Hailing from the stratocratic Cybertronian colony of Carcer and a lieutenant of the Elite Guard under the command of Sentinel Zeta, the warrior princess Ariel has cemented herself as a brave yet compassionate commanding officer. During a period of social unrest brought on by the corrupt Senate and Functionist High Council, she's willing to fight and lay down her life to protect innocents, her subordinates, and fellow Autobots, including her conjunx endura: the data clerk Orion Pax.