Stasis lock

2025-11-13T04:33:04Z

Script: Rough summary of stasis rewritten to be more continuity neutral, per the previously tagged cleanup

'''Stasis''', or sometimes '''stasis lock''', is the most common form of suspended animation for Cybertronians. Depending on circumstance, they may choose to either willingly enter to stasis for reasons of conversation of energy, or have it forced upon them by specialized tools and weaponry.

The exact methods of inducing stasis can vary, but the most common one is a stasis pod that will induce stasis via a means of a freezing gas released once a Cybertronian is placed inside.

Sometimes this is done willingly, as going into stasis preserves the energy of the individual by putting them into a state of deep sleep. It can also be done simply to ease the passing of time during a long journey. In some cases, it serves as a Cybertronian equivalent of anesthesia , making it easier to operate on a damaged patient or allow them to rest while their internal mechanisms handle repairs. These systems may activate automatically upon a Cybertronian taking a sufficient amount of damage to cause these in-built failsafes to trigger.

At other times, stasis can be caused by weapons designed to effectively freeze a Transformer in place. As Cybertronians come in many different shapes and sizes, this often is a reliable manner of imprisonment that will fit the captive Transformer no matter their build. Specialized cuffs are often produced to take advantage of this effect. Depending on the intent of the user, this can allow for the safe neutralizing of a dangerous target, while still leaving them otherwise unharmed, either for questioning or just out of an aversion to taking life. For those for whom morals are not a concern, however, weaponized stasis can be a dangerous tool to freeze a victim in place and render them helpless to greater violence to follow.

====2005 IDW continuity====
Stasis lock to a Cybertronian was analogous to unconsciousness in a [[human]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

A group of [[Maximal]] explorers, brainwashed by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] into thinking they were [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, fell into stasis as a result of [[Earth]]'s increasingly hostile weather and a lack of [[energon]]. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} Their tormentor was likewise entombed after being at ground-zero of an exploding volcano. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

After suffering extensive torture at the hands of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}} [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] was left within a [[stasis pod]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

After [[Merklynn|Garrison Kreiger]] triggered the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] energy within him, [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] managed to channel and suppress the energies but at the cost of falling into deep stasis. {{storylink|Unification Day: Dusk}} He regained consciousness after the Talisman had been activated. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

====''Wings Universe''====
When the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s were called in for a dreaded mandatory lecture and meditation session from [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]], [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] quipped to [[Flareup (G1)|Flare-Up]] that 'bots had been bored into stasis lock by such sessions. [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] pointed out the story must have been a rumor. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
To avoid being interrogated by [[Wolfang (Predacon)|Wolfang]], [[Battlefennec|Fennec]] entered a voluntary stasis lock. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

====''Star Trek vs. Transformers''====
Upon crashing on Earth, the Autobots and Decepticons aboard the ''Ark'' wound up in stasis lock following the latter's violent boarding of the Autobot ship. Four million years later, in the 23rd century, the sequence of events repeated itself aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] on [[Cygnus Seven]] whose autonomic systems reactivated his passengers when a [[Federation]] survey team triggered his proximity sensors. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
At the end of the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], [[Exarchon]] jumped into [[Provoke]]'s body and entered emergency stasis lock, allowing himself to be buried until the time was right for him to reemerge. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} For her crimes during the conflict, [[Pyra Magna]] was locked in stasis in the [[White Tower]]. She was roused from this state every 2000 cycles to be reminded of why she was imprisoned before being returned to stasis. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}}

Cybertron's population of [[Titan (group)|Titans]] orbited the planet in stasis, ready to be awakened at a moment's notice from any space-borne threat. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}}

Following an accident with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s upgraded [[teleportation]] harness, [[Jumpstream]] was left in stasis lock, {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight II|Test Flight II}} needing attention from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to emerge. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

Following the Decepticon takeover of [[Velocitron]], [[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva]] was sentenced to indefinite stasis by [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]]. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

====''Last Bot Standing''====
Following the deaths of [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]] and [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] went into stasis lock for centuries, locked in his [[alternate mode]] as [[Shib Wallkis]]'s wagon. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}} {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

Lacking the resources needed to build a faster-than-light spacecraft, [[Steeljaw (IDW)|Steeljaw]]'s pack of survivors travelled across the galaxy in capsule fired like a bullet from a gun, riding out the journey in stasis lock. Following Rodimus defeating the visitors on [[Donnokt]], he turned their ship into an orbiting capsule, locking the survivors in their stasis pods before he too eventually returned to stasis. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}}

====Energon Universe====
Millions of years ago, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] fell into stasis lock on a barren planetoid, not far from the [[Sacred Ring]]. He was eventually awoken by the [[Zertonian]] pilot [[Solila]], and her reluctant [[Agorrian]] ally [[Darak]] who energized his [[alternate mode]], hoping to use it as a way off the planet. Concerned as to the state of Cybertron, Jetfire made for home after he awoke. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 1|Void Rivals #1}} On Cybertron, only Shockwave remained active, his fellow Decepticons having entered stasis lock to preserve energon. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

Tracking the ''Ark'' to the planet [[Earth]], Jetfire found his old friends in stasis lock. Unaware of the Autobot/Decepticon war that had broken out in his absence, he ordered [[Teletraan I|Teletraan One]] to repair all of the passengers. When Starscream and Skywarp dragged the Decepticons closer to the supercomputer so they could heal first, Optimus opened fire on Teletraan, leaving the majority of the Autobots and Decepticons in stasis. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}}

Using Skywarp to repair Teletraan One, {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}} the Decepticons managed to bring more of their number out of stasis. After securing an energon supply, the Autobots were able to revive Arcee. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}} Once the Autobots had retaken the ''Ark'', [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] tried to bring more Autobots out of stasis but hit a roadbloack when he accidentally reactivated part of Skywarp's mind. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}

===Live-action films continuity===
[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] went into stasis lock while frozen in the [[Arctic]].<ref>Hasbro's online [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/TRANSFORMERS-Glossary.cfm Transformers glossary].</ref>

In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', instead of being outright killed by Megatron's attack, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was put into a state of deep stasis lock. His body was so damaged it could take thousands of years for it to repair itself, [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|so he may as well have been dead]].

[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was discovered on Earth's moon in a similar state before being revived via the energies of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

Optimus Prime went into stasis after an encounter with [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] and [[Cemetery Wind]] in [[Mexico City]] before [[Cade Yeager]]'s tampering with his internal mechanics reactivated him. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

Upon leaving Earth, Optimus exhausted his Energon reserves and fell into stasis in the vicinity of [[Jupiter]]. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] entered [[Solar System|the Sol system]], Optimus was caught in its gravity well with his homeworld's atmosphere rousing him. The [[Guardian Knight]]s had willingly gone into stasis to safeguard the [[Staff of Merlin]] and awoke when [[Guardian Knights' ship|their ship]] was breached. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

===''Animated'' continuity===
Cybertronians bound by [[stasis cuffs]] were considered to be in stasis lock, a state where they were totally immobile but remained fully conscious and aware. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] was likewise placed in this state during the battle for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s [[space bridge]] while professing his irrational fear of the condition. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

At the end of the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] placed the critically damaged [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] in a modified form of stasis lock until he could be repaired. {{storylink|TransWarped}} [[Sigma Supreme]] was placed in a similar state by [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Aligned continuity===
To defeat [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]], the [[Thirteen]] concocted a plan where the youngest of their number, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], would enter the Chaos-Bringer and expose his [[Primus]]-like spark to Unicron's anti-spark, the resulting interaction knocking both into stasis lock. While Optimus was revived by [[Quintus Prime]]'s [[Emberstone]], [[Vector Prime]] created a time-loop around Unicron with the intent of leaving him comatose forever.

When the [[Great Cataclysm]] struck Cybertron, the few [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] left (including [[Prima]] and [[Alpha Trion]]) rounded up as many survivors as they could and led them underground to wait out the cataclysm in protective caves where they instructed their followers on how to enter stasis. Left on the surface, the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] attempted to fly to safety before vague instinctual knowledge of stasis lock kicked in and they attempted to seek shelter underground. However, the time of the Predacons was over and they seemingly never reemerged from stasis lock, eventually going extinct. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

After being attacked by a swarm of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]], [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] was badly damaged and forced to enter stasis lock. His body was discovered by [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron}} An Autobot clean-up team eventually found and revived the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 2|Beast Hunters #2}}

[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was later heavily injured after a [[space bridge]] explosion, {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}} and was put in stasis aboard the ''Nemesis'' after [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] located him. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

During a perfect alignment of forty-seven celestial bodies, the magnetic and gravitational forces acted on Unicron's inert body and he finally emerged from stasis. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} Exposure to the energies of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] returned him to stasis. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

After [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] crash-landed at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]], a baby [[Energon eater]] that had attached to the ship escaped into the facility and began to drain the Energon from each of the Autobots, leaving them in '''stasis comas'''. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}

In certain situations, stasis is used as a form of anesthesia (complete with slurred speech and going under and coming out of it). {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} The ''Nemesis'' was equipped with a [[Stasis Beam]], locking whomever it hit in a form of stasis. When an infusion of [[Dark Energon]] brought the ''Nemesis'' to life, it turned the weapon first against [[Team Prime]] and then against its own crew. When the Dark Energon was expunged from the ship, the effects of the stasis beam wore off. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

In the post-war era, the criminals aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' were kept within stasis pods utilizing [[cryo-gas]]. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} In order to retake the ship's drive section from the Decepticon convicts, the Autobots detonated a [[stasis bomb]] that rendered all those onboard into stasis. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[Scorch (RBA)|Scorch]] ended up in stasis lock after running out of energon, but was later revived when he was gotten back to base. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (episode)|The Ties That Bind}} Wedge noted he was unbeatable at the Cybertronian party game Musical Stasis. An asteroid struck [[Citadel Secundus]], creating an anti-energon field that put everyone on board into stasis lock, except for [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] who protected himself with a shield emitter. {{storylink|Space Party}} He was able to revive the other recruits with additional shield emitters, and once the anti-energon field faded, everyone else came back online. {{storylink|Crash of the Titan}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
Beneath the [[Argon Sea]], the broken [[Dweller (Cyberverse)|Dweller]] existed in stasis lock. The monster emerged from stasis after the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], when a fragment of [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]'s mind found its way to him. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}}

When the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' crashed on Earth, [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] was ejected from the ship. He quickly went to work trying to find his ship only for an asteroid impact to knock him into stasis lock for the next 65 million years. {{storylink|King of the Dinosaurs}}

After [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] had used the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to punch the [[AllSpark]] out of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]], {{storylink|I Am The Allspark}} the strain left him in deep stasis. He was later awoken by the chaos of the ''Ark'' being bombarded by the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}}

===''One'' film===
During the war against the [[Quintesson]]s, the [[Thirteen]] were betrayed by [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel]] and lured into an ambush. Though twelve of the group perished, [[Alpha Trion]] fell into stasis. There he remained for fifty cycles until a quartet of [[cogless]] miners found and revived him. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}

==Games==
===''Fall of Cybertron''===
Following his defeat by the Autobots, [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s injuries left him in deep stasis.

When [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] followed a distress signal beneath the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], he found [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] in stasis. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron}}

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