Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-5486221-20160803133231/@comment-24922135-20160919214811

Ship was like 1/4 of an actual Mechamorph, to the point where he was barely sentient and unable to communicate effectively. Yet he could still turn into a spaceship on a whim. So could the Mechamorph guard in 'The Ultimate Sacrifice'. Upgrade could never do this, so suffice to say he needed some kind of template. Upgrade being able to build himself into a vehicle using only primitive technology is actually a pretty smart step forwards in terms of using him. I see no reason why he couldn't do something akin to this before

also he's not really merging with the board, more like surrounding it.