Current Status Of The Bohrok

[bonesiii]

What was the purpose of the Bohroks? And how is it possible to take their krana if it is beneath the faceplate? What are they cleaning? Is it the krana controlling the Bohrok or does the Bohrok need a krana to control himself? Do they all need the krana to function? Are they 100% robot or do they have organs?

The purpose of the Bohrok (there is no plural s on Bionicle words ) was to "clean" the camouflage island that the Mata Nui giant robot could make to hide his face if he landed on his back in an ocean. He often did this as part of studying alien planets (though exactly why we're not sure). The Bohrok would loosen up plant cover, compacted earth, and rock layers so that the giant robot would not have to push too hard to sit up, so that his face would come up through the loosened island, destroying it, so he could stand up then and leave.

[darkslizer]

I would say that most of the Bohrok are probably crushed by the impact of the Mata Nui robot being hit in the head with a planet, which makes sense.

Depending on what you mean by "most", this is probably incorrect. The Bohrok had many nests above the ceiling of the dome so in the front of the head, not the back, and the extra nests that were beneath Metru Nui, or at least some, were confirmed to be relatively high up. We know that most of the "basement" of Metru Nui survived; it was the deepest layer that contained the machinery of Mata Nui's brain itself that was destroyed. So most of the Bohrok should have survived.Even if close to or more than fifty percent of the "backup nests" under Metru Nui were destroyed, the Bahrag themselves and a plenty huge number int he front of the head survived.

I also have a question: If a lot of the Bohrok did survive, could Krakua remove their krana and awaken and control them? You know, if he went bad.

Anyone could, except the signal is the tricky part. I don't think we know what kind of a signal it is; I presume that by mentioning Krakua you were guessing it's a sonic signal, but it could be more like a radio signal. We don't know what it is. But yes, IF you could somehow get them to wake up, and if you could dekrana some, you could give them voice commands and they would obey you.

Thanks. I'm pretty sure that it was a sonic signal. I believe it was in Destiny War where Krakua awakened the Bohrok as a last resort against the Rahkshi they were fighting. The Rahkshi fought the Bohrok and the Bohrok fought back, The Rahkshi not knowing that the Bohrok only wanted to cleanse Mata Nui. I have a feeling that they were on Metru Nui, because that would make more sense. I'm not 100% positive on that, considering I haven't read that serial in forever.

What was the purpose of the Bohroks? And how is it possible to take their krana if it is beneath the faceplate? What are they cleaning? Is it the krana controlling the Bohrok or does the Bohrok need a krana to control himself? Do they all need the krana to function? Are they 100% robot or do they have organs?

The purpose of the Bohrok (there is no plural s on Bionicle words ) was to "clean" the camouflage island that the Mata Nui giant robot could make to hide his face if he landed on his back in an ocean. He often did this as part of studying alien planets (though exactly why we're not sure). The Bohrok would loosen up plant cover, compacted earth, and rock layers so that the giant robot would not have to push too hard to sit up, so that his face would come up through the loosened island, destroying it, so he could stand up then and leave.

The Bohrok were made from Av-Matoran, and I assume the Matoran have organs, considering the term "heartlight". I have never taken much research into the organs thing though, I probably should.

[Bryndreki]

I would say that most of the Bohrok are probably crushed by the impact of the Mata Nui robot being hit in the head with a planet, which makes sense.

Depending on what you mean by "most", this is probably incorrect. The Bohrok had many nests above the ceiling of the dome so in the front of the head, not the back, and the extra nests that were beneath Metru Nui, or at least some, were confirmed to be relatively high up. We know that most of the "basement" of Metru Nui survived; it was the deepest layer that contained the machinery of Mata Nui's brain itself that was destroyed. So most of the Bohrok should have survived.Even if close to or more than fifty percent of the "backup nests" under Metru Nui were destroyed, the Bahrag themselves and a plenty huge number int he front of the head survived.

I also have a question: If a lot of the Bohrok did survive, could Krakua remove their krana and awaken and control them? You know, if he went bad.

Anyone could, except the signal is the tricky part. I don't think we know what kind of a signal it is; I presume that by mentioning Krakua you were guessing it's a sonic signal, but it could be more like a radio signal. We don't know what it is. But yes, IF you could somehow get them to wake up, and if you could dekrana some, you could give them voice commands and they would obey you.

Thanks. I'm pretty sure that it was a sonic signal. I believe it was in Destiny War where Krakua awakened the Bohrok as a last resort against the Rahkshi they were fighting. The Rahkshi fought the Bohrok and the Bohrok fought back, The Rahkshi not knowing that the Bohrok only wanted to cleanse Mata Nui. I have a feeling that they were on Metru Nui, because that would make more sense. I'm not 100% positive on that, considering I haven't read that serial in forever.

What was the purpose of the Bohroks? And how is it possible to take their krana if it is beneath the faceplate? What are they cleaning? Is it the krana controlling the Bohrok or does the Bohrok need a krana to control himself? Do they all need the krana to function? Are they 100% robot or do they have organs?

The purpose of the Bohrok (there is no plural s on Bionicle words ) was to "clean" the camouflage island that the Mata Nui giant robot could make to hide his face if he landed on his back in an ocean. He often did this as part of studying alien planets (though exactly why we're not sure). The Bohrok would loosen up plant cover, compacted earth, and rock layers so that the giant robot would not have to push too hard to sit up, so that his face would come up through the loosened island, destroying it, so he could stand up then and leave.

The Bohrok were made from Av-Matoran, and I assume the Matoran have organs, considering the term "heartlight". I have never taken much research into the organs thing though, I probably should.

Thanks for the info. @Bonesii If I understood you correctly, the Bohroks are trying to help the giant robot stand up, but the Toa are stopping them from doing so because it destroys the island?

[Mare Tranquillitatis]

Thanks for the info. @Bonesii If I understood you correctly, the Bohroks are trying to help the giant robot stand up, but the Toa are stopping them from doing so because it destroys the island?

The "Bohrok", without the "s".Back on topic, the robot has been downed by the collision with the chunk of Aqua Magna and the island has already been destroyed when it awoke. That's why everyone is wondering about their current staus and fate. Now that they have seemingly no purpose to be in function, what will happen to them? This is a sum up of what is being asked here.

[Visaru]

I also sort

The purpose of the Bohrok (there is no plural s on Bionicle words ) was to "clean" the camouflage island that the Mata Nui giant robot could make to hide his face if he landed on his back in an ocean. He often did this as part of studying alien planets (though exactly why we're not sure). The Bohrok would loosen up plant cover, compacted earth, and rock layers so that the giant robot would not have to push too hard to sit up, so that his face would come up through the loosened island, destroying it, so he could stand up then and leave.

I always sort of had the notion that they also were there to push off any inhabitants which may have taken up residence there when Mata-Nui was observing, but I might be wrong.

[bonesiii]

What was the purpose of the Bohroks? And how is it possible to take their krana if it is beneath the faceplate? What are they cleaning? Is it the krana controlling the Bohrok or does the Bohrok need a krana to control himself? Do they all need the krana to function? Are they 100% robot or do they have organs?

Sorry I didn't notice you had edited other questions into your post. First of all, I'm getting the sense you're new to Bionicle, or something like that, yes? If so I should let you know that you can find many answers to basic questions like this at the BIONICLEsector01 wiki, found here. :)2) The faceplate flips forward if you hit the "eyes" hard enough; those work like levers. There's also a brainpan inside that can then fling the krana forward as a projectile, in the hopes of the Krana latching onto an "enemy's" face, controlling them. To help cleaning instead of preventing. Then a Bohrok Va would put another krana in the Bohrok if available. This system could also be used to disable the Bohrok, though, if you made sure not to let the Krana get onto your face.3) Cleaning the camouflage island; see previous post.4) The Bohrok has its own simple robot brain, but this only responds to voice commands if there's no krana. Normally the krana does control them, yes, driving them to follow the Cleaning programming. Without a krana they basically stand around waiting for anybody to speak any orders.5) In their normal job, essentially yes. Although technically someone could verbally order them to Clean too, the krana include various powers like telepathic squad coordination and a connection to the Bahrag who coordinate the whole swarm, and the krana always carry out the job, if not hybernating. But just as general servant-robots they can function without krana. This second system was used by the Matoran to repair the damage the Bohrok had previously done on Mata Nui in 2003.6) Other than the krana, yes, they are 100% robotic. The Av-Matoran they were transformed from essentially 'died' of something like early old age, and were turned totally mechanical, ready to be controlled by krana given by the Bahrag.

@Bonesii If I understood you correctly, the Bohroks are trying to help the giant robot stand up, but the Toa are stopping them from doing so because it destroys the island?

They were, yes, back in 2002 storyline. How much of the storyline have you followed, by the way?But the reason the Toa stopped this was simply because the Matoran were still living on the island, where they didn't belong. At the end of 2003, and while the Turaga were telling the tales of their past (2004-2005 story), the Matoran were making boats, carrying them through tunnels down to the Metru Nui dome, and across the Silver sea in the dome to Metru Nui. There, the Matoran were safe from the Cleaning, so it was okay to continue.So in 2007, the Toa Nuva were given instructions by the Order of Mata Nui, which they carried out, reawakening the Bohrok, who then fully cleaned the island. The robot then did stand up (then the rest of the story from late 2008 to the end went forward).

Thanks. I'm pretty sure that it was a sonic signal.

Yeah, someone confirmed that a few posts after I said that.

The Bohrok were made from Av-Matoran, and I assume the Matoran have organs, considering the term "heartlight". I have never taken much research into the organs thing though, I probably should.

Matoran have lungs and biological muscles, being "biomechanical" lifeforms. They may have some other organs, but most of the rest is metal. Their heart is probably mechanical, perhaps "pumping" life energy via a forcefield, since we know they do not have blood. Their brains might be biological too; it was never confirmed or denied.But the Bohrok lost all of that, becoming purely mechanical. (Mavrah originally theorized this in pre-Cataclysm Metru Nui, by the way, correctly.)

I always sort of had the notion that they also were there to push off any inhabitants which may have taken up residence there when Mata-Nui was observing, but I might be wrong.

No, they would capture anyone like that with krana the same way they did the Le-Matoran and Lewa. Then those would help Clean as well. Probably they would be made permanent members of the swarm, although what would happen when the Bohrok hybernated is less clear (perhaps become guards of the Bahrag, or perhaps they could hybernate too).Pushing them to leave would be highly risky as it would give them the chance to get back to their civilizations and report about the strange island, bringing more attention possibly before the Cleaning was done, risking infiltration into the giant robot. Edited June 17, 2012 by bonesiii

[Bryndreki]

What was the purpose of the Bohroks? And how is it possible to take their krana if it is beneath the faceplate? What are they cleaning? Is it the krana controlling the Bohrok or does the Bohrok need a krana to control himself? Do they all need the krana to function? Are they 100% robot or do they have organs?

Sorry I didn't notice you had edited other questions into your post. First of all, I'm getting the sense you're new to Bionicle, or something like that, yes? If so I should let you know that you can find many answers to basic questions like this at the BIONICLEsector01 wiki, found here. :)2) The faceplate flips forward if you hit the "eyes" hard enough; those work like levers. There's also a brainpan inside that can then fling the krana forward as a projectile, in the hopes of the Krana latching onto an "enemy's" face, controlling them. To help cleaning instead of preventing. Then a Bohrok Va would put another krana in the Bohrok if available. This system could also be used to disable the Bohrok, though, if you made sure not to let the Krana get onto your face.3) Cleaning the camouflage island; see previous post.4) The Bohrok has its own simple robot brain, but this only responds to voice commands if there's no krana. Normally the krana does control them, yes, driving them to follow the Cleaning programming. Without a krana they basically stand around waiting for anybody to speak any orders.5) In their normal job, essentially yes. Although technically someone could verbally order them to Clean too, the krana include various powers like telepathic squad coordination and a connection to the Bahrag who coordinate the whole swarm, and the krana always carry out the job, if not hybernating. But just as general servant-robots they can function without krana. This second system was used by the Matoran to repair the damage the Bohrok had previously done on Mata Nui in 2003.6) Other than the krana, yes, they are 100% robotic. The Av-Matoran they were transformed from essentially 'died' of something like early old age, and were turned totally mechanical, ready to be controlled by krana given by the Bahrag.

@Bonesii If I understood you correctly, the Bohroks are trying to help the giant robot stand up, but the Toa are stopping them from doing so because it destroys the island?

They were, yes, back in 2002 storyline. How much of the storyline have you followed, by the way?But the reason the Toa stopped this was simply because the Matoran were still living on the island, where they didn't belong. At the end of 2003, and while the Turaga were telling the tales of their past (2004-2005 story), the Matoran were making boats, carrying them through tunnels down to the Metru Nui dome, and across the Silver sea in the dome to Metru Nui. There, the Matoran were safe from the Cleaning, so it was okay to continue.So in 2007, the Toa Nuva were given instructions by the Order of Mata Nui, which they carried out, reawakening the Bohrok, who then fully cleaned the island. The robot then did stand up (then the rest of the story from late 2008 to the end went forward).

Thanks. I'm pretty sure that it was a sonic signal.

Yeah, someone confirmed that a few posts after I said that.

The Bohrok were made from Av-Matoran, and I assume the Matoran have organs, considering the term "heartlight". I have never taken much research into the organs thing though, I probably should.

Matoran have lungs and biological muscles, being "biomechanical" lifeforms. They may have some other organs, but most of the rest is metal. Their heart is probably mechanical, perhaps "pumping" life energy via a forcefield, since we know they do not have blood. Their brains might be biological too; it was never confirmed or denied.But the Bohrok lost all of that, becoming purely mechanical. (Mavrah originally theorized this in pre-Cataclysm Metru Nui, by the way, correctly.)

I always sort of had the notion that they also were there to push off any inhabitants which may have taken up residence there when Mata-Nui was observing, but I might be wrong.

No, they would capture anyone like that with krana the same way they did the Le-Matoran and Lewa. Then those would help Clean as well. Probably they would be made permanent members of the swarm, although what would happen when the Bohrok hybernated is less clear (perhaps become guards of the Bahrag, or perhaps they could hybernate too).Pushing them to leave would be highly risky as it would give them the chance to get back to their civilizations and report about the strange island, bringing more attention possibly before the Cleaning was done, risking infiltration into the giant robot.

Well I am far from being new to Bionicle It's just the story line that I don't know too much about. But why do the Bohroks have different kranas to scout, lead, see in the dark, powerfull weapons and so on if they are just meant to "clean"? Or is that how they clean? Also, why would a Bohrok launch its krana at a little Matoran when the Bohrok is alot more powerful? I don't get it.

[bonesiii]

Basically having a variety of powers helps them meet a variety of challenges. The leader powers for example help with coordinating, so two Bohrok can clearly clean two different areas rather than getting in each other's way.If the Bohrok capture enemies, it's more efficient than either allowing the enemy to continue opposing them, or to just kill them. Because once a Bohrok Va comes and puts a new krana in the Bohrok, there's now two "units" to Clean. If instead they let the enemy go they might lose the Bohrok too (like Nuparu taking Bohrok apart to make Boxor). If they were to kill, first of all that would be wrong (their purpose is good; they are not villains but good guy robots), and it would only detract from the Bohrok's job, if only temporarily. The key is that the Va will give the Bohrok another krana.

[Mare Tranquillitatis]

I'd say they attacked Matoran and Toa for defensive purposes, not to harm others but to defend themselves. As for Krana, I agree with bonesiii.( just to point this out, aren't we gettin' a little bit off-topic? )

[Bryndreki]

I think I know enaugh about the Bohroks now, thanks for the information.

[bonesiii]

You're welcome, and if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to make your own new topic in Storyline & Theories about them. :)Yeah, we did get a bit off-topic, but I allowed it since it was loosely about the status of the Bohrok.

Edited June 17, 2012 by bonesiii

[Nuparu1995]

If they were to kill, first of all that would be wrong (their purpose is good; they are not villains but good guy robots), and it would only detract from the Bohrok's job, if only temporarily. The key is that the Va will give the Bohrok another krana.

If that's the case, then they probably still have an active population on Spherus Magna?

[fishers64]

If they were to kill, first of all that would be wrong (their purpose is good; they are not villains but good guy robots), and it would only detract from the Bohrok's job, if only temporarily. The key is that the Va will give the Bohrok another krana.

If that's the case, then they probably still have an active population on Spherus Magna?

Yes, they still have a population, but it is locked up in stasis, because they are no longer needed - robot broken, no more camouflage island to clean.

[Flipz]

Question: is the Bohrok programming contained in the krana, or does it come directly from the Bahrag (i.e. does the Krana act as a mobile processor or just a transmitter/reciever)? If it's the latter, why didn't the Bahrag bring at least some Bohrok with them to SM when they left the MU?Also, do we know if the Bahrag ever created/intend to create new Bohrok-Kal to replace the ones that were destroyed? Why or why not?

[bonesiii]

Well, the programming comes from the Great Beings, and the Krana are made by the Bahrag, so whether the programming is in the Krana or not, the programming comes to the Bohrok through the Krana, which comes through the Bahrag, which in turn comes from the GBs. I'm not sure if the programming is in the Krana or telepathic long-range control by the Bahrag, though. Due to the overpowering nature of it though I strongly suspect it's in the Krana too. As you say, otherwise you'd think they'd bring some Bohrok with them.But, not necessarily, because there's also the rule "if you wake one, you wake them all." If they brought any Bohrok awake with them, the others would apparently all have to be standing around, awake, doing nothing. Also, I don't think it's much of a weakness not to bring some Bohrok, as long as the Bahrag stay near each other (their power multiplies then), because they are extremely powerful on their own.Heh, this makes me wonder if Greg had planned for the murderer to kill them too... :lookaround:They probably did intend to make more Kal, yeah, but they remained in their cages until the Toa released them in 2007, and not much time happened after that. I'd think the process should take some time; I think it involved Visorak venom too (I might be wrong about that; it's involved somehow with the Bahrag, but I might be thinking of the making of Krana...) and EP, both of which are hard to find.*consults BS01* Huh, it just says "a mutagenic substance." Pretty sure that was a mix of EP and Vissie venom, but don't quote me on it. Point is, it might be hard to come by.

Edited June 18, 2012 by bonesiii