Category:Transmetals

A Transmetal is a Transformer whose superstructure has been mutated by the quantum surge during the Beast Wars.

The most obvious effect is a mode-based inversion of organic and mechanical composition: A Transmetal's beast mode is mostly mechanical, and his or her robot mode bears many organic elements. Transmetallization sometimes also produces a third "mobility" mode, which is essentially the beast mode with some vehicular additions.

One more subtle effect of Transmetallization is immunity to certain Vok weaponry that would debilitate a normal Transformer. Tarantulas hypothesized that this is because Transmetals are closer to being Vok themselves. Additionally, being a Transmetal seems to provide a temporary resistance to the full effects of Megatron's transmode virus, but at the cost of losing one's Transmetallization.

Later in the Beast Wars, a more advanced "Transmetal 2" mutation would appear.