Ark (starship)

The Ark
Background information
Movies	The Transformers Transformers: Dark of the Moon
TV Series	The Transformers Transformers: Animated
Technical information
Owner	Optimus Prime
Affiliation(s)	Autobots
Decommissioned	2005
Model	Cybertronian Ship
Type	Starship
Features	Fire cannons
Crew members	Optimus Prime Ironhide Rathet Wheeljack Sunstreaker Sideswipe Bumblebee Spike, Carly and Sparkplug Witwicky (sometimes)

The Ark is a fictional starship featured it in the Transformers franchise. It was piloted by the Autobots, who crashlanded the Ark on Earth 6 million years before their revival in 1984 due to a fight breaking out between them and the Decepticons.

Features

The ship's main computer is the Teletraan I, which acts as the Autobots' source of information.

History

Animated Series

In the original cartoon series, the Autobots and their human allies, the Witwicky family, used it as a base of operations.

Transformers film series

In the 2011 film Dark of the Moon, the Ark crashlanded on the Moon, carrying Sentinel Prime and a set of pillars used to create a Space Bridge.

Series

Characters Autobots: Optimus Prime (IDW Comics, Film Series, Reboot Films, Transformers Prime) • Bumblebee • Ultra Magnus • Ratchet • Jazz • Ironhide • Arcee • Beast Era (Maximals • Optimus Primal • Rhinox • Cheetor • Rattrap • Dinobot • Tigatron • Airazor • Silverbolt • Blackarachnia • Depth Charge • Tigerhawk • Botanica • Noble) • Hot Shot • Jetfire • Red Alert • Smokescreen • Scavenger • Landmine • Sideswipe • Wing Saber • Scattershot • Vector Prime • Override • Breakdown • Clocker • Backstop • Scourge • Evac • Metroplex • Quickmix • Lugnutz • Wheelie • Omega Supreme • Windblade • Moonracer • Firestar • Greenlight • Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime • Lightspeed • Crosshairs • Elita-One • Sky Lynx • Prowl • Dinobots (Grimlock • Scorn •Slug •Strafe •Slash • Snarl) • Mirage • Chromia • Cliffjumper • Jetfire • Skids and Mudflap • Brains • Grimlock • Hound • Canopy • Daytrader • Sqweeks • Dragonstorm • Stormreign • Breakaway • Cogman, Flareup, Inferno Wreckers: Leadfoot • Roadbuster • Topspin Humans: Steven "Spike" Witwicky • Carly Witwicky • Daniel Witwicky • Samuel "Sam" Witwicky • Carly Spencer • Mikaela Banes • Charlotte "Charlie" Watson • Cade Yeager • Tessa Yeager • Sparkplug Witwicky • Chip Chase • Raoul • Astoria Carlton-Ritz • Marissa Faireborn • Buster Witwicky • Jesse • G.B. Blackrock • William Lennox • Seymour Simmons • Leo Spitz • Robert "Bobby" Epps • John Keller • Margaret "Maggie" Madsen • Glen Whitmann • Ronald "Ron" Witwicky • Judith "Judy" Witwicky • Shane Dyson • Izabella "Izzy" Yeager • Viviane Wembly • Su Yueming • Sir Edmund Burton • Darcy Tirrel • Sarah Lennox • Jackson "Jack" Darby • Miko Nakadai • Rafael "Raf" Esquivel • June Darby • William Fowler, Raoul Decepticons: Megatron • Starscream • Shatter • Dropkick • Blitzwing • Soundwave • Shockwave • The Fallen • Cyclonus • Bonecrusher • Brawl • Skywarp • Sunstorm • Scorponok • Constructicons • Stunticons • Slog • Predacons • Ravage • Cliffjumper (Prime) • Thundercracker • Astrotrain • Blackout • Grindor • Laserbeak • Lockdown, Frenzy, Sideways Other Villains: Unicron • Quintessons • Doctor Arkeville • Shawn Berger • Lord Chumley • King Nergill • Ali • Nightbird • Jero • Old Snake • Victor Drath • Primacron • Tornedron • Dweller • Mark Morgan • Gregory Swofford • Circuit Breaker • The Mechanic • Scraplets • Flame • Mecannibals Locations Cybertron (Iacon) • Brighton Falls • Quintessa Objects The AllSpark • the Matrix of Leadership • Energon • Dark Energon • Space Bridge • The Ark • The Nemesis • Teletraan I Groups Dynasty of Primes • Guardian Knights • Autobots • Decepticons • Quintessons • Female Autobots • Constructicons • Dinobots • N.E.S.T. • TRF • Cemetery Wind