Alpha Quintesson, originally ruler of Planet Q, survived its destruction by Unicron when his grand chamberlain detonated the planet's core—defying Unicron after the ruler hesitated. This act critically wounded Unicron, forcing dormancy, while the ruler's spark endured within its husk. Prolonged isolation fractured his psyche into distinct personalities, birthing "Alpha Q." To embody these fragments, he crafted a multi-faced armored body from debris of Unicron's victims: four rotating masks—green (cunning manipulation), white (jovial caution), red (aggressive distrust), and blue (wise leadership)—concealed a fifth face representing his original, traumatized childlike self, visible only when fully sealed. Discovering energon could restore devoured worlds, Alpha Q resurrected Planet Q's armies as Terrorcons, mindless drones harvesting energon galaxy-wide. He rebuilt his chamberlain as Scorponok, a confidant and general who manipulated Decepticon factions using images of Megatron's deactivated form, falsely promising resurrection to secure loyalty. After Megatron seized Unicron's body, Alpha Q escaped in its detached head. He recreated Starscream as an amnesiac energy assassin targeting Megatron and Optimus Prime, but Megatron reprogrammed Starscream, foiling the plot. Alpha Q's hidden persona surfaced when human Kicker Jones demanded his "true face," exposing vulnerability and spurring an Autobot alliance to revive consumed worlds. In the final conflict, Alpha Q channeled Earth's energon into Unicron's head, colliding it with Unicron's body. The resulting energy fissure recreated all devoured worlds in a new quadrant, sustained as the head transformed into an energon sun. Megatron reactivated Unicron, reclaiming the head and extinguishing the sun, killing Alpha Q. Kicker and Rodimus buried his body on Grass Planet, though his spirit endured. Adaptation variances include: - *Super Link* (Japanese) depicted Alpha Q's true voice as childlike, alluding to unused concepts of a planetary prince/princess origin. It emphasized a parental bond with Scorponok ("my Scorponok"), showcasing overt affection. - *Energon* (English) replaced this with a multi-voiced chorus symbolizing Planet Q's lost populace and downplayed the Scorponok bond. - *Autobot Academy* comics featured a character inspired by Alpha Quintesson as the pragmatic chairman of the Quintesson Co-Prosperity Sphere, unrelated to the *Energon* backstory.