Astrotrain


Name	Astrotrain
Faction	Decepticon
Function	Military Transport
Alt Mode	Space Shuttle / Train
Type	FC

Profile[]

"In confusion there is opportunity."

Creating confusion is his specialty, and as a triple-changer, he can switch from robot to train to space shuttle almost instantaneously. He thrives on foes' panic and fear. As a shuttle he travels at 20,000 mph in orbit, and up to 50,000 mph out of orbit. He launches weapons and satellites, and carries cargo. As a train, he has a top speed of 400 mph with a range of 1700 miles. As a robot, Astrotrain has great strength, and carries an ionic displacer rifle.

History[]

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Notes[]

Astrotrain is incredibly fast, heavily armored, extremely strong and fairly well-armed. In spite of all this he doesn't really think of himself as a fighter and spends most of his time hauling cargo and getting drunk on high octane fuels with troublemaking robot chicks in seedy robot dives.

Astrotrain is a bad influence on Blitzwing. Blitzwing is also a bad influence on Astrotrain.

Astrotrain's ionic displacer rifle is a unique weapon which moves ions about six inches to the left. This is more effective than it sounds.

Astrotrain and Blitzwing love eachother dearly, in that kind of popped-collar knuckle-tapping back-slapping way. They never admit to it except when drunk, however. At any other time they will just push your teeth in.

Astrotrain believes in "bros before hos."

Astrotrain has a tradition of beating prisoners with dead fish.

Logs[]

Astrotrain005 — I think I can. I think I can.

2107 (alternate future concurrent with 2028)[]

Don't Fear The Reaper - The Reapers, a group of Sixchangers are introduced

Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics - Sixknight and Grimlock vie with each other to get the dreaded Church of Primus on side.

Brothers In Armour - Sixknight vs Moonracer. Greatshot vs Astrotrain. One of them will die today.

Final Crisis - The forces of Praxis fight the forces of Grimlock in an epic battle to determine the fate of the planet, past and future

2029[]

Stolen Thunder - Whilst the Autobot attack on New Crystal City distracts the Decepticons, a task force attempts to hijack Thunderwing's shuttle and steal the new shipment of Pretender shells.

2030[]

Impactor gets WRECKED! - The Wrecker is caught out in the middle of nowhere with bad reception, the Decepticons strike!

Vengeance on Videw - What terrible suicide mission has Blueshift sent everyone on? And what is the terrible secret of the planet Videw? (Clue - it is spider-related)