Transformers
GENERATION ONE TECH SPEC ARCHIVE

DECEPTICONS

Abominus
Terrorcon Gestalt
Function:  Warrior

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 1  Speed: 3   Endurance: 10   Rank: 5   Courage: 10   Firepower: 8   Skill: 4

Abominus transforms into the five Terrorcons.  Has overwhelming destructive power.
Likes attacking large or moving objects, climbing tall buildings, and sinking ships.  Has no
heart / soul and is nothing more than a killing machine.  Abominus carries a sonic
concussion blaster.

(Translated from Japanese by Doug Dlin.)
Air Strike Patrol
Micromaster
Function:  Espionage
" The more tightly you hold a secret, the more we like ripping it away. "
" I prey like a vulture in the night. " - Nightflight
" The air is my playground. " - Storm Cloud
" Revenge is sweet, victory is sweeter. " - Tailwind
" Undetected in flight, undefeated in fight. " - Whisper

Strength: 4  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 7  Endurance: 6  Teamwork: 2  Courage: 8  Cooperation: 2  Skill: 7

Spent years practicing in the mercury swamps of Cybertron.  Perfected the "fly, spy, and
fry" teamwork technique of stealing info and blasting their targets.  Rank among the most
capable and savviest of Decepticons.  Constantly fight among themselves to take credit for
the group's successes.  Always blame each other for its failures.  Their inability to get
along is their greatest weakness.

Airwave
Micromaster Battle Station
Function:  Aerial Defense
" My price is too high and you're going to pay. "

Strength: 1  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 7  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

A black market barbarian.  His airport is equipped with retractible tire shredding spikes
that prevent enemy invasions.  In attack mode, airport converts to mobile, dual missile
battery with a range of over 300 miles.  Control tower armed with atomic panels that short
out optic sensors.
Anti-Aircraft Base
(Blackout & Spaceshot )
Micromaster Combiner Headquarters
Function:  Ground Infantry
" Persistence is the cornerstone of victory. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 9  Endurance: 7  Rank: 8  Courage: 6  Firepower: 6  Skill: 9

One of the most powerful Decepticon weapons ever.  Commanded by Spaceshot and
 Blackout that combine to form a B-1 bomber jet.  Able to plot a course of attack in the
middle of battle, change maneuvers to match the enemy and emerge victorious.  Often
circles overhead during battle, surveying the battlefield and providing air and ground
support when necessary.  Tank armed with sophisticated all-terrain and underwater attack
capabilities.  Also armed with dual 50mm cannons for long range firepower.  In battle
station mode, outfitted with 3-stage photon rocket launcher, heat-seeking stun laser and
turret that converts to devastating gun emplacement.  On-board computer radar guidance
systems and automated repair bays provide additional ground support.  Self-propelled
scout vehicle fully equipped for short range reconnaissance missions, and can reach speeds
in excess of Mach 1.
Apeface
Headmaster Horrorcon
Function:  Saboteur
" Obnoxiousness is not a problem, it is an art. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 9  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Thoroughly obnoxious -- pounds loudly on his chest plates, insults everyone he talks to,
knocks over anyone in his way, never changes his lubricant so he smells like a
grease-encrusted turboworm, and spits fuel in public.  Binary-bonded to the nervous,
insecure Nebulan Spasma .  In jet Mode, maximum speed:  3250mph, emits powerful
jamming frequencies.  In ape Mode, has super-agility.  In robot Mode, carries
electro-shield and semi-automatic sonic boomer gun.
Astrotrain
Triple Changer
Function:  Military Transport
" In confusion there is opportunity. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 10  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 6  Skill: 8

Creating confusion is his specialty.  As a Triple Changer, can switch from space shuttle to
train to robot almost instantaneously.  Thrives on foes' panic and fear.  As shuttle, travels
at 20,000 mph in orbit, up to 50,000 mph out of orbit...can launch weapons and satellites.
Carries cargo.  As a train, top speed is 400 mph, range 1700 miles.  As robot has great
strength, carries powerful ionic displacer rifle.
Axer
Action Master
Function:  Bounty Hunter
" No prey is too large, no fee is too small. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 3  Endurance: 9  Rank: 7  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 10

Axer learned his craft hunting down microchip smugglers in the slag swamps of
Cybertron.  His custom-designed all-terrain Turbo Cycle is equipped with heat-seeking
proton missile batteries, quadriphonic sonic blasters and magnetic-lock targeting
destabilizer rifle; and converts to a dual photon cannon battle station.
Banzai-Tron
Action Master
Function:  Martial Arts Warrior
" To the victor go the profits. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 6  Courage: 10  Firepower: 6  Skill: 10

A master of Crystalocution, the Cybertronic martial art of defeating an opponent by
attacking his metal fracture points.  Usually reduces an enemy to spare parts in minutes
and then sells what's left, if given the chance.  Always willing to fight, for a profit.  His
partner, Razor-Sharp , is a lethal titanium-piercing crab that can tear through just about
any kind of metal obstacle!  Converts to a semi-automatic rifle that shoots plasma energy
projectiles that explode on contact.
Barrage
Deluxe Insecticon
Function:  Gunner
" Nothing left standing means nothing left to change. "

Strength: 3  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 3  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 10  Firepower: 9  Skill: 8

Winning is not enough -- this Insecticon's attack continues until the ground is scorched
and leveled.  Merciless, cruel...believes kindness only stirs hope among the vanquished.
Disliked by fellow Decepticons.  In insect Mode, can shoot non-stop explosive charges
from gun mounts, high energy photons from antenna.  Flies 15mph with 400 mile range.
Has powerful sonic rifle in robot Mode.
Battle Squad
 Micromaster Combiner
Function:  Aerial Counterattack
" Ramming speed is the only way to travel! "
" Strike hard and fear no one! " - Half-Track & Meltdown
" It's my duty to know the unknown! " - Direct-Hit & Power Punch
" The higher they fly, the faster they'll fall! " - Fireshot  & Vanquish

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 7  Endurance: 6  Teamwork: 7  Courage: 9  Cooperation: 7  Skill: 5

Utilizing the Micromaster Combiner feature, each micro robot of the Decepticon Battle
Squad has the ability to connect with other Micromaster Combiners to form powerful,
devastating vehicles of destruction!  The nucleus of the Decepticon's off-radar defense
system.  Banded together by a cybernetic compressor to ignite the stratosphere with a
magnitude of firepower!  Equipped with sophisticated, visual tracking devices for
high-definition, target-lock capabilities!  Usually to blame when Autobot space crafts
suddenly disappear from radar.  Able to annihilate anything within a three mile radius.
When separated, take pop-shots at each other for sport.  Combine to form an armored
assault vehicle, blast cannon transport, and high-spy jet.
Battletrap
Duocon
Function:  Assault Team
" We're only halves of a whole, but double the trouble. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 6  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 6  Firepower: 6.5  Skill: 7

He's the wrestling tag team of robots.  Likes to trap his foe between his jeep and
helicopter vehicles and have "fun" with him -- knock him back and forth a bit -- before
finally destroying him.  Jeep maximum speed of 90 mph, range 600 miles.  Helicopter
maximum speed of 780 mph, range 1200 miles.  In robot Mode, carries double-barreled
assault missile launcher with leaf-imaging for night-firing capability.

Beastbox
Cassette
Function:  Interrogator
" Speak now if you intend to ever speak at all. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 3  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 4  Skill: 3

His violent temper often overcomes his natural curiosity.  More willing to whittle down his
captives with his fists than with his words.  Few survive his interrogations long enough to
reveal anything useful.  Can record up to 6000 hours of testimony.  Equipped with two
compression cannons, which crush a target with tons of compressed air pressure.
Combines with Squawktalk to form robot Squawkbox.

Birdbrain
Monster Pretender
Function:  Aeiral Attack Trooper
" Anyone who is not a predator is considered prey. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 6  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 6  Skill: 4

This high-flying predator is as likely to swoop down on a poultry truck as it would on an
Autobot.  Incorporated with advanced "eagle-eye" mechanisms, this fearsome flier can
zone-in on Micromaster Autobot opponents over 300 miles away.  His beak can snap a
truck in half, while his talons lock onto an unsuspecting victim like a steel clamp!
Enclosed creature/robot is armed with laser rifle.
Blast Off
Combaticon
Function:  Space Warrior
" I destroy Autobots by choice, not by command! "

Strength: 3  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 10  Endurance: 3  Rank: 5  Courage: 5  Firepower: 9  Skill: 10

Feels literally and figuratively about the other Transformers as he soars through outer
space.  Aristocratic and aloof, disguises his long distance loneliness.  Cruelly efficient at
raining destruction on Earth.  Flies at 26,000mph, stays in orbit for 8 months.  Shoots
powerful X-ray laser to hit targets 12,000 miles away.  Uses ionic blaster in robot mode.
Forms Bruticus with fellow Combaticons.
Blitzwing
Triple Changer
Function:  Ground and Air Commander
" Destroy first, think later. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 9  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Ability as Triple Changer to rapidly transform makes him one of the most dangerous
Decepticons.  Cruel sense of humor, loud-mouthed, belligerent, and brash.  Flies at mach
2.7, range 1500 miles, has heat-seeking concussion missiles as plane.  As tank, has
track-mounted cannon that fires explosive shells 3.5 miles.  As robot has electron-scimitar
and gyro-blaster rifle.  Often gets stuck in mid-transformation.
Blot
Terrorcon
Function:  Foot Soldier
" I'm not as bad as I look - I'm worse. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 2  Speed: 2  Endurance: 10  Rank: 4  Courage: 10  Firepower: 6  Skill: 5

The most disgusting of all Transformers.  Wherever he goes, he leaves a trail of
foul-smelling lubricant which is oozing out of several different joints at any given moment.
Dumb, brutish, but loyal. In creature mode, claws allow him to climb any wall.  Breathes
fire.  In robot or creature modes, uses slime gun to shoot stream of corrosive liquid.
Combines with fellow Terrorcons to form Abominus.
Bludgeon
Pretender
Function:  Electric Warrior
" To know your own limits, you must first know your foe's limits. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 6  Courage: 9  Firepower: 7  Skill: 10

A merciless, emotionless master of Metallikato, the deadly Cybertronian martial art.
Attacks his enemies' fracture points while remaining outside their line of fire.
High-powered antennas produce electrical fireballs with a range of over 400 yards.  Battle
armor secretes ordorous, mucus slime.  Smoke generators in legs produce billowing
clouds of black smoke that disorient the enemy.  Inner robot armed with high-voltage
electric cannon.
Bomb-Burst
Pretender
Function:  Predator
" The greater the foe, the sweeter his fuel! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 7  Endurance: 4  Rank: 7  Courage: 9  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

A vicious, vile automated vampire!  Enjoys swooping down on unsuspecting Autobots and
using his serrated metallic fangs to drain the fuel from his victims.  Specially-textured
outer shell causes rust rash on contact.  Blinded by bright sunlight.  The ultimate terror in
darkness.  Without shell, transforms into a vertical take-off and landing hover jet with dual
lasers.  Within shell, armed with corrosive slime shooter and armor-piercing battle axe!
Bombshell
Insecticon
Function:  Psychological Warfare
" The mind is my playpen. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 5  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 5  Firepower: 6  Skill: 9

Can turn foes into helpless accomplices by injecting cerebro-shells into their head (robot
or human) with his stinger...gives him control of their minds...has a cruel sense of
humor...arms himself by having his victims debase themselves.  In insect mode this
insecticon can fly 10km.  In robot mode wears head-mounted mortar...throws 25 kg
explosive shell 15 km.  Cerebro-shells can be used against him if removed from victim's
head.
Bonecrusher
Constructicon
Function:  Demolitions
" Hit it till it stands no taller than dust. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 2  Endurance: 8  Rank: 4  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6  Skill: 6

Rubble-strewn wasteland is his idea of beautiful landscape.  His wild ways create fear and
terror.  As vehicle, at 30mph. exerts 800,000 psi...has short-range concussion bomb
launcher.  As robot, carries laser pistol.
Brawl
Combaticon
Function:  Ground Assault
" I was built to be wild! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 2  Speed: 4  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

Resistant to most conventional artillery, noisy, irritates everyone and is blusteringly
belligerent.  He's a terrifyingly effective warrior with enormous strength.  In tank mode
travels 45mph with 600 mile range.  Twin sonic cannon shoots powerful, ear-splitting
bursts of concentrated stereo sound energy.  In robot mode has 10-Megawatt electron
gun.  Forms Bruticus with fellow Combaticons.
Breakdown
Stunticon
Function:  Scout
" Keep your optical sensors to yourself. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 7  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6.5  Skill: 6

Thinks everyone is staring at him, even Earth cars and stoplights.  His self-consciousness
hurts his performance.  Finds heavy traffic nerve-wracking.  Would prefer to be human so
he could fit in better.  In car mode, engine emits vibrations that cause mechanical failures
in other vehicles; prone to leaky fuel pump.  In robot mode, carries a concussion rifle
which also causes mechanical failures.  Combines with fellow Stunticons to form
"Menasor".
Bristleback
Monster Pretender
Function:  Ground Assault
" You can't tell a Decepticon by its cover. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 2  Endurance: 8  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 6  Skill: 7

A bad-tempered, foul-mouthed malcontent made meaner by his decision to become a
Pretender.  While entering Earth's atmosphere, he discovered that his armor was corrosive
to rust!  This forced him to don the monstrous outer shell, causing him to lose his
quickness.  The spikes on the back of his outer shell secrete corrosive acid on contact.
Enclosed creature/robot is armed with rapid-fire, electrostatic pulse rifle.
Bruticus
Combaticon Gestalt
Function:  Warrior
" The road to conquest is paved with Autobot wrecks. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 1  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 10  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

Bruticus transforms into the five Combaticons.  Can destroy his enemies with ultrasonic
waves and smash metal bridges with a single chop of his hand.  Cold blooded, likes
nothing more than destroying Autobots.  Once he starts running wild he is unstoppable.
Has small brain circuits, making him simple-minded.  Carries a sonic stun gun and a missile
cannon.

(No U.S. Tech Spec ever released)
(Translated from Japanese by Doug Dlin, with quotation from TF: Universe comic)
Bugly
Pretender
Function:  Strategist
" The greatest power is the power to control. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 6  Endurance: 7  Rank: 7  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 9

A deadly warrior with pinpoint maneuverability in the air.  Intense, mystical, and very
cruel.  Practices the deadly martial art of Circuit-Su, which channels energy into one
powerful electric blast.  Electro-stingers in helmet deliver 3,000 volt charges that paralyze
on contact.  Also armed with 2 photon rifles.  Transforms to lasered, hover jet with
built-in, forward-thrust turbo boosters.  Also able to pilot outer shell by remote control.
Buzzsaw
Cassette
Function:  Spy
" My bite is worse than my bark. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 8  Endurance: 4  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 4  Skill: 9

Civil and sophisticated yet very cruel and destructive.  Approaches his lethal tasks like a
fine artist.  Each deadly mission is like working on a new masterpiece.  Can pinpoint and
photograph a thumbtack from 20 miles away.  Flies at 250mph.  Carries twin mortar
cannons.  Diamond-hard, micro-serrated beak can carve up almost any opponent.  Due to
large ego, will often sulk rather than proceed if his plans go astray.
Cannon Transport

Carnivac
Pretender Beast
Function:  Hunter / Tracker
" A cunning smile is more devastating than the fiercest weapon. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 7  Endurance: 9  Rank: 4  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

A growling, howling, mad dog destroyer.  Commits abominable acts with unrelenting glee.
Always smiling, even in battle.  Outer shell has built-in hydrolic lifters that enable him to
jump over 50 feet in any direction.  High-intensity laser beams in eyes incinerate targets in
seconds.  In robot Mode, armed with anti-thermal cannon with infrared scope that freezes
targets on impact.

Chop Shop
Deluxe Insecticon
Function:  Thief
" I take no prisoners, just spare parts. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 4  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 6  Skill: 10

Sneakiest of the Insecticons...if it's not bolted to the floor, it's not safe from his greedy
grasp.  No challenge is too great; the more difficult something is to steal, the more he
wants to steal it.  As insect, flies 30mph with two small jets on his back.  Pincer-like
antennae can slice through 2-inch thick steel.  Has twin pinpoint lasers on mouth; can
carry 30 tons.  As robot has photon cannon.
Cindersaur
Firecon
Function:  Firestorm Trooper
" Crash and burn...and burn...and burn. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 2  Endurance: 4  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

Incinerates everything in his path so he can find his way home.  Leaves a trail of charred
ground wherever he goes.  Probably fried some of his brain circuits from excessive smoke
inhalation.  Enjoys taking flame baths to soothe his aching joints.  Equipped with
fusion-powered flame breath that can be focused in a narrow stream or sprayed in a wide
angle.  His hobbies include barbecuing Autobots and drinking volcanic lava.
Constructor Squad
Micromaster Combiner
Function:  Battlefield Fortification
" The bigger the Autobot Scrap heap, the greater our success! "
" Dumping a world of hurt on the Autobots is our only purpose in life! " - Excavator & Stonecruncher
" Only our Decepticon victory is carved in stone! " - Hammer & Sledge
" There's nothing like the feel of cold steel! " - Grit & Knockout

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 5  Endurance: 8  Teamwork: 7  Courage: 9  Cooperation: 7  Skill: 8

As part of the Micromaster Combiner force, each member of the Decepticon Constructor
Squad can be separated from its partner and re-combined with another Micromaster
Combiner to form an incredible new Micromaster Combiner constructor!  Can turn raw
ideas into structural monsters of hard concrete!  Known for constructing monuments at
Decepticon headquarters after every Autobot conquest!  Enjoy watching the destruction
of something beautiful so they can build a frightfully ominous edifice in its place!
Together they're unbeatable.  When separated, too busy trying to out-design each other.
They take pride constructing rather than destroying.  Will build anything, anywhere,
anytime for the highest bidder!  Combine to form crane, dump truck, and ground digger
vehicles.
Crankcase
Triggercon
Function:  Data Collector
" Things are never as good as they seem. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 3  Endurance: 9  Rank: 7  Courage: 7  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

A wheezing, whining ingrate.  As welcome as a rash of rust-rot.  The worse things get, the
happier he is.  Enjoys complaining about everything.  Equipped with vast memory storage
capacity and shell-resistant armor.  Also equipped with infrared probes that penetrate and
analyze enemy circuitry.  Armed with two high-impact laser blasters and a distortion
modulator that scrambles enemy cerebral impulses.
Cutthroat
Terrorcon
Function:  Shock Trooper
" Compassion is the currency of losers. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 4  Speed: 4  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Not a trace of mercy can be found among his microchips.  Insatiable lust for destruction.
In battle, lashes out with wings, beak, and claws to cut everything to ribbons.  In creature
mode can leap 4 miles in one jump, breathes flame.  In robot mode, carries
double-barreled magnetizer that oppositely charges any metal target so it tears itself apart.
Combines with fellow Terrorcons to form Abominus.
Cyclonus
Function:  Saboteur
" Compassion is the Autobots downfall. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 9  Endurance: 8  Rank: 9  Courage: 9  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Cyclonus is huge and emotionless air warrior.  He has vast resources of power and can
draw strength in direct proportion to his need.  Cyclonus is equipped with
nuclear-powered turbine engines which enable him to reach speeds greater than Mach 2.
In robot mode, he carries an oxidating laser that fuses an enemy robot's internal
mechanisms.  Cyclonus has no weaknesses and no interests other than conquest.
Cyclonus
Targetmaster
Function:  Saboteur
" Compassion is the Autobots downfall. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 10  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 10  Firepower: 4  Skill: 5

An emotionless marauder whose single-minded purpose is to destroy the Autobots.
Incapable of fear.  Paired with Nightstick , a Nebulan master criminal who doubles as a
blinding, corroding black-beam gun.  In space jet Mode, has nuclear-powered turbine
engines that allow him to cruise at Mach 2 in suborbital altitudes and achieve escape
velocity for interstellar space travel.
Darkwing
Powermaster
Function:  Aerial Assault
" Things are never as bad as they seem -- usually they're worse. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 7  Endurance: 5  Rank: 5  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

Never has anything nice to say, but says it anyway.  Believes that life is one long ordeal of
pain and suffering and strives to insure that others experience more of it than he does.
Binary bonded to the Nebulan, Throttle, a hot-headed burglar prone to over-heating while
in engine mode.  Armed with two laser-guided electro-kinetic blasters.  Combines with
Dreadwind to form the fearsome Dreadwing.
Dead End
Stunticon
Function:  Warrior
" We are all just food for rust. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 5  Skill: 7

Sullen, fatalistic, sees little reason to continue Transformers' war.  Motivating him to fight
is always a problem.  Vain -- Spends most of his time shining himself.  In car mode, goes
220 mph.  Radar scan covers 200 mile radius.  In robot mode, has a compressor-air gun
that shoots a 40,000 psi blast of air.  Combines with fellow stunticons to form Menasor.
Devastator
Constructicon Gestalt
Function:  Warrior
" Thinking and winning do not mix. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 2  Speed: 1  Endurance: 9  Rank: 6  Courage: 10  Firepower: 8  Skill: 4

Awesome and terrifying, this Decepticon is a bizarre combination of six Constructicons:
Scrapper, Scavenger, Bonecrusher , Hook, Long Haul, and Mixmaster.  He is pure
brutality as his sole purpose is to crush all in his path.  His mind is a melding together of
his six parts, but he is limited by their competing thoughts.  He possess enormous height
and incredible strength - can knock down a bridge with one punch.  He carries a 10,000
degrees Celcius solar energy beam rifle.  Devastator is slow, awkward, and not too bright.
Devastator
Action Master
Function:  Warrior
" Thinking and winning do not mix. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 2  Speed: 1  Endurance: 9  Rank: 6  Courage: 10  Firepower: 8  Skill: 5

Awesome and terrifying!  Programmed for the sole purpose of crushing everything in his
path.  He is the embodiment of a life form which takes full advantage of his enemies'
weaknesses and uses them for their destruction.  His ferocious partner, Scorpulator,
conducts attacks without reason and warning, ripping his victims to scrap metal with his
razor sharp claws.  Scorpulator's tail shoots twin pulse laser beams.  Changes into an acid
spray gun.

Dirge
Function:  Warrior
" Fear is the element that unites all losers. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 8  Endurance: 6  Rank: 5  Courage: 4  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

The sound of his engines causes petrifying fear in those who hear them.  He's a master at
handling fear...other Decepticons are put off by his mournful, silent ways. "He gives me
the creeps," says Ramjet.  He carries two concussion missiles.  Needs to control a
situation; otherwise, he too falls victim to fear, making him useless as a warrior.
Divebomb
Predacon
Function:  Aerial Assault
" Conquer the skies and what's below you will fall. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 5.5  Endurance: 6  Rank: 5.5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6  Skill: 6

He's like a kid at a candy store - always delighted by all the targets he has to choose from.
Builds mecha-nests atop tall buildings and mountains; composed of late model sports cars,
wings of jets, theater marquees.  Back-mounted rocket thrusters allows speeds of 300mph,
2000 mile range.  Can see a dime from 10,000 feet.  Has particle-beam rifle with infra-red
sight, and laser-guided sword.  Magnetism inhibits flying ability.  With fellow Predacons,
forms Predaking.
Doubledealer
Powermaster
Function:  Mercenary
" The price of victory is never too high. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 6  Endurance: 9  Rank: 8  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

A ruthless, battle-ready robot for rent.  A traitorous backstabber.  Only loyal to the highest
bidder.  Valued by all, trusted by none.  When binary-bonded to Knok, Doubledealer
disguises himself as an Autobot robot.  When binary-bonded to the bat creature, Skar ,
Doubledealer transforms into a Decepticon falcon.  Armed with intercontinental ballistic
missile that can travel 3,000 miles in 30 minutes.  Equipped with enough explosives to
flatten a mountain range.  Uses solid light blaster in robot mode.
Drag Strip
Stunticon
Function:  Warrior
" The first one to cross the finish line LIVES. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 7  Endurance: 4  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 6

Nasty, underhanded, loves to gloat over his victories.  Would rather be scrapped than lose.
Prone to overheating. Megatron would sooner melt him than talk to him, but knows he's
even worse company for the Autobots.  In car mode, has a plasma-energy blaster. Carries
a gravity-enhancing gravito-gun.  Combines with fellow Stunticons to form Menasor.
Dreadwind
Powermaster
Function:  Air Defense
" Fear is a friend whose presence is felt long after he's left. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 7  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

As ominous as a storm cloud and as chilling as a winter breeze.  Grim and gloomy --
always acts as if his best friend just became permanently inoperative.  Binary-bonded to
the Nebulan, Hi-Test, a thrill-seeking, over-achieving perfectionist, constantly striving to
keep Dreadwind's morose mind on his evil work.  Equipped with two thermal melters and
two air-to-air missiles.  Combines with Darkwing to form Dreadwing .

Dreadwing
Powermaster (combined jet)

(Note: No Tech Spec given.)

Fangy
Headmaster
Function:  Tracker
" Leaders are for fools who need to follow. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 6  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6  Skill: 8

A fearsome, foul-mouthed nightstalker.  Rebels against authority in any form.  Lashes out
at anyone who even suggests his next course of action. His Decepticon superiors have
more difficulty controlling him than the Autobots have fighting him.  Binary-bonded to
Brisko, a former Nebulan cartographer with a photographic memory. Shoots
semi-automatic ion pulse gun.  Tail converts to compressed air cannon that produces 200
mph gale force winds.  Able to fly short distances in wolf mode.
Finback
Pretender
Function:  Naval Assault
" Ashes to ashes, rust to rust. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 4  Endurance: 3  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 9

A freezing, wretched wreck in the making.  Outer shell serves as container for his loose
components.  Enjoys making his enemies feel worse than he does.  External,
pressure-sensitive shell enables him to dive to a depth of 30,000 feet.  Specially-
reinforced scale armor is composed of "living" mecha-organisms that regenerate
spontaneously to protect inner circuitry.  Equipped with metal-corroding stun rifle that
ensures the enemy in a layer of thick, vicious underwater slime.  Transforms to high-speed
hovercraft equipped with long range sonar and scanners.  Also armed with jet-propelled,
armor-piercing harpoon gun.
Flamefeather
Firecon
Function:  Warrior
" The only good Autobot is a deactivated Autobot. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 4  Speed: 5  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 5

The only Decepticon ever thrown out of the Decepticon Military Academy for being too
violent.  Trashes entire car lots when there's nothing better to do.  Usually works alone
because his fellow Decepticons refuse to work with him.  Flamethrower inside his mouth
can fry a football field.  Maximum flight speed:  90mph.  Greatest achievement:  talking to
someone for more than a minute before flying into a rage.
Flattop
Micromaster Transport
Function:  Naval Warfare
" Terror is the ultimate weapon. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 7  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

The scourge of the seven seas.  Prowls the oceans, sinking everything.  Dreams of floating
on a sea of burning Autobot fuel.  Armed with torpedo launchers equipped with
heat-sensitive tracking devices.  Transforms into interstellar jet equipped with devastating
X-ray laser cannons.  Serrated wingtips in jet Mode can cleave enemy warriors in two.
Possesses superior maneuverability in the air.  Reinforced, steel alloy fuselage ideal for
mid-air dogfights.

Flywheels
Duocon
Function:  Assault Team
" Believe in yourself, but only if you both agree. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 4  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 6

Split personality - fights himself more often than his foes.  Each half of him is jealous of
the other.  Often heard arguing with himself, even when unified in robot mode.  Tank has
maximum speed of 75mph, range 350 miles.  Jet has maximum speed of 1300mph, range
1800 miles.  In robot mode, carries a laser cannon with infra-red sensors for heat-seeking
capabilities.
Frenzy
Cassette
Function:  Warrior
" Sow panic and surrender will bloom. "

Strength: 2.5  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 3.5  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 10  Firepower: 9  Skill: 6

If FRENZY needed to breathe, war would be his oxygen.  He knows no cause, only
craves to spread fear and destruction.  His efforts are appreciated by other Decepticons.
His devotion to warfare makes him hard to deal with on a personal level.  Can roll his
drums to produce high-pitch, grating sound of 200db.  Disorients and disrupts electrical
flow in opponent's circuitry which makes them malfunction.  Physically weak.  His manic
attack can be countered with cool logic.
Galvatron
Function:  City Commander
" My power is everything; defeat is absurd! "

Strength: 9.5  Intelligence: 8.5  Speed: 9  Endurance: 10  Rank: 9  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 10

Galvatron is a cold-hearted robotic villain.  Determined to lead the Decepticons.
Possesses enough strength to pulverize an Autobot into scrap metal.  Unconquerable.
Arrogant and compassionless.  Plots against his allies, thus weakening his position.  In
robot Mode, he carries a laser that emits chemically-produced, direct-current electricity.
Gnaw
Sharkticon
Function:  Assault Sentry
" I live for the taste of an Autobot's fuel line! "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 4  Endurance: 8  Rank: 2  Courage: 8  Firepower: 4  Skill: 4

Travels in packs with fellow Sharkticons.  Fearless and vicous.  Loyal only to the master
who last fed him.  Powerful tail fin allows him to travel at speeds over 150 Knots.
Carnivourous with a voracious appetite.  Possesses several rows of razor-sharp teeth that
can tear through solid steel.  In robot mode, carries a maceration laser that shoots
salt-based corrosive liquid.  Also carries a barbed mace.
Greasepit
Micromaster Battle Station
Function:  Fuel Depot
" An engine is only as powerful as the fuel that runs it. "

Strength: 4  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 3  Endurance: 6  Rank: 7  Courage: 7  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

A small-minded swindler.  Siphons gas from the cars of humans to supply his Decepticon
comrades.  In battle Mode, his station is armed with ionic cannons, rail-launched
incendiary missiles and circuit-scrambling jammers.  Tower-mounted sonic disruptor emits
pressurized sound waves that can crush any target.

Gutcruncher
Action Master
Function:  Air-to-Ground Support
" Conquest of the Autobots begins with control of the sky! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 7  Endurance: 9  Rank: 10  Courage: 7  Firepower: 5  Skill: 9

Gutcruncher shares the Decepticon's dream of total defeat of the Autobots, but for his
own reasons.  He has a contract with Megatron to trade their remains to the Junkions and
other interplanetary spare parts dealers for vast quantities of energon cubes.  This cold,
calculating capitalist views all opponents as potential profit.  He pilots the space-faring
Stratotronic Jet, which has a maximum speed of 40,000 mph and is armed with fusion
bombs, two cruise missiles, particle beam, infrared laser guns and more.  It converts into a
devastating battle station with missile launcher and fusion blaster connon.  Also includes
pilotless surveillance drone and one-man battle tank.

Headstrong
Predacon
Function:  Ground Assault
" The best advice is not to listen to advice. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 4  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 6  Firepower: 8  Skill: 6

Doesn't listen to anyone, particularly his friends.  Smug, arrogant.  Puts up a stubborn
front to hide deep-rooted insecurities.  More vulnerable to psychological rather than
physical attacks.  In rhinoceros mode, his horn can puncture 3-foot thick steel, release
corrosive acid.  Uses plasma-sphere shooter that emits explosive energy balls; has light
distorting diffraction sword.  Combines with fellow Predacons to form Predaking.
Hook
Constructicon
Function:  Surgical Engineer
" Strive for perfection even if others must suffer. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 3  Endurance: 6  Rank: 4  Courage: 6  Firepower: 5  Skill: 10

With the precision of a fine jewler, Hook performs his job with skill unequalled among the
Transformers, whether reconnecting a damaged microchip or setting a two ton girder into
place.  He's a snobbish, supercilious, unpopular perfectionist who is able to lift 20 tons.
As shoulders and head module, combines with fellow Constructicons to form giant robot
Devastator.
Horri-Bull
Headmaster
Function:  Ground Trooper
" Smash all that stands and trample the rest. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 5  Endurance: 8  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 4

A snorting, belching bully with a nasty temper.  Drips grease and oil from his mouth and
emits billowing black clouds of noxious black smoke from his nostrils.  Enjoys destroying
anything that stands in his way, particularly Autobots.  In robot Mode, uses flamethrower
tail to incinerate his enemies.  Also armed with a concussion blaster.  Range:  12 miles.
Binary-bonded to the nebulan, Kreb , a former talk show host with obnoxious manners.
Hun-Grrr
Terrorcon
Function:  Terrorcon Leader
" Eat only what you need - destroy the rest. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 3  Endurance: 10  Rank: 9  Courage: 10  Firepower: 9  Skill: 6

He has two mouths to feed - his own - and spends most of his time doing it.  Since his
mouth is usually full, his orders are usually misinterpreted.  Prefers eating non-living to
living things...doesn't like anything that might still be wriggling about after he swallows it.
Can refashion digested materials and spit them out as crude missiles.  Has powerful sonic
stun gun in robot mode.  Combines with fellow Terrorcons to form Abominus.
Icepick
Monster Pretender
Function:  Demolitions
" From today's rubble-strewn fields shall emerge a new Decepticon world! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 3  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6  Skill: 6

A fanatical follower of Planned Obsolescence, this metallic monster preaches about the
destruction of things today, so they can be recycled into more advanced technologies
tomorrow.  His outer shell can withstand virtually any explosion.  His claws can pierce
through 12 inches of pure grade steel and he can crush a tank without even trying.
Enclosed creature/robot has leaping range of 1.8 miles.  Armed with fireball bazooka.
Iguanus
Pretender
Function:  Terror Trooper
" Sow the seeds of fear and victory is yours. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 4  Endurance: 9  Rank: 7  Courage: 9  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

A hideous, slithering monster.  So in love with his loathsome, lizard-like outer shell that he
rarely removes it.  Shares misguided comradery with all reptiles.  Equipped with super
robotic strength.  Able to crush cars with his reptilian claws.  Hypno-beams in eyes
penetrate enemy cerebro-circuits and override primary programming directives.  Armed
with hurricane air-blaster that shoots concussive blasts of pressurized air.  Wheels in cycle
mode equipped with spinning blades that tear through enemy armor.  Built-in
anti-gyrostators able to disrupt equilibrium of enemy robots.
Kickback
Insecticon
Function:  Espionage
" Friend is another word for fool. "

Strength: 3  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 4  Endurance: 4  Rank: 7  Courage: 6  Firepower: 5  Skill: 8

Charming, but cruelly clever...makes friends so he can influence them to do his bidding by
digging up facts he can hold against them.  Humans particularly susceptible to this
Insecticon.  In insect mode can jump 40 ft. for a distance of .1 miles...kick a hole in 1/4
inch steel.  In robot mode can fly 30mph up to 100 miles.  Sub-machine gun fires 300
rounds per minute.  Very vulnerable as insect and flying in high winds.
Krok
Action Master
Function:  Foot Soldier
" The road to conquest is best travelled one step at a time. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 2  Endurance: 10  Rank: 5  Courage: 7  Firepower: 6  Skill: 8

Gets his kicks from kicking!  One blow from his automatic-powered foot can send an
Autobot into orbit.  Centuries of playing all-star mecha-soccer on Cybertron has made him
the terror that he is today.  By taking a single-stomping step, he can create a mini
earthquake with a scaled reading of at least 7.0.  His faithful partner, Gatoraider, uses his
vise-like jaws to crush any unfortunate being caught in the aftershocks.  Converts to
powerful concussion cannon.

Laserbeak
Cassette
Function:  Interrogation
" The only point I like in Autobots: melting point. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 8  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 2  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

Laserbeak takes pleasure in hunting his prey -- usually the straggling survivors of a battle.
Noticeably not brave.  Will run for safety if threatened.  Flies at speeds up to 250mph.
Uses two independently targetable laser cannons with extreme precision to get information
from capitves.  Shortage of ruby crystals that powers the lasers can panic his systems into
shutting down.

Long Haul
Constructicon
Function:  Transport
" A battle front is only as good as its supply line. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 4  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 4

Unhappy with unglamorous role, but understands its importance...helps build Decepticons'
massive energy-recovery installations.  As vehicle, can carry 90 tons for 1200 miles, use a
dual heat-seeking missile mount.  As torso module, combines with fellow Constructicons
to form giant robot Devastator .  Can be goaded into a fight in which he's overmatched.

 Megatron
Function:  Leader
" Peace through tyranny. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 10  Speed: 4  Endurance: 8  Rank: 10  Courage: 9  Firepower: 10  Skill: 9

Megatron combines brute strength, military cunning, ruthlessness and terror.  Aches to
return to Cybertron to conquest after destroying all Autobots on earth.  Plans to possess
all Earth resources.  Incredibly powerful and intelligent.  Fires nuclear-charged fusion
cannon.  Can link up interdimensionally to a black hole and draw antimatter from it for use
as a weapon.  No known weakness.
Megatron
Action Master
Function:  Leader
" Conquest of the universe rests upon the immediate termination of all Autobots! "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 10  Speed: 4  Endurance: 8  Rank: 10  Courage: 9  Firepower: 10  Skill: 9

Cybertron and Earth are not enough for this power-hungry Decepticon!  Now he wants
the whole galaxy!  More ferocious and powerful than ever, this living engine of evil seeks
the worlds throughout the cosmos and utterly crushes all those who dare defy him,
especially the Autobots.  In pursuit of these grisly goals, he drives the Neutro-Fusion
Tank, a high-impact battle tank armed with fusion cannon, corrosive smoke shells,
anti-aircraft photon machine guns, and heat-seeking mechano-sensors.  The tank converts
into a ground-to-air, wire-guided missile launcher, and search and destroy jet throne.

Menasor
Stunticon Gestalt
 Function:  Super Warrior
" Leave no Autobot uncrushed. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 6

A clanking, crushing terror that destroys all in his path -- the ulimate Decepticon weapon
if he wasn't so confused by the opposing thoughts of the 5 Stunticons who comprise him.
(Motormaster is loathed by the other four.)  Tremendous strength, his punch has the
force of 140 tons.  Impervious to most artillery.  Uses Motormaster's cyclone gun and
carries an ionizer sword with a 50,000 volt charge.
Military Patrol

Mindwipe
Headmaster
Function:  Hypnotist
" Just one look from me and you've lost. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 7  Endurance: 5  Rank: 7  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 9

A mystic; spends most of his time trying to contact the electromagnetic essences of
long-dead Decepticons than talking to live ones.  Binary-bonded to Vorath, former
Nebulan Minister of Science, expelled from office as a result of an illegal experiments
scandal.  In bat mode, has hypnotic stare, flies at 700 mph.  In robot mode, uses vipor
pistol -- shoots streams of neuro-circuitry paralyzing liquid.
Missile Launcher

Mixmaster
Constructicon
Function:  Materials Fabrication
" How strong the steel, how quick the conquest. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 3  Endurance: 8  Rank: 4  Courage: 6  Firepower: 7  Skill: 9

Nothing is safe from him...he will use anything from unliving rock to living robot in
making new materials.  Uses acids and bonding agents to reduce and recombine almost
anything inside mixing drum...a chemistry lab on wheels.  As left leg module, combines
with fellow Constructicons to form giant robot " Devastator".

Monstructor
Monster Pretender Gestalt
Function:  Super Warrior

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 4  Endurance: 6  Rank: 7  Courage: 8  Firepower: 9  Skill: 6

Six fearsome Pretenders combine to form this towering, metal-mashing menace!
Monstructor's corrosive touch causes metal to decay, making it easier for him to use his
incredible strength to crush his robotic foes!  His solar fission cannon utilizes the power of
the stars to obliterate anything in its sight!

Motormaster
Stunticon
Function:  Stunticon Leader
" These wheels are made for crushing. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 5  Endurance: 10  Rank: 7  Courage: 9  Firepower: 7  Skill: 4

No one on the road is colder and crueler.  Shows no mercy to Autobots who happen to be
on the highway with him.  Seeks to destroy Optimus Prime so he can claim to be "King
of the Road".  Can survive a collision with anyone, except Optimus Prime.  Reaches a
top speed of 140mph and can shatter a 20-foot concrete block.  Uses a 400mph wind
producing cyclone gun.  Forms robot Menasor with fellow Stunticons.
Nautilator
Seacon
Function:  Underwater Excavations
" Blame someone else before they blame you... "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 4  Speed: 3  Endurance: 8  Rank: 5  Courage: 6  Firepower: 7  Skill: 4

A stumbling, bumbling amphibious foul-up.  Often gets caught in the undertow and has to
be hauled out by his fellow Seacons.  Quick to blame others for his mistakes.  Equipped
with geological sensors that register underwater fuel deposits.  Armed with triple crusher
cannon that shoots energon bands which trap their target and then tighten until the target
has been reduced to rubble.  Nautilator transforms to heat-seaking torpedo cannon in
weapons mode.  Combines with fellow Seacons to form Piranacon.
Needlenose
Targetmaster
Function:  Aerial Warrior
"Get hip or get hit!"

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

The coolest Decepticon ever to crush an Autobot.  Believes the secret to being bad is to
be "BAD".  Trendy.  Fascinated by Earthly fads.  Always tries to fit in, even when it's
impossible.  So busy being cool he seldom joins in battle.  Teamed with Sunbeam, a solar
powered beach bum who transforms into a light burst discharger and Zigzag, who
transforms into a slightly-inaccurate, twin electrostatic overloader rifle.

Octane
Triple Changer
Function:  Fueler
" He who has fuel, has power. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 7  Endurance: 4  Rank: 7  Courage: 4  Firepower: 4  Skill: 6.5

A greedy, mean-spirited bully.  Enjoys watching fellow Decepticons become painfully
inoperative from lack of fuel.  Forces Autobots off roads and Aerialbots to abort landings
just for fun.  Crashes make him laugh.  In jet mode:  range 700 miles, maximum speed 750
mph.  In tanker mode:  range 65,000 miles, maximum speed 90 mph, carries 10,000
gallons of fuel.  Carries fuel-powered flamethrower and deflecto-shield.
Octopunch
Pretender
Function:  Salvage
" Anything that can sink is worth sinking. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 1  Endurance: 9  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 5  Skill: 7

The terror of the deep.  If he's not stealing sunken treasure or ancient artifacts, he amuses
himself by smashing holes in submarines and cruise ships.  Electrically-charged,
razor-tipped harpoon gun momentarily short-circuits on contact.  Also armed with
vice-like tentacles that stick to any surface.  So strong underwarer, he can wrestle a whale
to a standstill.  Inner robot converts to metal-rending, deep-sea radar and acetylene torch
gun.
Onslaught
Combaticon
Function:  Combaticon Leader
" The mind is the greatest weapon. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 3  Endurance: 7  Rank: 7  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

Believes the key to a mission's success lies in the perfection of its planning.  Prefers
devising sinister schemes to actual combat, but a relentless, furious fighter when stirred
into action.  As a missile trailer, Onslaught is capable of launching 6500-mile range photon
missiles, each equivalent to 3000 tons of TNT.  Accuracy of missiles is hampered by
electromagnetic interference.  Uses powerful sonic stun gun in robot mode.  Joins with
fellow Combaticons to form robot Bruticus .
Overbite
Seacon
Function:  Undersea Terminator
" There are only two kinds of creatures:  predator and prey. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 5  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 6  Skill: 8

A menacing, mechanical monster.  Prowls the ocean depths for his next victim.
Unrelenting and unbeatable underwater combat.  Teeth and talons can tear through solid
slabs of concrete and steel.  Liquid-cooled, turbo-powered engine enables him to reach
speeds up to 70 mph.  In weapons mode converts to a double barrelled tidal wavemaker.
In robot mode carries jawbreaker cannon that shoots metal eating, salt-based corrosives.
Combines with fellow Seacons to form Piranacon.
Overkill
Cassette
Function:  Warrior
" Too much destruction is never enough. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 2  Endurance: 8  Rank: 5  Courage: 6  Firepower: 5.5  Skill: 5

Whether talking, terrifying, or attacking, he does everything to excess.  So busy proving
how tough he is by snapping cars in half between his jaws, that he forgets his mission.
Can record data as a cassette, rip open the hull of a battleship as a tyrannosaurus.  Armed
with 2 batteries of motion missiles - each reacts to any moving object bigger than a
baseball and explodes on contact.
Piranacon
Seacon Gestalt
Function:  Undersea Warrior
" Underwater, no one can hear you scream. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 4  Endurance: 6  Rank: 7  Courage: 9  Firepower: 10  Skill: 6

A monolitic menace.  The diabolical combination of the five Seacons who comprise him.
Master at undersea warfare.  Few Autobots can outdistance him or escape his evil
clutches.  Destroys everything in his path with ghoulish glee.  A troublemaker and
malcontent.  Rarely follows orders.  Fellow Decepticons are unable to control him.
Capable of creating colossal tidal waves over 300 feet high.  Because of his incredible size,
Piranacon's reflexes are impaired out of water.  Armed with the Seacons' entire arsenal of
firepower.
Pounce
Clone
Function:  Infiltrator
" Terror is the stage on which I perform. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 4  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 10

Sly, silent, and savage.  The right machine for the right job.  Often ignores his victims'
pleas for mercy.  In puma mode, can leap .7 miles.  Possesses superior eyesight and sense
of smell.  In robot mode, laser range finder in optical sensors provides 99.4% accuracy
with twin anti-personnel missile launching bayonets.  Clone brother is Wingspan.
Predaking
Predacon Gestalt
Function:  Warrior
" Destroy first, ask questions later. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 3  Endurance: 8.5  Rank: 7  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 8

The closest thing to a perfect fighting machine that the Decepticons have.  As a warrior he
has no equal; as a weapon he has no restraints.  His actions result from seemingly savage,
animal instinct.  Can lift 500 tons; reacts to any movement he sees within .002 seconds.
Can generate protective electric field.  Wields powerful X-ray laser cannon.  Each foot
houses twin mortar shell launchers.  No known weaknesses.
Quake
Targetmaster
Function:  Ground Assault
" Nothing lasts forever...so why not destroy it now?"

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 4  Speed: 3  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 6

A destructive berzerker.  Attacks everyone and everything with a vengeance.  Doesn't stop
shooting until everything is in ruins.  Capable of leveling an entire Autobot installation in
minutes.  Titanium based treads are equipped with special adhesive that enables Quake to
climb sheer cliff surfaces.  Known for his somewhat "off the wall" battle tactics.  Teamed
with Tiptop, a former circus strongman who transforms into a balance-altering,
gyroscopic destabilizing weapon, and Heater , a smart-aleck street punk who transforms
into a double photon pistol.  Equipped with plasma cannon in tank Mode.

Race Track Patrol

Ramjet
Function:  Warrior
" If it flies, crash it! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 9  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 6

Mid-air collisions are his specialty.  Makes little difference if target is opponent or not,
he’ll crash into it just for fun.  A terror without equal in the skies.  "The skies are my
castle and I like to live alone."  His nose module can withstand impact of three-foot thick
concrete at 1500 mph.  Flies as fast as mach 2.8.  Carries cluster bombs.  Too many
crashes can injure him, particularliy internal mechanics.
Rampage
Predacon
Function:  Gunner
" Those who conquer, act; those who are conquered, think! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 5  Endurance: 6  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 6

Barrels through life with an uncontrolled fury.  Has difficulty talikng coherently for more
than a few seconds before violently lashing out at anything near him, friend or foe.  TV
calms hims...stares at rock music videos for hours.  As tiger, can leap 300 ft. in height,
500 ft. in length.  A kick from his foreleg can crumble a cinder block well.  As robot,
carries 60,000 volt lightning rifle, 5000 degrees Farenheight thermo-sword.  Combines
with fellow Predacons to form Predaking .
Ransack
Deluxe Insecticon
Function:  Warrior
" The sight of ruin only makes me crave more. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 3  Endurance: 8  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 5

Unconcerned about safety of innocents...will level an entire town to hunt down an enemy.
A tough-talking, straight-to-the-point Insecticon, always looking forward to the next
battle.  In insect mode, leaps 200 feet at insect size, 1.5 miles normal size.  Rear legs can
shatter foot-thick steel; their vibrations from rubbing can crumble a brick wall.  Antennae
shoot 80kV electricity. Carries concussion blaster gun in robot mode.
Ratbat
Cassette
Function:  Fuel Scout
" The road is my dinner plate. "

Strength: 3  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 4  Endurance: 3  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 2  Skill: 9

Has no friends, only business partners...his only allegiance is to himself.  Refuels by
plunging his mecha-fangs into new cars' gas lines -- the better made the car, the better the
gasoline tastes.  Maximum flying speed:  65mph.  Carries two radar-guided, free-electron
lasers that detect the presence of an object as small as a fly.  Wings contain mechanical
sensors for locating fuel sources.  Has one foot wingspan that can enlarge to ten feet.
Wings are vulnerable to artillery.

Ravage
Cassette
Function:  Saboteur
" Today's Autobots are tomorrow's scrap metal. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 5  Endurance: 6  Rank: 7  Courage: 4  Firepower: 7  Skill: 10

Ravage operates best alone.  A creature of the night.  Craftiest of all Decepticons.  Adept
at devising deadly new strategies.  Remains aloof from others, but his deeds command
their respect.  Can virually escape detection -- emits an electromagnetic emmission shield,
has soundless walk, disappears in subdued light or shadow.  Carries 2 powerful
heat-seeking missiles.  Light-sensitive.  Can be blinded.
Razorclaw
Predacon
Function:  Predacon Leader
" All good things succumb to those who wait. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 4  Endurance: 9  Rank: 8  Courage: 10  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

All business.  Hates waste in any form...won't burn an extra drop of fuel unless he's certain
the results will be worth the effort.  Long stretches of inactivity often mistaken for
laziness.  Explodes into furious, ferocious action when it's time to strike.  As a lion, can
leap distances as long as a football field.  Claws can rip through foot-thick steel.  Has twin
concussion blasters and sonic sword.  Combines with fellow Predacons to form
Predaking.
Reflector
(Spectro, Spyglass, Viewfinder)
 Function:  Reconnaissance
" See and you can know, know and you can destroy. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 2  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 6  Skill: 9

Loves to observe things: vegetation, architecture, Earthen topography, and particularly
comrades' mistakes.  Likes to blackmail his associates and is impressed with his own
ability.  Has highly-developed infra-red vision that can record images in darkness, through
camouflage and at great distances.  In camera mode, can emit powerful flash explosion
that leaves enemy blind and disorientated for up to 15 seconds.
Rippersnapper
Terrorcon
Function:  Terrorist
" Autobots are an error I intend to correct. "

Strength: 3  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 5  Endurance: 9  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 6

Any organic creature whose status on the evolutionary scale ranks higher than a slime
mold, particularly Autobo ts, sends him into a ferocoius frenzy.  Hates the smell of
carbon-based life forms. In creature mode, claws and teeth can slice through almost any
substance.  Has twin, ground-to-air, voice-guided missile launchers.  In robot mode, has
cyclone gun.  Combines with fellow Terrorcons to form Abominus.
Roadblock
Ultra Pretender
Function:  Ground Forces Commander
" To show fear is to admit defeat. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 3  Endurance: 9  Rank: 9  Courage: 10  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

The malevolent master of mayhem.  Crushes everything in his path with his studded
iron-steel wheels. The front runner for the Decepticon army and a locomotive of
destruction. Armed with corrosive rust bombs that eat away enemy armor. Also equipped
with high-intensity, heat generators in exterior that provide thermal force field. Infra-red
tracking and navigation systems and large scale fuel capacity ideal for remote controlled
reconnaissance missions.  Also armed with two proton shatter-cannons and hydraulic
battle ram equipped with acetylene cutters. Outer shell transforms to subsonic windcruiser
armed with two plasma blasters.
Roadgrabber
Pretender Vehicle
Function:  Gunner
" Destruction has a beauty all its own. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 7  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

A road-ripping demon of destruction.  The cruelest of the cruel.  Able to hide undetected
inside his bullet-proof protective shell and use its front-mounted claws to crush his
enemies.  Transforms from robot mode to fast attack hover jet with vectored thrusters for
lightning-fast maneuverability.  Built-in, turbo-powered boosters enable him to reach
speeds over 3000 mph.  Also equipped with subspace capabilities.  Armed with dual
pom-pom action freeze lasers that convert to flamethrower cannons.
Roughstuff
Micromaster Transport
Function:  Aerial Defense
" Shoot first, aim later. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 4  Speed: 4  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 6  Firepower: 9  Skill: 5

A trigger-happy sniper. Never aims, just starts blasting.  Even Decepticons run for cover
when he joins the battle.  Trailer equipped with anti-aircraft, plasma-pulse gun battery and
two heat-seeking proton missiles.  Transforms to atomic-powered fighter jet and mobile
battle platform with side-mounted gatling cannon.  Nose cone emits high intensity heat ray
that liquifies metal on contact.  Also equipped with suborbital capabilities.
Ruckus
Triggercon
Function:  Combat Assault
" I take a licking and keep on kicking. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 5  Endurance: 3  Rank: 5  Courage: 10  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

A rolling bucket of bolts.  Always looks like he just lost a demolition derby.  Willing to
take big risks on the battlefield because he's in such a state of disrepair.  A deadly,
devastating warrior.  Adept at ramming his enemies and then running them over.
Nail-studded tires can tread over anything.  Also able to emit viscous oil slicks that send
his enemies into a tail spin.  Armed with heavy-duty rocket launchers that fire mercury
tipped explosives.
Rumble
Cassette
Function:  Demolitions
" Destroy whats below and whats above will follow. "

Strength: 2  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 7  Firepower: 9  Skill: 5

Rumble is your basic street punk.  Small but always acting tough.  Quick temper and mean
disposition.  Follow’s Megatron’s orders eagerly.  Transmits immense low frequency
groundwaves to create powerful earthquakes.  His small size limits his physical strength,
but his ability to shatter the ground makes him difficult to approach in a fight.
Runabout
Battlecharger
Function:  Shock Trooper
" A pretty car makes an even prettier wreck. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Likes to watch things blow up - the bigger the explosion the better.  Uses parked cars and
gas station fuel pumps for target practice.  Usually very busy as a Battlecharger, but
terrified of boredom.  Maximum speed 300 km/h. Range:  900 km. Has high-energy
particle beam rifle.  Easily distracted by a beautiful car - because he wants to destroy it,
not admire it.
Runamuck
Battlecharger
Function:  Shock Trooper
" The road is my playpen, cars are my toys. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 5  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

Cackling like a mechanical wildman, this Battlecharger is a twilring, tumbling two-lane
terror.  Spreading fear is his favorite pasttime.  Admires junkyards like humans admire art
museums.  Maximum Speed 180 mph.  Range:  600 Miles.  Uses friction rifle that
increases kinetic energy of its target's molecules for 5 minutes.  Even the slightest
movement resulst in tremendous friction, causing flames and melting.  Afraid of heights.
Scavenger
Constructicon
Function:  Mining & Salvage
" Everything is worth something, even me. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 2  Speed: 3  Endurance: 6  Rank: 4  Courage: 8.5  Firepower: 6  Skill: 7

Desperately tries to prove his worth to comrades by trying to find things of value --
whether by digging up a hillside or a backyard. Only tolerated because of ability to use
shovel's magnetic, ionic, electrical, gas sensors to detect presence of fuels, metals, etc.
Scorponok
Headmaster
Function:  Headmaster Commander
" Kindness is no virtue...and cruelty is no vice. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 4  Endurance: 10  Rank: 10  Courage: 10  Firepower: 9  Skill: 9

Despair and isolation are all that remain in his wake.  Believes the poor should be
exploited, the weak oppressed, and the noble corrupted.  Others' pain is his sole pleasure.
In scorpion mode, tail shoots 100,000 volt electric bursts, has twin pulse blasters, claws
can crush mountains.  In defense base mode, has over-the-horizon radar, communications
center, anti-aircraft sonic cannon, repair bay, construction bay; semi-autonomous armored
interceptor with dual photon cannons that patrol the base perimeter.  In robot mode, has
fusion-powered anti-gravity gun.  Binary-bonded to Lord Zarak, leader of the evil
Nebulans.
Scourge
Sweep
Function:  Sweep Leader
" Desolation follows in my trail. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 8  Endurance: 7  Rank: 8  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7.5  Skill: 7

Scourge is fearsome, merciless and implacable hunter.  Created from Decepticon
wreckage, he leads "The Sweeps", a wolf pack of tracker-terminator's designed to hunt
down and eradicate Autobots.  Scourge possesses powerful high-tech scanning equipment
and a disintergater ray that can cut through solid rock.  In robot mode, he carries a laser
blaster that shoots short bursts of intense heat.  Scourge's only weakness is his arrogance.
Scowl
Monster Pretender
Function:  Sonic Saboteur
" Control sound, and the faintest whisper can be the fiercest weapon. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6  Skill: 8

A terrifying, merciless warrior who signed on as a Pretender when he realized he didn't
scare anybody with his appearance!  With his menacing new outer shell and his
steel-shattering, hypersonic, stereophonic implants, his bark now matches his bite!  His
supersonic hearing capabilities enable him to pinpoint even the quietest sound!  Enclosed
creature/robot is armed with dual-sonic disrupter gun.
Scrapper
Constructicon
Function:  Construction Engineer
" My work is a monument to - and of - my enemies. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 4  Endurance: 6.5  Rank: 5  Courage: 5  Firepower: 3  Skill: 9

A wizard at designing fortresses and energy plants, but modest.  Shows his true
malevolent genius by incorporating defeated Autobots into his buildings' structures.
Shovel can slice through 12 in. thick carbon-steel, lift 30 tons.
Seawing
Seacon
Function:  Undersea Reconnaissance
" The darkest depths reveal the darkest secrets. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 6  Endurance: 4  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6  Skill: 9

Glides through the seas like a sinister steel spector.  Enjoys surprising and then destroying
his targets.  Nothing escapes his notice...or his grasp.  Equipped with electrical, chemical,
and infrared sensors, long range sonar.  Converts to dual proton blaster in weapons mode.
Underwater, can detect and home in on anything living or moving within a 20 mile radius.
Maximum speed:  110mph.  Armed with double venom lasers that paralyze on contact.
Combines with fellow Seacons to form Piranacon.
Shockwave
Function:  Military Operations Commander
" Clarity of thought before rashness of action. "

Strength: 9.5  Intelligence: 10  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 9  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 9

Cold, brutal, scientific approach to war.  Seeks to overthrow Megatron as leader of
Decepticons because he believes logic says he would be better.  As laser gun, can emit
lethal beams of energy from anywhere on the electomagnetic spectrum:  gamma rays,
X-rays, visible light, infrared rays, radio waves, etc..  Flies in laser gun or robot mode.
High fuel use, but can be powered by nuclear sources.  Often confounded by initiave,
emotional thinking.
Shockwave
Action Master
Function:  Military Operations Commander
" Clarity of thought before rashness of action. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 10  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 9  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 9

An awesome warrior.  Plots the destruction of the Autobots with the same cold,
computer-like efficiency as in planning the overthrow of his Decepticon leader,
Megatron.  Believes that only one as logical as himself can lead the Decepticons to
victory.  Left arm shoots a wide range of electromagnetic armaments from explosive
gamma rays to super-hot infrared particle beams.  Paired with Fistfight, a loathsome
terror droid who enjoys dissecting late Model cars when he's not in his long range,
laser-sighted, lightning rifle Mode.

Shrapnel
Insecticon
Function:  Electronic Warfare
" Control electricity and you control the world. "

Strength: 4  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 4  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 6  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

The noise of war and the scream of his foes are music to this loathsome Insecticon's
audio-modules...has piercing battle cry...can be heard 8 miles away.  In insect mode, can
use antennae to control almost any electrical device.  In robot mode, can attract lightning
bolts to antennae and shoot them out hands.  Grenade launcher shoots 30-pound steel
balls that splinter into razor-sharp spikes.  Insulation can stop his electrical blasts.
Sinnertwin
Terrorcon
Function:  Sentry
" The sound of ripping metal is music to my audio modules. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 3  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 5  Firepower: 6  Skill: 7

Prowls the perimiter of the Terrorcons' lair looking for trouble - and hoping to find it!
Then he can show off his razor-sharp teeth, piercing pronghorns, and steel-shredding
claws.  Has flame cannon and flame breath in creature mode, armor-piercing
rocket-grenade launcher in robot mode.  Combines with fellow Terrorcons to form
Abominus.  Unnerved by small creatures like mice, insects, and mini-droids.
Sixshot
Sixchanger
Function:  S.T.A.G. (Solo Transformer Assault Group)
" Life is worth living only as long as there are enemies worth destroying. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 4  Endurance: 9  Rank: 7  Courage: 8  Firepower: 9  Skill: 8

A vile, nasty murderous sort who carries out his job with ferocious intensity.  Only
redeeming quality is he speaks well of those he's sent to "the great junkyard in the sky," his
phrase for destruction.  Has 6 forms:  robot, armored carrier (with twin laser batteries),
ramming-tank (with infra-red rangefinder and target tracker), jet-propelled laser pistol,
star fighter (maximum speed:  80,000 mph; range:  .8 million miles), and wolf-creature
modes.  Only the wolf creature has no need for Sixshot's 2 hypersonic concussion blasters,
the wolf mode prefers to rip apart enemy Autobots with his razor fangs.
Skalor
Seacon
Function:  Amphibious Assault
" I stink, therefore I am. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 3  Endurance: 8  Rank: 4  Courage: 7  Firepower: 6  Skill: 6

A merciless, polluting parasite.  So foul even his fellow Seacons avoid him.  Leaves a trail
of grease and toxic chemicals wherever he goes.  Able to absorb fuel through the hull of
any ship.  In robot mode, equipped with dual crustation rifles that encase and immobilize
the enemy with hard, sticky scales.  Serrated, razor-sharp jaws are able to cut through any
substance.  In weapons mode, transforms into twin-barreled corrosive slime-shooter.
Combines with fellow Seacons to form Piranacon.
Skullcruncher
Headmaster
Function:  Swamp Warrior
" Autobots are like bad fuel -- weak and greasy. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 3  Endurance: 10  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 5  Skill: 6

Has a habit of grinding his teeth before he strikes -- annoying his friends and tipping off his
enemies.  Binary-bonded to Grax , a Nebulan industrialist who's joined up to eliminate his
competition.  In robot mode, uses softening ray run -- gives metal the consistency of
rubber, making his enemies easier to chew when he reverts to alligator mode.
Skullgrin
Pretender
Function:  Seige Warrior
" Those who stand against me shall soon fall before me! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 4  Endurance: 9  Rank: 6  Courage: 10  Firepower: 8  Skill: 5

A brutal, uncontrollable engine of destruction!  Doesn't stop attacking until everything is
destroyed!  Never retreats from danger.  Usually communicates in a series of snorts and
snarls.  In creature shell, wields a double slagmaker laser and metal-rending vibro sword!
Without shell, transforms into a shrapnel blasting assault tank!
Skyhopper
Micromaster Battle Station
Function:  Aerial Assault Commander
" The bigger the boom, the better I like it. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 4  Speed: 7  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

Likes to watch things explode.  Especially enjoys firing his helicopter's sonic cannon at
anything associated with the Autobots.  Transforms the copter into a battle base to use its
powerful molecular disrupter gun to alter the Autobot's circuitry.  Other Decepticons
suspect all the explosions have rattled his brain circuits once to often!
Skystalker
Skywarp
Function:  Warrior
" Strike when the enemy isn't looking. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 8  Endurance: 7  Rank: 9  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

Skywarp is the sneakiest of all Decepticons.  Enjoys playing cruel pranks on fellow
Decepticons and appearing out of nowhere to attack Autobots.  Not too smart.  Would be
useless without Megatron's supervision.  Top speed of 1500mph.  Can instantly teleport
up to 2.5 miles.  Carries heat-seeking missiles and variable-calibre machine guns.
Slog
Monster Pretender
Function:  Combat Artist
" Destruction is the highest form of art. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 2  Endurance: 8  Rank: 7  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 10

He has taken sculpture out of the art studio and transplanted it onto the battlefield.  In his
Pretender guise, he can whittle an Autobot warrior into an abstract wreck within minutes.
He considers his carved-up conquests to be renowned masterpieces.  His diamond-steel
alloy talons can tear through any material known to man or robot.  Enclosed
creature/robot is armed with a magnetic repellor-attractor which rips iron-bearing
opponents into microscopic pieces.
Slugfest
Cassette
Function:  Messanger
" Expect betrayal and your friends won't disappoint you. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 2  Speed: 1  Endurance: 7.5  Rank: 4  Courage: 8  Firepower: 5  Skill: 4

He's as slow and stupid as he looks.  Plays back the messages he carries, thinks others are
talking about him, goes into violent rages.  End result is usually destruction of messages
and nearby small towns that get in his way.  In stegosaurus mode, plates on back, like
teeth on a chainsaw, cut through almost any substance; carries 2 solar-powered
vibro-cannons.
Slugslinger
Targetmaster
Function:  Air Defense
"The only way to survive a duel with me is to not show up."

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 8  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 3  Firepower: 8  Skill: 9

A brawling, swaggering braggart, claims he'll challenge anyone to a duel, but prefers
sneaking up and shooting enemies in the back.  When his ammunition runs out, so does his
courage.  Paired with Caliburst , one-time Nebulan leading actor who only does this for
the money.  As an automatic machine gun, Caliburst can shoot armor-piercing shells at
1200 rounds per minute.  In jet Mode, maximum speed:  2400mph.
Snapdragon
Headmaster Horrorcon
Function:  Interceptor
" If it doesn't get you dirty, it's not worth doing. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 9  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Wading up to his neck in grease is his idea of a good time.  Lazy, difficult to motivate, but
has a hair-trigger temper.  Binary bonded to Krunk, the vicious, vile bodyguard to the
Nebulan leader, Lord Zarak .  In jet mode, maximum speed 8800 mph...has 2 independent
booster fins.  In reptile mode, carbon-steel claws and teeth can cut through almost
anything.  Has 2 balance destroying gyro-guns in robot mode.

Snaptrap
Seacon
Function:  Seacon Leader
" Broken Autobots never mend. "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 8  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

Nicknamed "Butcher of the Bogs" after he singlehandedly scrapped an entire regiment of
Autobots in the Toxic Sludge Swamps of Cybertron.  Creates havoc and chaos wherever
he goes.  Calculating and malicious.  As cold-hearted and cruel as any machine ever made.
His battle tactics are smooth, methodical, and extremely effective.  Armed with two
rapid-fire, retractable, sonic-shell cannons.  Eight turreted photon beam ports,
semi-automatic atom-smasher rifle, incendiary sword.  Combines with fellow Seacons to
form Piranacon.
Snarler
Pretender Beast
Function:  Assault Warrior
" Stealing isn't a crime, getting caught is. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 3  Endurance: 10  Rank: 3  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

A selfish, obnoxious master of destruction.  Does everything for himself.  Refuses to
follow orders.  Transforms to boar with front-mounted, razor-tipped drill that drains
enemy fuel supplies.  Horns on outer shell equipped with sonar distorters that disrupt the
flow of cerecral impulses and rupture enemy circuitry.  Also equipped with armored hide
on outer shell and a 30 mm submachine gun in his tail.  In robot mode, armed with
programmable explosive shell rotary cannon.  Range:  6 miles.
Soundwave
Function:  Communications
" Cries and screams are music to my ears. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 2  Endurance: 6  Rank: 8  Courage: 5  Firepower: 6  Skill: 10

It is said Soundwave can hear a fly sneeze.  Uses anything he hears for blackmail to
advance his status.  Opportunist.  Despised by all other Decepticons.  Sensors can detect
even lowest energy radio transmissions.  Able to read minds by monitoring electrical brain
impulses.  Acts as radio link for others.  Locates and identifies Autobots, then informs
Decepticons.  Carries a concussion blaster gun.  Often target of retaliation by his
comrades.
Soundwave
Action Master
Function:  Communications
" Cries and screams are music to my ears. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 2  Endurance: 6  Rank: 8  Courage: 5  Firepower: 6  Skill: 9

A smooth-talking opportunist who uses his eavesdropping abilities on friends and foes
alike.  Equipped with advanced radio wave and energy sensors, photographic memory and
newly improved 2,000 mile range transmission capability.  Wingthing, his loyal, lethal
cohort, is all too eager to carry out Soundwave's every vengeful whim and diabolical
scheme.  Upon command, Wingthing turns into a metal-piercing concussion cannon.  It's
difficult to say which one is more despised by the other Decepticons.

Sparkstalker
Firecon
Function:  Cryptologist
" The smallest details reveal the largest secrets. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 2  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 6  Firepower: 4  Skill: 9

His greatest talents are revealed in the tiniest structures.  An expert in robbing memory
banks, counterfeiting printed circuits, decoding binary messages.  Meticulous, cautious,
obsessed with minute details.  Decepticons appreciate his appearance more than his other
talents because he terrifies Autobots.  Shoots flame from mouth with limited accuracy.
Better equipped to light campfires than melt Autobots.
Spinister
Targetmaster
Function:  Aerial Assault
" Respect your foes' abilities as you would your own. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 8  Speed: 6  Endurance: 6  Rank: 7  Courage: 9  Firepower: 9  Skill: 8

An eerie aerial adventurer.  As much of a mystery to his fellow Decepticons as he is to his
enemies.  Talks little, reveals less.  Spends most of his time off on his own.  Enjoys scaring
unwary Autobots and then attacking them while they're off guard.  Equipped with infrared
attack sensors in helicopter mode.  Teamed with two Nebulans:  Singe, who converts to a
dual flamethrower and Hairsplitter , who turns into a twin lock-target laser rifle.
Sports Car Patrol
Micromaster
Function:  Advance Assault
" The road to victory is paved with Autobot wrecks! "
" To flee before overwhelming odds is no vice; to stay and be smashed is not virtue! " - Blackjack
" Whenever I drive, the highway becomes a demolition derby! " - Detour
" Only cowards stop at red lights! " - Hyperdrive
" It takes force to push back the enemy, but speed clears the way! " - Road Hugger

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 9  Endurance: 7  Teamwork: 7  Courage: 8  Cooperation: 5  Skill: 6

Detour, Hyperdrive, Blackjack, and Road Hugger are four of the meanest machines ever
to hit the streets!  Their primary purpose is to clear a route for Decepticon ground
troopers, and they don't care how many wrecks they leave by the roadside!  Known for
their menacing clean-up tactics, it is "speed" that is their true calling card, and it enables
them to swiftly eliminate anything in their path!
Squeezeplay
Headmaster
Function:  Saboteur
" Place brawn before brains and victory is yours. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 4  Endurance: 9  Rank: 5  Courage: 10  Firepower: 4  Skill: 6

A raving, relentless, one-robot wrecking crew with slashing, crushing claws and
needle-sharp, armor-piercing fangs.  Rarely slows down.  Never stops to think.
Binary-bonded to Lokos, a Nebulan smuggler and hardened criminal.  Armed with
overrider rifle that overloads and blows out electrical circuits.  In robot Mode, uses tail as
metal-rending mace.  Titanium-reinforced claws can slice through almost any substance.
An expert at underwater sabotage.

Squawkbox
Cassette Gestalt

(Note: No Tech Spec given.)

Squawktalk
Cassette
Function:  Translator
" If you have nothing interesting to say, say it anyway. "

Strength: 3  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 6  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 6  Firepower: 5  Skill: 8

Never stops talking except to refill his fuel tank.  Knows over 250 Earth and 6300 alien
languages, but never has anything important to say in any of them.  Other Decepticons
often threaten to rip out his vocal circuitry and wrap it around his beak to shut him up.
Carries two deafening high decibel sonic boomers.  Combines with Beastbox to form
robot Squawkbox.

Starscream
Function:  Air Commander
" Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 9  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Starscream seeks to replace Megatron as leader.  He is ruthless, cold-blooded and cruel,
yet considers himself the handsomest, most sophisticated Decepticon of all.  He believes
Decepticons should rely more on guile and speed rather than brute force to defeat
Autobots.  He is the fastest flyer and can reach Mach 2.8 and an altitude of 52 miles.  He
enjoys shooting cluster bombs and null-rays to disrupt the flow of electricity.  He is very
good at what he does, but sometimes overrates himself.
Starscream
Action Master
Function:  Ground Assault
" Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 9  Endurance: 8  Rank: 5  Courage: 8  Firepower: 7  Skill: 7

Armed with null ray rifle that binds its target in bands of energized steel.  Turbo jet armed
with wing-mounted missile launchers and twin turbo-fan boosters.  Photon blaster on nose
fires earth-shattering missile bombs.  Converts to air-powered battle chariot, armed with
force field and 4-stage rocket launcher.

Starscream
K-Mart Legend
Function:  Aerospace Commander
" Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 8  Endurance: 7  Rank: 9  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

A cheating, traitorous villan.  Ruthless and cold-blooded.  Always plotting another evil
attack against the heroic Autobots.  Determined to rule the univese with a fist of iron.  A
monstrosity of Cybertronic metal and complex circuitry.  Armed with null ray lasers that
short out electrical impulses.  Maximum speed:  Mach 3.  Also equipped with suborbital
capabilities.  Arrogance is Starscream's only weakness.
Starscream
Pretender Classic
Function:  Aerospace Commander
" Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 8  Endurance: 7  Rank: 9  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

A cheating, traitorous villan.  Ruthless and cold-blooded.  Always plotting another evil
attack against the heroic Autobots.  Determined to rule the univese with a fist of iron.  A
monstrosity of Cybertronic metal and complex circuitry.  Armed with null ray lasers that
short out electrical impulses.  Maximum speed:  Mach 3.  Also equipped with suborbital
capabilities.  Arrogance is Starscream's only weakness.
Stranglehold
Pretender
Function:  Enforcer
" Rule one is: There are no rules! "

Strength: 9  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 2  Endurance: 9  Rank: 7  Courage: 5  Firepower: 6  Skill: 8

A muscle-bound monster!  Willing to do anything to win.  Kicks, gouges and sucker
punches his way to victory.  The reigning Intergalactic Cybertronic Wrestling Federation
Champ.  A powerhouse of brute strength.  All brawn and no brains.  Enjoys
bench-pressing houses and arm curling cars to stay in shape.  Sends his opponents down
for the count with his steel-smashing, ultra-suplex or a short-circuiting atomic piledriver.
Armed with brawn blaster that drains his enemies' power.  Equipped with concussion
blaster in robot mode.
Submarauder
Pretender
Function:  Undersea Warfare
" Conquer the seas and the rest will fall! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 5  Endurance: 8  Rank: 6  Courage: 9  Firepower: 7  Skill: 8

As silent and mysterious as the ocean depths.  Sly and sinister.  Roams the sea in solitary
contentment.  Angers easily, exploding into a furious frenzy.  Serrated claws can shred a
battleship like paper.  Transforms into deep sea attack submarine, armed with proton
cannon.  Inside shell, weilds torpedo rifle and unbreakable, organic-steel sword that eats
metal on contact.
Swindle
Combaticon
Function:  Munitions Expert
" Make deals, not war. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 5  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 5  Firepower: 7  Skill: 10

Easy-going and good natured, but within him beats the fuel pump of the most
greed-driven street hustler.  Thrives on wheeling and dealing, works for his own personal
material advancement.  A one-robot "black market".  Uses a scatter blaster that sprays
explosive pellets, gyro gun that disrupts Transformers' balance center.  Combines with
fellow Combaticons to form Bruticus .  Prone to overturning on sharp turns.
Tantrum

Tentakil
Seacon
Function:  Underwater Demolition
" Embrace your enemies...until they're terminated. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 6  Endurance: 6  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7 Skill: 5

Crushes submarines like they were soda cans.  The more benevolent he appears, the
crueler he becomes.  Electomagnetic tentacles add super strength to his vise-like grip.
Electrically-charged feelers short circuit and stun on contact.  In robot mode, carries dual
slime lasers that shoot globs of highly-adhesive gelatinous goo.  In weapons mode,
transforms to twin 50,000 volt lightning rifles.  Also able to burst away in a cloud of
viscous black grease that hinders his pursuers.  Combines with fellow seacons to form
Piranacon.
Thrust
Function:  Warrior
" My engines' roar is my enemies' song of doom! "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 6  Speed: 9  Endurance: 6  Rank: 5  Courage: 4  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

He rattles the air with the roar of his jets...believes half the battle is won if the opponent is
"psyched out" by his mere arrival, so he makes no attempt to be sneaky.  Pompus,
loud-mouthed braggart and not too brave.  Sudden, powerful accelerations can topple
nearby buildings.  Flies at mach 2.5, can double speed in 20 seconds for up to two
minutes.  Carries four air-to-air missiles and two automatic missile launchers in robot
mode.
Thundercracker
Function:  Warrior
" The deadliest weapon is terror. "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 9  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 5  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

Contemptuous of anything that cannot fly.  Not totally convinced of the Decepticons'
cause, but they persuaded him to continue battling Autobots.  Flies at speeds up to 1500
mph...produces controlled, deafening sonic booms that can be heard for 200 miles.
Equipped with powerful drone rockets and incendiary gun.  Doubts about cause
sometimes impede effectiveness.
Thunderwing

Triggerhappy
Targetmaster
Function:  Gunner
" Have gun, have fun! "

Strength: 7  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 6

Usually too busy laughing uncontrollably and drooling out oil to look where he's shooting.
Loves the sound of his guns blasting away.  Wild and unpredictable.  Paired with
Blowpipe, a powerful compressed-air cannon who is also the conniving, envious
brother-in-law of Lord Zarak , the Nebulan leader of the Decepticon Headmasters.  In jet
Mode, has side-mounted, rapid-fire photon-pulse guns.  Maximum speed:  1,980 mph.

Trypticon
Function:  Assault Base
" Total victory requires total destruction. "

Strength: 10  Intelligence: 7  Speed: 8  Endurance: 10  Rank: 9  Courage: 10  Firepower: 10  Skill: 8

Doesn't stop blasting until he's hip-deep in smoking rubble.  Completely without mercy.
The most lethal fighting machine devised by the Decepticons.  In dinosaur Mode, jumps
20 miles with rocket backpack.  Shoots heat-seeking plasma bombs from mouth and
mind-controlling hypno-beam from optical sensor.  As city, has landing and repair bays,
communications center and rotating scanners.  In mobile station Mode, has laser cannon,
rotating blasters, destructo-beams and dual photon launchers.

Venom
Deluxe Insecticon
Function:  Psychological Warefare
" Friends are more dangerous than enemies. "

Strength: 3  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 3  Endurance: 6  Rank: 7.5  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 8

Will use his poisonous talents even on fellow Decepticons because he trusts no one and
suspects everyone is trying to usurp his role as leader.  His stinger can discharge fluids
harmful to mechanical and organic life; corrosive acids, destructive catalysts, paralyzing
toxins, and others.  Stinger can penetrate 1/4 inch steel, but sometimes gets stuck and
breaks off.  Flies at 15mph for 300 miles.  Carries electro-blaster in robot form.
Vortex
Combaticon
Function:  Interrogation
" I'm Vortex, fly me - if you dare! "

Strength: 4  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 6  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 9

Gives a ride to remember - in your nightmares!  Takes Autobots on dizzying,
death-defying flights to scare information out of them.  As helicopter, goes 300 mph with
a range of 1200 miles.  Whirls rotor blades to create 200-300 mph wind funnels.  Uses
semi-automatic glue gun.  Combines with fellow Combaticons to form Bruticus.
Weirdwolf
Headmaster
Function:  Tracker
" My pleasure with my enemy's pain comes. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 10  Speed: 6  Endurance: 10  Rank: 6  Courage: 9  Firepower: 5  Skill: 6

Cruel, vicious, but apparently built with a few wires crossed.  Talks to himself in a
song-song backward way:  "Destroy the Autobots I shall.  Tear them to scrap I will."
Binary-bonded to Monzo , a brutish, professional hyperwrestler- turned underworld
nightclub owner.  In robot mode, uses photon pistol and thermal sword.  In wolf mode,
nose module is equipped with various tracking scanners.  Can leap .8 miles.
Wildfly
Monster Pretender
Function:  Aerial Assault
" Strike fear into your enemy, and you've won half the battle. "

Strength: 6  Intelligence: 5  Speed: 6  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 6  Skill: 7

A flying fury of flashing fangs and tearing talons.  He's a one-robot wrecking crew who
has been known to reduce high-rise office towers into rubble within seconds, just for
laughs!  Also gets his kicks snapping wings off commercial airline jets.  His enclosed
creature/robot is armed with a high-powered, laser-sighted, photon rifle for intense
air-to-surface assaults!
Wildrider
Stunticon
Function:  Terrorist
" Either you're out of my way or you're out of luck. "

Strength: 6.5  Intelligence: 6.5  Speed: 7.5  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 8  Firepower: 8  Skill: 6

Look out motorists -- he exults in the accidents he causes!  Driving recklessly, screaming
and laughing.  Some comrades think it's an act, others really know he's as nuts as he
appears.  Fears quiet, prone to tire blow-outs.  In car mode goes up to 250 mph with
amazing maneuverability.  In robot mode, his scattershot gun sprays laser beams over
wide areas.  Combines with fellow Stunticons to form Menasor.
Windsweeper
Triggercon
Function:  Air Defense
" Uninvited guests soon become smouldering wrecks. "

Strength: 8  Intelligence: 3  Speed: 7  Endurance: 7  Rank: 6  Courage: 9  Firepower: 8  Skill: 7

Malicious and meticulous.  Feels the sky is his home and that it should be kept "clean" of
anything that flies.  Notorious for shooting at anything, including his fellow Decepticons.
High-intensity heat generators in wings enable him to sear through solid steel.  Also
equipped with long-range infrared scanners, sensitive enough to find a lug-nut in a
junkyard.  Armed with two, lock-target, long-range laser cannons.
Wingspan
Clone
Function:  Data Processor
" Knowledge is the most deadly weapon of all. "

Strength: 5  Intelligence: 9  Speed: 6  Endurance: 5  Rank: 6  Courage: 7  Firepower: 7  Skill: 9

Always poking his beak where it doesn't belong.  Nosey.  Voracious appetite for new data
to analyze.  Looks in people's windows as readily as he spies on enemy troops.  In hawk
mode, has superb vision.  Chemical and infra-red sensors collect and analyze geographical
data, locate resources.  In robot mode, has two electro-burst rifles.  Clone brother is
Pounce.