Sideswipe

## History

### Law and Disorder: Unknown year - 4,000,000 BC

Living in a world where the threat of their downfall increased by the Nano-klik, the Senate ordered as many civilians as possible to join their security Task Force. Constructed in Iacon, Sideswipe was force-fed the rule book. What Sideswipe would witness was far from what he was expecting when he first picked up his weapons. Stationed in Kaon, Sideswipe saw the rise of the Ascenticons, the groups evolution into the Decepticons, and witnessing first hand the execution of Senator Ratbat at the hands of Megatron.

### The Great War: 4,000,000 BC - 0 AD

When the War began between the Autobots and Decepticons started, Sideswipe was conflicted on which side to join, but the eradication of an innocent bystander in front of him by a Decepticon made his decision for him. With the world in Chaos, and most of the rule books thrown out of the window, Sideswipe decided to live life to the fullest and became somewhat of a rogue figure, of many mind you, among the Autobot ranks. During the Wars earlier stages, Sideswipe became friends with a fellow Autobot, Sunstreaker, with the pair eventually becoming Brothers-In-Arms.

During the Siege of Polyhex, Sideswipe was part of a covert unit set up, and led, by Optimus himself to take down Darkmount. During the battle, Sideswipe was getting praise for his skill in the field, before Sunstreaker one upped him by taking down the Outlier Sunstorm. Angered that the spotlight was taken from him, Sideswipe renounced his partnership with Sunsteaker.

### The Exodus: 0 AD - 1970 AD

During the Exodus, Sideswipe helped the people of Cybertron escape to their ships. While helping one group, a squadron of Seekers began firing on them. They were saved, however, when a Camien ship arrived and helped fight off the Decepticons. Strongarm, a law enforcer from Caminus, introduced herself to Sideswipe who recoiled in disgust when he learned of her by-the-book nature.

When the Ark was escaping Cybertron, Sideswipe slid through the corridors of the ship taking out as many Decepticons as he could, before an explosion caused his systems to enter stasis.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Arm Mounted Cybertanium Swords** - Retractable and Deployable blades that are effective in on the move combat, which is Sideswipes specialty.
* **Back Mounted Blasters** - When rolling through a battlefield, Sideswipe can blast his enemies down without having to carry a hand gun.
* **Scatter Blasters** - The variant used during the early stages of the war, Sideswipe grew attached to the weapons as they were perfect for his style of combat.
* **Stealth Mode** - Allows Sideswipe access to his ranged weapons while in Vehicle Mode.

### Weaknesses

* **Recklessness** - Sometimes Sideswipe can be too in the moment and gets distracted by how fun it is to drive through a battlefield in robot mode.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Sideswipe has a complicated relationship with Sunstreaker. Sideswipe says it's nothing too important, but Sunstreaker says that his former Brother-In-Arms has an inferiority complex.

### Notes

* The Universe 2020.06 version of Sideswipe is a composition of his Live Action and Robots in Disguise 2015 incarnations. Stealth Mode is a reference to Dark of the Moon where Sideswipe and Bumblebee are able to use the Robot Mode weapons in their Vehicle form.