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A '''spark extractor''' is a device that is used for pulling a Transformer's [[spark]] out of its mechanical body. This process can be accomplished even against the will of the target Transformer (as was, in fact, the norm). Once removed from its body, a Transformer's spark is more or less helpless. | A '''spark extractor''' is a device that is used for pulling a Transformer's [[spark]] out of its mechanical body. This process can be accomplished even against the will of the target Transformer (as was, in fact, the norm). Once removed from its body, a Transformer's spark is more or less helpless. | ||
When an extractor is near a Transformer and activated, even before the spark emerges, the Transformer often appears to be stunned or dazed such that they find it difficult to resist. The extraction itself is quite fast, taking well under thirty [[Earth]]-seconds in most cases. | When an extractor is near a Transformer and activated, even before the spark emerges, the Transformer often appears to be stunned or dazed such that they find it difficult to resist. The extraction itself is quite fast, taking well under thirty [[Earth]]-seconds in most cases. Extractors are therefore quite effective as weapons, requiring only that the victim be momentarily immobilized in order for the extractor to do its work. | ||
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The technology, of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]'s devising, fell into [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s hands when he returned to Cybertron from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and briefly worked with Cryotek. | The technology, of [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]'s devising, fell into [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s hands when he returned to Cybertron from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and briefly worked with Cryotek. | ||
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Spark extractors were used frequently, such as on [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] in several occasions. After interfacing with the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], Megatron's own disembodied spark also had the ability to remove the sparks of living Transformers even without the technological aid of an extractor. | Spark extractors were used frequently, such as on [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] in several occasions. After interfacing with the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], Megatron's own disembodied spark also had the ability to remove the sparks of living Transformers even without the technological aid of an extractor. | ||
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{{spoilers|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1|March 17, 2012}} | {{spoilers|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1|March 17, 2012}} | ||
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Revision as of 17:22, 11 March 2012
A spark extractor is a device that is used for pulling a Transformer's spark out of its mechanical body. This process can be accomplished even against the will of the target Transformer (as was, in fact, the norm). Once removed from its body, a Transformer's spark is more or less helpless.
When an extractor is near a Transformer and activated, even before the spark emerges, the Transformer often appears to be stunned or dazed such that they find it difficult to resist. The extraction itself is quite fast, taking well under thirty Earth-seconds in most cases. Extractors are therefore quite effective as weapons, requiring only that the victim be momentarily immobilized in order for the extractor to do its work.
Fiction
Beast Wars cartoon continuity
3H comics
The technology, of Cryotek's devising, fell into Megatron's hands when he returned to Cybertron from the Beast Wars and briefly worked with Cryotek.
Beast Machines cartoon
Spark extractors were used frequently, such as on Blackarachnia in several occasions. After interfacing with the Oracle, Megatron's own disembodied spark also had the ability to remove the sparks of living Transformers even without the technological aid of an extractor.
Prime cartoon
 Plot details for Operation Bumblebee, Part 1 follow. |
One of the class-A weapons confiscated from the Decepticons, the Spark Extractor was stored in a vault beneath Iacon. When the Decepticons stormed Iacon, the Extractor was sent off-planet, and ended up on Earth. It remained buried until the Decepticons unearthed it many years later. Though Optimus Prime attempted to take it, Megatron threatened to trigger it, potentially extracting the spark of everyone present. As the Decepticon leader tried to return to his ship, Bumblebee stole the device from him and took it back to the the Autobot base. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
