Infraspace

This article is about the realm between life and death. For the temporal-displacement dimension, see limbo.

"I had a whole universe to myself after the Defiant was thrown out. There was absolutely no one else in it. I must say I prefer a crowded universe much better."

Little is known about the region of existence known as infraspace. It has been described as a "virtual nothingness" and denoted as the region between life and the Afterspark by Onyx Prime himself. Under certain circumstances, the consciousness of a near-death Cybertronian can apparently exist there without a body.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Infraspace was known to Onyx Prime who possessed the ability to materialize his consciousness within the realm. Ghost in the Machine

In 2007, Optimus Prime had received a severe beat-down from an Ore-13-powered Megatron, and was on the verge of terminal shutdown. In a desperate ploy, he transferred his higher functions into his trailer section, giving the appearance of lifelessness.

During the transfer, Prime's consciousness drifted through infraspace. While there, he felt a sinister presence that seemed to recognize and watch him. Escalation #6 That presence was later revealed to be Nova Prime, Spotlight: Optimus Prime who was, at the time, an undead inhabitant of the Dead Universe and had changed his name to Nemesis Prime. Devastation #3

Over the course of his lifetime, Mike Power had been exposed to such a high amount of Talisman energy that upon his death, Power and Glory his mind persisted within infraspace.

After being stabbed by Storm Shadow, Blackrock's consciousness was transferred into infraspace via the Talisman whereupon he encountered Onyx Prime. After explaining the Talisman's purpose to his former servant, he attempted to expedite his servant's passing to the afterlife before the spectre of Mike Power came to Blackrock's rescue. Power convinced Blackrock not to flee from his second chance at life. His words reached the Titan Master who then realized what he had to do and sent out a call to Metrotitan whom he had transmit an energy wave that acted a cure to the Dire Wraith mutations of the Talisman. The curative pulse had the unexpected side-effect of releasing Mike Power's mind from infraspace where it found a home in Centurion. Ghost in the Machine

Notes

• The term "infraspace" was also used in Dreamwave's The Age of Wrath #3 to describe the far-less-metaphysical realm of interdimensional space. For that, see: Transwarp.