The Ark was recovered and repaired by Megatron, who attempted to take it back to Cybertron and conquer that planet with it. The Ark's original crew in the comics included all of the 1984 Autobots, the Dinobots, Red Alert (in the UK), the recorded mental engrams of most of the other 1985 Autobot cars, and Toaster. Their battle caused the ship to crash to Earth again, this time into the Canadian wilderness. This plan was foiled by Galvatron, Megatron and Ratchet crashing the party. It was recovered this time by Shockwave and Starscream, who repaired it and took it to Earth to conquer that planet with it.
Grimlock, being the master of tactics that he is, physically rammed Unicron with the powerfully armed starship, which was then abandoned and crashed on Cybertron. It was recovered by the Dinobots and flown to Cybertron to engage Unicron. The Ark hung around near Earth for a time, until it was abandoned in orbit when Primus teleported all nearby Transformers back to Cybertron to face Unicron. The Ark became the Autobots' main base of operations on Earth until, during Grimlock's first term as Autobot leader, he had the ship repaired and returned to space. Note: At no point in the comics does it explain why it rebuilt the Dinobots based on the dominant organic life, and yet it could only assimilate mechanical life in 1984. It revived and, unable to distinguish Autobot from Decepticon or to detect organic life (clearly it had suffered additional malfunctions since creating the Dinobots), it revived both sides to transform into the machines it perceived as the planet's dominant lifeforms. Hilary erupted, jarring the ship back to life. and as it came to be fairly consistently portrayed as the comics progressed.įour million years later, Mount St. Upon the disappearance of these warriors in their attempt to destroy Shockwave, the Ark shut itself down. Hilary, a volcano located a small distance outside of what would one day become Portland, Oregon.Īfter the crash, some of the Ark's systems still functioned, and when they detected the Decepticon Shockwave making planetfall, the ship revived five of her Autobot crew and rebuilt them into the Dinobots. Hoping to end the threat of Megatron forever, Optimus Prime purposely crashed the ship into the passing planet Earth. When this was done and her reserves depleted, the Decepticons attacked and boarded her. It was launched to clear a path for the wandering planet Cybertron through an asteroid field. It is also referred to as the most powerful starship in Cybertron's history, and control of it was considered a huge tactical advantage.
In the comic, the Ark was referred to as "the last of the Great Arks," suggesting that, as in the cartoon, there had been previous Vanguard-class ships. It has a main computer designated Auntie and a number of ancillary shuttlecraft. Note: The comic version of the ship tends to have a more squared-off look to it and is frequently (though not always) shown as being a metallic silver.
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