Iacon (polity)

Iacon, sometimes called Iacon City, is an Autobot-controlled city-state at the north pole of Cybertron. Iacon often is the planet's capital.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Marvel Comics continuity

• Locations
  • Iacon Central
    • The Great Dome
    • The Celestial Spires
      • The Celestial Temple
  • Academy of Science and Technology
  • Autobase (post-war)
  • Jan-Ja
  • Imperial Amphitheatre
  • Maccadam's Old Oil House
  • The Matrix Flame Chamber

And There Shall Come...a Leader! Surrender!/Covenant The Transformers Cybertron: The Middle Years! Target: 2006

Iacon functioned as the heart of Autobot territory on Cybertron, and appears to have been the base of the Council of Autobot Elders prior to the departure of Optimus Prime and his comrades from the planet. It was termed "greatest of the city-states" for the Autobots on Cybertron.

When the planet suffered from global fuel shortages, Iacon was one of the big cities who monopolised what resources there were. Unlike its rivals, Tarn and Vos, Iacon's council gave out rationed fuel to its smaller neighbours. When the Vos-Tarn war broke out, Iacon accepted refugees but decided to let the two cities wipe themselves out: a mistake, as Megatron would use them as a scapegoat to fire up the survivors. State Games

Without Prime's leadership, the Autobot war effort fell further and further into disarray—but Iacon's defences remained steady. The Decepticons, led by Trannis succeeding Megatron, besieged the city and continued to attempt its capture for many thousands of years. Eventually, being in control of the remainder of Cybertron, Trannis decided it simply was not worth capturing Iacon intact and ordered his troops to level the city, which they did to such an extent that by the time Optimus Prime returned briefly to Cybertron, the city was completely in ruins.

Still, the Autobots maintained a presence in Iacon, if only from small resistance bases in its ruins. Autobase itself was located within these ruins at one point, and the Wreckers operated from this base conducting strikes and raids on Decepticon holdings on a continuing basis.

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Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual

When the Decepticons initiated the war, they caught the Autobots unaware and steamrolled through their army like it didn't even exist until the they reached the capital city-state of Iacon. From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues... Megatron personally led the attack that was supposed to result in one of the Decepticons' greatest victories, Megatron's The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual profile but instead encountered the first actual opposition since the start of the war. From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues... This was thanks to the leadership skills of Optimus Prime, a junior officer in the Autobot defense forces stationed at Iacon. Optimus Prime's The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual profile Megatron tried to have Optimus killed in a surprise attack, but Optimus's second-in-command, Jazz, saved him, sealing the Decepticons' first defeat. Jazz's The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual profile

Beast Machines cartoon

After the Great Upgrade, Iacon was paved over and replaced with Cybertropolis. During the Spark War, Megatron led Optimus Primal to believe that clues to the locations of the lost sparks could be located in Iacon's ruins, so Primal and Nightscream went searching there. They came across a holographic statue of the legendary Optimus Prime, which suddenly moved and picked up Optimus Primal. Primal went into a sort of trance in which Prime told him not to worry about the disappearance of the Oracle, because it still existed within him. Primal accepted this idea and tried to access the Oracle data within him, only to see Optimus Prime's visage suddenly change into Megatron's. Megatron accessed Optimus Primal's mind to obtain the Oracle data, while Primal took a risk by not resisting but using the connection to figure out where the missing sparks were. Meanwhile, Nightscream was attacked by Thrust and his drones. Outnumbered, the young Maximal was nearly killed. He was saved by the sudden appearance of Noble, who by unknown means and for unknown reasons had also found his way to Iacon. Upon seeing the creature, the drones fled in panic and Noble chased after them. Next, Primal finally awoke from his trance and ordered Nightscream to follow him and rendezvous with the others. Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

• Locations
  • The Alpha Preserve
  • The Border Regions (sub-orbital district)
    • The Forum of Enlightenment
    • The Promontory
  • The Central Spaceport
  • The High Council Pavilions
    • The Chamber of the Ancients
    • The Decagon
    • The Energon Pools
    • The Grand Oratory
    • The Stellar Galleries
      • The Oracle Tank
    • The Tower of Pion
    • The Vaults
    • Central Hall
  • Iacon East
  • Access Shaft 0-5 (sub-surface)
  • Quadrant Epsilon
    • The Detention Banks
    • Shockwave's secret laboratory
  • Shockwave's Tower
  • Planetary engine vents (sub-surface)
  • Virtue's Forum

Iacon was the capital of Cybertron and the headquarters of the Autobots. After Optronix became Prime, he ordered an evacuation of Cybertron. The War Within #1 However, Megatron ordered a planetary engine vent to activate, destroying the Forum of Enlightenment. Optimus Prime was lured beneath the wreckage, in an attempt to leave him isolated and vulnerable. Shockwave then led an assault on Iacon, with Jazz and Prowl leading the defense. The War Within #2 During the assault, Starscream believed he killed Megatron, and activated the mecha-forming process, intending to destroy Iacon, the Autobots, and Shockwave, the only real threat to his leadership. The War Within #4 After seeing the devastation that was Iacon, the Autobots agreed to Prime's evacuation order, but Optimus reversed the order and ordered the Autobots to dig in. The War Within #6

In the future, Iacon had completely shut down as part of a worldwide stasis lock across the face of Cybertron. The first to awaken, Shockwave saw the dead world as having infinite potential. As part of his efforts to restore the planet, Shockwave united Autobot and Decepticon factions and rebuilt the city as a testament to the supremacy of his rule. Revelation

On Earth, Shockwave arrested Optimus Prime and the Autobots under his command and brought them back to Cybertron, Iacon specifically, planning to deactivate them. Brothers' Burden Prime and the others escaped with help from the Autobot resistance and then staged an all-out assault on the city. Countdown to Extinction

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2005 IDW continuity

• Locations
  • The Ark-1 Memorial Grounds
  • The Celestial Spires
  • The Citadel
  • Iaconian Aerial Academy
  • Institute for Higher Programming
  • Maccadam's Old Oil House
  • Metroplex
  • The Spire
  • Trion Square
  • The Undergrid
  • Translucentica Heights

Iacon was one of Cybertron's city-states; unusually, the city incorporated three of the planet's twelve primary hot spots, from which new Transformers were born: Rivets Field, Vespertine Blue, and Port Residua. Black Planet According to Cybertronian mythology, the first Transformer realized he could transform while standing in Rivets Field. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It When the Crystal City went missing in the wake of the First Cybertronian Civil War some ten million years ago, The First Who Was Named Iacon's portentous position in the planet's history might explain why the city was eventually recognized as Cybertron's new capital. Chaos Theory Part 2

During his reign over Cybertron, Nova Prime launched the Ark-1 from Rivets Field. Black Planet Nova Prime and his inner retinue vanished from history after crossing the Benzuli Expanse, and in the aftermath Iacon became home to the Senate, who, under the jurisdiction of Nominus Prime, organized the planet's day-to-day affairs from within the Grand Imperium. A memorial for the ship and its crew was eventually commissioned somewhere in the city. Chaos Theory Part 2 In time, however, many Cybertronians would come to feel that most Senators chose to live cushy lives in Iacon instead of actually helping their constituents. Megatron Origin Starscream was one such senator, who initially moved ot the city to become a street hustler and subsequently climbed the social ladder. The Hallowing

Orion Pax was forged in Iacon, Chaos Theory Part 2 as was Bumblebee; the latter being among the last generation born before Iacon's hot spots cooled, never to reignite. The Not Knowing Ghost Stories Other Transformers who hailed from Iacon included Chromedome, The Not Knowing Grimlock, Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots and the Disappeared Transformers Barrelstop, Blocksmasher, Nightclaw, Responder, Scrambler, Skyhaven, Viewport, Wingshot, and Zap. Anomie

When the Great War began with the assault on Kaon, Sentinel Prime's Autobots were trying to contact Iacon for reinforcements. After Sentinel Prime's body was dropped in front of them, Prowl instead requested an evacuation to Iacon. Megatron Origin

Zeta Prime, Sentinel's successor, led the fight against the Decepticons from the Citadel in Iacon. Parasites After Zeta Prime's death, the Decepticons took over Iacon and ruled Cybertron until the Autobots came to fight against them with a new leader, Optimus Prime. Broadcast Once the Decepticons had been driven out of the city, Metroplex became its capital by transforming into city mode above the ruins of the Citadel, which had been annihilated during the battle. Endgame Over the course of war, Iacon became the primary stronghold and staging ground for the Autobots. Half a million years ago, however, the Decepticons laid siege to the city; realizing that he would need to keep Metroplex and his miraculous spacebridge technology out of Decepticon hands, Alpha Trion and Metroplex departed Cybertron, leaving what remained of Iacon to the Autobots. Hello Cruel World

The war eventually became too much for the planet to bear, and in the wake of Thunderwing's world-ending rampage Cybertron as left incapable of supporting life, necessitating the final evacuation and abandonment of Iacon as the war moved off-world. Stormbringer #1 In the wake of the D-Void's attack on the planet, Cybertron "reset" itself into a primordial state, wiping Iacon and every other Cybertronian city off the map. The Autobots made their new headquarters in the remains of Kimia Facility, which had crashed on the planet following the Chaos War. The Death of Optimus Prime When hordes of neutral Transformers began returning home, they landed their ships and set up camp where it had once been - the "new" Iacon soon grew into a shanty town, a ramshackle mixture of landed spacecraft and temporary housing. As the Autobots, Decepticons, and NAILs struggled to cooperate, Hot Rod announced his intention to assemble a crew and search for the mythical Knights of Cybertron. Their ship, the Lost Light, launched off Iacon... only to seemingly explode moments after takeoff. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It In the meantime, various noncombatants chose to try and begin a functioning base of commerce in the new Iacon, including the grand re-opening of Maccadam's Old Oil House. A Better Tomorrow

Tensions continued to rise between the three factions until Megatron returned from the wilderness, kicking off a series of destructive Decepticon riots that culminated in a reborn Devastator running amok and destroying vast swaths of the city. Plan for Everything Decepticon-turned-rhetorician Starscream took advantage of Megatron's defeat, cast off his insignia, and declared that Iacon was a city for NAILs and NAILs alone: those who refused to revoke their badges would be cast out into the wilds of Cybertron. Second Exodus

Starscream and his new citizens struggled to get the ravaged city back up and running, but it wasn't long before a "death wave" created by a recently arrived Necrotitan quickly undid whatever progress they had managed to make and then some, engulfing the city in flames. Winners & Losers In the remains of the city, the Autobots and Decepticons made their mutual stand against Shockwave and his Ammonite allies, aiming to thwart his mad attempt to destroy the universe. Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11

When that crisis had passed, the Titan Metroplex transformed into his city mode and integrated himself into what remained of Iacon. His city mode provided energy, housing, and a stable seat of power for Starscream's NAIL government. Towards Peace After six months of rebuilding, Iacon was once again inhabitable — while the NAILs and Autobots lived within Metroplex, the Decepticons were coalesced around the fringe of the city, forming a resentful ghetto. The World of Tomorrow The recently arrived Camien Windblade turned her cityspeaker skills towards nursing Metroplex back to health. Her efforts were temporarily interrupted by a surreptitious bombing campaign orchestrated by her friend Chromia, who was hoping to force her friend back to her safe home planet to avoid the still-volatile political situation on Cybertron. A 'Bot and Her City

Iacon later became the capital of the new Republic of Cybertron; its governing body, the interplanetary legislature known as the Council of Worlds, convened in Iacon's Spire. Ping The Will of the Few A fresh wave of immigration from Cybertron's colony planets populated the city with a wide variety of immigrants, Choose Me while some Iaconian Decepticons chose to move to Caminus to make a fresh start. Mistakes and Mayhem In this new political landscape, Windblade's clandestine investigations into Swindle's whereabouts ended with yet another combiner rampage, with the berserk Bruticus prompting a brief evacuation of the city before the combiner could be dealt with. The Line Between Us

When Sentinel Prime returned to life after a long convalescence, he attacked Iacon's Decepticon ghetto. The Last Autobot While he eventually fled Cybertron, he soon found Luna 1 and decided to purge the planet of its "impurities" by reanimating a horde of undead Titans and siccing them on Iacon. Last Light Transformers from all across Iacon and the colonies came together to defend the city; even Metroplex transformed into his robot mode to help defeat his undead brethren. Metroplex was eventually felled however prompting Starscream to ask Elita One to send Carcer down as aid only for Elita to refuse. Ping The reason being that "Carcer" was in fact Vigilem, Titan of Liege Maximo. Nonetheless, Vigilem defeated the Titans and freed Liege Maximo before he himself was killed by Elita One. Rubicon Pieces of the Titan's corpse were taken to rebuild Iacon before his body was converted back into starship mode. Heavy

Live from Iacon, it's Saturday Night Live!

Following Earth's annexation into the Council of Worlds, Cybertron prepared for the official ceremony by erecting a force field around the city, pumping oxygen into the atmosphere to allow for human habitability. First Strike #1 Hours before the ceremony was due to begin, human diplomats and important personnel were shuttled through Metrotitan's space bridge on Earth to reach Metroplex. Primeless, Part 1 Opening remarks were cut short by Joe Colton's Iron Ring, who attacked the city in the name of human sovereignty, and as the ceremony descended into chaos First Strike #1 Soundwave, M.A.S.K. and G.I. Joe used a hybrid Space Bridge/M.A.S.S. Device teleporter, to reach Iacon and stop Colton's plans. First Strike #3 When the true mastermind of the scheme was revealed to be the alien wizard Merklynn, the mage teleported all combatants back to Iacon. First Strike #6

Iacon then hosted Cybertron's first democratic election, in which Starscream was impeached for his many and numerous crimes committed while in office. Windblade was then appointed the new leader of Cybertron and the head of the Council of Worlds. The Chosen One

Not long afterwards, Iacon was menaced yet gain when Onyx Prime and his Maximals arrived over the city, claiming to have captured Liege Maximo and delivered him to the city so that he could be judged. Surfeit of Primes This was a ruse, and the moment Onyx was invited into the Spire, he and his so-called prisoner unleashed chaos across the city, killing Alpha Trion and laying bare a series of accusations against Soundwave that culminated in a series of riots that swept across the city and left the Council of Worlds unable to govern for the duration of the crisis. The Ground Though Onyx was soon unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave, and arrested, the Transformers were unable to prevent his ultimate plan for the Cybertronian race from reaching fruition. Unforgivable Starscream and several other Decepticons chose to leave Iacon, setting up a new base in Metrotitan's dead body. Our Finest

In the meantime, representatives from Iacon were sent to make contact with the inhabitants of Merklynn's city of New Prysmos; Schismatic following a coup within that city, Leoric and several members of the Spectral Knights were ousted from the city and took refuge in Iacon, where they joined forces with Wheeljack and Breakdown to help prevent the Talisman from wiping out the Cybertronian species. Cybertron No More Soon after, Unicron himself awoke and began a campaign of destruction across the galaxy, devouring Cybertron's colonies one by one until he finally menaced Cybertron itself, looming over Iacon. Stranger Eons The Visionaries sacrificed their city to activate the Talisman, projecting a magical beam that would teleport whoever it touched to Earth. Blurr sacrificed himself to rescue as many Cybertronians as he could, racing through the city streets and throwing them into the path of the Talisman's energy.

At the last moment, Metroplex deployed his own space bridge, carrying himself and his occupants to join the other survivors at Victoria Falls as Iacon collapsed into flame, destroyed along with the rest of the planet by Unicron. Road's End

The Functionist Universe

In an alternate timeline where the Great War had never begun, Iacon was spared its destruction and remained a bustling metropolis—albeit one firmly under the control of the totalitarian Functionist Council. When a group of castaways from the Lost Light used a teleporter to try and return to their universe's Cybertron, they were accidentally shunted across the timelines and wound up in this universe's Iacon. Some Other Cybertron Upon being arrested by Twelve-of-Twelve, the Lost Light crew was marched through Iacon in a walk of shame where they passed by a giant statue of Primus before they were freed by the Anti-Vocationist League. Anomie

Wings Universe

Millions of years ago, Megatron's forces assaulted Iacon, with Devastator breaching the city walls. Battle Lines, Part 5 Following a prosperous career in the Decepticon army, Jetstorm was stationed as a spy on the outskirts of New Iacon. Wings Universe Jetstorm profile

Soon after the Golden Age swept across Cybertron, it was assaulted by Megaplex and his drone army. After successfully capturing the city, Megaplex used it as his headquarters, where he talked with Starscream until Skywarp arrived, informing the two that Thundercracker has been captured. Outside of the city, the Autobot resistance fighters Electro and Mirage waited outside the city for their fellow rebels Obsidian, Octane, Sandstorm, and Strika, who also had the captured Thundercracker with them. When Megaplex and his army arrived and demanded that they hand over Thundercracker, a battle ensued until Sandstorm revealed himself to be a spy for Jhiaxus, who soon arrived with his own army. Termination

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

In a bygone era of peace, Iacon, "The Golden City", served as Cybertron's capital and boasted luxurious salons. Targetmasters Pax Megatronus

When Megatron conquered Cybertron and Optimus Prime fled, Iacon was abandoned by its inhabitants. When G.I. Joe invaded Cybertron, they bombed Iacon with green bombs onto Iacon covering it in rapidly growing organic matter. The Autobots who witnessed the act deduced the aliens were unaware of Iacon's tactical worthlessness. After the initial invasion was thwarted, the Joes retreated to the terraformed Iacon where they laid anti-Cybertronian traps. One of them managed to ensnare Wheeljack. Targetmasters Just as he had managed to convince G.I. Joe not to dissect him, Mirage, Perceptor and Brawn arrived to rescue their friend, the resulting firefight rendering everyone unconscious. Funeral for a Friend

Before the fighting could resume, Metroplex arrived and Grimlock declared a truce between G.I. Joe and the Autobots. Form Follows Function The alliance revolted Megatron however and he led "Decepticobra" in an all out assault on the former capital where he captured several key Joes and Autobots. Optimus Prime deposited Snake Eyes and Duke in Iacon before he left for Earth. Everybody Hates Metroplex

Beast Wars: Uprising

The largest city on Cybertron, Iacon was located at Cybertron's north pole and bordered several minor city-states, including Vos and Nova Cronum. Safe Spaces During the Great War, it changed hands several times, at one point falling to the Decepticons. During this time, Soundwave organized and ran the Decepticon Justice Division from within the Mandala for several centuries. Trigger Warnings

After the end of the Great War, Iacon became home to the Builder Assembly, the government of decrepit "Builders" who ruled the planet from the High Council Pavilions. Broken Windshields The Mandala eventually became the new headquarters for the Predacon Secret Police as the second generation of Transformers spread across the planet. The Maximal Apelinq attended the Iacon Academy of Science and Technology. Intersectionality

When the Grand Uprising began, Iacon became a Builder stronghold and remained firmly under their control, even though the Resistance's attempts to take Vos threatened to undercut their hold on the region. Safe Spaces Even as the rest of the planet fell into chaos, Iacon's commerce and industry continued to function normally. Several years into the war, it saw a shootout within its borders as the Predacon Wolfang was caught up in the search for the lost Targetmaster Overrun. Trigger Warnings

When the Builers deployed the Vehicons - an army of mindless self-replicating Transformers - Resistance leader Lio Convoy realized that the only way to end the war before their forces were overrun was to mount a full-scale march on Iacon. Maximal and Predacon leaders from across the planet launched an all-out assault on Iacon's Builder-held satellite cities, fighting Micromasters as they went. The threat of a Resistance incursion was enough to get the Builders to rescind General Order 66 and re-route the Vehicon hordes to Iacon, allowing Vehicon leader Galva Convoy to backstab his creators. In the ensuing battle, Iacon was almost entirely destroyed by Vehicons. Derailment

Days after the peace talks, the Predacon Bisk began exploring the lower levels of Iacon that had been revealed after a tower smashed apart the Chamber of the Ancients. The Inexorable March

Of Masters and Mayhem

When she was still an Autobot, Shred used to work in Iacon. Life Finds a Way

War for Cybertron marketing material

Iacon was the capital of Cybertron, the home of its government before the Decepticon revolution that saw it overthrown. Like most key locations on Cybertron, Kalis's subsurface fusion reactor generated Iacon's power. During the war for the planet, the Decepticons would often find ways of entering Iacon via Nova Cronum. Autobot resistance general Optimus Prime was known to be active in Iacon during the war. Siege Teletraan-1 Data Files

2019 IDW continuity

The city of Iacon hosted the Pyramid, the building from which new Transformers were forged and welcomed to the world, The World In Your Eyes Part Four Wannabee, Part 2 and the Senate. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four In ancient times, the monstrous, energy-devouring combiner known as "the Abomination" was felled at Iacon, and the Enigma of Combination that had been used to create the beast wound up buried beneath the city in Rivets Field. Constructicons Rising, Part 1

During the subsequent War of the Threefold Spark, at least one battle in the war was fought just beyond the city limits. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One By the time of Exarchon's defeat, the city had been ravaged by war and nearly destroyed. The monumental task of rebuilding fell to the ambitious Termagax, an visionary architect, engineer, and scientist, and her second-in-command Wheeljack. Constructicons Rising, Part 1 while teams of volunteer laborers assisted with the initial cleanup efforts, including a young Orion Pax and Megatron. Orion Pax: Free Fall Termagax refused to merely rebuild the city to the way it had been, and sought to push the limits of what was possible; to this end, she recruited a six ambitious young builders, the Constructicons, and encouraged them to apply their unorthodox methods to the problem. Upon discovering the Enigma of Combination, Termagax helped the team master their new combined form, pooling their strength and power together to become the ultimate building team. Constructicons Rising, Part 1 Constructicons Rising, Part 3

In the new postwar era that followed, Iacon became host to many architectural wonders: these included the Tether, a gigantic space elevator that connected the planet to the Winged Moon, which harvested energon from the fabric of space-time. The World In Your Eyes Part Two By Sentinel Prime's era, Iacon had grown to include the sprawling ethnic enclave known as the Xeno-Quarter, which took up almost a fifth of the city, vast energon storage fields, The World In Your Eyes Part Five and the central hub for the planetary Titan Net. The Change In Your Nature Part Five Beyond the city lay the Memorial Crater, The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One the Cybertronian Mountains, and an energon transmission station overseen by Brainstorm. The World In Your Eyes Part One

In the years leading up to the Great War, the city became the epicenter of activity related to the burgeoning Ascenticon faction and hosted Ascenticon Headquarters, The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One while members of The Rise camped out in a secret bunker beneath the Memorial Crater. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three As Megatron's tightly laid plans continued to spiral out of his control, however, members of the Ascenticons were forced to take more and more direct action, which culminated in the destruction of an immersant Titan, The Change In Your Nature Part Two and, finally, Vigilem's destruction of the Tether. The Change In Your Nature Part Five The destruction levelled vast swathes of the city, Arcee/Greenlight: Run and in the aftermath various groups like the Ascenticon Guard attempted to coordinate search and rescue missions amidst the ruins. All Fall Down

At a subsequent Senate meeting, Megatron finally dropped all pretenses of diplomacy and launched a full-scale coup that saw Sentinel Prime and his followers imprisoned. We Have Deceived You Orion Pax inherited the Matrix and stepped up as Optimus Prime, Prime but he and his group of rebels were swiftly pushed back to the point where they only controlled a fraction of the city. Titans While Hound organized an exodus from the city that included both organic immigrants and neutral Cybertronians, Escape Part Two Decepticon loyalists took control of vital facilities and crushed dissent with military force whenever the opportunity presented itself. Hunt A subsequent battle saw the destruction of the Pyramid; although Prime maintained that retreating from Iacon would legitimize Megatron's power grab, Titans Pyra Magna opined that a discreet withdrawal would be the only way he and the Autobots would survive. While Pyra Magna and her Companions spearheaded a diversion, Prime and his supporters made the difficult choice to abandon the city to the Decepticons. We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness

After Skywarp returned to Cybertron, he teleported to Iacon to speak to Megatron. Swindle's II During the meeting, Soundwave brought the news that the Enigma of Combination had been located, the Decepticons mobilizing to the Sea of Rust. Sea of Rust I

When Ultra Magnus was captured, he was brought to Iacon, warning the Decepticons about the return of Exarchon. After Magnus was imprisoned in the Senate, an Autobot commando team travelled to Iacon to rescue him, Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two escaping via an underground passage beneath Swindle's. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three

Having no desire to align himself with Exarchon again, Skywarp teleported to Iacon, warning Starscream of the Threefold Spark's return, who passed the information along to Megatron. War's End Part Two After Exarchon was destroyed, Sixshot intended to lead his Decepticons back to Iacon, War's End Part Four only for Megatron to redirect all forces to Darkmount. When the efforts of Computron allowed the Autobot ships to launch from Cybertron, Megatron ordered the combiner's components to be imprisoned in Iacon. Fate of Cybertron

2021 IDW Beast Wars continuity

Scorponok regarded himself as one of the best codebreakers in Iacon. Savage Landing Part 2 Skold frequented Iacon's Sculpture Garden when she desired to be an artist only to be put down by some Maximals elites. As she left the Garden, she was approached and recruited by Megatron. Thicker Skin

Unicron Trilogy

Cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

Starscream mentioned having been a warrior since his "spark left the Iacon chamber." Rebellion

Cybertron comic

• Locations
  • Iacon Spaceport
  • Maccadam's Old Oil House

Iacon had become the capital of Cybertron, apparently replacing Cyber City or Central City.

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Cyber Key code info

Lugnutz longed for his pre-Decepticons days in the nanobrew shops of Iacon where poetry was recited. Lugnutz's Cyber Key Code text

Universe toy bios

With the evacuation of Cybertron, Optimus Prime assigned Downshift to guard the entrances in Iacon to the shafts leading to the Energon core of Cybertron. Universe Downshift toy bio

Live-action film series

Risk

Iacon is a region surrounded by The Oracle and Pion Tower. Risk

Shattered Glass continuity family

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

• Locations
  • Iacon
  • Smelting pool
  • A launching platform

The combiner Abominus was named after the ancient Iaconian epic poem "Abominus Ex Meticular", a lurid tale of hubris and redemption. Shattered Glass Abominus profile

Upon finding Cliffjumper alive and well, Rodimus contacted Optimus Prime at Iacon and was ordered to bring back the lost hero immediately. Rodimus did, admitting to a decidedly confused Cliffjumper that he was impressed Optimus Prime was interrupting his hobbies just to welcome him back. Only just inside the Iacon main complex, the duo was greeted by Optimus Prime, who was thrilled to see his good friend alive. Cliffjumper was merely confused, a condition that only worsened as he was led further into the headquarters and found "his" comrades revelling in atrocities that would be more suited for Decepticons. He spoke up against it and was promptly shot down for his audacity. Optimus Prime considered killing him, but for the sake of their old friendship, he instead had Cliffjumper dumped in the Rad Zone where he could either re-earn his Autobot insignia or die trying.

However, the Decepticons found Cliffjumper before he even woke up and brought him with them to Polyhex, where Cliffjumper learned he had somehow traveled to a dimension in which the Autobots were evil and the Decepticons good. Hearing of the Autobots plan to build a ship to reach other planets with and subsequently conquer them, Cliffjumper agreed to help Megatron's troops destroy the launching platform. The assault was initiated at sundown and started with two of the Predacons taking out the platform's guards. Next, Starscream, Whisper and Divebomb flew in and bombed the energon storage tanks near the platform's support beams with glass gas bombs. The tanks did not explode though, and so it came to a battle between the two armies. When Megatron took a shot from Optimus for Cliffjumper, the latter's indecision who to trust was undone and he finished the job of getting the tanks to explode on his own. With the platform collapsing badly, the Decepticons retreated victorious. Shattered Glass

A battle in Khon didn't end in the Autobots' favor. First and foremost, they lost the Arch-Ayr fuel depot, which contents they needed repair the Ark, to the Decepticons, but before they did, Wheeljack returned from exile with a small army of Dinobots. Dinobots who he couldn't control and either killed one another or fled the battlefield, leaving the brutes' strength an asset up for grabs only if the Autobots could retrieve them before the Decepticons would. After discussing a few matters with his officers, Optimus Prime sent out his troops to capture as many Dinobots as possible. What they returned with were eight specimina, but also the information that Grimlock, the strongest Dinobot, had perished during the hunt. Optimus Prime was very much not pleased, but before he could kill anyone, Grimlock showed up in the main complex alive, well and willing to join the Autobot cause if his sovereignty would be acknowledged. Optimus accepted the deal with some reluctance. Dungeons & Dinobots

Partially with Grimlock's aid, the Autobots repaired the launching platform and prepared the Ark for launch once more. To prevent a setback like last time, the platform had been reinforced with stone, on which the glass gas had no effect. More so the number of anti-air artillery emplacements and guards had been drastically increased. These details did not go unnoticed by the Decepticons, who gave up on a second attack, instead preparing a ship of their own to pursue the Ark with once it'd be launched. The lack of Decepticon hostilities put the Autobots in Iacon in a good mood, including Optimus Prime. This peace was ruined when Jazz let it slip that his brother Ricochet had captured Megatron and was keeping him hostage in the Temple of Knowledge. Declaring that only he may kill Megatron, Optimus Prime ran off to the Temple of Knowledge. This development pleased Rodimus, who both longed to be Autobot leader himself and leave the dead husk of a planet Cybertron had become behind. Quickly finding himself allies among the troops, Rodimus and his followers kicked those loyal to Optimus Prime out of the Ark and left with it to Earth. Optimus return to Iacon was marked by fury over both the betrayal and his troops inability to stop it. Despite that Cybertron had entered the Plait Expanse and no other ship could leave the planet for a year, Optimus ordered preparations to be made for a second launch. Do Over

In the days after, a civilian spotted a Decepticon very nearby Iacon. Even more so, that Decepticon had a meeting with two treacherous Autobots. The civilian filmed the meeting and relayed it to Punch for a news report... in return for energon. Around Cybertron #4 Shortly later, the comic duo Dreadwind and Darkwind was captured by the Autobots and thrown in the smelting pool of the Iacon main complex. Around Cybertron #5 Again a little later, Rook reported for ABN on Megatron's death at the hands of a Decepticon traitor. Cameras had been placed near Optimus Prime's chambers to await his reaction upon hearing of his nemesis's passing. Rook noted he felt sorry for whoever would bring Optimus the bad news, a sentiment that grew bigger when it turned out to be he himself who was the messenger, since Optimus was one of ABN's viewers. Around Cybertron #6

A solar cycle after Nexus Prime's departure from Cybertron, strange readings were detected in Iacon, possibly indicating stellar spanner use. BotCon 2011 Galvatron's profile card

IDW Shattered Glass comic

Before the war, Iacon was home to the Cybertronian Senate. Shattered Glass #2 Jetfire and Starscream uncovered a dormant Titan near the city. Shattered Glass #3

After the end of the war, Optimus Prime conquered Iacon and renamed it "Pax" in honor of his former identity. Shattered Glass #1

Animated cartoon

• Locations
  • Iacon Central
  • The Autobot Memorial Plaza

The capital city of Cybertron, Iacon was the site of the final battle in the Great War. The unimaginatively named Battle for Iacon saw a decisive victory for the Autobots, though at the cost of all remaining Omega Sentinels, and led to the ruination of the city. TransWarped

When Optimus Prime and his repair crew vanished shortly after taking possession of the AllSpark, Sentinel Prime begrudgingly gave their eulogy at the Autobot Memorial Plaza in Iacon City. Dispatches

When Captain Carmine Fanzone first arrived on Cybertron via the space bridge atop Sumdac Tower he arrived in Iacon. Ratchet quickly followed behind him before the two left for Maccadam's Old Oil House. This Is Why I Hate Machines

When Optimus Prime's crew returned to Cybertron, with the AllSpark as a prize, and Megatron's inner circle as prisoners, they made their triumphant return in Iacon's central plaza. Endgame, Part II

Aligned continuity family

The Covenant of Primus

Iacon was founded following the Great Cataclysm. Alpha Trion made his way to the burgeoning city and took up residence in the Hall of Records, establishing the city's reputation as one of knowledge and culture. The young Ratchet undertook a pilgrimage to the city to study medicine at the universities, eventually finding a job in one of the city's clinics.

In the Quintesson ruled Age of Wrath, Iacon became the capital of the invaders.

When Optimus Prime ventured down to Cybertron's core, he called out to Iacon itself which transformed into Metroplex. The Covenant of Primus

Aligned novels

• Locations
  • Hall of Records
  • High Council Tower
  • Observatory of Iacon
  • Maccadam's Old Oil House

Barricade hailed from Iacon, Transformers Vault and Alpha Trion, Optimus Prime and Jazz worked at the Hall of Records. The latter two would drink at Maccadam's. The High Council would meet in a tower built over Teletraan-1, which contained the Plasma Energy Chamber and the dormant Omega Supreme. Vector Sigma was also located beneath the city, and Six Lasers Over Cybertron and the Manganese Mountains were nearby. Iacon remained unmolested until the end of the war, as the Autobots also held Kalis. The cities were linked by a fusion-power conduit across the Kali-Con Plain, which produced enough fusion energy for the city the city's formidable anti-aircraft turrets. Art, music and maintenance of the DataNet continued. The Decepticons infiltrated Teletraan-1 to steal the Chamber so they could poison Cybertron's core with Dark Energon, causing Omega Supreme to crash into the city. When the Autobots left Cybertron on the Ark, Decepticons flooded into the city. Exodus

Shockwave and his Insecticon minions would eventually take up residence in the Autobot's former capital and used conscripted slave labour to build his newest tower. From here, he carried out his brutal regime. Shockwave came to view the entire city and its subjugated citizens as his personal laboratory, and saw Autobot guerrillas as welcome variables to cull the weak and enhance the strong. Although the Wreckers and other scattered pockets of Autobot resistance attacked Decepticon convoys moving in and out of Iacon, they could not retake the city. They were fed information by Maccadam, who had turned his bar into the hub of the Autobot resistance's spy network.

Iacon was eventually invaded by Quintessons, who managed to get as far as the Hall of Records before the invasion was foiled. In the heat of battle, the Wrecker Rack n' Ruin destroyed Shockwave's tower with some stolen demolition charges, although Shockwave himself had already escaped Iacon's borders. Retribution

Titan Prime comic

Megatron attempted to cripple the Autobots' war effort by attacking the Iacon Energon Refinery. Optimus had anticipated the attack and set up defences to see off the Decepticon commando team. War Story

Rescue Bots Academy cartoon

Heatwave, Bumblebee and Grimlock headed to Iacon when it came under danger from a meteor strike. Dino-mite Duo

Knights of Unicron

Iacon Stadium was the twenty-sixth and final venue for the Knights of Unicron on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. Knights of Unicron

Cyberverse cartoon

Main article: Iaconus

At the end of the Age of Expansion, Iaconus, the last War Titan, found himself unable to adapt to peacetime and waged a war upon Cybertron. When he was defeated, Iaconus was buried beneath the land that would become Iacon City, only the uppermost part of his alternate mode being visible. Iaconus would become lost to mythology, though it would become known that Iacon had been named after him. The Citizen

Iacon City possessed a high-ranking Cube team called the Iacon Wreckers. Bumblebee attended a match, cheering for Iacon against the team from Polyhex. Cube The team would ultimately go on to win the match. Maccadam's

After the Great War, the invading Quintessons based their occupation in Iacon. The Loop Following the invasion being repulsed, the Autobots began rebuilding Iacon, Iaconus' exposed alternate mode now serving as their capital. Enemy Line

Games

Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

Cybertron's capital city, Iacon was held by the Autobots during the Great War. When Megatron sought the Omega Key, he deployed the Decepticon army to invade Iacon for the artifact. When he found that Zeta Prime had spirited away the Key, Megatron led his inner retinue through Iacon's backroads and underground until he arrived at the Vaults where he defeated Zeta Prime and claimed the Key.

Following Megatron infecting Cybertron's core with Dark Energon, the Decepticons had claimed Iacon. As Dark Energon crystals sprouted throughout the city, Cybertron itself reformatted the infrastructure into repair rays to try and fight off the corruption. Rallying under Optimus, the Autobots managed to retake their capital. When Optimus - now Optimus Prime - learnt that the Dark Energon had made Cybertron uninhabitable, the Autobots began an evacuation of their home out from Iacon before Trypticon began bombing the city from orbit. After he was forced back to his robot mode by the Aerialbots, the Titan fell into the Iacon where Optimus Prime defeated him. Iacon subsequently became the construction site for the Ark. War for Cybertron

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

As the remainder of the Autobot fleet launched from Iacon, Trypticon's body was disassembled for his energon stores, his power fuelling the city and the Ark's construction. Just as the ship was ready to launch, the Decepticons managed to invade the city again, thanks to Grimlock deserting his post. Thanks to Optimus' discovery of Metroplex, the Autobots were able to repulse the invasion and near fatally wound Megatron. When the Decepticon leader was repaired, he found that Starscream's hedonism had drained the Decepticon supplies. Now forced to evacuate Cybertron as well, Megatron led an assault on Iacon to claim Trypticon's power core for a space vessel. Discovering that Trypticon was still alive, Megatron instead forced Trypticon to transform into his starship mode, using him as an evacuation vessel. After the Decepticons had opened a space bridge to another world, the Autobots launched the Ark from Iacon, powered by Metroplex's energon, and made for the portal. Fall of Cybertron

Toys

Generation 1

I can see my house from here.

• Primus (2006)

Iacon is one of two distinguishable cities molded into the surface of Primus's planet mode. It features many major landmarks as depicted in the Dreamwave Generation One comics and DK's Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, such as the Stellar Galleries, the Decagon, the Chamber of the Ancients, and the Tower of Pion.

The other distinguishable landmark is the Decepticon fortress Kolkular, which, similar to the depiction on the Cybertron map in Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, is placed on the opposite end of the toy from Iacon. The War Within comics also describe Iacon being built on the surface above buried planetary engines that could conceivably maneuver Cybertron through space; likewise, the toy places Iacon directly over Primus's shoulder cannon shafts. Both of these details, however, are likely a coincidence.

Cybertron

• Cybertron Primus (Supreme, 2006)

Yep, it was still there when the toy was released months later in the Cybertron toyline.

Transformers (2010)

• Creator Primus (Supreme, 2010)

Still there and going strong!

Merchandise

• RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition (2007)

Iacon is one of the green zones on the board. Other "Iaconian" locations on the board include the Border Regions, the High Council Pavilions, the Chamber of the Ancients, the Decagon, the Stellar Galleries, and the Tower of Pion.

• Transformers Monopoly (2007)

Iacon replaces North Carolina Ave in this version of the game. Autobase, Decagon, Maccadam's Old Oil House, and Shockwave's Tower also have a spot on the board.

Notes

• Iacon, described as 'the mightiest Autobot stronghold of all' and identified as the launch site for the Autobots' ill-starred asteroid-clearing mission, appears in Jim Shooter's original story treatment for The Transformers, and is therefore one of the oldest story elements of the entire brand.^[1]
• The original script for "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1" described Iacon as specifically looking like "a futuristic version of Texas Stadium in Dallas". Iacon having a glass dome was actually preferable, as Texas Stadium was known for having a giant hole in its own roof.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Iacon (アイアコン Aiakon), Iacon Bridge (アイアコーンブリッジ Aiakōn Burijji)
• French: Iacan (European French, Generation 1 cartoon), Iocon (Beast Machines cartoon)
• Mandarin: Tiě Bǎo (China 铁堡 "Iron Fort")

References