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Years ago, I came up with a way for robots to reproduce. It involved nanites and extracting minerals from consumables. An excess of nanites would be produced in a cache, allowing for healing and reproduction. The 'male' would inject his cash into the 'female' and their two caches would combine to form an off spring. But that system works better for more organic looking robots. ([link] [link] )

What about a purely robotic robots? Well, I figured that out.

We begin with Fig 1. Let's call this guy, Exemplar. Exemplar is a normal Transformer, like any other. But he's decided to reproduce. Now, he has two options, he can either, 1. Find a 'mate' and share parts to create a Protoform, or 2. Go it alone. To begin the process he must sacrifice some of his internal workings. The engine to his vehicle mode is filled with moving parts and will not affect his health. As he builds the body of his off spring a small part of his spark will go into the new life.

In Fig 2 Exemplar is now a proud Powermaster to a new life. His body has compensated for the internal changes required to host his 'child.' Now, the Protoform needs a name... let's call him Paragon. Paragon, is not like organic children, his mind is fully developed and comes equipped with basic knowledge, such as speech. Paragon is still highly dependent on his 'father' for Energon and must spend good portions of the day attached to his Powermaster. Paragon also still functions as Exemplar's engine in vehicle mode.

Fig 3 depicts Paragon in both his robot (left) and new gun mode (in Exemplar's hand). He is no longer dependent on Exemplar for Energon and can function on his own for the most part but he is still fairly weak and has much to learn about the world around him. As a Targetmaster he will function as his 'father's' weapon and gather tactical and social data from his experiences. At the next juncture in his life he will have to make a decision. Exemplar has up graded his chassis again now that he has had some of his components replaced.

At this point in his life Paragon must decide: on the one hand, he could take on a vehicle mode and remain at his current size, becoming a Micromaster (Fig 4). As a result, he would save on expenditure of fuel and become part of a shadowy undercurrent of Cybertron infiltrating, avoiding detection and attacking with surgical accuracy. Unfortunately due to their small size they cannot reproduce. Once his Spark has bonded with this body, he will not be able to upgrade to a larger form.

The other option is to become a Headmaster (Fig 5) and have a full sized body constructed that can transform into a vehicle that Paragon could ride in. He would become a full fledged member of society and eventually his Spark will bond to the body and he will become just like Exemplar and be ready to produce his own Protoform.

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Years ago, I came up with a way for robots to reproduce. It involved nanites and extracting minerals from consumables. An excess of nanites would be produced in a cache, allowing for healing and reproduction. The 'male' would inject his cash into the 'female' and their two caches would combine to form an off spring. But that system works better for more organic looking robots. ([link] [link] )

What about a purely robotic robots? Well, I figured that out.

We begin with Fig 1. Let's call this guy, Exemplar. Exemplar is a normal Transformer, like any other. But he's decided to reproduce. Now, he has two options, he can either, 1. Find a 'mate' and share parts to create a Protoform, or 2. Go it alone. To begin the process he must sacrifice some of his internal workings. The engine to his vehicle mode is filled with moving parts and will not affect his health. As he builds the body of his off spring a small part of his spark will go into the new life.

In Fig 2 Exemplar is now a proud Powermaster to a new life. His body has compensated for the internal changes required to host his 'child.' Now, the Protoform needs a name... let's call him Paragon. Paragon, is not like organic children, his mind is fully developed and comes equipped with basic knowledge, such as speech. Paragon is still highly dependent on his 'father' for Energon and must spend good portions of the day attached to his Powermaster. Paragon also still functions as Exemplar's engine in vehicle mode.

Fig 3 depicts Paragon in both his robot (left) and new gun mode (in Exemplar's hand). He is no longer dependent on Exemplar for Energon and can function on his own for the most part but he is still fairly weak and has much to learn about the world around him. As a Targetmaster he will function as his 'father's' weapon and gather tactical and social data from his experiences. At the next juncture in his life he will have to make a decision. Exemplar has up graded his chassis again now that he has had some of his components replaced.

At this point in his life Paragon must decide: on the one hand, he could take on a vehicle mode and remain at his current size, becoming a Micromaster (Fig 4). As a result, he would save on expenditure of fuel and become part of a shadowy undercurrent of Cybertron infiltrating, avoiding detection and attacking with surgical accuracy. Unfortunately due to their small size they cannot reproduce. Once his Spark has bonded with this body, he will not be able to upgrade to a larger form.

The other option is to become a Headmaster (Fig 5) and have a full sized body constructed that can transform into a vehicle that Paragon could ride in. He would become a full fledged member of society and eventually his Spark will bond to the body and he will become just like Exemplar and be ready to produce his own Protoform.