Covenant wrote:Fallen & Primes visit Earth to destroy it in Egyptian times, and nix it given RotF oh-the-humans-are-sentient reasons? Then Megatron follows blindedly the AllSpark that (per the official comic) Bumblebee sent into space before Megatron crushed his vocal cords (unrepairable, reeeeeaally? Still stupid, fyi). Landing on Earth, Megatron gets frozen in the Artic. Where exactly does Sentinel & the spacebridge fit into this?? He simply HAD to have made this 'Autobots are losing to an unreasonable degree that a PRIME would make a deal' prior to the Allspark being shot into space, but somehow the Allspark lands in the exact place Megatron & Sentinel apparently planned, HEAVILY, to meet in the past?
Is anyone else having, unhappily dagnabbit, issues with the plotline to all this? I had IMMENSE issues throughout this continuity, trying to justify it to myself, then secondary to others. But in the sad attempt to solidify the back story, I'm at a loss.
Little help? I'm simply ALL for fan-splanations to TF 'issues'. Do it to it fellow TF-fans, because I'm without ability..and ask anyone that knows me, I'm usually not without loss in such things...
well, here's my attempt (version 2.0)
1. The Cybertronian war rages.
2. Sentinel Prime makes a secret deal with Megatron. Sentinel travels into space carrying space bridge technology on a quest for energy resources that can be used to win the war. Soundwave follows him under orders from Megatron to make sure Sentinel keeps his end of the bargain.
3. Optimus Prime takes command of the Autobots. During the final battle on Cybertron, he launches the Allspark into space to prevent Megatron from getting his hands on it. The Allspark seeks out the Matrix and lands on Earth.
Megatron leaves to look for the Allspark. He tracks it to Earth, but his navigation system malfunctions and he crash lands in the south pole. The ice paralyzes him for centuries. Just before his nav system fails, he contacts Sentinel Prime and tells him to meet him at Earth's coordinates. Sentinel turns around and heads toward Earth.
4. Sentinel accidentally crash lands on the moon and is knocked into stasis.
5. With a ship of his own, Soundwave follows Sentinel to the moon. I can only assume that he is in on Megatron and Sentinel's plan, as he extracts the pillars from the Ark and buries them on the moon. His actions are photographed by the Russians.
6. Soundwave, Laserbeak, and a small group of other Decepticons infiltrate Earth society and convince a number of humans to collaborate with them.
7. Soundwave contacts the Fallen and informs him that the Allspark is on Earth. The Fallen leaves Cybertron with a contingent of Decepticons; they crash land on a moon of Saturn. Decepticons begin traveling to Earth and slowly begin gathering information and plotting their next move.
8. A group of Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, follow the Decepticons to Earth. For some reason, they don't need a ship.
9. Megatron and the Allspark are located. Megatron is thawed out, battles the Autobots for the Allspark. Sam pushes the cube into Megatron's chest, destroying the Allspark and temporarily killing Megatron. A second group of Autobots receive communications from Optimus Prime, and they land on Earth.
10. The Decepticons use an Allspark shard to revive Megatron. Megatron is informed of the Fallen's presence on Saturn. The Fallen tells Megatron of the solar harvester. Soundwave also probably informs Megatron that Sentinel is crash landed on the moon and is in stasis lock. Megatron figures that after the solar harvester is activated, they can use the Matrix to revive Sentinel, who could then bring Cybertron to Earth.
11. The Fallen and the Harvester are destroyed. Megatron is damaged in battle and retreats to Africa with Starscream and Soundwave. With the Allspark, solar harvester, and the Fallen all destroyed, his only option is to trick Optimus into reviving Sentinel, strip the planet of its natural resources, and enslave the humans. More Decepticon reinforcements arrive and land on the moon.
12. The Decepticons put a plan in motion to lure the Autobots to the moon. Sentinel Prime is revived, and he betrays the Autobots. Megatron informs him that though the Allspark and solar harvester have been destroyed, they can still harvest oil, uranium, natural gas, etc. from the Earth and use it to rebuild Cybertron with the help of human slaves. He activates a space bridge and brings the Decepticon army from the moon to the Earth. Another space bridge is created that nearly succeeds in bringing Cybertron to Earth. Autobots and humans fight back; the space bridge, Cybertron, Sentinel, and all the remaining Decepticons are destroyed.
It's not perfect, and it does depend on some fan speculation, but that's the best I could do.