Fortress Maximus

* Robot Mode
* Battleship Form

Max

Fortress Maximus is a major supporting character in Transformers Loud, introduced in Season 3. He is one of the mighty Titans of legend - quite possibly the greatest of them all - that eventually joined forces with the Autobot Resistance, acting both as their main mode of transportation to gather the rest of their forces scattered across the galaxy and as their last resort for truly dangerous foes.

## Personality

Despite his great power and size, "Fort Max" is a weary and reluctant warrior. Fighting in two wars on Cybertron and many more monsters & other alien species have worn him down to the point where he's willing to walk away from the war entirely to preserve his ideals. Although an intensely moral being, Maximus's pacifism has its limits: more than one Destron has learned that he'll readily put his vast onboard arsenal to good use when it comes to defending the innocent beings that the empire threatens and their ruthless campaigns of conquest. Because as much as he has a dislike for conflict, he's nonetheless still a bold warrior with a brave heart, and he will still fight for the preservation of all life if he needs to; though truly, he only fights to ensure that he'll never have to fight again.

## History

### Pre-Series

Fortress Maximus was a Titan constructed by the Destron Army during the Great Decepticon Civil War, becoming the main turning point of the war. He was also essential in aiding in ending the Quintessons takeover of the planet. Once the conflict ceased, he left to travel across the stars in an effort to find peace.

### Joining the Fight once more

Many millenia later, after having escaped from Cybertron, Max's inert body would be found by Ultra Magnus and his small team of Autobots in a frozen wasteland. Discovering the sleeping Titan, Pointblank managed to convince his leader that the Titan's power could be just the tip they needed to turn the war in their favor. After a pain-staiking amount of effort, the group was able to reactivate the mighty giant once more. Magnus begged for his help; though he at first rejected the "retired" Destron commander, having sworn a life of peace. However, Magnus was ultimately able to convince him when he confessed that the ones who had created him for the purpose of protecting Cybertron had become corrupt and started destroying innocent life on other worlds and had even started turning their wrath on the citizens they had sworn to protect. Feeling a , Maximus fully awakens and allows the rebels to use him to end the war, swearing to aid their plight for Cybertron's sake. However, he asked for one thing in return: after the mission was completed, he would be shut down, forever. Understanding his weariness from fighting, Magnus promised him he would fulfill his task.

## Armaments & Abilities

* Transformation

As a Titan, Fortress Maximus is able to transform into an enormous mobile battle station, equipped with a Transwarp Drive

* Cannons

Being built for war, Fortress Maximus is armed to the teeth, having laser cannons that any Autobot - or even those smaller - can operate all over the ship, a large cannon block on the side of his left leg that can rotate upward & downward, two enormous double-barreled fusion cannons on the front of his lower legs, and - exclusively in robot mode - a pair of large cannons that extend from his transformed bridge tower that are powerful enough to tear a battle cruiser to shreds.

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> In battleship mode, Fort Max has a large cannon positioned on the side of his main control tower that's powerful enough to destroy asteroids. It is because of this insane power that this gun is reserved only for more large-scale threats. When he transforms, the cannon detaches and Max is able to hold it in his hand.
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## Notes

This version of Fort Max acts as sort of a meld between his usual reluctant fighter personality, his past as depicted in the Prime Wars trilogy cartoon, and how his body was used in the Headmasters anime as an Enterprise-esque starship that took the main cast planet to planet throughout the show's run. He even has a little influence from Animated Omega, with him being one of the key objects in winning the civil war. In addition to that, like most other Headmaster & Targetmaster characters in this series, he does away with his Headmaster ability and instead his head simply rises up from where Cerebros would normally connect (though as to have a bit more of "transformation" in his... transformation, the plate that folds up to reveal his face both in his toy and as depicted in Car Robots/RID 2001 is featured). This in turn even does away with his original binary partner Cerebros. Instead, the Fortress part of Max essentially becomes a character, interacting with the cast long before his robot mode's reveal to act sort of like another Teletraan computer by giving out coordinates and the like.

* At the moment, Max only transforms two times in the series proper; once in the mid-season finale (just to establish he can & his power) and in the main series finale. This is mainly in an effort to make sure he doesn't overstep the rest of the characters or take away the tension of fights. One way of doing this is by having it so his circuitry has gotten so old that transforming into Robot Mode takes a large amount of energy.