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Biot-savartians[1][2][merch 5][note 2] are an alien species from an unknown planet.
Appearance[]
Biot-savartians have large spikes on their shoulders (similar to horseshoe magnets), crab-like claws, and two-toed feet. Their heads are made of silver metal, have large, narrow eyes that can change size and are outlined in a white-blue glow. This head floats above their body, signifying their magnetism. Their voices also sound robotic. Wherever the head goes, the body follows, similar to a Polymorph's Anti-Gravity Projector. Their bodies are made of living alien metal.
Only male Biot-savartians have been seen, so it is unknown what female Biot-savartians look like.
Powers and Abilities[]
Biot-savartians are able to project magnetic fields that are capable of overloading electrical circuits, attracting magnetic materials and ferromagnetic metals to themselves. At full power, his magnetic pulse can affect machinery as far as half a mile.[merch 7] A Biot-savartian's powers even work on mechanical beings like Evolved Sonorosians[4] and Chronosapiens.[DJW 1]
Biot-savartians can use their magnetic fields to block solar energy attacks.[2]
Biot-savartians can use their magnetic abilities to perform electrokinesis.[5]
Biot-savartians have telekinetic control over metal, allowing them to levitate and move it around without physical contact.[5] They can also use this "magno-telekinesis" to make themselves levitate[6] and fly for short distances.[merch 7]
Biot-savartians can use their magnetism to damage and destroy any magnetic substance at will, as seen when Lodestar opened the Naljian Destructor,[5] dismantled a Techadon robot,[7] and tore apart the Toltech Battle Armor.[8] They can also do this by converting their magnetic fields into kinetic energy, as shown when Lodestar made one of Computron's minions explode from afar.[9]
Biot-savartians are able to render other materials magnetic, such as when Lodestar caused the Toltech Battle Armor to attract benches, trash cans and even Kevin's car towards itself.[8]
Biot-savartians can generate a green magnetic force field that protects them from most ballistic attacks.[10]
If a Biot-savartians gets destroyed by something as dangerous as an explosion, they can reconstitute by pulling their shattered pieces back together with their magnetism.[10]
Biot-savartians possesses enhanced strength, as Lodestar was able to briefly grapple with the Stalker but with some difficulty.[11] Furthermore, if an ally like Kevin absorbs metal, a Biot-savartian can use their magnetism to throw said ally toward their enemies.[12][13]
Biot-savartians possesses enhanced durability, as Lodestar was able to withstand being hurt by the red troops' laser blasts,[14] being thrown through the walls of a house,[11] and the Red Knight's throwing stars.[15]
Biot-savartians can survive in the vacuum of space.[DJW 2]
Biot-savartians can act as compasses.[DJW 3]
Using the electromagnetic spectrum, Lodestar can see objects like on a radar screen.[merch 7]
Weaknesses[]
A Biot-savartian's powers are useless against non-magnetic objects, such as the Red Knight's throwing knives,[15] and the Stalker.[11]
Despite being disconnected from their body, a Biot-savartian's head is magnetically bonded to it. Wherever their heads go, their body follows.[11]
A Biot-savartian's magnetic fields can be absorbed and redirected by certain substances, such as the Shock Staff, which may result in the Biot-savartian's head being knocked away from their body, leaving them blind, helpless, and unable to reconnect with their head. This was shown in a dream.[16]
A Biot-savartian's head can also be flipped over and spun if something hits it, though they can always touch their head to stop it from moving so rapidly.[15]
Biot-savartians are weak against water, due to it making their bodies completely rusted.[note 3]
Notable Biot-savartians[]
Notable Biot-savartian Hybrids[]
- Ultimate Kevin (part Biot-savartian)
Etymology[]
Biot-savartians are named after the Biot–Savart law, which is an equation of electromagnetism that describes the magnetic field generated by an electric current.
Trivia[]
- A Biot-savartian's skin pattern can change like flowing ink with shifts in the magnetic field.[merch 7]
- Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: The Complete Guide lists them as Elecronians from the desert planet Electront.[merch 9][note 4]
Notes[]
- ↑ An issue of the K-Zone magazine (released before Lodestar's debut in Simple) and the Brazilian Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Online Editora Sticker Album state that Lodestar's homeworld is Attracta.[merch 1][merch 2] However, the magazine refers to him as a Magnosapien instead of a Biot-savartian, and the sticker album states that Ampfibian's homeworld is also Attracta,[merch 3] despite the 57th issue of the Cartoon Network Action Pack comic series stating that Ampfibian's homeworld is Tesslos.[merch 4] Thus, the wiki does not consider Attracta to be the Biot-savartians' homeworld.
- ↑ Lodestar's species was revealed in Vendetta as "Biot-savartian",[merch 5] which aired on March 6, 2010 internationally. That same day, an anonymous user edited Lodestar's page to add "Biosovartian" as Lodestar's species, and later changed it to "Biosovortian". The species' page was created with that name on March 15, 2010 by another anonymous user. On March 30, 2011, TheRealBenvictor97 renamed the species' page to "Biotsavartian", citing Dwayne McDuffie. The same user changed the species' name on Lodestar's page to "Biotsavartian" on March 31, 2011. These two edits were later reverted by Orion Invictus on April 20, 2011 and by BlazeCannon15 on April 2, 2011, and the misspelling of the name remained on the wiki until August 16, 2021. In that time, "Biosovortian" was listed as Lodestar's species in an issue of the official Ben 10 magazine.[merch 6][3]
- ↑ This information comes from the Brazilian Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Online Editora Sticker Album. Translated: "Water makes me all rusty."[merch 8]
- ↑ On October 3, 2009, an anonymous user edited Lodestar's page, claiming that Lodestar was an Elecronian from the planet Electront. The page was later edited by another anonymous on October 7, 2009, referring to Electront as a desert planet. The species and planet names would remain on the page until January 2, 2010, though they were temporarily added back to the page on March 1, 2010 by the user who originally added them to the page, before the edit was undone by Linkmadara. Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: The Complete Guide, released in September 2010, would later refer to Lodestar as an Elecronian from the desert planet Electront. The origin of these names remains unknown. Within the series, Lodestar was stated to be a Biot-savartian,[1][2] and the name of his homeworld was never revealed.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ragnarok
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vendetta
- ↑ Ben 10 Planet:Longstanding Misinformation
- ↑ Absolute Power: Part 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Busy Box
- ↑ Absolute Power: Part 1
- ↑ Primus
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Duped
- ↑ Girl Trouble
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ultimate Aggregor
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Video Games
- ↑ The Purge
- ↑ The More Things Change: Part 1
- ↑ Simple
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Return to Forever
- ↑ Night of the Living Nightmare
Merchandise[]
- ↑ K-Zone magazine; file
- ↑ File:Lodestar Attracta.png
- ↑ File:Ampfibian Attracta.png
- ↑ Cartoon Network Action Pack #57; file
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ben 10 Alien Force: Volume 9 DVD; file
- ↑ Ben 10 magazine; file
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 File:Lodestar Alien Creation Card.png
- ↑ File:Lodestar Water.png
- ↑ Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: The Complete Guide Page 36; file
