Editing Verity Carlo

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:''Verity Carlo is a [[human]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Veritycarlo.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Rare moment of not doing wild takes.]]
Make no mistake; '''Verity Carlo''' is intelligent, nimble, resourceful, self-reliant, and cunning. Problem is, she likes to think she's tougher, smarter, and has more guts than pretty much everyone else. It's a good part of what allows her to maintain her rootless teen-aged existence hitch-hiking across the [[United States of America|United States]], living on theft and what little kindness she receives from strangers (although two mace sprays nestled in her backpack attest to how little she's willing to trust said strangers).

Something happened to Verity when she was a child, though, something that hurt her so badly that she refuses to form a serious bond with anyone or show any sign of fear. It's been with her so long that she abandoned several foster homes and (presumably) welcoming families when she was in her mid-teens. Because of that hurt Verity sees most people as marks, dupes or threats. Fear of getting hurt again keeps her moving when she maybe ought to settle down, and makes her abrasive and superior.

Whether it'll get her killed one day is anyone's guess, but joining the [[Wrecker]]s sure doesn't help.

{{quote|''Fh''. I've not been wanted anywhere, by anyone, since I started crawling. Why should it be any ''different'' this time around?|Verity reacts to [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] being a prick|[[Escalation issue 1|''Escalation'' #1]]}}
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==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:VerityCarlo thievery MINE.jpg|left|upright=1.75|thumb|The inside of her mouth turns white when she lies.]]
Verity's life as a drifter changed forever when in [[Phoenix (city)|Phoenix]], [[Arizona]] when she spotted what she assumed was a long-distance salesman in possession of a [[SM-40|palmtop computer]]. Pickpocketing a ticket from a nearby family, Verity followed [[Stoker|the man]] onto a bus bound for [[Los Angeles]] and quickly stole the computer from his bag, then proceeded to fake an upset stomach to get the bus to pull over and hitched a lift with passing motorist [[Hunter O'Nion]]. What Verity had no way of knowing, however, was that the victim of her theft was an agent of the [[Machination]], and the computer held photographs of secret [[Decepticon]] bases on [[Earth]]. Possession of the device immediately made her and Hunter targets, and it was only a short time later they were attacked by [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]]. Fortunately, the Autobot [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] appeared to offer them aid. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0| Infiltration #0}} Though the alien conspiracy theorist Hunter understood the true nature of the alien robots they had found themselves caught between, Verity was less that convinced. Using the palmtop to make contact with her old friend [[Jimmy Pink]], she had Ratchet take them to Jimmy's garage. There, Hunter stole a look through the palmtop and realized its significance—a breach of trust that caused Verity to storm out in anger... only to come running back a moment later, pursued by the Decepticons [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]! {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} Verity endured an outright panic attack as she, Jimmy, and Hunter were forced to flee along with Ratchet, but they were soon saved from the pursuing Decepticons by several Autobots from Ratchet's unit. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

[[File:Infiltration3 VeritySURPRISE.jpg|upright=1.75|thumb|That's right, Bobby, I believe you will find that I have no testicles.]]

Taken back to the Autobots' spaceship, the ''[[Ark-19]]'', at the bottom of [[Lake Michigan]], Verity and her friends were placed in a cell while the Autobots debated their next action. Verity tried to blackmail the 'bots into releasing them and giving them answers by threatening to delete all the data on the palmtop, but none of them took any notice. When unit leader [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] refused to act on Ratchet's intel, the medic took matters into his own hands, releasing the three humans and studying the palmtop's data. Learning that the Decepticons had recently broken their normal [[infiltration protocol]] by relocating from a base in [[Nebraska]] to one in [[Oregon]], Verity and her friends insisted that they be allowed to help by investigating the abandoned Nebraska facility. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}}

[[File:Infiltration5 VerityMegatron.jpg|left|upright=1.25|thumb|Ask to be his pet. You just might live.]]

In short order, the subterranean based was located and Verity, Hunter, and Jimmy spelunked their way inside to investigate. Verity thought finding the corpses of people the Decepticons had turned into [[facsimile construct|facsimiles]] was traumatic enough, but was paralyzed with fear upon rounding a corner and laying eyes upon Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}} Fortunately, Megatron had less than no interest in a mere human and ignored here. Still, Verity barely made it out of the base, nearly being buried alive when [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] bombed it in order to cover their tracks. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} Rescued from the wreckage by her friends, Verity tried to act unbothered and objected when Ratchet tried to take them back to the ''Ark-19'' rather than follow Megatron. Hunter and Jimmy admitted that they were overwhelmed and afraid, and that it was okay for Verity to feel that way too... whereupon she finally released her bottled-up emotions and burst into tears. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

[[File:Escalation2 hunters death.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]

Verity was bitterly unsurprised when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived and ordered the Autobots to return her and her friends to their normal lives, well acquainted with the feeling that she was unwanted. On the trip back home, however, they were attacked by agents of the Machination, who apparently killed Hunter and their escort [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} Verity was visibly distraught, but hope soon materialized when the Autobots examined Sunstreaker's remains and discovered they were phoney. {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}} Believing that the Machination had Hunter and Sunstreaker captive, Verity combined her hacking skills with Jimmy's engineering know-how to track down likely Machination facilities, and they, Ratchet, and [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] disobeyed orders again to investigate one in [[Fort Wayne]], [[Indiana]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}} Verity and Jimmy managed to break into the compound, hidden under an auto parts store, where Verity located a strange business card emblazoned only with an "M" before a security failsafe dosed the pair with knock-out gas. {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}} Ironhide and Ratchet penetrated the facility {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} and safely extracted the pair, but the facility's self-destruct them went off, severely damaging Ironhide. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

Returning to the ''Ark-19'', {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} Verity handed the "M" card off to Autobot detective [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], whose studies of both it and the stolen palmtop prompted him to recommend the relocation of ''[[Ark-19]]''. Verity and Jimmy found themselves shut out of the discussion, blown off and given vague answers when they tried to get some answers about the search for Hunter from [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} Unfortunately, the vessel was shot down in mid-transit by [[Sixshot]]; Ratchet, Verity and Jimmy ejected in an escape pod before the crash. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}} Verity was injured by Sixshot's attack, but Ratchet's [[holomatter|avatar]] was able to treat her wounds. Sixshot located the Autobot and his human guests and gave chase, forcing Ratchet to separate from the humans for their own protection. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} [[File:Hunter reunion.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|After all you've been through Hunter, couldn't they fix your hair?]] As the other Autobots arrived and battled Sixshot, Verity and Jimmy tried to explain the situation of local law enforcement, who understandably didn't believe her. The officers' chatter revealed plans for an all-out airstrike on the warring parties, so the two humans stole a motorboat and police megaphone and used them to warn Ratchet of the incoming strike. With seconds to spare, Ratchet took the two humans along with him as the Autobots escaped via [[Orbital jump|orbital bounce]] to the orbiting ''[[Ark-32]]'', but the process was too traumatic for them to endure, causing their vital signs to cease. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} Ratchet managed to restart their hearts after a dangerously long flatline, {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} and the pair remained aboard the ''Ark-32'' to recuperate as it left orbit for [[Garrus-9]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}} A short time later, the hale and hearty Verity and Jimmy were reunited with Hunter after he was rescued from the Machination. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

The happy reunion, sadly, was not to last. Always running from others, Verity stowed herself away aboard [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s spaceship as he left to take the captive [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] to Garrus-9, leaving a note for Hunter and Jimmy to explain her departure. {{storylink|In Word and Deed}} Once her presence on the ship was revealed to Magnus, she worked hard to prove her value to him, performing many important bridge duties and even acquiring a suit of powered armor for herself. She felt close to her "Uncle Magnus," though the only outward sign of affection he showed her was ''not'' immediately taking her right back to Earth.{{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers-Verity.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|Transformers meets Dresden Codak.]]

About three years after Verity left Earth, she and Magnus were called in to transport the Autobot commando unit known as the [[Wrecker]]s on a mission to the prison planet of [[Garrus-9]], control of which had been seized by the Decepticon sadist [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. The new batch of rookie team members were taken aback by her presence; [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] assumed Magnus kept her around because she was a "good cleaner," leading Verity to mock his "cyber-sexism." {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} As the ship neared Garrus-9, Verity overheard Magnus informing Springer that, once the Wreckers had been dropped off, he would be heading to Earth in response to a summons from [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]. Refusing to return to the world she had willingly left behind, Verity stowed away in one of the drop-pods with the Wreckers, preferring to join them on their deadly mission. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers3-Verity.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Verity and the Wreckers' pods crash-landed directly in front of Overlord, who immediately killed Rotorstorm. At [[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Perceptor]]'s instruction, [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] bundled Verity into his chest cavity to keep her safe, but quickly forgot she was in there as the Wreckers fought to escape. Twisted up and unable to get his attention, Verity could do little but be carried along for the ride until the team arrived at their objective: the chamber containing the adjudication computer, [[Aequitas]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}} While Perceptor worked to bring the computer online, Verity asked Wreckers historian and fanboy [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] to tell her a story to keep her mind occupied; he told her of the Wreckers' victory over their enemies [[Squadron X]] on [[Pova]]. Soon, it was revealed that Aequitas could only be unlocked by the willing donation of a [[spark]]—a dilemma that earned Pyro Verity's scorn when he voiced his belief that Ironfist should be the one to sacrifice himself, since Pyro had done too many "great things" to die that way. However, the issue was decided when [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] stepped up and sacrificed himself to give him and his branched-spark brother [[Twin Twist]] a dignified death. As Verity mourned Topspin's death, Ironfist downloaded the contents of Aequitas into his brain. Soon after he completed the task, a new problem presented itself: The Decepticons were burning down the door to the chamber, and the only way to stop them was to use Aequitas to detonate the [[deterrence chip]] inside the head of every prisoner at G-9, which included Impactor. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers5- Ironfistaneurism.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25|Perceptor's liposuction skills left much to be desired.]] 

Though the others voted in favour of the move, Verity vigorously argued against it was able to convince Perceptor not to go through with it. Instead, Pyro volunteered to sacrifice himself, buying precious time for the others to run free. They made it outside and joined Springer against Overlord, causing the Phase Sixer tremendous damage...but he still kept coming. In the end, it was Verity who delivered the most crushing blow of all against Overlord when she told him that Megatron—who Overlord had rebelled against, and had spent his life obsessing over—was already dead, having never even spared Overlord a second thought. The beating Impactor subsequently gave Overlord was hardly necessary; Verity's revelation had defeated him in spirit.

The surviving Wreckers were collected by Ultra Magnus, who took them to Earth to deliver the Aqueitas data to Prowl. Alas, on the way there, Ironfist perished, the borrowed time he had been living on since one of his own [[Cerebro-sensitive bullet|cerebro-centric bullets]], which had been making its way through his head since before the mission even began, finally running out. Emotionally devastated, Verity returned to "normal" life on Earth as best she could, penning a final volume of ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' for Ironfist, number 332 in a 4-issue limited series. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} [[File:LSotW-InWordAndDeed.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]] She still had one last thing to remember Ironfist by: a second backup he took of the Aequitas trials, secretly given to her for safe-keeping. {{storylink|In Word and Deed}} Stakeout, one of Magnus' allies in the Tyrest Accord, guarded her and the two became friends. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 1|Sins of the Wreckers #1}} {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|Sins of the Wreckers #2}}

Verity left an impression on the memories of many. Though he had never been outwardly warm to her, Ultra Magnus had genuinely considered her a friend, and used her likeness for his [[holomatter]] avatar. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}} {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} Overlord remembered her well, as [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] saw when he used his [[mnemosurgery]] to view and edit the Decepticon's memories of his defeat. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} And during his time spent opposing [[Onyx]] alongside [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Jimmy Pink kept a picture of himself with Verity, Hunter, and Prowl to remind him of their adventures. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}

[[File:SOTW1 verity illness.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]

Several years passed, and Verity found herself growing sick. Tests conducted by Stakeout revealed that she was dying, due to "overexposure to intense energy of Cybertronian origin." {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} Proximity to Tranformers only made the pain worse, so Stakeout abandoned Verity for her own safety. On her own once again, Verity headed north to [[Nome]], [[Alaska]], hoping to fulfill a lifelong dream to see the Aurora Borealis before she died. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|Sins of the Wreckers #2}} Scared and alone, Verity desperately felt the need to regain some measure of control in her life, and saw a chance to do so in the Aequitas data back-up. She and Ironfist had intended to expose Prowl with it, but instead, she used the data for blackmail, sending Prowl a threatening message in the hope that he would cut a deal with her, exchanging the information for life-saving treatment. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} Prowl teleported to Earth to meet with her, but upon arrival was abducted by the mad scientist [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], creator of Aequitas, and an old ally of Prowl's who sought revenge for a past betrayal. Tarantulas's [[Chimeracon]] muscle, disguised as normal animals, hunted Verity across the frozen landscape in order to obtain the Aequitas data from her; she was nearly caught by [[Polar Claw]] until a repentant Stakeout arrived to save her. The pair were soon confronted by [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] and the Wreckers, who had come to solve the mystery of Prowl's disappearance. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 1|Sins of the Wreckers #1}}

[[File:SOTW3 verity noisemaze.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75]]

As the big 'bots talked, Verity and Stakeout reconciled, which resulted in Verity letting her guard down just enough for [[Stampy (BWN)|a Chimeracon rabbit]] to snatch the Aqueitas data slug. Stakeout gave chase, running into the larger Chimeracon forces, and the Wreckers soon headed out to back him up. En route, Verity attempted to tell Springer about her condition, but they were attacked by Chimeracon leader [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] before she could finish. As battle broke out, Verity, Arcee, Springer, [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] made their way inside the body of the largest Chimeracon, [[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]], {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|Sins of the Wreckers #2}} and used the portal built inside him to transport themselves to Tarantulas's secret base, the pocket dimension known as the [[Noisemaze]]. Though unaffected by the deleterious effects of the maze on Cybertronian senses, Verity was captured along with her disoriented comrades by the traitor Hubcap and handed over to Tarantulas for study. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 3|Sins of the Wreckers #3}} 

Tarantulas discovered that it was not merely day-to-day contact with Transformers that had caused Verity to become sick; it was, in fact, the burst of energy released by Aequitas during Ironfist's download of its data. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} [[File:SOTW5 northern lights.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.75]] Purely to score imaginary points by proving himself Prowl's superior, Tarantulas healed Verity's illness, {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 5|Sins of the Wreckers #5}} then held her prisoner as he subjected the others to his new guilt-extracting computer, [[Impetus]]. As Tarantulas grew more manic in his plan to ruin Prowl by releasing the Aequitas data, Hubcap finally had second thoughts and release Verity and the others, who quickly made their way to the heart of Tarantulas's base, the [[Tor]], in order to destroy it. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} While Arcee and Springer kept Tarantulas busy, Verity and Prowl recovered the Tor's crystalline power source, [[Obtenteum]], and saw that it was forcibly fed to Tidal Wave, triggering an energy overload that caused the entire Noisemaze to implode.

In the wake of Tarantulas's defeat, now with her whole life ahead of her once again, Verity returned to Earth with Springer and finally got the chance to see the Northern Lights. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 5|Sins of the Wreckers #5}}

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==Notes==
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*Verity likes Volkswagen Beetles.
*In ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|#1]], Verity sports a small green alien head tattoo on the back of her right shoulder, in memory of her late friend [[Hunter O'Nion]], who wore an "Alien Death Ray" shirt with a similar head on it throughout ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]''.
*In ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|#2]], Verity is seen having a photo of herself, [[Hunter O'Nion]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] in their ''Infiltration''-era clothes, acting goofy. One could say they never really had time to have such a picture taken, but the Autobots ''did'' have a camera trained on them while they had the three in custody. 
*At the end of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|#5]], Verity is seen owning a book by or about renowned British poet {{w|Alfred, Lord Tennyson}}.
*The children's storybook "[[I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime]]" features a human ally to the Autobots based on Verity. Likewise, the two other male human allies in the story are based on Hunter O'Nion and Jimmy Pink.

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