Oracle (BM)

In the era of the Maximals and Predacons, three hundred years after the end of the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons, the legendary, forgotten supercomputer Vector Sigma had evolved into something... else, transcending physical form to become the Oracle, an immaterial mainframe that continued to act out the will of Primus to shape Cybertron's future. Where Vector Sigma responded to anyone who wielded its key, the Oracle was responsive only to those Transformers with a "receptive spark", allowing them to access its systems, and through it, commune with the Allspark.

Fiction

Beast Wars cartoon continuity

Beast Machines cartoon

Voice actor: Carol Savenkoff (English), Nobutoshi Canna (Japanese), Fang Shuqiao (Chinese), Emanuela Damasio (Italian), Martina Treger (German), Isabelle Loison (French)

According to legend, the Oracle was older than all Cybertronian civilization, and predicted the coming of Transformers to Cybertron. Long forgotten by Maximal and Predacon civilization, the computer lay hidden within the planet until Megatron conquered the planet with his Vehicon hordes. The Oracle summoned Optimus Primal to its chambers in order to talk to him, granting the Maximal leader a vision of Cybertron, mixed with vague words on "unleashing the warrior within". To protect Primal's Maximals from the effects of the transformation virus Megatron had used to conquer Cybertron, the Oracle reformatted them into new technorganic forms. On doing so, it promptly vanished. The Reformatting

"I am also know as the oracle".

Through the Oracle, Optimus Primal came to commune with the Allspark, the extradimensional source of all Transformer life to which the computer was revealed to be connected, and believed that it was the will of the Allspark that Cybertron be restored to its organic beginnings. Survivor In truth, Primal was incorrect—the Oracle actually desired a balance between the organic and the technological—but it would take the disastrous unleashing of the power buried within the computer to make him realize this. When Megatron's treacherous general, Tankor, discovered that Vector Sigma and the Oracle were one and the same, he used the sparkless Diagnostic Drone to circumvent the Oracle's "receptive spark" requirement, tapping into the Oracle's "Vector Sigma core" and acquiring from it the code for the mega-computer's legendary key, which held the power to convert organics into technomatter. The Key When Optimus next attempted to contact the Oracle, he found himself unable to do so, due to Tankor's tampering. The Catalyst

Tankor proceeded to arm his Tank Drones with the power of the Key to Vector Sigma, intending to use it to scour Cybertron of all traces of organic matter, but soon discovered that Megatron had taken control of the drones away from him. In order to trick Megatron into unleashing the key, Tankor had the Diagnostic Drone tap the Oracle once more and send Optimus Prime a false vision, guiding him to the Plasma Energy Chamber. Tankor gambled that Primal would never unleash the Chamber's descructive energy, but that the threat of it in his control would goad Megatron into activating the key. Tankor gambled wrong; after Megatron triggered the key, Optimus retaliated by unleashing the power of the chamber, and two energies violently cancelled each other out. End of the Line Primal was killed by the energy backlash and travelled to the Allspark, but chose not to join it, now understanding what the Oracle truly desired. Primal returned to reality via the Oracle, and the computer vanished. Fallout Though, it was anomalously visible again a few times. A Wolf in the Fold The Strike The Siege

It would be some time before Primal realized it, but the Oracle had, in fact, transplanted itself into Primal's body. Megatron was first to realize this and targeted Primal, tricking him with a hologram of Optimus Prime and downloading a portion of the Oracle for himself. The Search Using the power of the Oracle, Megatron attempted to merge all the spark he had stolen from Cybertron's population with his own, but Primal's Maximals halted his scheme. The Siege

Optimus sought to consult with the Oracle one last time before his final showdown against Megatron's forces. The Oracle informed Primal that he already held the wisdom and strength of conviction to triumph and see Cybertron through to its destiny. It then relayed the strength of the sparks contained within the Matrix to give the Maximals new powers, to aid them in the upcoming confrontation. When Legends Fall As it would soon turn out, the Oracle had actually orchestrated this entire scenario, so that Optimus Primal and Megatron would both control a portion of its power: with its power split thusly, neither one would be able to obtain their goal without the other. It was Optimus Primal who ultimately claimed victory, driving Megatron into Cybertron's organic core and sacrificing both of them as he activated the Oracle and triggered a planet-wide reformatting of Cybertron into a technorganic paradise. Seeds of the Future

3H comics

"Blah blah blah, Mr. Freeman."

The Oracle was a shell program created by the Quintessons during their occupation of Cybertron twelve millions years ago, which they developed as a means of controlling Vector Sigma and cutting Primus off from his creations. Seeing a new opportunity to retake Cybertron, the Quintessons used the Oracle to feed Optimus Primal the visions he experienced through the computer, guilding him to orchestrate the technorganic reformatting of Cybertron in the belief it would leave the Cybertronians weak and disoriented, opening the planet up to an easy conquest. Disclosure In truth, however, the Quintessons were unwittingly being manipulated by Primus himself, who used the greedy aliens as a means of instigating this great evolutionary leap for his children. Wreckers: Finale Part II

The Oracle gave missions to groups other than Optimus Primal's. In addition to Primal's Maximals, the Oracle called forth the Wreckers, the Dinobots, and the Mutants. It sent the Dinobots and the Mutants on odd-sounding quests, but before it could give orders to Primal Prime and his Wreckers, an odd bit of interference happened. Primal Prime received his orders as well, but there was something different about these orders. Departure

The Dinobots and Mutants were actually sent on fools errands. Most of the Dinobots met their doom on a remote planet at the hands of the Trans-Organics. The Mutants were sent to New Quintessa, where they were seemingly devoured by Sharkticons. Overseeing the death of the Mutants was the Predacon gangster Cryotek and the Supreme Imperial Magistrate Derodomontatus. Cryotek revealed that the Oracle was in fact a creation of the Quintessons themselves. Soon, Cryotek expected the planet to be reformatted into a technorganic world, all according to their plan. Betrayal

The Wreckers eventually found themselves on a planet with an exiled Quintesson named Al-badur, who explained the history of the Oracle to them. Disclosure The Quintessons would discover they had been tricked when Primus spoke through Icebird, revealing to Heirodyus, that despite what the aliens thought, all had transpired according to his will. Wreckers: Finale Part II

One year later, the Oracle had come under the full control of Primus and Alpha Trion. When Unicron started abducting Cybertronians from across the multiverse to consume their Sparks for his resurrection, Primus used the Oracle to summon Optimus Primal back to life to serve as his champion and take the fight to Unicron. Abduction The Oracle then sent Optimus into the depths of Unicron to rescue the captured Transformers and return them to their respective home dimensions. OTFCC Live-Action Drama Afterward, with input from Optimus, Primus and Alpha Trion used the Oracle to bring Rhinox and Depth Charge back from the Matrix, as well as to summon Omega Prime from another universe. Homecoming

Wings Universe

Cheetor used the lessons of his departed teacher to interface with the Oracle, becoming Alpha Trizer, living embodiment of the Oracle's ancient wisdom and spiritual leader of Cybertron. Alpha Trizer's profile

Waspscream continuity

In Primax 208.06 Zeta, Waspscream, Terrorsaur, Tarantulas, and Protoform X were drawn to the Oracle while fleeing from Megatron's Vehicons. The Oracle reformatted the Predacons into technorganic bodies, which they used in their valiant Spark War against Megatron's forces. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16

Shell Game

Ultra Trion guarded the Oracle. The Decepticon tyrant Megazarak sought the Oracle, believing it to contain the location of Base Sigma, the last pocket of Autobot resistance, but Ultra Trion gave his life to delay Megazarak a while longer. Shell Game

Legends World

When Tigatron prayed for a chance to meet a real female Transformer, the divine Oracle granted his wish and made all kinds of females to appear and fight for Tigatron's affection. Except not really; it was all a dream. Bonus Edition Vol. 11

Ask Vector Prime

In Viron 102.0 Beta, the guardians of causality known as the Alternity, communed with Optimus Primal through the Oracle and guided him in stopping Megatron from taking over that universe's Cybertron. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/0/30

Beast Wars: Uprising

The Oracle and Vector Sigma were apparently separate entities. While Vector Sigma was destroyed during the Great War, centuries later, the Oracle dwelled within Cybertron, far beneath the surface for a "receptive spark". It found one in the rogue Maximal Overshoot, and summoned him to its chambers. It granted him a vision of Cybertron as it presently was, and told him it was in pain. When he tried explaining about the war going on, it informed him that that was necessary, designed to sweep away the evil "masquerading as good", the birth pangs of a new order, followed by a vision of seemingly unconnected vignettes of history, then told him about those who sought to hijack Cybertron's destiny, followed by mentioning that one day Cybertron and Earth would stand against a foe "beyond imagination". When Overshoot mentioned he thought humans were the enemy, the Oracle retorted that one hand couldn't be the enemy of the other, and that while Overshoot didn't understand him, his descendants would. It then returned him to the real world.

When Overshoot died at the hands of the threat the Oracle had warned him about, a few cycles later, it welcomed him to the Allspark. When Overshoot hesitated to enter, it warned him that his choice could prevent him ever joining the Matrix. He still chose to go back. Cultural Appropriation

Notes

• In Japanese continuity, the Oracle and Vector Sigma are the same being as Primus, and the Generation 1 Oracle. See those articles for more details.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Oracle (オラクル Orakuru)
• Mandarin: Shén-yǜ (Taiwan, 神諭, "Oracle"), Shèngxián Diànnǎo (China, 圣贤电脑, "Sage Computer")