Editing Locking chip

A '''locking chip''' is the Transformer component which implements [[stasis lock]], a form of protective shutdown.

Without a locking chip, damage a Transformer can normally survive will instead kill them outright.  It can only be safely installed or removed when a Transformer is in [[repair mode]].

[[reformatting|Un-formatted]] [[protoforms]] do not have locking chips, this function is performed by the [[stasis pod]]'s locking chip.  

==Fiction==
===Beast Wars cartoon===
[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor's]] locking ship was destroyed when her stasis pod crashed.  [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] removed [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]] as a temporary replacement.{{storylink|The Spark}}

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