Turbo Nova Mode

Turbo Nova Mode
Information
User	Max Steel Ja'em Mk'rah
Powers and abilities	T.U.R.B.O-powered blasters & cannon Jet propulsion Environmental adaptation
Mode statistics
Ability	Three mounted cannons that can project T.U.R.B.O energy into concussive blasts; Propelled jets for flight capabilities; Adaptive armor that allows for environmental protection.
Purpose	To travel unknown and uncharted territories with hostile environments and heavy artillery for fighting against oppositions.
Production information
First appearance	The Wrath of Makino

Turbo Nova Mode is Maxwell McGrath and Steel's twelfth Turbo Mode. According to Jim McGrath, it was designed to deep space environments, such as blackholes or heart of the stars. It debuted in The Wrath of Makino.

History

Animated Films

The Wrath of Makino

During the competition to determine who would turn into the new commander of the Ultralinks, Makino created a giant dome to test each competitor's skills. When Max and Steel were about to enter in the dome, Berto advises that the duo wouldn't be capable of handling its extreme conditions. In order to get in, Jim McGrath helps Steel to remember about Turbo Nova Mode, a mode that was designed for extreme space exploration and that should be perfect for the situation.

The duo goes inside the dome and eventually are forced to fight against many mental projections of Makino. After Max realizes that Metal Elementor was about to win the competition, he decides to separate Steel from him and tells him to go after the "prize". Though reluctant at first, Steel goes and Max, with some difficulty, manages to defeat the clones and prevent the other competitors from winning, including Metallak. Eventually, Max reaches a chamber where Makino's head piece was. He tries to advise Steel that he had found the prize, but after he touches, the unit reveals to be Makino himself, who forcibly links with Max and instantly deactivates his Turbo Nova Mode.

Later, after Makino's defeat, Max uses the Turbo Nova Mode to reach the Sun, where he tosses the alien to its demise.

Abilities

• Superhuman Strength: This mode is strong enough to withstand the extreme conditions inside Makino's dome. 
• Superhuman Durability: Considering the fact that this mode was specifically designed to explore black holes, the center of a star and the outer reaches of space, it is meant to be much more durable than the other modes. It also could handle many blows from Makino's mental projections, but is seen taking damage from being within close proximity of the Sun.
• Flight: The cannons that the armor offers can be used to flight.
• Cannons: Max Steel gets a total of three cannons, with two for hands and one at the top of his head. They can release powerful T.U.R.B.O. Energy bursts and can be used to fly.

Weaknesses

• It requires large portions of T.U.R.B.O. Energy in order to be activated.

Gallery

Turbo Nova Mode's gallery can be seen here.

Trivia

• This is the second mode where Turbo Base Mode is inside of some kind of armor, the first being Turbo Cannon Mode.
• Although Steel remembered this mode when Jim touched him, he didn't know how to use its cannons.
• Like Turbo Flight Mode and Turbo Rocket Mode, this mode is capable of reaching outer space.
• When the screens shows Max Steel's point of view, the Steel Screen shows an image of Turbo Rocket Mode in the top of the screen rather than a image of this mode.
• According to an early synopsis of The Final Countdown Part One, Turbo Nova Mode was originally meant to debut in the season two finale. In it, Max would have used it to fight Mega-Elementor.
  • Turbo Nova Mode's design used in the series was originally conceptualized as the fusion of Nova (which, at that point during development, was still a standalone mode) and Rocket Modes, named as "Turbo Rocket Nova Mode". Despite this idea being scrapped, a line in The Wrath of Makino accidentally refers to this transformation as its development name.
    • Additionally, this concept was reused for the toy line via Rocket Nova Max Steel, whose bio alludes to this earlier, Duo Strike-based concept.