Timeline

## About the Timeline

This timeline will come to list the different "eras" of the war as they are created through events and campaigns, with only a select few events set to inevitably happen such as the war against the Senate, the re-ignition of the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, and the war eventually reaching Earth. But how the Autobots and Decepticons arrive at these inevitabilities is uncertain.

Missions, events, and campaigns will happen throughout the timeline and we will likely see some campaigns started that take place earlier than campaigns already completed. Player character levels and skills will carry over back and forth so don't worry too much about that, but campaigns and major events will be listed here in chronological order to help DMs and players sort out what has and has not already happened during the games they are currently playing. A DM should specify when their game is taking place in the timeline so that it may be added.

## Pre-History

Much of history has been lost to the Cybertronian race, but there are certain events that are widely believed in or understood.

* According to legend, Primus creates the Twelve Primes.
* According to legend, Onyx Prime creates the Predacons.
* The Predacons go extinct.
* According to legend, the Twelve all begin to create progeny, forming the Twelve Tribes.
* The Primes disappear in the midst of tribal conflicts between each other.
* Cybertron goes through several ages but the Twelve Tribes remain strong.
* A new tribe begins conquering the Twelve Tribes.
* According to legend, each tribe partially goes into exodus from Cybertron to escape the invaders, flying away within Titans that each carry a Creation Matrix.
* The Twelve Tribes are all successfully conquered and Cybertron is united. The new Cybertronian government deems this the Golden Age.

## Pre-War: Senate Rule

In the absence of the original Twelve Primes, a largely theocratic (Functionalism) Senate controls Cybertron. A Cybertronian's form dictates their function and their caste in society, limiting personal freedoms. But most Cybertronian citizens don't pay much mind to it outside of those stuck in the lowest rungs of the system. That is, until a miner from Tarn by the name of Megatron starts circulating his manifesto, "Towards Peace."

* Shockwave opens the Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology.

## Civil War: Decepticons vs the Senate

The strain between the Senate and the growing Decepticon movement has become too much. Pot shots and political blows have finally been traded for open, often violent conflict. Riots have begun, responded to with clampdowns leading to a police state. The Senate has the resources and the trained soldiers, but the Decepticons have the numbers. The Senate has called on all loyal Autobots to help stamp out the Decepticon terrorists and Cybertron is flung into a full blown Civil War.

* Insecticons are discovered beneath the surface by the Jhiaxian Academy.

## Cold War: Autobots vs Decepticons

In the final moments of Cybertron's Civil War, Autobot soldiers and Decepticon insurgents worked together to finally overthrow a corrupt and violent Senate. But peace has not come just yet. Orion Pax saved Magnus Prime from an assassination attempt at the hands of Megatron, a play to prevent any questions about who would lead and rebuild the new Cybertron government when Magnus and his troops refused to bend knee to Megatron. As a result, Orion Pax was cast out of the Decepticons and given general status among the Autobots as Optimus Prime. And Magnus Prime has become Ultra Magnus, supreme commander of the Autobots.

Cybertron remains divided between Megatron's Decepticons, Ultra Magnus' Autobots, and the few scattered, neutral cities that have not yet taken a side. While Decepticons control more of Cybertron's surface, Autobots still control both Luna-1 and Luna-2. But this new war won't remain cold for long.

* Shockwave creates the Forging process to make the Forged, "the Second Wave of Predacons."
* Wheeljack creates the Dinobots based on Shockwave's Forging process.
* Shockwave successfully clones true Predacons using Predacon CNA and modern protoforms.