Pillar

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{{disambig2|the devices from Dark of the Moon|the human from Transformers: Prime|Pilar Esquivel}}
:''Pillars are a type of technology from the [[Dark of the Moon (franchise)|''Dark of the Moon'' franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:DOTM pillar active.jpg|thumb|300px]]
The '''Pillars''' are an example of advanced [[Cybertronian]] equipment that is related to their [[Space Bridge]] technology. They are small by [[Transformer]] standards, and resemble spikes. In groups, they are capable of creating a wormhole between two points. As few as four Pillars are capable of linking two points together and hundreds are able to even move entire planets. Two vital components of the Pillars are the Control Pillar and the [[Autobot]] who developed the technology, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Perhaps as a security measure, the Control Pillar was keyed to only respond to its creator's commands. Pillars tend to float under their own power and moved under the direction of Cybertronians, with them being able to reach into orbit by themselves without assistance.

==Fiction==
===IDW movie prequel comics===
As the war raged, Sentinel Prime revealed to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] that he had created a golden orb that would decisively win the war. Optimus went through with the idea, as Sentinel said it would allow for ending the war without more casualties. The torch required the [[AllSpark]] to activate it, so Ironhide led an assault on [[Simfur Temple]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3}} Elita-One activated the torch, turning it red, and delivered it to Sentinel. Sentinel boarded the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], where he presumably placed it within the control pillar, and flew to Simfur to end the battle. However, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] attacked the ship, causing it to disappear in a fiery explosion. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Unbeknownst to the Autobots and Decepticons, the attack caused the pillars to activate and transport the Ark through space and time. It collided with the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' and crashed on [[Earth]]'s [[moon (moon)|moon]], near its intended location. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}} {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3}} [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]'s crew recovered hundreds of pillars, and eventually returned to the wreck of the ''Nemesis'' to consult [[The Fallen]] as to its purpose. The Fallen asked Soundwave to leave it with him as he returned to Earth, and used the pillar to release himself from his [[sarcophagus]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

===''Classified'' novels===
Nineteen thousand years ago, during the war against [[The Fallen]], a munitions stronghold was established on Earth. In the present day, the stronghold was located under [[Hawthorne Army Depot]] and still contained many pieces of ancient and powerful technology, including a long cylindrical pillar of dark metal covered in Autobot symbols. It was the pillar that was of particular interest to [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], who was sent there by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to steal it, but [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]] was on a mission to stop him. Gears got to the stronghold first, but Reverb followed him after conning [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] into bringing him there.

Inside, Reverb damaged Gears and loaded up with ancient technology, including the pillar. Reverb fought off Ratchet, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and the human soldiers that were stationed there. In the process, Reverb activated the pillar and threw it at the human soldiers. It stuck in the desert floor and caused five soldiers, including [[Duane Bowman]], to disappear in a flash. After Reverb was outsmarted by [[Kevin Bowman]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] inspected the cylinder. He recognized the technology and concluded that the soldiers were transported someplace that was probably very far away and probably not inhabitable by humans... but there is always hope. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
[[Image:DOTM-Moonspacebridge.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Houston, we have a problem."]]
The Autobot leader known as Sentinel Prime developed the Pillar technology during the final years of the [[Great War]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with hundreds of such machines being created. Their intention was to use these advanced devices as a means of winning a war against [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s newly formed [[Decepticon]] faction. Unknown to anyone, Sentinel Prime had struck a secret pact with the [[Lord High Protector]] with the intention of saving Cybertron where the two were to meet on a distant planet called [[Earth]]. Taking hundreds of these machines, he stashed them onboard the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' but it was lost in the war where it crashed on Earth's moon. There, the devices and their creator undiscovered for an unknown number of years.

During the 1960's, the Decepticons discovered the ''Ark'' and began pillaging it of the Pillars, removing hundreds from Sentinel's vault, and leaving only five, including the control pillar. Unable to revive Sentinel, the Decepticons left the Autobot behind until such an opportunity presented itself. In [[2011]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots learned of the existence of the ''Ark'' after recovering an engine component at Chernobyl. Thus, they launched an expedition to the dark side of the moon where they retrieved Sentinel Prime as well as the control pillar.

Following Sentinel's resurrection using the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the pillars were kept at the [[NEST]] base at the direction of the national intelligence director's command as she believed their power as WMD's were too great. Unknown to anyone, the Decepticons were secretly masterminding the blanketing of all attempts at seeing the dark side of the moon where they had gathered their forces in secret. When [[Sam Witwicky]] learned of the Decepticon's plans, he believed that they intended to target Sentinel Prime and the Autobots rushed him to safety. However, Sentinel Prime revealed his true allegiance and attacked Optimus Prime's forces whereupon he retrieved his pillars and escaped.
[[Image:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|right|300px|That's some kamehameha.]]

Using the four pillars in conjunction with the Control Pillar, around two hundred Decepticons were let loose on Earth through Washington. Afterwards, the remaining stores of Pillars, brought to Earth by the Decepticon army, were set across the globe where they were to be launched into orbit under their own power as part of a grand plan to bring Cybertron to Earth. This was under Sentinel Prime's belief that to save their species, they needed to use Humanity as a slave force to rebuild their homeworld. Stationing the Control Pillar in [[Chicago]], they activated the device whilst attempting to defend it from Autobot forces and the Human military. This created a massive portal that brought half of Cybertron through before the Control Pillar was knocked out, thus temporarily stalling the process. However, [[Dylan Gould]] reactivated it, continuing the transport, but the device was ultimately destroyed by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] which stopped Cybertron from appearing in Earth's orbit. The Pillars that were bringing through Cybertron were likely pulled through the wormhole that had consumed Cybertron. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} The fault with the pillars was that anything that had travelled through would get sucked into a wormhole if the control pillar was destroyed without deactivation.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)''===
[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ordered [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] to go to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] to retrieve one of the Space bridge pillars. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)}}

== Notes ==
*The pillars seen in the movie vaguely resemble [[Transwarp cell]]s.

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