Transwarp Key

TheTranswarp Keyis a powerful device. For many entities, planetary travel can be considered a demanding ordeal. Whether it be distance traveled, time required to travel, or the energy required to make the entire distance, it may not be ideal, and for some, even impossible. With the Transwarp Key, however, that distance shrinks significantly, allowing for entities to travel betweentimeandspace,and what seems to be a challenge, even an impossibility in terms of travelling distance even forgods,has become nothing more than a short distance to travel.

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Rise of the Beastsfilm 2Toys 2.1Studio Series 3Notes 3.1Foreign names

Fiction

Rise of the Beastsfilm

Long ago, the Transformers on Cybertron used the Transwarp Key to openspace-time portalstoenergon-rich worlds all across the universe. Thousands of years prior to1994,the Key was "lost" to Cybertron; the circumstances surrounding this event are unknown, but the Key wound up in the custody of theMaximals,an advanced race of Cybertronians who evolved onone of the worldsthe Transformers had spread out to. Proponents of advancing life across the universe, the Maximals used the Key to visit young worlds and help guide the development of other races.

In time, the Key drew the attention of the monster planetUnicron,who sent hisTerrorconsto obtain the device for him so he could use it to travel to worlds rich withEnergonat any time. Maximal leaderApelinqentrusted the Key toOptimus Primal,who used it to transport himself,Airazor,CheetorandRhinoxacross space and time to then-prehistoricEarth,there to hide it from Unicron and his minions.

Upon their arrival on the planet, Optimus Primal decided to have the Transwarp Key split in two, with Primal hiding his half within a temple inPeru,while Airazor kept her half sealed away in a falcon statue. Some time between the initial splitting of the Transwarp Key and1994,Primal moved his half of the Transwarp Key, giving it to a small village of people aware of the Maximals' existence for safe keeping. The statue containing Airazor's half was eventually unearthed and taken to a museum onEllis IslandinNew York City.

The Transwarp Key halves remained dormant during this time, until museum internElena Wallaceaccidentally broke the falcon statue and activated the Key's signal beacon, attracting theAutobotsas well as the Terrorcons. The former saw the Key as a means to return toCybertron,while the latter saw it as a means to summon Unicron to Earth. Both factions came to blows, butScourgeended up escaping with the half of the Key.

Scourge would present the half of the Key to Unicron, believing that it was the whole piece, but Unicron tortured the Terrorcon leader, demanding he retrieve the other half.

When the Autobots arrived inCusco,they made a plan to retrieve the other half of the Key, while their human ally,Noah Díaz,made plans to destroy it. Upon meeting with the Maximals and taking the Autobots to their village,Amarupresented the other half of the Transwarp Key toOptimus Prime,only for it to be temporarily stolen by Airazor, who had been corrupted by Scourge. Noah attempted to destroy the Key, but was convinced by Optimus Prime not to. Upon Noah's refusal, the remaining half was stolen by Airazor once more, and handed to Scourge.

With both halves reunited, Scourge connected the Transwarp Key to a newly formed Transwarp Drive, where it then opened a vortex that allowed for Unicron to come to Earth. Though the Autobots and Maximals initially hoped that Elena could upload the Transwarp Key's override abort, the Key was ultimately destroyed in the final battle by Optimus Prime in order to stop Unicron's arrival after Scourge destroyed the control panel to ensure his master's victory.Rise of the Beasts

Toys

Studio Series

• Optimus Primal(Leader Class,2023)
  • Movie:Rise of the Beasts
  • Hasbro ID number:106

A painted Transwarp Key is included with theStudio SeriesOptimus Primalas one of his accessories. Much like the Transwarp Key in the movie, the accessory is capable of splitting in half to replicate its state from the early portions ofRise of the Beasts.

Notes

• The key is covered inwritings,when Noah was about to shoot on it in Peru, inscriptions on it reads as "keeper of the keys".
• When the "Autobot Signal Flare" contrail is equipped inFortnite,the Transwarp Key will appear above the player while falling and split in half to create portal effects before recombining.

Foreign names

• French:Clé de Transdistorsion( "Transwarp Key" )
• Hungarian:Transztér kulcs( "Trans-Space Key" )