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Echo Requests (retired)
Please fill out this form when requesting an Echo, then post it to this entry. The request will be dealt with as soon as possible.
When requesting an Echo induced by a past-life parallel/recurrence, please demonstrate clearly the similarity between the events, as well as the relation between the events and what is returned.
As of September 2013, Tier 2 Echoes can be granted once a month per character. Take care to specify the limitations and/or level of detail to the Echo requested! If you are unsure, suggestions will be gladly offered.
Reason for Echo: What caused the Echo, whether it be by a plot-related trigger or a canon recurrence. For the latter, this must be unusual enough to have been the first time the character has encountered it within Locke City, and strongly resemble a specific event from canon. Picking up a jug of milk from the store will not cause an Echo if it isn't any different than the times the character has done it before.
Type and tier: Physical change, power/ability, mental/memory, or item/creature. Tier 1 are the regular Echoes, and are typically a single memory/ability/item/etc. Tier 2 are essentially two regular Echoes rolled into one, such as an item and a memory or ability associated with it, or two directly-related memories, or so on. Currently only one Tier 2 Echo is allowed per month, so please be sure to note them somehow on your info posts.
What is returned: In the case of canon recurrences, these must be directly related to what has caused the Echo. Stronger recurrences = stronger Echoes.
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> Sparks are a invention of Beast Wars, which is technically the era I took Starscream from. they're linked series, he shows up there, and it's commonly considered that Beast Era canon > G1 canon where they contradict. A spark is essentially a transformer "soul".
> Vector Sigma is stated by both Beast Era canon AND G1 canon to be a source of Transformer life, the thing that gives them intelligence and makes them more than meets the eye; in Beast Era it's pretty explicitly stated to give them Sparks.
> The Quintessons take over Cybertron really early in canon and enslave the native machine life there. It's indicated that they altered or built factories there (IT'S... UNCLEAR?) to mass produce these creatures using the Vector Sigma device so they didn't have to do the hard part of programming their AI themselves. In any case, we actually see huge factories in flashback producing these guys under Quintesson rule, and it's implied that this is how reproduction continues right up through the Golden Age (when Starscream was "born") It's implied that after overthrowing the Quintessons, the Cybertronians took over the process themselves.
> Quintessons created two basic template sets for mass production: civilian units and military units. This is basically where Autobots and Decepticons come from -- MOST Autobots are civvie units, MOST Decepticons are military units. The distinction came during a civil war after the Quints were overthrown when the military guys went woah hey we're stronger, we should be in charge and take over all the things while the civvies went ahahah how about no?
> The number of types for mass production is sort of an in-joke and sort of canon -- the cartoon re-used a LOT of Starscream's animation model to fill out crowd scenes, so there's a LOT of robots that turn into F-15 fighters running around. If one extrapolates, that means that Starscream's unit specifically was either mass produced, or just had a really good survival rate during the war for whatever reason (unlikely???)
is that enough justification for you?
*e* If need be, I can cite specific examples from the TF wiki, and episode numbers.
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