Frak
- Frak is a Transformer from the 2005 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Working as an Energon miner in the Thymesis facility on Luna 2, Frak is a 'bot of humble aspirations—while his axe-hand is okay and all, a drill would be nice.
Fiction
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
[edit]About 200,000 years before the war began, Frak and his buddy Rushcut were mining Energon when he uncovered a strange green spark that emitted a flash of light. Unnerved, Rushcut alerted Momus, the foreman, who called in the find as a "code 113". The Functionist Council sent the Authenticator Three-of-Twelve to verify that the spark was a viable "Point One Percenter" and Momus was rewarded by being reclassified as "alt mode exempt", meaning he could follow a career of his own choosing. Asking if he might be rewarded with a drill-hand, Frak was coldly informed that having been exposed to the spark's first flash, he and Rushcut had about six hours to live. Remembrance Day
Notes
[edit]- "Frak" is a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Frak (expletive)|{{#if:fictional expletive|fictional expletive|Frak (expletive)}}]] from the original [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|{{#if:Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)}}]] TV series (though it would be used far more frequently in the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|{{#if:reimagined version|reimagined version|Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)}}]]). It was also the title of a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Frak!|{{#if:1984 computer game|1984 computer game|Frak!}}]] wherein the protagonist would exclaim "Frak!" via a speech bubble as he died.
- In relation to mining, the homophone "fracking" is a contraction of "[[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}hydraulic fracturing|{{#if:||hydraulic fracturing}}]]", a method of extracting gases from rock.