Energon radiation
Energon radiation is a form of radiation given off by energon. Significantly more energon radiation is given off when energon is expended.
Stable energon gives off a different type of radiation than unstable energon, though high concentrations of it are equally debilitating to Transformer life-systems.[1]
To avoid such a gruesome and unpleasant end, though, Transformers have developed technology to allow them and associated machines to survive in areas of high concentration. The most common way to survive in such dangerous areas is to change one's alternate mode into a quasi-organic alternate mode based on the local life-forms, as they are totally immune to the dangerous radiation emitted. That said, the shielding is not perfect; an individual cannot remain in their robot mode for more than a few minutes without suffering the crippling surges of energon. Maximal and Predacon spaceships were outfitted with rectifier coils, which protected their occupants from harmful radiation and allowed them to move about unhindered within their confines.[2]
Close physical contact with Transformers will render anything around them noticeably radioactive. Fortunately energon radiation appears to have no effect on humans or other organic life. Several hours inside Bumblebee made Sam Witwicky so radioactive he was giving off 14 Rads of energon radiation, which means Mikaela gets the equivalent of ~450 chest x-rays when they make out.[3][4]
Depending on the universe, energon radiation may also:
- Be the key to reviving a dark god.
- Cause electrical devices to spontaneously come to life.
References
- ↑ From "Chain of Command".
- ↑ "Call of the Wild"
- ↑ Simmons mentions Sam's radiation reading in the movie.
- ↑ Transformers The Game establishes the radiation in question is energon radiation.
