I've written this mainly because I've seen Revenge of the Fallen now 4 times and am extremely annoyed by the shoddy writing which leaves many inconsistencies with the 1st film.
Far off in a distant galaxy a planet, now known as "Cybertron", is engulfed in an energy blast emanating from a giant cube like relic covered in ancient markings. Seven sentient mechanical beings emerge from the resulting energy blast. These seven beings are what we now call the original "Primes". The seven beings begin their study of the cube, which they have named the "All Spark" and from their studies they learn how to manipulate the energy of the cube, which they call "energon", and eventually begin recording their history within the cube's energies. From here they name themselves, the "Autobots". Thus they begin their work to replicate and reproduce their race.
In the years that followed the "Autobots" flourished and prospered on their home world of "Cybertron" but as with all races, the prosperity and peace did not last. As the population of their race grew the demand for "energon", for which the "Autobots" needed to survive, could not be fulfilled through the energies of the "All Spark" and thus the seven "Primes" began to search out for new sources of "energon". It is here that they look towards the stars of the universe for their new source of "energon". The "Primes" develop a machine that is able to convert a stars into "All Spark" like cubes; however, these artificial "All Spark" cubes could not last as long, nor could they support, as many "Autobots" as the "Primes" has desired and so the need to search out more stars suitable enough for the "Autobots" began. It is here that the "Primes" issued the directive to not convert stars with which nearby planets contained life.
Over time, the "Autobots" began to encounter more and more star systems that contained life and the list of nearby stars without life dwindled as the demand for "energon" only increased. From here the seven "Primes" decide to send out and expeditionary force to find distant stars for more "energon". One "Prime" and a contingent of "Autobots" would be sent to a distant system to find "energon". A "Prime" is selected and he along with a contingent of "Autobots" set out on their journey only to find more and more systems with planets inhabited by life. As the "Prime" receives word that more and more "Autobots" back on "Cybertron" are beginning to suffer from the "energon" shortages, he decides to break the "Prime Directive" of never converting the energy of a sun with which it has a planet filled with life.
The "Prime" and his "Autobot" contingency land on the planet "Earth" where he constructs the "energon" conversion machine. Here he demands for total obedience from his contingent of "Autobots" as he explains his justification for breaking the "Prime Directive". It was either these primitive "humans" or their "Autobot" brethren back on Cybertron. All the "Autobots" agree on a pact of secrecy for this action, except one. This "Autobot's" name was "Jetfire" and he sets out to return to "Cybertron" to report this breaking of the "Prime Directive".
"Jetfire" returns to "Cybertron" and alerts the six other "Primes" of the 7th's betrayal. They now label him the "Fallen". The six "Primes" establish an army to confront The "Fallen" and his contingent of "Autobot" followers.
"Jetfire", the six "Primes" and their army arrive on earth to confront the "Fallen" and his followers and a great war ensues. Shocked at the betrayal of "Jetfire" the "Fallen" pursues him first during the battle and manages to imprison him within the Earth's surface along with the "Matrix of Leadership". However, things are not great for the "Fallen" and his forces as they are greatly outnumbered by the Primes and their forces. The "Fallen" and his forces are eventually subdued and are returned to "Cybertron" to face trial for their crime of breaking the "Prime Directive".
The "Fallen" is exiled and imprisoned on an asteroid and left to drift forever through space while his surviving followers are imprisoned, shut down and buried throughout "Cybertron".
During the post-"Fallen" years the six "Primes" develop a machine that amplifies the "All Sparks" energies thus providing ample energy for the population of "Cybertron"
From there the six remaining "Primes" decide that now is the time to let the new generation of Autobots, their direct descendants, to lead as they themselves set off on their own journey search out the origins of the "All Spark". Originally two candidates were chosen prior to their activation. The first candidate was "Optimus", the direct descendant of the first "Prime". The second candidate was "Megatron", the direct descendant of the "Fallen". The six "Primes" fearing the potential that "Megatron" may one day set out to free his imprisoned ancestor and so they choose "Optimus" to be the future leader of the "Autobots".
Upon their activation "Megatron" and other fellow descendants of the "Fallen" become segregated from the rest of the "Autobot" population. "Megatron" and his brethren are given false reasons for their segregation and are treated poorly by the previous generation of "Autobots". "Optimus" sees these actions as unjust towards "Megatron" and his brethren as they themselves have not done anything wrong. As such "Optimus" attempts to bridge the gap between the segregated cultures and appoints "Megatron" as the high protector of the "All Spark". Despite this new appointment many of the older generation do not look favourably upon "Megatron" clearly favour "Optimus Prime". This causes "Megatron" to resent "Optimus Prime".
It is after this appointment that "Megatron" experiences visions of a transformer imprisoned on an asteroid. "Megatron" sets out to search for this mysterious transformer and eventually is guided towards him. He discovers that the transformer is none other than his ancestor, the "Fallen". Here, the "Fallen" enlightens "Megatron" of how the six "Primes" betrayed him and his descendants and how he was justified in breaking the "Prime Directive". Enraged at this revelation "Megatron" vows to return to "Cybertron" to rally his brethren, overthrow "Optimus Prime" and his "Autobot" comrades and return with the "All Spark" to resurrect the weakened "Fallen". Here he renames himself and his brethren the "Decepticons" as they have been deceived.
"Megatron" and his "Decepticon" forces begin their violent uprising coercing other "Autobots" to either join them or die. "Optimus Prime" musters what forces he can, but the "Decepticons" have already gained control of a large portion of "Cybertron" and are struggling to maintain control of what they have left. "Optimus Prime" knows that the target is the "All Spark" and hides the "All Spark" in a concealed facility. He leaves one of his most trusted commanders in "Bumblebee" along with a small force to guard the facility so as to give the impression that the facility is unimportant. This is meant to buy the "Autobots" enough time to send the "All Spark" into space so as to draw the war away from the planet which has been ravaged by the war.
However, this masquerade fails and "Megatron" becomes aware of the "All Spark's" location and launches his forces to assault the facility. "Bumblebee" and his small force valiantly fight until the very end and are successful in holding the "Decepticons" off until the "All Spark" is launched. "Bumblebee" is severely damaged in the battle as he himself took on "Megatron". "Optimus Prime" and reinforcements arrive on the scene to find "Bumblebee" as the only survivor.
By this time "Megatron" and his "Decepticon" forces abandon the war torn planet and establish a new base on the asteroid where the "Fallen" has been imprisoned. "Megatron" himself leaves ahead of the other "Decepticons" to pursue the "All Spark" and discovers that it has been sent to the planet "Earth". "Megatron" pursues it fanatically and winds up crash landing in the polar ice cap leaving him in a frozen prison until his discovery by "Captain Witwicky" near the end of the 19th century.
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