Vernoverse

[Hursticon]

This is good stuff man, more I say, more!
One thing though, should Terrorsaur be known as Terrorsaur at this point?, or do you think it'd be more fitting if he had a number rather than a name or just a different name in general?

[Verno]

This is good stuff man, more I say, more!
One thing though, should Terrorsaur be known as Terrorsaur at this point?, or do you think it'd be more fitting if he had a number rather than a name or just a different name in general?

Cheers Hursty. Don't worry, I'm purging more of it each day to try and make sense of it all myself.

Yeah, I'm not sure what to do with pre-BW names.

Megalith - Megatron
Dynobot - Dinobot
Taranachus - Tarantulas

I've even changed the Tripredacus Council names because I don't like them having Beasty names.

Cinder - Cicadacon
Rampant - Ram Horn
Seethe - Sea Clamp

I'd like the names to somehow reflect or foreshadow their names in Beast Wars. How I can make Optimus Primal Optimus Primal without making 'Optimus' a rank like Captain will be a tough one.

Why do you think a number for Terrorsaur? Don't Transformers have names?

[Hursticon]

Cheers Hursty. Don't worry, I'm purging more of it each day to try and make sense of it all myself.

Yeah, I'm not sure what to do with pre-BW names.

Megalith - Megatron
Dynobot - Dinobot
Taranachus - Tarantulas

I've even changed the Tripredacus Council names because I don't like them having Beasty names.

Cinder - Cicadacon
Rampant - Ram Horn
Seethe - Sea Clamp

I'd like the names to somehow reflect or foreshadow their names in Beast Wars. How I can make Optimus Primal Optimus Primal without making 'Optimus' a rank like Captain will be a tough one.

I think it's quite a sound approach in renaming characters in a reflective sense, it seems more fitting/natural.
Primal would definitely be a hard one, you could use: Simia Pax, Latin term for ape and a reference to G1 Prime's former name?, it could also reflect the Pax Cybertronia.

Why do you think a number for Terrorsaur? Don't Transformers have names?

Hmm, I was thinking back to the early Cybertron days of the Autobots and Decepticons and how that rather than names they had numbers assigned to them based on the tasks that they were charged with - I thought this could extend to the pre-Beast Wars era but then that would negate everything that both Prime and Megatron were fighting for...
It's probably easier to just ignore the suggestion.

[Verno]

I think it's quite a sound approach in renaming characters in a reflective sense, it seems more fitting/natural.
Primal would definitely be a hard one, you could use: Simia Pax, Latin term for ape and a reference to G1 Prime's former name?, it could also reflect the Pax Cybertronia.

Hmm, I was thinking back to the early Cybertron days of the Autobots and Decepticons and how that rather than names they had numbers assigned to them based on the tasks that they were charged with - I thought this could extend to the pre-Beast Wars era but then that would negate everything that both Prime and Megatron were fighting for...
It's probably easier to just ignore the suggestion.

The problem with Optimus Primal is that both Megatron and Depth Charge refer to him as Primal, as if they had both had dealings with him before and his name, pre-BW, was Primal.

The problem with making 'Optimus' a rank like Captain is what to do with Optimus Minor. Captain Minor, I don't think so.

Then there is the fact he had 'Black Jack' written on his toys' box, which I imagine could be used like a callsign: Starbuck, Maverick etc, which would be fitting with Primal in some kind of Airforce prior to taking command of the Axalon.

Problems...

[Verno]

Magmatron: was born to fight. One of the new breed of Predacons, happily taking up arms in a battle that began long before his spark entered the world. He harboured a hunger for combat, a desire admired by ranking Predacon officers, Razorclaw included. But he was not just a robot that ran flailing, blindly, into battle. He had a mind for warfare, for strategy, traits that soon found full use as he took command of his own regiment. He dealt the Autobots and Maximals some telling blows, and soon was leading the entirety of the Predacon forces on Cybertron, with Razorclaw gathering his armada for one final assault to take Cybertron for the Predacons.

Things were progressing well on that final day - the Predacon Armada was larger than any had expected, bolstered by extra combatants still wanting to fight (from the now defunct Decepticons). But things turned, swiftly. Word was received that Razorclaw had been killed, or at least wounded; if so, the leadership of the Predacon Army was now at Magmatron’s command. But before it could be acted upon, Magmatron himself was heavily wounded by what was thought to be Maximal fire. He was carried, drifting in and out of an enraged consciousness, to a Predacon facility. It was a secret bunker, whose residents were working on TransWarp technology, among them, Csirac, an Autobot, who was head of the Autobot research into TransWarp technology, but was kidnapped to help the Predacons with their ‘enquiries’.

Csirac advised that because of the damage sustained, Magmatron’s spark would have to be moved into a new body. The mistrust of the Autobot’s opinion was evident, but they had little choice. The problem, however, was the access to a new body. The facility had bodies, but they were only works in progress, and designed for more than one spark - a new type of combiner that would hopefully not affect the intelligence of the merged consciousnesses, a problem with previous gestalts. The spark was inserted nonetheless, but the body remained lifeless. Several Predacons blamed Csirac, shooting him, and wounding him mortally.

Sometime later, the optics of the lifeless form flickered, and from the rubble of what was the Predacon research facility, emerged Magmatron, in a new, enormous, combining form. His spark, torn into three, but somehow sustained, pulsed with a new power and desire for war, but the world he’d awoken in was vastly different to the one he’d known.

[Verno]

Primal: was a Maximal, constructed from new Protomatter technology, and fitted with flight capabilities, he was enlisted into the Maximal Airforce, whose recruits, because of their smaller size, piloted fighters against their larger Decepticon foe. After the Decepticon withdrawal from the war, it was fighter versus fighter with Predacons piloting their own brand of small fighters. Given limited training, and a crash course in the controls of the Maximal ships, the young pilots were sent into the battle. Through several acts of utter madness, all of which successful, during his short training, Primal earned the call sign ‘Black Jack’, as risk seemed to be part of his arsenal.

His Wing, of which he soon became commander, garnered great respect as their successes amassed. Friends were lost, and Primal took such knocks hard, harder than most, but it drove him on to fight harder, to make sure their sacrifice was not in vain.

His Wing was selected to lead the defence of the Xelor, as it attempted to test in-flight TransWarp engines in, what was to be, the last stages of the Great War. The previous attempt had cost all crew their lives, as the Lexor failed spectacularly. Primal’s fighter was damaged in the battle, and turned in into the path of missiles headed for the Xelor. The ship headed the missiles off, and saved the crew, but at the cost of his own life.

Or so his fellow Maximals thought.

Blowing open the cockpit at the last moment, Primal leapt into space and headed into the path of a Predacon fighter, crashing into it, ejecting its current pilot, and taking control of the enemy fighter reengaged in the battle. His return was greeted with great cheer.

Fighting off waves of Predacon fighters, Primal’s Wing gave the Xelor a chance to test, and test successfully, achieving TransWarp travel.

Below, on Cybetron, the battle turned in the Autobots/Maximals favour, with the death of Razorclaw, and the new Predacon leaders, the Tripredacus Brotherhood, witnessing the TransWarp test, immediately called a ceasefire, and subsequent surrender. The Great War was over.

Primal’s selfless actions and great leadership in the battle, coupled with his miraculous return from apparent death, earned him the new call sign of ‘Optimus’, which he didn’t care for at first, as he didn’t consider himself worthy, but in time came to adapt it to his name.

In the peace, Optimus Primal lectured at the new Maximal Military Academy, even though he was of limited experience himself, but the skills he did possess were priceless to the new recruits. When the opportunity to Captain an exploration ship arose, Optimus surprised many by applying for the position, as he was seeking a change of pace. With his record of success, and with the secret mission of the Axalon, the Maximal High Council intervened in the selection process and made sure he was selected as Captain. Though it was his first time commanding a crew and ship of this nature, the High Council believed the mission would run smoothly and without incident. It didn’t quite turn out as expected.

[Verno]

Terminator: was a Predacon, a flier, and a silent, cold-blooded killer - cunning and with skills unsurpassed by any, except perhaps Starscream himself. Many saw similarities between the two, but Terminator had no appetite for leadership, just killing on the wing. He piloted a Predacon fighter with incredible touch, and struck fear into the sparks of the Maximals he faced.

Terminator was part of the assault on the Xelor in the penultimate stages of the Great War, but his demise was in shameful circumstances.

He enjoyed tailing his missiles into their targets, and was following two he’d fired at the Xelor, when a Maximal ship intersected them, denying him the kill. To make matters worse, the Maximal pilot had leapt from the ship and into his path, crashing into the cockpit with sword blazing, slashing it open and wounding Terminator, before casting him out into space, and commandeering his ship. He drifted helplessly in space for many cycles, before being drawn back in by Cybertron’s gravity.

The shock and damage of the event scarred Terminator deeply, leaving him a shadow of his former self. The silent, cold-blooded killer was gone, replaced by a bumbling fool, whose skills were nothing on what they once were. To try and prove himself, he volunteered his talents to a young Predacon called Megalith, who was in the market for a pilot for a little job that promised great reward and the return of his reverence. He would receive nothing but more pain.

[Bidoofdude]

Vernoverse seems like a great place/time/continuity. Really lovin' it!

[Verno]

Vernoverse seems like a great place/time/continuity. Really lovin' it!

Cheers Mate. The Universe as a whole is still very fractured story wise, with bits and pieces all over the shop, but any questions you have about the story (from start [with The One creating Primus and Unicron] to finish [with the Transcension and the TransTech Revolution]) I'm happy to answer.