Quote Originally Posted by UltimateGalvatron View Post
Guys, if the insecticons abandoned the Nemesis before it crashed 4 MYA in the G1 cartoon, does that mean they would have been around during the Beast Wars, but originally with Organic Alternate Modes? Or would they have been Transmetals?

Or not there at all?
As Paulbot said, while they were in stasis, it's not impossible for it to have happened -- i.e. activated during the Beast Wars, scanned insect modes but were mechanical insects due to the more primitive transcanning technology from G1 (which would explain why all of the "Primitive" G1 TFs have mechanical bestial forms). Then something happened which put them back in stasis and potentially made them unaware of the events of the Beast Wars (which would have given them future knowledge). Perhaps the BWTFs deleted that part of the memory, or something wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey.

I gotta say, I'd never thought of this before, but it's a pretty cool and feasible story concept! Good thinking, UltimateGalvatron!