GT Units Online! - Revision history

AzimuthAcolyte: Courtesy of the big JG1 timeline overhaul we can point these somewhere helpful now

2024-07-01T19:05:49Z

Courtesy of the big JG1 timeline overhaul we can point these somewhere helpful now

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	\|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]		\|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]
	\|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]		\|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
			\|chronology=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline#2004\|2004]]
	}}		}}

AzimuthAcolyte: Updating in preparation for move

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Updating in preparation for move

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	In response to the emergence of [[Binaltech]] [[Decepticon]]s, the [[Autobot]]-[[human]] alliance fights back hard, constructing more and more Binaltech units for the battles ahead. There is just one problem: Transformers personality programs operate on unique energy signatures that can be described as "[[spark\|lifeforces]]"; therefore, they cannot be duplicated like regular data. There aren't enough Autobots on Earth to provide all the bodies with this lifeforce! The Autobot's longtime human ally [[Chip Chase]] solves the problem by developing the "[[Genetronic Translink System\|Genetronic Translink]]" or "GT System", which allows an Autobot's essence to be removed from the constraints of a single physical body and placed in [[unspace\|subspace]], from where they will be able to use communication links to control multiple Binaltech bodies at the same time. [[Smokescreen (G1)\|Smokescreen]] is the first Autobot to undergo the process, and it is a roaring success.		In response to the emergence of [[Binaltech (technology)\|Binaltech]] [[Decepticon]]s, the [[Autobot]]-[[human]] alliance fights back hard, constructing more and more Binaltech units for the battles ahead. There is just one problem: Transformers personality programs operate on unique energy signatures that can be described as "[[spark\|lifeforces]]"; therefore, they cannot be duplicated like regular data. There aren't enough Autobots on Earth to provide all the bodies with this lifeforce! The Autobot's longtime human ally [[Chip Chase]] solves the problem by developing the "[[Genetronic Translink System\|Genetronic Translink]]" or "GT System", which allows an Autobot's essence to be removed from the constraints of a single physical body and placed in [[unspace\|subspace]], from where they will be able to use communication links to control multiple Binaltech bodies at the same time. [[Smokescreen (G1)\|Smokescreen]] is the first Autobot to undergo the process, and it is a roaring success.

	==Featured characters==		==Featured characters==

AzimuthAcolyte: Source update

2022-05-01T19:05:15Z

Source update

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	* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformer's lifeforce is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a [[spark]] (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger "lifeforce").		* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformer's lifeforce is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a [[spark]] (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger "lifeforce").

	==~~External links~~==		==References==
	*[~~http~~:~~//www.fantofan.jp/photo%20gallery/binartech/bt-07/bt-07profile2.jpg~~ "GT Units Online!" ~~in English at FantoFan~~]		*[[Source:Story of Binaltech#4\|Complete text of "GT Units Online!"]]
	*[http://~~toys~~.~~tfw2005~~.com/~~bt-07-smokescreen-gt-subaru-impreza-wrc-2004~~-~~1-940~~ "GT Units Online!" ~~in English~~ at ~~TFW2005]~~		*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071019084047/http://www.bwtf.com/binaltech/smokescreengt/booklet.shtml Author-endorsed translation of "GT Units Online!"] at Ben's World of Transformers (archived)


	[[Category: Binaltech chapters]]		[[Category: Binaltech chapters]]

Saix: /* Notes */

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Notes

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	** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.		** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.
	* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[unspace\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.		* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[unspace\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.
	* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a ~~Transformers~~' lifeforce is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a [[spark]] (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger "lifeforce").		* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformer's lifeforce is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a [[spark]] (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger "lifeforce").

	==External links==		==External links==

Saix at 00:22, 1 May 2022

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	** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.		** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.
	* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[unspace\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.		* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[unspace\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.
	~~<!--~~* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformers' ~~spark~~ is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a spark (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger ~~spark~~).~~-->~~		* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformers' lifeforce is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a [[spark]] (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger "lifeforce").

	==External links==		==External links==

Saix: Commenting out note till we get raw text for the technical info to confirm it actually uses "spark"

2022-05-01T00:03:54Z

Commenting out note till we get raw text for the technical info to confirm it actually uses "spark"

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	In response to the emergence of [[Binaltech]] [[Decepticon]]s, the [[Autobot]]-[[human]] alliance fights back hard, constructing more and more Binaltech units for the battles ahead. There is just one problem: ~~without~~ [[spark]]~~s, the Binaltech units are useless~~, ~~and there~~ aren't enough Autobots on Earth to provide all the bodies with ~~sparks~~! The Autobot's longtime human ally [[Chip Chase]] solves the problem by developing the "[[Genetronic Translink System\|Genetronic Translink]]" or "GT System", which allows an Autobot's ~~spark~~ to be removed from the constraints of a single physical body and placed in [[unspace\|subspace]], from where they will be able to use communication links to control multiple Binaltech bodies at the same time. [[Smokescreen (G1)\|Smokescreen]] is the first Autobot to undergo the process, and it is a roaring success.		In response to the emergence of [[Binaltech]] [[Decepticon]]s, the [[Autobot]]-[[human]] alliance fights back hard, constructing more and more Binaltech units for the battles ahead. There is just one problem: Transformers personality programs operate on unique energy signatures that can be described as "[[spark\|lifeforces]]"; therefore, they cannot be duplicated like regular data. There aren't enough Autobots on Earth to provide all the bodies with this lifeforce! The Autobot's longtime human ally [[Chip Chase]] solves the problem by developing the "[[Genetronic Translink System\|Genetronic Translink]]" or "GT System", which allows an Autobot's essence to be removed from the constraints of a single physical body and placed in [[unspace\|subspace]], from where they will be able to use communication links to control multiple Binaltech bodies at the same time. [[Smokescreen (G1)\|Smokescreen]] is the first Autobot to undergo the process, and it is a roaring success.

	==Featured characters==		==Featured characters==
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	** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.		** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.
	* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[unspace\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.		* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[unspace\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.
	* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformers' spark is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a spark (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger spark).		<!--* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformers' spark is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a spark (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger spark).-->

	==External links==		==External links==

Saix at 23:31, 30 April 2022

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	\|japanese=GTユニット起動せよ!		\|japanese=GTユニット起動せよ!
	\|romaji=GT Unit Kidō Seyo!		\|romaji=GT Unit Kidō Seyo!
	\|packaged with=[[Smokescreen (G1)#Alternators\|Smokescreen GT]]		\|packaged with=[[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech\|BT-07 Smokescreen GT]]
	\|date=[[August 26]], [[2004]]		\|date=[[August 26]], [[2004]]
	\|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]		\|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]

Saix at 23:31, 30 April 2022

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	{{comicstory\|		{{comicstory\|
	\|seriesissue=''[[Story of Binaltech]]'' Chapter 4		\|seriesissue=''[[Story of Binaltech]]''<br>Chapter 4
	\|prev=Arise! Evil Binaltechs		\|prev=Arise! Evil Binaltechs
	\|next=Operation: Carwash		\|next=Operation: Carwash

NexusShard17 at 18:37, 15 July 2021

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	In response to the emergence of [[Binaltech]] [[Decepticon]]s, the [[Autobot]]-[[human]] alliance fights back hard, constructing more and more Binaltech units for the battles ahead. There is just one problem: without [[spark]]s, the Binaltech units are useless, and there aren't enough Autobots on Earth to provide all the bodies with sparks! The Autobot's longtime human ally [[Chip Chase]] solves the problem by developing the "[[Genetronic Translink System\|Genetronic Translink]]" or "GT System", which allows an Autobot's spark to be removed from the constraints of a single physical body and placed in [[~~transwarp~~\|subspace]], from where they will be able to use communication links to control multiple Binaltech bodies at the same time. [[Smokescreen (G1)\|Smokescreen]] is the first Autobot to undergo the process, and it is a roaring success.		In response to the emergence of [[Binaltech]] [[Decepticon]]s, the [[Autobot]]-[[human]] alliance fights back hard, constructing more and more Binaltech units for the battles ahead. There is just one problem: without [[spark]]s, the Binaltech units are useless, and there aren't enough Autobots on Earth to provide all the bodies with sparks! The Autobot's longtime human ally [[Chip Chase]] solves the problem by developing the "[[Genetronic Translink System\|Genetronic Translink]]" or "GT System", which allows an Autobot's spark to be removed from the constraints of a single physical body and placed in [[unspace\|subspace]], from where they will be able to use communication links to control multiple Binaltech bodies at the same time. [[Smokescreen (G1)\|Smokescreen]] is the first Autobot to undergo the process, and it is a roaring success.

	==Featured characters==		==Featured characters==
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	* The GT System is named in reference to the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' figure, "[[Mirage (RID)\|Mirage GT]]". That line already had a Mirage toy, and the "GT" suffix for this second Mirage had no explained meaning at the time, and so Ichikawa rolled the idea around to create the notion of a "GT" system that allowed a single Transformer to have multiple bodies.		* The GT System is named in reference to the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)\|Robots in Disguise]]'' figure, "[[Mirage (RID)\|Mirage GT]]". That line already had a Mirage toy, and the "GT" suffix for this second Mirage had no explained meaning at the time, and so Ichikawa rolled the idea around to create the notion of a "GT" system that allowed a single Transformer to have multiple bodies.
	** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.		** Years later via the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]], Ichikawa would establish that Mirage GT utilized the GT System as well in his native ''Robots in Disguise'' universe.
	* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[~~transwarp~~\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.		* This story chapter is the first canonical mention of the longstanding fan concept of "[[unspace\|subspace]]". This interdimensional emptiness was for years the default fan explanation for disappearing weapons and accoutrements and [[size changing]], and while none of those attributes are credited to it here, later pieces of fiction under the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)\|Timelines]]'' banner would re-use the subspace concept and canonize many of the attributes fans had long ascribed to it.
	* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformers' spark is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a spark (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger spark).		* Smokscreen's technical info in the pack-in booklet notes that the heart of a Transformers' spark is called a "[[laser core]]". Mentioned but twice in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the "laser core" was essentially that fiction's equivalent of a spark (later introduced in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and retroactively assumed by pretty much all Transformers fiction with great gusto). The bio of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)\|Beast Machines]]'' figure [[Mechatron]] had previously addressed the until-then-unclarified relationship between the laser core and the spark, noting that the spark was part of the "entire laser core", which seems to run contrary to Ichikawa's description here (where Mechatron suggests the spark is part of the larger laser core, Ichikawa's explanation puts the laser core as part of the larger spark).

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	==External links==		==External links==

	*[http://www.fantofan.jp/photo%20gallery/binartech/bt-07/bt-07profile2.jpg "GT Units Online!" in English at FantoFan]		*[http://www.fantofan.jp/photo%20gallery/binartech/bt-07/bt-07profile2.jpg "GT Units Online!" in English at FantoFan]
			*[http://toys.tfw2005.com/bt-07-smokescreen-gt-subaru-impreza-wrc-2004-1-940 "GT Units Online!" in English at TFW2005]

	[[Category: Binaltech chapters]]		[[Category: Binaltech chapters]]