Trivia / Eugenesis

• Ascended Fanon: Several beats and concepts from this story, and others produced by the Transmasters group have found their way into works penned by James Roberts.
  • The term "constructed cold", and Nightbeat being one of the earliest of these 'bots, though the concept as shown in the comics has had some alterations done to it.
  • The Institute, which here is just a scientific facility.
  • The Autobot base Delphi.
  • Rung, the prominent Autobot psychiatrist.
  • Wheeljack having a former friend in a prominent Decepticon scientist, though in IDW's case it was Ferak of Squadron X, and he'd been more reluctant about his work that Sygnet.
  • Star Saber not being the typical Autobot leader, and more of a Knight Templar.
  • Galvatron's statement about how despite the fact that he hates the Autobots and everything they stand for, he doesn't hate Rodimus is mirrored by Megatron expressing similar sentiments to Optimus in The Transformers (IDW).
  • Sentio Metallico, the living metal Cybertronians are made of
• Creator Backlash: Not the book itself but the sequence in the epilogue where Soundwave engages in budding, mainly because Roberts gets mocked for it amongst his friends.