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Impactor (G1)

2010-01-31T19:24:39Z

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:''Impactor is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Impactorfearless.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Real Wreckers wear pink.]]
'''Impactor''' is the leader of the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], an elite [[Autobot]] strike team, and as such is a deadly force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. Though he is dedicated to his troops, he is not so dedicated to his superiors, and is not above directly insulting them. [[Emirate Xaaron]] takes this attitude in stride, and can give as well as he receives. Impactor refers to the Autobot resistance leader as a "wily old buzzard," as he is often surprised by Xaaron's blunt yet indirect ways of making his point and getting what he wants. Despite this, their difficulties mask a genuine friendship.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
After the leave of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and their troops from the war, Emirate Xaaron assigned the Wreckers to assassinate the warlord [[Trannis]], who came into power in Megatron's absence. Impactor was chosen to lead this team. Though the assassination attempt was successful, other leaders quickly sprung up to take Trannis' place.

[[Image:Xaaronimpactor.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Wait, he has an ankle holster on his right leg? How...?]]
Countless years later, after Optimus Prime and his Autobots had awoken on [[Earth]], Impactor and the Wreckers were responsible for executing [[Operation: Volcano]], a planned ambush of the Decepticons' fiercest warriors using Xaaron as bait. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was assigned to the Wreckers to help them bolster their ranks for the mission, but he was quickly needed to travel to Earth to investigate the disappearance of Optimus Prime. Impactor's commitment to the mission wavered and he at first refused to deploy his team without Magnus there as back-up, but he changed his mind after a conversation with Xaaron. Impactor's doubts were further quelled when Xaaron convinced him that [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] were an adequate replacement for Magnus, which Xaaron accomplished by having them disguise themselves as Decepticons and beat Impactor up. Operation: Volcano was once again on track.

Xaaron, the bait for the Wreckers' trap, was placed according to plan, but suddenly Megatron called his warriors to Earth, overriding all other commands, including the planned ambush on Xaaron. Disappointed that their trap was ruined, the Wreckers let down their guard long enough to allow an assassin named [[Macabre]], ignoring Megatron's orders, to fire upon Xaaron. Impactor was the first to react and pushed Xaaron out of the way, taking the shots meant for the Autobot underground resistance leader. Immediately, the other Wreckers turned and fired upon Macabre, killing him, but Impactor was fatally wounded. With his last words he named Springer the next leader of the Wreckers before dying in Xaaron's arms, again calling him a "wily old buzzard." {{storylink|Target: 2006|Target: 2006}}

[[Image:Impactorzombie.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Brains!]]

Impactor's death would haunt several other Autobots for some time to come. Though he sought to deny it, Ultra Magnus felt guilty for not returning to Cybertron in time, and this led to his taking an excessive approach when dealing with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], whom intelligence reports stated was a traitor. {{storylink|Under Fire!}} Subsequently Magnus found a fight with Megatron proved the opportunity to release his pent-up aggression over Impactor's death. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

Springer was also severely affected by Impactor's death, and felt inadequate in the shadow of his legacy. So when a rogue Autobot scientist named [[Flame (UK comic)|Flame]] discovered a way to reanimate dead Transformers, Springer was crippled from action when he was met with the reanimated corpse of Impactor. {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!|Legion of the Lost!}} His route to the kidnapped Wreckers and Xaaron blocked, he reluctantly fought his predecessor until Springer managed to jar Impactor into remembering his past life. Impactor sacrificed his life again when he stopped Flame's reactors from destroying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Meltdown!|Meltdown!}}
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===IDW comics continuity===
{{spoiler|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|26 February 2010}}

[[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers1-Impactor post boom.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Give him a hand, folks!]]

Springer first met Impactor when he was a young recruit to the [[Wreckers]]. Springer strongly bonded with this mentor, but something happened, resulting in the Wreckers leader being incarcerated with all the other war criminals held within [[Garrus-9]]. The memory of this continues to haunt Springer, especially when his work brings him near Garrus-9.

Millions of years later, a prison break on Garrus-9 led by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] presumably released countless prisoners, including Impactor, from their cells. As the current-day Wreckers were en route to Garrus-9, a decrepit Decepticon dropship blocked their path. It exploded before their eyes, but not before the battered form of Impactor ejected from the craft.

Appearing before the shocked Wreckers', Impactor sneered, requesting to be let aboard. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1}}

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==Notes==
*According to [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] in issue #221's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]], Impactor transformed into an "earth-boring vehicle". In the letter page to issue #238, "[[Survival Run]]", [[Dreadwind (G1)| Dreadwind]] clarified that he transformed into a drill tank but didn't have an earth mode.

==External links==
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/ukcomics/impactor.htm Impactor at Obscure Transformers]

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United Kingdom

2010-01-29T12:46:13Z

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[[image:UK Grimlock.gif|frame|''And did those feet in ancient time...'']]
The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''' (also '''Region 2''') is a strange, possibly allegorical, land where pants are called trousers, underwear are called pants, women run the government, Batman kidnaps children, state-sponsored media is popular instead of elitist, vinegar is a condiment, and they have good rock and roll.

Also, they spell things funny and their bizarro-DVD's won't play in real DVD players. ''Spooky''.

:''Official Japanese name:'' '''Gureto Buriten oyobi Hokubu Airurando Rengo Ôkoku''' (グレートブリテン及び北部アイルランド連合王国)
:''Alternate Japanese names:'' '''Eikoku''' (英国) / '''Igirisu''' (イギリス)<ref>The names "Eikoku" and "Igirisu" technically only refer to England, but are more often used to represent to the UK as a whole.</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics===
====Generation 1====
{{note|Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.}}
[[Image:Man of iron and knights.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Oh shit, an immigrant! Kick him out! ''British Jobs for British Workers!''"]]
Some time in the past, the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]] and his [[Navigator]] came to [[Earth]] while searching for the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and left their ship beneath the area that would one day become [[Stansham]]. There they remained, though the Man of Iron would occasionally leave the ship to visit the surface - in 1017 he encountered [[human]]s, including [[Godwin the Strongarm]] and [[Aethelric]], and a further two sightings were recorded.

In 1984 a beacon from the ship attracted the attention of the earthbound [[Autobot]]s and they took a [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the United Kingdom to investigate. Upon arrival, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] kidnapped a human named [[Sammy Harker]] to provide the Autobots with intelligence about the local area, but they were attacked by the [[Decepticon]]s, who had also followed the beacon to its source.

As battle raged above Stansham Castle, the Man of Iron emerged from his ship once more, only to be blown up by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Jazz destroyed the ship (inadvertently killing the Navigator) and the [[Transformer]]s left the United Kindgom. {{storylink|Man of Iron (story)|Man of Iron}}

''About a year later they would return, seeking the source of an energy transmission that caused aspects of their personalities to reverse. Tracing the signal to a secret research facility Jazz and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fought over [[Zeke Heilmann]], a human who was stealing the core of [[PARD]] for his own nefarious purposes. In the ensuing battle both Zeke and the device were destroyed by Jazz.'' {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

''By 1987, the country was the home of the [[Europe|European]] branch of international anti-terrorism taskforce [[Action Force (team)|Action Force]]; their field leader [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] was an English soldier. They ended up battling alongside [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] and [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] against a raging [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Straxus (G1)|or so they thought]]) in [[London]]'s docklands. Centurion and Megatron fell into the [[River Thames]].'' {{storylink|Ancient Relics!}}

''[[Richard Branson]] attempted to fish out the remains, only for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] to swipe his catch.'' {{storylink|Salvage!}}

In 1990, Shockwave emerged from the sea off the coast of [[Blackpool]] where he paused only to squash a tramp and his dog before leaving for [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] to spy on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} He later set up his Decepticon dissident base there. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

====Fleetway Generation 2 comics====
[[Image:London_war_without_end_uk.jpg|left|thumb|200px|London, after England loses a football game.]]

In 1994, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] led his forces to attack London with the intention of attracting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. The damage to the city was severe; even the Houses of Parliament were bombed. Optimus defeated Bludgeon only to face a returned Megatron, who handed his [[Anatomic euphemism|skidplate]] to him. Before he could finish off his old adversary, Megatron was attacked by Bludgeon's troops and Optimus was rescued by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The arrival of Jazz's group forced Megatron to escape with Starscream and Prime declared victory, though he advocated that the Autobots vacate the area to escape any human retaliation. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}} {{storylink|War Zone}}
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====Marvel Generation 2 comics====
[[London]] was one of the cities hit in the Decepticons' global slaughter. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
====American continuity====
[[Image:Raiderdragonvsautobots.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Dragon|Dragons]] are quite common throughout the UK.]]

[[Starscream (G1)|A]] [[Rumble (G1)|group]] [[Ravage (G1)|of]] [[Ramjet (G1)|Decepticons]], the Autobots [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. ended up time-travelling to England in the 6th Century. Starscream got involved in a spat between local [[Sir Wigend du Blackthorne]] and [[Sir Aetheling the Red]] before seizing control from the former and attempting to conquer the latter's fiefdom, as well as messing about with history by creating gunpowder in Europe centuries early. Luckily, Spike and the Autobots stopped him.

We also learned England possesses the time-travelling site known as [[Dragon Mound]], that plate armour existed ''far'' earlier than stuffy historians and their "facts" would tell us, and that [[Dragon|dragons existed naturally in England]]. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

In the 20th Century the country had the dubious honour of big-game hunter and national stereotype [[Lord Chumley]] causing an international incident when he stole a [[Daina|top secret Soviet jet]]. The Autobots sorted it out and made a mess of his castle. {{storylink|Prime Target}}
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====Japanese continuity====
[[Image:Roadking masterforce.jpg|left|200px|thumb|A British sports star. Not pictured: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8141300.stm the News Of The World tapping his phone].]]

Strangely, by this point in time, Britain was covered with the type of thick fog that hadn't been seen since the 1950s. It's almost like someone hadn't done any research.

[[Sixshot]] blackmailed the UK to hand over its energy or he would devastate London. It didn't, so he did. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

The [[Godmaster]] [[Lightfoot]], heir to [[British Motors]], was born in Britain. His father was unable to start a car company in England and so moved to that land of enterprise, [[Canada]]. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} Champion racer and fellow Godmaster [[Road King]] also originated from the UK, having the nickname "the British Wolf".

Flight 308 from [[Mont Porte]] was captured by [[Blood]] off the coast of England, in the Strait of Dover. {{storylink|Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet}} Violating UK airspace was apparently a laugh, as the Decepticon [[Godmaster]] jets [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] had fun zooming over London at high speeds before heading on to [[Japan]]. {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}}
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===Young Corgi===

The United Kingdom would presumably be part of the [[Federation of Western Europe]], something the EEC will turn into in the near future of 2000. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Unicron Trilogy===

====Energon====

In the peaceful inter-war period, the Autobots built [[Plains City]] in England. It wasn't actually on a plains. {{storylink|Unicron Trilogy guidebooks}}

====Cybertron====

While looking for the [[Omega Lock]], the Autobots dug up around an ancient druid site. The area briefly became a battleground when [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] attacked. {{storylink|Space}}

Later, Starscream's [[Ancient Decepticon]] army swarmed in the skies of the nation, spreading panic. {{storylink|Invasion}}

===Live-action ''Transformers'' movie continuity===
====IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics====

[[Image:RotF Bendy Bus Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]

[[Diego Garcia]], a British overseas territory and home to a joint UK-[[United States military|US]] military base, was used as a training facility for [[NEST]] and base for Autobots. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}} British armed forces eventually became part of NEST and helped destroy the Decepticon [[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4}}

====Titan Magazines====

The Orkney Islands are home to a NEST base, and noted as a forward operating location. The base contains a training facility for Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====

An unknown number of British Army soldiers served in NEST, at least one who would get killed in battle. [[Graham|SASF Agent Graham]], a special forces operative, was part [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]]'s NEST command structure; like most of NEST, he trusted the Autobots. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}

====Merchandise====

[[Bendy-Bus Prime]] landed in [[London]] and took the form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated_buses_in_London a bendy bus].

===Shattered Glass===

The British want to invade the United States. Boo, hiss! Don't be too concerned, though. The queen knows that bombing land she wants to conquer is VERY counter-productive. Wonder why no one else thought of that. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

==Notes==
* By strange coincidence, a number of Transformers (including the entire planet of [[Gigantion]]) have accents identical to some of those in the United Kingdom!
* In 2009 Gordon Brown, [[Democracy|the Prime Minister]], made a public appeal for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to come and solve the country's problems, to which the Conservative Party responded Brown had "more in common with the Decepticons".<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/4208838/Browns-hero-is-Transformer-Optimus-Prime.html Daily Telegraph report]</ref> (This probably makes the Liberal Democrats the [[Mini-Con]]s and the BNP [[The Fallen]]...)
* The UK has produced several Transformers comics, including the long running [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] ''Transformers'' title, which reprinted (sometimes with edits) American Marvel comics and created new stories around them. It's never had the same success yet, though it has made comics based on [[Generation 2 (Fleetway comic)|Generation 2]], [[Armada (Panini comic)|Armada]], [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|the live-action films]], and [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|Animated]]. If that wasn't enough transforming robots, it also published a strip based on [[Tonka GoBots|the GoBots]] under their ''Robo Machine'' branding!<ref>http://counter-x.net/gobots/comic/robo_machines/</ref>
* The UK also produced "strategically shaved ape" [[Simon Furman]], who's been known to write the odd Transformers-related thing.
* The word "[[Slag (disambiguation)|slag]]" is considered offensive in the UK (you wouldn't want your sister to be described as one). This has caused [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|some]] TV shows to be (very badly) edited to avoid use of the term (although strangely not [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|all]]), and at least one [[Snarl (Animated)|character name]] change on both sides of the Atlantic.
* We have DVD boxsets of [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]], [[The_Headmasters_(cartoon)|Headmasters]], [[Super-God_Masterforce_(cartoon)|Masterforce]], [[Victory_(cartoon)|Victory]] and [[Enter_the_New_Supreme_Commander%2C_Dai_Atlas!|Zone]] and you Yanks still don't. Ahhh ha ha ha HA.
* The UK is still waiting more than two super-cheap DVDs for Beast Wars though. :(

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