Destronium

Destroniumis an essential substance for buildingTransformerbodies, especially those ofDecepticons.The genuine material's properties are unknown save that it allows the creation of substances sturdier than normalEarthlyones for building servos and such. However, its Earth-made synthetic equivalent is incredibly unstable. Moving it at high speed makes it incredibly volatile, risking detonation within a matter of minutes.

Destronium; yet anotherPerfectly Safe Product℠ ofSumdac Systems™.

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Animatedcartoon 1.2Shattered Glass 1.3Renegade Rhetoric 1.4Of Masters and Mayhem 2Games 2.1Fall of Cybertron 3Notes

Fiction

Animatedcartoon

While experimenting with robotic parts,Megatronsaid toProfessor Sumdacthat in order to build his new body he needed Destronium-based circuitry. Sumdac regretfully informed Megatron that Destronium didn't come in such vast quantities onEarthas it mustwherever Megatron came from,but he'd been able to synthesize a small amount. However, by the time that sample was shipped to his lab from across town it would be either useless or highly explosive. The only way to avoid that problem would be transporting it in under 10 minutes. Megatron then hatched a scheme to use Prof. Sumdac's experimental turbo-suit to transport the Destronium within the required time limit.

To do so, Megatron hooked up small-time thiefNino Sextonwith the suit and hired him to steal the Destronium. However, a (literal) running battle between Sexton and theAutobotscaused the substance to go critical, threatening to levelDetroit.Bumblebeeresolved this by using histurbo boostersto rocket the Destronium canister into the upper atmosphere, where it detonated safely.Nanosec

Shattered Glass

In his new body,Galvatron's hook-and-grapple was supported by a destronium tether.BotCon 2011 Galvatron bio card

Renegade Rhetoric

NightracerandCrash Testwere able to steal a supply of Destronium from Sumdac Systems. Using it, they upgraded their existingSpy Changertechnology to becomea second generation of Go-Bots.Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/05 and 2016/05/12

Of Masters and Mayhem

Thrashclaw's bite could crush Destronium armor.Thrashclaw's profile in Club magazine #70

Games

Fall of Cybertron

The "Gambler" modification forPath Blastersloaded a single synthetic Destronium round randomly into each magazine providing a big albeit unpredictable boost offirepower.Fall of Cybertron

Notes

• Destronium is derived from "Destron" (デストロン), the classic Japanese name for the Decepticons. Considering that the Japanese name for the Autobots isCybertron,it may even be a counterpart of sorts toCybertonium,a slightly differently spelled substance from theGeneration 1 cartoonwhich was critical for the proper functioning of Transformer bodies.