Master (planet)

Planet Master (of its Domain)

Master (マスター Masutā), also known as Rebirth, Dominus,^[1] and the Disaster Planet,^[2] is an alien world cursed with murderously hazardous atmospheric conditions, which became home to a group of unfortunate Cybertronian refugees. Many technological advances resulted from the struggle to survive this protean hellhole, including Headmaster Transtectors.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Headmasters cartoon

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Millions of years ago, during the Cybertronian civil wars, many groups of Autobots fled the planet in order to escape the wearying corrosion of war without end. One particular group of diminutive robots, so young as to not yet have even mastered transformation, wound up crash-landing on Master. The Mystery of Planet Master Unable to repair their ship at the time, the group, led by Fortress, attempted to eke out an existence on Master, mining energy and constructing cities, but the planet's deadly weather conditions and seasonal changes—including sandstorms, whirlwinds, metal-searing acid rain, scorching heatwaves and, during the ensuing four million years, even two ice ages—claimed the lives of many of their number. Constant deadly peril has its bright side though, and the need for survival fostered many technological advances The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery (aided in part by technology derived from a time-travelling spaceship that crashed on planet Kiss Players #48), most notably the creation of larger, stronger, non-sentient Transformer bodies named "Transtectors" that could better weather Master's dangerous environments. However, to connect to these bodies, the Transformers would have to learn to transform, and so underwent a rigorous training process to master the skill, with the most adept eventually becoming the Headmasters. The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery

At some point over the years, they redeveloped space flight, but, for whatever reason, never left the planet, perhaps because they had simply reached a point where they were comfortable and in control of their situation on the planet, and had made a home there. However, when several Headmasters under the command of Scorponok rebelled against the leadership of Fortress, they were forced off Master, eventually joining up with Galvatron's Decepticons. The Mystery of Planet Master He and the Decepticon Headmasters returned to Master in 2011 to attack the Autobots there, before pulling out to join Galvatron in an attack on Cybertron. The Autobot Headmasters departed Master aboard Fortress's Battleship Maximus, pursuing their enemies to their home planet and teaming up with the Autobots there. The Mystery of Planet Master Fortress and Scorponok eventually became the leaders of their respective factions, and the advanced technology that they brought with them from Master was responsible for resurrecting Soundwave and Blaster as Soundblaster and Twincast. The Great Cassette Operation

Life continued on Master, with more young Autobot Master Warriors undergoing the training to perfect their transformation powers. Some time later, however, after being defeated on Earth, Scorponok's Decepticons returned to Master, and the young warriors formed a resistance force to battle them. It didn't go too well. A small group of refugees escaped from Master to alert the Autobots to their planet's plight, but after doing so, they were caught in a plasma explosion and fused to the arms of several Autobot and Decepticon warriors, creating the Targetmasters. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1) Why the robots travelling to deliver this message were the only ones on the planet that seemed unable to speak actual words and had to communicate via electronic beeps is unknown. Despite this handicap, the Autobots subsequently returned to Master to aid the resistance effort, Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2) but Scorponok had discovered G-Metal beneath Master's surface The Master Sword Is in Danger!! and used it to forge the Zarak Shield, The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide with which he bested Fortress Maximus. Having claimed this victory, the Decepticons then immediately departed Master for their final attack on Earth. Operation: Destroy the Decepticons

Super-God Masterforce Master File

Following the failure of the Decepticons' attack on Earth, they were forced off the planet for good, and the war became space-based, with the Autobot and Decepticon forces operating on Athenia and Chaar, respectively. The advanced technology of planet Master formed the backbone of this conflict, which was dubbed the "Master Wars". The Transtector technology of Master was subsequently upgraded with the addition of Masterbraces to create the Headmaster Juniors. The Headmasters Now!!

Ask Vector Prime

The Brainmaster upgrade was developed as a way to bring Cybertron and its allies Master and Micro closer together. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/23

Legends comic

Brainstorm told Rattrap the story of his people's desperate struggle to survive on Master. Bonus Edition Vol. 7 Fortress recalled witnessing Brave Maximus crash on Master and reverse-engineering his technology. Bonus Edition Vol. 31

Animated cartoon

Master was a robotic planet in the Autobot Commonwealth. The AllSpark Almanac II

Wings Universe

Master was a planet home to robots who turned into heads of larger bodies. Tornado initially thought that Olin Zarak was from Master until realizing that Zarak was a Nebulan. Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur

Beast Wars: Uprising

Rebirth was colonized by Transformer refugees seven million years ago, fleeing a civil war on Cybertron. Over the millennia, they evolved into Cyberdroids; their new home developed, and then stagnated, into a rigid oligarchy overseen by the Optimus triumvirate. When the Decepticons arrived on Rebirth in the wake of the Scouring of Nebulos, the rebel cell known as Malignus teamed up with the Decepticons for the express purpose of overthrowing the ruling class.

Although the Autobots joined forces with the Optimus, the subsequent conflict devastated the planet. When the planet fell to Decepticon control, Galvatron took the opportunity to rename the world "Master". Eventually, conditions drove the Autobots and Optimus offworld. A Brush With Infamy–Prologue After Galvatron's disastrous Great Push, the Human Confederacy halved the Transformer's allowed territory, and Master was sterilized after a ten-day evacuation period. Micro-Aggressions The Cyberdroid population—those that survived the Targetmaster Extirpation—travelled back to Cybertron, where they attempted to integrate into a deteriorating post-war society. Broken Windshields

Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material

Dominius [sic] was the possible location of one of thirteen Titans, alongside Cybertron, Unicron, Nebulos, Junkion, Antilla, Paradron, Caminus, Earth, Velocitron, Biosfera, Aquatron, Botropolis, Micron, and Gigantion. Titan Force^[3]

War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material

With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the Nemesis in pursuit of the AllSpark. Earthrise webpage^[4] Using his Decepticon disguise Counterpunch, Punch infiltrated the crew of the Nemesis only for his cover to be blown by Megatron. Escaping the Nemesis in an escape pod, he made his way to the nearby Disaster Planet, Dominus, only to be pursued by Barricade. Luckily for Punch, Barricade's search became troublesome, as he was faced with the planet's disastrous weather conditions. Encounter 4: Dominus Criminal Pursuit

Energon Universe

A Quintesson Prosecutor was tasked with taking a Quintesson Scorpia to the fighting arenas of Dominus Void Rivals #5 only to be taken prisoner by the Skuxxoid before he could complete his task, the Scorpia being irreparably damaged by Darak and Solila. Void Rivals #3

Games

Transformers Roleplaying Game

During the Autobot-Decepticon war, some inhabitants of Dominus chose to undergo the binary bonding process. The Enigma of Combination

Notes

• The Beast Wars: Uprising version of Master being renamed from "Rebirth" homages how "The Rebirth", the ending of the English-language version of the Generation 1 cartoon, was "overwritten" in Japan by The Headmasters.
• "Dominus" is a Latin word meaning "master". The planet's journey to getting a name in Western fiction wasn't without its speedbumps, however, as it was rendered as "Dominius" on the Titans Return Titan Force 3-pack's map. Given no other official source has used this spelling, we're willing to call it an error—especially as the Earthrise: Galactic Odyssey Collection reinforced the "Dominus" name, while explicitly connecting it to a planet with Master's perilous weather conditions.

Foreign names

• English: Master Star (Omni Productions dub)

References