#turbofoxes

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime,where do Cybertronians that have animal auto modes or non vehicles auto modes fall in the Functionism cast system?

Dear Form Factionalist,

Unfortunately, most ‘bots with animal forms fell quite outside the bounds of Functionism! Following the disappearance of “Onyx Prime” from Cybertron at the end of the First Cybertronian Civil War, those beast-formers who had already not left the planet wound up largely excluded from the Grand Cybertronian Taxonomy, disparaged as little more than “throwbacks” from a primitive age. Initially, most beast-formers simply rejected Nova Prime’s burgeoning society and left to continue their life in the wilderness as they always had—hunting turbofoxes, foraging for natural energon deposits, and marking their territories. Elders who had lived through the reign of the Primes passed down traditional knowledge to younger ‘bots, who raised cairns and mounds to memorialize an era of peace and prosperity they’d never known.

With the passage of time, however, Cybertronian society continued to urbanize, pushing these last holdouts into smaller and smaller tracts of untamed land. When it became clear that these hardliners would not surrender their territory, Nominus Prime and the Senate passed legislation that would formally recognize a number of beast-form genera into the growing Grand Cybertronian Taxonomy—a legislative tactic that quite annoyed the Functionist Council!

Unfortunately, most beast-formers occupied a very low rank on the Functionist hierarchy. Within the bounds of “polite society”, the best that most beast-formers could hope for was a job at one of Cybertron’s many research and development firms, where beast-formers would be regularly used as test subjects for new surgical techniques, various addictive drinks, or new forms of electronic paint. A few, such as Krok, deliberately removed their transformation cogs and joined the Militant Monoform Movement in an attempt to distance themselves from their origins.

However, other beast-formers found lucrative jobs in Cybertron’s criminal underworld—some, like Scorponok, became frightening enforcers. Others operated black-market relinquishment clinics, catering to those rare Cybertronians who wanted to experience the forbidden thrill of experiencing life as a cybercat or lupinoid.

[jisam0803]

My Turbofox OC

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[transformersmr-hq]

Do turbofoxes exist in this continuity? Are there other cybertronian animals like the turbofox?

I don’t remember when I got this ask and I have no idea why it took me so damn long to answer this one, but now that I have some idea how TFMR Turbofoxes look like I can finally deliver the answer.

Short answer: YES.

Long answer:

Turbofoxes are one of the most commonly seen mechanimal of Cybertron. They are also one of the very few remaining thing that can be called “fauna”, since the urbanization of entire planet caused some major damage to natural environment. Lucky for Turbofoxes, these smart animals figured out how to adapt to city life.

Turbofoxes have turbo boosters mounted on their body, which enables them to be very fast and agile. They can also jump very high thanks to these boosters. Their main diet consists mostly of scraplets due to heavy urbanization yielding no better prey, but back in the days they hunted small scavenger mechanimals like petrorabbits or electromice.

When scraplets come in short supplies, they become scavengers instead. They rummage through trash cans for leftover Cybertronian foods, although this wouldn’t do very good to their system due to high heavy metal concentration.

Turbofoxes usually flourish in regions where ferrofelinids are rarely seen. However, there are many places where Turbofoxes and ferrofelinids compete for same niche. Small ferrofelinids like domestic cats are easily overpowered by these agile vulpines, but that’s about it. In most cases, they have to yield their hard-earned food to big, scary cats.

Turbofoxes are smart animal. They know who to run away from, who can be trusted, and who can be exploited. Their main target is, of course, bots who has food in their servoes; especially young minis with food in their servoes. 

Once upon a time, Turbofox hunting was all the rage. Cybertronians “bred” turbofoxes by spark splitting method, largely increasing the number of the mechanimal. When it went out of fad, many turbofox factories abandoned their ‘products’ in the wild. Many died, but some of them survived, overcoming their trauma to become even more cunning and agile than they ever were.

[beyblaiddyd]

turbofoxes replied to your post: What are some other illegal swords i can make

crossbow that shoots knives

I’ve done you one better: butcher knife crossbow

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Check out what MMC revealed at TFCon!! We’re getting a figure of The Pet / Dominus Ambus ! I was surprised to see this before more development of Tesarus and Helex (confirmed in the pipeline) or an announcement of Nickel, but hot DAMN.

The write-up by TFW2005 listed this as a “Ravage inspired figure (MTMTE version)”, so either that was a simple mistake, or there are expectations of this figure being repainted without the spiky bits.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime

Is there a Cybertronian named "Magnum Boost" or "Steam Hopper"?

Dear Roamin' Rider,

I can't say I'm familiar with Cybertronians by those exact names, no, but I have encountered some with similar designations. Magnaboost was a Maximal scout who transformed into a Transmetal red fox—or, in some universes, an Autobot with a turbofox alternate mode. Incredibly swift and an excellent marksman, Magnaboost was near-untouchable on the battlefield, unloading a volley from her arm-mounted laser blasters—formed from her fox-mode's front legs—then dashing away before her enemies knew what had hit them. Unfortunately, Magnaboost's undeniable skill also made her incredibly arrogant, and her constant boasting would invariably grate on her teammates' nerves.

As for "Steam Hopper"… well, I know of a number of Transformers named "Smokejumper", if that's at all helpful. You may know of the Decepticon analyst who can combine with his partner Dreadwind, but another Smokejumper I don't believe you would have heard of is an Autobot rescue worker stationed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, who transformed into a fire-fighting train. A kind and empathetic spark, Smokejumper's isolated posting meant that he could go for months or years without contact with other Cybertronians, and he spent much of his time contemplating the beauty of his natural surroundings; he was even inspired to compose poetry, though few would speak to its quality. Regardless, Smokejumper was a courageous sort, never hesitating to dive into harm's way to help others—even if doing so risked blowing his cover.

I hope that learning about these two has been of interest, even if they weren't quite the Cybertronians you were hoping to hear of!

[askvectorprime]

Dear Onyx Prime, what is the most dangerous creature on Cybertron?

To a scraplet, there is naught more dangerous than an insecticon. Burrowing, all-consuming, it consumes scraplets by the dozen in a swift movement of its mandibles.

To an insecticon, there is naught more dangerous than a grep-hawk. Patient and wily, it glides on sulphurous winds for hours, before diving to strike as soon as an insecticon breaches the surface of the metal plains.

To a grep-hawk, there is naught more dangerous than a turbofox. When the avianoid sets down to feast, it thinks itself in no danger, but in the flicker of an optic cable it is pounced on by a predator faster than it can imagine.

To a turbofox, there is naught more dangerous than a machadron. Driven into a stampede, its hide impenetrable to mere fangs and claws, it drives the fleeing turbofoxes before it until their motors fail and they are crushed beneath its treads.

To a machadron, there is naught more dangerous than a metrotitan. Vast and unknowable, crossing mountains in a single stride, it does not even notice the machadron herd as they clumsily struggle to escape the shadow of its falling foot.

To a metrotitan, there is naught more dangerous than a scraplet. Too small to be noticed, to even be seen, it consumes the titan from within.

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, what does the fox say?

Dear Vulpine Victor,

Turbofoxes generally communicate through a mixture of ultrasonic sonar pings and auditory yips, barks, and growls. While in heat, a turbofox may attract a mate by loudly revving its internal motors. Of course, a fox who is really a Maximal in disguise might say “Maximize!”