Spark extractor

2012-05-05T20:05:59Z

97.101.215.18: /* Prime cartoon */

[[Image:Cycle drone with extractor.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You got SPARK EXTRACTOR!]]
A '''spark extractor''' is a device 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 (as was, in fact, the norm). 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 [[Earth]]-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.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====3H comics====
The technology, of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]'s devising, fell into [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s hands when he returned to Cybertron from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and briefly worked with Cryotek.

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[Image:Spark extraction.jpg|left|150px|thumb|I'LL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!]]
Spark extractors were used frequently, such as on [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] in several occasions. After interfacing with the [[Oracle (BM)|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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===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:OperationBumblebee1 spark extractor.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
One of the class-A weapons confiscated from the [[Decepticon]]s, the Spark Extractor was stored in a vault beneath [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. When the [[Decepticon]]s stormed Iacon, the Extractor was sent off-planet, and ended up on [[Earth]]. It remained buried until the Decepticons unearthed it many years later. Though [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] attempted to take it, [[Megatron]] threatened to trigger it, potentially extracting the spark of everyone present. As the Decepticon leader tried to return to [[Trypticon (Prime)|his ship]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] stole the device from him and took it back to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|the Autobot base]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

<div style="float:left">{{spoiler|Flying Mind|May 5, 2012}}</div><div style="clear:left"></div>
The Autobots attempted to deploy the Spark Extractor in an attack on the Decepticon warship, but the ship's newly-awakened intelligence put them all into stasis lock. Megatron ordered the ship to move closer so he could retrieve his weapon, only for the warship to change course instead. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

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Kaon (polity)

2012-04-11T18:05:47Z

97.101.215.18: /* Transformers: War for Cybertron */

[[Image:Kolkular.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kolkular: Cue The Smurfs theme.]]
'''Kaon''' is a [[Decepticon]]-controlled [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] in the southern hemisphere of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Under Decepticon rule, its capitol is the fortress of [[Kolkular]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====''Classics''====
[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], revived since his demise in [[Tokyo]], missed Cybertron badly. In particular, he missed the days in Kaon, when the Decepticons were still a proper army and he could steal small things from his fellow soldiers without everyone immediately suspecting him. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|Skywarp's ''Classics'' profile}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
Far from the civilized metropolitan titans of the north half of the planet, Kaon was inhabited by a radical citizenry unsatisfied with the [[Autobot High Council]] and its maintained status quo. It was here that the industrial creations, the [[smelting pool]]s, were first used to melt down living beings, a practice other city-states found horrible and barbaric. Disaffected, unruly, and thirsty for slaughter, Kaon was an obvious location for the fomenting of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s underground Decepticon movement.

Optimus Prime forced Megatron through a [[space bridge]] in Kaon, causing the space bridge to explode and both to disappear. {{storylink|Fragmentation}}

====IDW ''Generation 1'' continuity====
Kaon was known to be one of the worst places on Cybertron. Thus, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was operating out there at the time Megatron and his fellow miners had chosen it as their place of hiding. One of Kaon's notable features was a series of underground [[gladiatorial combat]]s run by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. After Megatron killed Clench, he took over the games as a method of recruiting gladiators into the Decepticon army. After being freed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], the Decepticons launched an attack on Kaon and took control of the city, using it as their base to direct the [[Great War (G1)|campaign]] against the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
====''Universe''====
[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] went in hiding in the ruins of Kaon after [[the Powerlinx Battles]]. Having fallen into madness due to the disappearance of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], he began terrorizing the southern polar regions of Cybertron with hit-and-run maneuvers on whomever he happened to stumble upon. {{storylink|Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat's ''Universe'' bio}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Whether Decepticons were ever stationed here is unknown. What is known is that there are some smart-nukes in cold storage. After [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] was defeated and imprisoned, [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], now in control of the planetary network, saw that one of Ramjets [[Mini-Con]]s (which one is never revealed) had escaped, so he sent one of the smart-nukes after it. It appeared to have made its mark. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===Live-action film series===
If the [[Risk|''Transformers'' RISK]] game is to be taken at face value, Kaon exists and is surrounded by Kolkular, the area in which the Smelting Pool is located, [[Altihex]], [[Moon Alpha Spaceport|Moon Alpha]] and the area containing [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadams]]. {{storylink|Risk}}

====Target.com profile====
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Some Autobot prisoners were being detained by [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]] and the other Decepticons in Kaon. They were rescued when [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] stormed in single-handedly and offered the Decepticons their kicked [[Anatomic euphemism#Transistor|transistor]]s on a silver platter. {{storylink|Explore the Cyberglyph Wall for Secrets and Savings#The Story of Leadfoot|The Story of Leadfoot}}

===''Animated''===
[[Image:StuntiConJob_Trypticon_Prison.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Kaon Prison]]
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[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] is known as the ''Kaon Krusher''. That's just ''scary''. {{storylink|Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut's toy bio}}

''No longer welcome on Cybertron, the Decepticons built a colony world for themselves on Pyrovar {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}} which they named [[New Kaon]].'' {{storylink|Dispatches}}

Autobot-controlled Kaon was the location of [[Trypticon Prison]], a former Decepticon stronghold. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

===Shattered Glass===
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{{storylink|Do Over}} {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

===Aligned continuity===
[[Image:SickMind-Kaon.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
====''Exodus'' novel====
Built on a plateau three times the size of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Kaon was the industrial heart of Cybertron, where nameless members of the low [[caste system|castes]] toiled endlessly. It was a dark, smoking mess of a city that was impossible to navigate without the [[Communication Grid]]. The [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] ignored the emerging [[gladiatorial combat]] in the areas surrounding Kaon, acknowledging it was the inhabitants' only escape in their lives. A champion taking the name [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] emerged. This [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] took control of the gladiators and formed the [[Decepticon]]s. His base was a single, large pyramid.

During the war, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (Prime)|Prowl]] rescued [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] from the pyramid, which had become Kaon Prison. Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] had made a deal with the [[Underworld]]ers to chain the prisoners underground. The Autobots were only confronted by two gibbering guards, which Optimus presumed was the toll of [[Dark Energon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

====''Prime'' comic====
Before the war, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] explored the tunnels in Kaon. In the present, she returned with [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] to find [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had constructed a [[space bridge]]. Cliffjumper distracted his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Eradicons]] while Arcee activated and overloaded the space bridge's controls. She, Cliffjumper and Starscream jumped through the space bridge to [[Earth]] before it blew up. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Prime}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Image:OrionPax3 Kaon.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Kaon was the Decepticon capital on Cybertron. When [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] used a [[cortical psychic patch]] to enter [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s subconscious, he found himself in a recreation of the city. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Attempting to find [[Vector Sigma]], [[Jack Darby]] and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] were led to Kaon by the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} They managed to wake up an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] sentry which attacked Arcee while Jack went below ground to the Vector Sigma chamber. He was able to download the contents of the Matrix from the computer, despite interference from [[scraplet]]s, and he and Arcee headed back for the space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}
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==Games==
====''Transformers: War for Cybertron''====
Kaon is the Decepticons' capital city and home to a huge prison complex where Autobot captives, including Autobot leader Zeta Prime are held. Megatron put Soundwave in command of the Kaon Prison Complex. The prisoners there are loaded onto Decepticon Dropships. The Dropships take the prisoners to Kaon Prison, and Decepticon soldiers escort them to cells or are executed by Titans. Or, they could be sent to 'recycling', where the prisoners are thrown into a strong current, and crushed in a masher. The city houses huge industrial buildings, which may include weapons manufacturing, or experimental labs. During the Decepticon assault of Iacon, Soundwave raided an Autobot base, and his troops took prisoners and energon. When Optimus, Ratchet, and Bumblebee arrived. He detected them, and ordered some troops to attack and destroy them, while he and the other Decepticons left in a Dropship for Kaon with the energon and prisoners. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Kolkulartoy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|A fungus among us.]]
*'''Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)

:Kolkular is one of two distinguishable cities molded into the surface of [[Primus]]'s planet mode, designed specifically to match its appearance in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''The War Within'' comics and DK's ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''. In Primus's robot mode, Kolkular ends up on the underside of Primus's heel, which is probably symbolic.

:The other city is the Autobot city-state [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], which, similar to the depiction on the Cybertron map in the ''Ultimate Guide'', is placed on the opposite end of the toy from Kolkular. Its placement, however, is likely a coincidence.

===Cybertron===
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)

:Yep, it was still there when the toy was released months later in the ''Cybertron'' toyline.

===Transformers 2010===
[[Image:Kolkular2010toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Creator Primus''' (Supreme 2010)
:Still here! And it's a new color!

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==Merchandise==
* '''Transformers Monopoly''' (2007)
: Kaon replaces Virginia Ave in this version of the game.

* '''RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition''' (2007)
: Kaon is one of the purple zones on the board.

==Notes==
*Kaon's fortress capitol Kolkular was first non-[[canon]]ically mentioned in the short story "[[Alignment]]".
*In the December 2009 issue of ''GameInformer'', Kaon is incorrectly spelled as '''Chaon'''.
*It seems likely that [[Megatron's castle]], a building that has only appeared in the ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' series, is located in Kaon.

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