Transformers Beyond: Legendarium (OLD)

Chapter VII: The Age of Wrath

The Age of Wrath began 450 million years ago when Cybertronian military space surveillance began tracking a group of objects that had entered the periphery of the Cybertronian Commonwealth. Within weeks, these objects had been picked up by civilian observatories and when they became public knowledge, the members of the Council of Ancients revealed that they were almost certainly artificial in nature and were on a direct course to Cybertron.

When the ships entered deeper into Cybertronian territory, the outcome was almost apocalyptic...

Approx. 440-450 million stellar cycles ago:

A hastily assembled defense network seen by the Cybertronian Defense Forces was immediately swept aside by the superior weaponry of the Quintesson Expeditionary Forces. With the CDF decimated, the Quintessons used this to their advantage as they annexed many of the outer and smaller Cybertronian colonies into their Co-Prosperity Sphere. Soon, major colonies like Caminus, Devisiun, Prion, Arduria, Carcer, Junkion, Lithone, Gigantion, Mons Prima, Velocitron, Eukaris, Paradron, Neutronia, and Omnitron quickly fell into Quintesson control, with Sharkticon/Allicon garrisons established on each world.

With all of the Cybertronian colonies now under their control, the Quintessons focused on their final and main target: Cybertron. 

Approx. 440 million stellar cycles ago:

The Siege of Cybertron begins as the Quintesson Expeditionary Forces appear in Cybertronian orbit with a fleet of warships commanded by the Alpha Quintesson themselves. The enemy fleet almost instantly destroyed Cybertron's major defense systems, leaving the planet vulnerable to the invaders. As their Sharkticon and Allicon armies make landfall, the Quintessons, with the aid of their allies within the Destron States, begin capturing the planet's major industrial parts and the birthing wells, as they successfully subjugated Tyger Pax and took the Well of All Sparks for themselves. With the Well of All Sparks under their control, the Quintessons journeyed into Cybertron's core and took control of the AllSpark, with Alpha Quintesson declaring the artifact to be "Quintesson property." Any newly-born Cybertronian that emerged from the AllSpark or the Well would be immediately enslaved, indoctrinated, and put to work under Quintesson rule.

With over 98% of Cybertron's surface under Quintesson control, the remnants of the Cybertronian Commonwealth attempt to use the Space Bridges to escape from the aliens' tyranny. However, the Quintessons were able to successfully destroy all of the Space Bridges on Cybertron and the colonies to prevent them from escaping. Despite the destruction of the Space Bridge network, Quintesson scientists managed to hold on to surviving Space Bridge research so they could later use the technology for their devious purposes.

Soon, Quintesson forces captured Iacon, the capital of the Cybertronian Commonwealth. Now, all of Cybertron was under Quintesson control.

With a large majority of the Cybertronian population made submissive by this show of dominance, the Alpha Quintesson and their council of Quintesson Lords make a public announcement: apologizing for the destruction they brought to Cybertron and the colonies, but they note that this was all a result of Cybertron's leaders refusing to surrender to the far superior Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere and hoped that the many casualties during the Siege will be the last. The Quintessons claim to be the creators of the Cybertronian race, having left the planet long ago to spread enlightenment across the universe and now have returned to do the same with their creations. Alpha Trion and Maccadam know that the Quints are lying, but most of the population, including high-ranking members of the government, easily fall into the aliens' deception. The Quintessons then make overtures of peace, promising their advanced technology and access to the larger intergalactic community to the Cybertronians in return for a mutually beneficial alliance between their two cultures.