Editing Skyfall (Cybertron)

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:''Skyfall is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Skyfallut.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|...I?<br>OH!<br>So ''that's'' where I left my binoculars!]]
'''Skyfall''' knows he's different from his fellow [[Velocitron]]ians. He's unengaged by their need for speed, and so he has taken up the role of a lone explorer, charting distant star systems in his ship, the ''[[Flash Frenzy (Cybertron)|Flash Frenzy]]''. He knows he must be far older than most, if not all, of his peers, though he shows no sign of age. But most of all, he has the inescapable feeling that he's missing a clue to [[Nexus Prime|some lost, legendary past]] to which he deeply believes he was linked, a mystery that haunts him more than any other.  

Another of Skyfall's enigmas is his strange but helpful ability. When his life is threatened or when he's under stress, Skyfall involuntarily envelopes his body in an impenetrable force field. The universe must be looking out for him, or at least has mixed feelings about him, as it keeps drawing him into grand adventures for which he has no patience. Civil war? [[Unicron]]? [[Transcendent Technomorph|Alternate universes]]? Thanks, but no thanks! Skyfall feels like he can only escape from one cosmic, galaxy-threatening annoyance just to find himself facing another!

{{quote|This dimension ''sucks!''|Skyfall bemoans his latest adventure|"[[Transcendent: Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications comics===
[[File:Skyfallineedhim.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Needy much?]]
Skyfall came to Cybertron looking for answers to his past. Instead, he found [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} Though Skyfall's force fields protected him, Dark Scorponok managed to bury him and his force field under rubble. After he escaped from the [[zombie]], he was taken in by [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], who claimed to know him. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} Ramjet promised to tell Skyfall about his past if Skyfall helped him achieve his objective. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}} {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}} While Skyfall came to the aid of [[Downshift (Energon)|another 'bot]] caught up in Ramjet's mad machinations, [[Vector Prime]] came to destroy the deranged servant of Unicron. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} Despite Skyfall protecting him with his force field powers, Ramjet was lost in a fold of the fabric of space. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} Before Vector Prime departed, he had [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] bring him to the Chamber of Alpha Trion for repairs, and instructed [[Sentinel Maximus]] to guard Skyfall with his life. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

Over the next several [[Units of time|gigacycles]], Skyfall helped Sentinel Maximus repair [[Vector Sigma]], Sentinel Maximus was impressed with Skyfall's ingenuity with energon circuits and quantum circuitry. As they worked, Over-Run discovered an engraving in an ancient energon pool, and it seemed to depict Skyfall with four other warriors... but the engraving was twenty-five million cycles old! After receiving a distress call from the [[Mini-Con Council of Sages]], Sentinel Maximus took Skyfall to help quell the [[Mini-Con]] civil war on one of Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} There, Skyfall met a kindred spirit in a Decepticon named [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] who was unwittingly working for [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} The surrounding battle was so intense that they disappeared in an explosion. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

[[File:Clubcombinercarving.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Great, now he can stop singing "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."]]
The explosion somehow transported Skyfall and Landquake to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|an alternate universe]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}} There, they attempted to protect some [[human]]s from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], at which point the Autobots arrived. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 1}} After the subsequent battle, Skyfall was carried off by the Autobots and Landquake by the Decepticons. The Autobots took Skyfall with them (babysat by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]) to [[South America]], where more fighting happened.   

After the two fell into a cave, {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} Skyfall was reunited with Landquake. Cliffjumper accused Skyfall of treason and fired at them both, but the blast inadvertently awoke the site's guardian, [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]]. Before a proper introduction could be given, they all came under attack from [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], but the attackers were defeated and fell into the site's mysterious energon pools. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 4}}  

As Skyfall and Landquake marveled at the pool of [[Rarified Energon]], they heard a voice. The [[Caretaker]] began speaking of the destiny of Skyfall, Landquake, and Breakaway. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}} Skyfall and his new partners were once part of [[Nexus Prime|a Prime]], one charged with protecting and maintaining the universe's supply of energon. But their group was not yet complete. The Caretaker urged them to proceed through a transwarp portal, on the other side of which they would meet the next member of their group. Reluctantly, Cliffjumper followed them. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

On the other side, they arrived in [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon|yet another alternate universe]], yet mysteriously without Cliffjumper. They found themselves in [[Axiom Nexus]], a multiversal hub located on a particularly old Cybertron inhabited by [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. At first they were greeted by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]] and [[Silverbolt (TransTech)|Silverbolt]], but they were quickly sorted through processing, and ultimately the three were handed over to [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] to help them integrate into Axiom Nexus society until they were able to leave. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}}

[[File:Alphatrionceilingofcorpses.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|He's never seen so many dead hookers in all his life.]]
However, in the alleys of the city, Breakaway was snatched away from behind them. Skyfall and Landquake's first impulse was to hunt him down, but Alpha Trion convinced them not to do so. The TransTech must have taken him, he insisted, and the only way to get Breakaway back was to follow Alpha Trion back to his lab. Their guide explained that the TransTech were jealous and condescending creatures who fear superior technology, but he had devised a way to get the better of them, and it had to do with the hundreds of corpses hanging from his ceiling! {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 2}} Skyfall raged at this insanity and pulled his gun on their guide. His outburst was interrupted by [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], Alpha Trion's aide, who explained that these were not corpses, but test subjects. Their [[spark]]s were safe elsewhere, as Topspin's special ability was moving sparks from body to body.

Skyfall was not entirely convinced, however. He demanded that Alpha Trion stop playing with sparks. It was just creepy, you know? Alpha Trion ignored him and talked of the coming battle. He said that if he should fall, then Skyfall should take up Alpha Trion's sword.  This sword, which used to belong to a Decepticon named [[Slaughter]], influenced the bearer to do horrible, terrible things, and only a Transformer strong of spark could resist the temptation. Learning this did nothing to help Skyfall's unease. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 3}}

Skyfall and Landquake took a short walk through the markets of Axiom Nexus to discuss their situation. Skyfall was certain of Alpha Trion's insanity, but Landquake thought they should use him, at least in the short term, to get Breakaway back. Landquake also questioned whether Skyfall was ready to take this next step. If they were part of a long-lost combiner group, would they lose themselves into the whole once reunited as one? When they returned to Alpha Trion's lab, [[Nightscream (TransTech)|Nightscream]] arrived, having learned of Breakaway's location. Alpha Trion readied his acolytes for battle. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}}

[[File:Skyfallwontbethereforit.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Where's your invincible force field now, eh?]]
SHRAKADOOM! Alpha Trion, Skyfall, and the others blasted their way into the [[Transwarp Complex]] where [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]'s lab was located. As casualties began to mount, Alpha Trion reminded Skyfall that this was what the sword's influence made one do. Yikes! But Alpha Trion met [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]] in battle, freeing Skyfall and Landquake to grab Breakaway from Shockwave's operating table. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 5}}

As Megatron turned his attention on [[Immorticon (BW)|Immorticon]], Skyfall and the others met up with Alpha Trion and began to make their way towards their destination, a dimensional gate in the [[Transit Room]]. As they fled, Alpha Trion began to tell Skyfall that he knew more about him than he had originally let on. For the first time in his adventures, Skyfall wasn't very interested in his past; rather, he chose to focus on staying alive. But Alpha Trion's monologue couldn't be deterred. "Primus is calling his sons home," he explained. Skyfall's guidance would be pertinent in the challenges ahead. Unfortunately, that was Alpha Trion's problem. Running his sword through the Autobot's spark, Alpha Trion felled Skyfall and ordered Nightscream to carry the body through the portal. Skyfall's conscience would no longer be in the way of Alpha Trion's ultimate designs. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 6}}

As soon as Alpha Trion's group materialized through the portal in [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|Trion's home reality]], Landquake demanded to know what happened to Skyfall. Trion attempted to brush him off before claiming that Skyfall had been shot from behind during the escape from the lab. However, Breakaway discovered that Skyfall's wound was inflicted by an energy blade. Further questioning was halted when the three dimensional travelers and Topspin were taken captive as part of Alpha Trion's insane plans. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 1}} Now knowing Trion to be a madman, Landquake, Breakaway and Topspin managed to escape with Skyfall's body. Weeks later, the group was holed up in another abandoned facility, trying to use their respective powers to revive Skyfall, but failing to succeed. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 2}}
[[File:Reunification5-arisenexusprime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"Oh, thank God it's not the dildo name!"]]
A breakthrough would not occur until after the assassination of that universe's [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]. Landquake and the others had been introduced to the fifth of their number, [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]], and Breakaway believed with their powers combined, they could resurrect the Decepticon leader. But amidst their combined energy, their lifeforces were transported to a dimension in which Skyfall appeared to them.  A voice called out to (a reasonably indignant) Skyfall and the others, telling them that they had a choice. They could either die and live forever, or live and fade away into obscurity. "That's a sucky choice!" Skyfall countered, but ultimately the five made their decision. The voice boomed: "Arise, Nexus Prime." {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}}

After being reborn, Nexus Prime found himself in a battle with the Autobot superweapon [[Omega Doom]]. When Omega shot a missile into Cybertron's sun, Nexus Prime had to follow to repair the sun before it went nova. The Decepticon parts of his mind wanted to stay on Cybertron to fight, but were overridden by the Skyfall and Breakaway parts of him who knew that all of Cybertron would burn unless the sun was healed.

After Nexus was successful in repairing the sun and defeating Omega Doom, Cliffjumper bid the Skyfall and Landquake parts of him goodbye, as he stepped through a [[stellar spanner]] to whatever his fate would be next... {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

Skyfall returned as part of Nexus Prime's components to stop [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from misusing the [[Terminus Blade]]. {{storylink|Restoration}} Nexus Prime brought together the Terminus Blade and the reunified Star Saber, using them rewrite the rules of the multiverse. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[File:Skyfallcybertrontoy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|A see-through Rattler.]]
*'''Skyfall''' (Basic, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Energon rifle, energon chip

: Skyfall is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Sky Shadow (Energon)|Sky Shadow]]/[[Terradive (Energon)|Terradive]] mold, transforming into an A-10 bomber plane. (In fact, he was shipped with a copy of ''Terradive's'' instructions.) He is also capable of forming a limb to any combination of ''Energon''-style combiners, but he is specifically intended to combine with [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], and [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] to form [[Nexus Prime|Nexus Maximus]].

: Skyfall was the first [[exclusive]] toy from the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], given away free as an "early bird" to people who registered before a certain date. He was later made available for sale on their web-store and at [[BotCon]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Fireflight (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Generation 1 Fireflight]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#The Transformers cartoon|Skydive]], and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Fireflight (ROTF)|Fireflight]] and [[Skydive (Movie)#Toys|Skydive]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Skyfall/skyfall.htm More information on Skyfall at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* The force field that protects Skyfall has withstood all but two things: [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|''Classics'' Megatron]]'s [[fusion cannon]] and nutty [[Alpha Trion (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Alpha Trion]]'s sword. It ''did'' save him from repeated blasts from [[Unicron]], though. Either Megatron and Alpha Trion are pretty impressive, or Unicron made a pretty embarrassing showing!
* Skyfall's toy [[instructions]] are identical to those of his mold-mate ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Terradive (Energon)|Terradive]], complete with the ''Energon'' logo, Terradive's name and his combiner team component number "A3".

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