Shockwave

**Shockwave** (ショックウェーブ, *Shokkuwēbu*) has been referred to as "a computer on legs." He was a member of the scientist caste in the industrial city of Kaon. In a reversal of the usual order, he was swayed by the ambitions of a gladiator known as "*Megatronus*". Serving as the Decepticons second-in-command, lead "pet mad scientist", and a covert agent in service to Megatron, he saw to the fighter's armament during his rise to prominence, all the while fantasizing on the prospect of *mass producing* such warriors. Thankfully, Megatron's more practical nature reined in Shockwave as the movement which became the Decepticons finally moved out of the shadows.

This is not far from the truth. He sees emotion as a weakness and a distraction. His cold and calculating *modus operandi* is supported by his frightening and exceptionally powerful forms and appearances. He packs an incredible amount of strength and firepower inside his chassis, and he knows it.

Shockwave also tends to be "logical" with all of his ideas, reasons, choices, or even with his own experiments. Shockwave had created ancient incredible Cybertronian technology that was found to be very useful against the Autobots. Shockwave is most responsible for many scientific endeavors, such as Space Bridges, the Dinobots, Decepticon Combiners, construction of the Omega Lock 2.0, and, with Ratchet, the completion of the Synthetic Energon formula. He's willing to ignore petty squabbles and jabs at him, and will only do what he finds logical. Megatron is pleased by his devotion to science, dedication and his competence stemming from it, starkly contrasting with the arrogant, egotistical and gloating Starscream, whom Shockwave never trusts nor get along well with.

Shockwave's passive nature to goings-on around him may paint him as apathetic, but whoever believes that is writing their death warrant. Shockwave is as brutal and fierce as any other Decepticon warrior, but with more deadly efficiency, and has the strength and durability to withstand everything from explosions to an Autobot assault. He does **not** tolerate or take well to attempts on his life or his experiments failing or being tampered with. May Primus help you if you actually do break his seemingly eternal calm.

"*Fear not Megatron. Cybertron will remain as you leave it.*"

—Shockwave on his true loyalties to Megatron.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice actor*: Corey Burton (English), Yutaka Shimaka (Japanese), Ja-hyeong Gu (Korean)), Jussi Wahlgren (Finnish), Peter Musäus (German), Ulisses Bezerra (Portuguese), Alessandro Ballico (Italian), Chen Chun (Chinese), Georges Atlas (French), Jorge Badillo (Latin American Spanish), Jorge García (American Spanish), Julio Lorenzo (Castillo Spanish)
### Biography

Shockwave has been the care-taker of Cybertron since Megatron departed to chase Optimus Prime across the stars. His unending loyalty to both Megatron and logic means that his voice rarely wavers. Not because of he does not know excitement or fear, but because his convictions are unshakable. Nothing catches Shockwave off guard, and therefore, he is often underestimated. Of all Decepticons, he may be the most dangerous after Megatron himself.

Shockwave is emotionless and detached from others, which allows him to use pure logic in order to further his own plans. Experimenting with Space bridge technology, Shockwave is able to open portals to other worlds and extract images of native lifeforms. He's known for using his scientific knowledge to reformat prisoners of war into hideous abominations.

### Appearance

#### Vehicle Mode

His known Alternate mode is he transforms into a Cybertronian Jet, he has known Earth-based vehicle modes.

* Hair Color: N/A
* Eye Color: Purple
* Height: Not Known (Human-sized)
* Weight: Not Known

### Attributes

* Expert code breaker and thief.
* Enjoys blackmailing Autobots in positions of power.
* Stealing various Transformer identities from old historical files.

## Personality

Shockwave's overall personality would be considered as cold and calculating, with logic as its fundamental basis. It is very difficult to gauge his emotions from looking into his single cold red eye, which comprises his face and head. Though he can be susceptible to moments of emotion, such as anger toward Starscream abandoning him to his fate or to the mercy of the Autobots, logic still dictates his actions overall. His loyalty toward Megatron is completely without question, despite the fact that he once even challenged/questioned the logic of his leader's desire to cyberform Earth out of curiosity.

With the death of Megatron, Shockwave showed no outward emotion and even stopped Starscream from recklessly avenging his master's demise. His future actions and where his train of logical thought will lead him has yet to be revealed.

However according the Covenant of Primus he has a paternal side that he shows to his creations, thinking of them as his children. Another interesting fact is that the covenant claims that Shockwave's devotions is not out of rationality, but more of a fetish. He was claimed to be more of a cultist in a cult rather than a truly logical individual.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Decepticons
	+ Megatron
	+ Soundwave
	+ Lugnut
* Deathstroke

### Enemies

* Autobots
* Teen Titans
	+ Robin
	+ Starfire
	+ Raven
	+ Cyborg
	+ Beast Boy

## Abilities and Traits

Shockwave is an accomplished scientist whose research and development projects have yielded powerful weapons and technology to the Decepticon cause, and indirectly to the Autobots and Cybertron itself. These include the completion of the Synthetic Energon Formula, the Cortical Psychic Patch, the creation of cybermatter, and the restoration of the Omega Lock. Shockwave has an advanced ability to change his size and appearance, allowing him to disguise himself as a completely different Transformer. Shockwave can even change his primary color at will.

Perhaps Shockwave's most dangerous ability, though, before he revealed himself to the Autobots, was his position as the head of Cybertron's Intelligence Division. In this position, he could arrange to cover up or delay reports as necessary to further the cause of Megatron and the Decepticons.

Though his main position is as Megatron's First Lieutenant in Scientific Endeavors, Shockwave is proved to be a deceptively dangerous warrior, utilizing and skilled even in unarmed combat to overcome his foes. This comes as little shock as he was once a gladiator of Kaon. He wields a powerful energy cannon, that attach or detach to/from either his right or left arm for better aim and cover, and his vehicle mode is that of a Cybertronian jet or tank. He has been proven to severely cripple and injured Ultra Magnus enough to reducing him to be in a hospital bed. But his capability of doing was unfortunately off-screen. Shockwave was a gladiator in the arenas of Kaon and was the sole warrior who came closest to defeating Megatron in battle.

### Abilities

Shockwave has the abilities Hover and Sonic Shockwave. He has demonstrated the ability to create clones of himself that fought for him. He also could open portals to redirect the beams from his vehicle/jet mode, allowing him to cover much of the arena.

### Weaknesses

If Shockwave has any weaknesses, it is his unwavering adherence to logic. Present him with an argument that is sufficiently logical, and Shockwave will agree to it, despite any emotional misgivings that he may have. This is how most Decepticons, even Starscream was able to avoid Shockwave's wrath. When faced with a situation or an opponent that upsets his calculations, Shockwave is put at a severe disadvantage. Despite the fact that Ironhide is an elder war veteran, he managed to beat Shockwave to his knees and the scientist would have surrendered if wasn't for his creation.

### Weapons

Shockwave carries a Neutron Assault Rifle.

## External links

* Shockwave *Wikipedia*
* Shockwave *Transformers Database*