Here, you will find the statistics generated by this system for the individuals, locations, and many of the situations of the recurring characters on the Beast Wars television series. If you have not seen all of the episodes of the series, consider the below to be major spoilers. Do not look at this chapter if you do not want certain episodes of the series to be ruined for you.
When putting together a Chronicle with the Beast Wars characters, time is a very important factor. Consider who is alive and who is dead, and what happens in each individual episode, before putting together a story. Adding in your own characters to compliment these in an "alternate" storyline is not only possible, it is fun. For general information on what happens in each episode, and the order in which events take place, check The YTV Episode List, which will open in a new browser window. Alternate sources for series information are available on the Links Page.
In this chapter are the statistics for all characters featured on the Beast Wars television series.
All of the characters were initially generated by the recommended generation method in Chapter Three. However, since certain characters have "end of season" prerequisites, and others simply don't come out correctly from standard generation, most characters have more than one sheet—one generated normally, and one which was simply added to. Standard generation barely does justice to most of these characters. For serious Season One chronicles, using the "Complete" sheet is recommended. Use the Standard sheet only for Chronicles beginning with Episode One of the series, or if your Storyteller is a rules stickler.
After the character's initial sheets, there are several extra sheets which show how that character played out throughout the series. Some characters, who changed forms several times, will have up to four different sheets in one file. (I only put sheets for a character on the same page if that character is "the same person." Therefore, while Blackarachnia shares a page with Transmetal II Blackarachnia, Dinobot does not share a page with Transmetal II Dinobot. Megatron is Mega Megatron, but Tigatron is not Tigerhawk.) When using an earlier sheet, look to later sheets as a guide on logical ways to spend experience points. However, these are only suggestions, and once you are controlling the character, he or she is yours.
Just for fun, the "player" marked on a character sheet is the actor who voices the character. For your own sheets, copy what you need, and change what you must (the Player name, and usually the Chronicle name).
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A group of Maximal explorers are the only ship in range to stop a Predacon criminal, calling himself Megatron, who has stolen the Maximal artifact, The Golden Disk. During the ensuing space battle, both ships are shot down, and crash on an unknown planet. All involved choose new beast forms. Lines are drawn between the two factions, as Megatron declares he is out to win back Cybertron for the Predacons. Disgusted with his commander's plans, Dinobot switches sides.
The units set up bases in their flightless ships. New characters are added from Maximal stasis pods which fall from the sky. These pods were ejected into the upper atmosphere as an emergency method to prevent them from being damaged should the Maximal ship, the Axalon, have exploded on impact. The Maximals managed to claim two of their own; the Predacons also claim two pods.
The planet is discovered to have large deposits of unrefined energon, as well as several structures of alien origin. The Cybertrons tamper with these devices, alerting the aliens to their presence on the planet. Because their experiment is important to them, the aliens do not condone the Cybertronian interference. They use a weapon, disguised as the planet's second, smaller moon, to send an energy beam to destroy the planet. Optimus Primal, in a makeshift ship built from a stasis pod, is able to stop the beam and destroy the weapon. However, Megatron tampers with the ship so that it will destroy Optimus as well.
| Optimus Primal |
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|---|---|
| Rattrap | Rhinox |
| Cheetor | Dinobot |
| Tigatron | Airazor |
| Megatron | |
|---|---|
| Scorponok | Terrorsaur |
| Waspinator | Tarantulas |
| Blackarachnia | Inferno |
The wave from the explosion of the alien weapon causes several of the original space travelers to become Transmetals. Terrorsaur and Scorponok are killed when the force of the blast knocks them into the lava pits below the Predacon base. The existence of only a single moon alerts the units that they are actually on planet Earth. It is then they realize the extent of Megatron's plan: to use the information on the Golden Disk to alter Earth's past so that Decepticons will win the Great War.
Tarantulas, injured in the explosion, manages to put some of his consciousness into Blackarachnia to ensure his survival. He recovers, Transmetallized, but she manages to foil him, downloading the knowledge from the Golden Disk into her own files. The explosion damages some of the downed stasis pods, creating the first Fuzors. Rhinox manages to restore Optimus Primal into a blank protoform, now, also, a Transmetal. On a scouting mission to retrieve other downed pods, Tigatron and Airazor are captured by the aliens and taken into far-off space. A Maximal criminal called Protoform X, an indestructible Starscream clone, who was hidden in one of the stasis pods in the Axalon hold, escapes, and is forced to the Predacon side by Megatron. Silverbolt, the Maximal Fuzor, begins to fall in love with Blackarachnia, who uses this to her advantage. Dinobot makes a final effort to stop Megatron's plans to destroy the first human beings on Earth and alter the past of his race and theirs. Humanity is saved and the disk is destroyed, at the cost of Dinobot's life.
At last, the waves of the explosion reach Cybertron. A Predacon outpost is altered first; they quickly block the signal from Maximal radar and send their own operative: a former Decepticon named Ravage. Ravage aids the Maximals in capturing Megatron, but is convinced by a recorded message from the original Megatron that he should switch sides for the glory of the Decepticons. Meanwhile, Blackarachnia, with Silverbolt's help, uses the information that now only she possesses to locate the original Autobot Ark and enter it. Megatron uses her codes to enter the Ark, destroying Optimus Prime, which means that all Maximals cease to exist.
| Optimus Primal | |
|---|---|
| Rattrap | Rhinox |
| Dinobot | |
| Cheetor | Silverbolt |
| Tigatron | Airazor |
| Megatron | |
|---|---|
| Inferno | Waspinator |
| Tarantulas | Blackarachnia |
| Quickstrike | Rampage |
The rift in time is fixed by Blackarachnia, who realizes her origins as a Maximal protoform. The Maximals repair Optimus Prime. Optimus Primal, his direct descendant, allows his body to incubate the spark of Prime during the repairs, and becomes Optimal Optimus. Meanwhile, the Predacons use this advantage to destroy the Maximals' Axalon. The Maximals repair Prime and set up a base outside of the Ark, in order to prevent the Predacons from reaching Prime again.
Blackarachnia joins the Maximals permanently, but does not alter her activation code. A Maximal hunter, Depth Charge, lands on the planet seeking out Protoform X; he also joins, though begrudgingly. The Maximals struggle to protect both the Ark and the early humans, who have allied with them. Megatron discovers an alien device which allows him to create a new type of Transformer called a Transmetal II. He uses part of Rampage's spark to create a Transmetal II Dinobot. Cheetor becomes a Transmetal II by accident. Blackarachnia is also interested in the technology; she is betrayed again by Tarantulas, but eventually becomes a Transmetal II with her cause set on the Maximal goals and her heart belonging to Silverbolt.
Megatron manages to infiltrate the Ark once more, this time using the spark of the original Megatron to become an Optimal Megatron with the form of a dragon. The aliens—who identify themselves as "the Vok"—use the bodies of Tigatron and Airazor to create an Optimal Tigatron, called Tigerhawk. Tigerhawk becomes a Maximal, but only after the alien influence leaves him to destroy their real enemy: Tarantulas, who is discovered to have Unicronian origins. Megatron locates the original Decepticon ship, The Nemesis, which Tarantulas had planned to repair and use to destroy the Ark and escape. The Maximals fight back, and Nemesis is sent back into the ocean, Megatron captured. The remaining Maximals use an Autobot escape pod to return home with the criminal. Inferno, Quickstrike, Tigerhawk, and the Transmetal II Dinobot are killed in the final struggle; Rampage and Depth Charge destroy each other. Waspinator, who defected from the Predacon alliance right before the battle began, remains on Earth to protect and be protected by the early humans.
| Optimal Optimus Primal | |
|---|---|
| Rattrap | Rhinox |
| Silverbolt | Blackarachnia |
| Cheetor | Depth Charge |
| Tigerhawk | |
| Megatron | |
|---|---|
| Inferno | Quickstrike |
| Tarantulas | Waspinator |
| Rampage | Dinobot II |