Vector Sigma

Vector Sigma, as seen in the G1 Series

The exterior of the Vector Sigma chamber, as seen in the Japanese Headmasters series.

Vector Sigma itself in Headmasters, sporting a slightly different look than in the original series.

Vector Sigma is an immense and incredibly powerful super computer which exists in certain G1 universes. Specifically, it appears in the G1 cartoon, and the series Beast Machines (where it also goes by the name "The Oracle"). It was also referenced by Shockwave in the Dreamwave "War and Peace" comic and figures into 3H's comic, Transformers Universe: Featuring the Wreckers.

In the G1 cartoon, Vector Sigma could easily be considered a replacement for the god Primus in that series. It is a large, spherical computer located in the very heart of Cybertron which has the ability to bestow life upon Transformers.

Vector Sigma was revealed in the season 2, 2 part episode The Key to Vector Sigma. In it, Megatron steals Vector Sigma's activation key from Alpha Trion and uses the computer to activate his recently built Stunticon Transformers. He then leaves Cybertron with the Key still in tow.

In retaliation, Optimus had the Aerialbots constructed. Alpha Trion sacrificed his body in order to activate Vector Sigma long enough for the new Autobots to come to life.

When awakened in the cartoon series, it announces, "I am Vector Sigma. Before Cybertron was, I was."

Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that in addition to activating Vector Sigma, the Key has the bizarre ability to turn any organic matter it came in contact with into lifeless metal. Megatron attempted to use this power to drain the Earth of all its natural energy, but his plans were thwarted and the key destroyed

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