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The Ark is an Autobot spacecraft in the fictional Transformers Universe. The Autobot, a faction of Sentient Robots from the planet Cybertron are the main Protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide by Simon Furman classifies it as a Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor, with a crew complement of 300. Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a Comic book writer particularly associated with of a number of notable Transformers comics for Marvel UK,

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Transformers: Generation One

Crew of the Ark

Which Autobots were on board the Ark varies with different tellings of the story. In all storylines the following Autobots are among the crew:

In the television series the Ark was crewed by:

In the Marvel Comics series the Ark was crewed by:

Animated series

Although it is universally referred to as "the Ark" in all other media, the Autobot spacecraft is never actually named in The Transformers animated series - it is simply referred to as "Autobot Headquarters. Silverstreak ( Streak in Japan, Jaseur in Canada, Ariete in Italy) is the name given to the Transformers character once Brawn is the name of a Fictional character from the various Transformers universes. Bumblebee is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. Cliffjumper is the name of several characters from the Transformers line of toys Gears is the name of a Fictional character from the various Transformers universes. Hound is the name of a Fictional character from the various Transformers universes. Huffer is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Ironhide is the name of several different Fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Jazz is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. Mirage is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes This refers to the original character For other uses see Optimus Prime (disambiguation Optimus Prime (known as Convoy in Japan Prowl is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Ratchet is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. For the tricking move see Sideswipe (trick. Sideswipe is the name of several different characters in the Transformers universes. Sunstreaker ( Solo in Canada, Lince in Italy) is a Fictional character from The Transformers. Trailbreaker is the name of several Fictional characters from the Transformers toy line and Animated television series. Wheeljack is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Windcharger ( Charger in Japan Rapido in Canada, Lampo in Italy, Camaro in South America) was one of the original Grapple is the name of a fictional character in the various Transformers universes. Grimlock is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Slag is the name of a Fictional character in Transformers toy line. Sludge is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformer toy line and fictional series Snarl is the name of several different fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Swoop is the name of several Fictional characters in the Transformers fictional series and toy line "

The Ark left Cybertron when constant battles between the Autobots and Decepticons had left the planet in an energy crisis, with Optimus Prime and a contingent of Autobots 4 million years ago in search of the fuel Energon. This refers to the original character For other uses see Optimus Prime (disambiguation Optimus Prime (known as Convoy in Japan The Autobot, a faction of Sentient Robots from the planet Cybertron are the main Protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, In the Fictional universe of the Transformers, Energon (pronounced EN-ur-jon like " Energy " is the primary source of power for Transformers Shortly after launch, it was attacked by the Decepticons on the Nemesis (another spaceship that was not named as such in the original series). "Deceptacon" redirects here but is also the name of a song by the group Le Tigre. The Nemesis is a Decepticon spaceship in the fictional Transformers Generation One universe The Nemesis attached itself to the Ark using tractor beams. The Decepticons, including their leader Megatron, boarded the Ark and attacked. Megatron During the battle, the Ark was damaged and crash landed on Earth, into the side of a volcano in what one day would be called Oregon (according to the Marvel comic book). Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

In the Earth year 1984, the volcano erupted, jarring Teletraan I back to life. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Teletraan I is the name of the Autobots' computer on board the Ark. Sending out a Sky Spy satellite, the computer scanned assorted Earthly vehicles and machinery to form alternate modes for the Transformers. Skywarp happened to be in the path of Teletraan's reconfiguration beam, and once reactivated, dragged the other Decepticons into the beam, allowing them to be reconstructed. Skywarp is the name of several Fictional characters in the Transformers toy line. As they departed the Ark, Starscream opened fire on it, disobeying Megatron's orders, who cautiously opted to have the Decepticons save their energy until further sources were found. Starscream The blast dislodged some of the rock face above the Ark, and the resulting collapse knocked Optimus Prime's body into the path of the beam. The Autobots lived again.

Although the Ark was severely damaged in the crash, preparations were made to launch it again following the apparent destruction of the Decepticons. When the ship was nearly ready, the Decepticons re-emerged, prompting the Autobots to stay on Earth, using the buried hulk of the Ark as their base of operations. Following the construction of Autobot City in the early 21st century, the Ark shared duties as the home base for the Earthbound Autobots, but it's clear that Autobot City was regarded as the bigger threat to the Decepticons. In 2006, the Ark was destroyed by Trypticon. Trypticon is a Fictional character in the Transformers toyline

Marvel Comics

Cybertron, having become a rogue planet, was headed into the path of the asteroid belt. A rogue planet is an object which has equivalent mass to a Planet and is not gravitationally bound to any Star, and that therefore moves through space as The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the Planets Mars and Jupiter. Optimus Prime led a specially selected group of Autobots on board the Ark to clear a path through the asteroids so that the planet could pass safely. This refers to the original character For other uses see Optimus Prime (disambiguation Optimus Prime (known as Convoy in Japan The Autobot, a faction of Sentient Robots from the planet Cybertron are the main Protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, The Ark was specially constructed for this mission. The Autobots successfully cleared a path for Cybertron, but were attacked by the Decepticons, and were too low in energy after clearing the asteroids to fight back effectively. "Deceptacon" redirects here but is also the name of a song by the group Le Tigre. Prime instead chose to order the Ark to crash into what was then the lifeless third planet in our solar system. The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity. The spaceship crashed into what is today called Mount St. Hilary, where the Autobots and Decepticons on the Ark lay dormant for four million years, until in 1984 the volcano erupted and activated the shipboard computer which then revived the Transformers on board. (Mount St. Hilary is fictional, although it was presumably modelled on the real-life Mount St. Helens, which erupted in 1980). Mount St Helens is an active Stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States

The Autobots then used the Ark as their base on Earth until, under the command of Grimlock, the Ark was repaired and launched back into space. Grimlock is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. It served as the Autobot's base until the battle against Unicron, when Grimlock drove it into the Chaos-Bringer's head. Unicron is a Fictional character from the ''Transformers'' universe and toyline. The craft was repaired and stolen by Shockwave and Starscream. Shockwave is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Starscream However, they had a few stowaways: Megatron, Ratchet and Galvatron from an alternate future. In the ensuing fight, a stray shot hit the highly volatile nucleon stored on the ship causing a massive explosion, forcing it to once again, crash into the Earth; this time somewhere in northern Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

The specific design of the Ark changes throughout the run of the Marvel series, the variation usually attributed to different artists' ideas of what it should look like. However, the Ark always maintained a thickened, spade-like shape with three or more massive, circular engine ports.

Generation 2

The Ark was repaired and relaunched with Megatron at the helm. This time Spike Witwicky and Sky Dive stowed away before the launch. The Witwicky family members are fictional characters from the original " Generation One " Transformers universes, and are the closest human allies of the Spike merged with Fortress Maximus who had been stored in the Ark during Spike’s absence, and in the ensuing fight with Megatron, Maximus threw himself into the anti-matter conversion chamber, causing the ship to explode. Fortress Maximus is a Fictional character from several of the Transformers series. Both Megatron and Sky Dive escaped.

Dreamwave Productions

In the Dreamwave comics it is assumed that the Ark's history is roughly similar to that of the animated version, crashing on Earth with Optimus Prime, Megatron and their forces on board. Dreamwave Productions is a Canadian art design studio and Comic book publisher best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series After the defeat of the Decepticons a second Ark vessel was built, with the Autobots, the captive Decepticons and several human representatives on board. It was destroyed by rogue elements of the military being indirectly manipulated by Shockwave. Shockwave is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. The original Ark was destroyed when the Autobots Ratchet and Brawn set it to self destruct when it was attacked by Bruticus. Ratchet is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. Brawn is the name of a Fictional character from the various Transformers universes. The Combaticons (known as the Combatrons in Japan are a group of Decepticon militaty vehicles in the assorted Fictional universes of the

The Ark II

A second Ark ship appeared in Dreamwave's G1 backstory. Following a mass defeat of the Decepticons, all the Transformers were to return to Cybertron on the newly-constructed Ark II, but when it was launched, it promptly exploded, as a result of Shockwave's machinations. Shockwave is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. A group of seven human ambassadors known as the Magnificent Seven (including Sparkplug Witwicky) were casualties of the explosion. The Witwicky family members are fictional characters from the original " Generation One " Transformers universes, and are the closest human allies of the

IDW Publishing

Although the Transformers Comics by IDW Publishing would discard the traditional story of the Ark crashlanding on Earth with the deactivated Autobots and Decepticons inside in favour of having both sides already having infiltration units on Earth, the Ark would still appear. IDW Publishing (a division of Idea and Design Works is an American Comic book company. Here it was not the name of one ship, but a series of them, with Ark-19 being the name of Prowl's ship and Ark-27 being the ship Optimus Prime takes to Earth. Prowl is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. A vessel named Ark-17 was also mentioned by Oprimus Prime. Also the Spotlight issue on Nightbeat reveals the ancestry of the name. The Transformers Spotlight is a Comic book series of one-shot issues published by IDW Publishing. Nightbeat is the name of several characters in the various Transformers universes. The original Ark was a vessel launched to try and chart space around Cybertron. It disappeared with all hands. Spotlight: Galvatron revealed it had actually been investigating an anomaly believed to lead to a dark mirror of the Matrix; Galvatron flew it into this anomaly and the crew were "claimed" by the Dead Universe. Galvatron is the name of several fictional Transformers most often the recreated version of Megatron, the Decepticon Supreme Commander It is suggested that the crew of the Ark were turned into zombie-like monsters similar to Galvatron.

IDW Publishing also published a design collection titled The Ark. The Ark is a compendium of Transformers animation models released by IDW Publishing on 5/31/2007 This 208 page book features the animation models from the original 1980s cartoon and was created by Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster.

Beast Wars

The Beast Wars series, taking place in prehistoric Earth, references the Ark towards the end of the series. Beast Wars Transformers ( Beasties on YTV, due to YTV discomfort over the name is a Transformers toyline released by Hasbro The Predacon Megatron discovers it, and hijacks Teletraan I using access codes he found on a Golden Disk, left behind by the original Decepticon Megatron. Megatron

Blackarachnia (To Silverbolt): "Oh, it's no legend, Jo-Jo. Blackarachnia is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. Silverbolt is the name of several different fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Eons before Maximal or Predacon even existed, your ancestors, the Autobots, launched this ship containing their finest heroes. It was attacked by Decepticons and crashed here on Earth. When it (the volcano the Ark was lying in) explodes in 1984, our ancestors will awaken and start the Great War. "

While Megatron's ancestors, the Decepticons, and those of the Maximals, the Autobots, slept in stasis lock, he fired his weapon upon the face of Optimus Prime, disrupting the time flow in the universe. Maximals are a faction in the Transformers toyline by Hasbro and the accompanying Animated television series Beast The Maximals foiled his plan, by placing the spark of Prime within Optimus Primal, once again changing his body. Optimus Primal ( Convoy, later Beast Convoy to differentiate him from the original Convoy, Blackjack in some European markets is a fictional character from the Repairs were made on Prime, and the Maximals used the Ark as their own base, both to safeguard the Transformers within from Megatron, and because their own ship had recently been lost. However, Megatron later penetrated the Ark once more, absorbing the spark of his ancestor just before mutating into his dragon form.

The Ark was nearly destroyed again by Megatron when he discovered and reactivated the Nemesis. The Maximals were able to activate (with the help of Dinobot II on the Nemesis) a shuttle found on board (that according to Blackarachnia, "The history records never mentioned a shuttle!" with Rhinox replying "History's still being made!"), and used it to both stop the Nemesis and return home, after re-sealing the cave. Dinobot is a fictional character from the Beast Wars Transformers universe They also returned the spark of the original Megatron to its rightful place.

The Ark would remain until its emergence in 1984.

Transformers: Cybertron (2005-2006)

The Transformer's scour the universe for 4 sources of power left over from Primus in order to save Cybertron and the rest of the universe from a massive blackhole left over from the battle against Unicron. The four cyber planet keys (Japan: Force Chips) are located on 4 different planets Earth, Velocitron, Jungle, and Gigantion (Japan: Earth, Speedia, Animalia, Gigalonia) each with native Transformers that migrated when the cyber keys were scattered. However, the Decepticons wish to obtain the 4 cyber keys in order to rule the universe. The cyber keys in combination with the Omega Lock would be used to awaken Primus' full potential. With Primus' power merged the four Cybertronian ships: Atlantis, Ogygia, Lumeria and Hyperborea (Japan: Atlantis, Mu, Lemuria, Pangaea) into an ancient ship of legend. It is used by a reawakened Primus to destroy the black hole. It is then separated into the four ships, so the Autobots could connect the universe with space bridges. This ship was known as Noah in the Japanese version of Transformers: Cybertron, Transformers: Galaxy Force and the Ark in the English version.

2007 Movie

The Ark would reappear in Transformers fiction in Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday, the prequel novel to the 2007 live-action film. Transformers Ghosts of Yesterday, is a Prequel novel to the Michael Bay Transformers film Transformers is a 2007 Live-action Film adaptation of the ''Transformers'' franchise, directed by Michael Bay and Here, it was the vessel bearing Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Jazz in their search for the Allspark. This refers to the original character For other uses see Optimus Prime (disambiguation Optimus Prime (known as Convoy in Japan Ironhide is the name of several different Fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Bumblebee is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. Ratchet is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. Jazz is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. It is described as being spherical in shape, and its weapons systems and shields are superior to its Decepticon counterparts. It was also said to be able to hold approximately 350 transformers.

According to a post by Roberto Orci the Autobots traveled to across intersteller space in a large spacecraft (presumably the Ark), then traveled to earth in protoform mode. Roberto Gaston Orci (born 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican film and Television producer and Screenwriter [1]

Transformers: Animated

The Ark makes a return for the 2008 Cartoon Network TV Series. The Decepticon Ship Nemesis is much bigger and powerful in this series. Nemesis chases the Ark to Earth where it shoots the ship down. Nemesis also crash lands.

The Ark was once a powerful warship during the Cybertronian Wars. When they were over, all of the Ark's weaponry was stripped except for one cannon. It then served as a cargo ship for Optimus Prime and his maintenance crew. This refers to the original character For other uses see Optimus Prime (disambiguation Optimus Prime (known as Convoy in Japan While being chased by Decepticons, the Allspark sent the Ark pummeling through the space bridge where it ended up above Earth. The AllSpark is a term for two different objects within the Transformers media franchise In the Beast Machines Transformers television series It then fell right into Lake Erie, which laid for fifty years before its crew reactivated. Lake Erie (ˈɪəriː is the fourth largest Lake (by surface area of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally After making friends with humans, the Autobots decided to leave the Ark and settle on a surface base.

When Lugnut and Blitzwing arrived on Earth to find the Allspark, the Autobots decided to repair the Ark and leave the planet. Lugnut is the name of a Fictional character from the various Transformers universes. Blitzwing is the name of several Fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. The AllSpark is a term for two different objects within the Transformers media franchise In the Beast Machines Transformers television series But they instead up its remaining cannon on the Decepticons.

When Megatron was fully revived, Ratchet managed to reactivate the Ark and the Autobots were prepared to leave Earth until a missile took out the engines, causing the ship to crash into a volcano crater.

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