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[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, is there a reality where Transformers were entirely manmade without any Cybertronian influence?

Dear Total Terran,

I know of at least one universe where all Transformers are designed and manufactured on Earth, by Hasbro and TakaraTomy.

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Nairo, único colombiano en el salón de la fama del ciclismo

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Nairo, único colombiano en el salón de la fama del ciclismo

El pedalista boyacense Nairo Quintana es el único colombiano que ha sido incluido en el salón de la Fama del ciclismo, que se dio a conocer este sábado.

Quintana está al lado de figuras mundiales como el belga Eddy Merckx, los franceses Jacques Anquetil, Laurent Fignon y Bernard Hinault, los italianos Vincenzo Nibali, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi, el estadounidense Greg Lemond, el británico Chris Froome, los españoles Luis Ocaña, Pedro Delgadoi, Alberto Contador y el suizo Fabian Cancellara.

Nairo, a sus 29 años, se convirtió en el primer ciclista nacional en ganar el Giro de Italia (2014), y se impuso en la Vuelta a España (2016) y, aunque no ha podido hacer lo mismo en el Tour de Francia, ha terminado tres veces en el podio.

Además, ya cuenta con 38 triunfos, lo que confirma que ha sido el ciclista colombiano con mejores resultados en la historia.

Este Salón de la Fama no lo hace la Unión Ciclista Internacional (UCI), es producto de una página de internet que se denomina así.

Además, en la lista figuran varios pedalistas que han estado involucrados en temas de dopaje, como el alemán Jean Ullrich, Contador, el holandés Denis Menchov y Alexander Vinokourov, entre otros, lo que deja muchas dudas.

También se tuvieron en cuenta algunos nombres de ciclistas mujeres, entre ellas, la francesa Jeannie Longo y la holandesa, Marianne Vos.

El listado 1. Eddy Merckx, BEL

2. Bernard Hinault, FRA 3. Fausto Coppi, ITA 4. Jacques Anquetil, FRA 5. Miguel Indurain, ESP 6. Gino Bartali, ITA 7. Christopher Froome, GBR 8. Felice Gimondi, ITA 9. Louison Bobet, FRA 10. Alfredo Binda, ITA 11. Greg Lemond, USA 12. Sean Kelly, IRL 13. Alberto Contador, ESP 14. Francesco Moser, ITA 15. Rik Van Looy, BEL 16. Vincenzo Nibali, ITA 17. Jan Janssen, NED 18. Joop Zoetemelk, NED 19. Roger De Vlaeminck, BEL 20. Laurent Fignon, FRA 21. Jan Ullrich, GER 22. Alejandro Valverde, ESP 23. Erik Zabel, GER 24. Raymond Poulidor, FRA 25. Philippe Thys, BEL 26. Peter Sagan, SVK 27. Costante Girardengo, ITA 28. Antonin Magne, FRA 29. Charly Gaul, LUX 30. Gustave Garrigou, FRA 31. Lucien Van Impe, BEL 32. Tony Rominger, SUI 33. Tom Boonen, BEL 34. Nicolas Frantz, LUX 35. Ferdi Kubler, SUI 36. Andre Leducq, FRA 37. Rik Van Steenbergen, BEL 38. Henri Pelissier, FRA 39. Pedro Delgado, ESP 40. Fiorenzo Magni, ITA 41. Giuseppe Saronni, ITA 42. Federico Bahamontes, ESP 43. Bernard Thevenet, FRA 44. Laurent Jalabert, FRA 45. Sylvere Maes, BEL 46. Giovanni Brunero, ITA 47. Paolo Bettini, ITA 48. Ottavio Bottecchia, ITA 49. Cadel Evans, AUS 50. Gianni Bugno, ITA 51. Firmin Lambot, BEL 52. Lucien Petit-Breton, FRA 53. Marco Pantani, ITA 54. Francois Faber, LUX 55. Claudio Chiappucci, ITA 56. Freddy Maertens, BEL 57. Fabian Cancellara, SUI 58. Johan Museeuw, BEL 59. Stephen Roche, IRL 60. Andy Schleck, LUX 61. Nairo Quintana, COL 62. Learco Guerra, ITA 63. Luis Ocana, ESP 64. Hennie Kuiper, NED 65. Oscar Freire, ESP 66. Stan Ockers, BEL 67. Moreno Argentin, ITA 68. Octave Lapize, FRA 69. Gastone Nencini, ITA 70. Hugo Koblet, SUI 71. Louis Trousselier, FRA 72. Gaetano Belloni, ITA 73. Rudi Altig, GER 74. Maurice Garin, FRA 75. Roger Pingeon, FRA 76. Carlos Sastre, ESP 77. Lucien Buysee, BEL 78. Gilberto Simoni, ITA 79. Denis Menchov, RUS 80. Alex Zulle, SUI 81. Georges Speicher, FRA 82. Maurice DeWaele, BEL 83. Fred De Bruyne, BEL 84. Roberto Heras, ESP 85. Alexander Vinokourov, KAZ 86. Richard Virenque, FRA 87. Georges Ronsse, BEL 88. Ivan Basso, ITA 89. Jose-Manuel Fuente, ESP 90. Walter Godefroot, BEL 91. Jeannie Longo, FRA 92. Marianne Vos, NED 93. Yvonne Reynders, BEL 94. K. Van Oosten-Hage, NED 95. Leontien Zijlaard, NED 96. Nicole Cooke, GBR 97. Anna Konkina, RUS 98. Beryl Burton, GBR 99. G. Gambillon, FRA 100. A. Van Der

Deportes​

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, concerning the 1986 movie, why didn't Blaster accompany his compatriots when they fled Autobot City during Galvatron's surprise attack?

Dear Behaving Boombox,

Blaster very much wished to journey into space with his friends, but as Autobot City, and Metroplex in particular, were critically damaged during the calamitous battle with the Decepticons, Autobot Leader Ultra Magnus ordered him to re-establish communications between Autobot teams on Earth. He was even authorized to share intel with the humans if it would mitigate a future Decepticon attack.

When Blaster protested, Magnus reminded him how critical his communications abilities were, being able to summon Optimus Prime to Earth at a crucial time as well as intercept a faint signal from Jazz when Unicron appeared. He ruefully considered that he was one of the last Autobots to speak with Optimus, and wondered if he were about to send Magnus to his death. Subdued, he put his energy to good use, strengthening communications channels with the fledgling E.D.C and helping to diagnose the full extent of Metroplex's damage.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, are there any notable Cybertronian folk tales you can recount? Something akin to Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan?

Dear Titanic Tale,

You've heard the story of Xal and the epic of Thunder Cross, but as a species with a very long lifespan, we have more, many more than that. Come close and have a seat, and let me tell you a tale.

Legend has it that the first bots to leave Cybertron did so via space bridges, with blind luck and sheer guts leading them every step of the way. Bravest of them all was Catena the Bridgelayer, with arms the size of Titans and a megaklik-long stride. She built the first space bridge to Luna 1—one-way, they say. And when she got there, she built the other portal of the bridge leading back to Cybertron. And when the bridge didn't work, she broke into transwarp itself using her mighty Forge, and hammered the hyperspace into place until it did! Some old bots—mostly superstitious types—hammer their fists three times before crossing the space bridge, just for luck.

What's that? Just one more? Okay, okay. But be warned: this next one is not for the faint of spark.

Once there was an evil bot from Kalis, who made himself into a Headmaster. Never mind his name: know only that he was one of the worst bots you'd ever meet. One day, his Headmaster partner died. Such was the Headmaster’s grief and spite, that he lived on solely as a body, forever searching for a head to replace the one he had lost. It is said that the Headless Headmaster sneaks up on unsuspecting ‘bots to tear off their heads—but he is never satisfied, as none can match the Tech Specs bestowed by his original partner, and so his cranial collection only grows. If ever you should stumble across a Transformer whose head is missing, be on your guard… should you wish to keep yours.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, does Thunderhoof exist somewhere in the Viron cluster?

Dear Cervine Centurion,

Thunderhoof was one of the many influential Predacons in the employ of the Predacon Council—while his cyborg moose alternate mode and its ability to unleash seismic shockwaves made him a formidable fighter in his own right, Thunderhoof rarely took to the battlefield. Instead, Thunderhoof presented himself a wealthy business tycoon who’d built his personal fortune in the galactic shipping industry; supposedly, he’d abandoned the Predacons during the civil war and become a Maximal, receiving amnesty in exchange for turning over notorious Predacon criminals like Gnashteeth, Overhead, and Polar Claw.

In truth, however, this was all a lie: Thunderhoof was an ambitious Predacon—one with deep connections to the Cybertronian underworld—and he’d used his fake “defection” as a means to eliminate some of his most notorious business rivals and expand his own criminal empire into their vacant territory. In his new position in high Cybertronian society, Thunderhoof uses his connections to smuggle black market arms shipments from offworld Predacon colonies through to the Cybertronian underworld, where they inevitably find their way into the hands of clandestine cells of Predacon agitators. For his services, Thunderhoof receives a handsome fee from the Predacon Council—and Autobot port inspectors with too much integrity to take a bribe inevitably receive a “visit” from some of his employees.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, does Junk exist in the Animated continuity and is Wreck-Gar connected to it in some way? I understand he was created on Earth, but still.

Dear Waste Warrior,

Located as it is on the trailing edges of the Autobot Commonwealth, it is easy to forget that Junk exists—the “planet”, such as it is, is little more than an airless mass of iron-rich ore, over which hang the vast orbital wrecking yards where derelict starships are broken down and recycled by teams of hard-working Autobot laborers—sometimes nicknamed “Junkions” for their eccentric behavior.

In recent years, Wreck-Gar has taken up residence on Junk under the watchful tutelage of Detritus Major. I understand that he’s quite impressed with Wreck-Gar’s performance on the job, and how quickly he’s taken to the Junkion lifestyle—privately, he’s been known to remark that Wreck-Gar might be worthy of leading his own salvage team one day.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, have you ever spent time with and helped Nightbeat crack a big case?

Dear Sympathetic Sleuth,

Why yes, on many occasions. I've found that we are a most excellent team—though on occasion while assessing the evidence, he must remind me of important details such as "time flows from past to future" and "the culprit probably isn't a multiversal singularity".

Most recently, he asked for my support for the "Matter of the Missing Metroplex Messages" case. Hoist and Grapple had completed the blueprints to integrate Metroplex into Autobot City, but those plans had suddenly vanished from Teletraan-I without a trace. Optimus Prime put Nightbeat on the case, and he interviewed everyone who'd accessed Teletraan in the previous week, including Sideswipe ("I don't really know what a blueprint is. Is that a new kind of rubsign?"), Sparkplug (valid alibi—he’d been playing with young Daniel at the time), and Cliffjumper, who only noted in his paranoid way that some of Teletraan's keys felt "grimier" or "not smooth like usual".

After many frustrating, fruitless days of searching, Nightbeat called me in, hoping that my time powers might help resolve the puzzle. Borrowing Nightbeat's magnifying glass and his fedora, I went back in time to when the data was last known to be present on the computer, and I saw nothing out of the ordinary—except for tiny red and blue smudges on Teletraan's keys. Empty-handed and feeling insecure about my detective skills, I returned to the present and showed Nightbeat the photograph I took.

Nightbeat's optics flared behind his visor, and with a big grin, he told me that he'd solved the case. Walking over to Teletraan, he bonked the console firmly—and the console winced! It detached from the rest of the Ark, transforming into Mainframe, who had spray-painted himself with a nice (and cheap, as Cliffjumper later noted) golden sheen to match Teletraan-I. For all the good he was at being a computer, he was not adept at spray-painting himself at first. I had helped after all!

Mainframe explained that he didn't want to leave the Ark; it was quieter than the bustling Autobot City and wanted all of his friends to stay too. Optimus, who was both kind and just, sentenced Mainframe to six months of community service at Metroplex in assistance to Hoist and Grapple, in addition to six months of daily maintenance of Teletraan-I, which he had hidden away in storage. In the end, everyone won: Mainframe learned to appreciate Metroplex while being allowed to live at the Ark, Nightbeat got to brag about solving one more case, and as thanks, I got to keep his fedora!

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, does Rhinox exist in the Viron cluster? If so which color scheme does he wear?

Dear Rhino Reconnoiter,

Rhinox was a Predacon scientist who defected to the side of the Autobots and Maximals early in the war. His research unlocked the secrets of living computers such as Vector Sigma, and he used that knowledge to create his own, named Teletraan-I, who as you know was the progenitor of the Autobots' navigator, T-AI.

As a result of his vast knowledge, both the Predacon Council and Starscream’s Decepticons sought to capture the turncoat. When Rhinox made a trip to Earth to carry out maintenance on his "granddaughter", the Predacon Council, Starscream, and Thundercracker all personally followed him from Cybertron with the intention of abducting him.

In the case of the Predacon Council, they were waylaid by Rail Racer and X-Landfill in a climactic battle. Starscream and Thundercracker, meanwhile, were forced to retreat by Omega Prime, who split their combined jet form using the Matrix Blade. Engrossed in his work at the base, Rhinox was none the wiser, and made it back to Cybertron in peace.

His color scheme is predominantly blue and green, since you asked.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, if oil is often depicted as the Cybertronian equivalent to booze, then what do they use ammonia for?

Dear Substance Suspicious,

I mean, the usual purposes. Nourishing robotanical and energon fields, cleaning our bodies, swimming in. Why, what do you humans use rain for?

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, how exactly does Cybertonium work? And why is it so vital to Transformer physiology?

Dear Anatomy Analyst,

At its basis, Cybertonium is just one of the many metals on Cybertron, one that provides high resilience and resistance. However, it is that resistance that also lies in its importance, as in some universes our bodies incorporate it as a natural insulator for our circuitry.

In those universes, our repair systems would ordinarily automatically replace it from native Cybertonium in the environment; but on worlds without natural supplies, this insulator begins to decay, preventing the circuitry from functioning properly. Loss of balance, inability to transform, and slurred speech are common early symptoms, although when the condition gets serious enough, a greater concentration of Cybertonium is needed to repair it.

Of course, all Cybertronians have variations, it is not unknown for some to have damage to their Cybertonium sheaths or a natural thinning of those same sheaths causing long term troubles and pains. It's worth sending a Cybertronian to see their mechanic if they experience any stiffness or numbness in their nodes.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, what was Fulcrum's life like before the war?

Dear Fulcrum Finder,

Given that Fulcrum was Forged during the war, I can only assume the Scavengers have had another one of their time traveling adventures and have made another mess.

Thank you for pointing this out. I'll go clean it up.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, strange question, but is there a version of Eukaris where the populace speak with something analogous to an African accent?

Dear Pronunciation Person,

While Eukaris is a planet and Africa a continent, both possess many hundreds of languages that vary between regions, cultures and even social standing.

The first immigrants from Eukaris to Cybertron came from the Chela region close to the beast Titan’s space bridge, and so a misconception soon arose that a Chelasi accent was indicative of Eukarian accents in general. This could not have been further from the truth.

On both Earth and Cybertron, flattening cultural presentations over large areas can spread misconceptions and risk causing offense! We should all be careful to understand the backgrounds and cultures of all our friends, no matter where they are from.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, is there a Cybertronian equivalent to Monster Island (Toho)?

Dear Monster Masher,

In one universe, an attempted Cobra invasion of Cybertron resulted in the creation of what became known to the Autobots as "Inhumanoid Island"—something of a misnomer, as it was actually more of a peninsula.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, what's the most difficult case Nightbeat ever had?

Dear Garrulous Gumshoe,

That would be Hardcase, who could be extremely unreliable. Towards the end of a rather by-the-numbers investigation into the misappropriation of a large sum of shanix, just as Nightbeat was about to present his portfolio of evidence to Jackpot’s finance committee, Hardcase’s latches completely jammed, causing a great deal of embarrassment and forcing the meeting to be rescheduled.

It later came to light that Hardcase had deliberately sabotaged the meeting, because he himself was behind the embezzlement scandal! Nightbeat worked alone for a long time after that, no longer able to trust any partner of his to open up when he needed them to.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, do Frostbite, Longhorn and Reptilion exist in the Viron cluster?

Dear Beast Believer,

I've already spoken about that incarnation of Frostbite, I believe. As for the others…

Longhorn was once a Predacon by the name of Ramulus. Known as a stern loner, he had been abandoned by his fellow Predacons after he became injured in battle. Luckily, he was discovered by an Autobot medic named Ratchet, who treated him despite his enemy allegiance. Ramulus was moved by Ratchet's kindness, and decided to abandon the Predacon cause. He became a Maximal, and changed his name to Longhorn to match his change of heart.

As for Reptilion, he hails from a time period before the Cybertronian Civil Wars. As a Predacon scientist, he was a genius without peer who focused on studying monolithic Cybertronians such as Fortress Maximus. Obsessed with discovering their origins, he traveled far and wide in search of these Titans' origins, believing them to hail from a lost city from Cybertron's Golden Age known as Doradus. His only companion was his research companion, Springload, who transformed into a Predacon frog.

Reptilion and Springload both disappeared one solar cycle, and nothing was heard of them for some time. Eventually, one of them returned—Springload. He had clearly lost his senses, spouting nonsense that they had found Doradus and that Reptilion had been taken by "the great terrible beast". The Predacon Council of the time publicly refused to acknowledge Springload's story, but rumor has it that eons later, they used the data from his memory banks to construct their own titan: the Predacon fortress known as Scorponok.

No trace of Reptilion has ever been found. As for the claims of a "great terrible beast", Cybertronian legend speaks of such a creature by the name of "Trypticon"—but this apocryphal being has never been seen.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, I've been binge watching Star Wars: The Bad Batch recently and it got me wondering. Did the Autobots (IDW1) have a unit made up of similarly experimental super soldiers?

Dear Super-Soldier Sleuth,

After the end of the war, Prowl petitioned his fellow Autobots to study and reverse-engineer the captive Overlord’s physiology in order to create an army of Autobot Phase Sixers. However, for all his insistence that the Autobots were in the right for doing such a deed, his plan ended with Overlord escaping his slow cell aboard the Lost Light and embarking on an infamous massacre that claimed the lives of several Autobots and gravely wounded many more.

The idea of an “Ultimate Autobot” is something of a fixation for Prowls across the multiverse, a way of surpassing the perceived shortcomings of their comrades—but better sense usually prevails, with Optimus Prime countermanding any such plans when he learns of them. I am aware of one universe, however, where Prowl covertly brought a shard of the AllSpark to a human car factory and used it to give life to a personal army. Prowl had envisioned hyper-rational shock troops, with none of the unsavory personality tics developed by the other Autobots over the centuries, but you won’t be surprised to learn that the newborns were rather unruly and bellicose, paying even less attention to Prowl than the other Autobots did. Loose from the factory, they dispersed in every direction… and to date, the whereabouts of many of them remain unknown. They all share a face that resembles the Autobot insignia—though many have also observed a certain family resemblance with Prowl. I think it’s quite a timeless look, personally.