Slagmaker Cannon
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A Slagmaker Cannon is a generic term[1] for any weapon that generates levels of heat intense enough to melt armor and circuitry — reducing it to useless slag. The term has thus far(Jul-19-08) only been used in the Beast Era.
The term may be a reference (of sorts) to the original Megatron, whose Fusion Cannon earned him the nom de guerre "The Slag-Maker."[2]
Users of Slagmaker cannons include,
- Terragator — His tail converts to a Slagmaker Cannon, in this case a directed-heat weapon that completely melts his enemies' exostructure.
- Ramulus — In robot mode his horns function as a "Slagmaker" cannon[3] that melts anything in its path. Ramulus seems to consider this weapon's designation more affectionate or "unofficial," since it is an ad hoc (but effective) adaptation of a system not designed for that purpose.[4]
It's also worth noting that Skullgrin uses a very similar slag-maker carbine that fires a searing heat beam that melts metal up to four inches thick. He usually saves this for angry half-naked chicks that threaten his movie career.
Footnotes
- ↑ The Beast Wars Sourcebook describes the Slagmaker cannons used by Ramulus and Terragator as having completely different operating principles.
- ↑ Megatron's bio from Marvel's Universe profiles #2 (1986)
- ↑ Ramulus's weapon is simply called a "Double Slagmaker Cannon" in his tech-spec.
- ↑ In 3H's "Wreckers" comics Ramulus's cannon is a modified tachyon gun. In IDW's Beast Wars comics it is a kludge-job using plasma-generator nodes to let the structure of his horns (a sensory apparatus) instead focus balls of white-hot plasma.
External Links
- Megatron's TFU bio - "The Slag-Maker"
