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Autobot: The peaceful race of transforming robots who inhabited Cybertron before and during the Great War.
Cybertron: The Transfomers' planet of origin. Also the name given to the species in general, and the word used throughout this document to describe a Transformer.
Cycle: A measure of one minute
Decacycle: A measure of one month
Decepticon: Race of transforming robots who lived to conquer. Ancient foes of the Autobots, near-annihilated during the Great War.
Energon: The main source of fuel for a Cybertron. Also his main source of weakness.
"Gear!": Positive slang expression among younger-minded Maximals.
Matrix: 1. Maximal Valhalla. Where the sparks of heroes are laid to rest, and All Are One. 2. The name given to the birthplace of Maximal protoforms. _3) "Matrix of Leadership," the physical device within the body of Optimus Prime and all Primes to follow him, symbolizing his role as leader of the Autobots.
Maximal: Descendants of the peace-loving Autobots and the upper-class citizens of Cybertron. Maximals typically seek an end to the warring on Cybertron, but believe one must make war to make peace.
"Maximize!": Battle cry and activation code of the Maximal race. Often shouted before a transfer from beast mode into robot mode.
Megacycle: A measure of one hour
Nanoclick: A measure of one second
Pit/Inferno: 1. Maximal Hell. Where the sparks of the d**ned are supposed to reside. 2. Complex where Predacon protoforms originate.
Predacon: Descendants of the Decepticons, violent race who lost the Great War. The lower-class and downtrodden of Cybertron, who actively propagate the Beast Wars in an attempt to win back the past.
Prime: Maximal parlance for something great or extraordinary. Now used sarcastically as often as literally. A reference to the Autobot commanders of the same name.
Primus: God of all Transformers, sometimes said to be the first Transformer, or Cybertron itself. Worshipped mainly by Maximals.
Protoform: A Cybertron who has not yet been born; a Cybertron fetus.
Slag: 1. Cybertron remains. 2. Most vilely connotated yet most widely used Cybertronian swear word. A lesser version would be "scrap."
Spark: The soul of a Cybertron.
Stasis pod: Housing for unrealized Protoforms.
Stellar Cycle (Stellar): A measure of one Cybertron year (approximately 400 days).
"Terrorize!": Battle cry and activation code of the Predacon race.
Unicron: The darkest figure in Cybertron history, a devourer of worlds who was a Transformer the size of a planet. Though he was destroyed during the last battles of the Great War, all Cybertrons fear and respect Unicron even today. His space-strewn remains were a long-time home for rogue Decepticons.
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