has it yet been shown/discussed how tailgate and cyclonus met before the ark launch
am i the only one who agonises over this
I don’t think it’s ever been shown... but I have agonized too ;_;
I have a theory/idea that Cyclonus was kinda low-level famous because of his connections to Galvatron and Nova Prime and his achievements during the civil war period. maybe he was a lesser known ‘household’ name along with Galvy and Nova (”the Lone Ranger’s nephew’s horse” kinda thing - connected to famous people but not quite as well known). not to mention, since TG seems to have been designated from birth to serve on the Ark, it makes sense that he would be taught who his commanding officers were and how to recognize them.
so my personal theory as to how Tailgate recognized Cyclonus was because Cyclonus was well known - and TG had been taught to know who he was, in order to better serve him and the rest of the command crew.
as for how Cyclonus recognized Tailgate, that’s trickier. but Cyclonus is very perceptive and has a strong memory - he probably recognized TG’s frametype as something from his time or specifically from the Ark, if nothing else. and that on top of TG’s enthusiastic greeting probably helped endear him to Cyclonus enough for Cyc to help him out finding a room lol
so I guess my main headcanon is that their first actual meeting was onboard the Lost Light... but they knew of each other beforehand. (Cyclonus only knew of Tailgate as ‘this is the kind of person who’ll be cleaning the ship’ but still)
