Armor of Unicron
Megatron has always sought power at every turn, and this is one of the most striking examples of success. After escaping from the collapsing Energon Sun created to contain Unicron's spark, he had stolen most of what remained of the Chaos-Bringer's power, and his body had been rebuilt with salvaged pieces of the destroyer's armor.[1]
Fiction
Ask Vector Prime
After a mighty battle that pitted the Autobots against the Decepticons and Unicron, Megatron sought more power and searched for the remnants of the disembodied Unicron's spark. From this "lost spark", Megatron forged new armor, being reborn in a new body. Ask Vector Prime
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The armor provided Megatron with a significant power boost. Deep It could also heal him much faster than typical self-repair systems, after a protracted battle with Optimus Prime the armor was able to fully regenerate Megatron given only a few seconds of downtime.
When Vector Prime collapsed Megatron's fiery pocket dimension in on itself, Megatron used the full power of the Armor of Unicron to rip open the fabric of reality in a bid to escape. Using the armor in this way left it unable to defend its wearer from a blast from the Omega Lock, and it was seemingly destroyed with Megatron when the dimension collapsed on him. Cybertron
Soon after, however, it was revealed that the residual power of Unicron within the armor allowed Megatron to endure, sustaining his spark and form as a noncorporeal "ghost" that appeared on Cybertron in the midst of a battle. Balance In this state, it enabled him to absorb the energy of attacks-and of Transformers themselves-to regenerate his body, as well as upgrade others into stronger forms. After his full revival, Megatron used the remnants of his "ghost" to create an entirely new being, from nothing but the dark thoughts of Leobreaker. Darkness
Notes
- While the design cues from Armada Unicron in Megatron's Cybertron character model are hard to miss, the "Armor of Unicron" explanation did not make it into the text of the series until the bio of his toy's American release in one of many changes from Galaxy Force re-aligning the series to hew closer to Hasbro and Takara's original concepts for a sequel to Armada and Energon.
