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| The name or term "Tarn" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Tarn (disambiguation). |
Tarn is one of Cybertron's many city-states. It borders Vos and Iacon. Tarn is the largest city-state after Iacon and, in a military sense, its superior. It is situated in or near a valley.
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Before the advent of the Great War, Tarn was ruled by a military dictator named Shockwave. Under his rule, Tarn became one of the top forces in the conflict over Cybertron's dwindling energy sources and consequently developed a hostile relation with other city-states like it, such as Vos and Iacon. Just like Vos, it invested its energy into a vast army. Still, Tarn agreed to a plan of the Overlord of that era to hold gladiatorial matches, which became known simply as the Games, to settle disputes peacefully and bring the city states together. It didn't work; the Games only caused Tarn and Iacon to become worse enemies.
Tarn's champion gladiator was Megatron, who was locked in a small rivalry with Iacon's champion, Optimus Prime. It was Optimus Prime's interference that prevented Megatron, encouraged by the spectators from his city, from taking the State Games and intercity relations to a new low with murder on his opponent during a match. Unfortunately, that same night, the soldier-gladiators of Vos broke into Tarn's power plant, which had been staffed minimally ever since the State Games had commenced, with the intent to blow it up. The full plan was to plant evidence of Iacon's involvement, which would bring the two city-states to war and leave a power vacuum for Vos to fill up. That latter part was thwarted by the unexpected arrival of the plant's second engineer, who was murdered by the saboteurs, but not before he had managed to contact security.
Despite the warning, Tarn failed to prevent the power plant from being blown up, but knowing who was to blame, it did declare war on Vos. The hostilities forced many of the inhabitants of the two city-states to flee to Iacon and other nearby cities. While Iacon provided for the refugees, its council refused to put its own troops at risk by interference in the conflict, going so far as to suggest that maybe it was in Iacon's interest to see the two city-states gone.
The outbreak of the war had prevented the elderly Overlord from returning home from the State Games, which goal became more urgent with each new day of conflict. Optimus Prime and Megatron agreed to escort the Overlord and his two bodyguards, Ravage and Nightstalker, to Iacon. Inconveniently, the only route left led straight through the central combat zone in Tarn. Due to the Overlord's age and encounters with Tarn's shock troops, the journey progressed slowly until it came to a halt before the final yet broken expressway. Optimus Prime made the leap over its gap to get reinforcements from Iacon while the others would protect the Overlord. Shock troops soon found and opened attack on the group. Nightstalker was killed trying to protect the Overlord, and Megatron and Ravage decided to abandon the Overlord to die, making their own way to Iacon.
Tarn and Vos eventually destroyed each other when they launched a photon missile each at the same time. Megatron recruited many of the survivors into his new Decepticon army by laying the blame on Iacon, which could have stopped the war. State Games
Megatron hailed from Tarn, Chaos Theory Part 1 which led to anyone with a Tarnian accent being seen as suspicious during the Clampdown. Post Hoc In addition, the "Disappeared" Transformers Analyticus, Bladefoot, Cursor, Pestilus, Pterror, Reverb, Seadriver, Shank, Slumm, Snoop, and Stunblaze all hailed from Tarn. Anomie
As Megatron recruited his Decepticon army from the gladiatorial games, he mentioned some of the home cities of the combatants, starting with Tarn. Megatron Origin #3 It became one of First Five Cities to fall to the Decepticons during the war. Life After the Big Bang
Tarn was presumably the site of the Tarn Valley Ambush. Bitstream's profile card
Tarn was a Decepticon city, mostly home to Builders. In the postwar years, its most striking feature was the immobile frame of Fortress Maximus, who in robot mode towered over the other buildings in Tarn. During the Grand Uprising, the Resistance launched several raids on the paralyzed city-bot to free the political dissidents imprisoned inside him. Head Games Several years after the fall of Fortress Maximus, the Tripredacus Alliance annexed Tarn into the new Independent Predacus States. Safe Spaces
Tarn was one of the first cities conquered by the Decepticons during their uprising. The location had been secured, fortified and could withstand any amount of heavy fire. During the war for Cybertron, it was home to the most loyal of Decepticons, one of whom was Shockwave. Siege Teletraan-1 Data Files
The original Senate building was located in Tarn, but by Nominus Prime's era the Senate had been relocated to Iacon. Prime The Ascenticons marched to Tarn in Termagax's name. Orion Pax was of the opinion that such a march wouldn't end very well. The World In Your Eyes Part One His fears were justified when the rally was attacked by unseen assailants, The World In Your Eyes Part Two before Megatron appointed the notoriously unstable Quake as part of his personal guard. The World In Your Eyes Part Three
When Rubble took his last walk, he passed by Iacon's energon storage fields, noting that there was twice the amount of energon stored in Tarn. The World In Your Eyes Part Five After rumours spread that the Rise was running on significantly higher energon rations than normal, a hundred or so Cybertronians stormed Tarn's energon node, seeking their own power boost. The Change In Your Nature Part One
Following the fall of the Tether, Megatron dispatched Jhiaxus to Tarn to protect the energon storage fields there. All Fall Down After the Decepticons had taken over the Senate, Andromeda made tracks for Tarn, hoping to investigate a mysterious communications blackout from the city before she was called by Senator Soundwave and ordered to Decepticon headquarters. Awakenings
By the time that Pyra Magna had been reactivated, she noted that the Decepticons held Tarn. We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness Jhiaxus later sent some of Tarn's forces to Strika's assault on Crystal City. A Dust of Crystals
Tarn exists and is surrounded by the area housing the Stella Galleries, the Tagon Heights, the Neutral Territories, Vos, the area where the Launch Pad is located, and the one where the Praetorus Wharf is located. Risk
Shockwave hailed from the city of Tarn. Transformers Vault Tarn and Vos were city-states with a history of rivalry. During the Golden Age, some attempts at pacifying the states were made by making Tarn the location of the annual State Games. During the civil war, Tarn surrendered to the Decepticons with minimal resistance, offering to root out Autobot sympathizers. Seeking to create a model Decepticon city, Megatron appointed Shockwave governor. He requested the Vos Air Commander missile-strike Tarn, using this as an opportunity to quell dissent by blaming the attack on the Iaconian Autobots. Transformers: Exodus
