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'''Phlogiston''' is a substance that can power a reactor. | '''Phlogiston''' is a flammable substance that can power a reactor. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''=== | ===''Beast Wars: Uprising''=== | ||
[[Twinstrike (BW)|Twinstrike]] utilized phlogiston to breathe fire in beast mode. When his [[Resistance]] unit in [[Lower Petrohex]] was overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s, he disabled the failsafes to his phlogiston reservoir and self-destructed, destroying everything in a fifty mechanometer radius. {{storylink|Derailment}} | [[Twinstrike (BW)|Twinstrike]] utilized phlogiston to breathe fire in beast mode. When his [[Resistance]] unit in [[Lower Petrohex]] was overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s, he disabled the failsafes to his phlogiston reservoir and self-destructed, destroying everything in a fifty mechanometer radius. {{storylink|Derailment}} | ||
===IDW Generation 1 continuity=== | |||
The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' fire breath was powered by phlogiston. The phlogiston within [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] began to oxidize when his combustion chamber was breached by a blast from [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], and he self-destructed by activating his fire breath in spite of the damage. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising substances]] | [[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising substances]] | ||
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[[Category:Power sources]] | [[Category:Power sources]] | ||
Revision as of 11:40, 4 September 2017
Phlogiston is a flammable substance that can power a reactor.
Fiction
Animated cartoon
Wildrider has a phlogiston-reactor flamethrower.[1]
Beast Wars: Uprising
Twinstrike utilized phlogiston to breathe fire in beast mode. When his Resistance unit in Lower Petrohex was overrun by Vehicons, he disabled the failsafes to his phlogiston reservoir and self-destructed, destroying everything in a fifty mechanometer radius. Derailment
IDW Generation 1 continuity
The Dinobots' fire breath was powered by phlogiston. The phlogiston within Slug began to oxidize when his combustion chamber was breached by a blast from Sandstorm, and he self-destructed by activating his fire breath in spite of the damage. Salvation
Notes
- Phlogiston was an element postulated in the seventeenth century to explain combustion. It is essentially an absence of oxygen.
References
- ↑ BotCon 2011 Tech Spec lithograph.
