HMW Bios

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Spindisk
Function: Frequency Spy
Alt Mode: Turntable

Motto: "Come on, say something..."

Bio: Acoustikenophobia, Fear of no noise, that is the key thing that drives Spindisk's existance, he can't stand silence for any length of time. If there's no Decepticon or even Autobot communications to monitor, he'll often listen in on his fellow Mars Decepticons just to have something to hear, or, failing that, tune into human communications. When nothing else is present to listen to, Spindisk can be found muttering and singing to himself just to keep things from being quiet. While most consider him to be a strange mech even for a group of strange mechs like the Mars Decepticons, Spindisk's partner, Longplay, knows better.

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON (post-2010)
Name: Nautilus
Function: Tracker
Alt Mode: Hovercraft

Motto: "I have returned..."

Bio: Nautilus begin existance without existance, as one of many Insecticlones used in the attack on Autobot City in 2005, before being rebuilt into the Sweep Expeditor by Unicron and gaining sentience. Wounded and left for dead by Galvatron during the Decepticon Matrix Incident, Expeditor was found by a patrol from Mars, led by Interlocker, and was kept from deactivation. The laser blast to his face had cause some programming, including the forced servitude to Scourge and Galvatron, to be erased, granting the former Sweep his freedom. Programmed for loyalty, he saw Galvatron's leaving him for dead to be a greater wrong than the Autobot attempt to kill him since, at the time, he had been attempting to kill the Autobots. Having himself rebuilt for the second time in his existance into a form merging his Sweep hovercraft design with those of human submarines and spacecraft, and taking his name from a vessel that had been known as the 'Sword of the Seas', Nautilus' first plans for his new life are to avenge himself on those who betrayed him and then...

To see what happens when one has free will...

[J. T./Jessica]

Name: Brawler
Function: Cross-Country Assault
Alt Mode: Humvee

Motto: "Over hill, over dale, Megatron's plans will always fail..."

Bio: Brawler is sadistic, gruff, and brutal, uncouth, loud-mouthed, opinionated and tactless, and those are his good points, he and Ironhide even have a competition going as to who can be the most hated when running training. Armed with his roof-mounted machine gun and a galaxy's worth of brutal verbalities, Brawler's been known to drive through Decepticon positions rather than around them simply because he thinks it's more fun. Even with all this, Autobots and Mars Decepticons alike tolerate Brawler, because when the fighting gets hot, there's no one they'd rather have at their side.

[J. T./Jessica]

DINOBOT (sort of)
Name: Roadraptor
Function: Scout/Rapid-assault
Alt Mode: Motorcycle

Motto: "Me Roadraptor stomp your face in!"

Bio: Roadraptor is a motorcycle who thinks she's a Dinobot, even going so far as to paint herself in the colors traditionally used by the Dinobot team. While the Autobots find this confusing, the Dinobots usually just find it annoying - Grimlock and Slag hate it, Swoop, Snarl and Sludge tolerate it, and even Kludge only puts up with it because it keeps her from being the only female member of the team.

[J. T./Jessica]

G1 AUTOBOT
Name: Endrun
Function: Rapid Assault
Alt Mode: Assault Hovercraft

Motto: "Up, over, and THROUGH!"

Bio: Endrun enjoys life even when she's being shot at by Shockwave's sentinels, though she'd be the first to tell you that she'd enjoy life more if she WASN'T being shot at by Shockwave's sentinels. One of the youngest of Elita's Autobot Femmes fighting on Cybertron, Endrun spends her time scouting positions for raids and dodging Decepticon pursuit. On the rare occasion that she's not already in the thick of trouble, she and her best friend Arcee can usually be found causing some with their mech counterparts from Ultra Magnus' unit, Hot Rod and Springer. Endrun's biggest weakness is that she usually ends up rushing headfirst into situations without thinking them through, putting her in danger that a little thought could easily avoid. While highly manuverable in hovercraft mode, Endrun's weapons only face forward, leaving her at risk if a Decepticon manages to get behind her...

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MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Excalibur
Function: Warrior
Alt Mode: Sword

Motto: "For Truth, For Justice, And for Honor!"

Bio: Whether Excalibur inspired an Earthen legend or a Mars Decepticon became part of human myth is a question pondered by many, but a truth known only to one. Rumors range from her being the true Excalibur wielded by King Arthur, to having been the Lady of the Lake, to Excalibur being nothing more than a Transformer who took her name from legend. When asked, she refuses to tell what it might be, instead telling those that ask that the truth isn't in facts, it's in the meaning behind the facts, and that the important thing is not the facts themselves, but the search for the truth and meaning behind them. On rare occasion, usually only when caught in a contemplative mood, Excalibur has been known to compare the Arthurian legends with the Cybertronian Covenant of Primus, and how Arthur's claim that he would return when his people needed him most is not unlike Primus' saying that a Chosen One would light Cybertron's Darkest Hour...

[J. T./Jessica]

MAXIMAL
Name: Snoop
Function: Scout
Alt Mode: Beagle (Transmetal with a plane form?)

Motto: "Curse you, Red Baron!"

Bio: To say that Snoop has a few wires crossed would be an understatement. He not only thinks he's a beagle, but a beagle that's a fighter ace in Earth's First World War, going out to do battle with Germany's Red Baron.

[J. T./Jessica]

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Name: Sentinel (named for Sentinel Prime)
Function: Battle Group Commander
Alt Mode: Aircraft Carrier

Motto: "Converge on Decepticons and eliminate same!"

Bio: Named for one of the Matrix-Bearers, Sentinel has a lot to live up to, something that many would say he's doing quite well at. Always the first into battle and the last out, Sentinel would never send a member of his Battle Group to do something he wouldn't do himself. Equipped with a squadron of drone aircraft, he is capable of providing air support as well as a steady gun hand in a fight. While the name of his predecessor inspires him to greatness, at times Sentinel finds himself wondering what Sentinel Prime would do instead of deciding what Sentinel should do.

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Name: Sirius (named for the star)
Function: Battle Group supply officer
Alt Mode: Replenishment ship

Motto: "Compared to me, that geek Swindle is a back-alley hustler."

Bio: Sirius can talk a mech out of a month's energon rations, their spare weapon, and their left hand all before he even introduces himself. To say that he's skilled at getting the Battle Group the supplies they need is an understatement. For some, scrounging supplies is what the do, to Sirius, it's an art form of which he is a master. He's been known to trade a rare holo-vid to a Decepticon in exchange for parts that find their way to Autobot medics while he ends up with spare fuel lines that end up going to members of another Autobot unit, just to get the ammunition needed by his own team. It could be done easier, but that's just not how Sirius does it...

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Name: Ironhide (named for the member of Optimus Prime's unit who was believed dead at the time)
Function: Battle Group Warrior
Alt Mode: Guided-Missile Destroyer

Motto: "Time for metal to show its mettle!"

Bio: Like his namesake, Ironhide is the heavy hitter of the Battle Group - when there's a fight, he's sure to be in the middle of it. At longer distances, he starts by firing his anti-air missiles at Decepticon flyers until he gets close enough to begin laying into his targets with his powerful gun batteries, and that's before he even transforms. In robot mode, Ironhide still possesses his gun batteries and missile systems, but adds a 'see-and-shoot' targeting system that uses his line of sight to guide his shots, allowing him to hit whatever he's looking at, and has strength equalled only by that of Sentinel himself.

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Name: Prowl (named for the member of Optimus Prime's unit who was believed dead at the time)
Function: Battle Group Tactician
Alt Mode: ASW Destroyer

Motto: "A-huntin' we will go...."

Bio: Prowl's job is keeping the other members of the Battle Group alive, a difficult task to say the least, he has to be able to track enemy movements, ally movements, environmental conditions and terrain all at once, while still doing his part in an operation. Unlike the Autobot he was named for, Prowl doesn't distance himself from his fellow Battle Group Autobots, instead keeping a jovial mood around him and turning each mission into a game - he's even been known to deactivate his optics and fight using only sensors and information in a kind of 'blind mech's bluff'.

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Name: Bumblejumper (named for the member of Optimus Prime's unit who was believed dead at the time and is still possibly MIA)
Function: Battle Group Scout
Alt Mode: Frigate

Motto: "Finding the enemy is easy, it's keeping them from finding you that's the hard part."

Bio: Bumblejumper's job is to slip through the enemy lines, find out what they don't want him to and get back out, to say that this makes him cautious is an understatement. Out of sheer habit Bumblejumper's been known to examine every micron of ground in front of him before he takes a step, just to insure that he's not triggering any hidden alarms or weapons. Not the largest of the Battle Group, he's content to let the bigger members handle the heavy fighting, leaving him to support them by keeping an eye on the team's rear or finishing off weakened opponents.

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Name: Kalis (named for the Cybertronian city that was the site of the battles in the City of Fear arc)
Function: Battle Group Ranged Combatant
Alt Mode: Guided-Missile Crusier

Motto: "Once they're in my sights, they're as good as in the smelter..."

Bio: As far as Kalis is concerned, if he and the enemy see each other he's failed. Equipped in Crusier mode with the Cybertronian equivilent of human 'Tomahawk'-Cruise Missiles and in robot mode with a Phased Plasma Sniper Rifle, Kalis has turned disposing of Decepticons without them knowing he's even there into a way of life. While he is capable of firing multiple missiles at once, and his Sniper Rifle's power pack holds enough of a charge for over three dozen shots, Kalis considers having to use them as another form of failure, truely believing in 'one shot, one kill.'

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Name: Deadend (named for the region of Cybertron)
Function: Battle Group Special Operations Officer
Alt Mode: Submarine

Motto: "I swear to Primus if someone says 'this is too easy', 'things are too quiet', or anything of the sort, they won't have to worry about Decepticons, I'll slag 'em myself...."

Bio: If someone were to ask Deadend what the one thing he could do without was, their answer would be 'those idiots who just HAD to say it.' He can handle the war and the death and everything else, built for stealth, sabotage and assassinations aren't anything he can't handle, his biggest problem in life is when other people say something's too easy, too quiet or anything else along those lines, because he knows that by saying that they're just asking for something bad to happen. As long as nobody does so, however, Deadend's one of the best mechs to have at your side in a fight.

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Name: Gunboat
Function: Superwarrior
Alt Mode: none, gestalt.

Motto: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of those who would threaten it."

Bio: Gunboat is the gestalt form of the Battle Group Autobots. Sentinel and Sirius come together to form the torso, Ironhide and Prowl to form the arms, Bumblejumper and Kalis become the legs and Deadend links onto Gunboat's shoulder to supply his torpedo tubes as a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher.

Like Devastator, Gunboat is one of the rare gestalts with more than five componant members, but doesn't suffer from the same lag in processing time since all his componants have one goal: to stop the Decepticons. Although it's rarely used, if one of the four limb componants are damaged, the Battle Group can use a secondary transformation that has Deadend replace the injured member, however since this severely lowers Gunboat's offensive capabilities, it's seen as a last resort. The Battle Group gestalt takes his name from a statement Sentinel had made...

"I don't believe in gunboat diplomacy... I believe in carrier task force diplomacy."

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Backdraft
Function: Firefighter
Alt Mode: Fire Truck

Minicon Partner: Smokejumper

Motto: "When things get hot, I'm right at home."

Bio: One of the many 'civilian' Decepticons who broke away from Megatron's forces during the Sundering, Backdraft is a skilled firefighter capable of handling anything from a small yard fire to a raging oil-fueled hellfire. Equipped with pressurized foam cannon, twin high-pressure water cannons, laser thermometer capable of measuring the hottest tempertures and heatshield to protect vital components and human firefighters, and aided by Minicon Smokejumper, who transformers from a fire chief's car to a Cybertronian firefighter with tank of super-coolant and cryo-blaster, Backdraft is always ready to roll when the alarm sounds. For the most dangerous infernos, though, Backdraft can take things a step further by transforming into a field firestation to put them out, with Smokejumper changing into an aerial firefighting vehicle with twin cryo-blasters. Going even further, Smokejumper can transform again, this time into a super Cryo-Blaster, with enough power to penetrate the thickest flames and stop them cold at the very core.

Perhaps the greatest ability Backdraft possesses, however, stems from sharing the same base design as Protectobot leader Hotspot - Backdraft can take Hotspot's place in forming the Protectobot gestalt Defensor, allowing the multibot to always turn a cold shoulder on the Decepticons' plans.

[J. T./Jessica]

Name: Airtight
Function: CBR
Alt Mode: Amublance

Motto: "When Megatron starts fighting nasty, I get into the fight."

Bio: Acid Rays, Cosmic Rust Daggers, Nano-Injector Darts, even Megatron's trademark Nuclear-powered Fusion Cannon... As the Cybertronian Wars rage, the weapons technology used by the Decepticons becomes more destructive and nasty, even to the point of including dangerous chemical, biological and radiological rounds and power sources. When they break out that kind of weaponry, the good guys break out Airtight. Built out of corrosive-resistant ceramics and equipped with a built-in Corrostop dispensing system and aggressive self-repair system, Airtight's capable of surviving some of the most dangerous things in the Decepticon arsenal.

[J. T./Jessica]

Energon OMNICON
Name: Steeljaw
Function: Energon Tracker
Alt Mode: Panther

Motto: "Energon, Energon, find the Energon, find the Energon."

Bio: Steeljaw's life began as another Terrorcon 'Battle Ravage' drone until an attack on Jungle City. Knowing of the city's desperate need for Energon to power its defense grid, Kicker let a single Terrorcon slip into the city and used it to lead the Omnicons straight to the needed Energon before Strongarm knocked it into stasis. As the war for Energon raged, Kicker's ability to sense the locations of Energon deposits wasn't enough, the Autobots and Omnicons needed a way to find the Energon itself faster. It was Skyblast's idea to take the deactivated Terrorcon, reprogram it as an Omnicon and use it to search for Energon. The resulting Omnicon was Steeljaw. In panther mode, Steeljaw uses an array of chemical receptor microchips in his nose module to locate and follow scents. The array is sensitive enough to pick up chemical traces in the air as faint as one part per trillion. He has a range of 800 miles and requires little rest or maintenance. His jaw has tremendous strength; anyone caught in its grip would find it next to impossible to break. It can exert a force of 60,000 psi and can snap a foot-diameter steel cable. In robot mode, like other Omnicons and Terrorcons, Steeljaw is among those few capable of handling raw Energon with no ill-effects. Unlike the Battle Ravage drone he was created from, Steeljaw is not equipped with a tail mace, instead replacing it with a laser lance and also adding a twin-barrel laser blaster to his arsenal.

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Steamhook
Function: Combat Engineer
Alt Mode: Cybertronian combination crane/steamshovel.

Motto: "To dig them out of their fox-holes, to tear down their fortifications, to grind Megatron's forces into the DUST..."

Bio: 'To win the battle, you must first win the battlefield', that is the tenent Steamhook lives by. Unlike Hauler, Grapple and Hoist, KitBASH or the Constructicons, Steamhook was built as a soldier and learned the arts of engineering under fire, building fortifications and destroying enemy bunkers during the Cybertronian Wars. Ruthless but honorable in combat, Steamhook's rising star was sent crashing down when he refused an order to send neutrals in Tonnehex to the smelting pits. Steamhook's military career in the Decepticons was saved only by being transferred to be Stormmaster's direct command..

A transfer that brought him into a growing conspiracy against Megatron...

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Desert Rat
Function: Long Range Commando
Alt Mode: Jeep

Motto: "Shake it, mechs!"

Bio: Being far behind enemy lines, unsupported by the rest of the Mars Decepticons, with little chance of rescue of anything goes wrong would leave most mechs in a state of panic. For Desert Rat, it's just another day to wreak havoc on Megatron's forces, to destroy their desert-based Solar Energy Collectors, and to general harass, confound and confuse the enemy. Trained in demolitons and, surprisingly, archeology, Desert Rat can be dropped anywhere that's hot, dry, and full of more sand than anyone wants to see in ten lifetimes and be right at home. There are rumors, completely unsubstantiated, that he even secretly served with the Allied forces during Earth's Second World War, providing transport and aid to a team of behind-the-lines commandos.

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MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Highgun
Function: Demolitions
Alt Mode: Bear

Motto: "It's impossible, can't be done... and here's how we're gonna do it."

Bio: A human once said "The difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer," many Mars Decepticons think that human somehow knew Highgun. Any time Stormmaster needs something done that no sane mech could pull off, Highgun is among the first of his forces he turns to. The only thing that surprises his teammates beyond how he manages to succeed in his missions is the equipment he uses in his missions - everything from Magnesium Pencils to human eyebrow pencils and magnesium flares. Around Mars and the Ark there's a story that occasionally circulates involving human chocolate bars, some explosives and an oil well fire... no one's sure if it's true or not, but everyone loves to tell it.

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Wustefuchs
Function: Charge Leader
Alt Mode: Fox

Motto: "To win the battle, you must first know you've won."

Bio: Wustefuchs is dangerous if for no other reason than the fact that he dares to anticipate and is fully willing to plunge himself deep into the enemy ranks so that he might strike at them from behind. Aggresive action, taking his enemies by surprise with the sheer power of his attacks has won more battles for him than any long-pondered plan. To say that he could charge down Unicron's throat and convince others to follow him... would be an understatement.

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Triage
Function: Emergency Response Team Medic
Alt Mode: H2 Ambulance

Motto: "Sometimes the only way to prevent harm is to inflict it."

Bio: As a medic, Triage has adopted a unique approach to the Cybertronian Wars.
1. His job is to fix the injuries of his teammates.
2. Those injuries are caused by the Decepticons loyal to Megatron.
3. The easiest way to fix injuries is to prevent them from occurring.
Thus, Triage has reached the conclusion that the easiest way to help his teammates with their injuries is to himself fight those Decepticons loyal to Megatron, thus keeping them from being able to do as much damage to his fellow Mars-based Decepticons than they otherwise would be able to. In combat, Triage can replace his right hand with a battle axe and his alternate mode's roof rack as a shield and claw. As a member of the Emergency Response Team, Triage's H2 mode allows him to go where normal Human ambulances might have trouble. Other than Megatron's Decepticons, few things sizzle Triage's circuits like people who refuse to yield to his lights and sirens when he's transporting a patient. In fact, on more than one occasion the medic has been heard to mutter that one of these days he'll drive right over someone for it.

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MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Roll-Up
Function: Emergency Response Team Peace Officer
Alt Mode: Saleen S281 Police Type

Motto: "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights as I have just read them to you?"

Bio: No matter the species, law officers across the universe have all pledged themselves to upholding the law and protecting and serving the citizenry. As far as Roll-Up is concerned, that means the laws of Earth as well as those of his home planet. If not on an assignment, he can be found working with human police departments. Few things leave Roll-Up in a better mood than when he stops a vehicle for something as simple as speeding or having a taillight out and then finding illegal narcotics or weapons or stolen goods inside or discovering that the driver has active warrants. Equipped with enhanced sensors and communications gear, anyone who tries to run gets an unpleasant surprise when they can't shake this relentless law enforcer. When he needs immediate backup, Roll-Up is capable of deploying Spikestrip, a drone unit programmed to chase down and/or detain suspects or to use specialized sensors to confirm the presence and location of illicit substances or explosives.

[J. T./Jessica]

MARS DECEPTICON
Name: Helitack
Function: Emergency Response Team Aerial Firefighter
Alt Mode: Helicopter - Firefighting type

Motto: "Where there's smoke, there's fire. Where there's fire, there's me."

Bio: Helitack rounds out the triumverate of the Emergency Response Team with air-based 'waterpower'. Coming from a planet of silicon and steel, Helitack finds the fact that life on Earth evolved from water and carbon-chains fascinating, moreso the fact that it has endured so long despite that fact. Because of this, he's developed a protective streak regarding Earth life. There are few things he considers more destructive than fire - which destroys everything in its path, regardless - and so he does everything he can to combat it. Equipped with an internal high-pressure water tank and twin deluge guns that are usable in both helicopter and robot modes, along with four 'foambomb' rocket launchers, he takes the fighting to the fire itself - attacking from the sky to put out the flames. For large fires, Helitack has a secondary weapon system containing twin cryo-freeze cannons and another pair of even more powerful deluge guns with their own water tanks.