Last Update: 01/10/03
It's been 3 centuries since the "Great War" between the Autobots and Decepticons.
Since then, the Autobots have evolved into the Maximals and the Decepticons
into the Predacons. The two groups coexisted peacefully, until a group
of outlaw Predacons, led by a new Megatron, stole the Golden Disk created
by the original Megatron during the Great War. A Maximal exploration vessel,
the Axalon, was out on a mission when it was told to intercept the Predacon
ship. The Maximals chased the Predacons through a transwarp hole, taking
them back into time. In the ensuing battle both ships crashed on a
planet similar to ancient Earth. They found vast amounts of raw
energon, a mineral used for power by the Transformers, on this planet.
The amount of radiation given off by the energon was
so great, however, that the Transformers' normal bodies couldn't stand it for
more than a few minutes. This led them to combine DNA from local animal life
with their own technology to develop new, alternate animal forms which
could withstand long periods of exposure to the energon. Thus began
the Beast Wars.