The Turbo Star was a weapon designed and created by Jim McGrath and Steel. It was projected to turn its user into a living weapon made out of T.U.R.B.O. Energy. It was first mentioned in Dredd Ascendant.
History[]
Origins[]
Sixteen years prior to the series' events, Jim McGrath landed on Earth and founded N-Tek in hopes of fending off Makino's armada of Ultralinks. Along with Miles Dread, Molly McGrath and Forge Ferrus, they developed various projects, such as the Turbo Star and Morphos, although the latter was shut down due to its immense power. As such, they decided to build the Turbo Star.
During the initial test of the Turbo Star, Miles used a siphoning device that he had built to harness Jim's T.U.R.B.O. Energy, causing a massive blast. Thinking that the Turbo Star had caused Jim's death, Forge decided to separate the device into three pieces and stored them into specific locations so nobody would ever find them.
Season 2[]
In Dredd Ascendant, Max had a dream regarding his father and the Turbo Star. After searching through N-Tek's files, Steel got encrypted files about the device and spent several days searching for its possible location. Meanwhile, Miles Dread and Jason Naught were also trying to locate for the device as well.
The first part of the Turbo Star was located near N-Tek's underwater base. While Max faced the Ultralinks at the base, Steel and T.J. went after the piece of the Turbo Star, only to find Dread and Naught searching for it. Their battle caused the piece to be lost forever, until Ultimate Elementor found out about the device and obtained it for Dread.[1]
The second piece was located on the abandoned mines of Copper Canyon. Max and Steel clashed with Dread and Naught once again, but the villain managed to get the second part of the weapon.[2] The third and last piece was located at an abandoned N-Tek base at the Arctic.[3] After Dread obtained the third piece, he completed the Turbo Star and realized that he needed more T.U.R.B.O. Energy to power it. Desperate, he plans to capture Max Steel and use him as a living battery to power the device. Meanwhile, Max and Steel decide to go after the weapon, which leads to a massive showdown of N-Tek against Miles Dread. Eventually, N-Tek secures the device and Ferrus prohibits Max and Steel of using it despite the duo's protests.[4]
When Makino and his armada arrived at Earth, Ferrus had no option but to use the Turbo Star. Max and Steel use the weapon to enter the Alphalink and take down few of Makino's minions.[5] Eventually, the device was destroyed by Makino himself.[6]
Abilities[]
The Turbo Star is a blaster-like weapon that can release massive bursts of T.U.R.B.O. energy. It features a linking port, allowing Steel to bond with it.
Trivia[]
- Forge Ferrus hates the Turbo Star as he thought that it had killed Jim, and forbid Max from using it, fearing that the same thing would happen to him. He also revealed in Got Turbo Star? that he wanted to destroy the Turbo Star, but never got the chance to do it.
- Miles Dredd had built his own structure to use the Turbo Star.
- Makino destroyed the Turbo Star in the Season 2 finale, meaning that the Turbo Star is not that strong as it was said to be. However since it's revealed that Jim McGrath had been Makino's prisoner, Makino probably extracted the information about the Turbo Star from Jim and upgraded himself so that he won't be effected by the device's effects.
- In The Final Countdown Part Two, Max and Steel used only a portion of the full Turbo Star. The full device was large and wasn't designed to be portable.