Editing Ore-13

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[[File:Stormbringer1 ultra energon.jpg|thumb|250px|"These Rubik's Cubes just keep getting more and more difficult."]]
'''Ultra-Energon''', known to [[Earth]]-based [[Transformers]] as '''Ore-13''' or '''[[Regenesis]] ore''', is an artificial substance created by the [[Decepticon]] scientist [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], and seeded by him on a number of other alien worlds, of which Earth was the only one to be stabilised.

As found on Earth, Ore-13 can be purified, in the words of [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], into "... baseline [[energon]], but with a twist. When applied directly to the systems of a Transformer via a modified delivery capsule, it grants that Transformer a phenomenal boost in overall capability."

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Shockwave extrapolated that the war would eventually devolve into a struggle over resources. In response, he developed the [[Regenesis]] project, seeding a number of worlds with a potent distillation of standard energon. The seedings were designed to initiate a chain reaction which would produce Ultra-Energon ore in plentiful supply, giving him the balance of power when the Energon shortages he had foreseen became inevitable.

Hundreds of thousands of years later, Shockwave abandoned the Decepticons and he headed to Earth, arriving at the end of the last Ice Age, to continue the plan by stabilizing the ore before it destroyed the planet. However, before he could finish the process, he was ambushed by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] and left buried by a failsafe [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] had arranged, that triggered a volcanic eruption in what would be later [[Nevada]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

When Shockwave's absence was discovered by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], he assigned [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to investigate Shockwave's plans, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to spy on Bludgeon in turn. While Bludgeon discovered the full extent of Shockwave's plans he fed little of it back to Megatron—and Soundwave did likewise. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Around  ten thousand years later,<ref>[[Maximum Dinobots issue 5|''Maximum Dinobots'' #5]]: [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] - "Ten thousand, three hundred and ninety-six years, two months and three days."</ref> [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was devastated by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and left uninhabitable. {{storylink|The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer}} Some time later, however, Bludgeon and his team returned to the planet in secret to begin work on restoring Thunderwing, and in preparation for creating their own [[Pretender|bio-grafted exo-shells]]. To do this, they needed power, and so they proceeded to Earth in the early [[1980]]s to mine "Ultra-Energon". {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} 

Eventually, they succeeded in restoring Thunderwing with the Ultra-Energon. Soon, the drawback of the powerful substance became clear: The infused Transformer was rendered far more powerful than ever, ''but'' the Ultra-Energon burned itself out far faster than normal energon, and the more power the Transformer drew on, the faster his super-powered "high" burnt away.

In the meantime, the presence of Ultra-Energon had been independently discovered back on Earth by a Decepticon infiltration team led by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. It was dubbed Ore-13. After exhausting a vein of the ore beneath the original command bunker in [[Nebraska]], Starscream built a second command bunker over a richer vein in [[Oregon]]. Although it was not enough to give Starscream any appreciable edge over Megatron, both Decepticons and [[Autobot]]s believed Ore-13 could drastically tip the balance of their entire interstellar conflict. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s arrival on Earth, he battled the Ore-13-enhanced Megatron and was nearly deactivated, surviving only by downloading his consciousness into his [[trailer]] section. However, realizing that Ore-13 was Ultra-Energon, he communicated its weakness to the other Autobots, who successfully ran Megatron down until Prime could return to his body to deliver a ''coup de grâce'' just as the Ultra-Energon high faded away. Retrieved by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], Megatron proceeded to purge his systems completely of the Ultra-Energon in a [[CR chamber]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation}}

The forces of the [[Dead Universe]] specifically protected Earth from the [[Reaper]]s {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}} due to its Ultra-Energon; their grand scheme was reliant on vast amounts of the energy, in which Earth was now rich. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

A few years later, Shockwave used Ultra-Energon to build a new body for Megatron. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] compares Ultra-Energon to candy. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

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