Energon Matrix
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- The Energon Matrix is a device given to all Maximals with the rank of Convoy during the Beast Wars era of the Japanese version of Generation 1 continuity.
By the time of the Beast Wars (300 years after the end of the Great War), the term "Convoy" was used to indicate the highest rank in the Maximal military. There was a Convoy Council which ruled over Cybertron, lead by Great Convoy. The rank, named after the original Convoy, came with an Energon Matrix.
During Generation 1 there was only one Matrix of Leadership, but by the era of the Beast Wars, multiple Matrices had been constructed.
The Energon Matrix amplified the strength and power of the Convoy who held it. They could summon the power of the Energon Matrix to energize their body and amplify their natrual skills, or they could unleash the power of the Matrix in one magnificent blast. If two or more Convoys did it at once, they could combine the blasts to increase their effectiveness.
Additionally, Vector Sigma was capable of speaking through Big Convoy's Matrix, whether he wanted it to or not.
Matrix bearers
The following characters are specifically known to have an Energon Matrix (exceptions are specifically noted).
- Optimus Primal
- Leo Prime
- Lio Junior (a copy of Leo Prime's)
- Big Convoy
(Note: Big Convoy's Matrix was seemingly not referred to by any specific appelation. It was simply a "Matrix".)
Fiction
Beast Wars II
During Beast Wars II, both Leo Prime and Optimus Primal were shown to have an Energon Matrix. When they teamed-up to take down Majin Zarak in "Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger", they displayed the various functions of the Energon Matrix. Leo Prime used the power of his Matrix to upgrade his speed by transforming himself into Flash Lio Convoy. Optimus Primal did a similar move by upgrading his strength as Burning Convoy.
After that, they then unleashed the power of their Matrices and combined the force into a "Double Matrix Blast". This move sent a torrent of powerful energy directly into Majin Zarak, killing him.
Later, during Beast Wars, Optimus Primal's Energon Matrix was destroyed along with his body by the Vok Planet Buster.
However, it should be noted that in the U.S. Beast Wars continuity Optimus Primal does not have any kind of Matrix, nor for that matter is it implied that there is more than one.
Beast Wars Neo
One of the most skillful, yet most anti-social members of the Maximals, Big Convoy, was shown to carry a Matrix. However, Vector Sigma took a more proactive approach with Big Convoy than with most others. After each battle, Vector Sigma would speak through Big Convoy and dispense wisdom to his new recruits who so desperately needed it. Eventually, this sentimentality rubbed off on Big Convoy and he began dispensing wisdom all on his own.
When Unicron attacked Cybertron and possessed Vector Sigma, ultimately turning Cybertron into his new body, Big Convoy's Matrix proved to be the only thing capable of stopping him. When Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to do battle with the Maximals, Big Convoy removed his Matrix and used it to power his Big Cannon, turning it into the Matrix Buster. Firing a powerful blast of Matrix energy into Unicron, the Chaos-bringer was seemingly destroyed and evicted from Vector Sigma.
Trivia
- In the Car Robots continuity, Fire Convoy was stated to have an Energon Matrix. The nature of this Matrix was changed for the Robots In Disguise dub.
