Contrivance Engine

The Contrivance Engine is a machine in the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family

The Contrivance Engine is a machine developed by Brainstorm in his time aboard the Lost Light. It presumably makes weird things happen.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

At some point prior to December 24th, Brainstorm designed and built the Contrivance Engine. It made the Lost Light look all Christmas-y, making the cloaking machine look suspiciously similar to a mechanical pine tree, and its boosters to resemble Christmas ornaments.

Notes

• Contrivance. Noun.
  • something that causes things to happen in a story in a way that does not seem natural or believable
  • the use of contrivances in a story
  • a machine or piece of equipment made with skill and cleverness