Kranix


 * Kranix is a Lithone.

"Before you can be a survivor, you must be a winner."

Chivalrous and well-skilled in the art of war, Kranix is a friar warrior and scientific explorer from the planet Lithone. Like all Lithones, Kranix possesses a high percentage of emotional circuits in his computer brain. But instead of incapacitating him with fear, as it does his friend Arblus, these extra emotional circuits have given him the most complete personality of any robot in existence. In fact, Autobots who have met both Kranix and Earthlings have actually said he seems more human than some of the Earthlings they know.

Kranix can transform into a star-spanning space cruiser in .25 of a second. In space cruiser form he can reach speeds of over 1,000 miles a second for short bursts. His neutron-propelled engines give him an almost infinite range as they can use even the smallest atomic particle in space to power them, though because of the scarcity of such particles Kranix's speed is literally slowed to a crawl once his fuel reserves are exhausted.

The Transformers cartoon continuity
On the planet Lithone, Arblus and Kranix are friends with and the assistants of many scientists. Kranix brings specimens back to Lithone from his extensive travels around the universe.

Foreign names

 * Japanese: Kranix (クラニクス Kuranikusu)