Nightracer (G1)

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Nightracer is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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The mythical Nightracer was known for her skills in shooting and her asocial personality. To bring forth those qualities in a newer generation of Transformers, she was cloned eons later.

Fiction

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Wings Universe

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In 2012, Jhiaxus had the Battlechargers retrieve several personality components from within Cybertron, one of which was Nightracer's. A Flash Forward, Part 2 Jhiaxus had remembered the myth of Nightracer, and chose to clone her and recreate one of Cybertron's deadliest warriors. In particular, he chose to include her acerbic personality to see how his other clones, his 'Second Generation' of Cybertronians, would react, in order to overcome arising divisions. Nightracer's profile in Club magazine #46

Ask Vector Prime

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Even multiversal observer Vector Prime admitted that he admired Nightracer's skill, if not the use she put it to. Ask Vector Prime, 23 September 2015

Notes

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  • A screencap of Nightbird from the cartoon was used to represent the original Nightracer in "A Flash Forward" since her head was a close fit and the art style matched the images of Soundwave and Frenzy next to her. According to Pete Sinclair and Jesse Wittenrich, the image wasn't supposed to be recognizable as Nightbird once it was obscured by Sky-Byte, but either Sky-Byte didn't cover her up in a way that would obscure her enough, or maybe we're just that good. She's not intended to be the same character as Nightbird.
  • While what the original Nightracer's body looked like is a mystery, it's probable that she didn't look like any of Nightracer's toys, considering none of the other Go-Bot clones look like their original bodies, either.