Editing Archforce

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:''Archforce is a [[Decepticon]] [[Hero (G2)|Hero]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ArchforceArt.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|MEGATRON MAY OR MAY NOT RULE!]]

'''Archforce''' is a powerful and dangerous "Warrior Leader" willing to destroy everything in his path to fulfill his mission: defeating the [[Autobot]]s. Enemy camps fall before the speed and strength of his tank mode, and he knows no weakness.<ref>Archforce's on-package [[bio]] [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11210.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> Perhaps except for his own mental instability.

In some universes, Archforce is a fiercely loyal [[Decepticon]] who volunteered for [[Project Re-Birth]], in order to... ''oh, who are we kidding?''  He didn't ''volunteer''. [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] strapped him to a table kicking and screaming while techs vivisected and rebuilt his body in the image of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]—all part of a too-elaborate-by-half scheme of Straxus's to regain control of the Decepticon army.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{Note|The original comic version of Archforce was not named, and was made into Archforce by [[retcon]] in a [[2015]] [[Ask Vector Prime]] entry.}}
[[File:Generic decepticons marvel uk 243.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|National Health Service.]]
A hapless Decepticon trooper was forced to become part of [[Project Re-Birth]] by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] which rebuilt his body in the image of Megatron. {{storylink|Two Megatrons!}}

Later on Cybertron, "Megatron" was tormented by strange memories of medical torture and disassembly amid flashbacks to Straxus's attempts to possess his body. {{storylink|Mind Games}}

Soon, ''another'' Megatron related his discovery of the hidden lab in Straxus's base where the trooper was surgically reconstructed into a replica of Megatron's own body which was then possessed by Straxus... who had in turn been overwhelmed by a copy of Megatron's own memories and believed himself to be the original to form a sort of Double-Decker Taco of mind-control and body horror.

Realizing the truth, the clone Megatron—who was barely clinging to sanity—chose to take his own life "rather than let Straxus win". {{storylink|Two Megatrons!}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Though in some realities Archforce would die by suicide, in others such as [[Primax 895.0 Gamma]] he'd become his ''own'' Decepticon and a threat to both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] alike! {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/10}}

[[Vector Prime]] once found an Archforce toy mint on sealed card at a [[nano-flea]] market. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/24}}

==Toys==
===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Archforce.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|right|No, this is ''not'' a Photoshopped Hero Megatron. This is the real deal. We respect you too much to fake an Archforce pic.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Archforce''' (Hero, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Rifle, 2 air-launch missiles

: Available only in European markets, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Archforce is ''almost'' wholly identical to the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero|Hero Megatron toy]], transforming into a tank reminiscent of an M-1 Abrams. In both modes his main cannon is attached to a bellows that launches the included air-propelled missiles when quickly compressed. Both missiles can be kept on Archforce thanks to clips on his turret, which become his robot mode arms.

: The only significant difference between Archforce and Hero Megatron is on the large chest sticker: Archforce's sticker drops Megatron's "MEGATRON RULES!" text, leaving a whole lot of detail-less lavender in its place. That's it. There is also the much more ''in''significant difference that Archforce's stickers' colors are ever so slightly lighter than Megatron's.

: The joints connecting his biceps to his shoulders are reportedly easy to break due to overly-tight tolerances, so caution is advised.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Archforce/archforce.htm More information on Archforce at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Like his wavemate [[Sureshot (G2)|Sureshot]], Archforce is a curiosity. Presumably [[Hasbro]]'s European offices didn't want as many [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] toys on the shelves as the North American branch did, so they renamed the Hero toys of the two characters and altered any decals that bore their original names. Their bios were also reworded, but the new, briefer descriptions could easily apply to Optimus and Megatron anyway. They lack [[Tech Spec]] ratings, so it's unknown if they were intended to inherit the "10" rank as well.
*Archforce had absolutely no fiction appearances until Ask Vector Prime retconned him into being one and the same as Marvel's "hapless trooper" in 2015.
**Technically, everything described on [[Marvel Comics continuity]] [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s page from "[[Ancient Relics!]]" through "[[The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.]]" actually happened to Archforce. Yes, that does seem to imply that Marvel UK's [[Galvatron (G1)#Marvel Comics continuity|Galvatron]] was created from Archforce instead of Megatron. 
**Several troopers sharing the same general design as Archforce's original pre-Megatron body, all displaying slight differences, appear at [[Transference Station Two]] in "[[Resurrection!]]" around the time Straxus was implementing [[Project Re-Birth]]. It is ''highly unlikely'' that Archforce was among them; Straxus's plans were already well underway by that point. These troopers have the same yellow-red-and-white color scheme used by [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] technicians.

==References==
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[[Category:Clones]]
[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Decepticons]]