Fasttrack (IDW)

The name or term "Fasttrack" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Fasttrack (disambiguation).

Fasttrack is a Decepticon in the 2005 IDW portion the Generation 1 continuity family.

"I like to think of Primus like with giant eagles wings, and singin' lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with like an angel band and I'm in the front row and I'm hammered drunk!"

Fasttrack is an athlete who, in the Golden Age of Cybertron, would compete against and also pal around with the then-champion, Blurr. But his life would take a drastic turn, come the war.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Before the war, Fasttrack showed up on a screen displaying one of his many races. Iron in the Blood

After yet another race came to an end with Blurr the victor and Fasttrack apparently coming in second, Fasttrack visited his rival as he underwent maintenance. While Blurr's assistant Piston fawned over his boss's record-setting win, Fasttrack boasted that it wouldn't last long. But the challenge was clearly a friendly one, as he and Blurr high-fived and headed to The Circle for celebratory drinks. Shortly after they arrived, Fasttrack pointed out two bots sitting in the corner, getting fried off the "Simultronics" machine by their table. Blurr quickly dismissed them, and the two continued to get loaded off of energon.

The next day, after the race track was bombed by terrorists, Fasttrack and Blurr were told by their manager that all races were officially cancelled by order of Zeta Prime. Neither was amused at this, to say the least. The two went their separate ways, and Blurr resisted attempts at recruitment by both the Autobots and Decepticons. Fasttrack, however, was seemingly not so immune.

When he and Blurr next crossed paths, it was in a battle: A Decepticon assassination team was making its way to the citadel in an attempt on Zeta Prime's life, and an Autobot squad tried to stop them. The still-unaligned Blurr was caught in the middle due to sheer bad timing, but he was pulled out of the line of fire by Ironhide. As it happened, both Piston and Fasttrack lay deactivated behind the Autobots' bulwark, Piston having joined the Autobots and Fasttrack having become a Decepticon. Optimus used Piston's sacrifice to spur Blurr into helping the Autobots get a message to Zeta Prime. Fasttrack's death, however, went entirely unmentioned. Spotlight: Blurr

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Fasttrack (ファストトラック Fasutotorakku)