Hero Core

The Hero Core (also known as the Quaza Core) is what powers a Hero and gives them a personalty.

History
Hero Cores were developed by Akiyama Makuro using a rare mineral known as Quaza. Hero Cores are placed into every Hero upon creation, and contain the hero's personality and serves as their power source. Hero Factory protocol demands that before leaving on any mission, a Hero must have a fully charged core, because having a low-powered core weakens a Hero and the Hero Core will become worthless if it runs out of power, forcing the Hero with a dead core to have a core transplant.

After successful missions, rookie Heroes receive power charges to their Core, until they receive a final charge.

Heroes upgraded to the 2.0 model were given a newer, more compact model of Hero Core, which remain unchanged despite minor aesthetic differences in the 3.0 changes to the Heroes and the Breakout armor.

Properties
Hero Cores are made of Quaza stone. The purity of a Hero Core affects the skills, personality, and ability of the Hero, and a Hero's potential is gradually unlocked with each charge.

All Heroes who have gone through the upgrade now bear an improved, compact model of the Hero Core, which is resistant to temperature change and delivers up to 40% more power. It can be supercharged at will by the users, which William Furno used to overpower the effects of Oxidium that had rusted his armor battling Jawblade.

Hero Cell
As a last resort, Heroes can link their cores to form a Hero Cell. This forms a protective energy cell around the heroes that prevents any damage from outside. However, it drains the energy out of the cores, thus making its use a risk to the Heroes involved.