Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files
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When creating the War for Cybertron Trilogy and its first part, Siege, Hasbro planned out a story that would be broken up into several forms of media. As such, one of the sources for the story came from the packaging of the figures. Shining a blacklight on the artwork located on the side of the box would reveal a piece of Cybertronian text that translated into "Easter egg" words or phrases that related to the respective character in some way. Using the official War for Cybertron: Siege website, a series of locations marked out on a map of Cybertron with 33 of the line's toy ID numbers could be found. Entering the codes into the corresponding ID number slots would open up a series of Teletraan-1 Data Files[1] for each of the respective characters and their last known locations during the final moments of the war on Cybertron.
Each data file unlocked also featured desktop wallpapers of either the respective characters (usually the box art) or patterns of faction insignias with weathered detailings. Toy transformation videos and bonus content that either related to the Siege story (see below) or toyline could also be found (e.g. Refraktor's SDCC-exclusive toy release date or Orthia's combined form).
Once all of the files had been unlocked, a series of 5 stop motion videos telling another part of the story were also revealed, as well as a full map of Cybertron and the mentioned locations from each of the file entries (see right).
| NAME | FUNCTION | LAST KNOWN LOCATION | LOCATION DATA |
|---|---|---|---|
| WFC-S7 SIDESWIPE (Message code: SUNSTREAKER) |
Autobot Soldier | Kalis | High strategic importance. Possible Energon reserves. Home to subsurface fusion reactor critical to powering sector grid covering key locations, including Iacon. |
| WFC-S8 COG (Message code: FORTRESSMAXIMUS) |
Autobot Mechanic | Manganese Mountains | Remote. Few settlements. Limited presence of Decepticon patrols. Terrain suitable for camouflage from Decepticon Seeker jets. |
| WFC-S9 HOUND (Message code: MACCADAMS) |
Autobot Recon | Sea of Rust | Toxic atmosphere. Armor damage inevitable. Prolonged exposure not recommended. Possible safe zone if corrosive effects can be counteracted. |
| WFC-S10 SKYTREAD (Message code: DUOCON) |
Decepticon Soldier | Slaughter City | One-time site of illegal gladiatorial competitions. Key feeder city for Decepticon army and Decepticon Gladiator Corps shock trooper unit. |
| WFC-S11 OPTIMUS PRIME (Message code: IACON) |
Autobot Leader | Iacon | Capital of Cybertron. Home of the government overthrown by the Decepticon revolution. |
| WFC-S12 MEGATRON (Message code: KAON) |
Decepticon Leader | Kaon | Impenetrable Decepticon metropolis. Main base of operations. Origin point of gladiator games and, through them, the rise to power of Megatron. |
| WFC-S13 ULTRA MAGNUS (Message code: FORGEOFSOLUS) |
Autobot City Commander | Tagan Heights | Core industrial site. Strategic value: high. Damaged[sic] sustained. Production capabilities compromised. Fortification and repair teams alerted. |
| WFC-S14 SHOCKWAVE (Message code: TARN) |
Decepticon Scientist | Tarn | Loyal Decepticon zone. One of the first cities conquered by the Decepticons. Location is secured, fortified, has withstood heavy fire. |
| WFC-S15 GREENLIGHT (Message code: LANCER) |
Autobot Recon | Drop site -- deserted Decepticon territory | Tracking Decepticon targets. Signal disrupt/ed // Mission report downloading… |
| WFC-S20 CHROMIA (Message code: SIIEXXXIITSFAT)[2] |
Autobot Counter Intelligence | Hydrax Plateau | Largest spaceport on Cybertron. Possible Autobot escape site. Mission report classified. |
| WFC-S21 IRONHIDE (Message code: TRITHYLLIUM) |
Autobot Bodyguard | Protihex | Critical waypoint on surface-level superhighway connecting multiple high value locations. Patrol report pending. |
| WFC-S22 SIX-GUN (Message code: METROPLEX) |
Autobot Soldier | Blaster City | Strategic importance - high. Pre-war weapons manufacturing facility. Salvage operation in progress. |
| WFC-S23 PROWL (Message code: PRAXUS) |
Autobot Strategist | Praxus | A shining beacon of high technology and Cybertronian achievement during the planet’s golden age. Crushed by a Decepticon attack. |
| WFC-S24 STARSCREAM (Message code: NULLRAY) |
Decepticon Air Commander | Vos | Home of the Decepticon Air Command. Base of operations for the Seekers. Where Starscream rose to prominence. |
| WFC-S25 SOUNDWAVE (Message code: LAMPPOST) |
Decepticon Spy | Stanix | Critical connection point in the Cybertronian global communication grid. Close to 100% of all data traffic routes through the Stanix hub. Malicious code in hub detected. Decepticon data breach suspected. |
| WFC-S26 AUTOBOT ALPHASTRIKE COUNTERFORCE (Message code: GRANDRAIN) |
Counterstrike Team | Underground Safe Zone | Underground base located at the edge of the Sea of Rust. Shielded from toxic atmosphere. Awaiting mission report…signal interrupted… |
| WFC-S27 DECEPTICON PHANTOMSTRIKE SQUADRON (Message code: TELEPORT) |
Quickstrike Team | Darkmount | Decepticon fortress. Autobot infiltration detected…intercepting signal…download incomplete… |
| WFC-S28 JETFIRE (Message code: SKYFIRE) |
Autobot Air Guardian | Borderlands | Section of neutral or contested territory that acted as a border between Autobot- and Decepticon-controlled regions, now overrun by Decepticons. Few neutral sectors remain. |
| WFC-S29 OMEGA SUPREME (Message code: CRYSTALCITY) |
Autobot City Defender | Crystal City | Historically strong scientific presence. Once remarkable in its beauty. Lies in ruins. |
| WFC-S34 RATCHET (Message code: ARCWELDER) |
Autobot Rescue and Repair | Tagan Heights Outskirts | Edge of core industrial site. Heavy damage sustained in area. Technology salvage operation underway. |
| WFC-S35 RED ALERT (Message code: RUNG) |
Autobot Medic | Uraya | Loyal to Autobot cause, but most loyalists forced underground and have ceased combat operations due to Decepticon might. |
| WFC-S36 REFRAKTOR (Message code: REFLECTOR) |
Decepticon Recon | Helex | Decepticon stronghold. One of the first cities to fall during the Decepticon revolution. |
| WFC-S37 BRUNT (Message code: TRYPTICON) |
Decepticon Soldier | The Praetoreus Wharf[sic][3] | Site of advanced, mobile, weaponized Decepticon base. Scanners indicate the Decepticon Titan Trypticon. |
| WFC-S38 SPRINGER (Message code: TRIPLECHANGER) |
Autobot Aerial Defense | Nova Cronum | Gateway to Iacon with numerous strategic entry points. Key target for Decepticon air strikes. Maximum combat resource allocation recommended. |
| WFC-S39 THUNDERCRACKER (Message code: SEEKERS) |
Decepticon Seeker | Altihex | Unsafe. High levels of militant Decepticon activity. Autobots advised to avoid the area. |
| WFC-S40 GALAXY UPGRADE OPTIMUS PRIME (Message code: CONVOY) |
Autobot Galactic Commander | Tyger Pax | Trigonometric calculations indicate ideal trajectory for extra-orbital launch. Geotag transmitted. Awaiting response. |
| WFC-S41 BARRICADE (Message code: BADCOP) |
Decepticon Enforcer | Praxus | City destroyed. Area plunged into lawless chaos. |
| WFC-S42 IMPACTOR (Message code: WRECKERS) |
Wrecker | Sonic Canyons | Area known for deafening sound and dangerous environment. Possible coded message received: Wreck and rule. Communication analysis in progress. |
| WFC-S43 MIRAGE (Message code: TURBOFOX) |
Autobot Spy | Iacon | One-time home to the elite ruling class of Cybertron. Satellite signal relay detected. Location-masking protocols identified. Decryption in progress. |
| WFC-S48 SPINISTER (Message code: RSPINISTE) |
Aerial Assault | NOVA CRONUM[4] | Strategic entry point into Iacon. Inefficient combat resources. Undergoing high volume of Decepticon air strikes. Additional reinforcements required. |
| WFC-S49 CROSSHAIRS (Message code: PINPOINT) |
Weapons Supervisor | BLASTER CITY[4] | Pre-war weapons manufacturing facility. Salvage operation successful. Critical munitions acquired. |
| WFC-S50 APEFACE (Message code: TURBOWORM) |
Saboteur | KALIS[4] | Location of Iacon power supplies and possible Energon reserves. Signs of Decepticon sabotage detected. |
| WFC-S51 ASTROTRAIN (Message code: IONICDISPLACER) |
Transport | PROTIHEX[4] | Patrol report: Critical waypoint of superhighway compromised. Decepticon presence detected. |
Bonus story content
War for Cybertron: Siege website
Wallpapers
Unlocked by Omega Supreme
Unlocked by the Autobot AlphaStrike Counterforce multi-pack
Unlocked by the Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron multi-pack
Autobots vs. Decepticons stop motion
After unlocking all 33 locations on the website's map of Cybertron, six pieces of bonus content were then unlocked. The first five pieces of bonus content were made up of the "Autobots vs. Decepticons" stop motion split into five parts, with the sixth piece being the map of Cybertron found at the top of this very page.
- "Autobots vs. Decepticons" on the official Transformers YouTube channel.
The World In Your Eyes Part One
By typing in the message code "RUBBLE" into the website's keypad, a PDF of the first issue of IDW Publishing's 2019 Transformers comic could also be unlocked. The PDF also includes every variant cover used during the comic's original release.
Hasbro Pulse blog entries
Also serving to tell parts of the Siege / War for Cybertron Trilogy story, Hasbro released several pieces of additional story information in the form of Teletraan-1 data files on Hasbro Pulse. These entries can be found in the "unboxed" section under the "Blogs" tab.
Weapons database
Among the first of Hasbro Pulse additions to the story, Optimus Prime and Megatron received weapons database entries that displayed the C.O.M.B.A.T. System and explained in detail what their weapons' functions were. Both entries also make note of Shockwave and Wheeljack's hand in the construction of their respective leaders' weapons.
Autobot weapons database
Decepticon weapons database
Who is Orthia?
To add a back story for Orthia, the combiner that was first introduced as a part of Greenlight's unlockable content on the Siege website, Hasbro Pulse added an entry explaining the backstory and history of the Primes and their connection with the Shield of Solus—an all-female team lead by Elita-1.
//Teletraan-1 data file unlocked //
- COMBINER NAME: Orthia
- TEAM NAME: Shield of Solus
- POWER: Forge powerful weapons when team is combined
| “ | In the darkest days, I am the light. | ” |
- All know of the great and powerful Primes, the god-like bots who shaped the Transformers universe. And all know of the one called Solus Prime and how she forged the mystical weapons and artifacts the Primes used to battle elemental forces of evil. Those legendary weapons and artifacts remain among the most powerful objects in the universe. But known to only a few is her most potent creation: a fierce team of heroes, formed in her spirit to carry on her legend...
- At the apex of creation, Solus Prime planted the seeds of a shared destiny within the sparks of five brave warriors. These protectors, united by common cause and uncommon courage, together form the last line of defense, a chosen few to be summoned in Cybertron’s greatest hours of need. They are the constant guardians. The unyielding defenders. They are the Shield of Solus.
- Led by Elita-1, this select team is made up of Moonracer, Novastar, Greenlight, and Lancer. They have a great power hidden within them that can only be unlocked when their unique sparks come together within a Combiner form.
- When Cybertron faces its darkest days, Elita-1 and her team must combine together to meet their destiny and form…Orthia. The combination of their unique sparks infuses Orthia with the creation power of Solus Prime. This power gives Orthia the ability to forge immensely powerful weapons to be used against the planet's greatest threats.
- Orthia stands up and fights when all seems lost. Her resolve has been forged in the fires of battle. Her legend steeled by the selflessness of sacrifice. It is in times of greatest despair that her greatest victories are won. She is light, she is hope, she is Orthia -- the fiercest guardian of Cybertron.
//Teletraan-1: Access Granted_Ark Blueprint
As another addition to the War for Cybertron Trilogy story, Hasbro released a free downloadable wallpaper under the blog entry entitled "//Teletraan-1: Access Granted_Ark Blueprint" on Hasbro Pulse, which labels all of the Ark's interior and exterior features.
References
- ↑ The Siege website misspells the name for these entries as "Teletraan1 Data Files", omitting the hyphen dividing the word and the number. Additonally, the title and URL for the website uses "Teletron".
- ↑ SIIEXXXIITSFAT is in reference to season 2, episode 53, "The Search for Alpha Trion", which is the episode Chromia and the other Female Autobots originally appeared in.
- ↑ The website has it spelt "Praetoreus Wharf", but the map of Cybertron (located at the top of this page) spells it the same way as the media that came before it, making it reasonable to assume that this was just a typo.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 For whatever reason, all location text on the last four data entries changed to uppercase lettering on the website, starting with Spinister.
