Viron 704.31 Epsilon

You really don't want to live in this universe.

Viron 704.31 Epsilon is a universe in the Viron universal cluster.

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

In this nightmarish universe, Megazarak took control of the Predacon/Decepticon forces after the defeat of Megatron at the hands of Omega Prime. Scourge briefly challenged the new warlord's power, but was slain by Tox-En and his body remade as the bumbling Toxitron. The deceased Megatron was also defiled, transformed into the undead Megabolt to control Brave Maximus following the Emissary's destruction by Ruination. Sky-Byte and the Predacon Trio, meanwhile, fled Megazarak's clutches.

Rail Racer was reformatted into the evil Dominus Trannis by the Robo-Smasher, and Autobot hero Hot Spot, having been upgraded into Defensor, was forced to slay his former comrades. The Build Team also fell to the Robo-Smasher, becoming the Constructicons.

On the eve of the critical confrontation between Optimus Prime and Megazarak's forces, several on both sides were abducted by Unicron to fight in the Universe War: Fireflight, Side Burn, Ironhide, Drydock, Ratchet, Swerve, Prowl, Megabolt, the Commandos, and the Constructicons. Despite the loss of some Decepticons, the fight proved to be the Autobots' doom, Megazarak slaughtering them. The Matrix, however, escaped Megazarak's grasp, having been passed to Defensor, who was nowhere to be found.

At some point, the Micromaster Beta Maxx escaped from this dimension. Ask Vector Prime, 30/07/2015

In his final confrontation with Megazarak, Defensor was aided by none other than Sky-Byte and his three Predacon companions. Ultimately, Defensor was triumphant over Megazarak. However, while in the process of rebuilding Cybertron, the Matrix then gave him visions of another Megazarak, one from Viron 403.0 Beta who had spread his evil to other universes. Defensor felt an obligation to put an end to this Megazarak as well. Ask Vector Prime, 07/09/2015

Notes

• Viron 704.31 Epsilon is the universal stream designation corresponding to the "Shell Game" comic, taking its specifications from the date of OTFCC 2004, where it was released in the OTFCC 2004 guide.
• Fittingly, most of the denizens of this timeline abducted into the Universe War had figures released under the banner of the 2003 Universe toyline. The notable exceptions are Drydock, a canceled release from the 2010 Transformers toyline, and Megabolt, from the 2001 Robots in Disguise toyline (who had previously received a bio placing him in the Universe setting). It is also the home universe of the BotCon 2007 exclusive Beta Maxx.
• Some of the characters in this continuity, such as Fortress Maximus and the members of the Build Team, have the names of their Japanese Car Robots counterparts rather than their English names.