Nemesis (Transformers)

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The Nemesis is a Decepticon spaceship in the fictional Transformers Generation One universe. It was built by Megatron as the flagship of his Decepticon space fleet. Over three miles 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 gestalt to completely form inside.

Image:Ark nemesis.jpg When the Autobots left Cybertron in the 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 G-forces of a nearby planet - Earth - dragged both ships down. While the Ark imbedded 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 relates it in Beast Wars, he claims that the Nemesis shot the Ark down. This is a result of the way Beast Wars treats G1: as a historical legend with many tellings. Take all variations as you will.

When two small groups of Maximals and Predacons - descendants of Autobots and Decepticons from several centuries in the future - traveled back in time and wound up stranded on prehistoric Earth, the treacherous Predacon 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 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 subsequently crashed in South America, and was buried in a mountain as time passed.

In the Earth year 1985, an Earthen archaeological expedition uncovered the Nemesis, 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, Perceptor and Brawn to shrink themselves down and enter his body in order to remove it.

In 2006 Hasbro plans to release a toy of the Nemesis in its Titanium toy line.

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Galvatron's plantoid fortress.