TheA'ovan habitat is a specially constructed arcology for theA'ovan refugees that recreates the natural environment of theirhomeworld.
Ninety kilocycles before theGreat War, theA'ovan race narrowly escaped extinction thanks to the efforts of theCybertronian race, who sentDai Atlas to coordinate the evacuation of their homeworld when the warlikeThraal unleashednuclear weapons upon them.Escape Part One The handful of refugees who escaped toCybertron moved toIacon'sXeno-Quarter, which would preserve a portion of their old homeworld's biological and cultural heritage until the Cybertronian race could safely relocate them to a new world.Nautica: Home
The habitat hosted five and a half thousand A'ovan, seven hundred species of imported plants and animals, and genetic samples from ninety-eight thousand more. Cultural relics included a beacon that would summon Dai Atlas if the A'ovan ever required his assistance.Escape Part OneHound enjoyed visiting the A'ovan habitat and often worked with his friendPra'tyne.Swindle'sRubble once passed by the habitat and expressed a desire to one day visit the interior.The World In Your Eyes Part Five
TheTether's collapse rained down debris on the habitat and killed one tenth of the arcology's population.Swindle's Not long afterwards, theInsecticons descended upon the habitat to gorge themselves on organic matter untilNautica,Road Rage, and Hound drove them away. A group of frightened A'ovan children attempted to raise Dai Atlas on their communicator, and although they didn't yet know it, the beacon successfully awoke the general from stasis.Escape Part One When it was decided that the Xeno-Quarter would have to be evacuated in light of theDecepticons' increasing power base, the habitat was abandoned as the A'ovans marched towardsDarkmount.Escape Part Two