Sonray wrote:Justicity wrote:Of course ^^ I love a good, controlled, debate.
Anyway, As you suggested, it is very likely, almost positive, Sector 7 only ascertained a limited amount of information regarding NBE1, however, if there was a "metal" in his being that could resist water then it is VERY likely that the humans, in their everlasting quest for knowledge, would break that "metal" down to it's most basic components & try to recreate that "metal" & it's property's.
Add to that the probability that the exoshell was the FIRST thing they looked at & you've got the basic premise for my argument.
S7 gets NBE1 -> NBE1 has outer shell -> NBE1 used for reverse engineering -> No current Water resistant mechanics other than waterproof seals (well, nothing good enough to waterproof an entire huge machine) -> THEREFORE it can be assumed that -> Exoshell (& other components) provided no information about water proof property's -> NBE1/Megatron is not water proof -> Transformers thrown into water = Kablooom!
Also we seem to be missing the idea that the pressure from the water around the DEEPEST POINT ON EARTH would crush the Transformers. Sector7 must have tested this before disposing of the "bodies". So there's very little chance Meg's will survive. However Sonray, if you have a response to my argument (minus this last paragraph) I am not willing to consider this argument won yet ^^
I doubt it, since, like i said, we are primitives compared to them, and even if we could understand the metal, there is no other substance like it on earth to make more of it with, other than that on megs himself.
Remember these guys are aliens, so its likeley whatever they have on them doesnt exsist on earth, and humans simply cant re-create it. Especially if said metal has healing properties, thats WAAAAAY beyond anything us humans can understand at the current time. Maybe given another 100/150 years or so, but not in present time.
Also you are forgetting the space factors here. Who says that the bottom of the ocean is such a bad place for these guys, considering that they travel through space, a vacuum full of different pressures and radioactive dangers, and re-enter and crash land on our plant without even receiving a scratch with no problems. Not to mention that they can survive on planets like Mars, and who knows what kind of pressures are in cybertrons atmosphere?
I dont think that several thousands of tonnes of water pressure is going to harm them that much when they can make interstallar space travel look as easy as walking.
However that interstellar travel is done in entry/alt mode (for those like Megatron) & different parts show in each mode. If all of their bodies could withstand the pressures, why bother with entry modes. (I say entry mode because thats the official name, however as BB showed in the prequel comic, It is the mode designed for all of space travel, not just entry.) Why not just float along in robot bode superman style? It would be easier to defend yourself if attacked.
We can assume that only the parts designed to go outside in entry mode are protective. The 'cons are no longer in entry mode (bar megatron who was left in robot mode anyway) & it's unlikely a CD player, police car(if he's there), tank, Pave low & Buffalo are designed to survive space travel. The way I see it, even if the 'cons still have some space travel parts in their bodies, the rest of them will be crushed to a small, frozen sphere while Megatron's Jet mode casing will be left there, stuck to the bottom of the sea. All the important stuff, brain casing, spark casing, hydraulics (or whatever they have instead of muscles(sp?)), & fuel intake will be crushed.
As for the initial discussion, You'd be surprised at what we can recreate. I'm no science buff but aren't there quite a few elements on the periodic table we've created in labs & found nowhere in natural environments?
All a good scientist would need to do is break down the atoms of the "metal", take a look around for other factors, such as nano technology, see if they come into play, & measure the amounts of each element. Well if there was nanotech in Megs, the world of the movie would most likely have at least basic nanotechnology, yet we believe it to be at the same scientific level to our society. That rules that out. So it would be just as simple as getting enough hydrogen atoms & recreating the atoms found in the metal. In theory It's really not that difficult for a good scientist with the right lab.
Besides, if the only material on earth with these properties (If Megs really does have them) is on Megatron, don't you think 7 would have striped Megs of this material & used it to make EXTREMELY important things safe, such as creating an unbreakable safe, impenetrable armour, & other such things, maybe only one of each, & used them as their own or for special government missions.
Yes we are primitive in comparison to the Cybertronians, but remember who it was who wounded Scorpinok? Who gave Blackout the nutshot of the century? Who kept Megatron on ice for so many years? You've got to remember that in the movie continuity everything we have came from Megatron. We aren't so primitive. Especially in comparison to the G1 humans who really were primitive in comparison to the 'cons.
7 had been researching Megatron for generations, Simmons's great-grandfather was in the first 7, & his grandfather followed, as did his father & eventually him. Thats along time, & as modern technology was built from Megatron you'd think modern technology would have a good grasp on what it is that makes NBE1 NB.