Voltronic Galaxer
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TheVoltronic Galaxerencodes audio waves into pulses, which aliens can then easily translate into their own language. It can also intercept and decode transmissions.
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Fiction
The Transformerscartoon
Professor Haleyattempted to show off the Voltronic Galaxer atHaley Observatory.His demonstration proved to be effective in contacting alien life; however, the alien life it contacted wasMegatron,who was standing on the roof of the observatory. The Decepticons blasted their way into the building, withStarscreamalmost inadvertently destroying the device. Megatron stole the Voltronic Galaxer and spirited it away to themoon.It was installed in theDecepticon lunar dome baseas part of a plan to block all ofEarth's radio waves, and ransom them for the planet's energy.
Unfortunately for both Megatron and Professor Haley,BlasterandCosmosinjected feedback into the device, destroying it in order to foil Megatron's plan.Blaster Blues
TransTech
InAxiom Nexus,Cybertron Galactic Systemsplanned to update theirtransdimensional radiowave scramblerswith voltronic galaxers, allowing them to tap into a beforehand unexplored market, as theirmemo-streamscould now be understood by almost any sentient species in existence.Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/09
Games
Transformers Roleplaying Game
The Voltronic Galaxer was a device capable of translating electronic signals into human speech.Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
Notes
- Let's be honest; even by the standards of the cartoon, "Voltronic Galaxer" is a nonsense term and has no bearing on the actual function of the device. It was for this reason that it became the subject of some backroom derision atSunbow Productions,afterFlint DilleandJay Bacalreviewed the script for "Blaster Blues" and started making jokes about "Voltronic Galaxatives."[1]From there, the term became corrupted into "Voltronic Galaxiter", which went on to be employed behind the scenes at Sunbow as a term not unlike "MacGuffin",used refer to" whatever stupid machine that eitherCobraor the Decepticons were coming up with "in a given episode.[2]Though these "Galaxiters" would almost always wind up with a different name in finished scripts,Buzz Dixonused the actual term in the 1986G.I. Joe: A Real American Heroepisode "My Brother's Keeper". It wasn't just about making fun, though; something about the silliness of the whole enterprise gave Dille the impetus to stop and reflect on the types of stories they were telling in the show, and to make changes so that their stories could not be solved by such "bogus plot devices."[1]
- Tangentially, the Galaxiter was not the only reference in Dixon's "My Brother's Keeper" to originate withThe Transformers.The episode also featured a television program depicting a robot based on theProwl/Bluestreakbodyform, and a reference toDash Jordonfrom "Hoist Goes Hollywood"appearing at a sci-fi convention.
Foreign names
- French:Galaxo-stéréo(Europe)
See also
References
- ↑1.01.1Flint Dille reminisces about the "Voltronic Galaxiter" on his Facebook
- ↑Flint Dille in "Men and Women of Action: Creation the G.I. Joe Animated Series" featurette onShout! Factory'sG.I. Joe: A Real American HeroSeason 1.3 DVD box set
