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:''The replica Allspark is an occult boondoggle from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].
[[Image:Ros05 replicaallspark.jpg|thumb|250px|"Woah man... how did I end up here? I must have been really drunk last night!"]]
[[Image:Ros05 replicaallspark.jpg|thumb|250px|"Woah man... how did I end up here? I must have been really drunk last night!"]]


The '''replica Allspark''' is a product of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s somewhat dubious initiative to create an exact copy of the lost artifact using [[Sector Seven]]'s exhaustive data, then jump-start it with a <strike>human</strike> robot sacrifice.
The '''replica AllSpark''' is a product of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s somewhat dubious initiative to create an exact copy of the lost artifact using [[Sector Seven]]'s exhaustive data, then jump-start it with a <strike>human</strike> robot sacrifice. It was constructed in the city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], during the aftermath of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s death at the conclusion of the battle in [[Mission City]]. While it looks exactly like the original [[AllSpark]], it requires some sort of kick-start of energy to power it up so it can bring new life to Cybertron.


This was a ''popular'' plan.  You go into a [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] like [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], and like a ''lot'' of places across [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], you can ''see'' that the [[AllSpark (Movie)|AllSpark]] has been gone for thousands of years, and nothing has replaced it. The general population, the kind of [[Joe (ROC)|Joe-sixtrain]] that doesn't care about high-minded rhetoric or agendas, was failed by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s leadership. And [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Prime]]'s leadership, and every successive leader who promised that somehow these city-states were going to regenerate—but they never have.
==Fiction==
===IDW movie comics===
Following the death of Megatron, Starscream retrieved [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] from [[Hoover Dam]]. Frenzy's memory contained detailed information on the AllSpark, which Starscream intended to use to recreate the device. He transmitted the data ahead to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} Construction of the replica AllSpark was therefore able to be started using a combination of drones and slave labor and was well under way by the time Starscream himself arrived there. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} After a period of [[Units of time#Quartex|about a month]], the replica neared completion, though the Autobot prisoners working on it were nearing the point of exhaustion.


So it's not surprising that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy towards [[Eshems alien|species who aren't like them]] or anti-[[Autobot]] sentiment or anti-drone sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
[[Image:Ros03 cuberitual.png|thumb|left|Klaatu barada nikto, klaatu barada nikto...]]
When it came time to activate the replica AllSpark, five prisoners-of-war, [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]], [[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]], and [[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]], were strapped to it. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}} An energy pulse was used to extinguish all five lives simultaneously, then gather the energy released at the moment of death and store it in a generator at the cube's base.  Once fed back into the cube this energy was supposed to open a connection through which would flow an infinite wellspring of power, much like the self-renewing energy source of a Transformer's own spark. Unfortunately for Starscream, the grand activation didn't happen quite that way, leaving them with a large, completely-useless metal cube. Then Dreadwing and Ramjet turned on Starscream and Thundercracker, and a group of Autobots under [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] launched a surprise attack.


When a population is sapped of hope, all they can think about is the shitty state of their city-state, and they will be ready to try anything, to ''believe'' in anything or anyone that promises to relieve their suffering.
That pretty much spelled the end of the whole plan. The replica AllSpark itself was destroyed when the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' crashed on Trypticon, obliterating the city. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}}


==Construction==
The replica Allspark was constructed over a period of [[Units of time#Quartex|about a month]] using a combination of drones and slave labor.


When it came time to activate the replica Allspark, five prisoners-of-war were sacrificed to activate it.
*[[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]]
*[[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]]
*[[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]]
*[[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]]
*[[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]]
An energy pulse was used to extinguish all five lives simultaneously, then gather the energy released at the moment of death and store it in a generator at the cube's base.  Once fed back into the cube this energy was supposed to open a connection through which would flow a infinite wellspring of power, much like the self-renewing energy source of a Transformer's own spark.
It makes perfect sense really; perform a death-ritual before a block with ancient symbols carved on it in order to open a gateway to the afterlife, which will supply you with cheap non-polluting electricity for all time. Of course it can't fail.
Then the damn thing didn't work. And then Dreadwing and Ramjet turned on Starscream and Thundercracker. And then a group of Autobots under [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] launched a surprise attack. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5}}
==Origin==
[[Image:Ros03 cuberitual.png|thumb|250px|Klaatu barada nikto, klaatu barada nikto...]]
The genesis of this plan appears to lie in Starscream's attempt to re-create the circumstances of an ancient illustration depicting the AllSpark's energy being regenerated while figures stand around it, their [[spark]]s feeding it. Perfectly sensible!
There are two problems however:
#Starscream only sacrificed ''five'' sparks, the illustration ''clearly'' shows six figures—no ''wonder'' it didn't work!
#Starscream got the image backwards.  The AllSpark wasn't being re-ignited by six sparks that were sacrificed... it was channeling energy ''into'' the [[Thirteen original Transformers|entombed creatures]] after absorbing the power channeled from a sun [[Solar harvester|harvester]].
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Latest revision as of 04:53, 29 August 2022

"Woah man... how did I end up here? I must have been really drunk last night!"

The replica AllSpark is a product of Starscream's somewhat dubious initiative to create an exact copy of the lost artifact using Sector Seven's exhaustive data, then jump-start it with a human robot sacrifice. It was constructed in the city of Trypticon on Cybertron, during the aftermath of Megatron's death at the conclusion of the battle in Mission City. While it looks exactly like the original AllSpark, it requires some sort of kick-start of energy to power it up so it can bring new life to Cybertron.

Fiction

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IDW movie comics

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Following the death of Megatron, Starscream retrieved Frenzy from Hoover Dam. Frenzy's memory contained detailed information on the AllSpark, which Starscream intended to use to recreate the device. He transmitted the data ahead to Cybertron. The Reign of Starscream #2 Construction of the replica AllSpark was therefore able to be started using a combination of drones and slave labor and was well under way by the time Starscream himself arrived there. The Reign of Starscream #3 After a period of about a month, the replica neared completion, though the Autobot prisoners working on it were nearing the point of exhaustion.

Klaatu barada nikto, klaatu barada nikto...

When it came time to activate the replica AllSpark, five prisoners-of-war, Signal Flare, Warpath, Elita-One, Crankcase, and Grindcore, were strapped to it. The Reign of Starscream #4 An energy pulse was used to extinguish all five lives simultaneously, then gather the energy released at the moment of death and store it in a generator at the cube's base. Once fed back into the cube this energy was supposed to open a connection through which would flow an infinite wellspring of power, much like the self-renewing energy source of a Transformer's own spark. Unfortunately for Starscream, the grand activation didn't happen quite that way, leaving them with a large, completely-useless metal cube. Then Dreadwing and Ramjet turned on Starscream and Thundercracker, and a group of Autobots under Arcee launched a surprise attack.

That pretty much spelled the end of the whole plan. The replica AllSpark itself was destroyed when the Nemesis crashed on Trypticon, obliterating the city. The Reign of Starscream #5