GroundBridge

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:''GroundBridges are a form of technology in the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Groundbridge.jpg|thumb|250px|There is nothing wrong with your television set. We control the vertical, we control the horizontal...]]
A scaled-down iteration of [[Space bridge]] technology, a '''GroundBridge''' allows transport to coordinates on a single planet, or even into the planet's orbit. Considerably easier to maintain and less costly in [[energon (fuel)|energon]] to operate, it is the primary means of coordinating [[Autobot]] forces on planet [[Earth]]. Most tellingly, GroundBridge technology requires no receiving terminal at the destination in order to function.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
When [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] called for backup, Autobot reinforcements converged on his location via GroundBridge.{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} When Cliffjumper's life signs were later detected by the computers in the Autobot base, the team likewise departed via GroundBridge to investigate. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] was left behind to mind the Autobots' human guests, and explained to them that the team did not have the means to maintain a full space bridge, nor the energon to power such. As a result, they relied heavily on GroundBridge technology to dispatch the team to deal with alerts. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:Groundbridgecomputer.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The laser cannon has fully charged and will fire. There is nothing you can do Mr. Bond...]]

The GroundBridge control system was severely damaged during the [[Scraplet]] infestation, leaving [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] marooned in the [[Arctic]] until the Autobots at base got it fixed. The Scraplets were sent through the bridge to the Arctic where they froze. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}} The GroundBridge was still giving them trouble when [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived. This turned out to be just as well, since it was the Decepticon [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] posing as Wheeljack in an attempt to access the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Con Job}}

Moving the unstable [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|D.N.G.S.]] by GroundBridge might have resulted in mass devastation, at least according to Optimus Prime. Using the GroundBridge on a moving target such as a train was also extremely dangerous, potentially causing mass displacement trauma, twisted limbs, or metal burn, however having the target's precise coordinates helped. Ratchet was forced to move the two older children onto a moving train to prevent [[MECH]] capturing the D.N.G.S. device. MECH terminated the Autobots' computer, forcing Prime to save the children as they could not be transported back. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Without the Autobots' knowledge, the Decepticons constructed a GroundBridge of their own. When [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] used the Decepticon GroundBridge at the same time as the kids were using the Autobot one to return to base, the two bridges interfered with each other, resulting in the three kids being transported into a [[Shadowzone (dimension)|strange other dimension]], along with an undead [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. They were able to get enough of a cellphone signal to send a text message to the Autobots, and Ratchet replicated the original feedback loop, creating a GroundBridge portal through which they returned to reality. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

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===Foreign names===
*''Polish:'' '''Most ziemny''' ("dirt bridge")

[[Category:Prime technology]]

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