Grindcore (prison)
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Grindcore is an infamous Decepticon prison camp. Maybe it's named after the pre-war Cybertronian, maybe not.
Grindcore suffers from a bad reputation as being a horrible place to live. But really, nothing could be further from the truth. The staff are welcoming and accommodating, the cells spacious and comfortable, and the commandants charming and benevolent, willing to play music to soothe the nerves of his charges. After a short time, the prisoners are graciously released onto a pre-selected planet. Look, if it were horrible, someone would be complaining, right?
Actually, Grindcore is a total hellhole. The staff are just as likely to murder potential inmates and leave their bodies lying where they fell. Inmates are prevented from transforming by inhibitor spikes, which are implanted in the victim's mouth and violently shoot up into the brain module when they try to transform. Beatings, fuel poisonings and general horrific treatment are common, especially for anyone from the intellectual class. And worst of all are the "teleport chambers"...
Known workers:
- Charger
- Dreadwing or Dreadwind (see here)
- Flywheels
- Glit
- Octus
- Ruckus
- Skyquake
- Snare
- Stalker
- Take-Off
- Tarn
- Wingthing
Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
During the war, Skyfall was captured by the Decepticons and held in Grindcore until his escape 100 years later. Bullets
Shortly after the Simanzi Massacre, Skids was captured by a Hygiene Team and brought to Grindcore, where he shared a cell with Quark. Speak, Memory: Part 1 While there, he performed some repairs for Tarn, the prison's commandant; notably including the "teleport generator" of the "teleport chamber". While Skids believed he did good by allowing a chance for other inmates to become slaves on worlds such as Ambervalia rather than just rotting away in cells, more accurate names for the device would include "Incinerator", "Smelting chamber", and "Furnace". In truth, Grindcore's prisoners were fated to be melted down into their raw sentio metallico, to be used in the construction of Decepticon M.T.O.s. Skids was spared this fate by Tarn's express command, but Quark wasn't so lucky. Speak, Memory! (Part 2)
Grindcore eventually fell. The Sensuous Frame