Universal stream
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The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records.[1] There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalogue. [2]
These are the handful of as-yet officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:
- Primax - the Generation 1 continuity family
- Primax 984.0 Gamma - The Marvel Comics US continuity
- Primax 207.0 Epsilon - The Classics continuity, a splinter timeline of the Marvel Comics continuity
- Primax 1291.0 Zeta - The "Another Time and Place" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity
- Tyran - the Movie continuity family
- Tyran 707.04 Delta - The movie itself.
[edit] Deciphering the terminology
Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984, and "Gamma" denoting a comic book or manga series.
List of known continuity family indicators:
- Primax - Generation 1 continuity family
- Tyran - The live-action movie continuity family
- Malgus - The Transformers Animated continuity family[3]
Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:
- Alpha – Animated Series
- Beta – Tech Spec/Toy/Pack-in Comic Only (“Box”)
- Gamma – Comic Book/Manga Series
- Delta – Motion Picture/Live Action
- Epsilon – Club/Convention Fiction
- Zeta – Text Stories, Storybooks and other prose works (printed)
- Eta – Radio/Audiocentric Universes, Books on Tape
- Theta – Live Performance / Spoken Word
- Iota – Internet-Only Information (not involved with club/convention)
- Kappa – Games (Video and otherwise)
Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the Transformers Animated cartoon continuity would be Malgus 1207.26 Alpha.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ↑ This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "Withered Hope."
- ↑ In Worlds Collide, Part 4, the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating Optimus Prime, adrift in the multiverse.
- ↑ Mentioned in Withered Hope, but confirmed as Animated in "Bee in the City"
