Transwarp Drive
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ATranswarp Driveis used to propel aspacecraftthrough space and time. They run on a number of smalltranswarp cellswhich can also be removed and used individually on smaller craft such as shuttles andstasis pods.
Each transwarp engine also generates its own transwarp signature that can be used to track its movements or pin down its current location.
Additionally,transwarp shunttechnology allows a traveler to move through space and time without a ship. Instead, the traveller simply stands upon a platform to be transported to the desired place and time. The platform is not transported along with the traveller, so if they wish to return, there must be another transwarp shunt device on the other end, or they must bring along the parts to build one.
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Beast Warscartoon continuity
Beast Warscartoon
As part of a scheme to change history and allow theDecepticonsto win theGreat War,Megatronused the transwarp-capable shipDarksydeto travel to Earth during theArk's dormancy.The Agenda (Part 2)Optimus Primaland his crew followed in theAxalonto stop Megatron.Beast Wars (Part 1)
When it seemed as though thePredaconshad destroyed themselves, the Maximals raided theDarksydefor the parts they needed to repair their transwarp drive and return to their time. The Maximals managed to repair their transwarp drive enough to launch only for the Predacons to assault the craft during its takeoff, crashing it once again and destroying the functionality of its transwarp drive.Victory
2006 IDWBeast Warscontinuity
Magmatronused a transwarp shunt to travel to the middle of Megatron's and Optimus Primal's Beast War in order to captureMaximalprotoforms.As an additional prize for his masters, he intended to send Megatron back to Cybertron, but was tricked byRazorbeastandOptimus Minor,causing Magmatron himself to be displaced in time.The Gathering
Force of Habit
The Autobot flagshipIron Hopeand the Decepticondropship-class shipUpstartwere equipped with Transwarp drive.Force of Habit
Shattered Glass
TheArkand theNemesishad transwarp drives, which were used to travel fromCybertrontoEarth.Do Over
Wings Universe
The engines of theStar SeekerwarshipTidal Wavehad transwarp capability. The Star Seekers utilized this to time-travel to the future in order to enact CaptainCannonball's purported greatest scheme in history.Tornado - Decepticon SaboteurHoist the Flag
2021 IDWBeast Warscomic
Transwarp drives were capable of both communicating andtravelling through time.The Beginning of the EndAs a result of this, usage of the transwarp drives were heavily regulated by Maximal Command, the ships equipped with them being kept at theGreat Shipyard.Savage Landing Part 1Following activation, a transwarp drive emitted unspace energy for three to four cycles.The Beginning of the End
Seeking to travel through time, a group of Predacon separatists stole a warship from the Shipyard, the Maximals redirecting the transwarp-capable exploratory vesselAxalonto intercept. When the two ships came to blows, the Predacons activated their vessel's transwarp drive and escaped through time, being pursued through the time vortex by theAxalon,both ships crashing on an uncharted organic world.Savage Landing Part 1Rattrapwas tasked with repairing the transwarp drive.The Beginning of the End
When the Maximals attacked theDarksyde,Nyxdestroyed the stolen ship's transwarp drive.Maximals Strike Back, Part 3Megatronattempted to repair the drive, only to be tricked away bySaberback.Primal Rage
When the Maximals and Predacons joined forces against theVok,the aliens contactedTarantulasand offered him their knowledge if he turned on his kind. Though they told Tarantulas to destroy what was left of theDarksyde's transwarp drive, he instead disabled its remaining functions, reasoning that he would need a transwarp capable craft to escape the planet and put his new knowledge to use. After hitting on the idea that theDarksyde's drive could be used to contact Cybertron for reinforcements,RhinoxandScorponokdiscovered the scientist's sabotage. After Tarantulas unleashed the reanimated corpse ofTerrorsaur,Scorponok used the transwarp drive to send a distress beacon to theAxalonbefore Tarantulas discovered him and used the drive to lure an escape ship from Cybertron.
At theAxalon,the message came through not long after Rattrap andWaspinatorhad managed to partially restore the Maximal craft's transwarp drive.The Beginning of the EndWorking off Nyx andSkold's theory that the Vok were creatures of unspace, the two engineers reworked theAxalon's drive to shunt its unspace energies into its weapon systems. Flying to theDarksyde,theAxalon's new unspace weapons dissipated the energy forms of the Vok before the same weapon shunted Megatron forward in time. With the alliance over,Blackarachniaallowed the Maximals to go in peace. When the other Predacons queried her about their future plans, the temporary leader noted that they should try fixing theDarksyde's transwarp drive, believing that the Vok's inertreversion devicecould be used as a useful spare parts supply.The End
