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A '''locking chip''' is the Transformer component which implements [[stasis lock]], a form of protective shutdown. | A '''locking chip''' is the Transformer component which implements [[Stasis lock|stasis lock]], a form of protective shutdown. | ||
Without a locking chip, damage a Transformer can normally survive will instead kill them outright. It can only be safely installed or removed when a Transformer is in [[repair mode]]. | Without a locking chip, damage a Transformer can normally survive will instead kill them outright. It can only be safely installed or removed when a Transformer is in [[Repair mode|repair mode]]. | ||
[[Reformatting|Un-formatted]] [[Protoforms|protoforms]] do not have locking chips; this function is performed by the [[Stasis pod|stasis pod]]'s locking chip. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Beast Wars cartoon=== | ===Beast Wars cartoon=== | ||
The locking chip in [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor's]] stasis pod was destroyed when it crashed. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] removed [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]] as a temporary replacement.{{storylink|The Spark}} | The locking chip in [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor's]] stasis pod was destroyed when it crashed. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] removed [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor's]] as a temporary replacement. {{storylink|The Spark|The Spark}} | ||
[[Category: Transformer anatomy]] | [[Category:Transformer anatomy]] | ||
Revision as of 07:04, 19 March 2009
A locking chip is the Transformer component which implements stasis lock, a form of protective shutdown.
Without a locking chip, damage a Transformer can normally survive will instead kill them outright. It can only be safely installed or removed when a Transformer is in repair mode.
Un-formatted protoforms do not have locking chips; this function is performed by the stasis pod's locking chip.
Fiction
Beast Wars cartoon
The locking chip in Airazor's stasis pod was destroyed when it crashed. Rhinox removed Cheetor's as a temporary replacement. The Spark