Nega-Core
- The Nega-Core is a device from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Nega-Core is an ominous device developed by Jhiaxus, which will enable the coming Expansion. There are three such devices scattered throughout the "normal" universe, each one guarded by an all-but-invincible Transformer that is under Jhiaxus' remote command. These guardians are Thunderwing, Sixshot, and Monstructor.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Arcee, in her rampage to destroy all things Jhiaxus, attacked a facility that housed the Nega-Core. Ultra Magnus managed to incapacitate her before she destroyed it, while Jhiaxus's drones informed him that the device was undamaged. Spotlight: Arcee
Once the Nega-Core was complete, Nemesis Prime dispatched Cyclonus on a mission to activate the Nega-Core on Corata-Vaz and its guardian in preparation for the Expansion. Cyclonus allowed himself to become distracted by the Ark-12 and barely reached his target in time. He initially planned to ignore his secondary objective, out of a personal distaste for what Thunderwing had done to Cybertron, but was ultimately forced to activate the guardian when Ultra Magnus and the Ark-12 crew followed his trail to the Nega-Core's hiding place. Spotlight: Cyclonus
The two other Nega-Cores were on the planet Rotan and the fourth moon of Bhul, guarded by Monstructor and Sixshot. Spotlight: Doubledealer
In the face of such powerful guardians on Rotan and Bhul, the Autobots just calmly took over a space bridge portal, snuck in the back to remove the Nega-Cores, and then snuck out again while the Guardians weren't looking. With Thunderwing disabled by an axis-override cradle, all three Nega-Cores were able to be dumped into the Dead Universe by Cloudburst's unit, where they exploded and sealed off the Benzuli Expanse anomaly. Spotlight: Sideswipe
Ask Vector Prime
After hijacking Vector Prime's Axiom Nexus News column, known liar Sideways claimed that the Dark Spark was the result of him forgetting to shut down the Nega-Core he was guarding. Ask Vector Prime
