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Scout (WFC)

2011-01-28T19:50:55Z

98.141.17.200: /* Upgrades */

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:''Scout is a class from [[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]]'s multiplayer mode.''

[[Image: Scoutsclass.jpg|350px|thumb|right|This is Scout, [[Neon|rainbows make me cry]]. Over!]]

Pick a '''scout''' if you like to sneak around, drive like a maniac or snipe dudes from across the map. They attack with support weaponry and use machine guns in vehicle mode. Scouts transform into cars.

==Characteristics==
''Life bar: 4''

===Chassis===
'''Autobot'''
*Speedster ([[Sideswipe (Prime)|Sideswipe]])
*Runner ([[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]])
*Sprinter ([[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], unlocked after beating Autobot campaign)
*Dragster ([[Jazz (Prime)|Jazz]], Best Buy preorder Multiplayer exclusive, Amazon.com preorder exclusive in UK, also available at Gamestation in UK (Playstation 3 only), DLC #1, available for the XBox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, but not for the PC version.)
'''Decepticon'''
*Enforcer ([[Barricade (Prime)|Barricade]])
*Racer ([[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]])
*Tracker ([[Dead End (Prime)|Dead End]], DLC #2, available for the XBox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, but not for the PC version.)

===Weapons===
Scouts can equip two of these four weapons:
*[[Scatter blaster]]
*[[Null ray|Null Ray]]
*[[Energon battle pistol]]
*[[Plasma cannon]]
They use energon swords in melee and carry [[EMP-grenade|EMP grenades]].

===Abilities===
Scouts can eventually choose two from four different abilities:
*Cloaking: Become invisible for a limited time. Attacking cancels.
*Dash: Execute a quick forward or lateral movement.
*Decoy Trap: Spawns a decoy item cache that stuns enemies.
*Mark Target: Mark an enemy so all allies can track his or her location. (Level 5)
Vehicle mode:
*Quick turn: Tumble quickly to the right or left. Do it while ramping if you're really awesome.

===Upgrades===
Scouts can eventually choose up to three upgrades to augment their abilities: 
'''Offensive'''
*Backstab: Melee damage increased when attacking from behind. (Level 1)
*Surprise Attack: Increases damage after decloaking. (Level 2)
*Vendetta: Mark Target lasts longer. (Level 7)
*Shock Treatment: Decoys cause damage. (Level 10)
*Targeting Chip: Marked targets take increased damage. (Level 17)
*Stinger: Decoy trap stun lasts longer. (Level 23)
'''Defensive'''
*Ghost: Cloaking last longer. (Level 3)
*Health Matrix: Gives health for every kill. (Level 4)
*Leg Servos: Move faster. (Level 8)
*Dimensional Step: Increased defense when decloaking, no interference when activating cloak (Level 13)
*Fuel Efficiency: Dash farther. (Level 19)
*EMP Blinders: EMP grenades do not affect user. (Level 24)
'''General'''
*Weapon Stabilizer: Lessens weapon kickback. (Level 6)
*EMP Intensifier: Larger EMP grenade radius. (Level 6)
*Blaster Amplifier: Two extra ammo clips. (Level 9)
*First Aid: Less delay for health regeneration. (Level 15)
*Explosive Capacitor: One extra grenade. (Level 21)
*Rapid Recharge: Abilities recharge faster. (Level 25)

===Killstreaks===
After killing enough guys without dying, every class can use special abilities. The scouts' are:
*Orbital beacon (3 kills): Displays enemy locations for a short time.
*Energon recharger (5 kills): Health regenerates constantly.
*Orbital beacon 2.0 (7 kills): Everyone gets a shot of EMP and are marked for a while.

==External Links==
*[http://www.transformersgame.com/#/game/classes Activision's official Multiplayer Class page]

[[Category: Video game-only characters]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron]]

Talk:Slipstream (Animated)

2010-10-23T03:09:36Z

98.141.17.200: /* Derrick's Formspring */

Y'know it just occured to me that the bright blue on her legs and wings is pretty much exactly the blue of G1 Starscream's Pretender shell. Could be a chance thing but especially on the legs it really recalls that toy to me. --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 17:14, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
:::I have gone over the Screamer clones so many times it is giving me a headache, but I finaly thought that there is not a clone that is the tracherous(spelling) side of him other than the female. She seems to be the closest one, from my point of view anyway. Does anyone else have an idea?[[User:HotRodimus|HotRodimus]] 02:44, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
::::Yes I have! I think she's supposed to represent sadism in a non-sexual way. It's pretty much known that sadism is not a trait defined by 'explicit actions' to call it that way - it's an overall joy in hurting others and causing physical or mental harm to living beings and Slipstream does seem to feel very comfortable with cursing, verbally attacking and hurting others for no particular reason (she intended to shoot Starscream out of the air by mere noticing him [which turned out a mistake anyway]). Sadism is also something one would most likely not want to think about in regard to Starscream and it's maybe not too appropriate for a childrens show, so they just didn't mention it with words. Who knows, maybe there even IS a sexual note to it. would be one more reason to just call her the girl you 'better not ask' about. --[[User:Aureole|Aureole]] 12:14, 15 May 2010 (EDT)

== Rimmer theme captions ==

I think a good option to continue the theme would be something like the "What the hell, I just won't tell her" from Rimmerworld, or one of the ones from Terrorform. If anyone agrees, can I upload an image with such a caption?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 09:53, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
:There's also She-Rimmer from ''Parallel Universe''... - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 22:12, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

==Pretender Starscream==

At one point I'd added in that her teal lower and grey upper legs, and really the placement of all the grey above, very much echo Starscream's Pretender shell. Someone deleted that with out giving a reason, but it's true, it's relevant, and it's a close as G2 Ramjet is really. I feel like it should be there as an observation at least. (Pretender Screamer is really all I can think of when I look at her pic in that section.) Objections? --[[Special:Contributions/71.235.142.128|71.235.142.128]] 02:09, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
:If she was meant to be the shell, she'd have the shell's layout. But she doesn't. She wouldn't have a mainly purple torso, and she'd have brown gauntlets and a brown helmet. The note does not say "based on G2 Ramjet", its says "shares predominant colors with but everything's laid out completely differently", and explained in-depth to note that it is likely NOT supposed to be G2 Ramjet. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 02:33, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
::I guess I just don't see the difference between saying "She's got colors like G1 Ramjet but not the layout, it's probably a coincidence." and saying "She's got several of the colors AND some of the layout of Starscream's Shell but it'a probably a coincidence". I just think that if the likeness to one is close enough to rate a mention so is the other. --[[Special:Contributions/71.235.142.128|71.235.142.128]] 02:36, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Part of the difference is that you're the first person to say "Pretender shell", where almost five seconds after she appeared, the intarwebs-at-large declared her (erroneously) to be G2 Ramjet. Listing EVERY theory anyone ever had would quickly fill up space for not good reason (like the theory that Dion got turned into Huffer). --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 02:42, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
::::"The intarwebs-at-large said she was G2 Ramjet"? I saw more "Dirge" speculation (stirred up by the Dubai spoilers) than G2 Ramjet speculation. [[User:Galvanisation|Galvanisation]] 02:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

== tragic past ==

i think she'd consider her past tragic, coming from Starscream and all. Maybe a little comment on that? [[User:Mr. Magorium|Not Steve]][[User Talk:Mr. Magorium|complain here]][[Special:Contributions/Mr. Magorium|The Big Book]] 19:25, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
:Maybe? She hates him, but she hates pretty much anybody I guess --[[User:Aureole|Aureole]] 19:13, 28 May 2010 (EDT)

==Spoiler in the Edit History D:==

Is there any way to get rid of that spoiler I stupidly stuck into my edit comment? I can't believe I suffered such a brain-fart D: [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] 11:13, 5 April 2009 (EDT)

==Can we just call her Mega?==
She hasn't technically been named anywhere, but since that's who her colours are based on... {{unsigned|76.71.8.91|22:49, 17 May 2009}}
:No. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:03, 17 May 2009 (EDT)
:: I think there is a reason to not naming her mega nor naming the [[Ramjet (Animated)|Liar Starscream]] Ramjet. It's the trademark; if Hasbro makes the toy, but they don't get the rights to the name "Mega", they will have to give her other name. Then, we have to wait and see. {{unsigned|186.9.15.58|00:01, 18 May 2009}}
:::Apparently, she's going to be named in a reference book (the "AllSpark Almanac", was it?) - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 09:34, 18 May 2009 (EDT)

== Derik? ==

Source for "Slipstream"? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:54, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

:I dunbno. Some guy, I think he said his name was "Anonymous."
:(Via the toyline pannel, a redirect instead of a move would be me expressing due caution with an unvetted source.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:59, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
::Yeah, live feed of the BotCon Hasbro panel coming in over at TFW2005 confirms Slipstream. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:08, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
::Ja, I got it via 4Chan, but there were enough other people postign there that I figured it'd have been nix'd if the report was a prank. Nice of McFeely to confirm, it means we can move it now. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:10, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

==Sexism?==
"nagging harpy" "bitch" "tart" Does this wiki really want to endorse these slurs? The articles on Jazz and Blaster don't use racial slurs.
:...She ''is'' a bitch. That's her entire character. Unless you wish us to use the gender-neutral term of "unpleasant individual". [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:10, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
::I think it's a valid complaint. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 23:18, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Yeah it's a valid complaint, but I agree with Interrobang on this one. Oh, we could get rid of every use of the word slag as an insult because it means whore in slang for the UK. We could use much worse language as well to describe her too. If you want opinions from the people who might see it as sexist, we should get the female users to give their voice.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 23:26, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
::::We're not using "slag" to refer to female characters as "whores," so your comparison is not apt. Also, one doesn't have to be a woman to dislike seeing the use of sexist slurs. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 23:34, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::Please define "sexist slur". We are not using "bitch" as a substitute of "female". We are using it by the definition of "unpleasant female", ''which is what this character is''. Unless you want us to remove all and any indications of gender and sex in Transformers characters. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:05, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::Whilst slightly incredulous that I would need to actually ''explain'' this, okay: Calling a woman a bitch is using a sexist slur, whether she's unpleasant or not. The word means female ''dog'' and thus applying it to female ''person'' is dehumanizing. When it comes to an "unpleasant woman," it is the ''unpleasantness'' that is the thing she is to be criticized for, ''not'' her gender. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 00:23, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Dehumanizing? Oh no, you wouldn't want the person you're INSULTING to feel bad! But that can't be the problem, as then you turn around and complain that it isn't gender neutral. Exactly what insults are acceptable? I should point out that I'm a jerk, and I therefore find the Sentinel Prime page highly offensive, can you get to work on sanitizing that while you're at it? - [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 00:31, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::You'll note that I didn't propose "sanitizing" anything. In fact, I didn't even address the specific use of "bitch" in the caption on this page. I was just responding, in a general sense, to the apparent question as to why bitch would be considered a sexist slur. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 00:38, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::You are conflating etymology with definition. It is true that people used the word because it meant "female dog". That is no longer the case and the word's primary meaning is now "unpleasant woman". Nobody is criticizing the fictional character's gender. That is silly and I think most realize this without needing this explained to them. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:45, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::::Yes, the word's primary meaning is now a gendered insult, which is why it is often considered to be a sexist slur. At any rate, turning away from generalities and back to this specific article: The use of "bitch" in the main imagine caption could arguably be considered acceptable, in that given the context it can be read as the character herself embracing the term, rather than being insulted with it. However, as the original commenter noted, "bitch" appearing on the same page with "nagging harpy" and "tart" ''does'' lend an aura of sexism to the article. The "nagging hapry" bit, at least, should be removed. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 01:02, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::We should totally change [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp's]] page so that it has lots of jokes about him being a negro. Negro totally just means black, right? It's spanish! It's hilarious, because being Black Starscream is his primary character trait. That wacky Skywarp, what a hilarious negro. [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 01:25, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:Am I the only one that doesn't get the "tarts" caption? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 23:49, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
::I think it may be a Red Dwarf quote. There was an idea of having that as a theme running through the clones' pages for some reason. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 23:51, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Right, that's from the Red Dwarf episode "Parallel Universe", where Lister and Rimmer met their female alternates from another universe. The caption was one of the female Rimmer's lines. --[[User:Professor Icepick|Professor Icepick]] 23:55, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
:::If it's on a clone page and it's not funny, it's probably from Red Dwarf. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 23:56, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

Ironically here, the original question totally misses the context of the word "bitch" as it appears in the caption -- it's being claimed as an affirmative, in the way that insults are often commandeered by the recipients and repurposed as expressions of solidarity. See also: "nigger", "dyke", the list goes on and on. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:52, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

:The problem with all of these terms is that the deduce the recipient's eentire identity to a single element-- their gender. "You are a cunt, you are a tart, you are a twat, you are a bitch..." they all translate to- "you are a female, and not in your place."
:Reducing ANY character to their gender is cemeaning, it means they have no value beyond their gender, and it's their 100% most importand definign facet, dwarfing any other accomplishments, goals, dreams etc etc etc. Sexism is BAD because it reduces people to simply male or female.
:If this was Arcee's article I would not approove of this. Hell, if it was Blackarachnia's article I wouldn't approve of this-- and she's a classic "vamp" negative female stereotype. But this is a character who for months and multiple fiction appearances was known as "Female Starscream." And she is, in-canon, "Starscream's feminine side." She is Starscream + Female. her femaleness is all that distinguishes her from him, like like Liar Starscream's pathological prevarication is all that distinguishes him from Statrscream.
:I'm still not a FAN of this... but Slipstream is one of the few characters where you might actually have grounds to ''justify'' it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:34, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

::Anybody who sees Slipstream as nothing more than "female Starscream" wasn't paying attention. She's smart, competent, witty, sarcastic, intelligent, quick witted... -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:49, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::And so is Starscream, some times. Arguably, she's just Starscream MINUS his male ego.
:::But the original question was-- "is this sexist?" My answer is "normally yes, but female Starscream is a character who IS mantextually defined by her gender."
:::Mind you, i still think it's icky... Any of the 3 image captions is fine on it's own... but lumped all together they form an unfortuanate pattern--
:::#Empowered woman identified a threatening and negative figure
:::#Joke about reducing empowered woman to animal level so that she can no longer dominate men
:::#Joke that reduces her to a barbie doll.
:::The last one, especially, is innocent-- the 'X is the new Y' is so common that it's been shorn from its original fashion roots, but when grouped with the other two it becomes part of an unfortunate pattern that locks it back into that context-- in a lot of ways the fashoin-obsessed female 'accusation' places an empowered female into a dis-empowering context-box. She becomes silly, and easily disregarded, and has no authority because hwo can you take someone with 35 pairs of shoes seriously?
:::It's a totally '''unintentional''' pattern, but it's there. And it's icky. And it sends messages we don't want to send.
:::Ditch the Red Dwarf quote. It's what really sets a negative tone. (I also feel like there's dissonance, where it's difficult to fit to the character somehow, so it sits awkwardly... but that might just be because I haven't seen the Red Dwarf episode in question.)
:::(Ditch the trivia quote too, we can come up with ''something'' better, this is almost random.)
:::keep the first quote. Bitch or no, it's her claiming power for herself, and it's the only one that really feels like her personality. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:28, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
::::The Red Dwarf quote we have now doesn't really work anyway, so go ahead and remove it, but I personally really liked the Red Dwarf theme across the clone articles. Could we maybe use another quote from Rimmerworld or the parallel dimension episode?? On the other hand, I can't actually see how the Red Dwarf quote is making fun of women at all. To be honest, the quote isn't even ''directed'' at her - it's the female Rimmer making fun of the two Listers for being irresponsible. Calling it a "disempowering" quote is actually kind of nonsensical, as the whole point of that episode is that it's a universe where ''males'' were disenfranchised. For the last joke; I honestly didn't get any implication about shoes from that. Honestly, I didn't see an implication of ''anything'' from it - it seemed like it was commenting on her being a redeco, or something? I don't know. But I wouldn't argue against it being removed. The first caption, while the most fitting, is pretty much the only one that seems to imply anything negative. I would like to say, though, that at least as far as I've recognized in my life, "bitch" is relatively gender neutral, and basically just means someone who is constantly complaining or criticizing (i.e., bitching). I know my friends and me call each other it all the time, and they're very definitely not women.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 05:38, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::Bitch as a verb may be gender-neutral, but I'd argue that bitch as an insult isn't. When the word bitch is used to describe males, it has a feminizing or emasculating effect, disturbingly close to some gay slurs I'd rather not go into. {{unsigned|24.192.196.242}}

:::::Oh, one of the Starscreams is in a parallel dimension. Where male Starscreams can get pregnant apparently. This causes a misunderstanding. Hilarity ensues! If you want advice from someone who hasn't seen the show, unless you are a Red Dwarf fanboy, ripping those quotes completely out of context makes no sense and is unfunny. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 07:44, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Maybe:

Arlene:: In my bunk? On my sheets, using my springs. What could possibly have made you contemplate making love to yourself?
Rimmer: Well, why break a habit of a lifetime?

:Does this all mean we have to change the second and fourth captions on [[Laserbeak (G1)]]? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:15, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

::I'm entirely comfortable killing the Red Dwarf running gag - it never really felt right across the Starscream clones. I got it, but it just didn't really jive. (Also, not to Chat Room this bitch up (oho) but I always figured Slipstream was the embodiment of either Starscream's competency or his opportunism. Guess I should ask Derrick.) [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 07:22, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

'''FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!''' When the hell did this place become a haven for the overly sensitive take offence at anything whiny pc oxegen thieves? It's not sexist, it's a joke, grow the '''HELL''' up. It's not a valid concern that this article is promoting sexism, it's you being ridiculous.[[User:Eire]] 13.28 May 31 09 (UTC)
: '''Hooper's Law:''' The only people who piss and moan about "political correctness" are the ones who are mad that it's no longer okay to tell Dumb Polack jokes. [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 08:43, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

:Sense it was a wiki dedicated to a franchise meant for '''KIDS.''' {{unsigned|24.192.196.242}}

:It became one back when everyone started whining over the [[accents]] article, sadly.
:And nah, I just piss and moan about PCness because most of the time people are whining when there wasn't any maliciousness actually intended. I mean, I ''am'' female, and I wasn't offended by the jokes being complained about on this page (especially since she ''is'' a bitch and seems to revel in that fact).
:Now, when we start seeing people being actually hateful about something, ''then'' it's worth getting one's knickers in a knot. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 09:01, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
::Not all members of the offended group have to take offense for something to be offensive. {{unsigned|24.192.196.242}}
:::No, but getting offended over something being sexist when it's not does get rather silly. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 13:31, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Bitch, nagging harpy, and tart are sexist words. [[Special:Contributions/24.192.196.242|24.192.196.242]] 14:26, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::Which accurately describe how the character acts. I mean, if it was Arcee being called any of those things, you'd have a case for sexism, because that character doesn't act that way.
:::::But if you can suggest gender-neutral words that convey the same sets of personality traits, I'd be behind you in using those instead. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 15:41, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

::It was hardly "whining" to point out the past-borderline racism and/or intellectual emptiness in the assertion that Blu Mankuma speaks with an "African accent." --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 09:56, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Yeah, because that's so much more racist and intellectually empty than pointing out that Perceptor has a British accent, Ironhide has a Southern accent, etc. Heck, we say in the Jet Twins' article that they speak with a Russian accent; doesn't that thus imply all Russians speak with broken English or something by your logic? --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:42, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::To be precise: it was racist to say "Tigatron has an African accent" because Tigatron's voice is just Blu Mankuma's normal speaking voice, and Blu Mankuma ''is an American who speaks perfect American English while happening to be black.'' He sure as hell doesn't sound like Kofi Annan. <--Thy
::::It's "racist and intellectually empty" because Africa is a damn HUGE place that doesn't even have anything resembling a single accent. It's like talking about a "European accent" to talk about everywhere from Scotland to Turkey, or an "American [continent] accent" to talk about everywhere from Canada to Argentina.
::::And, yeah, I have a problem with not specifying in the other cases you use as well. There's certainly no such thing as a generic "British accent", since (even without hearing the G1 cartoon) I'm damn sure that there's no conceivable way that Perceptor's voice could sound like it could come from any one of London, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Cardiff or Belfast (to pick but a few cities) without being able to distinguish a general area. As a result, it's not just lazy, but actually ''inaccurate''. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 12:17, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::Actually, there ''is'' a "generic British accent", so to speak, in the form of Received Pronunciation, just like the "generic American accent" is close to Midwestern American.
::::::RP is, if anything, the most specific accent of all - being as it is limited to a few thousand actors and other speakers who took extended elocution lessons, since there is no geographic accent that sounds like it. As a result, you very rarely hear an RP accent on the telly any more (whereas at one point it was so essential to get on the Beeb that it was referred to as the "BBC accent", it's now an active detriment as the BBC tries to use people with accents from around the country so as to be not to be seen as London-specific. The accent most associated with London these days is [[Wikipedia:Estuary English|"Estuary English"]], for the record), and when you do it tends to be someone with an otherwise-distinctive voice like Tom Baker. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 13:12, 31 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::'K, next time one of my friends talks about a "Northeastern" or "Southern" accent or somesuch, I'll be sure to get annoyed and call them racist because they couldn't idenfify precisely what state and/or region it was from. *shrug* --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 13:31, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

:::::But in any case, I actually will agree with "inaccurate". But it's not racist to be inaccurate, it's just... inaccurate to be inaccurate. And saying someone has a certain type of accent isn't racist. Just like saying someone's a bitch/harpy/tart/whatever isn't sexist if they actually act like that, rather than being called that solely because they're female. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 12:44, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

:::I still stand by the fact that, despite being a member the supposedly maligned party here, I find getting uptight about this whole matter to be silly. When someone makes a comment implying that Slipstream acts like a bitch ''because'' that's expected of a female counterpart, or something similar, ''then'' it's worth getting upset about. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:42, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

::::How 'bout "You say "evil" like it's a ''bad'' thing!" ?
:I would say 1) No, because it's not at all funny; 2) No, because evil=bad by definition, so it's nonsensical as well.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 01:52, 1 June 2009 (EDT)
::While real criminals often have some kind of justification, its common for cartoon characters to revel in their villainy. This sounds like something Slipstream would say.
:...what the hell are you babbling about? "Reveling in their villainy" would still have "evil != bad" be a contradiction, and Slipstream has never, ever said anything even approaching that, or anything with that kind of attitude.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 02:27, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

Edit War: its on. Political Correctness or death! {{unsigned|24.192.196.242|02:44, 1 June 2009}}
:I don't like edit wars very much. I like people who announce their intent to continue an edit war even less. Be better behaved in a week.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 03:08, 1 June 2009 (EDT)
::Would this be an acceptable Red Dwarf quote? It's about all I can find that would fit at all.

:Arlene:: In my bunk? On my sheets, using my springs. What could possibly have made you contemplate making love to yourself?
:Rimmer: Well, why break a habit of a lifetime?

It would be much clearer that it's not aimed ''at'' her, since the implication is that Starscream himself is the one massaging his own ego by creating the clones. Would that be suitably PC and also contextual enough for everyone? Because seeing as the whole bit of the Red Dwarf theme is to be making fun of the character because of their facet...there's not really a whole lot of ways we could use it without delving into misogyny. Though for that matter, I think we'd be hard pressed to find such quotes in Red Dwarf anyway.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 05:53, 1 June 2009 (EDT)
:I don't think we need more Red Dwarf quotes. If anything, I think we need less.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 10:53, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

==Derrick's Formspring==
Yes, Derrick agreed with a poster that she's his sadistic side. Then he agreed with a poster that she exists because Starscream secretly wants to be a girl. He'd joking around, clearly.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 19:51, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
:Why does nobody get that the joke is you're not supposed to know? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:56, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
::Probably because it's a shitty joke that was told QUITE poorly :|
:Mea culpa- I was only going on what he posted to Twitter, not to Formpsring. - [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] 20:02, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
::No problem. It was an honest mistake. I think Derrick is just frustrated with question about this subject.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 20:03, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
:::To be fair, when we started editing, it looked as if Wyatt had given the first and only ever answer to the question, so you can excuse us if we thought it looked legit. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 20:04, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
::::Of course! I wasn't annoyed or frustrated or questioning your judgment. Also, I probably know his tone better than you guys.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 20:07, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
:::::Haha, sorry, I'm still in argument mode from all the talk about Sideways and whatnot. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 20:14, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
::::::It was me who asked that question and he just confirmed that it was a joke. Slipstream does NOT represent sadism, sad but true ;P --[[User:Aureole|Aureole]] 21:52, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
:Guh, and here, for a moment, I had hope Wyatt would quit this downright obnoxious not-joke. I feel cheated. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 01:25, 7 July 2010 (EDT)
::I don't know what's going to happen, I'm not going to follow his account and look out for news. But I guess you ARE cheated x'D --[[User:Aureole|Aureole]] 15:59, 7 July 2010 (EDT)

I just wish people would stop looking to Derrick's Formspring as if it was Word Of God. It's not. At this point, it's a fan-blog, with a fan putting out his opinions. Derrick was only a PART of what made ''Animated'' the great series it was, and now... well, he's not working on TFs. 
He's a great guy all around, but people are giving him a bit too much current importance to the franchise. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:28, 7 July 2010 (EDT)

Slipstream (Animated)

2010-10-23T01:11:41Z

98.141.17.200: /* The Cool comic */ wrong fare

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{{disambig3|Slipstream}}
[[Image:AnimatedSlipstreamModel.jpg|thumb|250px|You say "bitch" like it's a ''bad'' thing!]]

:''Slipstream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''.

'''Slipstream''', the '''Female Starscream''', is the [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Starscream clone]] that raises the most questions. She possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the [[Starscream (Animated)|original Starscream's]] personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).

Practically everything she ever says to the original Starscream is an insult of some form. Really makes you wonder about Starscream, doesn't it?

{{quote|''Any'' leader has to be an improvement over you!|Slipstream offers an opinion on her template|"[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Atsuko Tanaka]] (Japanese), [[Silvia Mißbach]] (German), [[Daniele Demma]] (Italian), [[Samira Fernandes]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:TFA ABTC1 Screamer Clones Argue.jpg|thumb|left|thumb|Humph. Men.]]

When his clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. The female clone revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: [[Thundercracker (Animated)|megalomania]], [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardice]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|bootlicking]], and [[Ramjet (Animated)|deception]]. When Starscream asked where she came from, Slipstream informed him that he was better off not knowing. Once they were ready to depart, Thundercracker pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really ''was'' a pain in the gearshaft. Slipstream bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Slipstream proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. After the original Starscream was decapitated by [[Isaac Sumdac]] piloting a [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] unit, Slipstream promptly declared that she was better off being led by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. When [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Slipstream apparently decided to lay low on Earth after the space bridge battle, managing to evade capture unlike her fellow clones (and several non-clone Decepticons). However, when she spotted a [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|red figure flying through the sky]], she mistook it for Starscream and chased after it in a rage. She shot at him, causing him to fall in a river. Seeing it wasn't Starscream, she promptly fled the scene. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

===''The Cool'' comic===

[[Image:SlipstreamTheCoolMegatron01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Take some Midol and shut the Hell up, already!]]

As the Autobots and Decepticons fought over the [[Space Bridge]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] chose that moment as the most opportune time to unleash his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Clone Army]] on both factions. Slipstream was among them and seemed to fare best, as the other clones were being easily swatted by the joint efforts of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Slipstream managed to get a clear shot at Megatron and, after screaming an insult at him, sent a powerful energy blast headed his way. Megatron saw the attack coming, however, and quickly used Optimus as a living shield. {{storylink|The Cool issue 7|The Cool #7}}
{{--}}

==Notes==

* Where Slipstream got her colors from was debated within the fandom, with the most frequent guess being ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet_(G1)#Generation_2_2|Ramjet]]. However, when contacted about it, [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] revealed that her color scheme was actually "loosely inspired" by the [[Godmaster]] [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. Unexpected! Still, half of Overlord ''was'' [[Mega|technically female]].

* As her colors weren't closely based on any of the pre-existing [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, fans didn't have much of a clue what to call her, and created a lot of different nicknames. No official name had been created for her, either (she was just referred to as "Female Starscream" in the show's credits), a situation that writer [[Jim Sorenson]] sought to rectify for her entry in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''. Sorenson proposed "Slipstream" to [[Derrick Wyatt]] and [[Marty Isenberg]], who both liked it, and Sorenson subsequently included the name in the first draft of the ''Almanac''.<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-cross-slipstream.html Disciples of Boltax: Don't cross the Slipstream.]</ref> Hasbro raised no objection to the idea, and publicly announced the name for the first time during the Hasbro panel at [[BotCon 2009]].

* While the Transformers [[fandom]] has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless [[Wikipedia:Mary Sue|self-insertion characters]] that are variants on the theme), this is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.

* The whole gag about Slipstream is that '''''we are not supposed to know''''' what aspect of Starscream's personality she represents. This, however, has not stopped fans from repeatedly asking Derrick J. Wyatt about it over Twitter and Formspring, despite his early attempt at light-heartedly brushing the question off by saying "I try not to think about that one!"<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html Derrick J. Wyatt Q&A... answers!]</ref> At this point, Wyatt has, in fact, gotten so tired of this question that he now automatically agrees with whatever theory is put forward to him, no matter how absurd.<ref>[http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/770787093 Does Slipstream represent the sorrow Starscream feels when reflecting on the plight of the Native Americans as both their land and buffalo were violently taken from them during westward expansion?]</ref>

* In the Italian dubbing of ''Transformers Animated'', the voice of Slipstream was provided by Daniele Demma, the same male voice actor that does Starscream and the other clones. This resulted in a more exaggerated representation of the character.

* In the Latin American Spanish dub of the third season, she is ''probably'' still a female. However, due to her voice being ''extremely'' grave, it's still unclear if she is either male or female.

* The ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]]'' version of [[Slipstream (Prime)|Slipstream]] is designed in homage of this one.

* Slipstream was originally intended to appear in "[[Endgame, Part II]]", in which she would revive Starscream after the Autobots left Earth, but the scene was cut for time.<ref>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>

==References==
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[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Starscream clones]]

Optimus Prime (WFC)

2010-08-14T21:44:38Z

98.141.17.200: /* Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC) */ just thought that little clarification would help a bit

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{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is an Autobot from the [[Transformers: Prime]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:WFC-OptimusPrimeconcept.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Megatron awakened within him a secret yearning. The slashfic writes itself.]]

The robot who would become '''Optimus Prime''' was a lowly archivist, but it wasn't until he heard of a rogue gladiator named [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and his call for an upheaval of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s society that he realized he was unsatisfied with his lot in life. Freedom to make your own choice should be the right of all sentient beings! Little did he realize that his boss, [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]], knew of a secret potential within the archivist, and that Cybertron's history was at a precipice.

Once he and Megatron discovered they did not have as much in common as they once believed, the lowly archivist was promoted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] to be the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. The coming battles for determination of Cybertron's future were costly, but Optimus is determined to thwart his former friend's attempts at universal subjugation, no matter where in the galaxy their conflict takes them.

{{bigquote|We will wage our battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons wherever it may take us. And one day, we will go home.|Optimus Prime|''[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron|Exodus]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus: The History of the War for Cybertron''===
Like all Cybertronians, when Orion Pax emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]], he was taught how to transform, to select a natural [[alternate mode]], and was put in a [[caste system|caste]]. Orion worked at the [[Hall of Records]], where he befriended the cultural investigator [[Jazz (Prime)|Jazz]]. Orion would read and index information, but was forbidden to analyze. He began monitoring transmissions on the [[Grid]] by the [[Kaon]]ian gladiator [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]us, who preached a message of individual freedom that flew in the face of their society. Moved by what the gladiator had to say, and realizing his own dissatisfactions in life - namely that his caste was generally not allowed to visit [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] - Orion began a secret correspondence with Megatronus, who had shortened his name to Megatron. They had intense but friendly debates over the nature of free will and the dangerousness of their ideals, and Megatron suggested Orion learn how to fight for his beliefs. Orion began training with Jazz, learning to fire an [[ion blaster|ion-cannon]] and to fashion his arms into an [[energon-axe|axe]] and a [[Dual Energon Swords|sword]].

Orion made his first trip to Kaon to meet Megatron in person at his base. Megatron was the only gladiator who gave Orion a warm welcome. It was then terrorists began bombings in Megatron's name. Megatron made his first public announcement on the Grid, stating he was not responsible for the attacks and would bring the perpetrators to justice, and Orion followed him up with a speech of his own. When he returned to [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]], [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] asked Orion why he trusted Megatron: Orion found it hard to explain but felt if Megatron were responsible for the attacks he would have wanted to be associated with them. Later, when [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]] took him to meet Megatron at an arena beneath Iacon's Observatory, Orion was shocked to see Jazz in attendance, and that Megatron had heard rumors about the bombings but did nothing to prevent them.

When "[[Decepticon]]s" kidnapped [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], Orion requested Alpha Trion make the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] grant an audience with him and Megatron now that most Cybertronians blamed them and wanted their heads. Megatron also requested Orion investigate the history of ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon Station]]'', a base his ally [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had made home, though Orion's research led to dead ends. During their hearing in the [[High Council Chamber]], Orion rigorously defended their ideals, even reviving the ancient philosophical phrase "[[Autobot]]s" to describe the autonomy his brethren sought. It was then Councillor [[Halogen]] declared Orion the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]: Optimus Prime. An outraged Megatron accused his brother of treachery, and then murdered Halogen. When Optimus ordered the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] to not harm Megatron, Megatron declared Optimus had fallen into the trappings of power the High Council had foistered upon him, and those in attendance dispersed, with the planet forever divided into Autobots and Decepticons.

Optimus forgoed the first engagement of the war, allowing the Decepticons to take [[Fort Scyk]] so he would gain time to recruit more Autobots. Optimus learned from Jazz after the fall of Scyk that he would have to learn to not mourn every soldier. Optimus fought for the first time during the next battle, the siege of the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. The first Cybertronian he ever killed was a former industrial drone named [[Drixco]]. Afterwards Optimus confided to Alpha Trion that the act of killing alone made him feel he was on the wrong side. Despite the efforts of Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]] the Decepticons conquered the Hydrax Plateau. It was at the stalemate of [[Praxus]] that Optimus gained the indispensable allies [[Prowl (Prime)|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]. The first Autobot victory was at [[Kalis]], a vital area due to its fusion reactor that powered Iacon. Optimus, Jazz and [[Sideswipe (Prime)|Sideswipe]] worked together to bring down the monstrous [[Bruticus Maximus (Prime)|Bruticus Maximus]], but the battle was mostly won due to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s' absence. As Energon depleted, the war descended into a mere siege of Iacon lasting millions of cycles, and Optimus opted to eject the [[AllSpark (Prime)|AllSpark]] itself into space: during this battle Optimus gained another great friend in [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]].

While visiting the Hall of Records during the siege, Alpha Trion revealed that it was him who suggested that the High Council appoint Orion Pax Prime. Alpha Trion added he believed the High Council would've come to the same conclusion that Orion was the Prime that would save Cybertron from civil war, as foretold in the [[Covenant of Primus]]. He cited Optimus' own intuition and empathy when investigating Megatron before the war, when any other archivist would've just passed on the transmissions for a superior to investigate. Later in the lull of the war, Alpha Trion revealed he had deleted most of the information surrounding ''Trypticon'' for it was a store of [[Dark Energon]], the essence of [[Unicron]], and sensed the Decepticons had found it. Indeed, Decepticons using the powerful narcotic appeared on the battlefield routing Autobot patrols, but Optimus wisely predicted it was an inefficient resource that would run out soon. However, to their horror Megatron and Starscream infiltrated [[Teletraan-1]] to steal the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], and although Teletraan-1 awakened the legendary [[Omega Supreme (Prime)|Omega Supreme]] to ferry the Chamber to safety, the Dark Energon-powered Decepticons overpowered the Autobots and used the Chamber, in concert with the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], to corrupt the [[Core]] of Cybertron and spread Dark Energon across the planet.

During the battle, Megatron revealed he had killed Sentinel Prime below the High Council Tower to gain access to the Chamber. Afterwards Prowl picked up a message from Sentinel on the Grid, and Optimus, realizing he had not found Sentinel's body in Iacon, deduced Sentinel was alive and in Kaon. When Optimus, Jazz and Prowl rescued him, they found Kaon strangely deserted, only battling two gibbering guards. Optimus believed Dark Energon was having a severe effect on Decepticon morale. When they found Sentinel, he was dying, and said he regretted his overlong reign as Prime, and that the High Council had made the right decision in appointing Optimus Prime. He finally told him he had to go to the Core and purge its corruption of Dark Energon.

After Sentinel's funeral in Iacon, where Optimus was officially appointed Prime after holding the de facto position for so long, he journeyed to the Core with Bumblebee and [[Jetfire (Prime)|Jetfire]] and removed the Plasma Energy Chamber. It was then a voice from the Core told Optimus he was too late, and the Autobots would have to leave Cybertron as the planet healed itself. But it finally bestowed upon him the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the essence of [[Primus]], explaining that while Sentinel lived, he was still Prime, and that he had been unworthy of the Matrix. It told him that when the day came that they would return to Cybertron, the Core and the Matrix would restore the planet and Optimus would lead the Autobots in an "age of unimagined wonders". It was then Optimus launched [[Ark (Prime)|Project Generation One]], to build a ship — that Jazz dubbed the ''Ark'' — to take them to the stars, a plan some Autobots objected to.

But before their exodus, Optimus planned to fool Megatron by gathering every spaceworthy vessel and having them rendezvouz at what was apparently the last remaining [[space bridge]] in orbit. Megatron ordered ''Trypticon'' fire on the ships, but Optimus ordered a fallback and he, Jetfire, Jazz, Ironhide, Prowl, Sideswipe and Bumblebee flew the ''[[Eight Track]]'' to enter a weak spot in ''Trypticon''. Battling the drones Shockwave had installed within, the crew knocked ''Trypticon'' from orbit, crashing into the [[Mithric Sea]]. Optimus's team returned to find the ''Ark'' ready at the Well of All Sparks, but Trypticon survived the impact and transformed to attack. Jetfire, Magnus and his Wreckers including [[Springer (Prime)|Springer]] and a repaired Omega Supreme declared they would remain on Cybertron if only to fight off the titanic monster. Optimus also bade farewell to Alpha Trion, who believed [[Vector Sigma]] would protect him when the rest of the planet would be unable to sustain life: it was then Optimus realized Alpha Trion was one of the [[thirteen original Transformers]].

Yet as the ''Ark'' took off the Decepticons overran Iacon and Megatron and his elite boarded Trypticon, who transformed into a ''Nemesis''-class cruiser and pursued the Autobots. Megatron used his and Orion's old frequency to inform Optimus that he would pursue him across the stars and eventually kill him. The ''Ark'' entered the last space bridge and emerged with the ''Nemesis'' gone. They were near a [[Milky Way|spiral galaxy]] and Prowl detected the AllSpark. Knowing the Matrix within would help them find a way home, Optimus vowed that the Autobots would continue to wage their battle across the stars. {{storylink|Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English)
[[Image:PrimeOptimus.jpg|thumb|300px|And the fans thought [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Optimus]] was skinny.]]
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{{comingsoon}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)
[[Image:WFC-OptimusPrimeAltmode.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Welcome to the ''Twilight Zone'' prime.]]
In the waning days of the war for Cybertron, Optimus was able to spot a little yellow Autobot in trouble, and defeated the surrounding drone forces. [[Ratchet (Prime)| Ratchet]] arrived on the scene, and Optimus helped up the Autobot, who revealed his name was [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee informed Optimus that the Decepticons took control of communication relays, and that the only way to contact him was by messenger. He then told Optimus that their leader, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], was dead. Optimus suspected [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]], then was informed that the [[Autobot High Council]] went into hiding because of this. Optimus then said that the Council will emerge during a safer time, and formulated a team with Bumblebee and Ratchet.

They drove to the [[Decagon]], where they found [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] battling the forces of [[Starscream (Prime)| Starscream]]. After assissting him in defeating Starscream's army, they confronted Starscream himself. After combatting Starscream, a hologram of Zeta Prime's face appeared in the center of the room, stating that he was being held in a [[Kaon]] prison complex. Optimus and his team raced to the Kaon prison, allowing themselves to be captured so that they can infiltrate the facility. A number of Deceticon drones surrounded them, but were saved in time by [[Air Raid (Prime)| Air Raid]]. However, Air Raid was then captured. While sneaking through the corridors, the three managed to free Air Raid, [[Arcee (Prime)| Arcee]], and others. They continued through the hallways, and finally found the room where Zeta was being held. Suddenly, a small rectangular object fired sonic booms at them, then transformed and revealed itself to be [[Soundwave (Prime)| Soundwave]]. The Decepticon cowered behind a force field and some turrets, and occasionally released [[Frenzy (Prime)| Frenzy]], [[Rumble (Prime)| Rumble]], and [[Laserbeak (Prime)| Laserbeak]] outside of the field. Soundwave took time to repair these drones, and the team shot at him while he did so. Eventually, Soundwave and the drone trio escaped, and Optimus looked to Zeta Prime, saying that he will free him. However, Zeta says he is already dead (having just been finished off by Soundwave), and dies.

Optimus brings Zeta's corpse to the site of the hiding High Council, where he lay the dead body in the center of the room. Optimus states that the Autobots crave their guidance, but the Council states that their mission is to choose the Primes, not to lead them. They then tell him that Optimus himself is a Prime, and that he has changed the lives around him. Optimus was then told that Megatron had corrupted the core of Cybertron, and that he was the one that could remove this blight. He takes this burden and responsibility, then is told by the Council that he is now Optimus ''Prime'', the last Prime.

The team ventures to entrance of the core, where a corrupted [[Omega Supreme (Prime)| Omega Supreme]] is being tortured. The Autobots defeated the torturers and freed Omega Supreme from the Dark Energon influence. Omega Supreme escapes, and the Autobots find some [[Space slug| space slugs]] to use as steeds. They defeated a corrupted slug, and finally reached the core.

The core told Optimus that it was too corrupted. Optimus asked for a solution, and the core responded that the only way was to reboot, which will take millions of years. Optimus decides that all Autobots should leave their home. Before shutting down, the core reveals the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which it installs it inside Optimus Prime's chest.

He arrived back at Iacon, where he orders all Autobots to evacuate the planet. Megatron then appears on the viewscreen, who says that all to stay and defy him were going to die, and fired a massive cannon installed in the Dark Energon space station. Optimus Prime ordered his Air Commander [[Silverbolt (Prime)|Silverbolt]] to shut down the cannon with his team. They suceed, and the station crashes into Iacon. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ironhide discover that the "space station" isn't a space station at all: it was the giant Decepticon, [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]]. They managed to defeat the heavily-armed menace, who plunged into a pool of energon. The Autobots shortly celebrate their victory, but notice that ''they'' have to evacuate as well. Optimus reveals a massive starship they will use called the Ark, a ship still under construction that will allow them to take a part of Cybertron with them across the galaxy.

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{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
:''Voice actor:'' Peter Cullen (English), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)

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{{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-CybertronianOptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's ''[[War Within]]'' but with fewer chinstraps and handvents.]]
*'''Cybertronian Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)
:*''Accessories: '' "blaster" rifle

: Based on his appearance in the video game ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', Optimus Prime transforms from a red, blue, and silver robot into an "armored truck mode." His rifle transforms as well, folding and plugging into the roof of the vehicle mode. The rifle can also peg into his forearms, and, in its compact configuration, can attach to his shoulders via peg holes on the backs of his front tires. Optimus has a stylized Autobot insignia on his back, as seen in the game, but it is masked by [[kibble]].

:As with (it seems) every modern toy, the instructions don't include all the features of the toy. In this case, neither the instructions nor any promotional photography show that Optimus Prime's knees can rotate out to form a back bumper with tail lights in vehicle mode. Oddly, the toy itself and the cardbox art show Optimus Prime with 4 fingers on each hand, while in the video game Optimus Prime has 5 fingers. The picture above is slightly mistransformed; the step 26 exhaust stack rotation has not been done. On the plus side, for a Deluxe-class toy, it has a surprisingly complex [[transformation (toys)|transformation]], and mad levels of [[articulation]]. The instructions show the rifle being plugged in by its shorter peg, which causes it to resemble the ''Transformers Animated'' Voyager-class Optimus Prime, but the packaging depicts the rifle stored by its grip, which keeps the weapon higher off Prime's body, but is also more secure.

:Optimus Prime is part of the first wave of ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxes, but he and Cybertronian [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] shipped ahead of their two other wavemates via [[Toys"R"Us]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/GenerationsOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cybertronian Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' are different continuities within the same "continuity family", so their difference on O.P.'s pre-Prime name is not a real contradiction in and of itself. However [[Hasbro]]'s [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 online timeline] - meant as prequel to ''War for Cybertron'' - refers to Optimus's pre-Prime name as "Orion Pax" like in the Exodus book. To confuse matters even more, in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)| War for Cybertron]]'' comic, [[Alex Irvine]] in adapting his scenes from Exodus, changes the character's name to "Optimus".

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