Crack at the Drift Fam + Jetfire but in TFP instead of RiD.
the trine need some tweaks; sharper detailing more muted colors, but i feel like this is a good start.
i love how cohesive the Drift fam's designs are in RiD, and i need to figure out a better way to integrate that with their "new" paint jobs without completely sacrificing their color pallets.
Deadlock's was one the Decpeticon's most dangerous
The minicons backstory with Shadow Raker is still canon, with Jetfire thrown in
(JETFIRE AND SKYFIRE ARE SEPERATE ENTITIES)
While all three are Deployers, they have aeiral altmodes as well transforming into jets, with their Earth altmodes are Bede Bd-5J's specifically
i guess this technically makes them triple changers??? but that doesn't seem to be as big of a deal in the Aligned verse (gestures to the Rescuebots' (+Rescuebots Academy) whole deal in mild confusion) so i hesitate to refer them as such so yeah
Slipstream was previously known as Jetstream before she transitioned (🏳️⚧️)
Has had the hardest time breaking her stealing habits, and is very protective of what she thinks as hers (this extends to her family as well as her weaponry)
Jetstorm lost his right optic in an "accident" before he joined ShadowRaker (no one would hire a "broken ugly" minicon when there were so many perfectly functioning cute ones ready for hire
still prone to reckless rushing and the subsequent overthinking and overcorrecting (feeling the need to prove he is useful and worth his mentor's time)
Jetfire is a slight pyro maniac which he shamelessly denies even as he sticks a shatterbomb to someone
he also has a terrible luck when it comes to weather, and gets easily lost without his trinemates
Deadlock split off from Shadow Raker after being mocked/baited one too many times
Pissed, he'd planned on simply stealing Shadow Raker's favorite ship and skipping town but he ended up stumbling across the Jettrine being when he was searching for supplies
it was easier just to take them then try and weasel his way out of it, and they surprisingly went along with it
struck out on his own after a while (and needing shanix for energon for the triplets he'd picked up) and caught Megatron's eye
Joined the decepticons as a mercenary and starting getting clean, rising in the ranks. Deadlock was no 'Wave but he held Megatron's favor
when Deadlock found out Megatron still worked with Shadow Raker, he didn't take it well
the start of the deterioration of their relationship- Deadlock being outraged that Megatron tolerated someone who saw his men as objects/tools/etc from one under his command and Megatron... really not giving a shit about the details
Shadow Raker's forces were damn good at their job, they were all treated well, and he was a proven loyal decepticon, so what did it matter if he gave out punishments and stole a few things here and there (SR is obviously not stupid enough to steal from Megatron or it would be a different story)
Megatron allowed Deadlock to storm out, assigning him the occasional mission as he blew off steam and meandered
Deadlock isn't happy with the direction the Decpeticon cause is going but has no idea what to do about it (because if it pans out to nothing then he killed and committed so many war crimes for NOTHING)
his newly acquired students, however they became such, aren't particularly bothered with politics and are far more interested in what this old man has to teach them
Eventually Deadlock gets orders to return to the Nemesis to get a personal debriefing on the chain of command
thinking Megatron's finally gonna address the issues he'd been seeing, he made it in record time
... to find STARSCREAM in charge
Flat out turns on his heel and dips out at THAT shitshow
Deadlock gave the Trine their headpieces/ ornaments about a year(?) into their training, though at the time they'd been unpainted
