Hydrus Four
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Hydrus Four, or Hydrus IV, is the only planet on which the miracle restorative Nucleon can be found. Now, this WOULD be plenty of cause to journey to the planet except for a few meddlesome problems.
Specifically, the fact that the planet is inhabited by creepy obsessive zombie mechanoids who guard the Nucleon. Also: the only inhabitants of the planet who are NOT robo-zombies live only to warn people of the zombies.
Hydrus Four is well known for the high quality of its medical professionals, so presumably there is more to this planet than has been seen.
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Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Ravage made the claim that with technology he could procure, Wheeljack could become the best engineer "this side of Hydrus Four". ...Perchance to Dream
Bumblebee, thankful to Ratchet for fixing him up, told Ratchet that he was the best surgeon "this side of Hydrus Four". Skin Deep
Frustrated by his recent defeat at the hands of Thunderwing and looking for a way to restore his Dinobots to active service, Grimlock travelled to Hydrus Four in the Styrakon System in search of the supposed "wonder fuel" Nucleon. Eye of the Storm After killing a couple of local Hydrusians and ignoring the warnings of another having infused himself with Nucleon, The Pri¢e of Life! Grimlock successfully restored the Dinobots to life and they left Hydrus Four with enough Nucleon to revive the other Autobots. ...All This and Civil War 2
Another Time & Place
Feeling guilty over introducing Nucleon to his Autobot comrades, leaving many of them unable to transform, Grimlock and his Dinobots travelled to Hydrus Four in the Hunfi system in search of the cure for Nucleon. Captured by Bludgeon, they discovered that the Decepticons had beat them to it and were using the Nucleon to try and revive their fallen former leader Megatron. Meanwhile, an Autobot ship carrying an assault team touched down nearby and they began to infiltrate the facility surreptitiously, taking down Decepticons with stealth. Grimlock seized this opportunity to free himself, purge his systems of Nucleon and team up with Optimus Prime to put an end to Megatron forever, while Swoop finished off Bludgeon with a repair spider. Another Time & Place
The AllSpark Almanac
Hydrus IV was a robotic planet owned by the Vestial Imperium. Swindle noted it had fascinating medicinal research. The AllSpark Almanac II
Wings Universe
A chunk of Hydrus Four somehow broke off and ended up tumbling through space as an asteroid. It was spotted by Gutcruncher and his Decepticon gang, who believed it held unimaginable power and hired a ship to take them to it. Little did they know that the Darklon was actually crewed by the Elite Guard's Stealth Team. After landing on the asteroid, they found a crystal monolith that irradiated them with strange energy, giving them increased speed and strength but taking away their ability to transform. During the course of affairs, the monolith was destroyed, shattering the asteroid and causing pieces of it to rain down on Cybertron. A Team Effort
2005 IDW continuity
Chromedome mistook Hydrus IV for Hydrus V. Rules of Disengagement
Knights of Unicron
The Vestial Emporium, located on Hydrus IV, was the thirteenth venue for the Knights of Unicron on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. Knights of Unicron
Ask Vector Prime
After his ordeal at the hands of Sideways, Vector Prime spent a few decades recovering across the multiverse, including a year on Hydrus IV. Ask Vector Prime
Notes
- The location of Hydrus Four is given as the Styrakon System in "End of the Road!" and the Hunfi system in "Another Time & Place".
- "Another Time & Place" expands on the native flora and fauna of Hydrus Four in some detail: in the slime swamps Grimlock complains to himself about the razor vines, energon limpets, spine hogs, and Terracowls, and then has to fight some kind of multi-horned, giant green beast with a "boneskin head".
- In "The Quest!", Dicet Alpha-zero was familiar with Hydrus bombs, though they don't appear to have any connection with Hydrus Four beyond the name.
