Anode (Dark Future)

Khoros Bounty Hunter Guild *(Formerly)*

Anode is a Neo-Maximal factory worker with the talent Alchemical Blacksmithing.

## History

Anode used to act as a mercenary and adventurer, but with access to other worlds limited, she and her wife Lug decided to find another job. Seeing Great Convoy as a hero, Anode got a job as an administrator at the Prototype Weapons Factory, but soon came to realize the truth about the Neo-Maximals when she was forced to take in shipments of body parts to be melted down. Unfortunately, she was unable to leave the job due to the ruthlessness of her new boss, Noumander, and her work began to wear her down.

In Burning Noumander Anode came down from her office to let Lug go through with her shipment of materials. Giving Lug the hourly clearance code, Anode told her Conjunx to be careful, and the two held hands and looked at each other before getting back to work, unaware that "Jetman" was listening in. Log told Blowhole that Anode's situation was even worse than theirs, and the senior noted she was handling it better than he ever could. "Jetman" gained Lug's trust by telling her he knew how important Anode was to her, and he and Devcon promised that they'd get her away from Noumander. However, Noumander ordered his drones to kill Anode if the workers tried to resist him. Anode, meanwhile, saw that the next shipment getting sent in were parts from dead mechs, and hesitated in her work to cry, admitting to the Mining-Bot that came in that she wouldn't send the shipment to the furnace. Trying to escape the drone when it leapt over to her, Anode yelled that she couldn't melt down the bodies of her friends, only to become fearful when Noumnader came in to convince her to go through with the shipment. Telling her boss that he was a monster and that the Neo-Maximals were worse than anything they destroyed, Anode braced for the end, only for "Jetman" to arrive and destroy the entire office, and she watched as he buried Noumander in rubble. Unsure of where 'Jetman" wanted her to go, Anode relaxed when the vigilante told her that she'd be brought to her friends, and while running after him she was shocked to see he knew the trolleys were connected to the mainframe. Ducking so "Jetman" could shoot a Gripper, Anode informed her rescuer that Noumander had taken direct control of the factory systems, and after leaving the catwalk to go across the floor she nearly had a pickaxe thrown at her head by a Mining-Bot, only to be so shocked that "Jetman" caught it that she asked where he'd learned his skills. Pointing out the path to the exit, Anode told "Jetman" there wasn't another door without compactors, but as they ran Anode was frightened to hear Noumander's voice and surprised to hear that he knew who her rescuer was. Both relieved and scared when Lug, who'd come alone to rescue Anode, arrived, Anode was terrified when Noumander leapt towards her Conjunx and sent her flying, only to be completely shocked when "Jetman" held back the compactor that was about to crush Lug. Grabbing her Conjunx, Anode told her that they just needed to get out of the way, only to find their path blocked by Mace-Bots, but managed to hide once Devcon blasted them. Rushing over to the hunters once they killed Noumander, Anode watched as the drones all stopped attacking when "Jetman" got the command codes, but when he apologized for not getting there sooner, Anode told him that the deaths of her friends wasn't his fault, but was unsure that he had enough precision with Noumnader's weapon to be able to cut through the door of the vat the other workers were hiding in. After explaining why the workers were so frightened that the weapon was able to get through the door, Anode promised "Jetman" that she would live freely like he asked, before leaving the factory once and for all with Lug.

Anode would ultimately be erased from the timeline thanks to the Resistance altering the past.

## Powers and Abilities

Anode has the talent Alchemical Blacksmithing, allowing her to take any material she touches and reshape it.

In addition, Anode has the ability to transform, taking on the form of a Cybertronian Plane.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Neo-Maximals
	+ Lug - Wife
	+ Blowhole - Friend
	+ Jadis - Friend
* Resistance
	+ Lost Lights
		- Ramjet
		- Devcon

### Enemies

* Neo-Maximals
	+ Silencerz
		- Noumander

## Trivia

* Anode is based on the IDW 2005 character of the same name.