The energon cube is the safest form of Energon (although that's not saying much), used for transportation and storage.
History[]
Cartoon canon[]
Energon cubes are created via an empty cube-shaped framework generated by Decepticons, most notably Soundwave. Energon cubes were exclusively a Decepticon technology going as far back as Cybertron's Golden Age, as when the Autobots awoke in 1984, they seemed unaware of them, most notably Hound.
As early as 1985, as the Decepticon Empire began to expand its influence, energon cubes became a viable trading commodity in the Milky Way, with even alien lifeforms valuing their power. That same year, Elita One's team stole a batch of energon cubes from Shockwave's base.
By the year 2005, the Autobots had begun to use energon cubes for power as well.
The Energon cube framework is a self-sustaining force field with no internal mechanisms. Most frequently, the empty cube is simply attached to or placed near the energy source from which it is to drain power, and the energy in question is automatically converted into liquid energon that fills the cube. Energon cubes have peen broven able to transform a vast array of resources into energon, including electricity, magma, oil and steam. Energon has a much higher energy potential than carbon-based fuel sources: 1000 barrels of oil are needed to fill a single energon cube, and the electrical energy within the synapses of the human brain are insufficient to generate even a few drops.
The liquid energon within energon cubes is a glowing pink color, although the cubes could also be compressed for easy storage and transport, causing them to take on an iridescent rainbow effect.
Power[]
- Thanks to the exalted leader of Carbomya, we know 1000 barrels of oil makes a single Energon cube. This means each cube contains the equivalent power of 42,000 US Gallons of crude oil. If refined into gasoline (with a conservative 30% yield ratio) that much oil would keep Bumblebee's Volkswagen alt-mode (with a rough value of 40MPG) going for half a million miles without needing to refuel! That's enough to circumnavigate the Earth over seventeen times without stopping! No wonder a few cubes of the stuff got ol' Megsy drunk off his rocker!
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