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Cybertronica Anatomica Chapter 4: Senses

As Cybertronians embrace sensory upgrades as easily as alt mode kibble, it is difficult to categorize the limitations of their race when it comes to sensory experiences. One may have an upgrade that allows them to see into the infrared band but that is by no means proof that is the typical visual experience of Cybertronians as a whole. Nonetheless, there is a baseline without which a Transformer would be viewed as handicapped. These base senses are optic, audio, olfactory, tactile, short-range radio-wave transmission, electrical sensitivity, and magnetic sensitivity. A Transformer's visual sense can be split into two subcategories; their sight in root mode and their vision in vehicle mode. The head of a Cybertronian in root mode typically contains two cameras equally spaced to either side of the Dorsal vent though other specialist arrangements are possible. These cameras provide both direct depth perception and color vision. It is believed that the baseline Cybertronian optic provides vision closer to other mammals such as dogs and deer than humans because they didn't need strong contrast to pick out red berries from green leaves as our ancestors did but this is offset by their excellent night vision as well as sensory packages that can grant perception into the infrared and ultraviolet ranges. Another advantage the Cybertronian optic has over the human eye is the explicit ability to zoom on one particular area of focus. Most Cybertronic lifeforms that have partial mode alteration keep their heads in the same position in both modes so the vision in one is the same as the other. Transformers however have developed a need to cover their vulnerable heads when driving and are thus technically blind in alternate mode. Technically, because their highly developed radio transmission sense doubles as a sort of radar which grants them a panoramic sense of what is around them. The limitations of vehicle mode sensory packages ensure that Transformers transform into root mode when they need to give their full attention to something. Their audio sense has broader range than ours but leans closer to infrasound (sounds too low to be audible to us, not to be confused with the ultrasounds that are too high which dogs experience). Besides a rule of thumb that larger creatures hear lower sounds, this is an advantage on Cybertron to hear the rumbling of heavy machinery and the comings of electrical storms. Their olfactory and tactile senses are notably less developed than our own. Olfactory sensors are located in the vents throughout their body so they are excellent at picking up the direction of contaminants but their nonchemical method of energy gathering means it wasn't as important for them to be able to distinguish between the many smells that can tell whether food is rotten or not. Their sense of touch is made by an array of pressure, electricity, and thermal sensors underneath their chassis. The average Cybertronian transforming into a car or truck has an effective radio range of about 6 miles. This number increases as the Transformer increases in size until the Titans gain an effective range of approximately 30 miles. They are able to tune themselves into different ranges so they may either take the broad range as a whole or select a specific frequency range to concentrate on. This sense is held where the ears would be on a human face and is experienced similarly to how we experience sound. Prominent antennas mean they have slightly better receiving range than others of similar size. Magnetic and Capacitance sensitivity are combined into one understood sense similar to how pressure, temperature and voltage are all included as part of touch. This sense is held between the Dorsal Vent and the lower jaw and is experienced somewhat like taste or smell. Cybertronians are able to sense the conductivity and magnetism of metals around them helping them to identify the metallic nature of what they consume. There is one more channel that information passes through on the Cybertronian body though unlike the rest it is not to input new information from the environment. Every Transformer has a data cable and port through which they can directly transfer information from one into another. This is their secret to how they can learn new languages so quickly and be such social chameleons because once one has deciphered our internet or radio transmissions, they can pass it on to the others. It also provides a completely private mode of communication but there are two limitations here. First, information passed along this way is stored as memory as though it was read from an instructions manual. In the same way you can't seriously learn martial arts by reading about it online, Cybertronians put a lot of stock in actual experience over downloading when it comes to practical skills. Second, this is the biggest way to catch a computer virus. This is why Transformer's computers still have analog interfaces and there's a degree of trust involved in linking with someone; it's not something usually done between strangers.

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Cybertronica Anatomica Chapter 3: Repairs and Maintenance

All resources whether fuel, ore, or oil enter the Cybertronian body through the mouth. Though superficially similar to the human mouth on the outside, the bottom of the Cybertronian mouth is lined with multiple grinding wheels to turn the metal and ceramics into chips small enough to be swallowed. Afterwords, a combined process of heat, chemical treatment and magnets are used in the internal Smelting Chamber to make sure each type of resource is sent to the right place. The consumed metal is moved to the Universal Assembler which true to its name looks like a miniature assembly line with an assortment of waldoes with various attachments lining the walls like cilia of a cell. It is here that new patches, diodes, and wires are made to replace the extremely small and delicate pieces of machinery that make up a Transformer and may be damaged or corroded over time. The Universal Assembler is also responsible for the creation of Microbots which actually install new repairs and also function as the closest thing a Cybertronian has to a physical immune system in its job of removing any displaced or rusted metal components. (Viruses on Cybertron are more often of the electronic variety so a dedicated physical immune system is unnecessary). In the rare event an organic makes it into a Cybertronian's circulotory system (say shrunken humans in A Fantastic Voyage homage), they would be seen as incredibly rusted components given all the Oxygen in them and removed. Although microrepairs can be accomplished by the Microbots, if a piece as big as an entire Servo is missing then you are best off going to the Body Shop, pun intended. That which cannot be used for fuel or repairs is sent to the Grindor to be blended into an oil like compound which serves as the Cybertronian substitute for blood. Along with transportation for the Microbots, this oil serves both to cool and lubricate crucial parts of Cybertronian anatomy. This oil circulates between various parts like the Laser Core and the various brain systems to a heat sink and back. The heat sink is in turn connected to a ventilator which cycles cold air to cool it down. The most prominent ventilator is usually either the dorsal fin that pokes out from their helm like a centurion's headdress or ventral fins on either side of the mouth. These serve the purpose of cooling the Processing Core, what mostly takes the place of a human's brain. If the dorsal fin is most prominent, then the ventrals are usually minimized and vice versa. In times of extreme duress, these fans will start to make noises like a computer that is overheating which is culturally similar to someone panting from exhaustion.

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I really wish I had people on tumblr to talk about my Transformers headcanons and ideas. Seriously, ask me anything.

Anyways, Arcee is the Cheri Longbottom of the Autobots.

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Cybertronica Anatomica Chapter 1: Reproduction & Life Cycle

So this is going to be my first installment on how Cybertronians work in my own personal canon, the RE-Verse. I view direct human analogues, actual industrial construction, and magical macguffins with equal disinterest so in my world, the Cybertronian life cycle is like an odd combination of termites, naked mole rats, and clownfish. Please feel free to question and comment, others’ perspectives fuels my ability to go deep in my worldbuilding.

There are 3 recognized life stages in the Cybertronian life cycle; the Protoform, the Transformer, and the Titan. Yes, only the middle stage is properly speaking a Transformer but they are the life stage most seen by others so their name is also shorthand for the whole race.

It all starts when a Titan creates a Protoform Pod. All Cybertronians have an Universal Assembler which makes replacements for small internal parts but on some internal clock, the Assembler of Titans will instead form a miniature of itself. These pods are like unfertilized eggs and it takes a Transformer to “ignite their Spark” for them to truly come online.

The Protoform aesthetic should be something like a combination of Movie Frenzy, a Bionicle, and a figure made of K’nex. They are extremely voracious and curious as by adding new components to themselves both internally by the Assembler and externally by grafting new pieces onto themselves they will gradually grow. By the 83rd earth year (also known as the Vorn), they will have officially come to age as a full Transformer.

The Transformer is the life stage Cybertronians spend most of their time in and thus the one most familiar to outsiders. They require ore only for repairs so their diets are mostly liquid compared to their youth. While Protoforms stay in root mode due to the limited utility of their alt and Titans usually remain in their alternate mode to conserve energy, it is at this stage that they can truly take full advantage of having both a bipedal root mode for manipulation and a highly mobile alternate mode for locomotion. Most Cybertronians will go from creche to grave without leaving what is technically the middle phase of their growth cycle. However, when a group of Cybertronians ventures out of radio range of a Titan - whether because one has recently died or to establish new territory - another change occurs. The eldest or strongest of the group will begin to input more metal into their diet to facilitate the growth into their last phase of life. Titans fill a role in early Cybertronian society of both factory/ Queen Bee and Village Elder.

Note: I’m wary and undecided about adding any inherent gender to Cybertronians but if I did, their gender roles would seem reversed to the human norm. The bulky 40 - 60 footers would be the ‘females’ with the eldest ‘destined’ to take over as Titan if their ‘mother’ passes and they are otherwise in charge of watching after the protoforms and maintaining (and constructing) their ‘nests. The kind of curvy 15 - 30′ ones who become basic cars are built for speed and its their job to harvest materials to bring back to the builders. Their basic premodern society would look a bit like Elephant herds with the Titan as the matriarch. Of course, that’s the stone age theory and things aren’t that black and white in modern Transformers society.

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Cybertronica Anatomica Chapter 2: Energy Production

Cybertronians are powered by aneutronic nuclear fusion. The most likely chemical composition of their fuel is one out of Boron, Lithium, or Hydrogen in increasing order of commonness in the universe and depending on how hard I want them to need to look for replacement fuel. Ingested food is first sent to the internal Smelting Chamber which separates fuel and ore from the rest of the materials. The ore is sent to the Universal Assembler to make microbots and replacement parts while the non-fuel remains are mixed into an oil to be used for lubrication and cooling. The fuel is placed into the Fuel Tank until needed in the Laser Core. The Fuel Tank has sensors which measure its level to alert the Processing Core when refueling is necessary so Cybertronians do exhibit hunger as an anxiety when their fuel reserves are getting low. From the Fuel Tank, the Fuel Pump injects the fusion material into the Laser Core. Lasers strike the fuel in multiple opposing directions such that the heat and pressure are enough to initiate fusion. At any given time, only 10 mg of fuel are burning in the Laser Core. The fusion ignition creates a star like structure in the center of the Laser Core. Because it is an energy intensive process, the last step before a Protoform comes online is to use ones own Laser Core to power the Protoform's until it becomes self sustaining. This is called "lighting the Spark" and for this reason, the Spark is considered the soul of the the Cybertronian race. Besides the apertures for the lasers, Fuel Pump, and exhaust, the Laser Core is entirely surrounded by Electro Cells which turn the light and heat from fusion into electricity which is then carried to other systems through wires. A cycle of wires travel from the Laser Core to the Processing Core and back so the same process of powering the body also acts as the nerve system. -------------------------------

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On Cybertronian Names

+ Both Autobots and Decepticons have a system where a sparkling sheds their old name to take on their adulthood name.

+ Sparkling names are sort of like production numbers and sort of like a mix of Roman and Norse naming customs. One could translate a Sparkling name as something like “Firstborn of Metroplex”.

+ This is because factories = parents (= Titans shhhh) in my continuity.

+ Your sparkling name is exchanged for your adult name after your first Vorn (83 earth years).

+ The Autobots believe in a right of self appellation as an extension to the right to self determination. As your first Vorn approaches, you are to take the time to meditate on who you are, want to be and what name best captures that.

+ In the Decepticons, you are given a name by your immediate superior/ primary mentor when the time comes. The very martial culture leads to violent names like “Bonecrusher” as a morale tactic but those who piss off their namer get stuck with titles like “Misfire”.

+ Although they know we don’t do this, the Transformers on Earth still take significance in our own names. On some level, they find it very confusing that Marissa Fairborne has nothing to do with the sea for example.

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Assorted bits of RE-Verse Lore

The RE-Verse is my personal hatstand where I hang my various headcanons. Sometimes it is an epic space opera against a fully in tact Decepticon Empire and sometimes it is a more slice of life first contact story but a lot of things remain constant. Here are some bits about some of Transformers most iconic characters:

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