Signal beacon

Signal beacons are a type of technology from the Animated continuity family.

Need a handy diversion? Use a signal beacon to generate a false energy signature and draw the searchers away!

Fiction

Animated cartoon

With Sentinel Prime and his Elite Guard team on Earth, the Autobots set about hunting down loose Decepticons. While searching for one of the Starscream clones, they were drawn to an abandoned building, however when Prowl crashed through the window, all he found was a signal beacon. In the meantime, Sentinel somehow managed to capture the Decepticon single-handed. Reports of a shadowy figure in the area were unconfirmed. Five Servos of Doom