#spacebridge

Transformers: The Basics on SPACE BRIDGES!

Something ive realised while rewatching tfp clips

Soundwave is only able to open portals willy nilly cus the mechanism for space bridge technology is on the nemesis, not him. he can only connect to it and make it open portals (which makes me wish Astrotrain was in the show cus I wonder if he would have this tech as well to help with travelling)

My source? When Soundwave is sent out to get a relic of Iacon and alserbeak gets hurt. Once Laserbeak sends his distress signal Soudnwave even forgoes taking out Wheeljack and just leaves immediately to get his partner, but he didn't use a spacebridge, despite the alternative being much quicker and immediate to retrieve Laserbeak. The best answer we have is that he couldn't create a bridge between their two locations because the nemesis was too far to recieve his commands to make one

In Shockwave's hunt for a predacon bone Soundwave arrives at the scene and is able to summon another bridge to let the falling bone piece fall into Megatron's hand. This scene shows bridges are made by commands through him, and there's a limited but large range distance Soundwave is able to make bridges outside the ship

And perhaps bridges can be timed or just made to hold open? because the first bridge remained for quite some time till both mecha ran back in

We love a good Soundwave fact :D

The bridging in TF Prime isn't always consistent with how it operates. Like, why does it stay open sometimes but closes immediately other times, regardless of character intent? Why is it a short portal sometimes and a full runway others? Obviously, because plot. But it is fun to try and work around this by explaining bridging tech like this

As far as how I've worked in Soundwave's ability to control bridges (because yes, he will get this ability later in Logical Proposals) is by him acting like a remote. As in, he has a remote link to a bridge in his HUD that works within a certain range. So, he couldn't be on Earth and activate a bridge on the moon, but he could control a bridge located in Greenland from Australia. Key being there needs to be an established bridge system at one of the specified points, I think. Or else Soundwave becomes too OP.