Polyhex

Polyhex is a settlement that lies in the northern half of Cybertron, where it is surrounded by the Rust Sea,^[1] the Tagan Heights, Iacon, and Nova Cronum. The fortress Darkmount serves as its capitol. Polyhex is in charge of Cybertron's satellites and home to the Cybertron network command hub.^[2] It tends to fall into Decepticon hands, which add such scenery as smelting pools and gladiatorial facilities.^[3]

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

• Locations
  • Darkmount
  • An unnamed Decepticon stronghold
  • The/A smelting pool
  • The Dead End
  • Decepticon fuel stores
  • Ratbat's offices
  • An Autobase
  • The original space bridge
  • The Polyhex Toll Plaza

Polyhex was one of the regions that became most involved in the war, confrontations between the Autobot army and Decepticon forces following up on one another virtually without pause. The Magnificent Six! One such case documented was the Armornecking Incident, in which the Autobot Getaway saved his team from a Decepticon attack by using the security system of the Polyhex Toll Plaza to the Titanium Turnpike to his advantage. Getaway's Universe profile.

Presumably during the "middle years", Straxus gained rule over Polyhex as Lord High Governor. From Darkmount, he practiced ruthless control over his domain with the support of some of the most skilled Decepticons: Ramjet, Dirge, Thrust, Kickback, Bombshell, Shrapnel, Octane, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, and Ratbat. In response to the dwindling energy reserves of Cybertron, Straxus issued a campaign to hunt down the region's Neutrals, the Empties, to have them melted down for raw materials in the smelting pool. Harvester units were employed to fetch and transport the (not necessarily dead) bodies the Decepticons shot down.

In Earth year 1985, Blaster saved one Empty when he was waiting for Scrounge in the Dead End, the Empties' home. Scrounge meanwhile had infiltrated Darkmount in search for the abducted neutral scientist Spanner and obtained information that the Ark crew lost four million years ago was still alive and on Earth. Trying to reach Blaster, Scrounge was captured in the Dead End by Shrapnel and on orders of Straxus thrown into the smelting pool. Blaster, with the assistance of the rest of the Polyhex Autobase, came looking for him there based on information acquired from one of the Empties who had witnessed Scrounge's capture. He found him, but though Scrounge could pass on the information, he could not be saved anymore. The Smelting Pool! Spanner had been abducted in order to build a space bridge for Straxus's troops to be able to travel to Earth. Additionally, Straxus had gone so far as to have the space bridge constructed from the scientist's own body. This last fact was unknown to the Autobots when they decided they had to destroy the device. Blaster was assigned to plant explosives on the space bridge and blow it up while Perceptor and the others would distract the Decepticons by digging their way to Darkmount's power supply chamber and blowing the fortress up from the inside. Perceptor's group was successful, but Blaster had been taken aback when he learned the space bridge was alive and hesitated too long. The Decepticons came to stop him, followed by the Autobots who came to rescue him. In the subsequent fight, the Autobots ended up on Earth, the Decepticons remained stuck on Cybertron, Straxus was seemingly destroyed and the space bridge needed extensive repairs to be used again. The Bridge to Nowhere!

Some time after, the Wreckers, a group of Autobots that operated from the nearby Iacon, initiated a plan called Operation: Volcano that was designed to result in the destruction of Polyhex's deadliest Decepticons. The operation was kicked in motion when the Autobots leaked false information to a rotten element within their ranks and tricked him into Polyhex, where he was discovered by Shrapnel. As expected, he handed the Insecticon the information in exchange for his life. Futilely so, but the bait that would goad the Decepticon targets to Iacon territory had been cast. Roadbuster, who had followed the traitor to Polyhex, reported back on the first phase's success. Ten cycles later, the trap was about to close on the Decepticons when suddenly they received a communicube from Megatron. He ordered them to return to Polyhex immediately, prepare the space bridge and sent the Insecticons to Earth pronto, thus unknowingly saving their lives. Target: 2006

Straxus somehow had survived the incident at the space bridge, albeit only as a head on life support, and returned to Polyhex. He relocated his headquarters to another stronghold, where Megatron also ended up after accidentally being teleported to Cybertron through the space bridge. As was to be expected, the two Decepticon leaders did not get along, with all due consequences for the factions rate of success. ...The Harder They Die! When Megatron's plan to have Optimus Prime killed by his own soldiers failed due to intervention of Outback, he took it out on the stronghold and its inhabitants. Straxus's ally Ratbat had it known how much he disapproved of Megatron's presence, but Straxus ensured him he was working on getting rid of the old warlord. Under Fire! Nonetheless, the situation worsened for the Decepticons when Optimus Prime and Outback had fled to the Dead End and Optimus's plea to the Autobots to save Outback caused him to be recognized as the Autobots' long lost leader. Distant Thunder! With the assistance of the Cybertronian Autobot leaders, Optimus led raids on five Decepticon fuel stores in as many days. Tired of all that had gone wrong since Megatron's arrival, Straxus initiated the plan A of his scheme by forcefully swapping bodies with his rival. But he had underestimated Megatron's strength of mind, and the two ended up sharing a body that did not know who he was. Ratbat noticed this shortly before the Autobots launched a sixth attack on a transference station, in reality a distraction to allow Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus easier access to the Polyhex stronghold to defeat Megatron. Seeing the two Autobots and mentally unstable more-Megatron-than-Straxus positively wrecking the stronghold, he ordered to have them all teleported to Earth by means of the space bridge. In doing so, Ratbat succeeded Straxus as Decepticon leader, Resurrection! while Straxus's mind gave up on taking over Megatron and separated from him to travel to a hidden room in the stronghold where he had prepared a plan B. Two Megatrons!

Ratbat's reign saw a steady if burdened cooperation with the Earth-based Decepticons through means of the space bridge. From Polyhex, Ratbat sent materials and reinforcements such as the Predacons and Prey! Trypticon and in return received fuel from Earth. However, the amount of fuel sent wasn't enough to so much as compensate for the usage of the space bridge, prompting Ratbat to pull the plug on the whole endeavor. King of the Hill! Ratbat subsequently came up with a plan of his own to acquire Earth's fuel more efficiently, for which he had a shipment sent via space freighter—slow, but energy-cost-effective. The operation came into trouble when the pilot failed to contact Cybertron despite making it to Earth, in response to which Ratbat summoned the Triple Changers to his office complex. Briefing them on the situation, he ordered the Triple Changers to use the space bridge to get to Earth, find out what had gone wrong and fix it. Crater Critters Upon receiving report that a Scraplet infestation was to blame, Ratbat invested in the capture of the Throttlebots, who had been plaguing the Decepticons for a while with small-time raids on their fuel storage depots. Rather than executing them, he had them brought to his offices and forced them to accept to travel to Earth and destroy the threat with corrosives. The Cure!

Meanwhile, Megatron lay deactivated in the Dead End after he had blasted himself through the space bridge. With time, his internal circuitry restored his body, but his mind remained a long way from home. Roaming the Dead End in a less than optimal state, he did try to assert his identity, but the Empties believed him to be just one of the nuttier among their numbers. Eventually, Megatron stumbled upon two Autobots cornering the Decepticon Blackjack, who recognized Megatron immediately. That, coupled with the sight of the hated Autobot insignia, brought Megatron back to sanity. He murdered the two Autobots and followed Blackjack out of the Dead End. The Resurrection Gambit! During their travel, Megatron found Straxus's old base, and within it, he learnt of Project Re-Birth, prompting a detour to Helex to tie up the loose ends from Straxus's existence. Two Megatrons!

Marvel UK future timelines

By the time of Earth year 2006, Polyhex was the location of a time travel device that Hot Rod, Kup, and Blurr used to pursue Galvatron and company to Earth, 1986. Target: 2006

Regeneration One

After twenty-one years of peace and prosperity on Cybertron, Soundwave recruited and commanded his Neo-Decepticon insurgents out of Fort Scyk in Polyhex, from which they launched their first strike against the Unified Cybertron Alliance. Counterpoint Bludgeon would later contact Soundwave there to request that he retrieve Thunderwing's remains from the Hall of Silence as a power source for his Blitz Engines. Loose Ends, Part 1

Generation 1 toy bios

At an unknown point in time, the Software Wars occurred in Polyhex. Guzzle fought in them and became the battle-hardened Autobot as he is known as due to his experiences then. Guzzle's toy bio

Kick-Off trained in the grease pits of Polyhex while being held there as a captive. Kick-Off's toy bio

The city had a Toll Plaza that did really nasty things to people who couldn't pay the toll. Getaway led some Decepticons there in the Armornecking Incident, knowing he could pay the toll but they couldn't; this allowed him to turn the tables on them. Getaway's toy bio

3H comics

• Locations
  • Darkmount
  • An unnamed canyon
  • The grease pits

During the Great War, the Decepticons captured Autobots to fight for their entertainment in the grease pits of Polyhex. Tap-Out was one of the many forced into the role of gladiator. Tap-Out's toy bio

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Dreamwave Generation One continuity

• Locations
  • The Ultracons' base.
  • The grease pits

During the Border Wars, Ratbat's Ultracons had their base of operations located in Polyhex. Escalation

For an unspecified time in the war, Kick-Off was imprisoned at Polyhex and forced to fight in the grease pits. He ended up having to kill his best friend in one of the matches. Kick-Off's More Than Meets The Eye profile

Descent into Evil

• Locations
  • Gladatorial pits

The Insecticon Buzzclaw used to be a fighter in the gladatorial pits of Polyhex. Buzzclaw's toy bio

2005 IDW continuity

Whirl hailed from Polyhex and may have spent his days as a clockmaker there. You, Me, and Other Revelations Other Transformers from Polyhex included the "Disappeared" Bruteforce, Dirtrace, Gantry, Hi Score, Kickstart, Mace, and Reload. Anomie There was also a Polyhex Minor. Patternism

During a heavy battle on Cybertron when Optimus Prime was still a fresh commander, he ordered the Autobots to reposition at Polyhex in the east. Old Ways

The Polyhexian border was notorious for its ongoing aerial skirmishes, which was why Rotorstorm was posted there. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1

Wings Universe

Millions of years ago, celebrity mecha-soccer player Krok led the Polyhex team to victory in multiple championships. Wings Universe Krok profile

By the late 30th century C.E., Polyhex had been replaced or joined by New Polyhex. Knight Flareup profile card

Beast Wars: Uprising

Corahda utilized a Polyhexian wrestling pin to take out the Race Track Patrol inside Fortress Maximus. Head Games Polyhex and its sister cities Dodecahex and Petrohex all fell to the Resistance over the course of the Grand Uprising. Safe Spaces At one point, the Resistance set up their main headquarters in the city before moving to Petrex. Derailment

2019 IDW continuity

After a crippling space battle with Vigilem, the damaged Lodestar limped to Polyhex for repairs. All Fall Down Orion Pax later visited the site to inform Lightbright that the two were to report to the Black Hub for a weaponized refit once Lodestar was operational again. Swindle's

Live-action film series

Polyhex exists and is surrounded by Praxus, Perihex, and the area where the space bridge is located. Risk

Several battles took place there, which Optimus Prime and Ironhide took part in. Switching Gears

At some point it was ruled over by the Fifth Baron-Warlord of Polyhex. Battle Mountain

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

• Locations
  • Darkmount
  • A unnamed university

Emerging from their ship after it was pulled in through a spatial rift and crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, Tarantulas remarked to Megatron that they were not in Polyhex anymore. Shattered Destiny

Before the war, the streets of Polyhex were home to the young Cybertronian drifter named Bumblebee. BotCon 2008 Goldbug profile card Furthermore, Polyhex possessed one of Cybertron's most prestigious universities, where Megatron gave math classes. BotCon 2008 Megatron profile card When the Autobots started to annihilate anyone not willing to join them, Megatron rose from the fires of the city-state and morphed the survivors into an effective counterforce. Polyhex was subsequently rebuilt to function as the Decepticons' base. Shattered Glass

After he healed himself from wounds sustained in battle in the Mirtonian Quadrant, Optimus Prime returned to Polyhex, killed the warriors who had abandoned him, and re-established his position as leader. BotCon 2012 Optimus Prime profile card

Aligned continuity family

Aligned novels

Located opposite the ruins of Darkmount, Polyhex was bombed by Megatron's followers, causing a cliff to collapse, taking a few homes with it, including that of the renowned artist Chromatron. Cybertron's Satellite Command Center was located at Polyhex, and it was also where High Councilor Ratbat was from and gathered most of his support, so it was no surprise it fell in the third battle of the civil war after he went over to the Decepticons. Exodus

Prime cartoon

Optimus Prime and his comrades remembered a battle in Polyhex and used a plan they used in the battle against Starscream on Earth during one of the Decepticon's crazy schemes. Out of His Head

Cyberverse

Polyhex possessed a high-ranking Cube team, defeating Kaon in the semifinals. Maccadam's Bumblebee attended the world championship match between their team and Iacon City's Iacon Wreckers. Despite an early lead, Cube Polyhex ultimately lost to Iacon City. Maccadam's

Merchandise

• RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition (2007)

Polyhex is one of the purple zones on the board.

Notes

• Polyhex was introduced in the Marvel comics as a province rather than a city-state. However, after the first couple of appearances, it became referred to as just Polyhex rather than "province of Polyhex", while no other locations ever were specified as provinces. For Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, Simon Furman established Polyhex as an Orbital Torus State along with almost all city-states featured in the Marvel comics.
• Polyhex was the second city and generally named area on Cybertron put in the canon, preceded only by the Autobot capital Iacon. This made it the first Decepticon specific region ever written about and as such it shone in the early Marvel comics next to Iacon, though it was passed by as its Decepticon equivalent by first Helex, then sort of Kolkular and since the Dreamwave Productions series, Kaon. Shattered Glass is the only continuity to return the Iacon vs. Polyhex vibe.
• In "Anomie", Shock is listed on the Memorial for the Disappeared as being from Polyhex, though he signed his own name as 'Shock of Bitrex' in "No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases". Given that it was his fellow Duobot Ore that mysteriously disappeared in "You, Me, and Other Revelations", coupled with the running gag that no-one can tell them apart, this may suggest that it was Ore who was from Polyhex, rather than Shock.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Polyhex (ポリヘックス Porihekkusu)

References