ChÅkon Power
Chokon Power is a form of energy from the Masterforce portion of the Generation 1 continuity.
The mysterious Chokon Power (from the Japanese, chokon, translating as "super-soul") manifests in three forms:
- Chichokon
- The power of the Earth, from the Japanese, chi, meaning "Earth." It is characterized by the Decepticon Pretender Blood as "the ultimate energy that grants existence to the life on the surface of the Earth."
- Jinchokon
- The power of man, from the Japanese, jin, meaning "man." Blood describes it as "the ultimate energy that gives humans the strength to keep on living."
- Tenchokon
- The power of the heavens, from the Japanese, ten, meaning "heaven." Blood classifies it as "the ultimate energy of the growing universe."
These three different aspects - Earth, the heavens and man - are denoted by some Eastern religions as the three core aspects of life, hence Chokon Power (also referred to as Ten-Chi-Jin Power) is effectively the primal energy of life itself. While individual beings can learn to manipulate the energy for their own ends, it is a difficult task to accomplish - aside from the warrior Sixknight, who professed to derive his strength from Tenchokon, no other ordinary Transformers displayed the ability. Through the machinations of the alien entity Devil Z, however, the lifeforms known as the Godmasters were given the inherent ability to manipulate all three forms of Chokon Power, making them one of the most powerful types of super-robotic lifeform in existence.
The Godmaster Transtectors originally resided in a region of space known as G Nebula 89, which was rich in Tenchokon, suffusing the Transtectors with it. Devil Z subsequently stole the mechanoids and hid them on Earth, where, over the years, they absorbed the planet's inherent Chichokon. With two of the three Chokon Powers now filling them, the final step in Devil Z's plan for the Transtectors was to bond a human being to them, thereby adding Jinchokon - inherent in all humans by its very nature - to the equation and giving the resultant Godmasters lifeform power over all three aspects of Chokon Power.
The effects of Chokon Power vary. Most commonly, it is simply channelled from its source - down from the sky, up out of the ground, or from within the Godmaster - into the Godmaster's fist, which can then either deliver a powerful, charged punch, or release the energy by firing it as an offensive blast. At other times, it is projected in waves from the Godmaster's body, or can be channelled into their weapons for enhanced firepower. The only type known to have an effect specific to itself is Chichokon, which gives Godmasters the power to control the Earth beneath them, levitating and energizing rocks and dirt that can be hurled at opponents.
Headmaster Juniors also possess some small measure of Chokon Power, although this may simply be the Jinchokon that exists inherently within them as humans, "activated" when they received the Masterforce. They cannot use this energy offensively; instead, it serves to automatically enhance their strength, reflexes and agility. Additionally, when Cab, Shuta and Minerva all placed their hands on the control panel of Godbomber, their Chokon Power added together was enough to equal that of Ginrai's, and activated the drone for battle. The trio were later able to share their Chokon Power again, adding it to Ginrai's in order to super-charge him for his final battle with Devil Z. Realizing the incredible potential for Jinchokon that existed within all human beings - perhaps after seeing how truly powerful Godmasters could be - Devil Z determined to eradicate the species to remove that threat, and summarily purged the human beings from his Decepticon army, bringing the Transtectors to life as true robots. Consequently, however, the Transtectors' lack of a human component meant that they no longer possessed Jinchokon - for Hydra and Buster, at least, Devil Z substitued his own Devil Power as a replacement, but this proved unable to stand against Ginrai's might. Logically, the subsequent separation of the Autobot Godmasters from their human components also left them without Jinchokon.
