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Cataclysm (BW)

2010-02-14T04:06:43Z

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{{disambig2|the Herald of Shokaract from Beast Wars|the event that destroyed the GoBots universe|Cataclysm (event)}}
:''Cataclysm is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cataclysm-Herald.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Cataclysm accepts a crummy Photoshop effect.]]
'''Cataclysm''' is a Predacon who viciously clawed his way up [[Shokaract]]’s chain of command to become one of [[Herald of Shokaract|his elite Heralds]], with his eye on becoming the [[Herald Maximo]], second only to Shokaract himself. A great enmity exists between him and [[Antagony]], the current Herald Maximo, and both have attempted to undermine and eliminate the other. Cataclysm is extremely intelligent and utterly ruthless. He is the fission-brother of the [[Cub]].

==Fiction==
===Tales of the Beast Wars===
Cataclysm nearly toppled the main resistance against Shokaract on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by infiltrating the resistance base and culling a legion of soldiers to attack the Capital with a fool-proof plan; but as Cataclysm was the head of the operation, it was all a trap that cost the resistance sixteen thousand soldiers and mortally wounded the resistance forces on the planet. Upon his ascension to a [[Herald of Shokaract]], Cataclysm did everything in his power to usurp Antagony, but all in secret. Initially chosen to undertake the mission to Earth’s past to secure the Dark Essence of [[Unicron]], the source of Shokaract’s power that he would --in the far future-- find to become the warlord of the galaxy, Cataclysm’s fear of time-travel cost him dearly as Antagony was chosen to go in his stead when he showed a moment’s hesitation at the plan. Furthermore, Cataclysm was forced to exterminate his fission-brother, the Cub, for his failure in [[Ko-tu|the trial]] that would dictate the Cub's ascension to the position of Herald of Shokaract.

When Antagony did not return from ancient Earth, Cataclysm was chosen again to secure the Dark Essence. However, his travel to the past via [[Transwarp]] portal was interrupted by [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]], the fused form of the Cub and [[Swoop (G1)|the Veteran]], and Cataclysm was defeated, his component molecules scattered across the timestream. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox}}

When Shokaract himself journeyed to ancient [[Earth]] to secure his source of power, he brought both Antagony and Cataclysm back to life to fight the [[Covenant of Primus]] while he attempted to protect the Dark Essence from attack by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Cataclysm was destroyed yet again, this time by [[Apelinq]] and members of the Covenant, and once the Dark Essence was destroyed, he was presumably erased from time along with all that Shokaract had created. {{storylink|Terminus}}

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Cataclysm-poster.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Looks like Freddy was wrong again.]]
* Cataclysm first appeared in a promotional poster for [[BotCon 2000]], unnamed. Many fans assumed him to be one of the convention-[[exclusive]] toys, as he was modeled after the [[Transmetal]] version of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. This was in fact an intentional red herring on the part of the organizers, and no toy of Cataclysm was ever produced.

==External links==
*[http://www.botcon.com/archive/story/1999/index.html Reaching the Omega Point story at BotCon.com]

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Shokaract

2010-02-14T04:05:26Z

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:''Shokaract is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Shockaract render.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''MISERABLE, INCONSEQUENTIAL WORMS, I AM SHOKARACT, MASTER OF TIME, SPACE, AND SELF-AGGRANDIZING HYPERBOLE.''']]
Once a low-level Predacon Warrior known as the '''Hunter''', '''Shokaract''' chanced upon the Dark Essence of [[Unicron]] himself. Recognizing Unicron's unrivaled power, Shokaract used the Chaos God's life force to create the [[Matrix of Conquest]], a twisted version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. With Unicron's dark power at his fingertips, Shokaract now pursues only one goal: to become Overlord of the Universe.

{{bigquote|Foolish, '''doomed''' creatures! The fires of a living '''god''' beat at my dark heart! The end of everything is upon us; the '''long night''' of '''oblivion''' beckons—for you '''ALL'''! ....and you in particular.|Shokaract to the army against him, and then to [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]] specifically|"[[Terminus]]"}}

==Fiction==
===3H ''Tales from the Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:ShokaractattackstheshowMaximals.jpg|left|thumb|300px|'''THIS STORY IS WRITTEN BY [[Simon Furman|SIMON FURMAN]], PITIFUL SHOW CHARACTERS, AND AT MY DARK HAND YOU WILL INDISCRIMINATELY PERISH'''!]]
At the dawn of time, [[Primus]] foresaw the eventual rise of Shokaract, and sired the twelve Transformers of the [[Covenant]] to lay in wait on distant [[Protos]] and hone their skills for the day they would eventually face the tyrant.

Shokaract's reign was to some extent made possible by actions taken by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] when he took over and ruled Cybertron. By the 32nd century C.E., Shokaract had completely enslaved Cybertron and most of the known galaxy. From his citadel at [[Corumkan]], he directed his [[Herald of Shokaract|Heralds]] [[Antagony]] and [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] to exterminate uncooperative alien races and break and demoralize the few scattered Cybertronian resistance fighters.

The resistance spawned the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]/[[Autobot]] hybrid warrior [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] and sent him back to the ancient past to destroy the dark essence. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox}}

[[Image:Shokaract.jpg|right|200px|thumb|'''YOUR STUPID, FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO STOP SHOKARACT ARE FUTILE. I HAVE ALREADY DOOMED MYSELF BY TRAVELING BACK IN TIME TO MUCK WITH MY''' OWN past uh oh]]

But Shokaract himself followed his would-be assassin back in time, handily routing Windrazor and the [[Maximals]]. As the battle progressed, dozens of Maximals and Predacons from various timelines and realities would materialize on prehistoric Earth and join the fray, only to be more or less instantly and effortlessly disintegrated by Shokaract.

Roused from their seclusion in [[J'nwan]], legendary ancient Transformer heroes and villains would also arrive to fight the dark lord, and they had somewhat better luck. But the battle was finally decided when the Covenant converted themselves into raw energy and entered the Matrix of Conquest. In that alternate plane they were able to sever the link between Earth's ancient past and Unicron's future deposition of the dark essence there—erasing Shokaract's origin and causing his immediate nullification. The surviving Transformers who had fought him managed to teleport back to their dimensions of origin just before that entire reality went *POOF*. The lowly Predacon grunt who otherwise would have found the Dark Essence and turned into Shokaract was last seen continuing to be a lowly grunt, of no importance whatsoever. {{storylink|Terminus}}

Later, on Cybertron, Apelinq would retell the story of their battle against Shokaract to Optimus Primal, who had lost all memory of it in the aftermath of the paradox. But then the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] wiped Primal's mind of this incident, so Shokaract's just doomed to be forgotten. {{storylink|Departure}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Shokaract cranky.jpg|left|180px|thumb|'''THOUGH SHOKARACT POSSESSES THE POWER OF FIVE-AND-A-HALF GODS AND CAN MOVE THE STARS THEMSELVES, I CANNOT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING BEFORE MY MORNING ANGOLMOIS.''']]
Once a lowly Predacon soldier, Shokaract found capsules of a strange energy source while on a routine scouting mission. Attempting to analyze them, he had little time to react as the energy invaded his body. He laid dormant and non-functioning for many stellar-cycles while inside his body the energy raged and tried to make him its puppet. His will proved superior, and he was able to direct the energy towards reformatting his damaged body. His final mastery of the substance he now knew to be [[Angolmois]] came with the forging of a container for it, an object he called his "[[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]]". Thus empowered, he exhibited many new abilities, including interplanetary teleportation and weather control. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

Upon returning to Cybertron, he gathered malcontents to his cause, including [[Antagony]], the [[Cyborg Beast|Cyborg Beasts]] (well, three of them), and the Unicron cultists known as the [[Blendtron|Blendtrons]]. Shokaract sent these new followers out to gather Angolmois and use it to facilitate his ascension to demigod status. Within the temporal limbo he was consigned to, [[Magmatron]]'s astral self witnessed the end of this terrible chain of events, Shokaract's revitalization of Unicron and drawing of the Chaos-Bringer to devour Cybertron. Having been trapped in a loop of endlessly watching Cybertron die, the Predacon general resolved to find a way to prevent this. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

[[Image:Ascending 3 Shokaract crab.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''CONFUSED, SIMPLE MORTAL, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SNARL. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? NOTHING, THAT'S WHAT.''']]

As [[Big Convoy]] began to investigate a series of Angolmois-related incidents on Cybertron, it was revealed that these events were beginning already, Shokaract's power growing with each application of the energy source. However, Shokaract was being manipulated by Unicron and the Blentrons to act as a "vessel" of some sort. Unicron stressed that Shokaract was not to know of the part he would play in the dark god's plans. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

Shokaract raised a monolithic structure from the substrata of Cybertron to serve as his tower fortress. Big Convoy followed the trail of the Angolmois incidents to this fortress, and Shokaract decided to show the Maximal leader's task force his newfound power. He was warned by the Blendtrons that his ascension was not yet complete nor stable, but he ignored this and engaged the Maximals. Though Shokaract easily dispatched even Big Convoy, Magmatron threw a <s>munky</s> monkey wrench in this victory by manipulating the timestream so that [[Lio Convoy]] would return to Cybertron in time to prevent Big Convoy's death. However Shokaract had allies of his own, as his [[Herald of Shokaract|Heralds]] led by Antagony returned with more Angolmois. The time of his ascension was at hand! {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

His minions distributed Angolmois to the public and provoked widespread violence, creating negative feelings that fed his [[Matrix of Conquest|Anti-Matrix]]. He was able to fight off a Maximal strike team but was defeated by the machinations of [[Magmatron]], who had him chronally displaced so he could see he was merely a pawn of Unicron. Aghast by this, Shokaract tore the Anti-Matrix from his chest, killing himself in the process. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:BWtoy-shokaractrobot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''SHOKARACT IS TOO MIGHTY FOR EVEN YOUR SHODDY, INSIGNIFICANT VACUUM-METALIZED PLASTIC TO CONTAIN!''']]
*'''Shokaract''' (Ultra, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded triple barrel missile launcher, 3 missiles, rifle

:A [[BotCon 2000]] exclusive, Shokaract is an extensive brown, blue and teal [[redeco]] of ''Beast Wars'' [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]. He came in packaging superficially resembling late Japanese ''[[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' toy packaging. He and [[Apelinq]] were limited to 1200 pieces.

: Shokaract transforms into a [[Transmetal]] king crab with a third tank mode. In beast mode Shokaract features fully articulated crab legs and pincers that can open and close and be posed in a variety of angles through the use of ratcheting joints. His tri-barrel Gatling missile launcher was stored on the underside of the beast mode, with its barrels flipping to the front during vehicle mode. In this tank mode, the crab legs fit together to form a road wheel network for Shokaract's rubber treads to be fitted over and roll upon. Rolling the tank activates the wheel in the missile launcher, having up to three missiles fire off.
: In robot mode Shokaract is an imposingly large figure, with a decent level of articulation due to his ball joints, but because of the fact he wears most of his beast mode as a sort of backpack, he is quite back-heavy. His (very) small laser rifle and his triple barrel launcher can be held in both of his hands.

: In the years since his release, many fans have grown leery of transforming or even excessively handling Shokaract due to the amount of [[Vacuum metallizing|"chromed"]] paint that totally covers his crab carapace. This material has proven to be extremely brittle, prone to cracking or chipping, which reveals the underlying plastic colors as a very obvious visual blemish. This is irritating enough on standard retail releases, but on a very limited convention exclusive figure it can make people downright neurotic. Particularly worrisome is that Shokaract's tank mode is held in place by chromed pegs fitted into chromed sockets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Predacon/Shokaract/shokaract.htm More information on Shokaract at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* One of [[3H Enterprises]]' original ideas for Shokaract's color scheme was to make him [[Black repaint|black with a red X]]. Fortunately, far more imaginative colors prevailed.

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Mirror

2010-02-14T04:01:37Z

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:''Mirror is a combined Mini-Con being from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MirrorArmada2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I never knew how ugly I look from here]]
'''Mirror''' is the combined form of the Mini-Cons [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]], the partners of the enigmatic [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Little is known about this tiny [[Combiner|combiner's]] personality or abilities, as he is generally seen only as a passenger for the treacherous [[Bulk|bulk's]] vehicle mode, generally separating when his master transforms so that one of his halves can form Sideways's head.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:MirrorArmada.jpg|right|150px|thumb|So if Rook is good, and Crosswise is evil, then what the heck am I?]]
* '''Sideways w/ Rook and Crosswise''' (Super-Con, 2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MX-01'''

: The combined form of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]], Mirror is a humanoid robot that can act as a rider for [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]' vehicle form.

: This mold-set was also used to make [[Nightcreeper]].

==Notes==
*"Mirror" is the combined form's Japanese name. He has no official English-language name, the closest he has being the descriptor "'''Rider'''", from the toy's instructions.
*The cartoon version tends to present Mirror as a [[Triple Changer]] of sorts, transforming from the Crosswise head to the Mirror robot mode, and from there to the Rook head. In his first appearance only, he is seen separating to form Sideways' head - don't blink, you'll miss it! - but the extra Minicon that should have been left over is nowhere to be found. Neither Rook's nor Crosswise's individual robot mode is ever shown.
*In [[Credulous]], while separated from Sideways, Mirror speaks in Sideways' normal voice, while the Sideways body repeats his line in a less intelligent voice. The significance of this is never elaborated upon.

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Cheetor (Armada)

2010-02-14T04:00:15Z

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{{disambig3|Cheetor}}
:''Cheetor is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:ArmadaCheetorCardArt.jpg|thumb|300px|Cheetor always prospers.]]
If you need someone to sneak into [[Decepticon]] strongholds and steal their precious data, '''Cheetor''' is the first one to step up and get the job done.The only thing more impressive than his skills and track record is his ego. Smug and self-confident, Cheetor loves the praise he gets from a completed mission, and is always ready with a sharp retort to put others down just to make himself look better.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
During the battle with [[Unicron]], Cheetor—along with [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]], [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]], and [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Terrorsaur]]—was captured so that Unicron could cull their memories and learn what had preceded his arrival. {{storylink|The End}}

===''Energon'' comic===
Ten years later, Cheetor returned, changed from an energetic young warrior into one of the [[Four Horsemen of Unicron|Chaos Bringer's Four Horsemen]]—complete with a horse. He and the other Horsemen attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], retreating only when [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] was granted the [[Spark of Combination]] and overwhelmed them in his newly enhanced body. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}}

His former Mini-Con partner, [[Cliffjumper (Armada)|Cliffjumper]], desires to see her partner returned to normal, personality flaws and all.

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:ArmadaCheetorToy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Cheetor? But I look more like a black panther..."]]
*'''Cheetor w/ Cliffjumper''' (Super-Con, 2003)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: A [[Retool|retooling]] of the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal]] [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], ''Armada'' Cheetor transforms into a robotic cheetah and has a third "flight" mode with fold-out rocket boosters in his cat-mode sides. His tail becomes a battle whip in robot mode. The rocket boosters are [[Powerlinx]] plugs, suitable for Mini-Cons with sockets on their vehicle-mode back-ends, like his pack-in partner, Cliffjumper, or the [[Space Mini-Con Team]]'s [[Sky Blast]].

: This mold was also used to make ''Beast Wars Metals'' [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[BotCon 2001]]'s [[Tigatron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Cheetor/cheetor.htm More information on Cheetor at TFU.info]''

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Airazor (Armada)

2010-02-14T03:59:19Z

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{{disambig3|Airazor}}
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:''Airazor is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:Armada Airazor MTMTE.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Professional angel of death.]]
'''Airazor''' is pure professionalism. She always keeps her cool, and never wastes words, actions or ammo. In battle she's precise and persistent, a crack shot and an ace flier. She gives her all and does it without complaint, or even comment.

Because of this, many consider her to be cold and impersonal. In reality, she's very compassionate; she just believes she must work her hardest to defeat the Decepticons, who threaten everything and everyone she cares about, so she pushes herself to the limit. Keeping professional about her tasks keeps her strong, Airazor feels.

This attitude seems to have had an unintended side effect on her [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Nightscream (Armada)|Nightscream]]. An utterly undisciplined malcontent and pest to everyone else, Nightscream actually snaps to and gets his slag together whenever things get hairy and Airazor is in the middle of it.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comic continuity===
====''Armada'' comic====
Airazor along with [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Rhinox (Armada)| Rhinox]] were kidnapped by Unicron right as they charged into battle against him, so he could cull their memories and learn what preceded his arrival. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years later she returned: resurrected as one of the [[Four Horsemen of Unicron|Chaos Bringer's Four Horsemen]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} Airazor was empowered as the Horseman of Death. She and her twisted brethren were sent to Cybertron to delay the Autobots from travelling to Earth, and waged a brutal battle against them. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}} They might have been successful, until Optimus Prime made contact with [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and tapped into the [[Spark of Combination]]. Faced with Prime's newly empowered warriors and the energon-manipulating [[Omnicon]]s, Airazor and the Horsemen retreated from Cybertron. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:ArmadaAirazorToy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Eat your heart out, [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]].]]
*'''Airazor with Nightscream''' (Super-con, 2003)

: A [[redeco]] and [[Retool|retooling]] of the [[Transmetal]] version of ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], ''Armada'' Airazor transforms into a robotic falcon. She has a third semi-vehicle mode, her wings partially unfolding into a floatplane-like configuration. She was given [[Powerlinx]] plugs on her wings, plus (bizarrely enough) a molded [[Decepticon]] sigil on her back, normally hidden in both modes.

: She came with her [[Mini-Con]] partner Nightscream.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
* According to [[Aaron Archer]], the molded Decepticon sigil on the Airazor toy was not on any [[Hasbro]] plans, so how it got on there is unknown. Archer suggested, as a rationalization for the symbol, that she was a spy—for which side is unclear.

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