Checkpoint (Energon)

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:''Checkpoint is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Checkpoint-boxart.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Road work ahead! That's what the sign says!]]
'''Checkpoint''' makes up one half of the [[Autobot S.W.A.T. Team]], partnered with [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]]. His job is to take the fight over [[energon]] directly to the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], crushing their strongholds and depots, a much more aggressive stance than the Autobots' normal tactics.

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' comic===
{{Unreleased energon comic}}
Checkpoint was one of four Autobots who manned [[Mars Base]] on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. He was forced to defend the base when [[Alpha Quintesson]] sent the [[Unicron's Four Horsemen|Four Horsemen]] to attack it in hopes of forcing the Autobots to lower [[Earth]]'s [[energon grid|planetary defense shield]] so they could send reinforcements. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 3}} Just as planned, the defense shield was lowered and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] was sent to Mars to assist. {{Storylink|Armageddon Part 4}} He succeeded in defeating the Horsemen and saving the Autobots on Mars. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}

===''Timelines''===
[[File:Force-of-Habit-Checkpoint.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Checkpoint joined the crew of the scout ship ''[[Spanner (ship)|Spanner]]'' looking for [[Cyber Planet Key]]s in the [[Delta Draconis]] region of space. What they uncovered was [[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]], the nearly abandoned "Apocalypse Planet". Checkpoint uncovered a [[Data-Con|data-con]] which explained the history of the wartorn planet. Designed as an armed garrison in anticipation of the inevitable arrival of [[Unicron]], the Cybertronian soldiers stationed there fell apart after their general, [[King Atlas]], mysteriously vanished. In-fighting broke out, and the planet descended into madness and death.

The Autobots made contact with the last surviving soldier, [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]], and learned that a team of Decepticons had landed on the planet, hunting for the Combatron doomsday vault of immensely powerful weapons. Checkpoint's team, alongside Whirl and his [[Mini-Con]] allies, tried to intercept the Decepticons but were too late. A swarm of [[Decepticlone]]s were unleashed upon the Autobots. Checkpoint got into a fight with [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]], the two of them trading Mini-Con augmented firepower as Checkpoint powerlinked with [[Thunderstick]], but he ultimately went down after the sniper [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]] blew the Mini-Con right off his arm.

The Autobots were held captive, briefly, until Whirl's Mini-Cons managed to take over the Decepticon shuttle, ''[[Upstart]]'', and [[Armorhide (Cybertron)|Armorhide]] returned to the ''Spanner'' to pilot the ship straight into the bunker being held by the Decepticons. As the weapons' arsenal exploded, Checkpoint and the rest of the Autobots made off in their captured shuttle, heading out into space to hook up with the rest of their fellow soldiers. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}
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===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Checkpoint was a member of the [[White Order]]. He was nearby on the [[White Planet]] when his commander [[White Gallant Convoy]] was warned of the fall of the [[Blue Order]] and the threat of the [[G1 World|interdimensional]] warlord [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron Omega]] by the [[Primus Vanguard]]'s [[Primus#The old universe|eponymous supreme leader]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

==Toys==
===''Energon''===
[[File:En-toy Checkpoint.jpg|right|310px|thumb|A redeco of a Rodimus that looks like a Prowl. Somewhere, IDW Prowl is flipping a table and doesn't know why.]]
*'''Autobots S.W.A.T. Team''' (Mega-class set, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, flame-missile

: Available only in a K-Mart [[exclusive]] two-pack with a S.W.A.T.-deco'ed [[Prowl (Energon)#SWAT|Prowl]], Checkpoint is a [[redeco]] of ''Energon'' [[Rodimus (Energon)#Energon|Rodimus]], transforming into a rocket-powered Cybertronic longnose truck cab. He can also form the top or bottom half of a larger robot mode, compatible with any ''Energon'' Combat- or Mega-class Autobot combiner robot. He comes with a large flame-cannon with spring-loaded "flame" missile.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Thunder Clash#Timelines|Thunder Clash]], which was also [[repaint]]ed in [[BotCon 2009|BotCon 2009's]] customization class to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Checkpoint/checkpoint.htm More information on Checkpoint at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Attacktix''===
[[Image:AttacktixCheckpoint.jpg|right|200px|thumb|K-Mart is the savings place, punk.]]
*'''Checkpoint''' (Booster, <strike>2007</strike>)
**''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF09'''

: Part of the canceled second series of ''[[Attacktix]]'' Booster Packs, Checkpoint was to be (of course) a redeco of the series-one ''Attacktix'' Rodimus piece, which fires a standard ''Attacktix'' missile. A "Super Rare" 20-point "Specialist"-class figure, his Special Power "Capture" would have allowed the player to take control of a specific class of figure (ie. Warrior) for the remainder of the game... but which type we may never know.

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