Communicube

A communicube is a cube-shaped device used for communicative purposes. (Apparently, whoever invented it didn't wish to waste too much time on naming it.) A communicube allows for direct communication between two locations and displays the person on the other end on at least five of its sides. It is unclear whether the party that transmits to a communicube has one of their own or uses a different kind of device to support the contact.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Communicubes appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

Springer gave Impactor a communicube from Xaaron after he and the other Autobot Triple Changers beat him up. Through the communicube, Xaaron explained to Impactor that it had been for his own good, because now he knew they'd make a proper replacement for Ultra Magnus in Operation: Volcano. An understandably frustrated Impactor crushed the communicube in response.

Just before Operation: Volcano reached its final stage, Astrotrain brought the Decepticon would-be targets a communicube from Megatron, through which he ordered them all to return to Polyhex immediately. Target: 2006

Regeneration One

Regeneration One continues from the Marvel US series, and does not include the UK stories or any subsequently published stories.

A generic Cybertronian carried on a conversation mocking Optimus Prime's speech patterns via communicube. Counterpoint

2005 IDW continuity

Before the war, it was customary for arrested Transformers to get access to a communicube. Chaos Theory Part 1 The communicube had been designed for those prisoners to have only one call. Patternism

Prowl used a communicube to contact Impactor on Pova after the battle between the Wreckers and Squadron X. Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5 Once the Wreckers had traveled from Pova to G'th Semane, Springer hurriedly bought a communicube so that he could report Impactor's execution of Squadron X to Autobot High Command. Zero Point

Years later, Springer used a communicube to let Twin Twist know that he was done picking out new Wrecker recruits. Bullets

The Decepticon Justice Division contacted Krok's crew, on board a P-6 Worldsweeper on the planet Clemency, via Flywheels's (oversized) communicube to tell them that one of them was on "The List". Rules of Disengagement Krok then reported back using the device. Who's Afraid of the DJD?

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Communicube (コミュニキューブ Komyunikyūbu)