Data slug

Fragile. Do not bend.

A data slug is a small, rectangular object which can store significant quantities of information in a small, compact package.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

In the past, Transformers with data slug alternate modes were common to the point of ubiquity. When the Functionist Council rose to prominence and instated the Grand Cybertronian Taxonomy, data slug Cybertronians were deemed members of the "disposable class". Before & After

Ironfist, knowing he didn't have long to live, transferred the Aequitas data onto a single data slug, which was given to Prowl by Ultra Magnus. Prowl was tempted to destroy the slug, and with it, all the evidence of Autobot crimes it contained, Last Stand of the Wreckers #5 but he apparently resisted temptation, as it was later seen intact on his desk. Police Action: Prologue

And, in any case, Ironfist had left a tablet-sized backup slug, containing a secondary copy of the data, with Verity Carlo in case the Autobots deleted the data. In Word and Deed

After finding Overlord deep in the bowels of the Lost Light, Red Alert left a data slug containing evidence of his discovery with the comatose Rung. Unfortunately, a Diagnostic Drone had recorded this, and a mysterious figure removed it after Alert had left. Rules of Disengagement

The Functionist Universe

In a timeline where the Functionist Council had conquered the planet, the Council decided data slug Transformers and their ability to store vast amounts of information posed a threat to the Council's ability to rule. They were summarily murdered in a mass recall. The Custom-Made Now Several survived and joined the Anti-Vocationist League. Anomie

Notes

• Unlike a floppy disk, there is no evidence a single data slug can store a Transformer's entire core consciousness.

External links

• USB flash drives at Wikipedia