Changes: Spark extractor

Revision as of 20:23, 26 March 2006

Cycle drone with extractor — A cycle drone wielding a spark extractor.

Spark extraction — A spark is extracted from the body of the Vehicon, Thrust.

A spark extractor is a device invented by Cryotek that is used for pulling a Transformer's spark out of its mechanical body. This process can be accomplished even against the will of the target Transformer. Once removed from its body, a Transformer's spark is more or less helpless.

When an extractor is near a Transformer and activated, even before the spark emerges, the Transformer often appears to be stunned or dazed such that they find it difficult to resist. The extraction itself is quite fast, taking well under thirty seconds in most cases. Extractors are therefore quite effective as weapons, requiring only that the victim be momentarily immobilized in order for the extractor to do its work.

Spark extractors were used frequently in the Beast Machines cartoon, which also introduced them to the fiction. The technology fell into Megatron's hands between the events of Beast Wars and Beast Machines when he returned to Cybertron and briefly worked with Cryotek. After interfacing with the Oracle, Megatron's own disembodied spark also had the ability to remove the sparks of living Transformers even without the technological aid of an extractor.

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 [[Image:Cycle drone with extractor.jpg|thumb|A cycle drone wielding a spark extractor.]][[Image:Spark extraction.jpg|thumb|A spark is extracted from the body of the [[Vehicon]], [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]].]]A '''spark extractor''' is a device invented by [[Cryotek]] that is used for pulling a Transformer's [[spark]] out of its mechanical body.  This process can be accomplished even against the will of the target Transformer.  Once removed from its body, a Transformer's spark is more or less helpless.
-When an extractor is near a Transformer and activated, even before the spark emerges, the Transformer often appears to be stunned or dazed such that they find it difficult to resist.  The extraction itself is quite fast, requiring only thirty seconds or less.
+When an extractor is near a Transformer and activated, even before the spark emerges, the Transformer often appears to be stunned or dazed such that they find it difficult to resist.  The extraction itself is quite fast, taking well under thirty seconds in most cases.  Extractors are therefore quite effective as weapons, requiring only that the victim be momentarily immobilized in order for the extractor to do its work.
-Spark extractors were used frequently in the [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]], which also instroduced them.  They seemed to be quite effective as weapons, requiring only that the victim be momentarily immobilized in order for the extractor to do its work.  After interfacing with [[Vector Sigma|the Oracle]], Megatron's own disembodied spark also had the ability to extract the sparks of living Transformers even without technological aid.
+Spark extractors were used frequently in the [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]], which also introduced them to the fiction.  The technology fell into [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s hands between the events of ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' when he returned to Cybertron and briefly worked with Cryotek.  After interfacing with [[Vector Sigma|the Oracle]], Megatron's own disembodied spark also had the ability to remove the sparks of living Transformers even without the technological aid of an extractor.
 [[Category:Technology]]