Transformers: Shattered Glass/Characters

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Decepticon Characters and Subfactions

In this universe, the Decepticons were created when young mathematician Megatron noticed in his numerical studies of social trends that civil war was almost certain. To that end, he created a resistance movement behind the scenes, and when Optimus Prime conquered Cybertron the Decepticons were ready to rise up and free it once again.

Characters

Megatron

Megatron was a young mathematician who lectured at a university on Cybertron. However, he noticed something disturbing, civil war was coming. Eventually Optimus Prime and his evil army of Autobots took over Cybertron, but Megatron had been forming an underground resistance movement to take back Cybertron and keep the Autobots from conquering the universe and plundering it, as the Decepticons.

Astrotrain

The heroic Astrotrain serves as a means of conveyance for his teammates.

Blitzwing

Blitzwing is one of Megatron's quieter, more reserved Decepticons. He's also close friends with Astrotrain.

Bombshell

Bombshell is one of the Decepticons' psychologists in charge of looking after the psychiatric health of the troops.

Cliffjumper

This Cliffjumper is actually the one from the normal universe, having entered this universe via traveling through a mysterious portal. He has found the Shattered Universe very disorienting, to say the least, but proudly stands by Megatron and the Decepticons.

  • Meta Guy
  • Only Sane Man: Or rather, he likes to think he is compared to everyone else. Meanwhile, the other Cybertronians find his gung-ho attitude towards battle and belief in Primus rather strange, much to his irritation.
  • Trapped in Another World
  • I Choose to Stay: When he finally gets a chance to go home, he declines, preferring to stay until the alternate Optimus Prime is finally defeated... which he knows is likely going to take a very long time.

Cyclonus

Cyclonus is one of many brave Decepticons following Megatron in his battle against Optimus Prime and the evil Autobots.

Demolishor

Divebomb

Divebomb is a student of Razorclaw and a daydreamer, escaping the horror and the destruction of everyday life. Divebomb masks his sadness behind a cheerful exterior to prevent others from being affected from his true feelings.

Heatwave

Heatwave is a cheerful engineer with the unique ability to converse with non-sentient machines.

  • Beware the Nice Ones: Usually a very friendly and cheerful guy even by Decepticon standards, but he's still one of the larger Decepticons, and has, on separate occasions, accidentally trashed a human tourist attraction due to thinking the statue exhibits were alive, threatened to crush a traitor, and blown up a hijacked human military base.
  • The Engineer
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: One of the very few Decepticons (if not the only one) with red optics, despite his genial personality. Turns out it's because he's not from this universe.
  • The Smart Guy: See "Nexus Prime".
  • Technopath: With shades of Furry Confusion, as he treats non-sentient machines as if they were sentient.
  • Forgot the Call: Knows he has something about his past he's forgetting, but just doesn't care, until it comes looking for him.
  • Really Seven Billion Years Old

Rampage

Rampage is known for constantly and tirelessly working, not stopping for anything in order to help the cause.

Razorclaw

Formerly a science professor, Razorclaw was forced to flee with two of his students when the war started. Known for unconventional thinking, he welcomes all who approach him seeking knowledge for its own sake.

Shockwave

Shockwave is a Decepticon whose skills involve making peace with other organisms, working as the ambassador between Earth and the Decepticons. Calm, intelligent, and patient, though no scientist. Like most Decepticons, he's more than willing to put his life on the line to save humans.

Sideswipe

Sideswipe was once an evil Autobot, and one of the most dangerous of Optimus Prime's men. This began to change when Prime suspected Sideswipe of increasingly conflicted loyalties, and conspired to have him assassinated. As a result, Sideswipe joined the heroic Decepticons. He now fights against Prime and all his evil.

Sir Soundwave

He's now called "Sir" because he was knighted by the Queen of England for various heroic deeds. He has a personal squad of troops called "Recordicons".

Slugslinger

A warrior who fights with an over-developed sense of fair-play.

Starscream

Starscream acts as Megatron's science officer as well as his loyal second-in-command.

  • Absent-Minded Professor
  • Doomed Hometown: Optimus blew it up after Starscream refused his "offer" to join the Autobots.
  • Number Two
  • Shout-Out: His color scheme makes him look like G1 Jetfire.
  • Team Mom: Or at least, he tries to be, always fussing worriedly about everyone being healthy and happy. In practice, though, his absent-minded professor nature means his social skills aren't quite up to the task.
  • Undying Loyalty: For Megatron

Thunderwing

Thunderwing is a Special Agent in the Elite Guard, an ancient Cybertronian police force.

Whisper

Whisper is Sideswipe's Minicon partner.

Mayhem Suppression Squad

One of Megatron's elite attack squads, whose earnest enthusiasm tends to... worry their commander. They often serve as The Cavalry, as well as something of a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits.

Crasher

Crasher is the leader of the Squad, and Blurr's cousin.

Bludgeon

One of the more enthusiastic members of the Mayhem Suppression Squad.

Carnivac

Dirge

Dirge is one of the Decepticons with Pretender technology.

  • The Pollyanna
  • Deep-Cover Agent: Also for Alpha Trion
  • Shout-Out: So many at the same time... His robot color scheme is based on Beast Wars II Thrust, his Pretender shell is based on Descent Into Evil Dirge with the color scheme based on Descent Into Evil Chromia.

Thundercracker

Thundercracker one of the founding members of the Mayhem Suppression Squad.

Recordicons

The Recordicons are Sir Soundwave's personal squad of troops, which he usually carries around with him.

Buzzsaw

Frenzy

Frenzy is usually very calm and friendly, but can be extremely dangerous when angered.

Laserbeak

Ratbat/Batbot

Ravage

An adorable cat-like Decepticon with a penchant for playing games and chatting on the internet with humans (and anyone else who will listen).

Rumble

Rumble is Frenzy's brother and was one of Soundwave's troops, until he was captured by the Autobots. His current fate is unknown, though considering he was last seen tied up and about to be dropped into the Autobots' Smelting Pool, he's probably not in good shape...

Terrorcons

The Decepticons' best combiner, composed of five carefully selected scholars and entertainers and charged with protecting Cybertron's cultural works from the Autobots.

Abominus

Abominus is their combined form, designed to carefully balance each of the team's five minds together.

Blot

Blot is one of Cybertron's top psychologists.

Cutthroat

Cutthroat used to be one of Cybertron's top corporate moguls, running his businesses with a combination of fairness and morality.

Hun-Grrr

Hun-Grrr likes to think of himself as being a gentlemen-like Decepticon. His altmode is a two-headed dragon-like beast, taken from a planet where the creatures are regarded with nobility by the populace.

Rippersnapper

A former actor, Rippersnaper joined with the Decepticons because he thought it would be an awesome experience. Abominus is almost big enough to fit his ego.

Sinnertwin

Before Optimus Prime started the war, Sinnertwin was a well-known and talented puppeteer. His puppet shows were popular with beings from planets all over the galaxy. He now fights as a part of Megatron's quest for peace.

Human Allies

Professor Arkeville

A rebellious scientist who quietly opposes the USA's current fascist regime along with his three interns.

Sephie Beller/Emulator

Remember Circuit Breaker from |The Transformers? Here's her counterpart. And yes, she loves machines (though not in the "shipping" sense...)

William "Will" Hayes

Although Will originally signed up to be Arkeville's intern for college prep purposes, he eventually became friends with the Decepticons. He also has an almost insatiable appetite.

Frederick "Rick" Ottman

Rick signed up along with Will to prepare for college, but got more than he bargained for when it led to he and Will befriending the Deceptions. He thinks Sephie is cute, but won't admit it.

  • Redheaded Hero
  • Shout-Out: "Rick" is a nickname: for "Frederick". He's named after pro wrestler Fred Ottman, best known as Typhoon, Tugboat, and the infamous Shock Master.
  • Those Two Guys: With Will

Autobot Characters and Subfactions

The Autobots were created when a librarian named Optronix grew ambitious and starting trying to climb his way up through the ranks, gathering a group of followers to him by preaching improving the Cybertronian race through conflict and conquest. They improved themselves physically--including Optronix becoming the powerful Optimus Prime--and eventually seized control of the planet via a coup.

Characters

Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime is the Autobots' evil, sadistic and tyrannical leader. Cruel and ambitious, his plans fall nothing short of universal conquest.

Alpha Trion

Alpha Trion, the Old One, is from a universe where the Decepticons were defeated long ago. He often acts like a kind and wise bot, but not everything is as it appears.

  • Ax Crazy
  • Artifact of Doom: Alpha Trion wields a sword that he claims was once wielded by a warrior named Slaughter, whose personality was supposedly integrated into the weapon itself. This was pretty much a lie Trion used to ultimately betray Skyfall.
  • Beard of Evil
  • Evil Weapon: He claims his sword has the ability to take over whomever wields it. Once again, this is a big fat fib.
  • Evil Old Folks
  • Manipulative Bastard

Arcee

Arcee is a victim of great madness. Like a marionette she often stands limp off in a corner, until she jumps into a fight, firing her neutronic crossbow and moving like a rag doll brought to life.

Beachcomber

Beachcomber is a twitchy, nervous, unstable 'bot who is considered completely insane even by Autobot standards.

Big Daddy

Big Daddy is one of the older Autobots, who lives up to his name by being a calm and pleasantly paternal figure. He likes to watch over the younger bots and make sure they're in good spirits,

Blaster

Blazter is the Autobot communications expert. He enjoys earth's classical music and uses it as a sonic weapon. Like Soundwave, he too has a group of cassettes, though he's also often seen commanding the Scrounges as well.

Crosshairs

Crosshairs' is a slothful and lazy Autobot who would much rather do nothing at all, and rarely fights.

Elita-One

Elita-One a true femme-fatale. She is one of the most skilled and sadistic snipers in the Autobot ranks.

Hoist

Hoist repairs are shoddy at best, and jury-rigged at worst. Still, if you can't afford Fixit's rates, he's better than being one of Ratchet's "patients".

Hound

Hound often proclaims himself as the "Master Of Fear", using his Psycho-Projector to cause people to hallucinate of the victims worst nightmares and become incapacitated.

  • Fantastic Racism: In a counterpoint to G1 Hound's Tin Man nature, SG Hound is at once hateful towards and fearful of organics, particularly humans.

Huffer

Huffer is an amiable, ever-smiling optimist. He is very unusual for an Autobot as a result.

Jazz

Jazz is considered one of Prime's best bodyguards, because he'll take any kind of attack meant for their leader Optimus head on.

Mirage

Mirage once used his natural state of invisibility to rob banks until Optimus Prime finally took notice of him and had him sent to Ratchet. Now he has the "gift" of permanent partial transparency.

Nightbeat

Nightbeat is chief of the Autobot Secret Police. He is responsible for maintaining absolute loyalty to the Autobots' tyrannical leader, and for rooting out and eliminating traitors.

Omega Doom

Omega Doom is the ultimate weapon of the tyrant Optimus Prime.

Ratchet

Ratchet is the Autobots' "medic". Optimus Prime sometimes sends wounded Autobots to him, but not for repairs. They are sent to him for punishment, mostly to receive unnecessary "upgrades".

Ricochet

Ricochet is a member of the elite bodyguards for the evil Optimus Prime. He has a twin brother, Jazz.

Scoop

Scoop almost constantly shaking in fear, or holding his fingers nervously. His Targetmaster partner is Holepunch.

Scrounges

When the Autobots need drones to do the dirty work, they call in the Scrounges. Silver colored drones who all possess a "war wheel" alternate mode, they're powerful in numbers, and easily expendable.

Seaspray

Seaspray is fascinated by Earth's oceans and is known for reporting every detail of them whenever possible to his fellow Autobots.

Side Burn

Side Burn is diligent and devoted to the Autobot cause, but some Autobots have difficulty trusting him.

  • Affably Evil: While not quite nice, exactly, he does seem to lack the bloodthirsty and capriciously cruel nature of the average Autobot, and even seems to like the humans.
  • Made of Iron: Has a disturbing tendency to survive without a scratch what should have been fatal or crippling injuries, an ability which even the other Autobots find suspicious.
  • Deep-Cover Agent: For the Underbase
  • Energy Beings
  • A Form You Are Comfortable With

Sky Lynx

Humble and self-deprecating, Sky Lynx was once Lieutenant Commander of the Autobot army, but after suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Wheelie, he tendered his resignation.

Star Saber

When the war started, Star Saber became one of the evil Autobots. Unfortunately, thanks to his rotten luck, he's been stuck at the bottom of the ranks.

  • Butt Monkey: Nobody likes Star Saber, not even Swoop who otherwise loves everybody.

Tailgate

Unlike many of the other Autobots, Tailgate loves humans, though in the way that someone would love a gerbil, dog, or cat. He ends up "adopting" Butch as his "pet human".

Wheeljack

Wheeljack is a mad scientist in every sense of the word. He was laughed right out of the Autobot ranks for a long while, though he eventually managed to get himself back in.

Wreckers

A squad formerly led by Rodimus, until one very eventful battle...

Around Cybertron

The Autobots' newsteam, which every Autobot is forced to watch on penalty of death.

Rook

The news channel's head anchor, who tends to act much like a No Celebrities Were Harmed version of Glenn Beck.

Andromeda

Punch

Blaster's Cassettes

Blaster also has his own personal squad of troops, although they mainly show up only in the "Recordicons" side comic.

Blackcat

Slamdance

Also a member of the Around Cybertron newsteam.

Steeljaw

  • Brilliant but Lazy: He genuinely can kick your skidplate. It's just too much work for him to ever get around to it.
  • Friendly Enemy: With Ravage. Sort of. Ravage adores him. He claims he wants to eviscerate Ravage but just hasn't gotten the motivation to get off his lazy backside and do so.
  • Lazy Bum
  • Sizeshifter

Seekers

An elite attack squad composed of Autobots with various sportscar altmodes and black color schemes. Drench used to be their leader until Optimus had him assassinated for being too "soft". Optimus suspected former member Sideswipe disagreed with the act and also attempted to assassinate him, which caused Sideswipe to defect to the Decepticons. Now Rodimus, himself a former Wrecker, leads the squad.

Rodimus

The former leader of a mercenary team called the Wreckers, he is the Starscream to Optimus Prime's Megatron, seeking to usurp command and turn the Autobots into the greatest mercenary team known to the universe.

  • Beard of Evil
  • Hook Hand: It's a buzzsaw, but it's in the same spirit.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: The Witwicky brothers convince him to change from the "loot and pillage" method of villainy to the "mob boss" method, as it will let the resources renew to be stolen over and over again.
  • The Starscream: To Optimus Prime.

Blurr

Blurr is a data interceptor for Optimus, and just as fast on his feet as he is on his wheels. He's the cousin of Crasher, the leader of the Decepticons' own Badass Crew.

Goldbug

Goldbug was once a shiftless drifter named Bumblebee. A sneak, a pickpocket, and blackmailer. When he joined Optimus Prime's brutal Autobot forces, his bravery put him on the fast track to power, and Bumblebee was quickly rebuilt as Goldbug.

Technobots

A set of Mad Scientists who form Optimus Prime's most dangerous combiner. Although they're actually Deep Cover Agents for Alpha Trion. Computron used to be a genius until an attempt to grant intelligence to Grimlock went Horribly Wrong and turned him into a brainless, neurotic idiot.

Computron

Afterburner

Lightspeed

Nosecone

Scattorshot

  • Miles Gloriosus: Sort of. Scattorshot is afraid of interpersonal interaction rather than combat, but he's still all bluff under that tough exterior.

Strafe


Human Allies

Currently consists mostly of the Witwicky brothers, who are Siblings in Crime.

Bruce Witwicky

The only one of the brothers with an actual legitimate job, as a sergeant in the military.

Buster Witwicky

Butch Witwicky

Spike Witwicky

  • Genre Savvy: Convinced Rodimus to change his "loot and pillage" method of villainy to a "mob boss" type instead.
  • Villain Team-Up: With Rodimus.

Other Characters

Dinobots/Cons

The Dinobots & Dinocons were created in a chain of events that amounted to an unwitting joint venture between the Decepticons and Autobots. Grimlock was initially created by Starscream, but deactivated when he proved to be too dimwitted and violent, then was stolen by Optimus Prime. He then in turn was hijacked by Wheeljack, who reverse engineered Grimlock's AI matrix and created a horde of other Dinobots in an attempt to attack Optimus Prime. When the attack failed, the Dinobots scattered and were eventually recaptured by other sides, then even later were granted embers and full life by a mysterious computer. Half the Dinobots now follow Grimlock and Optimus, while the other half are now "Dinocons" and follow Megatron, having been reprogrammed by Starscream to be a bit smarter and nicer.

Grimlock

Grimlock was created in a Decepticon lab by Megatron to be a warrior who would help the Decepticons, but Megatron ordered his deactivation after his violent tendencies emerged. He was put into storage never to be awakened again. However, when Optimus Prime heard of his creation, he stole Grimlock and reactivated him.

Swoop

Swoop is a joyful, friendly Dinobot who wishes to be everyone's friend.

Goryu

Goryu is typical for a Dinobot in any universe. Big and dumb, he is now in custody of the heroic Decepticons.

  • Dumb Muscle: Like all of the Dinocons, Goryu isn't a bright bot even after Starscream's neural upgrades
  • Meaningful Name: Goryu has a horn: and he really, really wants to gore you.

Overkill

Like Goryu, Overkill used to be a typical Dinobot. And also like Goryu, was eventually captured by the Decepticons and reprogrammed by Starscream.

Slugfest

Slugfest thinks highly of himself, but relies on his larger allies to take care of, and protect him. He seems very thankful for the neural upgrades Starscream gave him and the other Dinocons.


Nexus Prime

A mysterious combiner that's a Literal Split Personality, formed after his components from various other universes visit this one. Namely, when the four visitors meet up with their fifth member Heatwave, try to resurrect the recently assassinated Megatron with their powers, and end up talking to Primus instead.

Breakaway

Originally from the Transformers Classics universe, he's a kind, caring amnesiac with unusual healing powers.

Landquake

Skyfall

Originally an inhabitant of the planet Velocitron in the Unicron Trilogy universe, he took up the role of lone explorer after realizing he lacked the obsession with racing that his fellow planet-mates had. He spent his time charting distant star systems in his ship, until he met up with Ramjet and Landquake and discovered he had a greater destiny. An overwhelming inescapable feeling that he's linked to a mystery haunts him wherever he goes, though he quests on regardless of his unease at the things he discovers.

  • The Hero
  • Only Sane Man: Seems to be the most "normal" of the group, and tends to find his whole quest, the dimensions they've been traveling through, and his fellow combiner mates, all really weird and strange.
  • Back from the Dead: Having been killed by Alpha Trion back in the TransTech dimension, he's brought back to life when Nexus Prime is recreated.

Topspin


General

Aquarius

A Quintesson who ends up helping the Decepticons as well as members of the ancient combiner that Heatwave is also a member of.

  • New Age Retro Hippie
  • Shout-Out: His five faces are those of Buddha, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, John Lennon, and Jerry Garcia, representing Joy, Compassion, Peace, Love, and Satisfaction
    • The Sixties: A living shout out to the counterculture movement of that decade, man. Just look at his names and faces-- it's, like, far out, y'know?

R. J. Blackrock

The human CEO of a major Earth oil company, who ends up employing Sephie in his R&D department.

Teletraan-X

The Autobots' evil female sentient computer.

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