Dear Vector Prime, is there a reason we see every member of the Autorollers in the Beast Wars: Uprising continuity except the elder Autocrusher?
Dear Absent Autoroller,
Autocrusher did take part in the numerous struggles of the Uprising. He'd originally been part of the Resistance, helping to liberate Altihex. However, his strong sense of Predaconial affection led him to join the newly established Independent Predacus States, assuming a luponoid beast mode in the process. He was a part of the Legion of the Inferno when it marched on Nova Cronum, and served well.
Unfortunately, serving well doesn't always get one remembered. Autocrusher was just another member of the Legion, alongside such warriors as Fuzzy the Fearless, Hemocron, or Fishface.
i dunno if you are till taking requests or not but if you are, could you please write a drabble about megatorm being perceived by the rest of the destron troops, either good or badly percieved.
(assuming that before bw2 started the destron crew was part of a bigger destron army)
thank youuu
My requests are always open for BWII. Have some nameless soldiers speculating.
Drabble under the cut!
BWII Destrons & Megastorm
“Hey, doesn’t he frighten you, that Megastorm?” The mess hall of the Galvaburg I, the primary Destron flagship, was large enough that the Destron troops who gathered there could feel secure in a sense of anonymity, and conversations like this could arise.
“What, the SIC? He’s nothing but a meek fool.” The mech who’d spoken was an experienced general. Several younger soldiers murmured their agreement, a few laughing quietly, others looking more unnerved to hear such blatant disrespect at the expense of a member of High Command, their leader’s brother, no less.
“You wouldn’t get it! An Autoroller like you always ends up on missions directed by Galvatron. Megastorm’s different when he commands alone.” The Combatron who’d spoken glanced over his shoulder nervously as if the unruly Prince of Destruction might show up at any moment, while his partner nodded in agreement.
“Different, how?” The Autoroller general replied.
“Cold, sneaky… More reserved than our Emperor.”
More troopers approached the table, pushing up seats to listen. One interjects, “Sure. One time I was under his command, he called a retreat because the Cybertrons were acting strange. We thought he was being cowardly, but it turned out they had a new weapon and were planning an ambush. Our squad owes our lives to that call.”
“Feh, as if he could have known. When I was under his command, he went behind Galvatron’s back and ordered a raid of an abandoned Cybertron base. He showed no care when one of us got nearly crushed by disturbed rubble, and when Galvatron discovered his ploy, he tried to initiate the self-destruct to trap our leader inside. We all saw it!”
A shocked muttering passes through the crowd.
“So,” someone says at last, “Megastorm or Galvatron, who would you rather have as leader?”
“Who knows?” Grins another, “but if Megastorm became Emperor, well… I’d want to stay on his good side. Don’t underestimate him, you know?”
"Wise words." The voice that spoke up was tensely authoritative, recognised instantly by the gathered troops, although the speaker it belonged to was known to many as usually speaking in a much higher, more anxious tone.
"M-Megastorm!" The troopers part a path, shrinking back at once under the scrutiny of the Second in Command.
"Megastorm, what?"
There was a beat of silence, then the Combatron who'd started the conversation tentatively said, "Megatron, Prince of Destruction?"
Megastorm's derma curled into a smile. "Emperor of Desctruction, one day. Don't underestimate me!" With that, the Destron SIC turned and left the mess hall, his troopers staring after him.
These are some rough sketches I did just to get a sense of how I'm going to be making these, so I apologize for how shitty they are. These will follow "Wave 1: Fury of The Ancients." The details for that are on my site. The plan for "Wave 2: Burning Skies" is as follows:
Micromaster Class:
- Panic & Megaplex: 2-pack based on Spychangers Frenzy and Megatron; Serves as the basis for most of the Spychanger designs I'll do.
- Wavelength & Greasepit: Spychanger Soundwave, and an unreleased one!
- Jolt & Sizzle: Just a couple of Laser Rods, because I never really was that attached to them, but people wanted them.
Core Class:
- Hooligan: Felt this size class was fitting. Not much in the way of accessories, but better joints hopefully...
- Skyjack: Both his arms will be claws. Because reasons . . .
- Spacecase: Their wings will have molded "solar panel" detailing.
- Universe Spacecase: She'll come with a microphone! Whoo!
Deluxe Class:
- Afterburner: Mostly faithful to original transformation schemes, but more elaborate!
- Terradive: Most finicky design. She'll have shoulders straight from hell.
- Windrazor: Basically a Seeker lol.
- Eagle Eye: Shares major tooling with Afterburner.
Voyager Class:
- Dirtbag: Big boi. Loaded with accessories, and a few hidden features.
- Roadblock: Retool of Dirtbag;
Leader Class:
- Decepticon Ambush Team: Dreadwing & Smokesniper, based off the G2 design. Basically more kid-friendly assembly.
Dear Vector Prime, are there any notable Maximals who transform into a housefly?
Dear Insect Investigator,
You may be thinking of the Insectron, Fly Boy. He was a young and eager to please Maximal, barely older than his teammate Scissor Boy.
Impressionable and fawning, Fly Boy looked up to the other Insectrons, agreeing with whatever they suggested or asked him to do, hanging around in an attempt to gain their praise. When the Insectrons have been pressed to defend themselves, Fly Boy's used his incredible speed to avoid danger, often being known to boast to the Autorollers "This fly is fast!"... a pun that I'm not sure works when translated into English.
Could you tell us about this color Autojetter and Autolauncher?
Dear Autoroller Assistant,
I believe you may know about these two Cybertronians already, though perhaps not in these body-forms—they are, of course, the legendary Autobot generals Obsidian and Strika.
These two warriors were among the first to join the Autobots before the outbreak of the Great War, and the pair quickly rose to the highest of ranks among their forces; Sentinel Prime appointed Strika as the head of Autobot Ground Command, while Obsidian was placed at the head of Autobot Air Command. While both were accomplished commanders alone, it was not until the Asphalt Wars—in which Turmoil and the Decepticon Heavy Brigade threatened to take control of the Tri-Torus Loop—that the two worked together for the first time. With Obsidian's strategic insights complementing Strika's tactical genius, the Decepticons were dealt one of their most devastating losses in the entirety of the war; I believe that Megatron was so angered by this humiliating defeat that he personally hurled Turmoil into the smelting pits of Darkmount.
Strika's frame was heavily armored; initially designed for travel through hazardous environments such as the Rust Sea, her alternate mode proved well-suited to frontline combat during the Great War. Though her twin roof-mounted null-beams and handheld magna-harpoon were invaluable tools for disabling enemies, she was most notorious for her kinetic strike-disk launcher: incorporated into her chassis, this weapon was capable of absorbing energy from impacts on Strika's armor to charge it up, before releasing it in a destructive blast on contact with a target. The recovery of the Alpha Trion Protocols, during which Strika willingly weathered a storm of laser-fire to eliminate a battalion of rogue Centurion Droids with a single disk, is one of the most-mythologised moments of the war.
Obsidian, by contrast, was less-inclined towards direct conflict—his chassis, though by no means fragile, would not stand up to a direct barrage from Decepticon artillery. Instead, he used his high-altitude jet fighter mode primarily for reconnaissance and battlefield analysis; with lightning precision, he could take in the ebb and flow of battle and use it to make complex strategic decisions in a matter of moments, directing the conflict like the conductor of an Andurian choir. That's not to say that he was helpless in a fight, of course—in fact, he was considered intimidating enough that few Decepticons would risk engaging him in combat! The source of this fearsome reputation was his finger-mounted compressed gas missiles: compact rocket-propelled shells filled with highly pressurised chemicals that would explode on impact. While these missiles could be filled with anything from blackout powder to mycopropelene, Obsidian's favored payload was a specialised form of glass gas; in seconds, it could convert a Decepticon's very superstructure to easily-shattered black glass, a fate which no 'bot would welcome.
Your comparison of these two to Autojetter and Autolauncher is indeed fitting, as the Autorollers—who held a deep respect for Obsidian and Strika's military skill—chose to wear scaled-down versions of their bodyframes as a tribute to them. If you wish to know more about Strika and Obsidian, be sure to watch Beast Machines: Transformers, available for streaming now on Tubi!
