Slavers

Slavers are aliens from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Braid and other members of his six-limbed species are on a quest for immortality by upgrading their physiology through genetic and technological augmentation. Civil war amongst their race was the impetus for this quest. Braid leads the Slavers who kidnap members of other species, study them, and then add desirable traits to their own bodies.

Your kind has always been there, always surviving, never dying. I want what you have.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:BraidDrift #3|Braid{{#if:Drift #3|, Drift #3|}}|}}

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Braid and his Slavers were up to their slave-taking ways on Theophany when their compound was raided by two Cybertronians. They managed to capture and nearly kill one whom Braid recognized as a Decepticon. However, he was rescued from Braid's clutches before any significant research could be done to him. Drift #1

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Later Braid's army attacked the Cybertronians known as the Circle of Light, he singled out a Cybertronian warrior of particular skill, attacked him one-on-one, and killed him. Braid's action enraged Drift and, unbeknownst to Braid, the leader of the planet's hidden Cybertronian settlement. The rest of the Cybertronians attacked, overwhelming Braid's army. Braid himself appeared to have the upper hand in a one-on-one fight against Drift, but was sliced in two by a Great Sword wielded by the former Decepticon. Drift #4