CR chamber
The CR Chamber is a device for medical treatment or adding new alt modes to the Transformers of various factions.
It is not a torture chamber.
It is Waspinator's best friend.
The abbreviation "CR" varied from continuities as the following shows:
- Beast Wars: Creation/Restoration[1][2]
- Dreamwave: Cryonic Regeneration[3]
- IDW: Cryogenic Regeneration[4]
Fiction
Beast Wars
The CR Chamber, commonly also called the "Restoration Chamber," first made its appearance in this series. Both the Maximals and Predacons had their own versions of the devices in their respective ships. The Maximal chamber was an enclosed pod that the Transformer would sit in to be repaired, while the Predacons' Restoration Chamber was more of a dunk tank that the broken parts of the damaged robot would be unceremoniously dropped into on a tray. Megatron appears to have a modified CR tank that he commonly relaxes in like a sort of hot tub, and even has a rubber ducky to go with it. Nobody dares ask him why.
The inclusion of the CR Chamber in Beast Wars was a necessary writer's invention, as the smaller cast on both sides needed a reliable explanation for the way they recovered from the massive amounts of damage that either side's members often took, including being dismembered, decapitated, crushed, and in at least one instance, almost completely incinerated.
Despite this marvel, there were still instances of Transformers being unable to be repaired, such as when Terrorsaur and Scorponok sank into hot lava never to be seen again, or when Optimus Primal's original body was vaporized in an explosion. The CR Chamber also cannot restore a spark that has been extinguished, such as Dinobot completely burning himself out. Also, the relevant parts of the Transformer in question must be collected and loaded into the Chamber—if the parts are unable to be retrieved, or nobody cares enough to collect their parts, the Transformer remains broken and essentially "dead".
Dreamwave comics continuity
IDW comics continuity
References
- ↑ Beast Wars Universe. Note that it is labeled as "C/R Chamber" in the book.
- ↑ There is also a similar device named "C/R Tank" for Predacons. (Which is itself sometimes called a CR Chamber, as in "The Trigger, Part 1".)
- ↑ CR Chamber/Stasis Pod article in More Than Meets The Eye #8
- ↑ Spotlight: Shockwave
