into Vector Sigma which was in the hands of the peaceful Autobots. The Rebirth, Part 3

Wings Universe

The second Golden Age came to an end in 2013 when the clone armies of Jhiaxus conquered Cybertron during the Machine Wars. Termination However, the Machine Wars ended in a matter of weeks, bringing about the Pax Cybertronia. A Common Foe

Ask Vector Prime

In Primax 903.0-M Lambda, the ghost of Starscream possessed the corpse of Skyquake and sought his vengeance against Galvatron during Cybertron's New Golden Age, initiating the Machine Wars. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/27

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

The Golden Age was the earliest period of recorded Cybertronian history. On first seeing The Fallen, Jetfire wondered if he was from before the Golden Age. His speculation amused the ancient mechanoid. Confrontation

2005 IDW continuity

The Golden Age had come about largely because Nova Major and Galvatron successfully ended the First Cybertronian Civil War between the Thirteen Tribes. With the blessing of the last of the Thirteen on Cybertron, Alpha Trion, Nova Major took on the mantle of "Prime" and became leader of the newly unified planet. The Crucible With the assistance of his close friends and advisers, Nova Prime made accomplishments such as rediscovering Crystal City, home of the legendary Knights of Cybertron. The city's guardian, Omega Supreme, joined Nova's crew in bringing about peace and prosperity for Cybertron's people. Primus: All Good Things Modern Cybertronians thus remember the reign of Nova Prime as the Golden Age, a time of great scientific progress and exploration. What few of them know is that Nova Prime was a staunch Technoist, believing Cybertron should dominate the galaxy, and that his government carried out dodgy scientific experiments on their own kind. Spotlight: Optimus Prime

The legendary Knights of Cybertron are associated with the Golden Age. Chaos Theory Part 1

Beast Wars: Uprising

As Cybershark led Buzzclaw and Ser-Ket to the headquarters of the anti-Builder resistance, Buzzclaw noted that the bulletcar they were riding in was too large for them, having been built for Builder-size 'bots during the Golden Age. Head Games

Star Trek vs. Transformers

When James T. Kirk binary bonded with Fortress Maximus, he glimpsed the Titan's memories of the Golden Age. Prime's Directive, Part Three

Calm Sleep Stories

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2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

The O-Parts, or anything like them, had not been seen since the Golden Age. The Ultimate Robot Warrior

Shell Game

The Beta Maxx of Viron 704.31 Epsilon was a Micromaster, built during the Golden Age. Beta Maxx's profile Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30

Shattered Glass

Optronix was a data archivist during the Golden Age of Cybertron. His access to greater knowledge helped set him on the path of desire of greater power, eventually resulting in the second Cybertronian war. BotCon 2008 Optimus Prime profile card

Animated cartoon continuity

The Golden Age was a period between the First and Second Cybertronian Wars. After the defeat of alien invaders, the Transformers colonized the Hadeen System and enjoyed a lengthy period of peace. The eventual war between Guardians and Malignus would devastate all of this. The AllSpark Almanac II

Aligned continuity family

The Covenant of Primus

The Golden Age of Cybertron began after the Quintessons were driven off-world. Free to govern themselves, the Cybertronians made use of the technological advances left behind by the Quintessons and began to consider expansion beyond their world. Space bridge technology was re-engineered and combined with cyber-forming tech to convert lifeless asteroids and planets into potentially inhabitable colony worlds.

Sentinel Zeta Prime, his council and scientists also conceived a way in which the Well of All Sparks could be duplicated on these colonies as well. In a ceremonial running of the torch, a spark of life from the Well was acquired and carried from the Well to the Space bridge of Iacon, across interplanetary distances to the first colony of Archon. Archon's governor, Metalhawk, dropped the torch into a duplicate Well crafted on Archon and it successfully ignited, ensuring that new Cybertronians could be born of the colony worlds as well.

The expansion was a great time of joy and prosperity among the Cybertronians, but it wasn't to last. The Keepers of the Well eventually reported that new life emerging from the Well was diminishing. It appeared that the Well's power was finite, and each Well across the colonies was still drawing from the same source. Without an endless supply of energon and life, Cybertron would have to be more frugal in establishing colonies until alternate sources of power could be conceived.

They needn't have worried.

The Golden Age came to an end quickly once a mysterious Rust Plague began infecting transports among the colonies. The plague was universally infectious and fatal, and no cure could be found. Even testing proved difficult as the instruments corroded and the scientists died faster than results could be achieved. Quarantines began on infected worlds, followed by rioting, and death by fire for the lucky ones. Unable to reach a solution, Sentinel and the council made the fateful decision to destroy Cybertron's space bridge, permanently cutting the colonies off from home and each other, in order to prevent the Rust Plague from reaching Cybertron.

Cybertron now had greatly diminished resources (due to the duplicate Wells) and nothing to show for it, and the population was shellshocked by the loss of their brothers and sisters on the abandoned colonies. Unable to conceive of a new path for the future, Cybertron fell into a state of apathy and despair...and the Age of Rust set in. Transformers: The Covenant of Primus

Aligned novels

Sentinel Prime fended off a Quintesson invasion and oversaw the construction of the Hydrax Plateau spaceport, the Moonbases, Trypticon, the space bridges, and the colonies. The Golden Age drew to a close as the space bridges grew less reliable, contact with the colonies was lost, and the caste system was established. Exodus

Prime cartoon

Cybertronian data cylinders were created during Cybertron's Golden Age to store the accumulated knowledge of the Transformers. T.M.I.

Games

Transformers: Devastation

Starscream noted to Megatron that no Cybertronian had been able to control plasma energy since the Golden Age. It was during this era that Teletraan Alpha was constructed and the Mission of Cybertronian Expansion was launched. Transformers: Devastation

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Ōgon Jidai (黄金時代, "Golden Age")