Planet Buster
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ThePlanet Busteris a heat-ray cannon the size of a moon, used by theVokaliens in an attempt to destroy prehistoricEarth.
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Beast Warscartoon
DuringRhinox's studies of the mysterious planet theMaximalsandPredaconswere stranded on, he discovered that one of the planet's moons had less mass than its size would suggest. Almost as if it were... hollow...The Trigger, Part 1
Afterthe flying islandwas destroyed in a battle against theTransformerforces, a beacon was sent to the Vok, first being received by a structure on the Planet Buster before being shot off into space.The Trigger, Part 2Receiving this beacon, the Vok returned to Earth and were quite displeased to see that theBeast Warshad completely wrecked their "project". Deeming the entire planet to now be a liability, the Vok revealed their magnum opus: a "termination sequence" that transformed the planet's hollow second moon into a massive weapon.Other Voices, Part 1
The Vok attempted to use this cannon (whichRattraplater dubbed "the Planet Buster" ) to ignite everyenergondeposit on the planet, resulting in an explosion powerful enough to destroy the planet itself! As the alien device charged up, receiving power from an alien site on the planet, the power beam somehow caused the orbitingstasis podsto fall out of orbit. In order to destroy the weapon,Optimus Primalconfiscated a customized stasis pod, whichTarantulasandBlackarachniahad rebuilt as a means to escape from the planet, and rigged itstranswarp cellwith an explosive charge. Optimus's plan was to fly the pod into the core of the Planet Buster, where the transwarp cell would explode, taking the alien construct with it. Unfortunately, the pod itself was a trap, set byMegatron,revealed to Optimus when he was unable to exit the pod and escape from the imminent explosion. The plan to destroy the Planet Buster succeeded, but cost the Maximals their leader.Other Voices, Part 2
As an unforeseen development, the destruction of the Planet Buster created a massivequantum surge.This surge mutated several Transformers intoTransmetalsAftermathand damaged the stasis pods of others, resulting in theFuzorsComing of the Fuzors (Part 1)andTransmutate.TransmutateThe destruction of the stasis pods' transwarp cell also created atranswarp wavefrontwhich traveled across space and time toward CybertronCode of Hero,eventually reachingPredacon Command Outpost Onein the time that the Maximals and the Predacons hailed from. Upon intercepting this wavefront, theTripredacus Councilsentan agentto investigate.The Agenda (Part 1)
Notes
- PrehistoricShattered GlassEarth (in "Shattered Time"),Beast Wars: UprisingEnergoa(in "The Inexorable March"), and the unnamed planet (which may or may not be prehistoric Earth) inIDW's 2021Beast Warsrebootalso have two moons, in an obvious reference to the originalBeast Warscartoon. In each case, whether the second moon was in fact a Planet Buster is not addressed and is left to the reader's imagination.
Foreign names
- Japanese:Planet Buster(プラネットバスターPuranetto Basutā)
