Environment Design For Module 401

Environment design for Module 401

“steven universe is off model :( she-ra is cal-arts wah wah” back in MY DAY the transformers animators snorted COKE in the STUDIO and WE WERE GRATEFUL

TFA Predacon Spy au:

At some point before functionalism & the Quintesson war ( I need to read up on tfa lore), Predacons were forced off Cybertron, to live amongst the stars.

They were able to find a suitable planet to make their new home. With the surrounding systems & planets being turned into colonies. They’re doing pretty well for themselves.

They like to send spies to Cybertron. Not for anything harmful to the Autobots or Decepticons, but to gauge if Cybertronians are ready to accept them back & live with them.

Optimus, Blurr, & maybe another, are the current spies on Cybertron. (They miss being able to fly)

Everything happens as canon until Archa 7, where it can go two ways.

1) Canon au:

Archa 7 happens as normal. Elita dies, Optimus becomes the head of the repair crew, the Allspark & the crash on Earth.

Here’s where it changes, when Sari uses her Key to revive it restores him to his ‘biped form’. Basically regular Optimus but with patterns, wings, horns, & a tail.

The crew don’t really know what to make of it but are quite curious. Ratchet believes the key may be corrupted before Optimus tells them the truth.

Due to how Predacons were treated in the past, Optimus tries to stay out of any unnecessary fights incase the Decepticons come looking for them.

He does, however, get involved with Lugnut & Blitzewings’ fight. Using his true form to breath lightning at them & scare the frag out of them.

Tbc…

2) Non-canon au:

Optimus uses his true form to save both Elita & Sentinel from the Energon explosion & spiders. They swear to secrecy.

Autobit High Command start an investigation into the events due to inconsistencies in their reports.

Sentinel reveals what truly happened, while also making the idea to go to Archa 7 Optimus’s, to ensure he stays in the academy. Elita beats the hell out of him for this. Leading to their non existent friendship.

Optimus is taken by the Autobot Science Devision for torture study.

Blurr is freaking out cause he is a close friend of Optimus’s & is afraid he’ll be found out too.

Optimus does escape but how has yet to be decided.

That’s all for now.

Hello everyone. It has come to my knowledge that not everyone is familiar with Transformers Legends, an anthology book from 2004 where several short stories from different continuities of the transformers universes are told.

One of these stories is called "Redemption Center", taking place in the G1 cartoon universe where Starscream loses his memory and is taken in by the Autobots, while being protected by Optimus the entire time. Since copies of the book in good condition are tricky to come by at a reasonable price, thought I'd scan the pages of Redemption Center and share with you all.

Enjoy!

Google Docs

Redemption Center.pdf

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Worldbuilding stuff:

If your story has an idle nobility class, their culture shouldn't just be different from the general population, it should be an over-the-top caricature of the common folks' culture. Whatever the population generally agrees is ideal, fair, admirable, or good, the nobility will take into stupid extremes.

Contrary to the beliefs of many, people are actually not at all happy when they're idle - a person with no assigned task or duty will go out of their way to come up with one. And all around the world, whenever there's been an upper class with nothing to do, they've started to compete with each other over stupid shit, but always stupid shit that the culture they live in considers positive qualities.

From the noblemen in Europe challenging each other to a possibly lethal duel over insulting someone's hat, to a Chinese noblewoman being moved to tears by the beauty of someone's calligraphy, bored elites everywhere have always wanted to outdo each other in their expressions of possessing all the noble traits that this culture in particular holds in value.

You can, and should, use this as a way to highlight what the actual values of this society is. In a setting where being religious is held as an admirable trait, there is nobility coming up with new ways to one-up each other in their expressions of worship. Society that values art and music will have them competing over who hires the most artists, and who employs the most talented musicians. Aggressive, war-like people will have fuels to the fucking death over a stupid hat.

Literally anything can be competed in, and bored people with far too much time and money in their hands will become competitive over the most ridiculous things. This isn't just an useful tool in worldbuilding, but also a fun one.