The current nature of the Matrix as it is understood is beholden to quite a few different sources, and its development is described here to minimize confusion. The Matrix and the concepts associated with it have continuously evolved over the history of the brand, with different pieces of Transformers fiction creating new ideas centred on it, which have in turn influenced its representation in other fiction, and so on. The Matrix made its fictional debut when Optimus Prime transferred it to Buster Witwicky, an event recounted in this scene from ' Second Generation!'. 3.5 Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console).3.4 Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC).

3.1 Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64).2.2 2001 Robots in Disguise continuity family.2.1.17.2 War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material.2.1.17.1 War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon.2.1.17 War for Cybertron Trilogy continuity.2.1.5.1 The Transformers Trilogy novels.2.1.5 Dreamwave Generation One continuity.2.1.2.6.6 G-2 story pages and pack-in manga.As one of the embodiments of the power of Primus, the Matrix is antithesis to Unicron, and one of the very few things the chaos-bringer fears. These divine powers put it at the centre of much Autobot religion, spirituality, and prophecy while many Decepticons are less inclined to believe in its divinity, they certainly covet the increased physical power it is known to convey upon its holders, and several have made obtaining the Matrix one of their primary goals. Although its appearance differs slightly from universal stream to universal stream, it generally appears as a glowing crystal sphere encased within a hollow metal shell, with a handle on either side.īy most accounts, the Matrix is a conduit for the power of Primus, the creator-god of the Transformers, serving as a means of access to the Transformer afterlife, through which it can either bestow new Transformer life, or provide its wielder with a means of communicating with the deceased leaders who have come before them. The Autobot Matrix of Leadership (also known as the Creation Matrix or rarely, the Leadership Matrix, the Autobot Matrix of Power, or the Matrix of Light ) is an artifact of great power, traditionally carried by the leader of the Autobots.

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