#pull a berth back and theres a trapdoor to hide babies and already stocked full of food. just in case

[brandwhorestarscream]

(Continuing off of the “sparklings are illegal”conversation)

Hmm, maybe instead of Earth, they flee to other colonies or planets for safety kind of like what you said? Earth was just the first one that popped into my head last night, and because I do like human-cybertronian interaction in some circumstances. But I completely understand not liking it at all and respect your preferences :)

Adding onto your idea that some cybertronians are unable to flee the planet, maybe they decide the brave the planets wilderness instead (if there is any in this scenario). I’ve always loved the idea of cybertronian wilderness being incredibly dangerous (which is canon is some continuities) and for this reason the majority of the population, even soldiers, avoid it like the plague.

Maybe some cybertronians decide to take the risk and venture out into the wilderness in order to protect their sparklings. And form their own little societies out there?

Kinda stole this idea from a fic series I read, tbh. Where some cybertronians decided to continue living in the wilderness rather than in the cities, and have their own tribes 🤔

Oooooh some good old fashioned "barbarian" -esque fic, eh?? Yeah im down

The ones that couldnt leave the planet when sparklings were declared illegal ran away. Many of them were slave castes or otherwise extremelt impoverished: running away is punishable with death if you're caught, but theyre all willing to take the risk. Much better than just sitting around waiting foe the government to take their babies to be euthanized

They flee into the wilds, some family groups striking out on their own, some forming bands of a couple dozen people. Disappearing into the jungles, the ravines, the crystal swamps, carving our niches for themselves deep in the wilderness, learning to work with the untamed part of the planet, some living off the land if their environment will let them cultivate energon crystals, some hunting mechanimals for fuel or drinking from geysers.

Perhaps in the distant future, someone will stumble upon a little village deep in the jungles of Polyhex, mecha living in treehouses, with the majority of the citizens never having seen another person outside of rheir family. As time goes on, the settlements grow, viciously protecting their sparklings and living in hiding as well as they can ����