Rossum’s Trinity - T-Cog /Transformation Cogwheel
This post will go over one part of Rossum’s Trinity the T-Cog lesser know as the Transformation Cogwheel
Overview
The T-Cog is one of the main important organs a transformer has, this allows them to do something as big as completely change from one shape to another to something as simple as transforming out weapons and tools that they have gotten built into them. Withought the T-Cog cybertronians wouldn’t be able to transform.
Deeper Dive
T-Cogs though important only play half of the role of transforming, the other half comes from the Brain Module. The Brain Module stores the blueprint of any alt modes and added tools while the T-Cog is connected to the cybertronians transforming bits, mapping them out, making sure the cybertronian could make the desired alt mode before proceeding by releasing commands to transform while making sure no parts collide unnecessarily or lock up with each other. The T-Cog isn’t always able to prevent these lock ups, lock ups only usually happen when a newspark is first trying to transform into their alt mode, A cybertronian switches alt modes (though this only happen under half the time depending what you are switching to and from), if they have something medically wrong weather it be a condition or injury, or if a Cybertronian attempts to transform into something that would be impossible to transform into withought modification being done to their bodies.
Alt Modes
Transformers with multiple Alt modes don’t have some sort of “special” T-Cog counter to popular belief though their T-Cogs might be some sort of stronger because they are put under more stress it is actually the Brain Module that causes this. Triple Changers for example have a Brain Module that can store two alt modes withought putting any extra strain on themselves and Combiners can also store two alt modes but the second one isn’t an individual alt mode rather one the sort of unlock when they find a group they bond with. Bots with more than two alt modes exist too though there bots including Combiners and Triple Changers get more and more rare the more alt modes there with the exception being Six Changers who are less common as Triple Changers but more common than other types and going as high as Shifters which have seemingly infinite alternate modes.
T-Cog From G1
T-Cog from Transformers Prime
Other names include: Transforming Cog, Transitioning Cog, Conversion Cog, and the Morphcore.










