Hardshell

2012-08-25T21:11:09Z

99.196.0.56: /* Fiction */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Prime Insecticon|the Generation 1 Insecticon who is sometimes known as Hardshell|Bombshell (G1)}}
[[Image:HardshellTeaser.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not fast enough to evade screencaps!]]
:''Hardshell is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
Among the [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]], '''Hardshell''' is one of the most ferocious. He doesn't need to prove it through words, as his many battle scars, gained while off-lining many a [[Wrecker]], are ample proof. He also likes to gloat about those he has destroyed in battle and has little patience for those who insult him or his brethren.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}
Hardshell and his brothers found their way to [[Earth]] and locked themselves in stasis later to be discovered by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. {{storylink|Crossfire}} The Insecticons were temporarily controlled by Airachnid but declared their allegiance to [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and joined the crew of the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}} Hardshell and his brethren were forced into stasis lock when the ''Nemesis'' became sentient and zapped the whole crew complement in stasis. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

[[Image:Prime-Hardshellvolcanovent.jpg|left|thumb|300px|If I fall in here, will I become a [[Master Blaster|dragon]]?]]
When Megatron called for the most ferocious Insecticon, Hardshell put his name forward, and was sent with three other Insecticons to a volcanic region near the equator to search for an [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] relic. He encountered [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and fought the Wrecker, but came off second best and lost a mandible into the deal. After recovering, he and his Insecticon companions found the relic containing a small amount of [[Tox-En]], an [[energon]] variant. They attempted to track Bulkhead, who had taken most of the Tox-En, and after following a false trail the [[Autobot]] had left, eventually caught up with him in a volcano's crater. Though Bulkhead was weakened by the Tox-En, he managed to expose Hardshell to enough Tox-En to severely weaken him. The Autobot hurled the Tox-En at Hardshell, knocking him into a volcanic vent. While the Tox-En was destroyed, Hardshell survived and blasted Bulkhead in the back as he stepped through the [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

{{spoiler|Hurt|August 31, 2012}}
[[Image:Hurt-WheeljackHardshell.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
Returning to the ''Nemesis'', Hardshell faced Megatron's wrath by failing to produce the Tox-En, but mollified his master by relating the news that Bulkhead had been terminated, but Knock Out got on Hardshell's nerves by stating that his Insecticon partner [[Tunnel Vision|turned out to be useless]]. A few Vehicons then got on his nerves when they called him and the Insecticons "scavengers", resulting in a brawl which made Knock Out want them contained. When they had a call from [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] a short time later with the news that Bulkhead wasn't dead after all, Megatron demanded Hardshell return with Wheeljack's spark instead. The Insecticon found the Wrecker at an energon mine and the pair clashed, with Hardshell easily able to elude Wheeljack's grenade and eventually dominating the fight to the point where Wheeljack was on the ground and defenceless. As Hardshell stood over him, ready to deliver a killing blow, he was blasted by a pair of missiles from the [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]-piloted ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'' destroying his spark and killing him for good. Hardshell's corpse was taken back to the ''Nemesis'' by the other Insecticons, who informed Megatron that a human was responsible. {{storylink|Hurt}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-Hardshell.jpg|right|thumb|250px|I'm gonna drink 'til I reboot!]]
Hardshell was sent by [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]] in order to challenge a recently escaped [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]. Using a battlesuit he attempted to blast the two Dinobots away, but luckily Swoop provided Grimlock explosive fuel pods to fling at the Insecticon. When Hardshell was defeated, Grimlock pulled the Insecticon out of his seat and smashed his face into a panel, using his optics to unlock a door.{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}
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