- The Axalon is a spaceship in the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me.
The Axalon is a Maximal exploration vessel whose mission was to explore and survey uninhabited worlds, seeding them with stasis pods so that those Transformers within could adopt the appearance of local lifeforms and conduct research undisturbed. However, she was called upon to intercept and pursue a stolen Predacon starship, and was subsequently never heard from again by her superiors.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Beast Wars
When Megatron's band of Predacon criminals stole the Golden Disk and escaped in their stolen ship, the Darksyde, the Maximal science vessel Axalon was the only ship close enough with the Transwarp engines needed to pursue him.
Her crew at the start of the Beast Wars appears to have been newly assembled and the captain, Optimus Primal, was new to command. However, the Axalon itself had already been in service for at least a while. The Dinobot Airraptor once served aboard her before the Beast Wars as interplanetary surveyor and navigator.
Just a few dents, it's still good, it's still good!
After crashing on prehistoric Earth the Axalon became the Maximal's base of operations. Still flight worthy, the Axalon took her last trip into the air when the Maximals were able to salvage parts from the Predacon's ship when they mistakenly thought the Predacons had destroyed themselves in an energon explosion. The trip was brief and the crash, caused by Megatron, ensured that the Axalon would never fly again. Later, she was further destroyed by Megatron's forces, as Rampage and some of Tarantulas's spider drones pulled her off the cliff that she was straddling. After which her remains were salvaged as best as possible to help fortify the Ark against Predacon attack.
It would appear the Maximals left the remains of the Axalon behind when they returned to Cybertron. In both "Primeval Dawn" and in Dreamwave's comic book series, we see abandoned segments of the Maximal encampment.
Known Specifications
As the Axalon was a science vessel, she is scantily armed and even then primarily for defensive purposes. However, her main forward plasma cannon has enough power to cripple Predacon ships (such as the Darksyde) with a well-targeted shot.
Her rear docking bay can launch stasis pods in the event of an emergency.
Toys
Beast Wars Tenth Anniversary
- Optimus Primal
- A small toy of the Axalon was included.
Trivia
I don't know if it just has way bigger chairs inside or what.
- Another starship of the Axalon's class was used by Ironhide's team in the Timelines story Descent Into Evil.
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