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Shadow Striker

On the surface, **Shadow Striker** (also **Shadowstriker**) seems like another stone-cold Decepticon killer: her face is in a perpetual glare, and she calls any Autobot she sees a fool. But this ruthless façade conceals a much darker origin story than any other Decepticons she fights alongside; blown to bits and left for dead by Bumblebee, Shadow Striker was given a second lease on life by Shockwave—one that she didn't ask for. Reconstructed as a patchwork 'bot from bits and pieces and robbing her of her once-legendary fighting skills in the process, Shadow Striker's *new* goal in life is to hunt down Bumblebee, the one she holds responsible for her gruesome transformation.

## History

As the gladiator Megatron began recruiting followers, Shadow Striker was an early convert to the faction, standing behind Megatron on the podium as he unveiled the Decepticon movement.

During the subsequent war, Shadow Striker became renowned as a skilled and vicious fighter. She and her Seeker underlings were even able to capture Optimus Prime, keeping him imprisoned in an energon warehouse while Shadow Striker arranged for Megatron to take custody of her prisoner. During a brief absence, however, Bumblebee took out her guards and freed Optimus. On discovering the intrusion, Shadow Striker battled Bumblebee as he dragged the disoriented Optimus to safety, but a shot from Bumblebee's blaster wound up igniting a nearby energon tank that consumed the building and seemingly destroyed Shadow Striker with it.

This, however, would not be the end for Shadow Striker. Having somehow survived the explosion, Shockwave would recover her body, piecing her back together using parts from the remains of her Seeker guards. Though online once more, Shadow Striker resented the circumstances behind her unlikely rebirth; her new patchwork body limiting her once-vaunted combat skills, she was unable to fight the way she used to and eventually came to swear vengeance against Bumblebee, whom she held responsible for her fate.

She and Bumblebee next crossed paths sometime later aboard a crashing energon tanker bound to hit Iacon City. Though Bumblebee was able to steer the ship away from the city, Shadow Striker knocked him unconscious before he could pilot the ship to safely land. As Bumblebee came to, Shadow Striker chased him through the ship before shooting a leaking energon pipe, inadvertently pinning them both beneath a fallen bulkhead. Both of them trapped, the Decepticon explained the story behind her unlikely return, but Bumblebee was soon freed after another explosion blew the bulkhead loose from on top of him. Bumblebee was momentarily conflicted as to whether or not he should save Shadow Striker as well, but his conscience won out and he set her free... only for the Decepticon to follow him up the ladder to freedom, where she was blasted by Grimlock. Though Grimlock was prepared to finish her off, Bumblebee convinced his friend to let the troubled Decepticon retreat.
Threat from the Past

the Menonia Saga

A new threat is coming to Menonia, only the strength and courage of a Prime can defeat it, and that can only be Optimus Prime. But can he overcome this threat from the ancient past of Cybertron?

## Synopsis

Above them, a huge vortex forms, and a portal opens within the arch, through which a form begins to emerge. Optimus himself also arrives and manages to destroy the arch. It explodes, sending everyone flying, however, Optimus is too late: the Fallen has made it through the portal.

The Autobots are face-to-face with the Fallen.

The Autobots retreat

## Quotes

"*At long last, the Fallen stands triumphant!*" —*—The Fallen has come to mess scrap up*
Nightbird

**Nightbird** is a sword-wielding Eradicon, known for her haughty demeanor towards less skilled opponents. She also possesses flight capabilities via back-mounted rocket thrusters. the silent but deadly type of Mercenary, a no-nonsense bot that follows her boss's orders.

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Oil Slick

**Oil Slick'**s fighting style is based on vehicular combat—meaning he tries to destroy the Autobots while they're still in vehicle mode, knowing that if they're smashed up on the outside, they're smashed up on the inside. Beyond this, Oil Slick is a talented chemist specializing in weaponized compounds like the Reverse Evolution virus or Cosmic Rust. He is, in his own words, "slagging good", although at times he is too eager to try out new concoctions.

Among his arsenal is a dizzying array of chemical weapons that will weaken his opponents both physically and mentally—magnifying his prey's personal fears to dissolve their will while his acids dissolve their bodies—at which point Oil Slick is ready to trash them.

However, Megatron doesn't quite approve of this.
Nemesis

The flagship of the Decepticon fleet, the **Nemesis** is a legendary Decepticon ship. The *Nemesis* struck fear in those who dared cross her. She despised Autobots and her only goal was to demolish any opposition to a Decepticon victory.

## Crew

* Megatron
* Starscream: Captain of the Nemesis until Megatron took command,
* Soundwave
* Frenzy warrior,
* Buzzsaw spy,
* Laserbeak interrogation,
* Rumble demolitions,
* Ravage saboteur,
* Shockwave:
* Thundercracker

* Skywarp
* Dirge
* Skyquake
* Dreadwing
* Air Hunter
* Acid Storm
* Hotlink
* Ramjet
* Slipstream
* Bitstream
* Thrust
* Generic Seekers

* Barricade
* Kickback
* Viewfinder, Spectro, Spyglass=Reflector
* Knock Out
* Makeshift
* Shrapnel
* Lugnut
* Vehicons
* Brawl
* Airachnid
* Demolisher
* Blackout
* Bonecrusher
* Breakdown
* Bombshell
* Blitzwing
* Shadow Striker,

Built to be the flagship of Megatron's space fleet, the *Nemesis* was one of the largest ships created in its time.

* Estimated length: 2.5 miles
* Wingspan: 1.75 miles
* Height: 1.25 miles
Sideswipe

* Phase 1
* Phase 2

**Sideswipe** is not nearly as much of a sociopath as his brother Sunstreaker, but he is every bit as skillful. He's more into battle for the sport of it. A bit of a jock, Sideswipe most craves a glorious fight to the finish as a test of his mettle.

With a little reckless edge in his tactics, Sideswipe makes rash decisions that may endanger him, all in the name of possible victory. When everything is on the line, nothing is out of the question for Sideswipe, even cheating. Although his reckless attitude has not changed over time, his cause has: once in it solely for the glory, he's now driven by the desire to defend freedom and the innocent.

He is always happy to show off his prowess in the heat of battle and is willing to do whatever it takes to win. He's also a bit of a smart-aleck, and this tends to cheese off his comrades.

Weapons missile launcher,

Lamborghini Countach LP500S
Shockwave

**Shockwave** 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 the former mining caste member turned gladiator Megatron. Serving as Megatron's "pet mad scientist" and one of the Decepticon command system, 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.

Shockwave naturally only serves his one true master: logic. He's willing to ignore petty squabbles and jabs at him, and will only do what he finds logical. Megatron is pleased by his dedication and his competence stemming from it, starkly contrasting with the egotistical and gloating Starscream. His 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 Decepticon warrior and has the strength and durability to withstand everything from explosions to Autobot assault. He does **not** take well to attempts on his life or his experiments failing or being tampered with. Primus help you if you actually do break his seemingly eternal calm.

Transforms into a Cybertronian space jet

He is however not completely devoid of emotion.

One of his favorite things to do is drinking tea.

## Trivia

His arm blaster is a modified Fall of Cybertron sling shock mixed with a War for Cybertron photon burst rifle that is of the cannon design of a Generation One Shockwave.
Monstructor

Beneath the gibbous moons of Cybertron, in the great dark spaces of the sunless void, far beyond the realms of man's childish reachings, does the great dread **Monstructor** have his origin? A being that seems instinctive with some fearful and unnatural malignancy, his forms like a robot and a deep great shadow at once, his very presence is said to drain light and life from the world around him, feeding his ancient hunger. A palpable cloak of dread follows his movements, and the very sight of his summoning and formation has driven sane beings beyond the bounds of madness. All living things, mechanical or organic, decay and die at his merest touch.

Monstructor is the channel for an evil beyond the darkest Decepticon imagination, and far beyond the puerile concerns of the insignificant beings who make up his composite form. He longs for the day, foretold in darkness, when he shall be split asunder no longer, and will rise one final time, free to travel the stars, from world to world, extinguishing all life sparks, ravening for delight.

Monstructor's body is the combined form of six Pretender Monsters:

* Icepick (right leg)
* Birdbrain (lower torso)
* Bristleback (right arm)
* Brimstone (left leg)
* Slog (upper torso)
* Wildfly (left arm)
Mouthplate

Instead of regular human facial features, some Transformers have what looks like a plate affixed to their lower jaw, usually covering up to their nose. While no official name exists for these, they are usually called '**mouth plates** ' or '**faceplates'** (despite a 'regular' face once being described as a faceplate in the TV series). Two of the most famous examples are those of Generation 1's Optimus Prime and Soundwave.

In earlier series, a Transformer's mouth plate moved when they spoke, as if there were a working jaw underneath. In later series such as *Victory*, 2001 *Robots in Disguise,* and the Unicron Trilogy, however, it remains static.

Certain Transformers who sport mouth plates do have regular mouths underneath. Sometimes these mouth plates are even retractable, either in full or partially, to reveal their mouths.
Scanning

**Scanning**, or **trans-scanning** when it's a biological process, is how Transformers change their alternate modes into things native to other planets such as vehicles or animals on Earth.

Although the "original" or "Cybertronian" alt modes of the characters prior to scanning and reformatting are not always shown, they generally tend to be something roughly similar in size, form, and function to their new mode (i.e. flyers tend to become planes, Cybertronian tanks become Earth tanks and small fast-moving land vehicles become sports cars or cheetahs), etc. This suggests that in most continuities the scanning process involves attempting to find the most similar compatible alt-mode available. Whether this makes the following reconstruction process easier or is merely a concession to the individual Cybertronian's personal preference is unknown.

They also have a funny tendency to be the same colors each time.
Reflector

**Reflector** (aka **Refraktor**) likes to watch. He lives (they live?) to observe anything and everything, from scenery to wildlife, to architecture. But above all else, Reflector likes to watch his (their?) comrades, learn their dark secrets, and profit from them. Reflector is also very impressed with his (their) own abilities both in the fields of observation and blackmail.

Reflector is generally composed of three separate robots—Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder—who combine into the one single-lens-reflex camera altmode that is Reflector. He is (they are?) also the leader (leaders?) of the Photons.

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Override

**Override** is the best racer on Velocitron, and as such is the leader of the planet. She seemingly embodies the culture itself; she is quick-witted, decisive, self-sure and always looking for a challenge. This has its upsides and downsides: while she's brave and determined with a never-give-up attitude, she can also be cocky to the point of being arrogant, if not selfish and shortsighted. She entered the great race for leadership by lying about her gender and posing as a male and has been defending her title and proving herself more than a match for anyone since.

After contact with the Autobots from Cybertron, particularly Hot Shot and Optimus Prime, she has matured into a more careful, more compassionate robot, less focused on being the best racer and more focused on being the best *leader* for her people... though she still maintains her never-lose attitude and love of high-speed challenges.

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Scorponok (BW)

**Scorponok**'s personality seems to have two main features: He's often dumb, and he's always loyal to Megatron (surprisingly so, considering Megatron's other crew members), and of those two features, only the loyalty seems to be consistent. He tries to serve Megatron to the best of his abilities, but when Waspinator is able to outwit you, there's only so much you have to offer.

Scorponok serves as Megatron's newly promoted second-in-command on the *Darksyde* after Dinobot's defection to the Maximals, though he is insecure about the title and constantly tries to assert himself among the other Predacons who, aware of his shortcomings, generally dismiss or ignore him.

Scorponok's only other real contribution to Megatron's cause is in developing cyber-viruses that he delivers with his cyberbee drone. (This is impressive, actually, given his otherwise limited mentality.) However, these generally don't work out as he hoped, and so they've done little to increase his standing in the eyes of the other Predacons.

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Seekers

* Logo
* seekers
* generic seekers
* Other Seekers
* Mulberry-colored seeker
* seeker

A term that refers to Decepticon jets troopers who share Starscream's body type but with different colors or minor variations in wing and head shapes. This is most clearly and commonly known from Generation 1, but any franchise with a Starscream is almost inevitably going to feature a similar "family" of redecoed jet-formers.
The word "Seeker" hovered a long time in a strange gray area between official and fan-coined terms. It seems to have originated in extremely obscure official or semi-official writing but somehow became widely used among fans. (See below.) In 2002, the term appeared in dialog from the first issue of The War Within from Dreamwave Productions, making it truly official after years of controversy. It has subsequently appeared in many other places such as on toy packaging, books, and in other stories.
Mirage

**Mirage** likes to think that he's the life of the party, always eager for a chance to show off his unique skills; like his ability to generate lifelike holograms which he can use to disorient and outmaneuver foes, or his impressive shapeshifting ability that allows him to take multiple alternate modes at a time. He *hates* being cooped up and forced to hide out on Earth, because doing so means he has no one to get into trouble with. He's also quite the talker, always ready to rattle off a wisecrack or a reference to some Earth media he's seen since his time on the planet. This unfortunately has led him to become a bit of an outcast among the other Autobots, who see him as reckless and aloof, compounded by his frequent disregard for Optimus Prime's orders.

Beneath all this, though, pulses the spark of a loyal friend and Mirage cares deeply for his friends and would go to great lengths to keep them safe, and he has a fondness for humanity matched only by fellow Autobot Bumblebee.

He is also a consummate field professional... but, most of the time, it's kind of hard to see past his obvious self-involvement. Still, he sided with Optimus Prime for a reason, and he'll be there for the Autobots when they need him.

Mirage has the ability to create illusions which typically either render him invisible or make him appear to be somewhere he isn't.

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Mirage was part of the bridge crew of the Autobots' spaceship the Ark

in 1987 awakened the ship's computer Teletraan I, which reactivated and reformatted the craft's slumbering occupants with terrestrial alternate modes—in Mirage's case, a Formula-1 racer.

Two humans

Unfortunately, that was when the Decepticons Starscream, Soundwave, and Knock Out came knocking.

Mirage was the first to respond to the threat, transforming to robot mode and revealing himself.

firing away at the airborne Seeker

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Onslaught

**Onslaught** (aka **Combatmaster**) is what you'd call the "hands-off" type. He doesn't enjoy getting his mitts dirty, but instead prefers the thrill of designing battle plans, strategies, and tactics, and then watching his Combaticon soldiers carry them out. While he typically crafts his strategies to exclude his direct involvement, Onslaught is no coward. When required, he will engage in battle with strength, cunning and earthquaking fury. This darker, more brutish side of Onslaught might lead some Decepticons into thinking he has a secret blood-lust stashed away in his circuits. But truth be told, he's really just ticked off that his plans didn't work out the way they were supposed to.

Onslaught can combine with his fellow Combaticons to form Bruticus, who is considerably dumber than Onslaught.

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Sandstorm

**Sandstorm** gets bored easily, and has a very hard time concentrating on humdrum tasks. He craves excitement, and since the Transformers apparently don't have the X-Games (though they do have skateboarding apes), he goes in for fighting the Decepticons. The ever-present threat of deactivation or maiming doesn't frighten him, but he does fear that the war might end any chance for him to enjoy life. For Sandstorm, war may not be heaven, but it's a hell of an adventure.

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Oil

**Oil** is a generic term for a slippery liquid that won't mix readily with water. Oils vary widely in composition but generally consist of mixed organic compounds.

Oils find frequent use as lubricants, fuels, and solvents. Transformers are among the users of oils in these capacities; however, they sometimes consume certain oily substances in larger quantities than strictly required, resulting in impairment of certain functions, disorientation, and temporary mental dysfunction. Though at first it may seem odd, some actively seek these seemingly deleterious effects. What is odder yet is that humans seek out and consume varying solutions of a certain hydrocarbon with a single hydroxyl group and experience effects quite similar to those mentioned above. Further study is needed to explain this strange coincidence.

Oil is often extracted by oil rigs, and transported in oil tankers and pipelines. All of these are popular targets for Decepticon attacks.
Bump in the Night

Autobot scouts are having strange encounters with Earth's most mysterious legends at night.

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Hot Shot is out on guard duty near the base in Washington.

Suddenly everything went quiet, from the birds, and the insects, to the wind.

Bumblebee is in West Virginia

Jolt is in Alaska

## Cast

* Hot Shot
* Bumblebee
* Cliffjumper
* Jolt
Terradive

**Terradive** delights in using every dirty trick to claim victory against the Autobots, even destroying human landmarks to distract them. The only thing he likes more is claiming all the glory for said victory. He's quite skilled in personal combat, as well; he is highly adept in the use of his trident, although he'll lose his nerve if he's disarmed. His fellow Decepticons secretly loathe him, except for his only friend Jetblade. Terradive won't hesitate to use his naive admirer as cannon fodder if the situation warrants it, but he truly does appreciate Jetblade's friendship.

## Personality

Ruthless, sadistic,

Extreme hatred towards Predaking and Bumblebee

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Roller

In robot mode, Optimus Prime splits into three components:

* A sentient robot module, the Brain Center
* A wheeled drone module known as **Roller**.
* A Combat Deck.

Although Optimus Prime can function as three independent modules, injury to any one module is felt by the other two.

Roller is a small, cart-shaped device that Optimus Prime uses to slip unobtrusively behind enemy lines. He can maintain radio control over Roller at distances up to 1200 miles. Having Roller present somewhere is like being there himself.

Roller is a droid, functioning autonomously without Optimus's active oversight. But without Optimus, by far the most important of the three modules, Roller would not survive. Optimus shows great attachment and concern for Roller, who is left particularly vulnerable by the behind-the-scenes situations in which it specializes.

Roller's nature varies: in some realities, he is a drone component of Optimus Prime, while in others he is a sentient individual. Sometimes he is previously known as **Barrelroller** (バレルローラー *Barerurōrā*) and later becomes known as the **Micro Carrier** (マイクロキャリア *Maikuro Kyaria*) or **Apex Bomber**.
Macerator

New to Earth, the practical and gruff **Macerator** is squat and powerful, with one arm ending in circular blades instead of fingers. He finds it rather hard to credit Starscream's assertion that humans are an intelligent species, let alone that they could manage to create weapons that pose a threat to a Decepticon. He berates Dropkick for being an aesthete, praising his own choice of car & helicopter alternate modes as being more functional and useful. Dropkick, in return, dismisses Macerator as "primitive". Starscream considers them both hotheads.
Red Wing

**Red Wing** has a "devil may care" attitude and some powerful guns, so what more do you need? This bravado of his hides a more cautious side; Red Wing knows when to pick his fights...and when to make a tactical advance to the rear.

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Roulette

Anyone who makes the mistake of gambling on **Roulette** will quickly learn that there's very little she leaves to chance. As one of Cybertron's top sharpshooters, Roulette's high-powered sonic blaster lets her pop Decepticon heads with the best of them. Her speedy alternate mode allows her to keep her foes at arm's length or close the distance to finish off a weakened foe, and her shoulder-mounted deflector-shield absorbs and redirects any incoming attacks.

Some of her fellow Autobots dismiss her incredible marksmanship, but Roulette doesn't mind; she's climbed the ranks faster than many of her comrades and knows that they're jealous.

At an early age, Roulette and her sister Shadow Striker watched as their sister was destroyed at the hands of nomadic invaders.
Spark

The **spark** is the core of Transformer life, an electrically charged mass of positrons formed from the supernatural substance known as Rarified Energon. Sparks come in a wide range of colors — the most common being blue, with green, yellow, orange, white, and red also appearing. While their appearances may vary, every spark functions as a combined heart and soul for an individual Cybertronian. Like a heart, a Spark "pulses" at a certain frequency to animate a mechanical body frame; like a soul, a spark is generally accepted to contain some part of a Transformer's immaterial being, which persists after death by transcending into the afterlife. Indeed, most Cybertronian religions hold that each spark contains an infinitesimally small portion of Primus's divine essence. To protect their sparks, which usually can't survive outside of a compatible body for very long, most Cybertronians possess a specialized "spark chamber" somewhere in their body.

A spark contains the hard-coded design schematics that act as a Transformer's "genetic code", which dictates a Transformer's appearance and sometimes even its alternate modes. In most realities, Cybertronian reproduction involves the creation of a new spark, whether through sacred implements or more conventional means, which can be implanted into a suitable body to become a new Transformer. Sparks can be safely stored in stasis pods, "frozen" within photonic crystals, or even transplanted from one body to another with no ill effects, but they are susceptible to weapons fire and exotic forms of radiation. When a Transformer's body can no longer support its spark, it is "extinguished" and the Transformer is considered dead. As long as the spark is intact, however, it is possible to repair a Transformer, re-implant its spark, and effectively bring them "back from the dead".

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Marissa Faireborn

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**Marissa Faireborn** (sometimes **Marissa Bishop**) is an officer in the Earth Defense Command. Hailing from a family with a history in the military, Marissa is tough, headstrong, and independent. She's a take-charge woman who's always calm in a crisis and performs her duties with strict professionalism. She may be small and squishy, but her boldness, strength of heart, and skill with many weapons from blaster to knife mean she is respected by both Autobots and Decepticons alike. When a Decepticon looks upon Marissa Faireborn, they see a genuine adversary, while the Autobots know her as a trusted ally and friend... and in some cases, even an unlikely romantic partner!

Being a soldier doesn't take away her feminine qualities.

As a child, Marissa lived in New York,

She was assigned liaison between them and the United States Army by General Morse.

Bulkhead angrily told Faireborn that the Autobots knew how to use appropriate force,

was on the verge of breaking and telling Starscream where the Autobot base was when weapons fire became audible outside the brig. Sensing rescue was near, he became awkward again, provoking Starscream into shocking him into unconsciousness
Nominus Prime

Not all Primes live up to the high expectations placed upon them, and **Nominus Prime** is one 'bot who failed to do so. More interested in social niceties and stoking irrational fears than enacting any positive change, his tenure as Autobot leader is marked by dissatisfaction and unrest, turning Cybertron into a powder keg of pent-up unease and anger—and a volatile explosive just needs someone to light the fuse.

Nominus Prime assumed office sometime after the disappearance of Nova Prime in the Benzuli Expanse. Under his rule, Cybertron was a planet full of corruption, social apartheid, and general oppression: a Cybertronian citizen's role in life was determined by the body he was built in, and the handful of elites (particularly the military) would step down on that citizen's face... *forever*.
Motormaster

When **Motormaster** (aka **Motorbreath**) booms out orders in his hollow, bottomless-deep voice of doom, his Stunticon soldiers listen in very real fear. (Hey, if your boss could barrel at top speed through a concrete block 20 feet thick and turn it to rubble like it was no big deal, you'd be terrified of disobeying too.) A cold and brutal tyrant, without an ounce of mercy or care for any lesser being, he considers himself the true "King of the Road." He longs to one day prove his claim by destroying Optimus Prime, though he knows that Megatron might kill Prime first.

In the meantime, Motormaster settles for picking on his fellow Stunticons. He knows the mental disorders and insecurities of his team well, and he'll prey on these weaknesses often. He ostensibly does this in order to make them more effective warriors. The truth is that he just thinks it's funny to provoke them. This abuse makes the other four hate Motormaster as much as they fear him, and is one of the root causes of the psychological instabilities Menasor suffers from when all five combine.

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Payload

Transforming into an exceptionally fast and powerful armored truck, **Payload** is the one the Decepticons rely on to procure the money and energy they need to function on Earth. Whatever they need, wherever they need it, in their quest for the AllSpark it's Payload's job to get it to them, even if he has to smash right through Autobot lines to do it. What can he say? It's the *one job he has*.

Though his allies would want him to choose between smashing through Autobot warriors or impressing his superiors delivering a heavy load of supplies in record-timing, Payload would prefer to do both because that option makes him the happiest. Other Decepticons would find his job boring and tedious compared to open fighting. Luckily, Payload not only understands how crucial his role is, he thoroughly enjoys it since it earns him praise for being a reliable soldier.

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Mini-Cons

**Mini-Cons** (aka **Minicons**) are a race of small Transformers. Like the Micromasters they resemble, Mini-Cons are roughly human-sized—quite small compared to most Autobots and Decepticons—but while the Micromasters deliberately downsized into smaller bodies to conserve fuel, the naturally diminutive Mini-Cons overflow with energy. Most Mini-Cons possess the ability to impart a portion of this power on larger Cybertronians, granting them extra abilities or greatly increasing their strength through a process known as Powerlinxing.

Various stories have connected these mystical abilities to the influence of various godly beings: across the *Transformers* multiverse, different continuities have depicted them as the children of Unicron, the Last Autobot, or Micronus Prime. Regardless of their origins, however, their abilities make them useful allies and valuable partners—valuable to the point where different factions have come into conflict over these deceptively powerful beings.

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Stasis lock

**Stasis lock** is a critical state of being for Transformers. Stasis lock is a sort of coma that allows a Transformer to stay alive, running at the lowest level of power despite massive energy loss or traumatic damage. It is comparable to the sleep mode of a computer. Stasis lock can come about in a few different ways.

The first way is implemented by a Transformer's locking chip after a shock from massive damage. When the *Ark* crashed on Earth all of the occupants on board were retconned into ***emergency* stasis lock**. At various times during the Beast Wars combatants had to be returned to their respective bases due to going into stasis lock after being badly damaged.

The second way seems to be a more gradual process and can come about from damage and energy depletion over a longer period of time. Dinobot was told by his internal computer to go into stasis lock or risk losing his spark. This method is either an unconscious or conscious decision and the Transformer (in most of the Transformers' universe sub-universes) is not able to override the stasis lock on purpose (which is proven to be an unconscious action by the Transformer's on-board computer though it may be dangerous to do so).
Metroplex

**Metroplex** is a gigantic Autobot whose alternate mode is a city. A more than capable arsenal in the Autobot ranks, Metroplex doesn't care for his own safety and is more than willing to sacrifice anything if it means securing the victory for his fellow comrades in the war. He has tremendous power, is loaded with rockets and isn't afraid to crush Decepticon leaders with his fist. In other words, don't piss him off.

His long-standing nemesis is the equally gargantuan Decepticon, Trypticon. He has three "normal"-sized components: Six-Gun, Slammer, and Scamper, to help patrol and defend his territory. The extent of that territory varies; sometimes Metroplex is an independent base, and other times he's part of (or all of) Autobot City, aka **Scramble City**.

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Tantrum

**Tantrum** (aka **Torox**) is loads of fun. He's all violent and has no patience. Give him a can of Kremzeek energy drink with the tab pulled off, and he'll quickly devolve from frustration to crazed screaming to smashing the recalcitrant can to a splattered soup of oily drink and metal shavings. Such outbursts are common, and they usually end with a pile of smoking rubble, and Tantrum in the middle, with a happy, smiling face, the calmest and coolest of Decepticons, for a very short while, until next time the fit takes him.

The Decepticon command, in their infinite wisdom, has augmented the sword-fighting, electrostatic-discharging, and fuel-carrying abilities of this walking Internet with a catalytic carbine rifle. This can be good for a lot of laughs when it converts the metal in a target to enjoyably dangerous isotopes for Blot to snack on and Mixmaster to play with.

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Star Blade

Wielded by Prima, one of the original thirteen Transformers at the dawn of time, the **Star Sword** (sometimes spelled **Star Sabre**) sword was a weapon unlike any other. Though several other swords throughout the multiverse share its name, only one could snuff out stars and crumble the stuff of planets into dust. Many legends swirl around this blade of blades, from its origin to its precise nature to the circumstances surrounding its disappearance into the annals of history, but somewhere between fiction and fact, the Star Saber waits to be discovered again by one worthy enough to wield its power...

Long before recorded time began, Gigatronus turned towards evil and began acting against his fellow siblings.

The Star Saber was held in the Iacon vaults near the end of the war and ejected into space with the rest of the items stored there. It found its way to Earth where it became entombed in rock.

Desperate to match Optimus' newfound power, Megatron transplanted the arm of a dead Prime onto himself, which allowed him to use the Forge of Solus Prime to forge the Dark Star Sword.

## Powers

The Star Blade has

When with the power of a Prime

edges of the blade light
Pyra Magna

A tough, serious, thoughtful commander, **Pyra Magna** excels at making the hard choices and transforming challenges that would break others into advantages. Though she has been shaped by the hardships of the Rust Sea, her true strength comes from deep within her Spark. Pyra Magna's soul burns with a powerful flame that fuels her absolute, relentless will to survive. Devout to the point of fanaticism and driven by her personal convictions, Pyra Magna places great faith in the Thirteen and their legacy—including the divine Matrix of Leadership. Pyra's piety, combined with her boundless ambition, have led her to wonder if, perhaps, *she* might be better off becoming the next bearer of that most sacred Autobot artifact.

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Optimus Primal

"*That's just prime.*" —*catchphrase*

* Universal
* B&M

Optimus Primal is the leader of the Maximals named in honor of Optimus Prime.

Young and untested, **Optimus Primal** was a mere captain of an exploration ship when he and his crew were diverted off-course to pursue a stolen Predacon ship under the leadership of some crook named Megatron. The rest, they say, is (literally) history.

Though he does have a penchant for stuffy speeches, Optimus Primal is much more down-to-Cybertron than his legendary namesake. He is committed to the Maximal codes of honor and moral judgment, but he does view them with some irreverence and is not above finding loopholes or administering unorthodox solutions if necessary. ("Sometimes, crazy works", he says.) He is eternally loyal to his friends and respectful to his enemies. He is brave and selfless in battle.

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He is fierce combatant but he has seen enough tragedy to compel a gentle, resolute wisdom—sometimes, the better part of wisdom is knowing when to make heroic speeches, and when to use your twin swords and powerful beast mode to protect the innocent.

He's like a gentle soul at heart despite his shows of strength and displays towards adversaries, like how gorillas behave, and you see that every time he's faced with the possibility losing someone, he's desperate and pained.

Humans have

transforms into a 13-foot-tall mechanical gorilla.

## Trivia

Shown their work: Male gorillas will roar, scream, or hoot when threatened and do their famous chest-thumping, they have their hands open, and a "popping" sound is produced instead of thumping.

Primal's gorilla mode, paired against Megatron's *T. rex* mode, was inspired by the showdown in *King Kong*.
Slamdance

**Slamdance** is not a great warrior, but he is a brilliant journalist. The combined form of Grand Slam and Raindance, he combines the former's gravitas and vanity with the latter's mastery in data gathering. He can be a bit stuffy, but his dedication to presenting an accurate and unbiased account of current events is welcomed in his war-tossed times. He keeps the Autobots honest.
Primus

"*TBA*" —*TBA*

**Primus** is the creator-god of the Transformers. An ancient and ethereal being whose origins date back to the beginnings of the universe itself, Primus is a multiversal force for good, his life force existing across multiple realities and infinite alternate universes. In each one, he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, Unicron the Chaos-Bringer.

Primus eventually transformed himself into the planet Cybertron; from its surface, his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Within the depths of Cybertron, the mega-computer Vector Sigma serves as his internal mainframe, and a gateway for select Transformers to access his power. A portion of his life force resides within the Matrix, which often determines the leader of the Autobots. Prophecies of a war to come were written down in his holy covenant as well. The spark of each Transformer is a small piece of Primus's essence, and together they form his lifeforce, the Allspark.

Though wise and powerful beyond measure, Primus is neither infallible nor without weakness. At times he has been deceived by mere mortals, has made miscalculations that jeopardized all of existence, and has been betrayed by one of his earliest creations. Indeed, even the intended agents of his grand plan, the Transformers, have all too frequently become mired in endless civil war. Still, in most realities, he has managed to hold the line against Unicron and other threats, either directly or through his innumerable children.
Nightbeat

**Nightbeat**, a self-declared detective, loves mystery, suspense, and conspiracy. When Nightbeat is on the trail for clues, nothing else matters. Deny him information, and he'll doggedly pursue every possible lead until he's obtained it. This monomania has famously gotten him into trouble over his head more times than he can count, yet in the face of adversity, he remains cool, confident, and even irreverent. Over the course of his investigations, Nightbeat's won't ignore rules, regulations, and any sort of social niceties. He has insulted creatures many times his size and committed huge faux pas to uncover the truth. It is not so much that Nightbeat is brave, but more that, when the thrill of the hunt has him, he will not be denied.

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Rapid Run

**Rapid Run** is a member of Team Bullet Train, a trio of Autobots who patrol the railways. The physically strongest member of the team, Rapid Run is always eager for action, cool-headed, and sarcastic. You don't have to ask him twice to tackle the Decepticons... in fact, more often than not he's already firing away before you could ask once. And, with the ability to generate an almost impenetrable force field, he can take just about any punishment they throw back at him.
Scrapper

**Scrapper** is the engineer of the Constructicons. While the other Constructicons put their masterpieces together, Scrapper is the one who designs everything for them. Though his designs are among the best in Transformer history, Scrapper is a modest Decepticon who quickly shrugs off the praise he receives. In that respect he is the polar-opposite of his frequent second in command, Hook, who is an egomaniacal glory-hound.

Though modest, Scrapper is still a total nutcase. One of his favorite artistic liberties with his designs involves taking living Autobots and using them as raw materials. This vicious act is something Megatron finds admirable, as he considers Scrapper the most valuable of the Constructicons.

Scrapper combines with his fellow Constructicons to form Devastator.

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Rack'n'Ruin

Loud, enthusiastic, self-congratulatory, and more than a bit dim, it's a good thing that the two Cybertronians known as **Rack** and **Ruin** are pretty much the same in both personality and temperament, because these two conjoined Autobots make up the composite warrior known as **Rack'n'Ruin**. Together, these two 'bots make up the muscle of the Autobot force, eager warriors always ready to flatten Decepticons with their hammers and save the day—and although teamwork *is* their strong suit, it's probably a better idea to leave the actual battle plan to someone else, because concepts like "subtlety" or "tactical thinking" are skills that are definitely not in their wheelhouse.
Hammerhead

## About

**Hammerhead** was once *King Hydra*'s most trusted goo-tenant, but he revealed himself to be the secret Wilder leader that attempted to dethrone the king so he can be the tyrannical ruler of *Goolantis* and destroy the surface world.

## Appearance

Hammerhead has a red loincloth with the Wilders emblem, which he wears around his waist. He also has a red hook that he wears on his right hand. He accessorizes with a necklace that has shark teeth on it.

## Trivia

* If he defeated King Hydra, he would've decapitated him and put all three of his heads on his bathroom wall, as he stated in his surprise speech about taking over Goolantis.
Megatron SG

Borne from humble beginnings, the young idealist known as **Megatron** quickly found greatness thrust upon him, as the suffering of his beloved Cybertron under the maniacal Optimus Prime and his evil army of Autobots forced him to take up arms and lead his heroic Decepticon forces against them. Though the burden of leadership hangs heavy upon his shoulders, he continues to fight in the hopes of achieving peace and freedom for all beings, both on Cybertron and across the universe. Megatron is a deeply compassionate leader and unafraid to lay down his own life for the Decepticon cause, but this well-meaning tendency towards self-sacrifice often forces his faithful second-in-command Starscream to carry on leading the Decepticons without him.

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Scorn

**Scorn** (aka **Spike**) is what happens when you combine a destructive war machine with a predator. Nothing else so much as a destroyer on two legs, he's strong and massive. Not only capable of using his *Spinosaurus* alternate mode in combat, Scorn is also a demolitions specialist and wields the Scrapmaker Sword in 'bot mode. His massive size makes him almost impossible to bring down

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## Trivia

* Scorn is by far the largest Dinobot appearing in the film, given his status as a *Spinosaurus*, which is infamous (thanks to *Jurassic Park III*) for being a much larger predator than *Tyrannosaurus rex*. Scorn seems to take the role of being the largest Dinobot from Sludge, who traditionally fills the bill in most incarnations of the Dinobots.
* Incidentally, a little more than two months after *Age of Extinction* hit the theater, additional fossils of *Spinosaurus* were unveiled to the public. The new reconstruction depicts an animal with an even larger dorsal sail and incredibly short hind legs. This makes Scorn's alternate mode an outdated depiction of *Spinosaurus*, which is a pity, considering that he was the most scientifically accurate Dinobot to appear in the movie before this revelation.
	+ Interestingly, this is *also* a trait that Scorn shares with G1 Sludge. It's a conspiracy, I tell you!
	+ And 2020 would provide another blow to the scientific accuracy of Scorn's alternate mode, with another new *Spinosaurus* fossil showing that it had a newt-like paddle tail, rather than the traditional theropod tail seen on Scorn.
Team Prime

**Team Prime**, later the **Beast Hunters**, is the Autobot team stationed in Outpost Omega One and the Ark, led by none other than Optimus Prime himself. Allied with the United States government, the group consists of a wide variety of members, from Primes to Wreckers to agents of Unit: E. Though they bicker from time to time and have their differences, the team always sticks together, even in the face of termination itself. When pushed, this group is so strong, that even Megatron has learned not to underestimate them. Sure, they may be at a disadvantage in the war, but as Optimus Prime has observed, this has made them grow closer than ever, not just as a team, but as a family.

**Autobots**

* Optimus Prime (founder and first leader)
* Bumblebee
* Ratchet
* Ironhide
* Bulkhead
* Arcee
* Fixit
* Cliffjumper
* Wheeljack
* Hound
* Jetfire
* Prowl
* Sideswipe
* Sunstreaker
* Blaster
* Jolt
* Mirage
* Jazz
* Bluestreak
* Brawn
* Huffer
* Windcharger
* Grimlock
* Slug
* Sludge
* Snarl
* Swoop
Maximals

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When Maximals take on beast modes, they tend to select mammals, birds, or fish, although this is not a hard-and-fast rule. Occasionally, Maximals might choose to become insects, reptiles, or dinosaurs.

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## Trivia

The Maximals are a kind of medium between the Autobot descendant original version and the Cybertronian colonist versions from IDW.
Megazarak

Completely without mercy or fear, having an unrivaled thirst for destruction and chaos, and intolerant of weakness, **Megazarak** is responsible for the near annihilation of the Autobots in many timestreams, often including Optimus Prime. He amassed a small army of loyal followers and tore through Cybertron in a genocidal war unprecedented in this Cybertron's history... and most other Cybertrons, in fact. The surface of the planet is littered with the remains of Autobots and Decepticons alike, but mostly Autobots. He has nearly obliterated the planet, leaving only his followers and a tiny handful of straggling Autobot resistance fighters lurking deep within the planet.