Iacon

Iacon is an Autobot-controlled city-state, located near the north pole of Cybertron. It is also the location of the capital city of the same name.

Places of Interest
Places of interest within Iacon:

Cartoon Canon

 * Autobot Base - Iacon is depicted as a walled headquarters, reachable by an extendable bridge. Autobots needed to signal their approach before being allowed into Iacon. Lining the path to Iacon were a series of lamp-post like communication structures -- the basis for Soundwave 's Cybertron-based alt-form.


 * The Ark 's launch bay

Canon Continuity
Iacon was the last Autobot safehaven on Cybertron. It was a large, domed fortress colored gold. It was the site of the Ark's launch for a search of new energy sources.

Expanded History
Iacon functioned as the heart of Autobot territory on Cybertron, and appears to have been the base of the Council of Autobot Elders prior to the departure of Optimus Prime and his comrades from the planet. It was termed "greatest of the city-states" for the Autobots on Cybertron.

Without Prime's leadership, the Autobot war effort fell further and further into disarray -- but Iacon's defences remained steady. The Decepticons, led by Trannis succeeding Megatron, besieged the city and continued to attempt its capture for many thousands of years. Eventually, being in control of the remainder of Cybertron, Trannis decided it simply was not worth capturing Iacon intact and ordered his troops to level the city, which they did to such an extent that by the time Optimus Prime returned briefly to Cybertron, the city was completely in ruins.

Still, the Autobots maintained a presence in Iacon, if only from small resistance bases in its ruins. Autobase itself was located within these ruins at one point, and the Wreckers operated from this base conducting strikes and raids on Decepticon holdings on a continuing basis.

OOC
Iacon is pronounced /Eye-Ah-Con/, *not* /EE-Ah-Con/.