Death crystal


 * Death crystals are a substance from the planet Dread.

Death crystals are harder than the strongest metal known. When used as ammunition, they can destroy starships or even entire planets.

The greenish crystals are shed from the vicious alien monster known as Chaos. They are found in the Chaos's lair on the planet Dread, where the Orbs, and later the Decepticons, used slaves to mine the crystals.

The Transformers cartoon
A Skuxxoid was using a death crystal cannon to blow stuff up for kicks, when Blast Off intercepted him. The Skuxxoid negotiated to sell the weapon to the Decepticon, who tested it by obliterating a conveniently nearby Autobot remote station. When Wreck-Gar arrived on the planet of Goo to investigate the station's destruction, he recognized the crystals' origin from something he'd seen on TV. He immediately contacted Optimus Prime, who left Earth post haste to investigate.

Learning of the death crystals, Megatron wasted no time setting up operations on Dread. His goal: the destruction of the Autobots via a giant death crystal cannon.

Foreign names

 * Japanese: Death crystal (デスクリスタル desu kurisutaru)
 * Spanish: Cristales muertos (dead crystals)