Powerlink (Transformers) Powerlink (Transformers) Powerlink is a term from Transformers Armada and Transformers Energon that refers to a combination between two or more Transformers, or a Transformer and a robotic object. In Transformers: Armada, all larger transformers (either Autobots or Decepticons) have the ability to powerlink with a Mini-Con by way of specialized "powerlinx ports." This process uses the Mini-Con's unique powers to give the Transformer a boost of energy (such as with Megatron's cannon), or reveal a special weapon (such as Hot Shot's axel-wheel cannon). In addition, Powerlinking also referred to combination between multiple Transformers. Optimus Prime and Jetfire both had
Transformers technology natural energon on the planet. Similarly, in "", The Dinobots assumed dinosaur forms with organic shells to protect themselves from energon radiation. Techno-Organic Hybrids are transformers who possess or have obtained organic halves (having been infused with an organic being's DNA) and can be considered a fusion of both technological & organic lifeforms at cellular level. Transformers of this type are featured prominently in the "Beast Wars" era and even more so in "Beast Machines" (with their existence and techno-organic nature being an important plot element). Their outward appearance often varies from slightly robotic, completely organic, or a combination of