A primal force of evil from the beginning of time, his origins lost to history, the "Armada" universe's incarnation of Unicron is the embodiment of the darkness and hate in the hearts of all beings. Defeated by the Autobot warrior Omega Supreme at some time in the ancient past of Cybertron, Unicron hides in plain sight of the Transformers, disguised as the planet's moon. In order to re-energize himself, Unicron implants some of his own cells within Cybertron, where they grow and "hatch", giving birth to the diminutive race of robots called the Mini-Cons. Unicron intends them to increase the ferocity of the Autobot/Decepticon war, allowing Unicron to feed off the hatred. As a result of interference by human children, displaced in time from the 21st century, the Mini-Cons develop sentience and flee Cybertron, crashing on Earth where they lay dormant for a million years.