Energon transmission station
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The energon transmission stations are the network of facilities that receive the energon collected by the Winged Moon. The energon is beamed down in microwave form, to be collected and handled by the station, or to be sent out to the stockpiles in the energon storage fields.
Fiction
2019 IDW continuity
One energon transmission station was overseen by Brainstorm, whose murder was discovered by Rubble when he arrived to learn about the facility. The World In Your Eyes Part One As the Winged Moon was the primary method of collecting energon, The World In Your Eyes Part Two this made the transmission stations the only source of legal energon on Cybertron. They were central to the Nominus Edict's requirements on maintaining energon reserves. The World In Your Eyes Part Three The terrorist group The Rise made use of an energon siphon to bypass the transmission stations and receive energon directly from the Winged Moon, allowing them to operate underground. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three
By the time that Sentinel Prime had returned to Cybertron, the transmission stations had gotten increased security. A group of Risers led by Ruckus attempted to rob a station near Crystal City only for the new security protocols to summon Springer and Sideswipe. Despite the security response, Lowload's efforts allowed the Risers to escape. The Change In Your Nature Part One
Following the Decepticon takeover of the Senate, Windsweeper was manning a transmission station. As he prepared a haul of energon cubes, Skywarp teleported in, insulted Windsweeper, stole an energon cube and teleported away. Swindle's II