Eurythma

2007-02-25T20:53:11Z

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:''Eurhythma is a planet in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

The planet''' Eurhythma''' is inhabited by a [[human]] culture built entirely around music. Among their achievements is a three-part harmony of incredible destructive power.

The inhabitants of Eurhythma speak in a constant lilting sing-song manner. Oddly, though they seem to be speaking perfectly understandable "english" (or whatever the common galactic language is) of all the Transformers who land on Eurythma only [[Blaster]] and [[Soundwave]], with their affinity for sound and music, seemed capable of understanding Eurythmians and had to constantly translate what they were saying to non-sing-song for the others.

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2007-02-25T02:46:44Z

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The Stormtrooper team, from the Marvel UK ''Generation 2'' comic issue #2.

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Overlord (rank)

2007-02-25T02:45:08Z

24.52.90.168: /* Marvel Comics UK continuity */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot group|the Generation 1 Decepticon leader|Overlord}}
:''The Overlords are a group of [[Autobot]]s from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Overlordautobot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Plaise, suh, may I 'aff s'more?"]]
The '''Overlords''' were the ruling council on [[Cybertron]] before the onset of the [[Great War]]. Their home base was [[Iacon]].

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics UK continuity===

During a time immediately prior to the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]], the planet was broken up into a gala of warring city-states, ruled over (rather pathetically) by the last of the Autobot Overlords. This aging, rusted husk of a mech - enfeebled to the point of needing a near-constant supply of energon injected directly into his body to keep himself functional - had attempted to quell the fighting between two such providences, those of [[Tarn]] and [[Vos]], with the suggestion of settling their disputes through gladiatorial combat, instead of all-out conflict. The talks went sour, however, and as war began brewing between the two city-states once again, the Overlord - accompanied by his trusted bodyguards [[Nightstalker]] and [[Ravage]], along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a then-neutral [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] - was forced to beat a hasty retreat back to Iacon.

He didn't get far, however, before the Tarn forces cornered him and his party at the ruins of the bridge to Iacon, the forces having demolished it to prevent their quarry from escaping. Jumping the gap, Optimus went on ahead to gather reinforcements, while Megatron and the bodyguards held their ground. Unfortunately, they quickly realized just how outnumbered they really were, and both Megatron and Ravage suggested they try to jump the gap, as well. Nightstalker, in an extreme show of loyalty to his charge, defied their suggestion and sacrificed himself to take out the Tarn army, instead of leaving the Overlord behind to save their own skins.

His sacrifice was in vain; now almost completely out of energon, the Overlord pleaded to both Megatron and Ravage to spare some of their own energy to keep him alive, but they rebuffed him. Megatron was convinced that he would make a better leader of Cybertron even then, and Ravage was convinced to agree, noting that Megatron was the planet's best chance of weathering the inevitable change on the horizon. Faced with this shocking betrayal of his most trusted comrades, the Overlord was left to perish, his death retold by Megatron to all who asked as his circuits giving out from the stresses of escaping the Tarn army. {{storylink|State Games}}

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Energon

2007-02-24T01:22:40Z

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{{Template:Disambig2|the energy source|the Transformers franchise|Energon (franchise)}}

[[Image:EnergonCubesCartoon1.jpg |right|300px|thumb|NRG]]

'''Energon''' is the preferred fuel / energy source of Transformers. It has also been shown as food, currency and sometimes even ammunition.

Typically, energon is highly explosive. Even a small impact can cause energon to detonate fiercely.

In most continuities, the safest way to transport Energon is when it is condensed into the form of an [[energon cube]]. In this form energon is more stable, but still quite dangerous.

== Generation 1 ==

In the [[Generation 1]] animated series, energon is at first the specific power source of choice of the Decepticons exclusively, with the Autobots never using the material in their recorded adventures in the late 20th Century. By 2005, however - by choice or necessity - the Autobots had adopted energon as their fuel also. Energon has also been used as currency, mostly by entities that do not use it as sustenance, on the gambling asteroid of [[Monacus]].

Energon is "refined" or created out of other energy sources, sometimes through machinery, but most often simply by attaching an empty energon cube, or placing one next to, the energy source which will be converted. The cube then goes to work automatically, converting the power source into liquid energon which fills the cube. Liquid energon is a glowing pink in color, but should energon cubes be compressed, it takes on an irridescent rainbow effect.

Energy sources refined into energon have included electricity, magma, oil and steam, pillaged from Earth by the Decepticons a regular basis. When the Autobots began using energon, on the other hand, they set up [[Autobot City]] to harmlessly harness Earth's many renewable resources and acquire the energy that way. The level of power any energon possesses appears to be related to the original base material from which it was converted - the especially pure oil of [[Carbombya]], for example, yielded a particularly potent "super-energon" that created an instantly perceptible increase in vigour and strength in those who consumed it.

=== Generation 1: Blackthorne 3D ===
[[Image:Energon_molecule.jpg|thumb|The final molecule needed for pure energon, which cannot be manufactured, is highlighted at the right. There will be a quiz on Friday, so pay attention.]]
The first issue of [[Blackthorne]]'s ''[[Transformers in 3D]]'' comics featured an unusually specific discussion of energon, although it is outside of mainline continuity, and this information has not been re-used in other canonical sources.

According to Blackthorne, "pure energon" consists of several molecules (perhaps in the form of a macromolecule), one of which contains an element actually named "energon", which cannot be synthesized. The whole macromolecule is often refered to simply as energon.

The element energon is required for the creation of "pure" energon. This implies that an "impure" energon may exist that can be manufactured without the element energon, but is still referred to as energon because of its similar physical properties.

=== IDW Comics Continuity ===

Energon is at the heart of the revised continuity introduced in ''[[Infiltration]]'' and ''[[Stormbringer_(comics)|Stormbringer]]'' arcs. The Transformers apparently stripped Cybertron of its resources (including Energon) during the Autobot-Decepticon War, precipitating the cataclysm that rendered the planet sterile. Thus, the Transformers are spread across the galaxy, seeking new or synthetic sources of fuel - [[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] mentions "artificial Energon derivatives" and "scrabbling for micro-ergs of some foul local brew".

The extent of Autobot energy-harvesting operations is as yet unknown, but it is clear that the Decepticons infiltrate and destabilise established societies with developed technology (presumably because local technology makes Energon harvesting quicker and easier) before stripping the infiltrated planets bare. The Autobots typically work to counter Decepticon infiltration units, possibly to deny the Decepticons new sources of energy as much as to protect the unwitting peoples of each planet from Decepticon pillaging.

An offhanded comment made by [[Ratchet_(G1)|Ratchet]] indicates that one method for consuming Energon is the use of a delivery capsule. Presumably, this is the large, coffin-like device used by [[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] in the first two pages of ''Infiltration'' #6.

The discovery on Earth of [[Ore-13]], an ore that can be purified into a unique and highly powerful form of Energon, threatens to throw humanity's home straight into the middle of the conflict as both Autobots and Decepticons vie for control of it. Unknown to either faction, Ore-13 was actually created by the Decepticon [[Shockwave|Shockwave]], who seeded Earth with the substance millions of years ago as part of a project he called [[Spotlight:_Shockwave|Regenesis]].

Back on Cybertron, another form of Energon has been discovered by both an Autobot science team led by [[Jetfire_(G1)|Jetfire]] and a Decepticon group led by [[Bludgeon_(G1)|Bludgeon]]; the latter group has used this "Ultra Energon" to resurrect the avatar of the Cybertronian apocalypse, the Decepticon [[Thunderwing_(G1)|Thunderwing]], in a plot to restore Cybertron to its former glory. Given that Bludgeon had uncovered Shockwave's Regenesis project, Ultra-Energon and Ore-13 may be the same substance.

==Beast Era==

As the Blackthorne comics had done before them, the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']] animated series treated energon as an element in its own right, rather than a refined product of other energies. The ''Beast Wars'' handling of energon was centered around the concept of the element existing in a naturally-occurring raw state as unstable crystals which generated powerful radiation. With extended exposure, this radiation threatened to overload the circuits of a normal Transformer, but could not penetrate through organic layers. When [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s crews arrived on prehistoric Earth and discovered the planet to be rich in raw energon, they adopted organic-skinned beast modes for the express purpose of shielding them from the radiation.

Although all appearances indicate that energon crystals can be naturally occurring, it was later revealed that the crystals on Earth has been seeded on the planet by the mysterious aliens known as the [[Vok]], apparently as part of their back-up plan to sterilize Earth should the experiment they were conducting on it be disrupted some how. The Beast Wars qualified as such a disruption, and using their [[Planet Buster]] weapon, the Vok detonated the vast majority of Earth's energon with a massive energy beam. The Planet Buster was destroyed by Optimus Primal, and much of the energon not destroyed was converted into a stable state in the form of solid cubes, also known as "energon cubes."

''To bring the Beast Era's portrayal of energon into line with G1's, further writings by parties such as [[Dreamwave]] have presented crystalline energon as the natural state of the mineral, which can then be manually processed to create the safer, more usable liquid energon of G1.''

==Energon==
In the [[Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']] series, energon is presented differently. According to the series' production notes, Energon is formed "as the planets came into contact with solar winds" and create "solar energy crystals from the sun's genetic material," whatever the hell that means. Here energon's natural form is an ore, and it is colored an amber-yellow. This energon ore is created by sunlight. It can be found simply by mining for it on certain planets, rather than needing to be synthesized from other energy sources. The [[Energon Saber]] [[Mini-Con]]s are largely composed of this pure Energon.

The sub-factions known as [[Omnicon]]s and [[Terrorcon]]s have the unique ability to refine energon and to shape [[Energon weapons]] and power-enhancing [[Energon Chips]] (also called Energon Stars). Omnicon-refined energon is red, while Terrorcon produced energon stars are a more yellowish-green. Terrorcon-produced Energon reacts badly when most Transformers even touch it, sending the one who grabbed it into system shock. However, it appears that those whose superstructures are in some manner Unicron-fashioned (like the Terrorcons) are immune to its negative effects. As such, it's possible these Transformers would have the same negative reaction to an Omnicon-forged Energon Star.

There is also evidence that refined Energon can come in a variety of other colors, including purple, black, and more metallic tones. What other effects these other Energon colors have is undetermined at this time.

There also exist other types of energon: green energon, a corrupted form of the substance that flows through the body of [[Unicron]]; and blue "[[super energon]]", which exists in a pool inside an ancient temple far below the surface of Cybertron.

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Eurythma

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Overlord (rank)

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