Editing Female Autobots

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{{disambig2|the Autobot resistance group led by Elita One|information on female Transformers in general|Female Transformer}}
:''The Female Autobots are a team with a rather self-explanatory designation from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

{{move|Shield of Solus|The status of "Female Autobot" as a proper noun is debatable and "Shield of Solus" is an actual name.}}
[[File:Femaleautobots.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Amazon Autobots on Beta Moon?]]
The '''Female Autobots'''<ref>[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s 1996 [[:File:ElitaOne-MCAxiskit.jpg|MC Axis Kit]] gives her a function of "Female Autobot Commander," apparently cementing that "Female Autobots" is the actual ''name'' of the unit and not just a description.</ref>, also known as the '''Shield of [[Solus Prime|Solus]]'''<ref>Elita One's [https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-gb/bios/vcbdseln#yopfuy web bio] for the [[Transformers: Legacy|''Legacy'' toyline]] uses the name "Shield of Solus" for the unit as a whole.</ref> or simply '''Elita One's Squadron'''<ref>[[Fatal Furies]]</ref>, are a team of [[female Transformer|female]] [[Autobot]]s under the command of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. Five of them sometimes have the ability to form the divinely appointed combiner [[Orthia]].

{{quote|Female Autobots? I thought they were extinct.|The ever-observant [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]|"[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]"}}

==Members==
[[File:G1femmes.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm just the chaperone."]]

The Female Autobots are usually realized as five members under the leadership of Elita One. Some incarnations also include Arcee, another female Autobot.

*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]
*[[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]]
*[[Greenlight]] 
*[[Lancer]] 
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]<ref>Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity, Diamond Select profile, [[The Transformers (MC Axis manga)|MC Axis comics]], [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|''TV Magazine'' story pages]], and ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]''</ref>

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
The Female Autobots were destroyed by a missile strike during the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]'s launch. Or so everyone thought...     

Four million years later, in [[1985]], they had formed a resistance group on Cybertron, operating in secret. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] discovered their continued existence (thanks to Moonracer) and tracked them back to their underground headquarters. A subsequent attempt by the [[Decepticon]]s to capture Elita One resulted in the destruction of said headquarters, but also a reunion with the Autobots stationed on [[Earth]].

Once the Decepticons were dealt with, the Female Autobots relocated to a new secret headquarters provided by Alpha Trion and chose to remain on Cybertron to continue the fight there. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
[[Megaempress]]'s band of Decepticons were recognized as the "Woman Destrons" (ウーマンデストロン ''Ūman Desutoton''), a counterpart group to the Woman Cybertrons. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}}

====MC Axis mini-comics====
When the team took out a humongous Decepticon, Moonracer began boasting about their success, claiming that they alone could retake Cybertron. Only Elita One failed to share in her team's exultation, as she knew they were only hiding and that the war was wearing them out.  She prayed that her beloved Optimus Prime would return soon to save the day. {{storylink|The Transformers (MC Axis manga)#Elita One|The Transformers: Elita One}}

At another time, Arcee showed off to Firestar and Moonracer how "badass" she was by taking out a Decepticon the other two hadn't even noticed. She then continued to berate them that war seemed to be too tough for females in particular. Firestar was horrified at realizing that three beautiful women were at three times as much risk.  {{storylink|The Transformers (MC Axis manga)#Arcee|The Transformers: Arcee}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages====
By the year [[2010]], the Autobot ranks were subjected to a new chain of command. The Female Autobots joined other subgroups, such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s and the [[Autobot Cars]], as now being under the command of [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|This is the Latest Autobot/Decepticon Chain of Command!}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic''====
[[File:Female Autobots Selects.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|left]]
The Female Autobots were among the forces of the second [[Cybertron Alliance]] brought to bear against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] in the battle for [[Selector]] emancipation in [[Neo Scramble City]]. They combined into Orthia on Alliance leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime's]] command in preparation as a [[Quintesson]] assault interrupted the battle. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}} The Female Autobots fared poorly against the Quintessons' ultimate champions, the [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]]-supercharged [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], as a blast from [[Blot (G1)|Blot's]] [[slime gun]] forcibly decombined Orthia and began to dissolve them and the surrounding Alliance forces alive. {{storylink|Abominus comic 1}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:G1Dreamwaveongoing11.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, watch where you point that thing.]]
{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
The "Female Autobots" were an elite squad of warriors under the command of the [[Quintesson]]s. Arcee functioned as a sleeper agent of theirs. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One #11}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:Orthia Pulse.jpg|thumb|left||200px|]]
[[Solus Prime]] of the [[Thirteen]] planted her godly power within five chosen warriors: the Shield of Solus. This quintet, led by Elita-1, were gifted the power to combine into the mighty Orthia, a giant inheriting Solus's ability to forge weapons of immense power to light [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] darkest hour. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files#Who is Orthia?|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

===''Legacy'' marketing material===
Elita-1 was a member of a Special Unit known as the Shield of Solus. {{storylink|Elita One (G1)#Legacy|Elita-1's ''Legacy'' bio}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegendsApp-Fatal Furies.jpg|thumb|left|Featuring tasteful underboob.]]

Hunting parties led by [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] managed to stop Elita One's Squadron. {{storylink|Fatal Furies}}
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==Toys==
*''[[Elita One (G1)#Toys]]''
*''[[Chromia (G1)#Toys]]''
*''[[Firestar (G1)#Toys]]''
*''[[Greenlight#Toys]]''
*''[[Lancer#Toys]]''
*''[[Moonracer (G1)#Toys]]''
*''[[Arcee (G1)/toys#Toys]]''

==Notes==
[[File:Art of War 2u.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Heck yes.]]
*The Female Autobots are the [[Transformers brand|brand]]'s first ''real'' [[female Transformer]]s. Predating them are: a [[Aunty|female Cybertronian, but not Transformer]], a [[Nightbird (G1)|female robot who might have become a Transformer]] and a [[Alana|female Tlalakan who got turned into a Transformer for a short while]].
*After spending many years as nameless [[Generic|background characters]], Greenlight and Lancer were finally [[Retcon|given]] names in the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' story "[[Flames of Yesterday]]".
*The Club Udon special edition cover to [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]] [[The Art of War issue 2|issue 2]], which is dedicated to the ladies of the two brands, surprisingly features what appears to be Lancer with Greenlight's colors. This is the only instance during the 25 years between the airing of "The Search for Alpha Trion" and the publication of "Flames of Yesterday" that these characters have been referenced.
* Had [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] not gone bankrupt, the Female Autobots (i.e. the main four) would have received [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More than Meets the Eye'' profiles]] in the [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|''Generation One'' 2004 Datatracks Annual]].<ref>UDGOM{{fact}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Woman Cybertron''' (ウーマン・サイバトロン ''Ūman Saibatoron'')
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==References==
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[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]