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.

Fiction

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The armor made Megatron very powerful, gradually increasing his power level over time Hero, and healing him much faster than typical self-repair systems. It apparently enabled him to wield dark energies in battle, usually manifesting as lightning from Megatron's hands. In times of great stress, the Decepticon leader could even manifest an aura of pure Energon from his armor, vastly increasing his power.

It is presumably what generated Megatron's Cyber Key, enabling him to transform his left wheel cover into a blade. Following Starscream's theft of the Omega Lock, the armor picked up on stray power emitting from the Lock to unlock a new Cyber Key weapon, the Death Machine Gun. Revelation

The armor was also capable of such feats as sustaining Megatron's spark and shape in a noncorporeal "ghost" form when he was destroyed. In this state, it enabled him to absorb energy-and other Transformers-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

Later on, after a humiliating defeat by Metroplex the armor allowed Megatron to remotely tap the power of Gigantion's Cyber Planet Key to become Galvatron once again. Fury In this state, he was powerful enough to stop Sparkdrinker with a single finger, and only needed one hand to block it after Metroplex powered it up.

The armor's power, along with Galvatron's own, would be pitted against the full power of Optimus Prime in a final battle. Galvatron had the advantage, bombarding Prime's teammates with shadowy lightning and generating a sword of pure darkness, but when the Autobot leader combined his own power with that of Vector Prime's sword Rhisling and the Matrix of Leadership the Armor of Unicron was overcome at last. Galvatron perished, this time for good. Unfinished

Notes

• The Armor of Unicron was invented for the Cybertron dub and did not exist in Galaxy Force; since Galaxy Force was not originally in the same continuity as Micron Legend and Super Link, there was no need to explain how Megatron was able to survive after plunging himself into the Energon sun. However, this does not change the fact that either way, the armor greatly resembles Unicron.