Raptus

## Political Information

### Affiliation

Grid Exploration Team (formerly)Striker's Resistance (formerly)Regalius's government

### Latest Appearance

Season 6, Episode 12

**Raptus** was a stealth and reconnaissance Stikbot that served as a longtime ally with Striker in his conflict against Highlord Vamprah. Despite their old friendship, Raptus's lingering hunger for power consumed him after multiple defeats, . He served as the deuteragonist of Seasons 1 and 2, only to turn into the final antagonist for the finales of Seasons 2 and 6.

## Appearance

Raptus was originally a transparent Stikbot with white suction cups. While it may be hard to make out due to the grayscale coloring of the flashbacks, it can be presumed that he was white in color with green bungee strings. He carried a backpack with sheathes for his dual katanas.

Raptus was hardened by the outside world following the incident of his teammates and right eye being lost, with his transparent body now being of a grungy solid silver as a Metalbot and his remaining facial features being in red instead of black. His mouth in particular is smaller, and his right eye has now been covered up by a black eye patch. His white suction cups and green bungee strings were all that was left of his old self.

When Raptus's hunger for power got the best of him, Raptus grew giant with a Metalbot morpher, with a regular Stikbot now being at knee height. Raptus's size had his eye patch being blown off, with him now being able to see with both eyes once again, even with a scar over the right one. His bungee strings turned silver and his suction cups turned black, along with his mouth being lost. Despite the last drawback, Raptus is still capable of talking.

Even with his new form, Raptus would die and suffer numerous cuts from collateral damage of the collapsing research facility. One of Raptus's cuts had been done in a way so that he got a mouth again, along with his red eyes being able to glow when he was revived. His injuries was covered up by various pieces of crude armor in gunmetal gray from the scientist Stikbot that mended him, and Raptus would gain a life support unit on his back and wear a respirator to bolster his survivability. As an enforcer for Highlord Regalius's regime, Raptus would wear a gear badge on his chest.

## Weapons

* **Dual Katanas:** Raptus expressed swordsmanship and armed himself with two to defend his teammates in the Grid Exploration Team while they explored the outside world. However, Raptus only drew them once they were all dead, and he would be swiftly defeated before they could be used.
* **Dual Knives:** Small armblades with the blades being able to rotate by 90 degrees. Raptus armed himself with a pair to face off against Guts.
* **Armblade:** An abnormally huge blade attached to Raptus's right arm that was used to force information out of an Outlander.
* **AK-47:** A cheap and reliable assault rifle. Raptus fired a full magazine against Megatron with little effectiveness, thought it did work to attract his attention.
* **Bludnerbuss Flare Gun:** A comically large flintlock that fires a bright ball of flare light. Raptus fired a shot off to attract a Rift Crawler and distract Megatron so that he wouldn't kill off Striker.
* **Pistols:** Small handguns that were attached to Raptus's arms rather than being handheld. They unfortunately proved to be ineffective against Metalbots.

## Abilities

* **Enhanced Strength:** Following his transformation to be giant, Raptus abandoned use of weapons and now relies on his raw power, being able to easily lift up Stikbots and throw them around with a good throwing arm.
* **Lifespan Absorption:** Raptus can choose to drain away the life out of any living beings for extra power. Raptus did this on a hapless red Stikbot.
* **Electricity Manipulation:** Raptus is able to manipulate electricity by his arms, though this is seemingly just for show.

## Trivia

* Raptus's pistols are handguns of the 3A NOM Field Commanders. His knives come from the MSG Unite Sword kit.
* Raptus was potentially voiced by MoonshineAnimations, the animator for Off the Grid. The same voice would be used for Peely in A Side of Shrapnel: THIS IS THE WAE
* Raptus's giant form, dubbed as Ultimate Raptus by Moonshine, is completely custom made. He wanted a villain that was Stikbot-oriented while still being a viable threat as something menacing and formidable, and so an upscaled Stikbot was created.
* In a Facebook post about a now-lost YouTube poll on whether Raptus was good or bad, Moonshine joked about the results being that the 13% of people that voted for Raptus being bad(which they would eventually turn out to be correct)were the only ones that watched his original content. source
* Raptus appeared in another now-lost YouTube poll on what character was the most powerful, with Raptus being on the list as his giant form. Striker won the poll with around 54%-ish of votes belonging to him.