Thundercracker

**Thundercracker** claims the skies as his arena. He looks down in contempt on those who cannot leave the ground — he considers them pathetically lesser beings. He will often attack the flightless enemy beings below him for no other reason than to serve him right or for the better cause. However, he does not mock the Combatisels for it as he knew his teasing may cause some of them to fire up their rage and proceed to assault him due to his taunts of their some members being incapable of flight.

His dominance in this realm is the one thing he flaunts. Thundercracker isn't completely dedicated to the Sentinel cause, and he has some seemingly contradictory affection for the nevians they befriended. Fear of retaliation from Radriar Prime, as well as the influence of his peers, is generally enough to drive these misgivings away and allow him to serve as a soldier.

Dislikes the Rollover's lack of military training compared to them and their utility in battle.

## Biography

### Emergence

Thundercracker was lying in wait at a Panamoan air base when covert agent Frenzy reported that the Sigma Spark had been located, along with Radriar, awaiting them in a lone football field. Though he had long feared this day would come, Thundercracker ordered the rest of the Sentinels to mobilize. The others responded, with Orbiter rallying in the name of Radriar.

## Personality

Thundercracker is an enigmatic individual, even those who has fought alongside him in the *Civil War*; They barely know his true motivations and intentions. Combined with a stern facial expression, it is much harder to determine his actual motives, if it was to help the Sentinels, or participate in the genocidal military known as the Drxymars. However one thing is clear: He is willing to do what is right, and he can be relied on many things, particularly when combat requires the use of Seekers such as him whom utilise their jet forms to perform gunning runs, bombings and hit-and-run operations.

Thundercracker despises nevians, especially civilians, and often taunts or scares them to keep them from getting caught in the crossfire. He resists the impulse to kill them since they are "too mushy" to be killed. The only nevians he appears to esteem highly are soldiers. This demonstrates that, despite his contempt for normal nevians, he honours those who demonstrate themselves to be capable warriors on the battlefield.

## Abilities

### Skills

* **Expert Tactician**: As the infiltrator and scout of the Sentinels, it is certain that he is a skilled tactician; He is perfectly capable of replicating Aerospace Panamoan Air Force fighter jet tactics that further improve his deception and loosen the suspicion.

* **Expert Swordsman**: Thundercracker is an expert of swords and other bladed weaponry. Despite his lack of formal training, he clearly demonstrated his own technique in the use of swords and buzzsaws comparable to registered or actual techniques regarding bladed weapons.

* **Expert Marksman**: Thundercracker is an exceptionally lethal marksman; He can shoot his targets from insane distances even if he is flying at high speeds by using his alternate FM28 Skywarp/FM49 Sabre jet mode. Though not on par with Bulk.

## Trivia

### General

* The Commander of the Seeker squadron, a band of soldiers that are capable of flight through their jet alternate modes and their use of precision weaponry.
* Thundercracker's limbs allows him greater dexterity and the ability to perch like a bird.
* His vehicle form is an FM28 Skywarp fighter jet, one of the best jets available in the planet during the 21st century. During *Progenitor* however, his aircraft is an FM49 Sabre as he found it "sexy".
* Formerly a follower of Dryxan Prime as he was responsible for trapping Emerald Equinox under rubble, he was only introduced into the Sentinels owing to Sidewinder's efforts on persuading him to do what is right.
* Thundercracker clearly favours dogfights over direct combat as he loves the thrill, flight and tactical nature.

### Developmental Notes

* Known for his sadistic nature on his opponents, especially on melee combat through his Verynium buzzsaw.
* Thundercracker is capable of mimicking bird movements.
* His head shape remained pretty similar even if he changed his vehicular forms.
* Thundercracker's taunts are through sheer confidence, minimal arrogance.