When you call your twin "old man"
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When you call your twin "old man"
Hey, uh, maybe don't go back in time, hon?
So, something I realized when rereading Elegant Chaos: The reason Chromedome is looking pretty anxious and worried by the idea of Rewind going back in time to find Dominus isn't just because he's worried that Rewind will leave him for Dom...
...but also because he knows Rewind would then find out the truth of what happened to him. And that Chromedome was involved, as per a plotline that Roberts dropped at the last minute.
And that would be terrible.
Sus
Rodimus of Nyon: 6 Years Ahead of the Curb
Universe 2008 Mini-Con Bios (Part 1)
Some bios I made for the Universe 2008 Mini-Cons, who never got any characterization (besides Stockade sorta in Beast Wars: Uprising). Starting with the 10-Pack Mini-Cons since they’re the only ones I own.
Battle Support Team
Sky Shadow: Sky Shadow is the leader of the Battle Support Team but finds himself ill-suited for the role. Back when he was part of a team with Crosshairs and Treadshot, Sky Shadow was content to let others lead while he took to the skies and bombed enemies from above without being seen. But the Mini-Con Civil War changed everything and Sky Shadow now finds himself leading a band of Mini-Cons that are just trying to stay alive in a world that is unfamiliar to them. While he does his best to keep everyone in line, sometimes he will let his guard down and allow others (namely Overcharge) to exploit him for their own means. The others recognize this and do what they can in helping him build up his confidence, even if they do sometimes get impatient with him from time to time.
Overcharge: Nobody really likes or even trusts Overcharge. Whenever he does something for someone, it’s almost always with the expectation that he will get something in return, usually in the form of monetary compensation. This infuriates his teammates to no end, who only tolerate his presence because of his keen sense of direction and knowledge of obscure paths and back roads that no one else knows, which comes in handy when the Decepticons are on their tail. Originally part of a Mini-Con trio, Overcharge joined the Battle Support Team after losing his teammates, and because Sky Shadow felt sympathetic for him, showing a soft part that the other members silently resent their leader for.
Ransack: Despite his fearsome appearance, Ransack is actually quite kind once you get to know him. While he is quite thorough when it comes to smashing things, he always stops to make sure that it is something that actually needs smashing rather than jumping the gun and doing it anyway. It is thanks to this foresight that he is able to restrain his friend Stockade from doing just that, something which his mentor Windrazor is grateful for. In a past life, Ransack had been the type of destroy things without much thought, but after seeing how both the Great War and the Mini-Con Civil War has affected people, he has come to realize that total destruction rarely accomplishes anything and that is far more productive to build rather than to break down.
Stockade: Stockade likes to think with her head, but not in the way most people view the term. Impatient and reckless, her first instinct when presented with an obstacle is to charge headfirst into it and worry about the consequences later—or, better yet, let others deal with the consequences. The only one who is able to hold her back is her good friend Ransack, who is always trying to convince her that not everything needs to be knocked down. Still, when some heavy muscle is actually needed, Stockade is the first to be called upon, and as frustrated as her teammates might get with her impetuous nature, even they have to admit that she gets the job done.
Windrazor: Windrazor is old, perhaps one of the oldest Mini-Cons to have ever lived. Once an advisor to the Council of Sages, Windrazor withdrew himself from society when civil war broke out, feeling that his advice had not been heeded. Taking his mentees Ransack and Stockade with him into exile, Windrazor eventually returned to join the Battle Support Team and give advice to their leader Sky Shadow. While nearly everyone else on the team believes that he would be better suited for leadership, Windrazor insists that his time of being a leader has come to an end and that it is time for others to lead for once. After all, it was the stubbornness and stagnation of the Council of Sages that had led to disarray in the first place, and he would be remiss to allow history to repeat itself again.
Ground Surveillance Team
Crosshairs: Crosshairs may have a keen military mind and an excellent strategist, but his people skills make him a terrible leader. He is constantly berating and verbally abusing those serving under his command, treating them like worthless pieces of scrap. He also has poor communication skills, always expecting everyone to know exactly what he is thinking and carrying out his plans exactly as he has foreseen them. Naturally, this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy where his lack of communication causes his team to mess things up, which causes him to berate them and then not speak to them out of spite, repeating the cycle again. The only reason the others put up with him is because they have no one else to go to and because Crosshairs seems to be the only one who knows what’s going on and where they’re going.
Longview: Longview is easily distracted. Soaring in the skies in her eagle alternate mode, she often finds her mind drifting off as she stares at the wonderful scenery around her. This infuriates her leader (and sole flying partner) Crosshairs to no end, and he constantly has to threaten her with repercussions to get her head back in the game. When she is centered and focused, Longview is a ruthless fighter, diving at Autobot foes and attacking them with her talons. While this might make her great fighter, her absent-mindedness causes her to fail in her primary function as aerial reconnaissance; the only reason Crosshairs keeps her in that role is because no one else on the team is suited for it and he has yet to find a Mini-Con willing to join him to take her place.
Scavenger: Scavenger’s function is his name, as redundant as it may sound. Still, it’s a function he carries out well, perhaps better than anyone else on the team carries out theirs. His keen olfactory sensors make him ideal for seeking out energon and other resources, and he has no qualms with picking things off of deactivated bots if he has to. Perhaps his greatest drawback is his ego; he is always bragging to anyone with functioning audio receptors just how good he is at his job and that Crosshairs could not have found a better bot than him to do the job. To say this annoys his teammates would be an understatement, but there is little they can do about it. If they complain, then Scavenger might find reason to withhold energon from them, and Crosshairs certainly isn’t going to listen to them over his most trusted follower.
Snow Cat: Snow Cat hates people. The only reason she is with the Ground Surveillance Team is because she still needs energon as much as any other ‘bot, and because she has run out of places to keep a low profile. She can’t stand her teammates’ personalities and the only orders she listens to are the ones that involve her clawing out Autobots’ optics. The only Mini-Con’s presence she can tolerate even slightly is Longview’s, and that’s only because Longview spends most of her time in the sky, away from Snow Cat, and is too distracted by other things to bother Snow Cat with pointless conversation.
Treadshot: Treadshot loves shooting things—a bit too much, actually. Twitchy and apprehensive, he is the physical manifestation of the phrase “jump the gun.” As soon as something or someone enters his line of sight without warning, he whips out his gun and starts shooting at it. Even when it’s a fellow teammate he’s shooting at, Treadshot doesn’t care and will proceed to brag about how good of a shot he is straight to the faceplate of the Mini-Con he just shot at. While the others would be more than happy to get rid of him, if only for their own personal safety, Crosshairs keeps him around because he would rather have a loose cannon he can control rather than have Treadshot end up with someone who could use the hyperactive tank against him.
Poor Pipes
Megatronus
“But more troubingly... ‘Megatronus?’ Megatron chose his name himself. He chose it not based on ancient legends... or history.”
“Surely he did not. Are their names a coincidence? Or a pattern repeating through history? Both are different ways of describing the same reality, Optimus.”
“You, who do not run. Tell me your name.”
“What... what is a name...?”
“I see. You shall be Megatronus.”
“Bury You”
Someone definitely got buried.
“Logical”
Tak = Dannl Faytonni
Tak from Solo is actually Dannl Faytonni from Attack of the Clones under an alias. They're both con artists and both played by Anthony Daniels, which leads me to believe that it's probably intended for them to be the same character anyway but just hasn't been made explicit.
Carnor Jax origins
According to Randy Stradley, author of Crimson Empire, Carnor Jax and Kir Kanos were intended to be clones. However, this was seemingly retconned by Abel G. Pena’s article Evil Never Dies which established Carnor Jax as having a father, which Wookieepedia takes to discredit the notion of Jax being a clone.
But this is Star Wars. This is the same universe where Jango and Boba Fett are considered father and son despite Boba being a clone of Jango, with the same also applying to Palpatine and Rey’s dad. Jax’s dad can easily just have been the template for Jax.
Here’s another thing. According to Evil Never Dies, Jax’s father was a member of the Thyrsian Sun Guard (who just so happen to look a lot like Imperial Royal Guards, I should mention) who worked for Darth Sidious. In the RPG sourcebook Galaxy at War, there is a Sun Guard character named Kenix Jir who was used as a cloning template. What’s curious about Kenix Jir’s name is that both the first name and the surname are reused from other characters: Kenix Kil, an alias for Kir Kanos, and Daine Jir, an Imperial officer from A New Hope (the one who says to Vader “Holding her is dangerous!”). And guess what? According to StarWars.com’s old Visual Guides (which I don’t think are up anymore?), Daine Jir’s family donated their genetic template for making stormtroopers. So, this might be all a stretch (though I suppose this is the headcanon thread), but it is my belief that Carnor Jax and Kir Kanos are indeed clones, that the Sun Guard Kenix Jir is their template (and thus Carnor Jax’s “father”), and that Daine Jir is related to them (either as another clone or just a relative of Kenix).
Clan Vizsla
According to legend, Clan Vizsla's earliest member was Tarre Vizsla, who was said to be the first Mandalorian to be accepted into the Jedi Order. During his time with the Jedi, Tarre constructed a custom lightsaber which he named the Darksaber and used it as a symbol of leadership after becoming Mand'alor. After his passing, the Darksaber was kept in the Jedi Temple.
The ancient Clan Vizsla first entered galactic relevance around 3653 BBY, during the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, when it was known as Clan Vizla. One of its members, Shae Vizla, was a bounty hunter who harbored an intense hatred for Jedi after one of them killed her brother Beron. During the Sacking of Coruscant, Shae Vizla helped an army of Sith Lords, led by Darth Malgus, break into the Jedi Temple. While fighting her way through the Temple, she broke into the Jedi Archives and reclaimed possession of her clan's heirloom, the Darksaber. She went on to become leader of Clan Vizla as well as Mand'alor of the Mandalorians, adopting the moniker "Mandalore the Avenger."
At some point, the Darksaber was once again taken by the Jedi, only to be taken back by the Mandalorians during the Republic Dark Age, reclaimed by Karn Vizsla.
Following the Mandalorian Excision of 738 BBY, several Vizslas went on to join the pacifistic New Mandalorians. Others retained their warrior roots and worked to return the Mandalorians to their days as galactic crusaders. This eventually culminated in the creation of Death Watch, headed by the barbaric Tor Vizsla. His views were challenged by Jaster Mereel, who advocated that those Mandalorians who desired to return to their roots should become highly paid mercenaries rather than ruthless conquerors. This sparked a war between the two parties, which saw to Mereel's death and lasted for sixteen years before the Republic sent the Jedi to intervene. Two years later, Tor met his own end at the hands of Mereel's protege Jango Fett, which left Death Watch fragmented.
Two decades later, Death Watch saw a resurgence under the helm of Tor's kinsman Pre Vizsla, who sought to oust the ruling New Mandalorian government under Duchess Satine Kryze. Forming an alliance with the rogue Sith Lord Darth Maul, Death Watch succeeded in taking over Mandalore and Pre named himself Mandalore. However, his reign proved to be short-lived as Maul, whom Pre had imprisoned, broke free and struck down Vizsla, taking the Darksaber and declaring himself ruler of Mandalore. While most of Death Watch sided with Maul, others -- such as Bo-Katan Kryze -- refused to acknowledge the Sith as their ruler and broke off from his rule.
After the Clone Wars, Mandalore fell under the Galactic Empire's thumb and many from Clan Vizsla found work as supercommandos in the Imperial Army while others sided with the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. One member of the clan, Mera Vizsla, became ashamed of her clan's past and did her best to conceal its history from her children Tral and Ziar. When Tral became of age, Mera decided to pass down to him the Darksaber, which had been returned to her shortly after the end of the Galactic Civil War. When she eventually told both her sons of the clan's ill reputation, Ziar was disgusted and struck out on his own, abandoning his family's name and taking on the alias Kadar.
Decades later, Death Watch was revived once more, this time under the leadership of Atinar Cabur, and Tral Vizsla followed in the footsteps of his predecessors by joining the organization. Tral worked with like-minded Mandalorians to remove reigning Mand'alor Boba Fett from power and make the Mandalorians into a galactic power once more. However, after Kadar revealed to him that Darth Taral, whom Cabur had been affiliated with, was using the Mandalorians like many Sith before him, Tral turned against Cabur and helped his brother in killing Cabur. In the aftermath of Taral's failed insurgency, Tral declared himself Mandalore and led his kinsmen in rebuilding their order after Taral's machinations had left them fractured.
Ochi headcanon
What do these two characters have in common?
They’re both assassins sent by Palpatine to test Darth Vader.
They both wear scary-looking armor.
They both fail to live up to their reputations.
If you ask me, I’d say we’ve found Ochi’s Legends counterpart.