Why CyKill's Plan Works

Quote from Deathmarch (user 4691) on November 11 2006 (original post on www.tfans.com)

Okay, so Cykill's big plan is to ransom the human's electricity for money?!! WTF??!! Seriously, a friggin' giant alien race wants money?! Whoever said Megatron had stupid ideas needs to watch this stuff. At least Megatron's plans involved world domination, worldwide devastation, and the destruction of the Autobots and Humans.


So...obviously he's referring to this line from Speed is of the Essence:


CyKill: One blast from the electromagnetic neutralizer and I can black out entire cities; no lights, no phones, no communication whatsoever. Only I will have the power to restore electricity...and the bill will be huge, ha ha ha ha ha ha!


The response is just far too one-dimensional, even for the average Transfan.

For starters, we can't just blindly assume that the technology is so limited in scope that there will only ever be one device confined to the range of one small town's racetrack. Secondly, let's think outside the box and consider that price does not always equate to money.

Suppose CyKill managed to black out the entire North American continent (if not all of Earth). The Renegades' disruption of so many electrical systems worldwide could lead to the collapse of our energy dependent society. Immediately affected is the computer technology sector...there goes the banking network, stock exchanges, the Internet, telecommunications, travel infrastructure, dead man's switches at NORAD, etc. Sure, some people would be fine temporarily but how long until martial law is declared or worse? Unless, of course, the Guardians put a stop to it.

I bet this guy watched Megatron's Master Plan and thought the entire point was to humiliate Optimus Prime.

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