Firstborn

The Firstborn is a creature from the 2005 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The culmination of six years of narrative: a robot giving birth to a human baby, with no influence on the larger plot at all. Is... is there something you want to tell us, James?

Under the influence of the Grand Architect, Scorponok's mad science yielded what he called the "Firstborn", an organic Decepticon powered by a spark.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Following Scorponok's botched escape from the Garrus-9 detention facility, he was rescued after a fashion by the mysterious Grand Architect, who sought his genius to assist in the development of the Infinites. Kill All 'Cons Scorponok, however, had his own ambitions, and diverted some of the Architect's resources towards a series of experiments aimed at accelerating the evolution of his species, creating strange mechanical-organic hybrid beings such as the Treecons. The Ties That Bind Farsickness

He kicks and screams and scratches at the time as it slowly passes by

It was only through the power of the Magnificence that Scorponok successfully realized his ambitions and developed the Firstborn as the first step towards rejuvenating the dying Cybertronian race. Bereft of hot spots or the life-giving power of the Matrix, no new sparks could be formed and Cybertronians could not reproduce the way they once had. Instead, the Firstborn carried a Spark within her derived from a Decepticon "volunteer"; once she grew and reproduced with other as-yet unmade specimens of her race, the Sparks they carried would also be carried into the next generation, and from there the Spark could be extracted and placed back into a conventional mechanical chassis. Until that time, Scorponok carried her gestation pod inside his chest.

Following their confrontation with Scorponok, the Scavengers and Grimlock were able to overpower the Decepticon scientist; Grimlock was partial to killing the child with its creator, unwilling to let Scorponok win, but Misfire convinced him otherwise, and they took the Firstborn with them as they escaped from Scorponok's Worldsweeper. After pushing his Decepticon allies through a transmat portal to safety, Grimlock opted to store the Firstborn in his empty chest cavity, wryly noting that it was the safest place in the universe. Kill All 'Cons

Grimlock eventually managed to escape the Worldsweeper but was left adrift in space where he was picked up by First Aid and Riptide. Once the group had touched down in Howling Town on Troja Major for medical supplies, they left the Firstborn in Agonizer's care. A Dance Before Dying

Notes

• Creator James Roberts has given the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the Firstborn's real name is Connie.^[1]

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