Rider (Fate/Crossover - Arcee)

**Rider** (ライダー, *Raidā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"It isn't fair. How many more times do we have to save a world? Have to fight for the survival of our home?"* ― Arcee

## Profile

### Identity

Rider's true identity is **Arcee**, an Autobot and a member of Team Prime. She was also the commander of the Stealth Team. She was the last Autobot from the original five members of Team Prime to meet Optimus, but regards him as a great leader. Arcee is an excellent warrior, being a melee expert and will not hesitate to fight enemies herself. She is endlessly haunted by the ghosts of her deceased partners, Tailgate and Cliffjumper. Losing both of her partners shook Arcee to the core, which explains why she prefers to work alone, until she met Jack and realized the importance of a team. Airachnid may be the only bot who Arcee fears the most. Despite her fear, Arcee can and will take Airachnid head on. Arcee proves her mettle in combat; skilled in her own respect despite size disadvantages, she is an important part of her family.

### Appearance

Arcee's robot and motorcycle color is blue. In her vehicle mode, Arcee has a hologramic version of herself referred to as 'Sadie', who she rarely uses. In her robot mode, Arcee has small wings and a tire in her back. She has a built-in skirt, and her midriff is a dark grey color. She has two golden color ridges along her face and hands. She has blue plated bits of armor around her protruded chest. She has a small red colored sliver on her head crest, which is there at most times. Her face is a light silvery grey.

### Personality

Losing her two old partners, Tailgate and Cliffjumper, left a great impact on Arcee. This made her go the path of the "lone wolf" only when she chose to be alone. She seemed to be very strict, fairly mature, and seems to have limits to certain things, such as not joking around in serious situations.

However, Arcee has shown to be very kind, loyal, respectful, caring, calm (most of the time), and quite friendly towards her allies. When Arcee was trapped in the Arctic with Optimus, she suggested that they play a game called "who screwed things up back at base." This indicates that she knows how to make the most out of situations. When they were close to dying, Arcee placed her left hand to hold on Optimus' left hand as they accepted their fates.

This also shows that she can be very warm hearted, caring, and show tenderness to her friends like Optimus. Her loyalty to Optimus and the other Autobots have proven herself to be very honest and dedicated. In Metal Attraction, Arcee indicates to always take point, even though she was left like a third wheel. Arcee also indicates that while June may be overprotective of Jack, she remains protective of Jack and her other allies as well.

In Speed Metal, Vince had insulted Arcee's motorcycle vehicle form, to which she allowed Jack to race her in a small race against Vince. During the race, she stated to Jack that winning isn't everything so he should instead make Vince cry as they succeeded in winning the race. This would show Arcee is not afraid of showing off her skills to others that judge her, even against human critics like Vince. As shown in Sick Mind and in Out of the Past, Arcee would use "profanity" Cybertronian terms like "Scrap" or "Frag" but they are both simple words that are not negative to humans.

Besides her sweet side, Arcee is very strong and bold in any combat to protect herself or her allies, including other humans. In Predatory and Crisscross, Arcee held no hesitation to take on Airachnid one on one to protect Jack and his mother when Airachnid worked with MECH to kidnap Jack's mother. When Starscream was about to terminate Arcee in Partners, Arcee swung her blade on her arm at him so many times that she came close to terminating him until Bumblebee blankly stared at her as she was about to strike at Starscream but she held mercy as she lets Starscream escape.

Arcee also appears to have rapid moves and skills, almost like a ninja. In Orion Pax Part 1, Arcee came aboard the Nemesis and attacked the Vehicons. She kicked, sliced, punched, used one as a shield to avoid getting blasted and killed them all without hesitation. This shows that Arcee is quite capable of handling foes on her own, but she would require back up like in Crossfire where she needed assistance from the other Autobots. In Armada, Arcee even stated to Airachnid that she was not like her, thus proving that Arcee is not a remorseless assassain and stands up for her own moral principles, which included not terminating Airachnid's spark.

In Operation: Bumblebee, Part 2, Arcee was dispirited when Ratchet picked her to help perform the transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee, as she tried to put Optimus as a possible choice for Ratchet but Ratchet stated Optimus's hands were too large to perform the procedure. She seems to feel that she is more of an expert in the battlefield rather than in the medical field. However, despite Jack convincing her to go along with it, Arcee was relieved when she didn't get the chance as she went to retrieve the Forge of Solus Prime with Optimus and Bulkhead instead.

She is also very sassy, sarcastic, and teasing at times around her fellow Autobots and human allies. In Masters and Students, Arcee sarcastically asked Jack if he could build her a human intestine. In Con Job, she sarcastically asked Bulkhead about Wheeljack, by stating "So who's the boyfriend?" In Hard Knocks, she teased Smokescreen on "destiny". Besides her Autobot friends, she would even keep her human friends, like Miko, company.

Arcee enjoys hanging with her friends as she feels comfortable around them and she also appears to like taking oil baths.
Like Optimus, Ultra Magnus, and Ratchet, Arcee shows less emotion. She would smile and laugh at certain things that seemed entertaining or amusing.

## Abilities

Arcee has been shown to be an excellent fighter multiple times. She has two integrated blade-like weapons which she can use for melee combat. She also possesses two Energon Blasters.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Apex Armor; "Relic of the Ancient Cybertronians"**

The Apex Armor is one of the relics of the Thirteen (or an armor of Decepticon design; it depends on who you ask). While normally compacted in a disk, when placed over a Cybertronian's chest it will expand into a huge set of armor able to withstand any attacks from blasters, bombs or melee weapons as well as enhancing the user's strength.

The armor will conform to the user's size and shape. It apparently can even be used by humans as Miko was able to fight off Starscream and his subordinates with it.

The only known defense against the Apex Armor is the Phase Shifter.

## Quotes

* *"Underestimate me at your own risk!"* - Arcee
* *"Haven't you heard? Humans multiply."* - Arcee
* *"Remember when we came to Earth and Bulkhead walked into those power lines. Who knew he could dance like that."* - Arcee
* *"A scout should be silent but deadly."* - Arcee
* *"It's been an honor serving with you, Optimus Prime."* - Arcee to Optimus Prime
* *"Jack, I just lost someone I cared about. Maybe it's the grief talking. Maybe you're growing on me. Whatever it is, I'm just not ready to say goodbye."* ― Arcee to Jack Darby
* *"You're right Jack I am afraid. Of losing you."* ― Arcee to Jack Darby
* *"He probably wouldn't. Not like this."* - Arcee talking about Optimus Prime
* *"We can turn to Vector Sigma just like we did before."* - Arcee
* *"Megatron! Why are you here!?"* - Arcee to Megatron
* *"Ugh... I don't need to be reminded of it. Just looking at you brings back some bad memories."* - Arcee to Blackarachnia

### Crossover Quotes

* "*You got spirit. I like you. Maybe in another world, I could see us being partners.*" - Arcee to Kallen Kozuki
* *"That's not a bad motorcycle you got there. Let's go out for ride sometime."* - Arcee to Yang Xiao Long
* *"Wow. I've never known that these types of rides could exist."* - Arcee to Ghost Rider and/or Makoto Niijima

## References

https://transformers.fandom.com/wiki/Arcee\_TFP

https://transformers-prime.fandom.com/wiki/Arcee

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee\_%28WFC%29

https://heroes-and-villain.fandom.com/wiki/Arcee\_(Transformers:\_Prime)