#dataslate

It's obviously not finished yet, but I already have headcanons regarding the objects that will be featured in the finished shot:

A hamfisted attempt at making a simple datapad somehow turned into a hamfisted attempt at making a whole desk

(The owner of this desk is supposed to be one of TFMR's main characters, but not sure who it would be at this point)

1. Dataslate (aka robot books)

Primitive version of Datapad

Can only read what's stored inside, cannot remove or add new pages

Advanced models can store audio/video files

Considered an outdated media, but still being used in important places regardless

Absurdly durable, like they can be used as floor tiles for couple millenia and they can still be perfectly functional

Sometimes used as tray, coaster, doorstop, hammer, and trivet

TFMR Ratchet used to throw these as self defense weapon, but later changed to wrenches which were cheaper to come by.

2. Databytes

Cybertronian equivalent of SD card

Its official name is 'Databyte', but everyone just calls it 'Chip'

Can be slotted into any hardware that can read data, including datapads and desktops

It's even possible to directly insert it to the back port of Cybertronian's body, but this is not recommended because who knows what's inside that chip?

Put a program in the chip, shove that chip into an empty drone, it moves according ro rhe program.

3. Datashelf

Basically bookshelf, but the books are databytes so the entire library is portable

Also works as a usb hub

More slots the better

4. Stickies

Sticky notes, but magnets instead of adhesive

The writing part is like really bendy plastic, but it cannot be rolled up or folded

Writing can be done by applying pressure with pen or pen like object

Produced in varying shapes and color

On Cybertron, where almost everything is made of metal, it's hard pressed to find where a aciky cannot stick.

A Review of the Space Marine Strike Force Ultra Dataslate

Dataslates first hit Warhammer 40K during last year’s Digital Advent Calendar, leading up to Christmas. Like any of the pre-Christmas digital dataslates – say the Tau Fire Support Cadre – the Strike Force Ultra dataslate was written to match the box of miniatures of the same name.

A Strike Force Ultra is considered by any Chapter Masters to be the equivalent of an entire company of Space…