Aquablast

Aquablast is a Decepticon Stormtrooper from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Cool, refreshing Aquablast, with the flavor of lime!

Whenever the Stormtroopers need something fixed (yes, sometimes they do), they turn to Aquablast. Even in the middle of an intense firefight, Aquablast can get whatever device the team needs running in short order. Though he's good with just about any machine, his specialty is engine work. He's especially proud of the sounds one of his super-tuned engines makes as it roars to life. A carefully precise mind like his would be a great boon to science, but sadly he's got an extremely bloodthirsty streak, meaning he's mostly dedicated to using his technical knowledge in the field of killing things.

Fiction

Fleetway Generation 2 comic

We're feeling really dumb today. Let's get him!

The Stormtroopers were part of Bludgeon's forces dispatched on Earth to basically wreck stuff until Optimus Prime came to stop them. When Megatron appeared to take back leadership of the Decepticons, the Stormtroopers were called in to attack Megatron.

Aquablast had his doubts that team leader Rage really had Bludgeon's safety in mind, and figured he was about to look at a long list of repairs after this battle. How he fared in the following fight is unknown. War Zone

Wings Universe

I'm the killer of 'bots, doc. That is the Primus'-honest truth.

Nine million years ago, Aquablast was a member of Rage's gang of Decepticon Stormtroopers. Taking advantage of the civil instability, the Stormtroopers attempted to grab power and prestige for themselves on the coattails of the Decepticon Warlords. When a Decepticon strike force tore through an Autobot fortress in Glibax, Rage and his team came in after they left and claimed the empty fortress for themselves. An engineer by trade, Aquablast worked with his fellow tinkerer Hydradread to turn the fortress into a mobile battle platform, the Metrotitan.

Sometime later, Aquablast and the Stormtroopers prepped a raid on the deserted outpost, Median, in the hopes of acquiring the long-buried Heart of the Dragon from an archeologist team. Aquablast whipped up a zero-friction accelerator oil for their engines, and the four Stormtroopers rolled into Median after their "hitter", Roadgrabber, made an entrance through the fortifications. After a brief but memorable exchange with the Elite Guard operatives guarding Median, the Stormtroopers split up and fled deeper into the outpost, looking for the urn that contained the Heart. Aquablast and Rage found it, and secured the Heart for departure. They were discovered by Ironfist and Vortex, but Aquablast was able to bring the pair of Autobots down using his chemical cannon.

Before depature, Rage wanted to check and see if the lead archeologist Glyph had any further notes on the Heart they could use. After tracking down the hiding civilians, the Stormtroopers threatened Glyph into turning over her research. When she refused to comply, Aquablast burned a hole through her chest with his cannon and retrieved her datapad anyway. He was about to do the same to Greenlight when the last archeologist, Lancer, shot him through the head first. Aquablast's face was nothing more than a gaping hole after that, and he fell to the ground, dead. Flames of Yesterday

2005 IDW continuity

Aquablast served under Turmoil when their second-in-command Deadlock rebelled. After the traitor was restrained, Aquablast placed a stasis lock device on him to keep him from transforming. Drift #1

Toys

The Transformers

• Aquablast (Stormtrooper, 1993)

• Accessories: Water cannon
• Known designers: Andy Couzens (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Aquablast transforms into a dark green and clear-red Mitsubishi HSR. He comes with a double-barreled bellows/reservoir water-squirting cannon which requires both of his hands to hold it in robot mode, and can be mounted on his back end in car mode. His hood uses color changing paint, turning pale when exposed to warm water.

Aquablast was only available in various European markets during the two-year "transitional" period marking the changeover from the original toyline to Generation 2; in the original line's final year (1993), the toys were given redesigned Autobot and Decepticon symbols, but it wasn't until 1994 that "Generation 2" appeared on the packaging.

• More information on Aquablast at TFU.info

Generation 2

• Aquablast (Stormtrooper, 1994)

• Accessories: Water cannon

This release is identical to the original, only this time in packaging specifically branded "Generation 2".

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Aquablast (アクアブラスト Akuaburasuto)
• Dutch: Squall
• French: Squall
• Italian: Piranha