Elba

Elba, namesake of the Elba System, is a planet in the Milky Way. The Garrus-9 prison is located there.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

A barren rock, Elba hosted the infamous Garrus-9 prison. Spotlight: Arcee Last Stand of the Wreckers #5

After Optimus Prime had defeated the Monstructor six, Spotlight: Optimus Prime he sent them to Garrus-9 to be studied and rehabilitated. The Combaticons subsequently launched an invasion of Elba to claim the combiner technology forcing Fortress Maximus to release Arcee so that the Autobots could hold the planet. Spotlight: Arcee

Optimus Prime and Prowl arrived on Elba in time for the Expansion, Spotlight: Cyclonus before Optimus managed to defeat Nemesis Prime and Galvatron. Spotlight: Sideswipe

During the Surge, Megatron dispatched Overlord to conquer Elba only for the Phase Sixer to go rogue and turn the planet into his own personal kingdom. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1 The general then freed Shockwave in exchange for removing the blindspot virus, Last Stand of the Wreckers #3 with the scientist taking a hand-picked bribe crew with him as he left the planet. The Ties That Bind

For three years, the Autobots had written off Elba before evidence surfaced that their comrades were still alive, prompting Prowl to send in the Wreckers to retake the planet. Bullets Though the fighting proved brutal, the Wreckers were able to capture Overlord before Ultra Magnus arrived to evacuate the surviving Autobots, ending Elba's involvement in the Great War. Last Stand of the Wreckers #5

Years later, the Scavengers transmatted into Garrus-9 to make use of the abandoned spark extractors. Kill All 'Cons Instead, they found themselves on the ancient medical moon on Mederi. You Are Here

Animated cartoon continuity

Elba was a robotic planet in the Autobot Commonwealth. The G-9 penitentiary is located there. The AllSpark Almanac II

Beast Wars: Uprising

By the 24th century, Elba, housing the prison facility Garrus-16, was the last Transformer colony still in existence. Intersectionality The prison vessel Claustrum was bound for Elba when it was shot down over LGC-8803. Perception

After the probability of war on Cybertron shot up from 7.229% to 96.068%, Captain Blix informed his crew that they had best be ready to sterilize Elba. Just in case. Intersectionality

Notes

• Elba is from the Challenge of the GoBots episode "Escape from Elba", which was named for the island to which Napoleon I was exiled.

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