After the Beast Warriors return to Cybertron following the events of Beast Wars, Optimus Primal, Megatron, and others refer frequently to the missing population as Maximals only. BB is a Predacon from Beast Wars II and Neo Blackarachnia. Parts of the message made reference to a journey through time and space which the Natiltec subsequently undertook, explaining how the message came to be recorded in Mexico. This caused a transwarp explosion that created Transmetals and Fuzors. In the 21st century, Rhinox's recordings were found on the walls of the Labná ruins in Mexico by an archaeological team of humans and Mini-Cons. Thus, the Beast Warriors were completely unaware when Magmatron activated dozens of the downed stasis pods to create a chronally-displaced army. Arising from the ashes of the Great War, the Predacons are, at least in part, descendants of the Decepticons, born from what remained of the original Predacon, Predaking. He put his star pupil, Megatron, in charge of the actual operation. “You do not know the Predacons. As the Maximals blasted off in an Autobot shuttle bound for the Cybertron of the future, Primal declared, "The Beast Wars are over... for now." This warrior had once been a lieutenant of Megatron, and he had been "sent to Earth during the legendary Beast Wars", where he was instrumental as a strategist and leader against the Maximals. The Gathering #4. The truth that they had reached Megatron's intended destination of prehistoric Earth would not come to light for some time. Beast Wars (top-left), made in the early days of computer animation, ... Quickstrike quickly fell in with the Predacons due to his violent personality, and stuck with them even after Silverbolt defected. She accepted. Little is known of the origin of the Predacons, beyond their descent from the original Decepticon group of that name. Voice actor: Brian Orms(English) Scourge, disguised as the Autobot Ricochet, interrogated the captured Tripredacus agent Flamewar. Optimal Situation, The last encounter with the aliens came in the form of Tigerhawk, an emissary created from two kidnapped Maximals. Meanwhile, on the Cybertron of their home-time, a drug-like substance called "Angolmois" was spreading amongst the population. When Predacons take beast modes, they tend to be dinosaurs, reptiles, insects, amphibians, arachnids, and similar "scaly/crawly things", though this is not a hard-and-fast rule. But Cryotek was not the only Predacon string-puller: The Decepticon Divebomb had also been somehow involved in the affair, ensuring that the Darksyde was available while everyone "played their part" for the "Decepticon dream". The Beast Wars may not have formally begun until Optimus Primal's declaration on prehistoric Earth, but they were precipitated on Cybertron 300 years after the end of the Great War. Autostinger- (Autoroller Leader) 2. Inferno was plucked from death by Unicron for the Universe War though he escaped to the Children of Primus. A number of Predacons have expressed dissatisfaction with this approach, leading renegades such as Megatron, Galvatron, and Magmatron to recruit private armies of followers and, either covertly or overtly, strike out against the Maximals on their own. During his downtime, Rhinox did anthropological studies of the Natiltec and patiently recorded their oral history so it would survive. A plot device in Beast Wars was "stasis pods" holding protoforms, Cybertronians yet to achieve consciousness; the pods were launched from the Maximals' ship in the series' opener, and whenever one fell from orbit, both sides would race for it to add another warrior to their ranks.The first time the Predacons did so was in "Double Jeopardy," where science officer Tarantulas used a shell … We... they live for the glory of conquest.” - Dinobot to Tigatron, Wolfang and Bonecrusher, explaining the behaviors of the Predacons. Category:Predacons | Beast Wars Transformers Wiki | Fandom. Leaders 1. to resurrect them as clones for the Decepticon cause against the Autobots in hopes of winning the war in their favor. And on prehistoric Earth, the servants of Unicron were destroyed, but Razorbeast had fallen victim to an Angolmois injection and was euthanized at his own request. While Maximal forces converged on Cryotek, Megatron and his cohorts escaped with the disk in the Darksyde. It seemed to contain a whole history of the Great War and its combatants. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/13, When Jetfire went undercover as a Decepticon, he searched the Axalon archives for a past Decepticon to pattern himself after. Blackarachnia and Tarantulas exploit this to convince him to aid in their plans to overthrow Megatron. Of course Predacons existed in certain comics and cartoons before Beast Wars began, but given the masquerade of organic creature transformation, the Predacons were given a whole slew of new faces and came with varying degrees of great power. No wonder their transformation call was "terrorize". The Agenda (Part III) And Megatron himself almost destroyed Optimus Prime, which caused a timestorm, but the Maximals were able to repair the Autobot and preserve the status quo. Die sich bekriegenden Fraktionen dieser Serie sind die Maximals, Nachfahren der Autobots, und die Predacons, Nachfahren der Decepticons, welche auf einem mysteriösen Planet fern von Cybertron bruchlanden. But one of his soldiers, Razorbeast, was a spy who was able to turn many of the protoforms to Maximals. "Beast Wars, Part 1" After travelling into the distant past via a transwarp drive, the Maximals battle the Predacons in outer space, but both ships crash land on a mysterious planet. They also gave new life to Tigatron and Airazor, whose sparks they had saved from Tigerhawk's destruction. The Tripredacus Council holds meetings aboard a space station, Predacon Command Outpost One. One might say that the first shot of the Beast Wars was fired by Cheetor, who spotted Waspinator (in insect mode, no less) and immediately attacked him. The IDW Beast Wars comic takes place in the continuity of the Beast Wars show. Autocrasher- (Land Guard) 3. They were in existence and at war with the Maximals prior to the signing of the Pax Cybertronia, at which time most laid down their arms but a few went rogue. Before the Beast Wars, Megatron and Dinobot infiltrated the Vector Sigma chamber and stole from it the Golden Disk. He always schemed to overthrow Megatron as the Predacon leader, similar to Decepticon Starscream. Its continued presence on Earth well into the future was necessary for Antagony's timeline to exist, Paradox and the artifact's dimensional capabilities could either cement the Essence there or banish it. But, as Prowl would note, this did not end their particular Beast Wars. While the new arrivals could see them, they couldn't see the new arrivals. Galvatron- (Emperor of Destruction) 2. The Beast Wars were a series of conflicts between two major Transformer factions: the Maximals and the Predacons.This period of conflict took place on Earth during Prehistoric times when humanity was still in its Australopithecus state of evolution. After the Beast Warriors return to Cybertron following the events of Beast Wars, Optimus Primal, Megatron, and others refer frequently to the missing population as Maximals only. The term "imperium" would imply an empire, though the Maximals have never displayed any militaristic-expansionist inclinations, something more in line with the Predacons. "Beast Wars, Part 1" Ian Pearson: Bob Forward: September 16, 1996 () 01: After travelling into the distant past via a transwarp drive, the Maximals battle the Predacons in outer space, but both ships crash land on a mysterious planet. More Than Meets The Eye, During the Beast Wars, Bonecrusher, Optimus Minor, and Wolfang had activated separately from the main teams, and they kept themselves at a distance.