Professor Haley attempted to show off the Voltronic Galaxer at Haley Observatory. His demonstration proved to be effective in contacting alien life; however, the alien life it contacted was Megatron, who was standing on the roof of the observatory. The Decepticons blasted their way into the building, with Starscream almost inadvertently destroying the device. Megatron stole the Voltronic Galaxer and spirited it away to the moon. It was installed in the Decepticon lunar dome base as part of a plan to block all of Earth's radio waves, and ransom them for the planet's energy.