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Tigerhawk

2007-03-18T18:45:17Z

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:''Tigerhawk is a [[Maximal]] and emissary of [[Vok|the Vok]] from the [[Beast Wars]] era of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TigerhawkGenesis1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Tigerhawk.]]

In the fires of an unknown place between time and space, the [[Vok]] aliens fused the [[spark]]s of [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] together to form '''Tigerhawk''', a super warrior with the sole purpose of destroying all Transformers on planet [[Earth]]. However, the sparks within Tigerhawk do not especially agree with this programming.

''Japanese name: '''Tigerfalcon'''.''

==Fiction==

===Beast Wars===
:''Voice actor: [[Blu Mankuma]] (US), [[Kōichi Tōchika]] (Japan)''

Concerned with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron's]] constant futzing with the timestream, the Vok merged the bodies of the Maximals [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] together to form the staggeringly powerful Tigerhawk while leaving out the Sparks.

Tigerhawk is easily one of the most powerful Transformers shown in the Beast Wars era. In robot mode, Tigerhawk can fly, has missile launchers under each arm, his wings double as sheilds, and he has wrist-mounted electricity cannons. His beast mode contains razor sharp claws and teeth, as well as a pair of chainguns on his forearms. These outstanding powers are nothing compared to his uncanny shamanic abilities to control the weather and terrain of Earth almost completely at whim.

Controlled by two Vok, Tigerhawk approached Earth as a meteor, which promptly destroyed the [[Darksyde]], engaged and defeated the entire [[Predacon]] force, and nearly buried both Megatron and [[Optimus Primal]], before succumbing to a virus courtesy of Tarantulas.

Later, after awakening in [[Tarantulas]]' lair, the spider attempted to destroy Tigerhawk's mind by forcefully demolishing the Vok presence inhabiting it. Due to a fluke coincidence, Tarantulas only succeeded in destroying himself, alongside the Vok who had enslaved Tigerhawks mind. The Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron, which followed Tigerhawk to Earth, merged to become one and entered Tigerhawk. Afterward, Tigerhawk allied himself with the Maximals. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Tigerhawk's memories are somewhat vaguely described - he has little recollection of being Tigatron or Airazor, yet he shares both of their connection with the prehistoric Earth. He vaguely recalls things from the Beast Wars, but the appearance of [[Cheetor]] as a Transmetal 2 and [[Optimus Primal]] as his Optimal Optimus form came as a surprise to him. {{storylink|Nemesis, Part 1}}

Megatron, somewhat later, discovered the rebuilt the Decepticon warship ''[[Nemesis]]'', and attempted to use it to destroy the ''[[Ark]]'' itself. Tigerhawk attempted to single-handedly stop the ''Nemesis'', and despite holding his own for quite some time against the legendary warship, he was killed by the ship's main cannon. {{storylink|Nemesis, Part 2}}

===Primeval Dawn===

===Beast Wars Metals manga===

[[Image:Tigerfalcon1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Katana: cuz elemental powers just aren't enough.]]

''(Note: although it picks up after the first season, the Beast Wars Metals manga is not in-continuity with the TV series.)''

At one point, [[Airazor (BW)|Transmetal Airazor's]] [[spark]] became seperated from her body, and her body was then possessed by a malevolent force. Airazor's body did battle with [[Tigatron]], though Tigatron could not bring himself to hurt Airazor due to his affection for her. Desiring death over harming her, Tigatron gave her one of his katana and knelt down.

As evil Airazor struck his neck with the blade, the real Airazor's spark traveled through the katana and into Tigatron's body. Inside cyberspace, the two reunited Maximals embraced, vowing never to be apart again. As their sparks joined, Tigatron and Airazor were reborn as the powerful Tigerhawk! {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals}}

''(In the Beast Wars Metals manga, Tigatron was interpretted as a samurai; the katana being their weapon of choice. Hence the whole samurai motif for Tigerhawk.)''

===3H comics===

[[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] was an alternate version of Tigerhawk. Unfortunately, one of the differences was his being evil and in league with [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Universe (comic)|Universe}}

==Toys==
[[Image:BWRConcept25.jpg|right|250px|thumb|TM2 Tigerhawk's control art. Remind ya of [[Predaking]]?]]
*'''Tigerhawk''' (Transmetal 2 Ultra, 1999)

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Transmetal driver

2007-03-18T18:44:22Z

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:''The transmetal driver is an [[alien]] technological device featured in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Transmetaldriver.jpg|right|thumb|The Vok Datasphere]]
The '''Transmetal driver''', referred to by the [[Vok]] as a '''Datasphere''', is a small spherical device that [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] presumably found at one of the Vok sites on prehistoric [[Earth]]. It served as a receptacle of scanned data the Vok accumulated from one of the Beast Warriors (presumably [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]), but according to an analysis by the [[Maximal|Maximals']] computer it was altered by Megatron. The driver was a necessary part of a transformation into a [[Transmetal 2]].

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Beast Wars''====
Megatron initially used the driver as part of the machine that gave [[Dinobot 2 (BW)|Dinobot 2]] life. The transmetal driver seems to give off the same type of energy/radiation as the [[quantum surge]], perhaps in a stronger dose.

[[Image:Datasphere.jpg|left|thumb|The Vok use the Datasphere to kitbash everything to look like Optimus Prime.]]

[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] destroyed Megatron's machine, but not before Cheetor got a full dose of the driver's energy, turning him into a Transmetal 2. Depth Charge recovered the driver and threw it into the lava around the [[Ark]]. However, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] saved the device and tried to use it on herself. The driver caused her systems to crash, but mysteriously changed her into a Transmetal 2.

====''Primeval Dawn'' comics====
After the Beast Wars had ended, the datasphere was used by the Vok to create a leader to guide a group of warriors against [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], who had become a great danger to the timestream by infusing the Vok's powers into himself. Combining the knowledge from the datasphere, the ability of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to give life (stored inside [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]), and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s control harness for [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimal Optimus]], the Vok assembled [[Primal Prime]].

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[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:MacGuffins]]
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Transmetal driver

2007-03-18T18:43:46Z

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:''The transmetal driver is an [[alien]] technological device featured in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Transmetaldriver.jpg|right|thumb|The VoK Datasphere]]
The '''Transmetal driver''', referred to by the [[Vok]] as a '''Datasphere''', is a small spherical device that [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] presumably found at one of the Vok sites on prehistoric [[Earth]]. It served as a receptacle of scanned data the Vok accumulated from one of the Beast Warriors (presumably [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]), but according to an analysis by the [[Maximal|Maximals']] computer it was altered by Megatron. The driver was a necessary part of a transformation into a [[Transmetal 2]].

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Beast Wars''====
Megatron initially used the driver as part of the machine that gave [[Dinobot 2 (BW)|Dinobot 2]] life. The transmetal driver seems to give off the same type of energy/radiation as the [[quantum surge]], perhaps in a stronger dose.

[[Image:Datasphere.jpg|left|thumb|The Vok use the Datasphere to kitbash everything to look like Optimus Prime.]]

[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] destroyed Megatron's machine, but not before Cheetor got a full dose of the driver's energy, turning him into a Transmetal 2. Depth Charge recovered the driver and threw it into the lava around the [[Ark]]. However, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] saved the device and tried to use it on herself. The driver caused her systems to crash, but mysteriously changed her into a Transmetal 2.

====''Primeval Dawn'' comics====
After the Beast Wars had ended, the datasphere was used by the Vok to create a leader to guide a group of warriors against [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], who had become a great danger to the timestream by infusing the Vok's powers into himself. Combining the knowledge from the datasphere, the ability of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to give life (stored inside [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]), and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s control harness for [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimal Optimus]], the Vok assembled [[Primal Prime]].

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[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:MacGuffins]]
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Planet Buster

2007-03-18T18:41:46Z

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[[Image:Planetbuster.jpg|thumbnail|right|Earths second Moon, The Planet Buster.]]The '''Planet Buster''' was a cannon the size of a moon, used by the [[Vok]] aliens in an attempt to destroy the prehistoric Earth.

After the Floating Island was destroyed in a battle against the Predacon forces, a beacon was sent to the Vok. Receiving this beacon, the Vok returned to the Earth and were quite displeased to see that the Beast Wars had completely wrecked their "project". Deeming the entire planet to now be a liability, the Vok revealed their magnum opus, and revealed that the Hollow Moon was in fact a weapon.

The Vok attempted to use this cannon (which [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] later dubbed "The Planet Buster") to ignite every [[Energon]] deposit on the planet, resulting in an explosion powerful enough to destroy the planet itself!

In order to destroy the weapon, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus]] confiscated a customized Stasis Pod, which [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] had rebuilt as a means for [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and himself to escape from the planet, and loaded it with an explosive.

Optimus' plan was to fly the Pod into the core of the Planet Buster, where the bomb would explode, taking the Buster with it. Unfortunately, the Pod itself was a trap, set by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], revealed to Optimus when he tried to escape from the imminent explosion. The plan to destroy the Planet Buster succeeded, but cost the Maximals their leader.

As an unforeseen development, the destruction of the Planet Buster created a massive [[quantum surge]]. This surge mutated several Transformers into [[Transmetal|Transmetals]] and damaged the stasis pods of others, resulting in the [[Fuzor|Fuzors]] and [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]]. The destruction of the stasis pod's [[Transwarp Cell]] also created a [[transwarp wave]] which traveled across space and time, eventually reaching a Predacon outpost in the "present" time of the Beast Era, the time from which the Beast Warriors hailed. Upon intercepting this wave, the [[Tripredacus Council]] sent [[Ravage (G1)|an agent]] to investigate.

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Vok

2007-03-18T18:39:54Z

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:''The Vok are aliens in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''
[[Image:Purple_vok.jpg|right|thumb|The Vok.]]

The '''Vok''' were mysterious energy-based alien creatures, enlightened descendents of [[The Swarm]], who developed prehistoric Earth towards their own designs to atone for their shameful past. The Vok were dedicated to "the Project", which consisted of enigmatic, sometimes contradictory plans for the planet. As a result of these experiments, there were a number of anomalies on the Earth, including several floating landmasses, a mysterious stone formation, and a hollowed-out moon.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice actors:'' [[Blu Mankuma]] and ? (US), [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] (Japan)

Their experiments were irreperably wrecked as a result of the [[Beast Wars]]. The Vok decided to cut their losses by revealing the nature of the second moon: An immense cannon designed to destroy the planet! [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] sacrificed himself in order to destroy the [[Planet Buster]].

As a result of the Planet Buster's explosion, a [[Quantum surge]] was released. The surge caused a mutation in several of the Transformers (notably, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]) turning them into [[Transmetal]]s. The destruction of the Planet Buster also released a [[Transwarp wave]] that traveled through space and time, and eventually got back to [[Cybertron]]

Later in the series, the Vok made several other attempts to wipe out the Transformers, notably a second weapon which appeared on the planet (sometimes referred to as the Metal Hunter), and the abduction of the [[Maximal]]s [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]].

Near the end of the Beast Wars, the Vok sent an emissary, [[Tigerhawk (BW)|Tigerhawk]] (a newly created fusion of Airazor and Tigatron), to Earth to deal with Megatron's disruption of the timestream. Tigerhawk was able to destroy the [[Darkside|Predacon base]], but was eventually subdued and captured by Tarantulas. Tarantulas was able to draw the Vok out of Tigerhawk's frame and into his own, but this lead to his own destruction...

==== ''Primeval Dawn'' comic ====
...and subsequent Vok-powered rebirth.

With the power of the Vok at Tarantulas' fingertips, the alien race turned to the Ark, creating [[Primal Prime]] (from [[Matrix of Leadership|The Matrix]], a [[Datasphere]] and Quickstrike's control harness) and restoring the sparks of Airazor and Tigatron to separate Transmetal bodies, hoping they could defeat Tarantulas. Later when lost the Matrix to the zombified-arachnid they merged themselves with Primal Prime in order to provide a temporary substitute to the Matrix. Primal Prime gained a snazzy new Vok-shaped breastplate out of the deal.

''The ending of this story was long promised but not yet delivered when 3H lost the liscense.''

==Origin controversy==

In the course of writing the ''Beast Wars'' television show, the co-story editors had conflicting ideas on who the Vok were. [[Bob Forward]] liked to imagine the Vok as super-evolved humans who had outgrown the need for bodies. [[Larry DiTillio]] wanted to link the Vok to The Swarm, who, in his version of the events of the Generation Two comic book, had completely wiped out humanity and wished to atone for their crimes. Neither origin made it into the television show before it completed.

Ultimately, the Vok origin was published as backstory for OTFCC's Primeval Dawn storyline.

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