Transformers: New Era

General characteristics Milkway Prime is a transformer, the son of the Thirteenth Prime, the future founder and leader of the Astrocon faction. He intertwines the ideals of creation inherited from his father, and the harsh discipline that he acquires under the mentorship of the changed Megatron. Its signature ability is the control of magnetic fields: it can manipulate metal objects, create barriers and traps.

Megatron in this version is not a conqueror, but an exile, tormented by the burden of the past. He no longer seeks power, but seeks a way to come to terms with what he has done. Its alternate form is the Cybertronian starship: swift, streamlined, with distorting fields that make it almost invisible to sensors. In this form, he traverses the dead sectors of the galaxy, avoiding any trace of previous wars. Now he does not gather armies and does not give orders to hundreds of fighters: his companion and at the same time a test is a single student - Milkway.

Rage Mod is a special combat mode that Milkiway inherited from his father, Thirteenth Prime. This is not just an increase in power, but a deep transformation, in which cold strategy gives way to primordial power, but does not lose its meaning: even in rage, Milkway remains calculating and does not allow anger to completely overshadow reason.

Exterior Changes

When the Rage Mod is activated, Milkiway's faceplate turns completely black, as if absorbing light, a sign that the power of the ancient Prime line is awakening within him. From this darkness, only one optics can be seen - a lone blue eye. Its color remains the same as in its base form, emphasizing continuity and the fact that despite the transformation, it is still Milkway and not someone else. The Single Eye creates a piercing, almost hypnotic gaze that causes opponents to freeze momentarily, sensing the threat it poses.

The hull also changes: the contours become sharper, the armor seems to thicken, and barely noticeable blue flashes run along the joints of the panels, like energy that it has difficulty keeping under control.

How Rage Mod

works In this mode, all of Milkiway's abilities are amplified many times over, but take on a more destructive connotation:

• **Enhanced magnetism. ** Magnetic fields become more powerful and cover a larger area. Milkway can not only attract or repel objects, but literally "tear apart" metal structures, warp the armor of enemies, and create vortexes of debris that swirl around him like living armor. In space, it is capable of forming temporary magnetic traps, capturing enemy ships or deflecting entire streams of space debris.
• ** Accelerated regeneration and adaptation. ** Self-healing systems are working at their limits: damage that would normally require hours to partially repair is closed in minutes. Adaptation to the environment becomes almost instantaneous 

Abilities : Talent for combat. Despite the fact that Milkway prefers to avoid violence, he is an experienced and dangerous fighter. His style is a combination of discipline and improvisation: he knows how to exploit the environment, the weaknesses of the opponent, and even his own abilities in a way that minimizes destruction. In battle, he does not lose his cool, but if he sees that the enemy threatens the defenseless, he becomes merciless.

Magnetism. This ability has become his signature technique. Milkway can create local magnetic fields of varying strengths, such as attracting and repelling metal objects, temporarily immobilizing enemies, ripping off their weapons, or forming magnetic shields that deflect projectiles. In space, it uses this force to manipulate debris, create barriers, and even adjust its flight path.

A combination of softness and hardness. He tries to remain calm and seek peaceful solutions, but does not hesitate when it comes to acting tough. For him, it is important not just to win, but to make sure that after the battle there is something that can be built anew.

Being Prime's son is not a reason for him to be proud, but a responsibility. He does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past: neither blind faith in power, nor naïve trust in those who say the right words, but act differently.

Features and abilities (full list) Regeneration and adaptation. Milkiway's hull is capable of partially repairing damage in the field. Its systems automatically adjust to different atmospheres, gravity, and temperatures, allowing it to survive even in the harshest conditions.

Magnetism. Generation of controlled magnetic fields: attracting/repulsing objects, immobilizing enemies, creating magnetic shields, manipulating debris and metal structures.

A talent for combat. A high level of combat training, the ability to improvise, use the environment and weaknesses of the enemy, combine defense and attack with minimal destruction.

Genius intellect. Strategic and tactical thinking

Personality and character Genius intellect. Milkway inherited not only strength, but also a sharp mind: he is able to analyze combat scenarios in real time, calculate the enemy's moves several steps ahead, as well as quickly decipher ancient cybertronian codes and protocols. His thinking is a mixture of strategic calculation and an intuitive understanding of the motives of others. He often builds "psychological maps" of opponents: he does not just assess their strength, but tries to understand what motivates them.

Abilities : Talent for combat. Despite the fact that Milkway prefers to avoid violence, he is an experienced and dangerous fighter. His style is a combination of discipline and improvisation: he knows how to exploit the environment, the weaknesses of the opponent, and even his own abilities in a way that minimizes destruction. In battle, he does not lose his cool, but if he sees that the enemy threatens the defenseless, he becomes merciless.

Magnetism. This ability has become his signature technique. Milkway can create local magnetic fields of varying strengths, such as attracting and repelling metal objects, temporarily immobilizing enemies, ripping off their weapons, or forming magnetic shields that deflect projectiles. In space, it uses this force to manipulate debris, create barriers, and even adjust its flight path.

A combination of softness and hardness. He tries to remain calm and seek peaceful solutions, but does not hesitate when it comes to acting tough. For him, it is important not just to win, but to make sure that after the battle there is something that can be built anew.

Being Prime's son is not a reason for him to be proud, but a responsibility. He does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past: neither blind faith in power, nor naïve trust in those who say the right words, but act differently.

Features and abilities (full list) Regeneration and adaptation. Milkiway's hull is capable of partially repairing damage in the field. Its systems automatically adjust to different atmospheres, gravity and temperature regimes

Appearance As a child, he was a little cybertron. Its hull was gray with a hint of blue - it had gold details, shoulder pads with sharp elongated and curved parts on the shoulder segments, there were neon-blue glowing details on some parts of the body, and jet double anti-gravity wings behind the back. Its optics are completely blue in shape with white pupils, elongated into one of the corners of a horizontal rectangle. The body has both sharp and rounded shapes. There are sharp shoulder pads that match the color of the body, which converge in a light blue rhombus on top of the chest. The helmet has the same long diamond-shaped crest with the same gold on the inside and black on the outside. Gray parts of the helmet with a blue tint come to the cheeks. At the top of the ends of the helmet there are also black thick stripes with sharp parts at the ends that tend upwards. In adulthood, the hull became stronger, more massive and more durable. In an adult taller than Megatron, that is, under 15 meters (in a teenager 9.89 meters, in a child 6 meters)

Equipment Fused Cannon with Sword (formerly): He has a powerful fused cannon on his right hand, and a sword is hidden underneath. He can effectively use both of these weapons. Starsaber (formerly): Dark Energon: Prime Solus Forge (formerly): Dead Prime's Hand (formerly):

After being revived by Unicron Megatron 2. 0. The revival of Unicron and the modernization that immediately followed it led to another significant change in appearance: in addition to a noticeable restructuring of the body and the disappearance of the cannon on the right arm, a small slit in the shape of a seven-pointed star appeared in place of the Decepticon badge. The eyepieces and all the glowing inclusions turned purple, and many parts of the body even acquired a shade of papaya. In addition, the number of pointed elements on the Megatron body has increased. When a particle of Unicron's anti-spark was extracted from the Decepticon leader's body, his eyes turned red again.

Appearance Before First Death 99 Megatron originally had a black and gray body and wore a Decepticon badge on his lower chest. Immediately above him, as well as on his shoulders and arms, there were red plates that created additional armor. On Megatron's right arm was a rather long cannon, painted black, and his head was protected by a helmet. All luminous elements of the body (with the exception of the red eyepieces) were painted light lilac. After the first revival of 590436558 After Megatron was crushed by the Metroplex and then reassembled and revived by Soundwave's efforts, his armor became thicker, all black fragments of the hull were removed (even the cannon was replaced with gray in color), and red ones remained only on his forearms and on small areas of the back of his legs. There are more luminous inclusions.

After returning from space travels 98 When Megatron returned to Earth to once again lead the Decepticons, he appeared before his subordinates in a new guise: he had gray armor with many pointed and rounded elements, almost completely enveloping his body, the cannon on his right arm became purple, as well as the back of his shins. The Decepticon emblem moved from the bottom of the hull to the top.

These qualities soon led to his demise when Bumblebee killed Megatron by stabbing him in the chest with a Star Saber. Before his death, Megatron experienced pain and suffering.

When Megatron was obsessed with Unicron, he wanted to simply continue with his plans and rule alongside Unicron. Unicron furiously declared to Megatron that his body now belonged to him, and Megatron was just a shell, after which Megatron's personality changed slightly, and all he wanted was to free himself from the Chaosbringer. Megatron was rooting for the Autobots to some extent during their battle with Unicron, despite the fact that Unicron doomed him to eternal suffering. Unicron fought Optimus Prime when he tried to call out to Megatron, but he could do nothing.

After his release, Megatron claimed to have truly understood the true meaning of oppression after experiencing it firsthand, and had lost all desire to inflict it on others, much to the surprise of Optimus, Starscream, and everyone else. Megatron announced that the Decepticons were no more and went into exile somewhere in the galaxy, which was to prove that he had learned his lesson from the whole ordeal. Optimus even suggested that somewhere deep down, Megatron was capable of changing.

Personality The Idiot King During the Golden Age on Cybertron, "Megatronus" (as Megatron named himself after Megatronus Prime) was the brave, fearless, and great gladiator of Kaon among the other Cybertronians. Megatron noticed the disparity in freedom between the classes of his race, as well as the fact that the ruling class was corrupt and all-powerful. Megatron became a rhetorician, trying to change something. Enlisting other Cybertronians, Megatron inspired an employee of the Hall of Archives named Orion Pax, and they joined forces to end corruption and achieve equality for all. Orion and Megatron developed a close friendship, almost like that between brothers. Megatronus saw fit to shorten his name to "Megatron" before presenting his vision to the Autobot High Council, which revealed his true nature. He arrogantly demanded that the Council recognize violence as a necessary element of society, threatened to overthrow them, and stated that he wanted to become the next Prime. However, Orion Pax did not believe in violence and convinced the council that he was right. Megatron's own jealousy and unfulfilled desires caused him to sever ties with the Council and his old friend Orion, causing them to side with his followers and start a war on Cybertron, an angry Megatron went in search of the Leadership Matrix

Aliases(s) D-16 (original designation) Megatronus (gladiatorial name and influential name belonging to Megatronus himself) King Con (by Miko) Lord Megatron Megacron (by Smokescreen) Unitron (by Smokescreen) Unicron (when owned by Unicron) Galvatron (by fans) Buckethead (by Bulkhead TFP) My Seigneur Old Friend Dark Lord Decepticon Leader Big M (from Knock Out) One True Lord and Overlord (from Insecticons) Species Cybertron Paul Male Rank Gladiator Decepticon Leader (formerly) Online Status (killed by Bumblebee TFP, resurrected by Unicron TFP) Affiliation Decepticons (formerly) Unicron TFP Predacons Autobots (formerly) Enemies Autobots (formerly) Predacons Starscream (Uniend) (formerly) Unicron TFP Metroplex Assassin Space Bridge Explosion (first time) Bumblebee TFP (2nd time), via Star Saber TFP) Physical Description Primary Color Silver Secondary Color Dark Purple Yellow (when reformatted) Tertiary color Black light purple (when reformatted) Eye color Red, purple (when imbued with dark energon or possessed by Unicron) Height 42'8' feet (13 meters) [previously 34'5' feet (10.5 meters)] Equipment Fusion Cannon Dark Star Saber (fell to Earth)

When the fight was over, an old engineer named Vex looked at him and said quietly, "We didn't just fight back. We defended what we were building. We are the Astrocons. Because we look not only at the battlefield, but also at the stars outside it.

First Major Goal: Confronting the Neutrobots

When Milkiway learned that the Neutrobots were led by a former student of Optimus Prime, who had killed his teacher, it became not just a political fact for him, but a personal challenge. He realized that the struggle was not for resources or territory, but for the very essence of what it meant to be Prime: the ideals of unity, protection, and responsibility.

It was then that he finally formulated his mission: the Astrocons must become a shield that would prevent the darkness born of betrayal and lust for power from engulfing the galaxy.

Now that the threat of the Quintessons and Neitrobots was growing stronger, Milkway was ready to face it not as a lone exile, but as the leader of a faction that combined discipline and creativity, strength and responsibility.

First steps in solitude

The first cycles after leaving were harder than Milkiway wanted to admit. The habit of relying on rigid rules and clear orders faced the need to make decisions on his own. Every now and then he caught himself thinking: "What would his father do?" or "What would Megatron say?" and only then did he realize that the answer had to be his own.

His journey began small: he responded to distress signals, helped colonies fight off pirates, repaired power grids, and restored archives. And every time he saw the locals being able to look up at the stars again after he left, he was more confident that he was on the right path.

One day, at one of the border stations, he encountered a group of refugees who were fleeing the raids of Neitrobots. They were frightened, confused, did not know where to go next. Milkway did not promise the impossible. Instead, he helped them organize a caravan, laid out a safe route, provided maps and coordinates of safe sectors. As he was about to leave, the young cybertronic grabbed him by the manipulator and asked, "Will you come with us?" We need someone who knows where to go.

At that moment, Milkway truly felt for the first time that he was not alone. And that he has someone to protect is not abstract, but here and now.

Birth of the Astrocons

Gradually, those who shared his views began to gather around Milkiway: not everyone was a warrior, not everyone wanted to fight, but everyone wanted a place in the galaxy where they could live without fear. Among them were engineers, scientists, former pilots, even a few former soldiers tired of senseless wars.

He did not proclaim himself a leader. He simply set tasks, shared knowledge, taught how to use force not for suppression, but for protection. Over time, these people began to call themselves the Astrocons, in honor of his attraction to the stars and his desire to connect disparate worlds into a single network of security.

Coming of age and saying goodbye

For Cybertronians, coming of age is not just an age, but the moment when a transformer is considered capable of taking responsibility for his own decisions and protecting not only himself, but also others. On the eve of this day, Megatron was unusually silent. He spent the last training session with Milkaway, not adding new techniques, but forcing him to repeat old ones, bringing each movement to automatism: "Let it go into the metal. May you be able to do it even when you have no strength left to think.

In the evening, when the desert had calmed down and the stars had become especially bright, Megatron finally said what he had been hesitant to say for a long time: "Today is your coming-of-age cycle. From now on, you're no longer the disciple I'm leading by the hand. You are the one who chooses the path yourself.

Milkway wanted to say something about gratitude, but the words stuck. "I... I don't know what to say.

Megatron looked away as if he was uncomfortable. "Don't say anything. Just remember: power without responsibility is just destruction. And responsibility without power is helplessness. You've found a balance. Now go and use it.

Before he left, he touched Milkiway's shoulder quickly, almost awkwardly, a light, barely perceptible touch that meant more than any words. "And... If you ever need help, you know where to look for me. Or not to look for it. As you decide.

With that, he transformed into a starship, took to the sky, and disappeared into the distorting field. This time he was gone forever.

Meeting Megatron

Megatron did not come to this planet to search. After his defeat in the war with the Autobots, he went into exile and sought a place where he could regroup, regain his strength, and redefine what it meant to be a leader in a changed galaxy. This desolate planet was perfect: no Autobots, no curious Quintessons, just silence and ruins from which to draw inspiration for new power.

When his starship's sensors detected an anomalous energy trail, Megatron didn't expect to find anything special there. But when he saw Milkiway, wounded but not broken, with the seal of Primes in the very structure of the hull and in his demeanor, something more than mere curiosity awoke in him. He saw in this young transformer not an enemy, not a tool, but a challenge: whether he would be able to turn someone who was brought up on the ideals of unity and creation into a real warrior capable of surviving in a cruel reality.

At the same time, Megatron no longer had the same blind faith in power for the sake of power: the burden of the past weighed on him, and he himself was looking for a new meaning. Therefore, he did not impose his views, but offered an honest exchange: "You will learn to fight in order to survive. And when you're ready, you'll decide what to fight for.

And though he tried to keep a tough streak, an uncertain, almost bashful concern crept into his actions more and more often: to stealthily remove unstable debris from the training area, to reconfigure the sensors so that the load would not become fatal, to check the armor nodes at night while Milkway was in power saving mode.

After the

Capsule Crash When Milkiway's capsule finally emerged from its chaotic drift and crashed to the surface of the desert planet, the systems barely held on. The hull melted from re-entry, the power cells were showing a critical level, and the internal protocols barely had time to maintain stasis. Milkway woke up in semi-darkness, among the sparkling panels and the smell of overheated metal. He didn't know how many cycles he had spent in unconsciousness, but the first thing he felt was not pain, but emptiness from the loss of his father.

He climbed out, barely holding on to the servos. The planet greeted him with icy winds and endless sands strewn with the wreckage of ancient mechanisms, as if the land itself were a graveyard of forgotten civilizations. At that moment, Milkway did not think about glory or revenge. He just wanted to survive so that one day he could return to what his father had sacrificed himself for.

It was then that Megatron found him.

The history of the Age of Primes is long gone, and only legends, ruins of ancient cities and difficult memories remain of the former greatness. A fragile, almost painful silence reigned on Cybertron: there were no more large-scale battles, but the tension did not disappear. Society was divided into small factions, each of which clung to its own ideals, sometimes forgetting about unity.

From an early age, Milkway absorbed his father's wisdom. The thirteenth Prime did not seek power or glory: his goal was to preserve the knowledge and culture of Cybertron so that one day civilization could be reborn. He taught his son to see power not in destruction, but in creation, in the ability to unite, not divide. Milkway grew up inquisitive and sensitive, fascinated by maps of space routes and stories about distant planets, where, perhaps, the Cybertronians could start all over again.

But the peace they sought was too fragile. A new wave of conflicts broke out, this time over control of the last sources of energon and ancient archives. Factions that used to only argue now take up arms. Thirteenth Prime tried to mediate, hoping to prevent another massacre. His voice sounded like an echo of a bygone era: wise and calm, but too quiet against the roar of cannons.

On that fateful day, Milkway, who was only 5-6 cycles old, was next to his father when a barrage of fire hit them. Seeing that the forces were unequal, Thirteenth Prime made the only decision he could: he activated the emergency mechanism and literally threw his son off the planet, sending him into outer space in a protected capsule. The last thing Milkway managed to see through the window was how his father, without retreating a single step, took the blow to give his son a chance to escape. A flash, a crash - and the connection was broken. The thirteenth Prime fell defending what he believed in.

Name Milkway

Title Prime

Role Leader

Astrocon

Faction History

The beginning of Milkway's journey

Prime is the son of the Thirteenth Prime, born in troubled times when the New Cybertron was trying to recover from the Great War of the Autobots and the Decepticons.