Atlantis (starship)

The Atlantis is one of the four ancient starships sent off from Cybertron to explore the galaxy and create a massive space bridge network.

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The Earth legend of Atlantis was revealed to have been inspired by an ancient Cybertronian starship that went by that name—one of four dispatched from the planet eons in the past, with the intention of creating a universe-wide space bridge network. The Atlantis headed for Earth, containing a Cyber Planet Key and the Omega Lock. It hovered in the sky above the planet for a time, until a malfunction caused it to crash into the ocean, laying down the basis for the stories that would be passed down through the ages by human kind.

The symbol of the Omega Lock was emblazoned upon the Atlantis, and that symbol went hand in hand with the legend, becoming a piece of popular culture to the extent that, by 2030, it was being featured on album covers and T-shirts. When Optimus Prime's Autobots returned to Earth in that year, the ancient Transformer Vector Prime recognized the symbol, setting both Autobot and Decepticons off in a search for the Omega Lock itself.

An Autobot civilian in the guise of a submarine eventually discovered the Atlantis buried at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean; when the Autobots entered the craft, its warp engines activated and teleported the ship to the dark side of the moon. With the aid of the Recon Mini-Con Team and the Autobots' three human allies, Vector Prime was able to locate and secure the Omega Lock before the Decepticons.

The Atlantis was left floating by the moon until Sideways teleported the injured Starscream there to recuperate. When Sideways later kidnapped the Mini-Cons, the kids followed him through his warp gate and emerged on the Atlantis. Although Coby, Lori, and Six-Speed were later able to escape, Bud, Jolt and Reverb were left stranded on the Atlantis as the ship warped away. The ship later passed through the spatial rift leading to Gigantion, the Giant Planet, after which Bud and the Mini-Cons were able to escape and reunite with the Autobots.

When Starscream was defeated in battle with Galvatron, the Atlantis fell back into Autobot hands, and was used to return to Cybertron, where it was merged with the other three ancient starships to create the Ark, through which Primus channeled his power and sealed the black hole.

With the threat of the black hole and Galvatron dispatched, a new space bridge program was introduced, and the four starships again departed for the far reaches of the galaxy. Known members of the crew of the Atlantis on this voyage include Optimus Prime, Red Alert, Safeguard, Menasor, Leobreaker, and Scattorshot.