Autopilot

The Lone Pilot

Autopilot is an Autobot member of the Star Fleet.

## Official Bio

*Autopilot has watched everything that Earth has to offer, be it movies, tv shows or music videos. He indulged himself in Earth's culture and really adores those "tiny squishy individuals". He always has a smile on his face and tries to crack a joke out of everything.*

## History

Autopilot loved Earth culture, and watched just about every film, tv show, and music video made by Humans. He had an encounter with Pounder at some point where he revealed that the "energon" he had just drank was actually Turbofox liquid. Desiring to be more unique by going further from Cybertron, Autopilot was among those that joined the Star Fleet, and became a crew member of the *Arclight*. He was assigned to room C197 with Armored Blazer, who he became good friends with. He also regularly pranked Macro to try and make him have more fun. At some point he paid a friend of his on the crew to get the list of the room assignments, and he learned that one bot, Swagger, hadn't left his room for the entire trip.

A month into the trip in Voyage in Spares Autopilot snuck behind Stormstrike and Thunderbolt and tried to scare them by remaining in the shadows and using his Overlord impression to say that they must fear that he'd rip out their sparks, that he was the evil within they hid from, and that he would make them suffer before killing them. However, when told by an unafraid Thunderbolt that his impression was poor and that he wasn't as imposing due to only being a quarter the size of Overlord, Autopilot insisted that he was a third of Overlord's size and that his impression was great, only to question why the twins then started laughing.

Later in Stars My Destination Autopilot told Armored Blazer about the time Ponder drank Turbofox liquid as they walked through the halls of the *Arclight* before reaching room C298. Autopilot the revealed to his friend that he'd brought him there due to it being occupied by a bot that had never left it, explaining how he found out about it and everything he Swagger, as well as remarking that the room probably smelled horrible. Telling AB to wait, he then watched as Stormstrike and Thunderbolt arrived, and he teased them for being late before asking if they could use their magic to get the door open. Telling Thunderbolt to open it up, the four walked inside, and Autopilot told Stormstrike that he was willing to trespass if it meant learning more about the enigma that was Swagger. However, Swagger then dropped from the ceiling behind them and turned the lights on to confront them, and despite knowing Swagger was a Cyber-Ninja, Autopilot panicked in surprise and ran out of the room with the others.

Hiding in the engine bay with Armored Blazer in Strange Visitors, Autopilot pointed out that AB would have a better chance of seeing if Swagger had followed them due to his height, and explained that he couldn't teleport, but was just a Cyber-Ninja. Pointing out to AB how Swagger having a faceplate had nothing to do with him being a Cyber-Ninja when AB himself had one, Autopilot explained that Swagger was just really stealthy, before getting up and deciding they were probably safe to go out. However, Autopilot failed to hear the metallic sound AB did, and figured it was just pipes or machinery, but upon hearing a louder version of the sound, Autopilot decided that should leave and warn the rest of the crew, only to demand to know why AB was going towards the sound, figuring they could die trying to check it out, and questioned where AB had been keeping his massive axe. Reaching a door, Autopilot questioned where it led to and how sound could have come from it if it was closed the whole trip, and wondered who could be inside, However, when AB prepared to cut the door open with his axe, Autopilot warned him not to do it so he wouldn't end up in the brig for breaking the rules and he could continue being free as a bird and show Macro what fun was due to him not even knowing what disco meant. Demanding to know if AB was joking when claimed to also not know what disco meant, Autopilot then heard quick steps, and realized at the same time as his friend that the sound was heading towards the elevator.

Running towards the elevator in Avatars, Autopilot and Armored Blazer ran into Catapult, who Autopilot told not to move, only to be tackled by her when he had AB follow him closer to her. Demanding to know who Catapult was, Autopilot was unamused by AB's claim that she was another crewmember that had stayed in her room for the whole trip, and when she got into the elevator and turn invisible, Autopilot remarked that they had messed up. Using the elevator to follow Catapult to the cargo bay, Autopilot and AB confronted her and the former demanded to know if she was a terrorist trying to blow them up, then insisted that she give up or force them to use force. When Catapult started laughing, Autopilot demanded to know why, and when asked if he knew how to intimidate anyone, Autopilot asked if Rambo counted, and then guessed Catapult's talent didn't work for long periods of time and would leave her unable to hide from the group of crewmembers that had just arrived, with Stormshot demanding Autopilot explain what was going on. He then joined several others in Macro's office to question Catapult.

After the *Arclight* landed on BM-026 for repairs to the damage from an engine explosion in Invicta, Autopilot decided to join Pax Galaxus in exploring the planet's surface. Meeting him and Swagger in Hanger D-01, Autopilot asked the captain where Armored Blazer was, figuring he'd want to join the adventure, and then angrily asked Doubletake why Catapult was with him, before the group drove outside.

After a few miles in Envoy, Autopilot demanded to know where they were going, then when they'd be going back to the ship, and then complained that he felt like his microprocessor was getting fried, which finally got Pax Galaxus to tell Autopilot he got that he was tired. Surprised to learn from Doubletake that they'd only been driving for kliks rather than cycles, Autopilot then saw there was a lush oasis up ahead.

Stopping at the oasis in Primordial, Autopilot questioned why Pax Galaxus had brought his trailer along and pointed out he could have used it to deal with the Personality Ticks. He then questioned how Catapult would know how to deal with the Ticks when she hadn't been there, and got mad when she called him uncultured, glaring at her after Swagger told the group to focus. Autopilot the relaxed for a bit in the oasis before something rustled in the bushes, but when a mechanical velociraptor emerged from the bush, Autopilot stood in front of it to keep the others from shooting it. Playing with the creature, Autopilot rubbed it's belly and asked if he was a good boy, or even a boy at all, and then asked the others if they could keep the creature. When they all said no, Autopilot insisted that he'd take care of the creature and keep it from causing trouble, and when that didn't work he resorted to begging Pax that the creature needed their help in the cruel and unfair world, with the addition of puppy eyes finally convincing Pax to give in, and Autopilot told the creature he'd be staying in his room. When the group returned to the *Arclight*, Pax informed Macro that Autopilot had gotten himself a pet. Autopilot, meanwhile, played fetch with the creature in the ship's halls using a metal rod, and decided to name his new pet Velocirazor due to him looking like a velociraptor and having sharp teeth. He was then tackled by Velocirazor and pushed through a door, which Autopilot discovered led to a room with the materials needed to turn into a bar, and he rewarded Velocirazor for his find with some energon goodies.

Autopilot had several members of the crew watch *Goodfellas* with him to test his idea for movie night, and when Meltdown explained how his latest invention worked, Autopilot suggested calling it "Sticky Fingers". A week later in Land of Confusion, Autopilot had completed the bar and opened The Lone Pilot for the rest of the crew for a showing of *Toy Story*. Announcing while cleaning cups that he loved the scene where the tiny cowboy told the white and green spaceman he was a toy, Autopilot corrected Sparkscape about the title of the last movie they'd watched, then acted smug when Sparkscape's point about Autopilot being the only one to understand Human movies was proven wrong when the rest of the crowd laughed at the film. He then asked why Sparkscape was leaving to see Anomaly and informed him that "wreck n' rule" was trademarked before chuckling at Sparkscape calling him "Chub" as he left. He then told everyone annoyed to see Doubletake and Catapult enter the bar that he'd invited the security officer and then explained to the pair that Catapult wouldn't be welcome due to the other drinkers and not because of any dislike for her he had, Autopilot got to work making some Golden Lagoons for the pair to drink and let them know they'd missed movie night, but could come next week to see *Jurassic Park*. When Catapult asked what the movie was, Autopilot questioned if she knew about Earth, before the entire crew was called to the observation decks to see their arrival at Galaxy Base.

Once the crew got off the *Arclight* in The Razors Edge, Autopilot joined the tour Dynamus gave of Galaxy Base. When Meltdown whispered to him that the tour was boring, Autopilot told him that they had nothing else to do, so the event was at least a good time waster.

Hours later in Shoot to Thrill, Autopilot and Armored Blazer moved their things into room B78 for the night, only for Autopilot to reveal that the large case he'd brought along was holding Velocirazor after making sure no one else was around. Telling AB he couldn't leave his pet by himself on the ship as he cuddled Velocirazor, Autopilot insisted his roommate was being paranoid about his pet not being allowed on Galaxy Base and Pax Galaxus not wanting anyone else to see him, figuring he'd just leave Velocirazor in the room and bring him extra food from dinner to eat. Meanwhile, Stormshot told Pax that he'd be willing to share a room with even Autopilot if it meant not being with Meltdown. Donning a suit for the party that was being held, Autopilot went down to the canteen with AB and sat down next to Catapult and Doubletake, insisting that it didn't hurt to dress formally when the former questioned him dressing so officially, and when he greeted Pax he was asked the exact same question by the captain.

During the party in High Voltage, Autopilot drank with the DJ at his station and requested he play Golden Earing's "Twilight Zone" as the final song for the night, which his new friend went with.

Autopilot was still drunk in the morning, and had to be carried to the *Arclight* by Armored Blazer in Sound of Thunder.

Heading over to The Lone Pilot to help Skyhawk get up to speed on the current state of Cybertron, Autopilot invited Stormstrike, Thunderbolt, and Sparkscape to help out, and wasn't happy when they showed up late in Perfect Strangers. Explaining how he wanted to help Skyhawk, Autopilot let the new arrivals know that they could assist by providing stories of their own past to assist in his "visual storytellingTM", then told Treadfight to start the movie he'd made. However, Autopilot sank in his chair when the twins laughed at his Sentinel Prime impression he'd used to narrate the film, and he concluded that his idea had been a mistake when he got to the part on the Decepticons. Shouting at Skyhawk that the person on the screen was indeed Star Convoy as he sat back up, Autopilot asked once the movie ended if the should continue with "history nightTM", and told Armored Blazer he'd never stop trademarking his own words. Upon seeing that Sparkscape had fallen asleep, Autopilot told the others that he'd choke on his own spit soon enough, and when AB woke him up, the bartender asked him how the movie had been. He then asked someone to tell a story first, but found no response, only to be excited when Treadfight offered to tell them his backstory first.

When Sparkscape and Armored Blazer nearly got into a fight in Play the Game, Autopilot yelled at them for exploding in his bar. After Stormstrike and Thunderbolt left to see the ship come out of hyperspace, Autopilot sighed that story night was over.

A little under two weeks later in Save a Prayer Autopilot showed *Independence Day* at movie night due to adoring the perspective it showed. He told Sparkscape and Countdown that Humans were a pain for many despite being made out of flesh based on how many movies they made about dealing with aliens, and he let Stormstrike know that the actor she liked, Will Smith, was in many other movies. However, at that moment the *Arclight* shook and alarms sounded that the ship was now on code red.

Upon realizing the Predators were attacking the ship, Autopilot locked himself in The Lone Pilot with Velocirazor due to his lack of combat experience and fear of getting killed and refused to come out for the entire attack.

Once the fight ended, Autopilot began cleaning The Lone Pilot in Ramifications, and when a battered Sparkscape came in he asked what had happened to him. Telling Sparkscape not to get personal when he started griping about Autopilot not helping him defend the bar, he then asked his friend who the "Skyquake" that fought Pax Galaxus was. Autopilot then reluctantly agreed to help Sparkscape, Stormstrike, and Thunderbolt deliver food and medicine to everyone's cabins, which Micro notified Anomaly of.

Autopilot found that Velocirazor had drawn lines a wall in his room, and he called Skyhawk and the twins down to The Lone Pilot in Wish You Were Here to tell them about his discovery. Agreeing with Stormstrike that his pet was smarter than they initially thought, Autopilot offered to show the trio the drawings later, and he told Thunderbolt that Armored Blazer was helping repair one of the hallways due to his talent letting him recover faster and that the twins weren't allowed to join the fight due to their lack of experience meaning they would have been killed by the Predators, and he had no problem admitting a fear of getting killed was the reason he'd stayed in his bar the whole time.

Macro told Stormstrike and Thunderbolt that they would guard Autopilot and everyone else who didn't want to go on the mission to Sensensica wehn they demanded to come in Who Are You.

Autopilot ran his bar in All We Are, and he told Skyhawk that he hadn't been allowed to go on the mission due to being too young, like the twins were. However, upon being informed that Macro had caved and let the twins come with him, Autopilot asked Skyhawk if he'd tried asking the annoying way like they had. He then commented that it probably wouldn't be healthy for him to obey Skyhawk's request for another cup of energon, but a glare from his customer convinced Autopilot to give him another cup.

After the mission, Autopilot had the twins come look at Velocirazor's drawing in Behind Blue Eyes with him and Armored Blazer. Confirming for Stormstrike that his pet had indeed made the drawing they were looking at, Autopilot looked at AB when he commented that the picture looked like a map, and then at the sleeping Velocirazor.

## Powers and Abilities

Autopilot has the standard Cybertronian ability of transformation, taking on the form of a Cybertronian Bike.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Autobots
	+ Star Fleet
		- Pax Galaxus - Captain
		- Armored Blazer - Friend, Roommate
		- Stormstrike - Friend
		- Thunderbolt - Friend
		- Macro
		- Swagger
		- Stormshot
		- Skyhawk - Friend
		- Treadfight - Acquaintance
			* Telkanis
		- Doubletake
		- Sparkscape - Friend
		- Meltdown
		- Countdown
		- Catapult
		- Velocirazor - Pet
	+ Galaxy Base Staff
		- Dynamus
* Pounder

## Appearances

### Text Stories

#### Autobot Academy: The Star Fleet

* Heroes A to D
	+ Voyage in Spares *(First Appearance)*
	+ Stars My Destination
	+ Strange Visitors
	+ Avatars
* Enclaved
	+ Invicta
	+ Envoy
	+ Primordial
* Land of Confusion
* The Razors Edge
* Shoot to Thrill
* High Voltage
* Sound of Thunder
* Heroisms
	+ Perfect Strangers
	+ Play the Game
* Save a Prayer
* Ramifications
* The Fourteenth Star
	+ Wish You Were Here
	+ Behind Blue Eyes
* All We Are

## Gallery

Autopilot in his vehicle modeConcept art of Autopilot by Artork312
## Trivia

* Autopilot's personality and role as bartender is based on the *More Than Meets the Eye* version of Swerve.
	+ Autopilot's original bio even claimed he was often compared to Swerve, but this line was deleted from his official profile.
	+ Autopilot's design, meanwhile, is based on Generation 1 Override.
* Among the Earth media Autopilot has seen is Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird", *Jurassic Park*, *Toy Story*, *Goodfellas*, Golden Earing's "Twilight Zone", and *Independence Day*.