Drift

**Drift** (ドリフト, *Dorifuto*) is an Autobot Samurai with a rarity: he became a bounty hunter with a conscience, while some bounty hunters may be unscrupulous thugs for hire. Dedicated to hunting down wrongdoers and crooks across the galaxy, Drift aims to bring his targets in fairly and honorably, with the goal of rehabilitating them into contributing members of Cybertronian society.

Not that he's all sunshine and roses, however. Drift is an exacting perfectionist in everything he does, with an unbendingly rigid honor code he follows *to the letter*, a level of strictness even Strongarm finds excessive. He is blunt and dismissive, rarely giving even slight praise and doesn't think much of it though, due to youth and lack of warrior discipline from young bots (like Bumblebee and Sideswipe), which often leaves even them, feeling unappreciated, but.... there are certain reasons for it, especially after facing a tragic truma, back when he was a member of the Cyber-Ninja Corps.

Before the Great Wars, he was a young orphan bot who joined the Cyber-Ninja Corps, with stern need of discipline, someone to help him, and can call as friends. Thankfully, Dai Atlas and Master Yoketron are just the mentor to help him with these things. If not after the raid of the dojo, the death of Yoketron and the betrayal of one of the corps' students, who joined the Decepticons.

When Drift returned to the Transformer war to make right with a dedication for redemption and protect others, he was a bot of few words and disciplined action. He since went on to be an enthusiastic spiritualist and a self-punishing crusader, He discarded and abandoned his life as a bounty hunter, and became an Autobot warrior, with a dedication for redemption and protect others.

Trained with sacred combat skills by his masters, Drift's strength lies not only in his mastery of ancient swords, but in his composure in battle. Despite his loner attitude, Drift remains calm, dignified, and thoughtful, often taking time to practice his swordsmanship and spout haikus about whatever's going on. Drift highly respects Optimus Prime, referng to him as his sensei. Knowing hope will still survive, whenever the Autobot leader is around, this extremely polite and loyal Autobot will follow Optimus to the bitter end.

He is equipped with two gauntlets that turn into his Mini-Con students, Ranzer and Panzer, and leaves the outside distractions to them, while he focuses on his target. Turns out he is quite unpopular with other bounty hunters back in his old bounty hunting days,... particularly when one of them is out itching to turn Drift into so many metal shavings.

Drift is an expert in blade combat, eschewing blasters for the range or up-close approach. In addition to the two swords kept in his hip scabbards, Drift carries a legendary Great Sword. An ancient weapon that predates modern civilization, the Great Sword draws upon the spark energy of its bearer, and as such must only be used in the most dire of circumstances.

"*Ratchet-san, though the bamboo forest is dense, water flows through it without effort.*"

—Drift.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor:* Steven Blum (English), Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese), Raffaele Farina (Italian), Jorge Badillo (Latin American Spanish)

### Robot Mode

In robot mode, he is a samurai robot, with his two swords can be stored on his left hip.

### Vehicle Mode

He transforms into a Cybertronian Sports Car, when arriving to Earth, he adapts the vehicle mode of an orange, Japanese car that appears to be a cross between a Bugatti Veyron and a Gumpert Apollo.

### Attributes:

* Master of all Arts of the Cyber-Ninja Corps, even more powerful than the other corps students
* Prefers hand-to-hand combat to fighting at a distance

### Gallery

Drift's Earth vehicle mode.Close-up of Drift's face.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Autobots
	+ Optimus Prime
	+ Sideswipe
	+ Ratchet
	+ Arcee
	+ Windblade
	+ Wreck-Gar
* Omega Sentinels
	+ Omega Supreme
* Autobot Mini-Cons
	+ Fixit
	+ Ranzer
	+ Panzer
* Dinobots
	+ Grimlock
	+ Swoop
	+ Snarl
* Wreckers
	+ Ultra Magnus
	+ Bulkhead
* Cyber-Ninja Corps
	+ Yoketron
	+ Prowl
	+ Jazz
* Cybertron Elite Guard
	+ Strongarm
	+ Blurr
	+ Safeguard
		- Jetfire
		- Jetstorm
* Teen Titans
	+ Robin
	+ Starfire
	+ Raven
	+ Cyborg
	+ Beast Boy
* Titans East
	+ Bumble Bee
	+ Speedy
	+ Aqualad
	+ Más y Menos
* Titans North
	+ Red Star
	+ Argent
	+ Kole
	+ Gnarrk
	+ Wonder Girl
* Titans North
	+ Bushido
	+ Bobby
	+ Melvin
	+ Timmy Tantrum
	+ Teether
* Titans South
	+ Pantha
	+ Wildebeest
	+ Hot Spot
	+ Herald
	+ Jericho
* Honorary Titans
	+ Kid Flash
	+ Killowat
	+ Lightning
	+ Ravager
	+ Thunder
	+ Tramm

### Neutral

* Red X
* Terra
* Jinx

### Rivals

* Wasp
* Knock Out

### Enemies

* Decepticons
	+ Megatron
	+ Shockwave
	+ Blitzwing
	+ Lugnut
	+ Soundwave
	+ Swindle
	+ Airachnid
* Insecticons
* Seekers
	+ Starscream
	+ Thundercracker
	+ Dirge
	+ Thrust
	+ Sunstorm
	+ Ramjet
	+ Skywarp
	+ Slipstream
* Nightjaw's gang
	+ Nightjaw
* Decepticon Bounty Hunters
	+ Lockdown
	+ Fracture
* Unicron
* MECH
	+ Deathstroke
	+ Silas
* Blackfire
* Ternion
	+ Plasmus
	+ Overload
	+ Cinderblock
* Mumbo Jumbo
* Dr. Light
* Trigon
* Puppet King
* Trident
* Mad Mod
* Warp
* Atlas
* Control Freak
* Killer Moth
* Kitten
* Fang
* Master of Games
* Punk Rocket
* Johnny Rancid
* H.I.V.E.
	+ Brother Blood
	+ H.I.V.E Headmistress
	+ Gizmo
	+ Mammoth
	+ Billy Numerous
	+ Kyd Wykkyd
	+ Angel
	+ Steamroller
	+ See-More
	+ Private H.I.V.E.
	+ XL Terrestrial
* Professor Chang
* Malchior
* Katarou
* The Locrix
* Shrieker
* Mother Mae-Eye
* Brotherhood of Evil
	+ Brain
	+ Monsieur Mallah
	+ Madame Rouge
	+ General Immortus
* Psimon
* Kardiak
* Andre LeBlanc
* Ding Dong Daddy
* Chesire

## Weapons and Abilities

Drift is a master in blade combat, and has the longest training in a wide variety of techniques of the Cyber-Ninja Corps, including a knowledge of Circuit-Su, Metallikato, Processor-Over-Matter and all Seven Steps of the Thundering Dragon.

In battle, he wields swords kept on his left hip with extreme skill, eschewing blasters for the range or up-close approach, and he is able to use them to deflect oncoming laser shots, as well as to slice up opponents.

He is equipped with two gauntlets that turn into Minicons Ranzer and Panzer, and leaves the outside distractions to them, while he focuses on his target.