Transformers Beyond: Legendarium (old version)

Chapter XI: The Age of Havoc

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The Age of Havoc, sometimes referred to as the Great Invasion, was an era that saw the Combatron Wars, an interstellar civil war that consumed the worlds of the Republic of Cybertron for 3 million years. It marked the end of the Neo-Colonial Period as following the conflict, Cybertron was forced into isolationism after a retaliatory strike by the Galactic Council. The Age of Havoc is, in many ways, considered by many historians to be the founding event of the Fall of Cybertron.

Approx. 19 million stellar cycles ago

The Age of Havoc begins on the far-away Cybertronian colony of Combatron. Orbiting the yellow star Delta Draconis, Combatron was one of many thriving colonies that emerged thanks to the Expansion during the time of Nova Prime. It was well known throughout the former Great Cybertronian Empire as home and garrison for Cybertron's greatest warriors, and it would be one of the few original colonies that remained in contact with Cybertron following the Rust Plague. However, recently, following the Six-Gigacycle War against the Black Block Consortia, the war effort put a strain on resources. Security was bare bones, and there wasn't enough energon to go around many of the colonies, Combatron included, but people made do.

Then came the cataclysmic event that changed Combatron forever. Majin Zarak. A being of immense power, Majin Zarak's exact origins and the reasons why he arrived on Combatron are forever left unknown, but it's heavily believed that he's a surviving War Titan who left Cybertron during the waning years of the Golden Age eons ago to guard colonization fleets until they lost contact with the homeworld during the Rust Plague and were never seen again, believed to be destroyed by the dangers within unexplored space. Nevertheless, when Majin Zarak made landfall, the results were catastrophic as he suddenly unleashed his full arsenal upon the Combatronians, razing the colony and the planet it was situated on. With over 90% of the planet's surface being turned into an irradiated wasteland, Majin Zarak unexplainably transformed into his alt-mode of a space battlefortress and went into stasis lock within the ruins of what was Combatron's capital city.

Approx. 18 million stellar cycles ago

With the government of Combatron left decimated following Majin Zarak's rampage, the Combatronians were split into several factions and then began a world-spanning civil war that further devastated the planet. As Combatron was located in the most remote areas of the Republic of Cybertron, the Combatronian Civil War was almost completely unnoticed by those on Cybertron, especially Nominus Prime and the Senate, as they focused post-war reconstruction efforts in the Republic's inner sectors first.

As their planet was left torn asunder, rumors begin to spread between the Combatronians that Cybertron had deliberately dumped Majin Zarak upon their world and abandoned them, so they wouldn't have to think of the resource problem. Then, one Combatronian warlord used these tales to his advantage as he began to attract a massive following throughout the wastelands. This warlord came to be known as Overlord.

With the secret aid of agents from the Cult of the Black Epoch, Overlord recruited a large number of warrior tribes who sought for power and conquest by his side. His followers would soon call themselves the Combatrons.

It was only a matter of time till the Combatrons wiped out all of their rivals and successfully united Combatron under their banner. But Overlord wasn't content with ruling a post-apocalyptic wasteland. No, he sought for greater prizes, and he began to lay down the foundations of his empire. Once Overlord conquered all of Combatron, he quickly organized the Combatronians and decided that they should take revenge on Cybertron and the colonies that abandoned them by conquering the Republic of Cybertron for themselves.