Great Spirit Robot

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"Already standing millions of feet high, the giant before him was the last, best hope of Spherus Magna. Heremus had said that if it could not carry the physical heart of the planet within, it could at least carry the great spirit of this once beautiful world."
— Narrator, Journey's End

Great Spirit Robot
Robot
Function Repair Spherus Magna, observe worlds
Powered by Power Source (in conjunction with Energized Protodermis)
Powers Lasers, gravity, internal maintenance
Tools None
Status Inoperable, evacuated; currently being dismantled
Location Spherus Magna


The Great Spirit Robot was a giant mechanoid designed by the Great Beings that housed the Matoran Universe. Originally governed by Mata Nui, the robot was part of the Great Beings' solution to mend the planet of Spherus Magna after the Shattering. It later was taken over by Teridax and used to dominate the beings inside until it was rendered unusable.

History

Plans for the robot

In the midst of the Core War, the Great Beings realized that the source of the conflict, Energized Protodermis, was slowly destroying the planet of Spherus Magna. Failing to stop the damage themselves, the Great Beings initiated the construction of a giant robot, drawing upon ideas from a previous giant robot that they had built. The Great Beings intended for the robot to eventually fix the planet, after a period of time in which its artificial intelligence would observe other worlds to learn how to avoid future conflict. It was to be assisted by an additional robot they would create after the first was finished.

The Great Beings discovered that the Energized Protodermis could act as a stabilizing agent for its power source, enabling the robot to function without exploding, as the previous one had. The Great Beings created Tren Krom to keep the universe maintained while they continued to build it. Nanotechnology, which they dubbed the Matoran, was also produced to assist in the construction and eventually to provide vital services to the universe and keep it running.

Construction of the robot

Once the robot was completed, a consciousness was created to control it that was dubbed "Mata Nui" by the Great Being Heremus; taken from the words "Great Spirit" in the programming language the robot's internal workings were scripted from. Just before the Shattering, the robot was activated and Mata Nui departed from Spherus Magna. For almost one hundred thousand years, the robot was flown throughout space and utilized by Mata Nui to observe other cultures. During these occasions, Mata Nui would be required to land on a planet, submerging himself underwater and activating an automatic camouflage system which cloaked the robot's head with an island.

After around 99,700 years of travel, Mata Nui had finally obtained enough information, and started heading back to reform Spherus Magna. As he was traveling back, however, the robot was sabotaged with a virus by one of its inhabitants, Makuta Teridax. The virus at last took full effect 300 years later, and the robot's systems failed, causing it to be pulled into the gravity of the nearest planet, Aqua Magna, and crash onto its ocean surface.

The robot remained submerged for the next one thousand years with Mata Nui in a coma, leaving his body inoperable. When he died, Teridax seized the opportunity opened by the lack of a governing intelligence and moved into place to take control. After Matoro revived Mata Nui and the Kanohi Ignika restarted the body, Teridax was able to take full control of the robot. Revived, the spirit of Mata Nui tried to regain control of the robot, but was unable to as Teridax was already in place. Teridax then used the power of the robot body to trap Mata Nui within the Ignika. He then made the robot stand for the first time in a thousand years and jettisoned the Mask of Life from his chest out into space. Once Teridax had adjusted to controlling the body, he departed for Bara Magna in pursuit of the mask after his sensors located it, calling on the Red Star to assist in his space journey.

The damaged robot

The robot was badly damaged following the massive fight between Teridax and Mata Nui, who had possessed the ancient predecessor of his original body. During the battle, Teridax used the powers of the robot to create a blast of gravity meant to destroy Bara Magna. Instead, the blast was redirected at Aqua Magna and Bota Magna, pulling them towards Bara Magna. Mata Nui shoved Teridax into the path of a large fragment of rock that had broken off from Aqua Magna during its entry into the atmosphere. It collided with the robot's head, impacting its Core Processor and killing Teridax. The robot then collapsed to the ground, though it managed to maintain some of its inner workings temporarily. Many of the inhabitants evacuated to the reformed planet of Spherus Magna.

The robot is currently being dismantled by the Matoran and Agori. Some parts have been used to make shelters and villages, while others were used to create a makeshift prison.[1]

Abilities and Traits

Matoran regulating the Great Spirit robot

The robot stood at forty million feet high, and housed a plethora of islands within its shell. It had the ability to manipulate the environment of this Matoran Universe, automatically controlling gravity and temperature levels. The robot could produce laser beams, and exert gravity bursts through its hands. It was also equipped with rockets placed in its feet, which allowed space flight, but it needed the Red Star in order to achieve liftoff from planets. A pair of Glatorian pilots were placed within the robot's processor to aid in the initial takeoff, but they were killed early on.[2][3][4] Additionally, the robot also had camouflage systems that allowed it to conceal itself with an island that covered its face.

A power source was created for the robot and combined with Energized Protodermis, which constantly mutated the source into something that could give power, which is how the first robot was destroyed. Its systems had to be constantly regulated and maintained by the Matoran and other species in order for it to work properly. After being critically damaged from a fragment of Aqua Magna impacting its head, the robot permanently shut down.

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