Catapult

Catapult is a Decepticon stowaway aboard the *Arclight* with the talent Short-Term Invisibility.

## Official Bio

*A loner by spark and a capable of fighter, Catapult is an enigma to be honest. She somehow snuck onto the board of the Arclight and was found only when a team of crew members, who went to the engine compartment for some (probably dumb) reason. The first thing that came to their mind was what was she doing there. After she was captured and interrogated whether she knew anything about the Personality ticks that were on board, they learned that she had nothing to do with that and therefore proved innocent regarding that case. She proved helpful on several occasions and a trustworthy person overall, even with her lone-wolf persona.*

## History

Originally a Decepticon, Catapult decided to leave the Cybertronian Commonwealth for unknown reasons. To do so, she used her talent to sneak aboard the *Arclight* before it took off and hid in the storage room, planning to leave once it finally landed.

However, a month into the voyage, Catapult's presence was detected by Pax Galaxus when he realized there was an extra life signature aboard the ship. Meanwhile in Avatars, Catapult was attempting to head for the elevator, having gone to the engine bay for unknown reasons, when she was told to stop by Autopilot and Armored Blazer, who had heard her footsteps when she tried to use her invisibility to sneak out of the engine bay. Refusing to turn around as ordered, Catapult was able to tackle them both using her superior agility when the pair tried to get closer to her, and once the elevator opened she got in and activated her power to get away. Reaching the cargo bay, she attempted to enter the storage room, only to find the door locked and alarms going off. To make matters worse, her invisibility wore off just as Autopilot and AB caught up to her, and she was unable to locate anything she could use as a weapon, having left her gun in the storage room. However, this didn't stop her from laughing at Autopilot's attempt to intimidate her, and she questioned if he even knew how before more crew members arrived, and Catapult was then cuffed by Stormshot once AB revealed she was a stowaway. Tied up and brought to Macro's office for questioning, Catapult told the second-in-command her name and revealed she'd been on the ship for the entire journey without them noticing, then admitted to Pax that she had nothing to do with the box of Personality Ticks brought onto the ship and told him it had been intact last she saw it. She then revealed to her questioners what her reason for stowing away was, and she mockingly told Macro that she didn't have a particular destination in mind. Pax then figured that with Catapult not being threat with her weapon having been confiscated by Doubletake and not have anywhere to escape to in deep space, she could serve as part of the crew as long as someone kept watch over her at all times, a role Doubletake was assigned to do. Catapult and the others were then knocked to the ground by an explosion from the back of the ship.

Getting up in Binders, Catapult was forced to go with Doubletake per the orders of Pax Galaxus.

Catapult was then hit on by Doubletake, but she was uninterested in him and didn't bother to remember his name. She did, however, steal back her gun from him.

Catapult was then brought along with Doubletake to Hanger D-01 during Invicta, having been called there by Pax Galaxus to join him, Autopilot, and Swagger on a scouting mission on the surface of planet BM-026, which he claimed would help them get to know her better after Autopilot objected to her presence. However, Pax had told Treadfight that the real reason for bringing Catapult along was to get her away from the *Arclight* just in case she had been responsible for the engine explosion, which the latter revealed to Skyhawk when he suggested she might have sabotaged the engines.

After driving miles away from the *Arclight* in Envoy, Catapult told the others that there was something ahead, which turned out to be a lush oasis.

transforming upon reaching the oasis in Primordial, Catapult told Autopilot while stretching that Pax Galaxus' Power Up Armor wouldn't help against Personality Ticks due to making him more menacing, not charismatic. She then told Autopilot that she just knew about Personality Ticks and how to deal with them, unlike him, and after admitting she was impressed that Doubletake knew how to beat them and denying that she'd called him "Doublestrike", she called Autopilot uncultured, only to be forced to stop arguing by Swagger. After glaring at Autopilot, Catapult relaxed a bit due to the peacefulness of the oasis, but when something rustled in the bushes she drew her gun along with the others, only to be stopped from shooting at the mechanical velociraptor that emerged by Autopilot. She then revealed to Pax and Doubletake that she had swiped her gun back due to it belonging to her and questioning if they could trust a gal with a gun, before looking at confusion at Autopilot playing with the creature they'd found and pointing out that Pax had said the planet had no life on it. She then objected to Autopilot's request to keep the creature, and then headed back to the *Arclight* once Pax got a call confirming repairs were done.

A week later in Land of Confusion Catapult was walking down to The Lone Pilot with Doubletake when she decided to ask him why the *Arclight* had so few femmes aboard, learning that there was one the maintenance team named Spiral. She then allowed Doubletake to ask her a question, and agreed she was quite interesting, before telling him that she only wanted her specific gun back because it belonged to her, and that it didn't matter if getting the gun didn't help her much due to no one on the ship trusting her anyway, so she may as well just not care and leave on the first stop the ship made. Catapult then asked Doubletake if he really believed the Star Fleet was full of people on a mission to benefit society, and told him to keep telling himself that fact was true, and after he admitted to just being a loser pretending to be greater, Catapult told him that he did look cute when he boasted. Met with a bunch unwelcomed stares from the patrons of the bar once they arrived, Catapult sat down at the bar after Autopilot lied that he'd called Doubletake over himself, only to be informed that she wouldn't be welcome at the bar due to most of the other patrons not trusting her. After being given a Golden Lagoon to drink, Catapult then asked Doubletake and Autopilot what *Jurassic Park* was, and let them know that while she knew of Earth, she'd never been there nor knew much about it. She then went out with the others to the observations deck to watch the ship land at Galaxy Base.

That night in Shoot to Thrill Catapult and Doubletake sat down in the canteen of Galaxy Base to await the upcoming party, only for her to be annoyed when Autopilot sat down next to her. She then questioned if he was being too formal by wearing a suit more suited for a board meeting, and she then snarked to Doubletake that he probably couldn't actually fight and would run away if he got into one. Catapult then burst out laughing after Pax Galaxus arrived and asked Autopilot the exact same question she had about his suit.

Later during the party in High Voltage, Catapult and Doubletake danced at the center of the dance floor.

Two weeks later in Save a Prayer Catapult joined Doubletake, Anomaly, and Ammo in sneaking through the halls of the *Arclight* when the Predators attacked in order to fight back, and shushed Anomaly and Ammo as she pointed out the Predators could be at the other end of the hallway. Hearing a scream, Catapult and the team snuck to the medibay and watched Skyquake, Stalker, and Snare interrogate Triage. Once Stalker was the only Predator left in the room, Catapult told Doubletake that there was no way he could beat Stalker all on his own, and while the security officer was indeed beaten with ease, Catapult snuck into the medibay and shot at Stalker, then leapt above him when he charged at her and kicked him in the face to knock him out, then snarked to Doubletake that she could have just used her talent to take him out even easier. After being provided with some cerebro-sensitive bullets from Triage, Catapult and the rest of the team burst into the bridge to fight off the rest of the Predators, but after Triage revealed what kind of weapon Snare had just been shot with, Catapult had the gun Skyquake grabbed from Doubletake and shot Ammo with aimed at her, only being spared after Skyquake's deal that no one else would be harmed if the Predators could leave the ship with Triage was accepted.

Later when the *Arclight* went to Temptoria to rescue Triage from the Predators, Catapult was prevented from going on the rescue mission due to Doubletake refusing to go. Going to The Lone Pilot in All We Are, a bored Catapult questioned why Doubletake refused to go on the mission and kept the two of them out of the fight, pointing out that she could have easily tried to escape already if she wanted to and that even the antisocial Swagger had joined the mission. She then Doubletake that he wasn't even a fighter on the surface when he claimed to not be one deep down, and suggested he keep telling himself that he'd one day prove to her that he knew how to fight.

## Powers and Abilities

Catapult has the talent Short-Term Invisibility, allowing her to become impossible to see, but only for brief periods of time before having to become visible again.

In addition, Catapult has the ability to transform, taking on the form of a Cybertronian Buggy.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Autobots
	+ Star Fleet
		- Pax Galaxus - Captain
		- Macro
		- Doubletake - Overseer
		- Autopilot
		- Armored Blazer
		- Stormshot
		- Swagger
		- Anomaly
		- Ammo
		- Velocirazor
		- Triage

### Enemies

* Predators
	+ Skyquake
	+ Snare
	+ Stalker
	+ Falcon
	+ Hyena
	+ Talon

## Appearances

### Text Stories

#### Autobot Academy: The Star Fleet

* Heroes A to D
	+ Avatars *(First Appearance)*
* Enclaved
	+ Binders
	+ Invicta
	+ Envoy
	+ Primordial
* Land of Confusion
* Shoot to Thrill
* High Voltage
* Save a Prayer
* All We Are

## Gallery

Catapult in her vehicle modeConcept art of Catapult by Artork312
## Trivia

* Catapult is based on the *Transformers Universe* online game Autobot of the same name.