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:''Warp Gates are a type of technology from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
:''Warp gates are a type of technology from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''


[[Image:FFoD3 warpgate.jpg|right|200px|thumb|There is nothing wrong with your TV set, we control the vertical, we control the horizontal...]]
[[Image:FFoD3 warpgate.jpg|right|200px|thumb|There is nothing wrong with your TV set, we control the vertical, we control the horizontal...]]
'''Warp Gates''' are teleportation devices which generate spatial portals that allow users to traverse vast distances in the blink of an eye. Similar in concept to the [[Decepticon]]s' [[space bridge]] technology, Warp Gates were created through the alliance of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Human|humankind]].
 
'''Warp gates''' are teleportation devices which generate spatial portals that allow users to traverse vast distances in the blink of an eye. Similar in concept to the [[Decepticon]]s' [[space bridge]] technology, warp gates were created through the alliance of the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]kind.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
===Cartoon continuity===
====''The Stargate Battles'' comic====
====''The Stargate Battles''====
[[Image:Stargatebattles trigger.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]
Warp gate technology began life as the [[Trigger]], a huge manned space station developed in the late 1990s by the allied forces of the Autobots and the [[United States of America|American]] government using [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] technology. {{storylink|First Contact}}
Warp Gate technology began life as the "Trigger", a huge manned space station developed in the late 1990s by the allied forces of the Autobots and the [[United States of America|American]] government using [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] technology. The mechanism derived its name from its gun-like appearance (which [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] were not fond of, for [[Megatron (G1)|obvious reasons]]); the portal itself formed the end of the gun's "barrel", through which passengers would be "fired" on an electromagnetic rail system.
 
Unfortunately, the other nations of the world took objection to the Autobots exclusively allying themselves with America. An unidentified foreign power allied itself with the Decepticons, and installed an undercover agent named [[Trov]] as member of the four-man crew in the process of completing the Trigger's construction, planning to seize control of the device with the evil robots' help. The Decepticons subsequently attacked the Trigger and killed half the crew, but unsurprisingly, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had no intention of sharing power, and proceeded to kill Trov and take control of the Trigger. It was thanks to the efforts of the sole remaining crew member, [[Makoto (Stargate Battles)|Makoto]], who Trov had failed to kill, that the Decepticons were foiled, as he activated the Trigger's systems and attempted to fire the Decepticons through the portal to a randomly-generated location in the universe. Megatron was able to shoot out the portal and deactivate the Trigger before this could happen, but thankfully for Makoto, the villains were then routed by the timely arrival of the Autobots.  {{storylink|First Contact}}
 
Subsequently, the time-displaced ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fused with the Trigger in an attempted coup, but was defeated by the combined might of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron. {{storylink|The Stargate Battles (issue)|The Stargate Battles}}
 
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====Generation 1 cartoon====
By 2005, Warp Gate technology had been refined down to a single, flat portal, through which travelers could simply fly, requiring no vehicle or launch mechanism to make the trip. The precise number of Warp Gates in existence by this time is unknown, but at least one was installed at the fringes of the solar system, beyond [[Pluto]]. Other gates must presumably exist throughout the universe, but the only one to be identified was in the vicinity of [[Thrull]]. This gate was used by revived Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] when he was informed of the existence of an [[Earth Defense Command]] space platform in the Sol system. Amused at the notion, he directed [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep]]s to enter the nearby Warp Gate that he might see it for himself. Although the crew of the space platform picked up their emergence from the Pluto warp gate, it didn't spare them Galvatron's wrath.  {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}


====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
By 2005, warp gate technology had been refined down to a single, flat portal, through which travelers could simply fly, requiring no vehicle or launch mechanism to make the trip. The precise number of warp gates in existence by this time is unknown, but at least one was installed at the fringes of the solar system, beyond [[Pluto]]. Other gates must presumably exist throughout the universe, but the only one to be identified was in the vicinity of [[Thrull]]. This gate was used by revived Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] when he was informed of the existence of an [[Earth Defense Command]] space platform in the Sol system. Amused at the notion, he directed [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep]]s to enter the nearby Warp Gate that he might see it for himself. Although the crew of the space platform picked up their emergence from the Pluto warp gate, it didn't spare them Galvatron's wrath.  {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}


===Marvel Comics continuity===
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
====Generation 2====
[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s squad of Autobots were equipped with "personal warp gates" while chasing down the [[Cyberforming|cyberformers]] from the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]].  {{storylink|War Without End!}}
[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s squad of Autobots were equipped with "personal warp gates" while chasing down the [[Cyberforming|cyberformers]] from the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]].  {{storylink|War Without End!}}


[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category:Generation 2]]
[[Category:Generation 2]]

Revision as of 19:22, 16 April 2011

Warp gates are a type of technology from the Generation 1 continuity family.
There is nothing wrong with your TV set, we control the vertical, we control the horizontal...

Warp gates are teleportation devices which generate spatial portals that allow users to traverse vast distances in the blink of an eye. Similar in concept to the Decepticons' space bridge technology, warp gates were created through the alliance of the Autobots and humankind.

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

The Stargate Battles

Warp gate technology began life as the Trigger, a huge manned space station developed in the late 1990s by the allied forces of the Autobots and the American government using Cybertronian technology. First Contact

The Transformers cartoon

By 2005, warp gate technology had been refined down to a single, flat portal, through which travelers could simply fly, requiring no vehicle or launch mechanism to make the trip. The precise number of warp gates in existence by this time is unknown, but at least one was installed at the fringes of the solar system, beyond Pluto. Other gates must presumably exist throughout the universe, but the only one to be identified was in the vicinity of Thrull. This gate was used by revived Decepticon leader Galvatron when he was informed of the existence of an Earth Defense Command space platform in the Sol system. Amused at the notion, he directed Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps to enter the nearby Warp Gate that he might see it for himself. Although the crew of the space platform picked up their emergence from the Pluto warp gate, it didn't spare them Galvatron's wrath. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

Marvel Generation 2 comic

Grimlock's squad of Autobots were equipped with "personal warp gates" while chasing down the cyberformers from the Cybertronian Empire. War Without End!

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