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Following the sale of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] to the [[Black Block Consortia|Black Box Consortia]], the | Following the sale of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] to the [[Black Block Consortia|Black Box Consortia]], the Functionist Council recalled the [[astro class]] [[Lunabot]]s, although one of them managed to somehow survive the detonation of his obsolescence chip and made a break for it at a spaceport where he was executed by two [[Functionary|Functionaries]]. Shortly afterwards, the Council decided that the [[data slug]]s' ability to store large amounts of data (which could threaten their ability to rule) outweighed their usefulness and ordered that their obsolescence chips be detonated. Thanks to [[Dominus Ambus]] disabling his chip, [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] believed he had escaped the purge until the Council revealed that they had also installed a back-up which they promptly detonated. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}} | ||
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Revision as of 12:49, 29 December 2014
The obsolescence chip is a tool for refining Cybertron's population according to the principles of functionism. When a class of Transformers is no longer deemed to have a function, their obsolescence chips are detonated in a mass recall.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
The Custom-Made Now
Template:Notecmn Following the sale of Luna 2 to the Black Box Consortia, the Functionist Council recalled the astro class Lunabots, although one of them managed to somehow survive the detonation of his obsolescence chip and made a break for it at a spaceport where he was executed by two Functionaries. Shortly afterwards, the Council decided that the data slugs' ability to store large amounts of data (which could threaten their ability to rule) outweighed their usefulness and ordered that their obsolescence chips be detonated. Thanks to Dominus Ambus disabling his chip, Rewind believed he had escaped the purge until the Council revealed that they had also installed a back-up which they promptly detonated. The Custom-Made Now
