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Prehistoric [[Earth]] was one of many worlds used by the creators to generate Transformium. The | Prehistoric [[Earth]] was one of many worlds used by the creators to generate Transformium. The seeds deployed there triggered the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, wiping out the planet's [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] and converted some of their remains into metallic skeletons. While the creators subsequently harvested the metal for their own use, small deposits were left on the planet that survived into the modern day. Humanity could find no use for the mysterious element, unaware of the true power it held, until the arrival of the [[Transformer]]s allowed [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] to make the connection between the mysterious metal and the physiologies of the aliens. The [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]] gave the company the chance to obtain the remains of multiple deceased Transformers. KSI proceeded to crack the Transformer "genome", and learned how to program and manipulate the metal, to which they gave the commercially-charged name "Transformium". | ||
Using Transformium, KSI began developing man-made Transformer prototypes, including the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] "[[knockoff]]", [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]], and the centerpiece of their line, [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]. With Earth's limited supplies of Transformium dwindling in the face of their escalating production, KSI head [[Joshua Joyce]] wound up conspiring with CIA agent and anti-Transformer fanatic [[Harold Attinger]], who provided Joyce with an additional Transformium supply in the shape of the dead bodies of Decepticons, and eventually even Autobots, that his [[Cemetery Wind]] task force rounded up. Even this was not enough, however, but Attinger's secret ally [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] promised salvation in the form of a cyberforming seed that could provide them enough Transformium for decades in exchange for assistance in capturing Optimus Prime for his own ends. They intended to safely detonate the seed in the Mongolian desert, creating enough Transformium to last for decades, but Galvatron—in actuality, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] reborn through silent manipulation of the KSI and its Transformium—sought to obtain it for himself, and had no such compunctions about protecting humanity from its effects. He took control of KSI's small army of Transformium prototypes, but his plan was foiled by Optimus Prime's Autobots and their human allies. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} | Using Transformium, KSI began developing man-made Transformer prototypes, including the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] "[[knockoff]]", [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]], and the centerpiece of their line, [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]. With Earth's limited supplies of Transformium dwindling in the face of their escalating production, KSI head [[Joshua Joyce]] wound up conspiring with CIA agent and anti-Transformer fanatic [[Harold Attinger]], who provided Joyce with an additional Transformium supply in the shape of the dead bodies of Decepticons, and eventually even Autobots, that his [[Cemetery Wind]] task force rounded up. Even this was not enough, however, but Attinger's secret ally [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] promised salvation in the form of a cyberforming seed that could provide them enough Transformium for decades in exchange for assistance in capturing Optimus Prime for his own ends. They intended to safely detonate the seed in the Mongolian desert, creating enough Transformium to last for decades, but Galvatron—in actuality, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] reborn through silent manipulation of the KSI and its Transformium—sought to obtain it for himself, and had no such compunctions about protecting humanity from its effects. He took control of KSI's small army of Transformium prototypes, but his plan was foiled by Optimus Prime's Autobots and their human allies. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} | ||
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- Transformium is a metal from the live-action film continuity family.
While its name is the product of focus-grouped, trademark-oriented KSI advertising savvy, the metal dubbed Transformium is far older than the humans who christened it. It is the very material from which Transformer bodies are made, fabricated by the mysterious alien race known only as the Creators by converting the organic matter of other worlds through use of cyberforming "seeds".
Transformium is, in essence, programmable matter, able to assume any shape or color it is instructed to, but is not in and of itself "alive". A Transformium body granted life through a spark will mechanically change modes through the visible movement of parts, while a non-living form made from the substance simply "explodes" into a swarm of component fragments and reassembles itself in a different shape.
Fiction
Age of Extinction film
Prehistoric Earth was one of many worlds used by the creators to generate Transformium. The seeds deployed there triggered the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, wiping out the planet's dinosaurs and converted some of their remains into metallic skeletons. While the creators subsequently harvested the metal for their own use, small deposits were left on the planet that survived into the modern day. Humanity could find no use for the mysterious element, unaware of the true power it held, until the arrival of the Transformers allowed Kinetic Solutions Incorporated to make the connection between the mysterious metal and the physiologies of the aliens. The Battle of Chicago gave the company the chance to obtain the remains of multiple deceased Transformers. KSI proceeded to crack the Transformer "genome", and learned how to program and manipulate the metal, to which they gave the commercially-charged name "Transformium".
Using Transformium, KSI began developing man-made Transformer prototypes, including the Bumblebee "knockoff", Stinger, and the centerpiece of their line, Galvatron. With Earth's limited supplies of Transformium dwindling in the face of their escalating production, KSI head Joshua Joyce wound up conspiring with CIA agent and anti-Transformer fanatic Harold Attinger, who provided Joyce with an additional Transformium supply in the shape of the dead bodies of Decepticons, and eventually even Autobots, that his Cemetery Wind task force rounded up. Even this was not enough, however, but Attinger's secret ally Lockdown promised salvation in the form of a cyberforming seed that could provide them enough Transformium for decades in exchange for assistance in capturing Optimus Prime for his own ends. They intended to safely detonate the seed in the Mongolian desert, creating enough Transformium to last for decades, but Galvatron—in actuality, Megatron reborn through silent manipulation of the KSI and its Transformium—sought to obtain it for himself, and had no such compunctions about protecting humanity from its effects. He took control of KSI's small army of Transformium prototypes, but his plan was foiled by Optimus Prime's Autobots and their human allies. Age of Extinction