Mul-T-Cog
The Mul-T-Cog Badge is an ancient mystic Cybertronian relic. It bestows upon its wearer the ability to adopt two additional alternate modes, but with the proviso that they can only pick one alternate mode to use per day. It will only pick a Cybertronian if they are truly worthy. With enough training, the user can access all three vehicle modes in one day at any given time.
Fiction
Rescue Bots Academy cartoon
The Mul-T-Cog Badge was stored in a cube hidden in the office of the Rescue Bot Training Center. When Hot Shot was intending to quit his rescue training because he didn't think he was any good at it, Optimus Prime bestowed the Mul-T-Cog Badge on him. Hot Shot subsequently used it to beat Wedge in a race, using his new jet mode. Unfortunately this meant that he couldn't pick a more suitable form when the recruits later had to complete a cave rescue mission. Recruits Part II
After Hot Shot abandoned his training to go play Cube, Optimus Prime intended to reclaim the badge but was prevented by a space bridge malfunction. In the end, Hot Shot returned to the Academy and so the return of the Mul-T-Cog was unnecessary. Best Bots Forever Part 2 Though Hot Shot's Mul-T-Cog was believed to be the only one in existence, four more were found stored in a vault on a crashed Cybertronian ship. The Vault Of The Primes With some help from the other recruits, Hot Shot succeeded in mastering his Mul-T-Cog to the point that he could use all of his alternate modes in the same day. Mul-T-Change of Pace
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Ratchet theorized that the four new cogs would have to be given an infusion of energy from Hot Shot's Mul-T-Cog to activate them and proved right. Hot Shot proceeded to jump the gun and got the other recruits to install the new Mul-T-Cogs, only to discover that they were essentially without enough power to transform. After taking some advice from Ratchet, Hot Shot was able to use his Mul-T-Cog to fully power the other four, at the cost of draining it entirely and leaving him unable to transform. Luckily it turned out that the other recruits were able to use a fraction of the power from each of their Mul-T-Cogs to revive his, and even supercharged it so he could select a fourth alternate mode. Small Cogs
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The recruits were later required to scan vehicles for their new alternate modes. Big Wheels
Notes
- "T-Cog" is a term usually used for a Transformer's transformation cog, though the Mul-T-Cog Badge is worn on Hot Shot's chest, and thus presumably augments his existing T-Cog rather than replacing it.
