The Process is a legion of semi-autonomous robots that facilitated the construction and function of various aspects of Cloudbank. During the events of Transistor, they have gone out of control and begun destroying Cloudbank, making them the primary enemies faced by Red.
The Process are highly diverse and mutable, taking on many forms and apparently capable of self-upgrading or evolving into new forms. Newer forms of Process resemble humans or animals, including the Fetch, YoungLady and Man. It additionally appears that the Process is capable of transforming individuals, as is seen when Red encounters Sybil during the game.
History
The Process was first discovered by Royce Bracket, one of the founding members of the Camerata. A brilliant engineer and architect, he had dedicated himself to understanding the mathematical underpinnings of the ever-changing whims of Cloudbank's public. In doing so, he found that there was a force at work "behind the scenes" that facilitated change in the city's reality, the Process.
Royce began studying the Process, and at some point came across the Transistor.
Profile
At the start of the game, the Camerata attempt to integrate Red into the Transistor, with Unknown taking the fatal blow in her stead. The lack of data available on Unknown causes the Transistor to malfunction, leading Red and Unknown to be teleported away, with Red becoming the user of the Transistor. With the Transistor no longer keeping it in check, The Process goes out of control and begins to deconstruct the town back to its basic building blocks.
The Process
Trivia
- Royce claims that the Process comes from "elsewhere" and can be impelled to go away again. However, when Red absorbs cells after defeating elements of the Process, Unknown remarks that they are "back where they belong," suggesting that the "elsewhere" Royce refers to is actually inside the Transistor. Likewise, when the first Limiter is activated, Unknown remarks, "Something's happened. In here." This suggests that rather than being simply a game mechanic, Limiters are a way for the Transistor to directly reconfigure the Process.
The Transistor's Root Access area in an early version of the game.
- An early version allows Red to enter an area called a "Process Socket," comprised of a silhouetted side-scrolling platform with circuit lines in the foreground and background; this was described by Unknown as the "home" of the Process. It contained an edifice providing root access to the Transistor, which allowed Red to unlock new levels and upgrades.
- Many noises the Process make are highly edited human speech, with many instances of identifiable English words.
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