Powermaster


 * Powermasters are a cross-factional subgroup.

Like the Headmasters and Targetmasters, the Powermasters are binary bonded to a smaller partner, most often an organic Nebulan, who in this case serves as their external power supply.

"They got the power to surprise!"

- Commercial tagline.

History
Hi-Q and Hi-Test are currently working on the technology that might one day lead to Powermasters.

Technology
Unlike the other binary bonding technologies, the Powermaster procedure would require extensive cybernetic surgery and specially-designed power armor used by the subject. These changes would allow an organic being to transform into a powerful engine and bond themselves to a properly-modified Transformer. The initial advantage to this procedure would be survival: If all the ordinary fuel sources on a planet are unusable, the Powermasters would provide an alternate source of energy.

When non-toxic fuel sources are available, a Powermaster partner can also function as a power booster or turbo accelerator, giving the Transformer they are bonded to a surge of additional power for increased strength or speed in dangerous situations. This benefit would allow a Powermaster to be much faster or stronger than most normal Transformers for brief periods of time.

Drawbacks
While serving as an alternate power source, the Powermaster partners would have an extremely high metabolisms, meaning that they need to eat large quantities of food at regular intervals just to keep themselves from starving to death.

Over time, the bonding procedure for Powermasters seems to be similar to that of some Headmasters, in that there is a risk of both partners being absorbed into a single being with only one mind and identity.

A Powermaster can't transform from alternate mode into robot mode without their partner.