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'''The ''Nemesis''''' is a [[Decepticon]] spaceship in the fictional [[Transformers Series|Transformers Generation One]] universe. It was built by [[Megatron]] as the flagship of his [[Decepticon]] space fleet, and was described by [[Optimus Primal]] as the most powerful Decepticon battleship ever. The ship was never named in the original series, only being given a name in the Beast Wars series finale. Over three miles (5 km) long, the ship was equipped with an energon reactor, cutting and tractor beams, along with a staggering array of offensive and defensive weapons. It was powered by the energy maximizer named the Heart of Cybertron. Other amenities included a battle preparation room large enough for a [[Transformers Technology|combiner]] to completely form inside. <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/database/character.php?char_id=2805&view=appearances Nemesis (Decepticon Miscellaneous, Transformers G1)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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==Generation One== |
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===Animated Series=== |
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When the Autobots left Cybertron in the ''[[Ark (Transformers)|Ark]]'', they were pursued by the Decepticons aboard the ''Nemesis''. In the battle that ensued, the ''Nemesis'' attached itself to the ''Ark'' via its tractor beam and the Decepticons initiated a boarding. As the two factions battled aboard the ''Ark'', the gravity of a nearby planet Earth dragged both ships down. While the ''Ark'' embedded itself in a volcano, the ''Nemesis'' crashed into the [[Pacific Ocean]]. This retelling of the crash of the ships comes from the original Generation One animated series. When [[Optimus Primal]] related it in [[Beast Wars]], he claims that the ''Nemesis'' shot the ''Ark'' down. This is a result of the way Beast Wars treats the original cartoon series: as a historical legend. |
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In the Earth year 1985, an archaeological expedition uncovered the ''Nemesis'' in a mountainside in South America (how it got there is explained below), drawing the attention of the Decepticons, who attacked and reclaimed the Heart of Cybertron, which was installed into [[Megatron]] himself, giving him wildly increased powers, forcing [[Bumblebee (Transformers)|Bumblebee]], [[Perceptor]] and [[Brawn (Transformers)|Brawn]] to shrink themselves down and enter his body in order to remove it. |
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===Beast Wars=== |
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The ''Nemesis'' would play a much more important role in the [[Beast Wars]] series, where it was finally named. When two small groups of [[Maximal (Transformers)|Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (Transformers)|Predacon]]s—descendants of Autobots and Decepticons from three centuries in the future—traveled back in time and wound up stranded on prehistoric Earth, the treacherous Predacon [[Tarantulas (Transformers)|Tarantulas]] located the ''Nemesis'' and, unbeknownst to anyone else, began refurbishing it, outfitting it with a transwarp cell and a Predacon-sized command console, as well as the only other existing copy of the [[Covenant of Primus]], which he had stolen before leaving Cybertron himself (the other copy was aboard the ''Ark''). Following Tarantulas's death, however, [[Megatron (Beast Wars and Beast Machines)|Megatron]] acquired the ship and used it to attack the ''Ark''. All seemed lost until [[Rhinox]] crashed an Autobot shuttle through the ''Nemesis'', heavily damaging it. The ship was last seen disappearing over the horizon trailing fire and smoke, presumably gliding long enough for the ''Nemesis'' to reach and crash into a mountain in South America, where it was subsequently buried until the year 1985. |
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===Marvel Comics=== |
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The backstory of the ''Nemesis'' in the [[Marvel comics|Marvel]] Transformers comics was similar in that Megatron pursued the ''Ark'' in it. However, there was one important difference: in this continuity [[Shockwave (Transformers)|Shockwave]] was also aboard and was left on the ship when Megatron's troops attacked the ''Ark''. Subsequently Shockwave piloted the ''Nemesis'' down to Earth and left it at the bottom of the Atlantic. Shockwave's subsequent entombment by the [[Dinobots]] meant the ship was forgotten until much later. According to the letters page in the US comics it was subsequently used by Shockwave as his base in the Civil War against [[Scorponok]]. |
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A continuity error arises when the UK stories are taken into consideration. In the [[Target: 2006]] storyline the ''Nemesis'' is seen to still be orbiting the Sun. [[Galvatron]] upon building a massive laser cannon to destroy [[Unicron]] in the present, to ensure his own dominance in the future, tested it by blowing the distant ''Nemesis'' out of space. |
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===Dreamwave Productions=== |
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In [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s reimagining of the Transformers universe the ''Nemesis'' backstory remained the same. When [[Starscream]] returned to Earth after [[Shockwave (Transformers)|Shockwave]]'s defeat he used the ''Nemesis'' as his base. |
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===Toys=== |
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In 2006 Hasbro plans to release a toy of the ''Nemesis'' in its Titanium toy line. |
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The [[Energon]] Transformer, ''[[Sharkticon]]'' was designed to pay homage to the ''Nemesis'', and was originally going to be called "Decepticon Nemesis" |
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==Beast Wars Second== |
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In Beast Wars Second, ''Nemesis'' was the name of [[Galvatron]]'s planetoid fortress. An enormous ship that could drain entire worlds of their energy, Galvatron determined to attack Cybertron with it, but was stopped by [[Lio Convoy]]. Enraged, Galvatron set the ''Nemesis'' to self-destruct to kill his foes, but he only succeeded in trapping his foes in a wormhole, and confining his own troops to a black hole. |
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==2007 Movie== |
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The ''Nemesis'' does not appear in the film, being that the Transformers transport themselves as [[protoform]] "comets". The ''Nemesis'' does appear in the [[prequel]] novel, ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]]'', as the base of [[Starscream]]'s operations while searching for the Allspark (and ostensibly [[Megatron]]). Although it is described as the epitome of Decepticon science, it is merely a transport, and is actually much weaker than the Autobot equivalent ship, the ''[[Ark (Transformers)|Ark]]''. |
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==Transformers: Animated== |
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The ''Nemesis'' makes a return for the 2008 Cartoon Network TV Series, where it is much bigger and stronger than the ''Ark''. It chases the ''Ark'', for it carries the [[Allspark]]. But when the space bridge it goes through explodes, all the Decepticons, except [[Starscream]], abandoned ship. Surviving the blast, Starscream tracks the Allspark to Earth but the ''Nemesis'' crashes on the moon. |
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==Other Uses Of "Nemesis" In Transformers== |
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There are three Transformers characters with "Nemesis" in their names. These are [[Nemesis Prime]], Nemesis [[Strika]], and an evil Decepticon version of [[Leobreaker]] in [[Transformers: Cybertron]] named [[Nemesis Breaker]]. |
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==References== |
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