Hot Rod's Patrol squad

Hot Rod's Patrol squad is the team of Autobots to help take down the Destructicons and go heavy on the remaining Decepticons, the group was formed when the new Autobot members were recruited from the planet Athenia.

## History

**Transformers 3: Rise of Galvatron:**

After the death of Optimus Prime at the hands of Galvatron, Hot Rod decided that him and Goldbug work together to get some of the fiercest Autobots around. Goldbug points out that Athenia is an Autobot colony world and he will go get the high skilled ones and they will give a speech and go save the universe. He also points out that Hot Rod's desire to avenge Optimus would only defeat his judgement and that Hound, Beachcomber, Broadside, Highbrow, and Hardhead are putting him, Springer, and Rook at the Mausoleum to be laid to rest. Goldbug takes Arcee and Ricochet with him to Athenia to recruit the high skilled beings. They return to Cybertron with them, they easily talked them into joining and accepted the proposal. Fortunately for them, they know how to fight fiercely. They start to introduce themselves: Drift, who has high skills in using a sword and fierce using it at his targets. Crosshairs, he has heavy firepower in his guns and can rapidly wound them down determining on their strength. Skram, he chooses to stick fighting alongside his allies and feels like being at a fight. Lastly Jetfire, he's good in his scientific strategies, he can take out enemies from the air and has fierce firepower just like Crosshairs. Hot Rod goes over with them that the Decepticons are their main target and that Galvatron killed Optimus. Hot Rod decides they're going heavy on them. He talks that the war has been all about the energon control and the whole universe and that they can try to cease it for good. They also promised to rebuild Cybertron together. Skram asks about what they'll do when the Decepticons are gone in which Hot Rod replies that they will celebrate the victories they had in the past and during the imminent days. The Autobot insignias were put on them and they need to ensure that the Matrix is protected at all costs. Hot Rod points out that saving the universe and ceasing the war will be the greatest mission of all. Hot Rod decides that Arcee, Hound, Cliffjumper, and Ricochet come as well. They start the mission at Rodion, they visit the grave sites of all their deceased war heroes including Optimus. Goldbug points out that other Autobots besides them died off weither it's during the war on Cybertron or being eaten by Sharkticons. Galvatron arrives with a ton of Decepticons and they fight outside the Mausoleum until Galvatron calls a retreat. Beachcomber arrives with Spike and Carly for them to join them on the mission. They continue on and eventually the Seekers arrive under Thrust's command. The Autobots hid and the Seekers go searching for them and Spike and Carly were founded and they threatened to kill them if they didn't share Hot Rod's whereabouts since he became a targeted bot due to his desire to avenge Optimus. Hot Rod comes out of hiding and orders everyone to attack the Seekers. The Seekers all get slaughtered leaving Thrust the last at Jetfire's hands. They decided to go back to the Autobot base only to being attacked by the Decepticon Watch Dogs, they fight once again but then Ultra Magnus comes with Hardhead, Highbrow, and Chase. The could see that First Aid was able to get Ultra Magnus back in fighting shape. They return only to find out that Galvatron has taken who's left of the Decepticons to Iacon, everyone goes out to attack killing more of their troops. Hot Rod left the battle to travel to the Hall of Records to learn of something ancient and powerful, he learns of the history or Primus and Unicron and it involved the Primes. It stated that Unicron can being defeated by the Matrix and that he wants it destroyed ever since then, and Primus became Cybertron's core. Primus took a longtime sleep when the war started but can sense the presence of Cybertronians despite it. Hot Rod travels to the core and talks to Primus. Hot Rod tells Primus about Optimus's passing and that he's been holding onto the Matrix until it proves someone worthy of being a prime, he also stated that he learned in the Hall of Records that he created the primes to fight Unicron. Primus states that Unicron was casted out and an asteroid formed around him turning him into a planet and that he feels him coming. Primus states that Hot Rod is the hope of saving the universe from him. Hot Rod states that Galvatron was trying to do the same thing and kept sending the Decepticons to destroy it. Primus realized that Galvatron got that instruction from Unicron. He tells Hot Rod to believe in himself and to help everyone through the darkest times and he requested that he find an object to something to help end the war. Primus states that he needs to find the Chimera Stone to awaken one of his oldest creations: Metroplex and that it's one of the Primes relics. It's hidden on Earth, once he was tasked with it, Hot Rod takes his team to Earth to find it riding a shuttle that goes at faster pace. They arrive in Scotland and they dig up the Chimera Stone and make their way back. They awaken Metroplex and Hot Rod tells Metroplex that Unicron is coming and he accepts his wish to help them. Ricochet arrives and eventually Starscream does as well, Ricochet was really ready to end Starscream's life and Hot Rod questions why he wasn't with the seekers. Starscream shares that he was made an outlaw by the Decepticons and he's not around to fight, he's actually there to propose and alliance. Ricochet was against it cause of his killing of Jazz and other Autobots. Starscream says that if they don't unite, they will remain even. Starscream wants Galvatron dead so he can lead the Decepticons again. Starscream didn't know that Optimus is dead and that Megatron always failed to do it himself. He also states that Galvatron reminds him of Megatron but Hot Rod says that he's not the only one who thinks it. Starscream says that he is surprised that the Decepticon cause has gone weak that time around and wishes to unite against Galvatron to which Hot Rod agrees. Ricochet says that Hot Rod made a wrong decision to do that but Hot Rod says that there wasn't any other choice to make. Galvatron arrives and he seeks to kill Hot Rod and Starscream. They all unite and take down Lockdown, Bludgeon, Astrotrain, and Sky Shadow but Galvatron takes the Matrix so he can have freedom from Unicron. Unicron attacks Cybertron and all the Autobots go and fight him, Hot Rod and his team go inside Unicron but Hot Rod splits from the group and the others fight Unicron's antibodies. Hot Rod finds Galvatron with the Matrix and Galvatron suggested they unite against Unicron but Unicron tortures him forcing him to fight Hot Rod. Hot Rod and Galvatron have a clashing fight leaving Galvatron with a few wounds. Galvatron prepares to kill Hot Rod but then he grabs hold of the Matrix and becomes Rodimus Prime. He throws Galvatron out through Unicron's abdomen into parts unknown. Rodimus Prime unleashes the power of the Matrix and then Unicron starts blowing up, him and his team evacuate and Unicron is destroyed. They celebrate their victory and promise to rebuild Cybertron.

## Members

* Hot Rod (Founder)
* Goldbug (Assistant)
* Skram
* Crosshairs
* Drift
* Jetfire

Arcee (Support)

Ricochet (Support)

Cliffjumper (Support)

Hound (Support)

## Trivia

Hot Rod's Patrol squad are the main protagonists of the 3rd film

Arcee, Ricochet, Hound, and Cliffjumper are the background protagonists Since Hot Rod, Goldbug, Drift, Skram, Crosshairs, and Jetfire are the main characters much like in The Transformers: The Movie Hot Rod, Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Springer, Kup, and Blurr are the main characters and Perceptor being a background protagonist in the group