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{{quote|''"Greetings, obviously inferior yet inexplicably respected alien lifeforms."''|'''Shockwave''', summing up the typical TransTech attitude towards "offworlders".}}
Back in 2001, Hasbro was gearing up for a ''[[
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transtech Well, the planned show and toyline never happened.] Hasbro ended up [[What Could Have Been|scrapping the idea]], and instead ported over the Japanese ''[[Transformers Robots in Disguise|Car Robots]]'' to serve as a filler until ''[[Transformers Armada|Armada]]'' was ready. Transtech thus seemed to be a lost idea, doomed to the failed prototype dustbin.
Until, in 2008, Fun Publications "rescued" the concept, keeping the design aesthetic, but spinning it into a wholly different universe for their own ''[[Transformers Timelines
The universe they created was one where, unique in [[The Multiverse]], the Autobots and Decepticons never suffered a civil war. Instead they formed a society where the two factions could interact peaceably, channeling their efforts into perfecting themselves mentally and technologically. Their universe is also strangely receptive to other dimensions, leaving them able to serve as dimensional caretakers, controlling and receiving "bleeds" containing travelers from those dimensions. As a result, the giant city of Axiom Nexus was built, in order to provide the regular stream of "offworlders" with tourism, services, and safety, until they return to their home universes. Some even decide to stay and reside permanently--after all, when you're from one of the many war-torn universes, why not stay somewhere that you can instead live in relative quiet and peace?
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* [[Beleaguered Bureaucrat]]: The nicer administrators and upholders of Axiom Nexus' omnipresent bureaucracy.
* [[Born Lucky]]: Jackpot, who has a tendency to escape certain doom via ridiculously improbable means.
* [[Bothering
* [[Broken Bird]]: Crystal Widow. Beautiful, lonely, and bitter due to being separated from her lover in her home universe, since the TransTechs refuse to let her go home.
* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: Much like [[Bothering
* [[Casanova Wannabe]] / [[Handsome Lech]]: Jackpot loves the [[FemBot|ladies]], but the feeling is ''not'' mutual. (It's not clear if this is because they think he's not attractive or if it's due to the fact that he's a bit of an egotistical jerk.)
* [[City of Adventure]]: Axiom Nexus
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* [[Gilded Cage]]: If you're a unit of interest, the ''best'' you can hope for is being left to make your way freely in Axiom Nexus, so long as you never try to leave.
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Bulletbike is convinced that his spark has been transplanted from his previous advanced body into a lowtech one, and someone else into his old body, even though there's no evidence that actually happened. {{spoiler|Eventually turns out he's right, though by then it's far too late.}}
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: "Bee in the City" had some puns regards Isaac Sumdac's [[Fun
* [[Hustler]]: Jackpot and Hubcap are ''Autobot'' examples, oddly enough.
* [[Implacable Man]]: {{spoiler|General Demolishor}}. Even after the GoBots and Crystal Widow throw everything they have at him, including {{spoiler|Widow using her powers to run him through with an energon sword and essentially do the equivalent of freezing his blood solid}}, he still doesn't quit until he's finally arrested by an entire army. The fight takes up 6 pages of a 47-page prose story.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Shockwave will have you know he's ''not'' "evil", he's "morally ambiguous".
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: Axiom Nexus is essentially the in-universe embodiment of this trope. As the narrator from "Bee In The City" points out, the city is crawling with robots of all shapes and franchises. Even also from beyond Transformers, as there are cameos by everything from ''[[Starriors]]'' characters to Winslow from ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]''.
** There are also specific examples that form the focus of the plot in most of the stories:
*** "Withered Hope" with ''[[Challenge of the Go Bots]]''.
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* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|General Demolishor, again}}, whose alternate mode essentially resembles a metal [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Skyfall complains frequently about how messed up the universe, the people he's stuck with, and his ongoing quest are.
* [[Playing
* [[Priceless Paperweight]]: [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Ego has a private collection full of ridiculously powerful devices from across the multiverse, which he uses as mere decoration.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Shockwave and Flareup are voiced in ''Bee in the City'' by two Transformers fans, Fairlady Z and [[Internet Personality Vangelus]].
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* [[Running Gag]]: Every prose story has at least one person who complains that they "hate quantum". Also, "I'm not evil, I'm ''morally ambiguous''."
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: See Protagonist Journey To Villain.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: During "Bee in the City" [[David Kaye]] plays both [[Transformers Animated|Optimus Prime]] and {{spoiler|Megatron from ''[[
* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Cheetor ticks off his bosses regularly while trying to help the offworlders, but his job is safe because nobody else wants it.
* [[Urban Segregation]]: In very precisely-ordered degrees, ranging over a gradual spectrum from the upper class levels where the TransTechs live, to the [[The City Narrows|utterly lawless Heap]].
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