Transwarp cruiser

2009-05-10T04:38:14Z

76.252.54.91:

:''The transwarp cruiser is a spaceship in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Transwarp cruiser.jpg|right|350px|thumb|.[[Furmanism|Like some predatory bird...]]]]
The '''transwarp cruiser''' is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] starship commanded by Covert Agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] of the Predacon Secret Police. The unnamed ship was constructed in secret by the [[Tripredacus Council]].

Designed for stealth and infiltration, she can extend Ravage's full-spectrum cloaking powers to conceal the entire ship from virtually any kind of sensor. Unlike cloaking ships designed by foolish and primitive flesh creatures from other universes, she can still fire her weapons while invisible. The vessel can land directly on the ground or be stored inside space stations. The ship has a [[transwarp]] drive capable of traveling through both space and time.

Her hull construction is capable of withstanding even Rampage's full firepower, and shrugged off incoming laser fire from the Predacon base defenses with ease. It even resisted the focused, high-temperature heat elements of an energon-fueled blowtorch.

The transwarp cruiser's armament inclues two powerful anti-ship laser cannons mounted on her wings, capable of firing smaller, multiple blasts in rapid succession, or a more powerful single shot out of each emitter, though this requires a not-insignificant recharge time after firing. Her secondary armament is a small, multi-barreled anti-personnel laser cannon mounted on her bow.

Two multi-function hatches mounted are mounted on the ship, one dorsally can be configured to deploy high-yield explosives such as a tactical missile. Another, a drophatch, is mounted behind the pilot's chair in the main cabin, and is used to drop troops onto the battlefield.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
[[Image:Transwarp cruiser2.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space."]]

[[Image:Transwarpcruiser cloaked.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Everyone, remember where we parked."]]

After the [[Quantum surge]] collided with the [[Predacon Command Outpost One]], the Tripredacus Council despatched Ravage in their new transwarp cruiser to deal with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and the rest of the beast warriors, quietly, while they plan their eventual, but distant revolt against the [[Maximal|Maximal Imperium]].

Ravage's ship saved the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and her beleaguered crew of Maximals. He revealed to them his supposed intention of capturing Megatron and the other Predacons, in order to secure their help in attacking the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]]. In the ensuing battle, while the Maximals played the role of ground units, the Transwarp Cruiser blasted [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] to pieces after being hit by his missiles, then shot through the ruined hull of the downed Predacon ship. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

[[Image:Transwarpcruiser firing.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nucular wessel.]]

Victorious, Ravage had Megatron imprisoned in the Cruiser's containment cells, where he was held behind energy bars and guarded by two auto-targeting cannons. Ravage briefly considered terminating his prisoner. However, former [[Decepticon]] later turned on the Maximals after learning of Megatron's true mission from a recording of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

The transwarp cruiser blasted the ''Axalon's'' shields and intended to destroy the Maximal base with all of her weapons at full power and a powerful, implausibly large tactical missile. Unfortunately for Ravage and fellow Predacon Secret Police member [[Tarantulas]], [[Rattrap]] had managed to burn his way through the Cruiser's hull, and detonated two thermal charges inside the engine room, killing Ravage and sending the ship crashing into the ground, where she was finally destroyed by the explosion of the missile. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)|The Agenda (Part III)}}
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===''The Gathering'' comic===
The ship's charred remains served as a handy source of salvage for another group of Maximals stranded on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|The Gathering}}

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Talk:Ratchet (Animated)

2009-05-08T03:07:22Z

76.252.54.91: /* His arm */

==His arm==

Ratchet still has his wound after Thrill of The Nut. You see it when he's treating Prime, in Nanosec and in Sound And Fury

Why is it assumed that the hole in ratchet's arm is a wound? I may merely be a socket for the EMP that remains uncovered when the EMP is not in use. [[Special:Contributions/76.252.54.91|76.252.54.91]] 23:07, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

I can't wait to use the "now with fighting paunch" quote from Frisky Dingo whenever I talk about Ratchet--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 18:54, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

== "Is Ratchet (Animated) the same as Ratchet (G1)?" Discussion ==

Just to give this discussion someplace to live . . .

Given that A) Ratchet fought in the last Great War, millions of years ago, and B) the last Great War is depicted using G1 footage, a tempting [[fanon]] conclusion might be that Animated is in fact a sequel to G1, set millions of years later, and that most of the characters are new characters with the same name (like Megatron (G1) and Megatron(BW)), except for Ratchet (Animated), who is in fact the same character as Ratchet (G1).

Except that G1 was set in 1984, and Animated is ''not'' set in 1984-plus-millions-of-years. It's set around 2008. Ergo, while the last Great War that Ratchet fought in might have ''strongly resembled'' G1 in many ways, it couldn't have involved 1984 Earth, and so is radically different from G1 in that respect, at least. [[User:JW|JW]] 15:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
:The footage also claims that the Great War was all about fighting over the Allspark, which the G1 cartoon clearly wasn't. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:04, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

:All the G1 footage was specifically from flashback episodes millions of years ago (MTMTE and War Dawn). So while one could argue that G1 and Animated share an ancient past, they do not share a "modern" (1980s) history. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 17:09, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

== Bio ==

Why was his complete bio deleted? --[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 07:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== loud music link? ==

How about the "loud music" remark in his first caption link to [[Blaster (G1)]] or [[Soundwave (Animated)]] [[User:BUMBLEBEE|The 'Bee :)]] 16:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

== Human characteristics and that energon gut ==

Just curious: Why does Ratchet have a paunch after the Great War? Does it keep more tools, is it a change of vehicular mode, or is it a lack of maintenance on his part? And the stubbly chin? --[[User:akindofdrifter|akindofdrifter]]

==Similarity to G1 Ironhide==
I would just stick this in the page, but I'm too new. Anyway, this version of Ratchet seems to have absorbed some characteristics of [[Ironhide (G1)]] - specifically, his manner of speaking, old-timerness, and occasional grouchiness. Since the G1 versions of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] were both [[redeco]]s of the same [[Diaclone]] toy, I'd say this is an interesting bit of trivia.[[User:Fortress Minimus|Fortress Minimus]] 19:44, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

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