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Ransack (ROTF)

2012-03-09T17:50:48Z

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:''Ransack is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Titan2_Ransacktransforms.jpg|right|300px|thumb|That magnificent 'con being a flying machine.]]

Early in the development of flight technology on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], countless ages ago in the era of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], the great [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] '''Ransack''' was a pioneer. One of the first flying aces, blasting opponent after opponent out of the sky, his ruthlessness was feared by all!

These days, though, he's old and outdated. Some Decepticons like [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]] remember his glory days and idolise the man, but the current Decepticon high command merely see him as a means to [[Tomb of the Primes|an end]] and many young Autobots are unaware who he ''is''. But Ransack is still resourceful and he still remains active, waiting patiently for the day when [[The Fallen|his beloved master]] will call for him once more.

{{bigquote|I'm a Seeker. Far, far older than either of you... a whole other, superior order of Cybertronian lifeform! Have some respect!|An angry Ransack berates [[Mudflap (ROTF)|the]] [[Skids (ROTF)|twins]]|[[Transformers Comic issue 2.2]]}}
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==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines===
[[Image:Titan2_Ransackversusdirt.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Take that, dignity!]]
One of [[The Fallen]]'s agents on Earth, Ransack hadn't heard directly from the Fallen in a long time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} In his time on Earth, he had discovered the [[Tomb of the Primes]], location of the lost [[Matrix of Leadership]]... but, recognising no other commander besides the Fallen, he stayed on Earth for ''decades'' and wouldn't give the information to anyone but his master. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}} He also shows some knowledge of [[Jetfire (ROTF)|someone who switched sides]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

He eventually received an order from his master via [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]: murder [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] before they could warn the other Autobots of the Decepticon's upcoming plans. First bombing the interstate they were driving on, he went on to pursue them into the countryside, soon strafing them in an open field. A proud [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] and servant of his lord, he got a bit pissed at these young whippersnappers dissing his alternate mode and was likely ''more'' pissed off when they temporarily disabled him with dirt.

Recovering quickly, and helped by their lack of energon, he soon had them ran to ground and was about to execute them. At that moment, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] arrived and sent him running. Ransack warned that in the long run, ''he'd'' be the winner... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}

[[Image:Titan7_Ransacktowed.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"A helicopter? When did Snoopy get a $&*#! ''helicopter''?!"]]

Later, Soundwave would try to get the location of the Tomb from the Seeker. Ransack, not trusting him, refused to give the information to someone who wasn't the Fallen. The twins, at this point pretending to have defected, hunted him down for Soundwave, and Ransack was glad for the chance to finish them off. Skids ended the fight quickly by lying they had been sent by the Fallen to bring him back in, with Mudflap adding the Fallen was incapacitated; having not heard from his master in a long time and wanting to come in from the cold, Ransack was easily conned into standing down.

Unfortunately for him, that's when [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] attacked, blowing his wings out and taking him prisoner! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

[[Image:Titan8_Ransackteeth.jpg|left|200px|thumb|You haff no vays of making him talk.]]

Dragged to the Decepticon base on Phobos, [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Ransack found himself questioned by Soundwave, i.e. punched in the effing face and yelled at to talk. He still refused to speak, and instead began to insult Soundwave for being a mere cog in the Fallen's machine, unable to grasp the true plan; [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] quickly stepped in to stop the angry officer from killing the Seeker, noting it wouldn't go well if the Fallen found out they'd killed one of his Seekers. Ransack was just left amused by the squabbling and Starscream's threats of 'loosening' him up. He knew from their actions that the Fallen was genuinely incapacitated and that, because of this, the Decepticons thought they had freedom of action and were pursuing their own agenda. This freedom was an illusion, and they'd learn that soon enough...

[[Image:Titan2-8_ransack_intheback.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Nab him, jab him, tab him, grab him: stop that Starscream ''NOW!'']]

His chance came when Skids and Mudflap attacked the Phobos base. The instant Starscream was distracted, Ransack shot him in the back and fled into space. He roared that he was going to inform the Fallen of just what the Decepticons had been up to... there'd be nowhere for them to hide after that! Soundwave and Starscream hurriedly chased after him, desperate to make sure he wouldn't be able to talk.

Since the two errant generals were still working for the Fallen and the Tomb was undiscovered [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|later on]], I guess they ''did'' make sure he didn't talk...! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' novelization===
When [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] transported [[Sam Witwicky]]'s group through a [[Space bridge|transspacial portal]] to Egypt, the energy discharge caught the attention of Ransack, who followed them through his own portal. Ransack flew towards the group until his engine sputtered out and he crashed in front of Jetfire. Ransack then transformed and started to pick a fight with Jetfire, calling him a yellow-bellied traitor. Taking the "yellow" comment the wrong way, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wanted to intervene, but Sam convinced him that the dispute was between the two of them and they shouldn't get involved.

Declaring that they were going to settle things right there and then, Ransack took a shot at Jetfire...which bounced off him, causing no damage. Jetfire abruptly ended the conflict by stomping Ransack to [[death]].

Jetfire later identified himself and Ransack as [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Toy bios===

Divebomb altered his form to resemble Ransack's, in honour of the veteran. He immediately [[Scattorshot (ROTF)|regretted]] it. {{storylink|Divebomb (Movie)#Toys#Revenge of the Fallen|Divebomb (ROTF)}}

===''IDW Transformers Movie comics===
[[Image:RansackROTFNefarious.jpg|thumb|right|300px|But he has a wonderful personality.]]
At some undetermined point while he was on Earth, Ransack fell into the clutches of the mysterious human organization known as the [[Initiative]], who had developed a means to control Transformers. Kept on ice in the Initiative's base, Ransack was thawed out in [[2010]] and sent into action to down the helicopter carrying [[Theodore Galloway]] and his men before they could intrude on the Initiative's attempt to harvest residual [[AllSpark (Movie)|AllSpark]] energy from [[Hoover Dam]]. Remotely controlled by Initiative operative [[Woolf]], Ransack struck while most of the Autobots were out escorting the captured [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave in]] [[New Mexico]], destroying [[Cox|Captain Cox]]'s helicopter and shooting down Galloway's. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} He transformed into robot mode to finish the job on the ground, but was soon interrupted by Skids and Mudflap, who had been dispatched to Galloway's aid. They kept Ransack busy until a [[NEST]] unit arrived to finish the Seeker off rather definitively by blowing him out of the sky. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}}

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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:ROTFtoy-RansackScout.jpg|right|thumb|300px|So Hasbro said to themselves, "We can make just about anything for the movie line and people'll buy it? Well, let's go for friggin' broke."]]
*'''Ransack''' (Scout Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-09'''

: Ransack is part of the second wave of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Scout Class figures. He transforms into a German [[Wikipedia:Albatros D.III|Albatros D.III]] biplane. This means he's really awesome. He has a non-firing weapon on each arm and totally metal details around the very large Decepticon [[insignia]]s on his wings. His official battle mode may be designed to give him mechanically-aided robot-mode [[flight]] capabilities.

:The ball joints on his shoulders are especially loose, and the pegs that hold his hands in place in vehicle mode (as well as the joints in his elbows) are much stronger. As such, his arms are going to pop off about 90% of the time while converting the figure.

:His weapons are swapped on his [[package art|card art]]. Ransack's mold was also used to make ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]], and was planned to be used for the cancelled [[Blue Maximus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Ransack/ransack.htm More information on Ransack at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:ROTF Ransack BattleMode.JPG|thumb|right|200px|This is battle mode?]]
* Ransack was apparently going to be in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]] at one point. [[Ben Procter]] designed his robot mode. Instead of a biplane, Ransack was supposed to transform into a [[Ford Model T Seeker|Ford Model T]].<ref name="procter">[http://conceptartworld.com/?p=2772 Ben Procter's concept designs for ROTF]</ref> Later, on the Special Features of the Revenge of the Fallen's DVD release, a scale chart was visible that showed Ransack as one of the Decepticons for the film, this time in his biplane design. His height was listed as 12'.

* Ransack's ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Ransack (G2)|counterpart]] also has a propeller-driven airplane [[alternate mode]], though it's a single-wing fighter. The name Ransack has thus been used for both the first WWI-era and WWII-era Transformer planes.

* Ransack is not named in the novelization, but he is described as an elderly biplane with Decepticon insignias on his wings.

* In his second and third Titan appearance, he was coloured green and black in robot mode... and then gained his toy colours in plane mode?

* While his [[bio]] doesn't say he's a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]], both the novelization and Titan Magazines have made him one. Also, in the movie, a picture [[Agent Simmons]] produces of a presumed Seeker contains a biplane.

* Unlike Titan, IDW (as with [[Reverb (ROTF)|many]] [[Armorhide (Movie)|other]] [[Elita-One (Movie)|movie]] [[Fracture (Movie)|toys]]) redesigned his robot mode to be more like the live-action character designs.

==References==
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[[Category: Elderly Transformers]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Seekers]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]

Attack mode

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[[Image:BW_BBoom_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]

'''Attack mode''' (sometimes called '''Battle mode''') is an extra mode added to a ''Transformer'' toy to give its robot mode and/or alternate mode a more combat-orientated configuration. It primarily consists of a figure arranging or adding weapons in such a way that it becomes more focused on combat than the standard robot or alternate mode. Sometimes it consists of uncovering weapons not seen on either mode. A good example of this is [[B'Boom]]'s third mode. Another example is [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]; by deploying his cannons on his back and flipping out his guns, he goes from imposing to "beating you to hell and back".

However, attack mode may also involve only a slight shift from the basic robot/alt mode, such as folding wings onto the shoulders, like [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], or just pointing the beast mode head up on the chest, as with [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]. It is most likely that these modes are thought up by [[Hasbro]] to give the toy an extra bonus without actually investing in extra parts.

==Toys==
===''Generation 1''===
[[Image:Downshift_vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|I play Downshift in attack mode!]]
The [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]] possessed vehicular "assault modes" with weapons systems deployed from their alt modes.

===''Beast Wars''===
The term "attack mode" was used rather loosely throughout the ''Beast Wars''. Several characters were advertised as having an attack mode in their instruction booklets, but oftentimes, this mode was merely the character's beast mode with their robot-mode weapons deployed. Nonetheless, the following characters were referred as having an attack mode:

{{collist|3|
*[[B'Boom]]
*[[Transquito]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Tripredacus Agent]]

;Fuzor
*[[Bantor]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]]
*[[Injector]]
*[[Noctorro]]
*[[Terragator]]
*[[Torca]]

;Transmetal 2
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
*[[Cybershark]]
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]]
*[[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]]
*[[Jawbreaker]]
*[[Night Glider]]
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Prowl II|Prowl]]
*[[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]]
*[[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]
*[[Stinkbomb]]
}}

Additionally, the following characters were said to possess an '''animal attack mode''':
{{collist|2|
*[[B'Boom]]
*[[Cicadacon]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (Magnaboss)
*[[Ram Horn]]
*[[Sea Clamp]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (Magnaboss)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (Fuzor)
*[[Transquito]]
*[[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]]}}

What draws the line between an animal attack mode and a regular attack mode in these cases is unknown. [[B'Boom]] and [[Transquito]] were the only Transformers to possess two separate "attack modes" each. Oddly enough, nearly all toys from this era were shown as possessing similar offensive abilities in their beast modes that would suggest they too had either an "attack mode" or an "animal attack mode". However, in these cases, said ability was not shown to be a distinct mode, but was alternatively referred to with the somewhat redundant term "attack weapons". Finally, [[Optimus Primal|Optimal Optimus]] possesses two vehicle modes, the names of which evoked an "attack mode": his "Hypersonic Attack Mode" and his "Ground Assault Mode".

In the guide book ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'', there are several terms for third mode besides "attack mode", including:

{{collist|3|
;Another form
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]]
*[[Optimus Minor]]
*[[Optimus Primal]] (Ultra)
*[[Retrax]]
*[[Scarem]]
*[[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]]

;Attack weapons
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]
*[[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]

;On the shelves
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (Transmetal 2)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (Transmetal 2)

;''Miscellaneous''
*Aerial battle mode - [[Tigerhawk]]
*Robotic defense mode - [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (Transmetal 2)
*Shield mode - [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (Transmetal)
}}

===''Energon''===
Aside from the smaller [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s and the Decepticon combiners, every Decepticon has a '''Hyper Mode'''. Sometimes it is just a minor repositioning of parts, as with [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]], but in many cases, it reveals hidden weapons or accessories, like [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon's]] side cannons or [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat's]] skis. In the cases of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], [[Shockblast]], and [[Six Shot]], their third modes (scorpion or satellite) act as the vehicle mode's hyper mode, the vehicle mode being a plane or a laser tank.

===''Transformers Animated''===
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] has a ''hilarious'' "Vehicle Attack Mode" that pretty much looks like he's doing a pushup.
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] features an "attack mode", that is basically flipping the beast mode's face up on his robot mode chest.

===Live-action film series===
*[[Depthcharge (ROTF)|Depthcharge]] and his [[redeco]]es, [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]] and the cancelled [[Drydock]], have a battle mode allowing them to transform into robot mode while still on the water and float on large boat-feet.
*[[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] and his redeco, [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]] have a battle mode that consists of his rotor being pointed forward and his wings propped upwards.
*[[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] and his redeco, [[Sunspot]], have a battle mode.

The entire [[Stealth Force]] concept can be considered attack modes for a Transformer's alternate form, and several toys from ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' toyline have the ability to deploy weapons (or at least ports to peg weapons onto) in vehicle mode to simulate it.

<center><gallery>
Image:ROTF Depthcharge BattleMode.JPG|[[Depthcharge (ROTF)|Depthcharge]]
Image:ROTF Ransack BattleMode.JPG|[[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]]
Image:Skystalker ROTF battle mode.jpg|[[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]] is just back from an audition for ''[[Jetfire (G1)|Macross]]''.
</gallery></center>

==Notes==
* A Transformer with an attack mode as the third mode isn't usually a [[Triple Changer]]. Some of them weren't labeled or identified as Triple Changers until several years after the release of the toys.

* [[Apache]]'s third mode is called "'''Angry Combat Mode'''".

==See also==
*[[Triple Changer#Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers|Retroactively labeled Triple Changers]]
*[[Transportation mode]]
*[[:Category:Transformers with three modes|Transformers with three modes]]

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Attack mode

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Talk:Omega Sentinel (Energon)

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Does Omega Sentinel appear in the Cartoon? I didn't follow Energon.

Here's a secondary question: The "Guardians of Cybertron" are refered to as "legendary" and Omega Supreme is, in the Cartoon, an ancient robot that defeated Unicron milenia ago. So were the Guardians the team he was on *THEN* making Sentinel also an extremely ancient Cybertronian?? Or did the team form in the present after Omega revived? (But in that case it'd be weird there were others just like him whose command he'd happen to be placed under, if he was an ancient powerful legend.) I think it makes more sense if all the Guardians were likewise ancient mechs, right?

Also, do we assume that since Sup and Sent are Guardians and share the same form that ALL the "Guardians of Cybertron" were the same build, like the Guardian Robots from G1?

Pretty much. Though I do wonder if we should put a picture of him combined with optimus.--[[Special:Contributions/207.157.73.3|207.157.73.3]] 13:00, 1 March 2012 (EST)Josh Of the allspark

== copy ==

isnt a lot of this just coppied from the energon omega supreme article?

== face ==

is it me or does this guy have no face and also at the top of his coning tower thing when in battle ship mode it looks like a face right there[[User:212.74.27.58|212.74.27.58]] 09:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
ps i mean the toy

Elder God

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[[Image:Infestation2 issue1 eldergods.jpg|right|thumb|375px]]
The '''Elder Gods''' are a race of cold, alien, and evil intelligences that exist in the [[transwarp|non-spacetime of swirling anti-matter]] "outside" our universe. Possibly dwarfing even [[Unicron]] in terms of power, their limitless abilities are checked only by their inscrutable motivations and indifference to the affairs of lesser egregores that grow in the warm and wet hothouse of time and space we so arrogantly call "reality".They aren't immune to being beat up by optimus prime,though.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] was cast adrift between dimensions when [[Unicron]]'s form imploded into a black hole. He found himself in the realm of the "ancient gods" who repeatedly destroyed and re-created his body from the inside out while toying with his spark. Bored, they cast him back into the universe he had come from. {{Storylink|Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet's ''Universe'' profile}} Ramjet then sought out his fellow herald [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] and journeyed to the dimension in which Unicron was trapped. {{storylink|Balancing Act}}

As a result of his encounter with the ancient gods, Ramjet's body was now composed of [[antimatter]] held together by the force of his will, he had a permanent connection to non-space, and his body occasionally manifested little... tentacle-things.

===''Hearts of Steel''===
Despite being trapped in their dimensional prison, the Elder Gods had the power to reach out to sensitive beings. Among them was Howard Lovecraft, who channeled the Elder Gods' call into horror prose. Despite the clandestine organization, Oblivion, succeeding at killing Lovecraft before his art could threaten to allow the Elder Gods into the universe, his stories spread into popular culture. This collective imagination, with the help of [[Artillica]], let loose the Elder Gods. Free and unencumbered, they rampaged along the [[multiverse]]. {{Storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

One of the universe in which the Elder Gods arose was one where the Transformers awoke in the 19th century. Through one's [[fish people]] servants, they took control of a populace of [[human]]s in [[Port Cenotaph]] and a band of [[Decepticon]]s. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ran into the god's servants and, realizing the forces at work here, warned the other [[Autobot]]s. However, he was pulled into the Elder God's thrall. In response to Ironhide's warning, the Autobots sought out their leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} The possessed populace united in a summoning call that brought the Elder Gods out of the depths of the ocean. Indeed, it had not seen the surface of the Earth since the [[Sun]] was young.

The spate of disappearing ships in the region prompted an international fleet to assemble and investigate. At the town, they battled the God's Decepticon servants, but found themselves helpless against the Elder God himself. Fortunately for all else involved, Optimus Prime attacked the Elder God so severely that it sank back to the abyss from whence it came, taking its fish people servants with it and releasing its hold on the minds of the humans and Transformers. Optimus Prime could not be certain it was dead, but promised to protect against it should it ever rise again. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos deities|Cthulhu Mythos deities]] at Wikipedia

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