Editing Skyquake

:''Skyquake is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skyquake.jpg|thumb|200px|Taste the ''pain''bow.]]

'''Skyquake''' is the leader of the [[Predator]]s with a complete and utter hatred for anybody who even barely dips into the side of good. That rage, however, does not blind or control him. In battle, Skyquake is a cold, calculating destroyer, attributes which also even apply to his contempt for the [[Autobot]]s. When he locks together with the smaller Predators under his command, he magnifies his long-range supersight abilities and enables him instant communication with the minds of his underlings. 

It's currently unknown what is up with his paint job. Theories range from malfunctioning [[Sensors#Optical sensors|optical sensors]] to never seeing his own reflection. 


:''Alternate European name:'' '''Crash'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Aéroséisme'''

==Fiction==
===Catalogue comic===
[[Image:G1Skyquake_catalogue_comic.jpg|left|thumb|100px|"Troops! Prepare for action! EVIL action!"]]

During a Decepticon Predator attack on the Autobot base, Skyquake gazed into his Supersight as he was about to join the battle. Suddenly, ''into his Supersight view looms a menacing shape that strikes terror even into his hardened heart...''

Presumably, [[Thunder Clash]] and Skyquake fought after this overly dramatic prose. Either him or [[Wheelie]].


===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:MegsOrigin2_Skyquake.jpg|thumb|right|150px|He lurks silently to counter his loud color scheme.]]

Back before the war, Skyquake is part of [[Clench]]'s inner-circle/gladitorial team. Once Clench has, how shall we say...departed, he fights alongside Megatron in the [[Forge]]. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Skyquake''' (Predator, 1992)
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, 14 missiles
[[Image:G1Skyquake_toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Blue meanie. If the Blue Meanie was green.]]

: Skyquake transforms into a large bomber jet, its model pretty much made-up but based (loosely) on an [[Wikipedia:SR-71 Blackbird|SR-71 Blackbird recon plane]]. His primary gimmick is the "[[Megavisor]]", a periscope system that the smaller Predator jets can attach to, showing their slides. Skyquake himself has two built-in slides; in jet mode an image of [[Rotorstorm]] can be viewed, while the robot mode picture showing the unmade Autobot [[Turbomaster]] [[Hyperdrive (Autobot)|Hyperdrive]]. Each wing also contains a "carpet bombing" gimmick, a rolling drum that drops the Predator-style missiles. This can also be targeted via the Megavisor; by twisting the small tail wings at the back, a mirror swings into a 45 degree angle. When you look through the eyepiece, you can then see directly down relative to the jet, enabling you to see where the bombs will land.  He also has a standard Predator hand-held missile launcher, which mounts under his jet mode.

: Skyquake was later [[redeco]]ed to make ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and ''[[Universe]]'' [[King Atlas]].


===Timelines===   
*'''Skyquake''' (Deluxe, 2009)   
**''Accessories:'' Sword, rifle, 2 missiles    

: Skyquake is a redeco of ''[[Energon (series)|Energon]]'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], available [[exclusive|exclusively]] at [[BotCon 2009]]. The existence of this figure was announced by artist [[Andrew Wildman]] (who is doing the character's profile art) in a blog post on [[February 23]], 2009.... and apparently Wildman jumped the gun a bit, as he soon had to delete the posting. Skyquake transforms into a jet fighter loosely based upon the F/A-22 Raptor. The toy features numerous spots of sculpted battle damage. He comes with two very large accessories, a sword and a non-firing blaster, which can combine to form a really larger sword and/or non-firing blaster. In jet mode he has two wing-mounted spring-loaded missile launchers, which can flip up over his robot-mode shoulders.  



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==Trivia==
* Skyquake ''might'' be the physical model for [[Operation Combination]]'s unseen Decepticon leader [[Scrash]].


==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Decepticon/Skyquake/skyquake.htm Skyquake at TFU.info]
*[http://andrewwildman.blogspot.com/2009/02/skyquake.html Wildman's premature blog post revealing Skyquake]

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