Titan (group)

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**Titans**, also known as **cityformers**, **Metrotitans**, or **Megamasters**, are gigantic 'bots, capable of transforming into colossal starships and even entire cities. More powerful than even the strongest combiner and capable of bringing an entire army's worth of firepower to bear, Titans are living arsenals of exotic weapons and arcane technologies that outmatch a score of lesser Cybertronians. Indeed, one of the only things capable of stopping a Titan is another Titan—the reason why both Autobots and Decepticons across the multiverse have sought to recruit these mighty warriors into their ranks—and when Titans *do* clash, the fallout from their apocalyptic battles can prove devastating.

Though most Cybertronians view these awe-inspiring giants as enigmatic beings who exist on a fundamentally different scale from themselves, the tradition of "cityspeaking" allows certain Transformers to communicate with and even control the giants.

"*Wonderful creatures, hard to shop for—almost impossible to find hats in their size.*"
―Wreck-Gar[["A Lonely Pillar on the Plain"|[src]]]

## Conceptual history

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Transformers who turn into cities and buildings have formed an integral part of the *Transformers* mythos for years, beginning in 1986 with the release of Metroplex and Trypticon and continuing into the next year with the debut of Fortress Maximus and Scorponok. Despite their many similarities, however, this group of Transformers did not receive an official designation and so the fandom contrived ad hoc terms such as "city-bot" or "cityformer;" these nicknames stuck, and some eventually found their way back into some official media. Early incarnations played fast and loose with scale, with the Marvel *Transformers* comic and even the 2005 IDW continuity eschewing the "giant" aspect of some of the characters completely and instead depicting Maximus and Scorponok as slightly above-average sized 'bots.

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Though a number of Japanese-exclusive stories and toys would introduce other cityformers into the mix, redecoing Metroplex and Fortress Maximus into new characters like Metrotitan and Brave Maximus, the concept gradually fell by the wayside until 2010, when the Aligned continuity family brought a new version of Trypticon back into the fore as one of the final bosses of the *War for Cybertron* video game. Two years later, *Fall of Cybertron* would similarly reintroduce Metroplex, depicting him as an ancient Transformer from a bygone era of the planet's history.

This depiction of Metroplex would go on to inform the original IDW continuity, and the 2012 *More than Meets the Eye* annual applied this concept to an entire "species" of gigantic, city-sized Transformers. Originally, author James Roberts described them as "Metrotitans", repurposing the name of the *Zone* Decepticon, but this was abandoned almost immediately: in the 2012 *Robots in Disguise* annual, released the same month, the species were called only "Titans", and the single Titan involved in the story was referred to as "The Metrotitan"; soon after, *Robots in Disguise* #11 dropped the "The" when referring to him, using the word as an individual's name. Nobody really noticed, though, and the subject didn't come up again until Metrotitan returned in the build-up to the 2016 *Titans Return* event, and his name being different to that of the species was clearly reiterated. In 2014, *Windblade* writer Mairghread Scott was the first author to introduce the idea that the Titans were capable of colonizing other planets, and used this when developing the culture of Windblade's home planet of Caminus, introducing the concept of cityspeaking—the ability to pseudo-telepathically communicate with sleeping Titans—that would inform Windblade's early characterization.

Adopting this term from the IDW continuity, Hasbro seems to have finally settled on the "Titan" moniker for all subsequent works of fiction, beginning with 2016's *Titans Return* franchise and even extending into retro-styled universes such as 2018's *Star Trek vs. Transformers* miniseries: generally, this term is now understood to describe a group of gigantic Transformers, sometimes but not always predating the modern Autobots and Decepticons, and capable of transforming into cities or colossal starships.

## Biology

### Alternate modes

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Almost all Titans are capable of transforming into a configuration that might charitably be called a "city." In order to maintain a credible size, their dimensions rarely match those of *real* cities, which can sprawl for many, many miles, their "city modes" usually resemble tightly packed clusters of buildings, generally scaled to the dimensions of "normal" Transformers and more akin to a large fortress or capitol building.

In this form, however, different continuities have depicted city-mode Titans has having the ability to combine their own infrastructure with those of ordinary, non-sentient Cybertronian cities for support; the Generation 1 cartoon, for instance, depicted Metroplex as existing within Autobot City, Template:Storylink while the 2005 IDW continuity had Metroplex link himself into the ruins of Iacon to providing housing and infrastructure for the city's inhabitants. Template:Storylink

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Additionally, most Titans possess a secondary mode that allows for reasonably-faster travel, transforming from a static fixture into a mobile fortress of sorts. Many Titans transform into gigantic starships, granting them the ability to travel independently from planet to planet, though some, such as Scorponok, transform into kaiju-sized beast modes instead. While most Titans possess humanoid robot modes, exceptions exist, such as Trypticon and Chela.

### Component Transformers

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Titans are sometimes shown to have developed a quasi-symbiotic relationship with a variety of smaller Transformers, who dwell within the Titan's cavernous workings, perform maintenance on their much larger partners, and sometimes transform into the city's own components. Fictional appearances of these Transformers are rarer; when they do appear, some are depicted with individual personalities, while others appear to be mindless drones, mere extensions of the Titan's own body designed to interact with smaller lifeforms.

While the original four Titan toys came with several such smaller characters, which have infrequently found their way into associated fiction, more recently introduced Titans, such as those in the pages of the 2005 IDW continuity, lack these accessories. In the *Prime Wars Trilogy* toylines and associated fiction, however, *all* Titans are shown to share a relationship with the much smaller Titan Masters; despite this vast difference in size, these Titan Masters are capable of piloting the bodies of the much larger Titans.

#### Metroplex

* Six-Gun
* Slammer
* Scamper

#### Trypticon

* Full-Tilt
* Brunt
* Wipe-Out

#### Fortress Maximus

* Cog – usually the combined form of the robotic drones Gasket and Grommet.
* Cerebros – Headmaster unit
* Emissary

#### Scorponok

* Fasttrack
* Lord Zarak – Headmaster unit
* Craniak

#### Grand Maximus

* Cog – the combined form of the robotic drones Onomisu and Koka
* Grand – Headmaster unit
* Gran – Grand's Headmaster unit

#### Metrotitan

* Metroshot
* Metrobomb
* Metrodash
* Metrotank
* The five of them are known as the Metrosquad.

## Fiction

### Generation 1 continuity family

#### Generation 1 cartoon continuity

##### *The Transformers* cartoon

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By the year 2005, Metroplex was integrated into the structure of Autobot City; Template:Storylink in order to attack Autobot headquarters, the Decepticons created Trypticon, with the Constructicons building him out of an ordinary human city. Template:Storylink

 File:Rebirth 3 FortMax Scorponok.JPG   With Metroplex out of action due to missing his transformation cog, Trypticon prepared to attack Autobot City, but the timely intervention of Blurr and Wheelie restored Metroplex to full functionality, allowing him to hurl his enemy into the Pacific Ocean. Template:Storylink

The pair next clashed in 2006, when Trypticon and Octane teamed up to steal various famous Earth landmarks, Template:Storylink and again after Swindle stole Metroplex's transformation cog; with First Aid's help, Metroplex was able to properly align Trypticon's stolen cog within his own body and overpower Trypticon for a third time. Template:Storylink

Fortress Maximus and Scorponok were first brought online not long afterwards when the war inadvertently spread to the planet Nebulos; in contrast to Metroplex and Trypticon, they were depicted as non-sentient battlestations, mere extensions of their Headmaster partners Spike Witwicky and Zarak. The two first clashed on Cybertron, in the final battle of the Great War, where a bolt of stray plasma energy struck Scorponok's alternate mode, sending the Decepticons hurtling into deep space. Fortress Maximus was redeployed to Nebulos to oversee the dismantling of the Hive's machines and eventually serve as the planet's guardian. Template:Storylink

##### Japanese cartoon continuity

Though they wouldn't become an active part of the Transformers' war until the 20th century, cityformers were extremely ancient beings. The oldest known was Brave Maximus, who was created by the Transformers' god, Primus himself, millions of years ago to be the guardian of the Angolmois Energy sealed away on prehistoric Earth. Template:Storylink A subcategory of cityformer known as the "**Metrotype**" had also been in existence for millions of years; Template:Storylink one known as Metrotitan slumbered beneath the surface of Saturn's moon Titan since ancient times, Template:Storylink Template:Storylink and another, named Metrobase was stationed on Earth in the early 1980s, serving as the headquarters of a group of Autobot Micromasters who were protecting the Autobot spacecraft buried on the planet. Template:Storylink

In the mid-1980s, the Autobots on Earth led by Optimus Prime began the construction of their own "Metrotype" cityformer, Metroplex. The Decepticons responded by commencing creation of their own cityformer, Trypticon. Template:Storylink The pair's first battle would be their last for some time; Template:Storylink Metroplex was able to destroy Trypticon, but not before the Decepticon city tore out his transforming cog, leaving Metroplex trapped in city mode. Template:Storylink

Around the turn of the century, Brave Maximus was uncovered and reactivated by a group of Autobots and Predacons who had traveled back in time from the future. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink After aiding Fire Convoy's Autobots in defeating the villains, the robots who comprised Maximus's operating system, Plasma and Brave, were taken to Cybertron and used as the basis to develop a more powerful cityformer, "Neo Brave Maximus", who served as the mobile headquarters for Fire Convoy's team. Template:Storylink The original Brave Maximus was returned to Earth, and when construction of the larger "Autobot City" began there in 2003, both he and the city-mode Metroplex were integrated into the complex. In 2007, however, Maximus was whisked away on a time-travel adventure with the human singing group, the Kiss Players. Template:Storylink In the course of their travels, Brave Maximus became separated from his companions and was lost in time. He crash-landed on the planet Master many millions of years ago, where his remains were discovered by a group of Autobot refugees led by the diminutive Fortress. Studying Brave Maximus's technology, Fortress developed "Headmaster" technology, and built a giant transforming city-battleship in Brave Maximus's image to function as a body for himself, becoming "Fortress Maximus". Template:Storylink

Fortress and his Autobot Headmasters went on to leave Master and join the larger Autobot/Decepticon war in 2011, whereupon his rival, Decepticon leader Scorponok, built a cityformer body for himself as well. Template:Storylink Fortress destroyed Scorponok's body, Template:Storylink but over the next several years, the Decepticon rebuilt it in a new, smaller form; no longer city-sized, he renamed the large mode "BlackZarak". Template:Storylink A smaller version of Fortress's giant body was also constructed for use by his little brother, Grand. Template:Storylink

At some point in the decade between 2025 and 2035, the dormant Metrotitan was discovered on Titan by the Decepticons and reprogrammed for evil. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink He subsequently defeated Metroplex and Metrobase in battle, but Metroplex was then rebuilt into a new, larger, more powerful form, Template:Storylink and went on to defeat Metrotitan for good. Template:Storylink

The Decepticons later stole the new Metroplex's transforming cog for Trypticon, who had also been reconstructed in a larger, stronger form. Template:Storylink Fortress Maximus donated his own transforming cog to Metroplex so that he could transform to robot mode and defeat his old enemy once again. Template:Storylink

#### Marvel Comics continuity

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Trypticon was considered to be the most powerful Decepticon, and after Ratbat took control of the Decepticons, Shockwave petitioned him for one last use of the space bridge in the hopes that Trypticon could attack the *Ark* and plunder its energy. Despite this, Trypticon and Wipe-Out were both defeated by the Dinobots. Template:Storylink

*Trypticon later saw action when Flame threatened Cybertron with a zombie army, teaming up with Flywheels and Ultra Magnus's forces.* Template:Storylink

##### Marvel UK future timelines

Metroplex served as the "living core" of Autobot City, integrated into the city in 2003 and endowing it with the power to transform into a battle station. When the Quintessons invaded and took control of Autobot City in 2008, Hot Rod activated Metroplex, and the Titan immediately burst free from beneath the city and launched an unstoppable counterattack, seeing off the alien invaders but largely destroying Autobot City in the process. Template:Storylink

##### *Transformers '84*

Upon seeing the Ark for the first time, Bumblebee noted that there hadn't been a ship so large since the era of the Titans. Template:Storylink
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#### 2005 IDW continuity

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A mysterious group of ancient Transformers, the Titans were city-sized Cybertronians of unspeakable power, "living starships" who hailed from the earliest days of the Cybertronian species. Notably, they were the only Transformers to possess a built-in spacebridge, which allowed them and their occupants to instantaneously travel across vast stretches of space. All Titans possessed "super-sparks" which spanned multiple planes of existence, Template:Storylink and supposedly shared a degree of "interconnectedness" that linked one Titan to the rest. Template:Storylink

Cybertronian legend venerates three particular Titans who are regarded as the original three Titans: Metroplex, the "First Titan", Chela, the "Golden Warrior", and Metrotitan. Those same stories hold that these three Titans joined Primus when he battled against his opposite. Template:Storylink These first three Titans were supposedly joined by many other, lesser Titans, though the exact origins of the Titans has never been specified. One such Titan was Trypticon; legends claimed that he had been raised by the deity Mortilus to combat the Titans of Primus during the "God War" that marked the end of the reign of the Guiding Hand. Template:Storylink Ten million years ago, in the wake of this conflict the legendary Transformers known as the Knights of Cybertron—acolytes of the Guiding Hand—led their followers off Cybertron aboard a fleet of Titans in the hopes of spreading enlightenment across the universe. Template:Storylink

Over time, the Titan fleet dispersed across the galaxy, and though at least one Titan found its way to the planet Mederi along with the Knights of Cybertron, Template:Storylink the rest fell into disrepair over the millennia, growing increasingly decrepit and weak from underfuelling. Template:Storylink

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Those Titans that chose not to undergo this voyage remained on Cybertron for a time, lying dormant until the unification of the Thirteen Tribes. In a conflict between the forces of the Crystal City and the barbaric hordes of Megatronus's Darklanders, Onyx Prime was somehow able to "summon" the first three Titans from the ground, and their arrival gave the battling warriors pause long enough for Onyx to halt the fighting, with the three Titans standing vigil over the village during the subsequent celebrations. Template:Storylink As the Thirteen rose, Alpha Trion befriended Metroplex, and the pair set off to explore Cybertron before the rise of civilization changed everything. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

In the age that followed, each member of the Thirteen won the allegiance of at least one Titan: Prima and Emissary, Vector Prime and Tempo, Alpha Trion and Nemesis, Solus Prime and Caminus, Micronus Prime and Prion, Alchemist Prime and Metrobase, Nexus Prime and Devisiun, Onyx Prime and Chela, Amalgamous Prime and Navitas, Quintus Prime and Quintessa, Liege Maximo and Vigilem, and Megatronus and Metroplex. The thirteenth Titan, Metrotitan himself, supposedly belonged to the mysterious figure known only as the "The Arisen". Template:Storylink Devout Transformers, such as Cyclonus, sometimes prayed in the shadow of the Titans. Template:Storylink

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As "Onyx Prime" was, in reality, a convenient alter-ego assumed by a time-travelling Shockwave, the Decepticon scientist saw the Titans and their abilities as one more pawn in his long game to manipulate Cybertronian history; encouraging the expansion of the Pax Cybertronia, several Titans belonging to the Thirteen departed their planet on missions of colonization. Template:Storylink These Titans were sent to prepare new worlds into suitable colonies, so that each Prime could rule one planet. Template:Storylink The first such planet targeted for colonization was the nearby world of Antilla, with the Titan Nemesis taking part in the war against the native Antillans alongside Omega Supreme. Template:Storylink

When the First Cybertronian Civil War swept their world, however, the remaining Titans were forced to turn on Vigilem, whose treacherous master had helped orchestrate the conflict. After Onyx severed Vigilem's higher functions, it was decided that the pair would be cast into space, striking them from history, with Vigilem renamed "Carcer" to conceal his true identity. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink Shortly thereafter, Onyx, Alpha Trion and Prima departed aboard Emissary to track down Megatronus, and during the subsequent battle on the planet Tsiehshi Prima was easily slain by Megatronus, who was in turn slain by Shockwave. In the aftermath, Shockwave sabotaged Emissary, who had voluntarily repurposed himself into a living morgue for his slain master, so that the Titan would crash land on the distant organic world of Elonia. Template:Storylink Subsequent colonization missions lead to the settlement of other worlds such as Caminus, Prion, and Devisiun. Template:Storylink In many cases, these colonies developed unique adaptations that set them apart from Cybertronians; the Titans themselves were often repurposed into cities and building materials. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink On Caminus, the colonists developed the practice of cityspeaking, a way of communicating with the Titans via interpreting the patterns of light running across their brain modules. Template:Storylink

As part of a much, much longer game to ensure a future for the Cybertronian species, Shockwave had deliberately engineered events so that each of these thirteen Titans—and the colonies that they established—would come to be associated with the thirteen worlds his younger self had once seeded with his thirteen Regenesis ores, including Earth. Template:Storylink While Chela went on to found the colony of Eukaris, Shockwave himself eventually retreated to the ruins of Antilla with his inner cadre of Maximals, adopting Nemesis as the flagship of his impromptu fleet. Template:Storylink

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By the time Cyclonus had become part of Nova Prime's inner court, only three Titans remained on Cybertron, all in hiding. One, Metrotitan, slumbered in secret beneath Crystal City, and was guarded by Omega Supreme. When Nova discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid the Metrotitan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, Dai Atlas. Omega explained that the Titan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect it until then. When the Autobot/Decepticon war subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the Circle of Light, and used Metrotitan's energies to power their departure from Cybertron. Template:Storylink Settling on the planet Theophany, the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Metrotitan, continuing to use his energies to power their new home. Template:Storylink

During Megatron's initial rise to power, then-current Prime Sentinel Prime, in reality a disguise assumed by the Titan Master Infinitus, mused over the possibility of obtaining a Titan to quash the nascent rebellion. Template:Storylink

The second Titan on Cybertron, Metroplex, entered a deep slumber as the "Acropolex" of Nyon, until the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war when the new Prime, the former Orion Pax, woke him with the Matrix of Leadership to aid him against Zeta Prime and Megatron. Template:Storylink Megatron became obsessed with the idea of harnessing the Titans' space bridges for his own personal use, and ordered a group of Decepticons to find a Titan. Template:Storylink

Metroplex served as Autobot headquarters for some time until he departed the planet with Alpha Trion to investigate and counteract Shockwave's star-spanning project. Template:Storylink One group of Decepticons, led by Bludgeon, attempted to follow, and travelled to a planet where he was refuelling, but Thundercracker woke him rather than inform his superior, and prompted Metroplex to teleport onward before Bludgeon discovered his presence. Template:Storylink That same group of Decepticons would later stumble on the Titan Quintessa, and Waspinator would inadvertently warp him to Gorlam Prime. Template:Storylink

The last Titan on the planet was Trypticon; whom Scorponok awoke in the early stages of the Great War. Template:Storylink The bestial Titan cut a swath of destruction across Cybertron before being felled by both Autobots and Decepticons. Template:Storylink Megatron then revived Trypticon and had him branded a Decepticon. Template:Storylink Trypticon's true nature as a Titan, however, would remain unknown to his fellows until after the war had ended. Template:Storylink

At some point during the space based phase of the Great War, Shockwave obtained Metroplex's space bridge nodes to install them in Megatron's new body, Template:Storylink apparently forcing the Titan to travel physically through space thereafter.

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Believing that the ancient giants held the key to reaching Cyberutopia, the supposed location of the Knights of Cybertron, Chief Justice Tyrest hired Lockdown to hunt down and kill Titans so that he could use their parts to cobble together a space bridge, one that he hoped would lead directly to the mythical Cyberutopia. Template:Storylink Lockdown and his group of Titan Hunters tracked down the weakened Titans, killed them, and stripped them for parts before using their remains to find their next target.Template:Storylink The leftovers were sent to Luna 1, Tyrest's headquarters, in a veritable elephants' graveyard of Titan corpses. Template:Storylink At one point Lockdown's hunters followed a Titan signal to the *Lost Light*, which had a sloughed-off piece of Metroplex aboard that had recently struck the ship, and aimed to use it to detect Metroplex himself, before being forced off by Trailcutter without their prize. Template:Storylink

At some point, Crystal City was razed by Tyrest's Legislators, leaving no sign of life, save the Titan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the *Lost Light* arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where Metrotitan lay, and they decided to enter his body so that the their resident mnemosurgeon Chromedome could tap his brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Doing so, Chromedome discovered that Metrotitan was still alive and screaming in frustration—he had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, he lacked the necessary power to teleport his giant bulk across space. With Metrotitan desperate enough to separate his spark from his body in order to return to Cybertron, Brainstorm used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size small enough so that he now had the power reserves necessary for the journey. Template:Storylink

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The shrunken Metrotitan successfully quantum jumped back to Cybertron, to his old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing his molecules into those of the city, causing a destabilization of local reality. As Autobot scientist Wheeljack worked to contain the impending disaster, Prowl and Starscream got closer to the Titan. Neither were aware that Metrotitan had himself been brainwashed by "Onyx Prime," using supplies of Ore-10, and in his addled state the Titan proclaimed Starscream as the mythical "Chosen One" who would unite Cybertron before he was seemingly killed by an antimatter explosion; Template:Storylink in reality, however, "Onyx" had used a mixture of Ore-1 and Ore-9 to warp Metrotitan to Earth, beneath the surface of Monument Valley, all to further his own goals. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

When the *Lost Light* found its way to the Missing Miracle Moon of Luna 1 via a portal in space, Rodimus and the rest of the away team discovered Tyrest's Titan graveyard and unsuccessfully tried to take refuge from Lockdown and crew inside of the huge relics. Template:Storylink Tyrest was finally able to activate his Titan-made space bridge, but rather than the promised land, the portal led to the mind of Adaptus. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

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Meanwhile, on a decaying Gorlam Prime, Orion Pax summoned the Titan Quintessa from the ground in order to fight off Monstructor. However the combiner attack was a ruse, as the Decepticon scientist Jhiaxus desired to bring the Ore-2 and space bridge technology the Titan contained to Shockwave. Via the marooned Titan Hunter Waspinator Jhiaxus took control of the Titan and teleported back to Cybertron. Template:Storylink The Titan was brought to Shockwave's lair, the Crystal City, Template:Storylink where its Ore-2 reacted with the Ore-14 of the city, turning it into the undead "Necrotitan". Template:Storylink The Necrotitan was eventually felled by a reinvigorated Metroplex. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

With the Dark Cybertron crisis over, Metroplex integrated himself into the ruins of Iacon while his body recuperated from the effects of an alchemical virus. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink Template:Storylink As he recovered, he began scanning the galaxy, searching for his lost siblings. He located Chela on Eukaris, Navitas on Velocitron, and the dead Titan on Devisiun; when Windblade tapped into his brain, she too received glimpses of these other Transformer colonists. Template:Storylink After Metroplex's spacebridge was repaired, Cybertron reached out to its forgotten Titan colonies to form the Council of Worlds. Several Titans played key roles in the formation of the Council: Windblade hacked into Navitas's brain module to manipulate a Velocitronian racetrack, Template:Storylink while on Eukaris she and Starscream were forced to put down the berserk Chela. Template:Storylink

The reunion of Cybertron and the colonies proved beneficial for the isolated Titans. Carcer's crew was able to begin ordering parts from Cybertron to repair him while Camien cityspeakers were able to conduct therapy on Navitas. Template:Storylink

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Meanwhile, on Earth, Optimus Prime and his forces combatted the machinations of Galvatron, and at the Autobot bivouac in Monument Valley, Optimus sensed a presence. Template:Storylink Soon thereafter, Optimus realized what he had felt, and reawoke Metrotitan. Template:Storylink Subsequently, Metrotitan became the Cybertronian embassy on Earth, an Autobot City. As a result of Circuit and Longtooth capturing Metrotitan's revival on live camera, opinion among the Cybertronian public and the Council of Worlds became more positive towards Optimus's activities, Optimus seemingly having proved himself a divine true Prime. Template:Storylink Pleased by this turn of events, Metrotitan broadcasted a beacon of information across the universe immortalizing the deeds of Optimus Prime, unaware that this same broadcast would awaken Sentinel Prime—in reality the diminutive and ancient Titan Master Infinitus—slumbering beneath the ruins of Kaon. Disgusted by what Cybertron had become in his absence, Sentinel cut a swathe through Cybertron and Earth as he hatched a new plan to wipe Cybertron clean and begin anew. Template:StorylinkTemplate:Storylink

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Joined by his fellow Titan Master Sovereign, the two travelled to Luna 1 and the Titan graveyard. Using Blackrock as an amplifier, Sentinel awoke the entire population of the graveyard and ordered the zombie army to return to Cybertron via space bridge and kill everything that moved. Template:Storylink Though Sentinel Prime was killed by the skeleton crew of Autobots on the moon—Fortress Maximus, Cerebros, Red Alert, and Prowl–the vast majority of the undead Titans made it through the space bridge portal, materializing far away from Cybertron. Template:Storylink

Several months later, the Titan army arrived near Cybertron, where Carcer's long-range scanners picked them up. The Council of Worlds convened to strategize against the upcoming threat and eventually decided to stand and fight against the menace. Metroplex transformed into his robot mode once more to do battle against his undead brethren, but even though he and the population of Iacon fought hard they were unable to stave off the endless waves of building-sized zombies. Template:Storylink The zombie army was ultimately defeated only after Windblade seized control of Vigilem and used his heavily armed body to rescue Metroplex and mop up the last stragglers of the invasion; though Vigilem perished, it wasn't before he disgorged the evil Liege Maximo from his innards, who promised to avenge the death of his Titan. Template:Storylink

Shortly thereafter, Bludgeon was able to use a replica of the ancient Void Scepter to bring Trypticon back online, learning in the process that Trypticon was more than a mere monster; in reality, he was a bestial Titan. Thanks to the intervention of Slug and the Dinobots, however, Trypticon was foiled before his master could use his space bridge to conquer other worlds, and, desiring to become a force for good in the world, Trypticon absorbed the sparks created in Alyon's hot spot, birthing a new generation of protoforms from his own *sentio metallico*. Template:Storylink

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In 2018, "Onyx Prime" returned to Cybertron aboard Nemesis, ready to enact the final stage of his plan. As his machinations plunged the planet into chaos, Nemesis was able to blow Metrotitan apart, fatally wounding him, Template:Storylink and though his coconspirator Liege Maximo wanted to attack Metroplex and Trypticon next, Shockwave overruled him, claiming to need Metroplex and accurately predicting Trypticon's retreat from Cybertron to protect his protoforms. After sending Maximo to slay Metrotitan's crew, Shockwave confronted Starscream at the Titan's head where he revealed that he'd utilized his Regenesis ores to brainwash Metrotitan into believing Starscream's divinity before slaying the wounded Titan. Template:Storylink

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When Unicron began consuming the galaxy, Navitas perished when Velocitron was devoured while Nemesis took the Maximals to meet with the monster. Template:Storylink When the Chaos Bringer attacked Elonia for its stockpile of Ore-12, the Transformers arrived to evacuate the Elonians via space bridge. When the device failed to activate, Optimus Prime, Arcee, and Rom discovered the paralyzed form of Emissary, partially unearthed by Unicron's attack, who was transmitting a space bridge counter-frequency. Arcee solved that problem by thrusting her swords directly into Emissary's brain module, killing him and cancelling the counter-frequency. Now familiar with the energy of the Titans, Wheeljack recognized what had happened but declined to inform Bumblebee. Template:Storylink During the monster planet's assault on Caminus, Nemesis touched down on its surface whereupon Bumblebee rammed a one-man craft through the Titan's alternate mode, seemingly killing it but clearing a path into Unicron. When Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee ventured within the monster, they discovered the remains of the Titans it had consumed. Template:Storylink

Left on Unicron's surface, Nemesis's corpse was assimilated by the Chaos Bringer, who managed to access the transformation cog and gain a robot mode which Unicron used to mount an hands-on attack on Cybertron. Carcer acted as flagship of the defense fleet but was ultimately destroyed by the Chaos Bringer. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

As Unicron made his final approach over Earth, Metroplex and Trypticon joined in the fight, the latter depositing his cargo of unborn sparks planetside to do so. Template:Storylink Trypticon was slain by Unicron early into the fight, however, and when the dust settled, Metroplex was seemingly left as the last of the Titans. Template:Storylink

#### *Beast Wars: Uprising*

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The ancient Titans coexisted with a different group of artificially-built, city-sized Transformers, who called themselves **Megamasters**. Template:Storylink One such Megamaster, the aggregate intelligence Fortress Maximus, mused that if he had wished to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than Trypticon or those long since vanished Titans. Template:Storylink

#### Ask Vector Prime

Once upon a time, a Metrotitan had scanned a boulder as an alternate mode. Witnessing this, a passing Malignus commented that such an alternate mode was unbecoming for a being of such power, something he demonstrated by scanning a jackhammer. Embarrassed, the Metrotitan then scanned a military bunker, the Malignus responding by scanning a missile launcher. Seeing the Rainbow City in the distance, the giant scanned it, gaining its impenetrability prompting the Malignus to try and scan entropy itself. Horrified, the Metrotitan conceded defeat and begged him not to go through with the scan but could not deter the Malignus whose spark was subsequently scattered to the winds. Deeply regretful, the Metrotitan went off, swearing to never bring harm to another of his kind. One of the Thirteen became aware of this tale and recounted it to Vector Prime who passed it on to a human curious about the upper limits of the scanning process. Template:Storylink

#### *Titans Return* marketing material

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When the universe was still forming, before Autobots or Decepticons existed, the Titans were created and sent out to discover the powers and mysteries of the universe. Each Titan was crewed by Titan Masters, tiny robot caretakers charged with up-keeping their systems. The Titan Masters also had a greater purpose: Each had a unique superpower they could grant to other Transformers, a gift intended to forge links with other civilizations they might discover. The Titans and their crews were eventually forgotten by all but a few power-hungry and entirely unsuccessful legend hunters. Until the Titans mysteriously returned, and the Titan Masters partnered up with Autobots and Decepticons alike. Template:Storylink

There were at least thirteen Titans scattered throughout the universe, with possible locations including Cybertron, Unicron, Dominius, Nebulos, Junkion, Antilla, Paradron, Caminus, Earth, Velocitron, Biosfera, Aquatron, Botropolis, Micron, and Gigantion.

Searching for info on the mysterious return of the Titans and their crews Alpha Trion followed a trail of clues to the "Beast Planet" Eukaris. Amid jungle-covered buildings, Alpha Trion and Titan Master Clobber located a mysterious ancient artifact that was linked to the Titans and Titan Masters. Mindwipe led Astrotrain, Wolfwire, and Titan Master Apeface in an ambush to steal the artifact.

Later, back on Cybertron, Soundwave led an all-out assault. Scourge, Astrotrain, Skullsmasher, Laserbeak, Rumble, and Ravage, among others, pressed the attack while Powermaster Prime, Chromedome, Highbrow, Wheelie, Blaster, and Hardhead were among the defenders. The battle was interrupted when what first seemed like an earthquake attack by Rumble was actually the landscape itself transforming into the Legendary Titan: Fortress Maximus. Template:Storylink

Fortress Maximus was one of only a handful of Titans known to still exist. As a city, his ability to expand and grow was essentially limitless as he links up with other Transformers. Fortress Maximus himself is unique as the only Titan with the ability to link with a Titan Master partner. When Fortress Maximus returned to full size and unleashed his power on the universe, the scientists Brainstorm and Teslor and Cityspeaker Windblade fought against the rogue Autobot Sentinel Prime, who sought to use a loyal Titan Master to bend the Titan to his will as part of his own misguided agenda.

In the depths of space the monster Titan Trypticon and his Titan Master Necro traveled in starship mode between worlds, landing as a dark fortress or a terrible giant beast, bringing doom and ultimate destruction wherever they passed. Trypticon ever hungered for Titan Masters to devour the way another robot would Energon cubes, while the macabre Necro longs to harvest and devour the sparks of all Transformers who cross his dark path.

#### *Prime Wars Trilogy* cartoons

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Long ago, the "original" Titans spread Cybertronian life to other worlds, seeding new worlds with young Transformer civilizations and acting as their cities while laying inert. When this society had proven that they could sustain themselves, the Titan departed for another world, beginning the cycle anew. Other Titans came online during the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons, such as Fortress Maximus and the Titan Master Emissary, and the Decepticon battle station Trypticon. Template:Storylink

Upon the conclusion of the Combiner Wars, Windblade recruited Metroplex to help defeat Starscream, but declared that a new problem lay on the horizon: the Titans were returning. Template:Storylink Indeed, Starscream's disembodied spark was able to bring Trypticon back to life, and he rampaged through Iacon, slaying Metroplex in the process, Template:Storylink while Victorion led a group of combiners in search of Fortress Maximus, the only being on Cybertron capable of defeating Starscream. Template:Storylink Fortress Maximus returned to action and took on Trypticon, refusing help from Emissary, until Trypticon swallowed Victorion and the Enigma of Combination to take control of the other combiners. Between attacks from the powered-up Trypticon and the now mind-controlled Combiners, Maximus found himself at a disadvantage until Trypticon swallowed Perceptor and the Matrix of Leadership, the surge of power knocking him out. Template:Storylink Unable to control the surge of energy, Trypticon was himself killed by the Matrix, releasing Starscream and his hostages, Template:Storylink and Fortress Maximus was gravely wounded shortly thereafter by Megatronus. Template:Storylink

In the aftermath, Fortress Maximus survived and worked with Windblade, who became the Magistrate of Cityspeakers and aided those who communicated with the Titans. Template:Storylink

#### *Star Trek vs. Transformers*

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When the outbreak of World War III posed an existential threat to the Transformers, the Autobots chose to flee Earth entirely aboard Fortress Maximus, with the Decepticons following behind in Trypticon. The Decepticons caught up with their foes over Cygnus Seven, and when Megatron and his forces boarded the ship to do battle with the Autobots, the Titan was damaged and crashed on the barren planet, with Trypticon going dormant on a nearby moon. Centuries later, Federation miners stumbled across the inert Titan, and inadvertently brought his passengers back to life. Template:Storylink

The Decepticons allied with the Klingon Empire, and as part of their opening moves against the Autobots, Trypticon scanned a downed Klingon warbird, launching a successful attack on the *Enterprise*. In the meantime, Ratchet and Captain Kirk joined forces to bring Fortress Maximus back online, allowing him to transform into a copy of the *Enterprise* and becoming "Fortress Tiberius" in the process. Template:Storylink

The clash between the two Titans ended in a dead heat when Megatron ordered a retreat so that he could pursue Starscream who'd ran off with a bounty of dilithium. Template:Storylink The two Titans clashed once again on Kronos only for Maximus to be taken out of the fight by Soundwave's audio disruptor waves. As the frequency of the weapon had no effect on Klingon biology however, they were able to call in a fleet of warbirds that overwhelmed Trypticon, defeating the Decepticons. In the aftermath, Trypticon, along with the rest of the Decepticons, was left a prisoner of the Klingons while Maximus resumed his duties as the Autobot starship. Template:Storylink

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#### 2019 IDW continuity

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Titans were a rare variety of Transformer, massive living starships who existed on an order of magnitude beyond ordinary Cybertronian life. Titans possessed unique "Titansparks" that distinguished them from ordinary Cybertronians; when one emerged from the Well of All Sparks, it took a vast amount of time and, more importantly, energon and raw material to shape that newborn spark into a Titan-sized bodyframe. Traditionally, vast open-air celebrations accompanied the forging of a new Titan as the reigning Prime introduced the new Titan to the people of Cybertron. Like other newborn Cybertronians, the new Titan worked with a mentor to help them understand the world and find their place in it: unlike traditional Cybertronian mentorships, however, choosing to work with a Titan required a lifelong commitment and a fundamentally different approach.

In life, Titans formed symbiotic relationships with their cityspeakers, specialized Cybertronians who managed and maintained their internal systems, weapons, and engines. In death, Titans could choose to go "immersant" like other Cybertronians, and peacefully merge with Cybertron's living geography. The Cybertronian Mountains that lay just beyond Iacon was the largest known concentration of this phenomenon—a mass graveyard where dozens of Titans had died and merged together into a geographic feature. The devout Reversionists worshipped Titans and viewed their resting places as holy.

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The Titans frontlined Cybertron's Age of Expansion in both military and civilian roles—these included dispatching spaceborne threats like rogue comets, escorting Ark-class colony ships to new planets, and, when needed, fighting wars of expansion against other sentient species. Spaceborne facilities like the Black Hub allowed crews of engineers and technicians to refit and repair Titans in a zero-gravity environment. In time, other races came to both revere and fear them in equal measure, viewing them as living embodiments of Cybertronian might. The most notable of their deeds were immortalized in Codexa's book, *The Way We Were, by One Who Saw It*.

When Exarchon attacked Cybertron, the Titans initially took part in the War of the Threefold Spark against him and his followers—this backfired on them, however, when Exarchon successfully usurped the Titan Croaton. It took the efforts of another Titan, Citadel, to kill Croaton and reduce him to a cloud of debris around Cybertron's star. After that near miss, Autobot leader Nominus Prime chose to keep the Titans in reserve for the remainder of the war and did not deploy any during the final battle for Iacon.

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After the end of the war and the ratification of his landmark Nominus Edict, Nominus Prime grew to fear what would happen if another Titanspark emerged from the Well of All Sparks: forging and fuelling a Titan required resources that Cybertron and its colony worlds could not afford, and gathering those resources would mean a new wave of expansion that would potentially bring them back into conflict with other alien species. Instead, Nominus ordered the staff of the Pyramid to simply divert the Titansparks that emerged into a hidden chamber, where they would be kept in indefinite storage until some future date. When Nominus stepped down as Prime, he told his successor Sentinel about the Titansparks, who agreed to keep the policy going. This knowledge somehow found its way to Starscream whose silence Sentinel Prime bought with the job of Head of Intelligence. Over the next two kilocycles, Perceptor and his team stored sixteen Titansparks in this way; as the policy had never been made public, the people of Cybertron simply assumed that the Well had stopped producing new Titans, which further increased the reverence the Reversionists held for the remaining Titans.

With no wars to fight or colonies to found, the Titans no longer took an active role in Cybertronian affairs and went dormant: they now formed a reserve force that would only be roused to protect Cybertron from spaceborne threats like asteroids. Dormant Titans were slaved to the global Titan Net where cityspeakers and technicians could autonomously carry out routine low-orbit manoeuvres. By Sentinel Prime's era, the Titan Net's ground-based infrastructure had largely dwindled to a single central hub in Iacon, and in the days leading up to the Great War most of the Titans had not awoken for at least ten megacycles Lodestar, the sole active Titan, served as Sentinel's flagship during offworld trips. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

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As part of a Rise plot, Team Stream detonated a data-bomb that prevented the staff of the Titan Net from reactivating any of the Titans. Template:Storylink Using a backdoor in the system, the group coerced the cityspeaker Skystalker to awaken his partner Vigilem and use him to attack the Winged Moon and the Tether. Although Lodestar attempted to intercept and deter Vigilem, the old warhorse's arsenal proved too much for her, and Vigilem was able to incapacitate Lodestar, destroy the Tether, and escape into deep space. Template:Storylink Titan Net operators continued to try and rouse her fellows as their decaying orbits pushed them closer and closer into the atmosphere. Template:Storylink Wheeljack and Hoist witnessed one of the Titans skim the atmosphere with Hoist opining that the data-bomb had been terminal. Template:Storylink

Moments before Sentinel Prime died following Megatron's takeover of the Senate, the Prime deduced that Starscream had cooperated with the Dceepticons and warned his successor Orion to kill Starscream and warn Perceptor. Template:Storylink Sentinel's fears were quickly justified as Starscream quickly went to the Decepticon leader and bartered information on the hidden Titansparks. Template:Storylink As this resulted in physical injuries from the Decepticons, Starscream made sure to have his agents point the Autobots on the same trail. Template:Storylink

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The prospect of adding a Titan to his growing Decepticon army soon became a driving goal for Megatron. However, he was disappointed to learn that the Rise's sabotage had been *too* effective, and it was impossible to reverse their terminal orbits. Acting on his predecessor's instruction and Starscream's tip, the newly minted Optimus Prime came to the Pyramid where Perceptor told him about the hidden sparks. Concurrently, Megatron ordered an assault on the Pyramid to seize the dormant sparks within. Having already been damaged by the increasingly frequent and powerful quakes, molten plasma flooded the pyramid and destroyed almost all of the sealed Titansparks; Template:Storylink although Megatron claimed that *all* of the sparks had been destroyed, Template:Storylink the Decepticons had in fact managed to abscond with just one Titanspark. Template:Storylink Fearing that the Autobots might find some way to reactivate the Titans when he could not, Megatron ordered their orbital decay be hastened. Forcing the giants to deploy their aero-brakes, the Decepticons brought down the Titans and fatally crashed them across Cybertron. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

Off in space, Vigilem had made his way to the asteroid colony of Hexagon, being welcomed and given repairs by the ambitious Thunderwing; however, a refitted Lodestar and her team of Technical Specialists pursued him and eventually disengaged him from his berth. With no way to talk him down, Lodestar was forced to kill him with an imploder; on her way back to the Black Hub, she learned that she was seemingly the last of her kind. Template:Storylink

#### *War for Cybertron Trilogy* marketing material

Located at the Praetorus Wharf, an advanced, mobile, weaponized Decepticon base had been discovered by the Autobots. Teletraan-1's scanners indicated that this base was actually the Titan Trypticon. Stationed there was also the Decepticon Weaponizer, Brunt. Template:Storylink

#### *My Little Pony/Transformers*

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The Titans were an ancient breed of large-scale Cybertronians. While most had gone into slumber to serve Cybertron in their city forms or other similar functions, Template:Storylink one Titan, the monstrous Scorponok, was buried beneath the plains of Cybertron after "the one who controlled him" was gone.

When the unicorn tyrant King Sombra was unleashed on Cybertron, he had his enthralled forces free Scorponok, possessing the Titan's body. Before Sombra could fully integrate himself into Scorponok's systems, Optimus Prime and Megatron used the power of friendship to overload them, the Titan exploding in a cloud of magical energy. Template:Storylink

#### *Rescue Bots Academy* cartoon

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An ancient breed of city-sized Cybertronians, the Titans were Cybertron's first explorers, charting the other planets and settling colonies in the Golden Age. Without the later advent of star charts, the Titans who left rarely returned to Cybertron. Template:Storylink Roughly four to five thousand years before 2020, a signal was sent out for the Titans to gather beyond a planetary nebula, an area they eventually left. Template:Storylink

After the recruits of the Rescue Bot Academy had discovered Citadel Secundus, Template:Storylink he followed the old Titan signal but found his kind was long gone. Though offered a spot on Earth, he sought to make another attempt to find the other Titans. Template:Storylink

Secundus later hosted the year two anniversary graduation party for the recruits only to be struck by an asteroid that created an anti-energon field. Template:Storylink The recruits managed to take manual control of the Titan however and landed him safely on Earth where he became a new wing for the academy. Template:Storylink

### *Cyberverse* cartoon

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In days past, during the Age of Expansion, the Titans spearheaded the development of several Cybertronian colonies, travelling to distant worlds and settling on them with a crew of colonists. One such Titan was Croaton, who settled on a red planet near the Sharkticon homeworld. Though the colony initially prospered, alien beings invaded the planet, abducting the colonists and severely damaging Croaton with an orbital bombardment. Template:Storylink

A special group of Titans were known as the War Titans. These giants ferried detachments of warriors to alien planets to wage war against the inhabitants. When the Age of Expansion eventually came to an end, Iaconus was the only War Titan who lived to see Cybertron again. Unable to cope with the peacetime, Iaconus went mad and attacked his own kind, eventually being felled by the efforts of his crew. The crew's only survivor, Maccadam, locked Iaconus beneath what would one day become Iacon, hiding the Titan with his own cloaking device. Template:Storylink

One of the Titans, known only as The Dweller, was banished to the depths of the Argon Sea, locked in deep stasis and guarded by Hammerbyte. Template:Storylink

The Titans evidently had some influence in the era prior to the Great War, as there existed cityspeakers who were trained to telepathically commune with the giants. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

As the *Ark* sailed back to the Cybertron, they passed by Croaton's planet. Detecting the AllSpark, the Titan had Windblade bring it to him so he could be repaired. Once he was healed, he parted ways with the Autobots as he went to go find his colonists, unknowingly taking on the escaped Starscream as a passenger. Template:Storylink As the two sailed into the cosmos, they were found by the Quintessons, Template:Storylink Croaton being forcibly turned into an enforcer for the aliens. Template:Storylink

When the Quintessons had invaded Cybertron, the resistance found Iaconus's slumbering form only for Maccadam to bar them from awakening the giant, fearful of the damage that the Titan's bloodlust would bring to Cybertron. Template:Storylink After Starscream revealed himself as the new Quintesson Judge, Windblade activated Iaconus, Template:Storylink who quickly came to blows with the brainwashed Croaton. The last War Titan very nearly won the battle until Starscream killed him with some unspace goo. Template:Storylink Soon afterwards, Windblade freed Croaton from Quintesson control. Template:Storylink

In the aftermath of the Quintessons' invasion, the alternate modes of the two Titans became the capital cities of the Autobots and Decepticons as part of a tentative truce. Template:Storylink

In freeing her friend, Windblade's mind had been scattered across the planet, one of these psychic shards reactivating the Dweller who tried to assimilate all Cybertronians via Windblade only for her to be rescued and him to remain immobilized at the bottom of the sea. Template:Storylink

## Notes

### Foreign names

* *Japanese:* **Metrotitan** (メトロタイタン *Metorotaitan*), **Titan** (タイタン *Taitan*)
* *Mandarin:* **Jīdì Jīngāng** (China, 基地金刚, "Base Vajra"), **Titan** (China, 泰坦 *Tàitǎn*)
* *Portuguese:* **Titã** ("Titan")
* *Spanish:* **Titán** ("Titan")

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Titans Return* *Titan Force 3-pack* bio material/instructions.
2. ↑ *Titans Return* Fortress Maximus's on-package bio.
3. ↑ *Titans* Return Trypticon on-package bio