Velgrox
The Velgrox are a violent alien race who place great value on the importance of a good meal. This wouldn't be so bad if their favourite dish didn't consist of other sentient organisms. Velgrox hunters wield web-based weaponry, snaring their targets and bringing them back to their ship. There, the prey is held, sometimes for days, until the Velgrox consume it.
While Transformers and their metallic physiology have little to fear from a Velgrox raiding party, squishier organic beings such as humans aren't quite as lucky...
Fiction
[edit]Rescue Bots cartoon
[edit]- Voice actor: Jeff Bennett (English){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
The Velgrox and Cybertronians had come into conflict with one another in the past.
Passing through the Solar System, a ship of Velgrox intercepted a transmission from Cody Burns and Frankie Greene, alerting them to the presence of food on Earth. The aliens landed their ship on Griffin Rock and set about capturing as many humans as possible. Meanwhile, the rest of the Velgrox crew set their ship down at Griffin Rock's power plant, intending to refuel their ship and conquer the rest of the planet.
The Velgrox abducted a good deal of the island's population until the Rescue Bots intervened. Believing that Earth was controlled by Cybertronians, the leader of the Velgrox immediately surrendered. Denied the opportunity to refuel or take their captives along, the Velgrox departed, and Boulder sabotaged their guidance system so that the aliens would never be able to find Earth again. New Normal
Among the technology they left behind were some metal which could be made to become invisible. Vanishing Returns
Cyberverse cartoon
[edit]- Voice actor: Ryan Nicolls (English){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
A Velgrox had been abducted by the Quintessons, being incorporated into their new Judge. Its voracious appetite and overwhelming desire to eat the Cybertronian race earned the ire of Starscream, the Judge's dominant personality. The End Of The Universe I The Velgrox was destroyed when Optimus Prime and Megatron combined the power of their Matrices of Leadership to overwhelm Starscream and destroy him. The End Of The Universe IV
Judge Starscream's Velgrox head was eventually recovered at some point following the downfall of the Quintessons by Meteorfire and stored among his alien memorabilia. Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos
Games
[edit]Transformers Roleplaying Game
[edit]The velgrox [sic] were a hideous race of carnivorous aliens who abducted their prey before consuming them. While trying to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of her brother, Tracy Pembrooke somehow picked up the term, but was unable to work out its significance. The Time is Now
Notes
[edit]- In Rescue Bots, the Velgrox have their own alien language and need to use translators to be able to speak English... which is pretty weird; usually in Transformers fiction, all aliens just conveniently happen to speak English. They appear to make guinea pig-like noises when speaking casually. Conversely, the Cyberverse Velgrox can speak English just fine.
- For some reason, these guys know what [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}ketchup|{{#if:||ketchup}}]] is.