Cataclysm

Cataclysm is a senior student at Maximal Academy with the talent of Hyperspeed.

## Official Bio

*Cataclysm is a speedy Maximal, and quite often the first up when a mission needs someone quickfooted and stealthy. Of course, the one thing that separates him from many other speedy cat-bots like Cheetor and the like would be his ego- he loves the praise others give him when he has a job well done. Maybe a little too much.*

## History

Cataclysm joined the Maximal Academy after discovering his talent and stuck around for his senior year, becoming a member of Class 1-A under the tutelage of "Venus". Like the rest of his school Cataclysm travelled to Acadeimos for the Festival of the Stars and after being dropped into the Forest of Trials he made his way to Autobot Academy.

In Zero to Hero Cataclysm came with Stampy and Swoop to watch the intense match of rock paper scissors newly arrived Axel Academy students Flare-Up and Sunburst were having when Hot Shot found the group.

*During Festival Of Stars Pt. 1 Tournament Cataclysm signed up for the Tournament of Heroes and was called down by Bigfight to attend a meeting at the Autobot Academy courtyard. After seeing that he would be fighting Clocker first, Cataclysm got ready in the Maximal Academy locker room before heading to the viewing area while he waited for his fight.*

### The Siege

#### Revised Timeline

When the timeline was altered in Return to Autobot Academy, Cataclysm was among the group of students who followed Lightbright into the forest when the Decepticons attacked Acadeimos. While running he noted to Webfoot that based on how many heroes had shown up, someone had seen the invasion coming.

Once the battle was over, Cataclysm chose to return to Eukaris to finish off his school year. In Ballad of the Beasts he did some combat training with Armordillo, which was observed by Lionhead and Lightbright on their tour of the school.

During Transmutate the Cupid Cataclysm was among the friends Calamitas invited to come with her aboard Lodestar when Arcee asked her to come, wishing to subtly ask her to get her exile from Animatros lifted, and Aileron listed him to Transmutate as one of the expected guests an hour before they arrived. Arriving at the teleporter room, Cataclysm was asked by Calamitas to give her a review of Arcee's tour of Lodestar while she went to get drinks at Circuit's. Calamitas let Maxima know at Circuit's that Cat would give her a review on how well Arcee gave a tour even without her there, and she told Nyx that Cat would get entertainment out of all the faces he'd get to make for Arcee to try and figure out what he thought of the tour from them. Once he'd returned to the teleporter room, Cat told Calamitas that the tour had been okay despite the empty rooms they'd been shown thanks to them getting to pet the Sharkticons, and Cal then told Arcee she might take the tour herself once Cat gave her a more thorough review. Cataclysm then returned to Eukaris.

Later in Royale Part 2: Praxis of Heroes Cataclysm was among the 2500 students who took part in the 300th Hero License Battle Royale, and joined the students Arrowstar led in taking on Elphaorpha. Once the event ended, Cataclysm had earned enough points to be one of the 250 students to earn a probationary sidekick hero license.

## Powers and Abilities

Cataclysm has the talent of Hyperspeed, allowing him to run fast enough to keep up with race cars with the aid of built in rocket boosters, though the full extent of his speed is unknown.

In addition, Cataclysm has the ability to transform, taking on the form of a mechanical big cat.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Maximal Academy
	+ Class 1-A
		- "Venus" - Teacher
		- Armordillo - Friend
		- Polar Claw - Classmate
		- Scorn - Classmate
		- Shuffler - Classmate
		- Siege - Classmate
	+ Break - Friend
	+ Stampy - Friend
	+ Calamitas - Friend
	+ Soothe - Friend
	+ K-9
	+ Nyx - Friend
	+ WrapAround - Friend
	+ Webfoot - Acquaintance
	+ Whoop-Kong - Friend
	+ Swoop - Friend
	+ Slug - Friend
	+ Bigfight - Teacher
* Axellerators
	+ Axel Academy
		- Flare-Up - Friend
		- Sunburst - Friend
* Autobots
	+ Autobot Academy
		- Hot Spot - Acquaintance
		- Lightbright - Acquaintance
		- Quig - Acquaintance
		- Nightracer
		- Moonracer
	+ Coldsteel Academy
		- Arrowstar
		- Wildslash
	+ Covert Strike Academy
		- Shoreline
		- Planerunner
	+ Hope Beyond Education Center
		- Deathhound
		- Tauromach

### Enemies

* Overnet
	+ Elphaorpha

## Appearances

### Comic Issues

#### Season 1

* Zero to Hero *(First Comic Appearance)*

#### Season 3

* Ballad of the Beasts
* Royale Part 2: Praxis of Heroes

### Roleplay Arcs

* Festival Of Stars Pt. 1 Tournament *(First Appearance)*

## Trivia

* Cataclysm is based on the Beast Wars character of the same name, with his body modelled after the version from Beast Wars: Uprsing that was repurposed from the Fox Kids Transmetal Cheetor redeco.
* Cataclysm shares his body-type with Shadowcat and Shadowclaw.

\*Homeroom Teacher. | ^Late Addition.