Athenia
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The planet Athenia was first seen as an unusual, irregular planetary body, resembling nothing so much as a chunk of rock. By the year 2011, however, it had been completely terraformed into a spherical world. It possesses no particularly strange or unusual geographical features, decorated with grassy fields, rivers and mountains, though after terraforming, its sky is a reddish-purple. It does not appear to have any sentient native lifeforms.
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Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
Athenia played home to the first Galactic Olympics in the year 2005, with many visiting humans, Transformers and alien races of all shapes and sizes in attendance. Unfortunately, the peaceful event was interrupted by an attack by the Quintessons, who kidnapped Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike Witwicky. Suspecting the Decepticons responsible, Autobot leader Rodimus Prime ordered the planet be quarantined until further notice.
Once Blaster and Outback found the location of the Decepticons' new residence, the planet Chaar, they contacted Rodimus on Athenia and informed him of Chaar's coordinates. Rodimus then had Perceptor examine the remains of one of the assailants from the earlier attack before he and Grimlock departed Athenia for Chaar. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1
The Headmasters cartoon
Following the extermination of the Hate Plague and the disappearance into hiding of the Decepticons, the Autobots were able to turn their attention to spreading their peaceful influence through space. The first planet they colonised was Athenia, establishing it as a secondary defense headquarters, with the intent of terraforming it into a second Cybertron. By the year 2011, the planet had been reconstructed from its original form into a spherical body, with two metallic moons, and was part of a space bridge network linked to Cybertron and Earth. The sudden reappearance of the Decepticons put further refurbishments to the planet on hold, and Athenia became a major base of operations in the ensuing conflict. Although the majority of their early campaigns targeted Cybertron, the Decepticons also recognised the importance of Athenia to the Autobot cause, and at one point attempted to destroy the planet with a metal-warping meteor.
Following the decimation of Cybertron in a plasma energy explosion, Athenia became the main headquarters for the Autobot resistance, now led by Headmaster commander Fortress. It proved particularly safe against Decepticon attacks, and was left largely unmolested for the remainder of the Headmasters' conflict, although its connection to Earth was severed when Sixshot destroyed the space bridge on Earth, causing feedback that blew up the receptor on Athenia.
Super-God Masterforce Master File
With the final defeat of the Decepticons on Earth, the war shifted into a space-based conflict, involving exchanges between the Autobots on Athenia and the Decepticons on Chaar. These battles became known as the Master Wars, so named for the important role the super-science of the planet Master played in them. With the space bridge destroyed, transit between Athenia and Earth was highly limited, necessitating the employment of humans as Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors on Earth. The Headmasters Now!!
Super-God Masterforce manga
In the midst of the Masterforce War on Earth, the Trainbots arrived to transport the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors to Athenia, where Fortress handed the mantle of Supreme Commander over to Ginrai, and the Earth and space-based Autobots established a "united universe federation". During the ceremony, the combined forces of the Earth and space's Decepticons attacked, but were repelled by the power of Super Ginrai. The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army
Legends comic
When the Autobots suspected Flip Sides of being a Decepticon spy, they had her and Blaster captured and brought to Athenia for questioning. Bonus Edition Vol. 27
Animated cartoon
Athenia is part of the Autobot Commonwealth. Team Athenia might be stationed there. The AllSpark Almanac II
Alternity
When Megatron successfully shattered the gestalt higher-dimensional entities the Autobots had begun, the Autobots went on a counter-offensive that resulted in Megatron's defeat and the ascension of the Planicrons in place of the Alternity. However, this sadly meant that the members of the now-defunct Alternity had to return to their own worlds to watch for any further troubles. The place chosen for their final meeting was Athenia, where Optimus Prime (one of them, anyway) gave a stirring speech to look forward to the future. Alternation
Knights of Unicron
The Galactic Games Stadium, located on the Athenia Outpost, was the seventh venue for the Knights of Unicron on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. Knights of Unicron
2005 IDW continuity
A mission to Bouvetoya reminded Sky Lynx of a previous outing to Athenia. The Nothing Man In the post-war era, a transport from Athenia arrived at Iacon Spaceport 1 on Cybertron. Lagrange
Of Masters and Mayhem
The Autobots maintained a secret outpost on Athenia where they constructed their last hope for the war effort. The base was attacked by Counterpunch and razed to the ground, killing the staff but not before they managed to transmit footage of the attack to Autobot High Command who locked Punch up as a traitor.
Years later, when Counterpunch had been rebuilt on Paradron, he remembered the slaughter of Athenia among his many jumbled memories. The Truth We Make
Notes
- Athenia is not named in "Five Faces of Darkness", but the designation is present in production materials, such as the episode's script.[1] The Japanese dub of the episode includes a text caption naming Athenia on screen.
- Athenia's name is a reference to Athens, Greece, birthplace of the Olympics.
- Floro Dery's original production artwork for Athenia is wildly different than the giant cheese wedge that made it to screen. The planet was originally globular with buildings so large they spanned horizons and bridges that connected the planet to its four moons. By comparison, the giant cheese wedge seems moderately less preposterous.[2]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Athenia (アセニア Asenia)
- English: Sydneya (Omni Productions dub)
- Italian: Asenia (The Headmasters dub)
