During the four million years the crew of the Ark were asleep, Alpha Trion and Elita One kept up the Autobot Resistance on Cybertron. The remaining Autobots broke into small, autonomous cells, working largely independently so that if one was discovered the other groups would remain safe. Elita One managed to ask with such successful secrecy that Shockwave believed her group had died out -- the result of an excellent campaign of counter-intelligence. While Elita One personally oversaw the main group of Autobot warriors, several others were active at different and overlapping times as well.
Female Autobots
- Elita One
- Chromia
- Firestar
- Moonracer
- sometimes Arcee
- advised by Alpha Trion
- Perceptor
- Blaster
- Beachcomber
- Powerglide
- Seaspray
- Warpath
- Ultra Magnus
- Arcee
- Hot Rod
- Kup
- Springer
Wreckers
- Impactor (deceased)
- Roadbuster
- Broadside
- Topspin
- Twin Twist
- sometimes Springer
- advised by former civilian leader Emirate Xaaron and occasionally Ultra Magnus