Fuel intake moderation chip
When imbibing various kinds of intoxicating fuel, a Transformer can elect to disengage their fuel intake moderation chip in order to experience the associated effects, which can range from slurring one's words to passing out dead drunk.
Fiction
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
[edit]While in a bar on Hedonia, Swerve convinced Ultra Magnus to deactivate his fuel intake moderation chip after drinking a Mood Whiplash. When Magnus immediately went from vertical to horizontal, Skids checked the drink and discovered that Whirl hadn't given him carbonated engex but weapons-grade nucleon instead, requiring Magnus to later have his fuel tanks reconstructed. Cybertronian Homesick Blues
After Trailcutter got blind drunk in Swerve's and got caught breaking into the Lost Light's medibay to steal Megatron's personal stash of energon, Megatron permanently reactivated his fuel intake moderation chip so that he would never be able to get drunk or take pleasure from drinking again. Promoting Trailcutter to head of security aboard the Lost Light, Megatron revealed that he had undergone the same procedure. Words Hang in the Air
Notes
[edit]Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Nenryō kyūnyū seigyo chip (燃料吸入制御チップ)