Dimension gate

Dimension gates are a method of transportation from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

When you've absolutely, positively got to be somewhere right away, dimension gates are the way to travel. Where the more mundane space bridge requires a bit of time and effort on a traveler's part, requiring them to traverse a pathway through interdimensional space under their own power, a dimension gate is a literal hole in space/time—step through, and you're at your destination immediately, like passing through a door. Not just anybody can cook up one of these bad boys, though: only those with the power of Primus or Unicron at their fingertips can part the dimensional divide in this manner, required to stabilize the portals so the dimensional crossing does not adversely affect a voyager's mind.

Fiction

Cybertron cartoon

Vector Prime possessed the ability to open dimension gates by slicing the fabric of space/time open with his sword, Rhisling, first doing so to send Landmine to Earth in the opening days of the Unicron Singularity crisis. Fallen He would later be responsible for creating the gates that would send the Autobots the colony worlds of Velocitron and the Jungle Planet—in concert with Optimus Prime, whose Matrix of Leadership helped stabilize the gateways—and was generally on hand to generate a gate whenever the Autobots needed one. Landmine Search Vector Prime's gates had the appearance of a glowing green slash-mark in the air itself, which, when stabilized by the Matrix, widened to reveal a view of the target location on the other side of the gate's rippling surface.

Megatron, empowered by the Armor of Unicron, was also capable of creating dimension gates, although his could apparently only lead into and out of his fire dimension, requiring that it be used as a stopover on any trips the Decepticons made. Fallen These circular portals resembled swirling vortexes of flame; extinguishing these flames would result in the portal closing. Critical

In one dramatic instance, Vector Prime opened one of his dimension gates across one of Megatron's, and their interaction caused the fire dimension to collapse in on itself. Cybertron

See also

• Blasty Zone
• Infraspace
• Inner space
• Limbo
• Teleportation
• Void