Cease

Cease was originally a hopeless Cybertronian civilian who always felt like he never belonged anywhere. After boarding the Zurial, he found his home among the stars. Before the Zurial crashed, he traveled to Cybertron and committed suicide so that he could stop the ship from crashing after being told to do so by a being that looked like the Shadow Ion version of Fear. For reasons unknown, he was revived as soon as the Zurial crashed into Cybertron.

Before the Zurial
Cease's alternate mode as a Cybertronian bulldozer gave him, and a few others, the rare opportunity to mine for minerals. He would always stop for a few minutes everyday to look at the Zurial while it was still being constructed, wondering what it was really like inside.

After being attacked by his boss for not living in the moment, he spoke with his therapist about finding where he belonged. After deciding he never would, he stood on top of a building and almost jumped. However he saw the Zurial testing its lights and took this as a sign that he shouldn't give up.

Immediately after this experience, he went to a small booth next to the Zurial and bought a Second Class ticket from Gytra, a marine.

On the Zurial
When he first entered his room on the day of launch, he still felt empty. He came to the conclusion that it wasn't his home that was the problem, it was him. It wasn't until several hours later, after the first blackout, that he stared outside his window at the endless sea of stars and immediately knew he had found what he was looking for.

He then went down into the lobby, and formed a small group of Cybertronians to check the control room to see if the cause of the blackout originated from there. Finding nothing, Cease still didn't give up hope.

After the second blackout, Cease stared outside the lobby's window where he spoke to the ship's first commander, Drest, about second chances. This conversation inspired Drest to prevent another scientist from releasing a deadly toxin.

Thy'roz
When the Zurial reached its first, and what would turn out to be last, destination, Cease was excited to explore it. He secretly entered the ship's cargo bay and stole a shuttle, arriving into the underwater cities below. When he got there, he saw a group of marines and followed them.

Eventually, they discovered him and the leader of the group revealed himself as Gytra. They were there searching for hidden terraformers. When they found them, Drest sent Gytra a transmission ordering him to destroy them. Cease stole the smallest one, a cylinder shaped object, and killed most of the marines.

Being chased by Gytra, he jumped into another shuttle with several different other Cybertronians. One of them killed Gytra, and the shuttle eventually rose above the surface. There, Dynamo began attacking them.

In order to keep the terraformer safe, Cease dived back into the ocean and swam to the city. In hopes of finding another shuttle, he ran into a being that looked similar to the Shadow Ion version of Fear.

The being led him to a secret room with a large metallic door, and said that in order to save the Zurial from an inevitable destruction he would have to open the door and die. Cease, assuming it was his destiny, accepted it and walked through the door.

Back on Cybertron
After opening the door, Cease suddenly woke up in the middle of the streets on his home planet. When he first tried to get up, he felt nothing but pain. After a while, he eventually arrived at the top of the same building he stood on before. He raised his head towards the sky, asked for forgiveness, and then jumped.

A few hours later, he woke up in the middle of the Zurial's crash site. He assumed he came back to life because it was a reward for his faith. He then helped nearby injured Cybertronians. Once he met up with Sheena's group, he encountered Magnum and Mack.

After Magnum fired his primary weapon, the resulting shockwave knocked Cease back a few feet. He then immediately had a vision of being on a plain white floor with an orange sky, where he heard the words "You are chosen". When the vision ended, he saw an elderly Cybertronian trying to find shelter.