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[[File: | [[File:SpotlightUltraMagnusSwindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The r-infinity accelerator is unusually squat for a gun.]] | ||
An '''r-infinity accelerator''' is a powerful, portable weapon which draws energy from the {{w|degenerate matter|degenerate}} core of a dead star. It is seemingly one of a class of "critical mass weaponry", of which it is the only revealed type. | |||
An '''r-infinity accelerator''' is a powerful, portable weapon which draws energy from the | |||
The accelerator's barrel has a central, conical device surrounded by six smaller cones. When powering up, plasma trails from the outer cones in a display similar to that produced by {{w|Tesla coil}}s. The weapon discharges several intertwined blue-white beams. When the beams strike a stone or concrete floor, they sound like "ba-da-doooom!" | |||
For a being of around median Cybertronian size, the size of the weapon means it is best fired from a shoulder-mounted posture. Presumably smaller species will have to purchase some sort of stand or mount at additional cost. | |||
For a being of around median Cybertronian size, the size of the weapon means it is best fired from a shoulder-mounted posture. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===IDW | ===2005 IDW continuity=== | ||
[[File:R-infinity accelerator 3.jpg|left|thumb|BA-DA-DOOOOM!]] | [[File:R-infinity accelerator 3.jpg|left|thumb|BA-DA-DOOOOM!]] | ||
[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was selling critical mass weaponry, presumably including r-infinity accelerators, to the inhabitants of various planets when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW | [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was selling critical mass weaponry, presumably including r-infinity accelerators, to the inhabitants of various planets when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] tracked him down. In a confrontation on [[Zull]], Swindle fired an accelerator at Magnus, but missed. He was soon captured. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}} | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*It is unknown whether the weapon acquires its energy through an intradimensional link like [[Megatron (G1)/IDW | [[File:R-infinity accelerator 2.jpg|thumb|The accelerator's shoulder bracket is visible to the left from this angle.]] | ||
*It is unknown whether the weapon acquires its energy through an intradimensional link like [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Black hole (phenomenon)|black hole]] power, or if the weapon is literally powered by a small stellar core fragment housed inside the device. It is also unknown whether the collapsed star in question is a {{w|white dwarf}} or a {{w|neutron star}}. Since both types of degenerate matter are extremely dense and hot, it may be that the r-infinity accelerator can be powered by either. | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:IDW (2005) weapons]] | ||
[[Category:Ranged weapons]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:14, 30 January 2026
An r-infinity accelerator is a powerful, portable weapon which draws energy from the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}degenerate matter|{{#if:degenerate|degenerate|degenerate matter}}]] core of a dead star. It is seemingly one of a class of "critical mass weaponry", of which it is the only revealed type.
The accelerator's barrel has a central, conical device surrounded by six smaller cones. When powering up, plasma trails from the outer cones in a display similar to that produced by [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Tesla coil|{{#if:||Tesla coil}}]]s. The weapon discharges several intertwined blue-white beams. When the beams strike a stone or concrete floor, they sound like "ba-da-doooom!"
For a being of around median Cybertronian size, the size of the weapon means it is best fired from a shoulder-mounted posture. Presumably smaller species will have to purchase some sort of stand or mount at additional cost.
Fiction
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
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Swindle was selling critical mass weaponry, presumably including r-infinity accelerators, to the inhabitants of various planets when Ultra Magnus tracked him down. In a confrontation on Zull, Swindle fired an accelerator at Magnus, but missed. He was soon captured. Spotlight: Ultra Magnus
Notes
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- It is unknown whether the weapon acquires its energy through an intradimensional link like Megatron's black hole power, or if the weapon is literally powered by a small stellar core fragment housed inside the device. It is also unknown whether the collapsed star in question is a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}white dwarf|{{#if:||white dwarf}}]] or a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}neutron star|{{#if:||neutron star}}]]. Since both types of degenerate matter are extremely dense and hot, it may be that the r-infinity accelerator can be powered by either.