Editing Class Beta drone unit

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:''Class Beta drone units are [[drone]]s from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

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Drones have often been used on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for manual labor. It was [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] who first put drones to use in the military when he had drones upgraded and refitted for combat. The '''Class Beta drones''' are combat-ready warriors specializing in land combat.

[[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] has been put in charge of the drone army.


==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Class Beta drones were part of the crew of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s ship that pursued the [[All Spark]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to the [[Eshems Nebula]].  They were forced to turn back for repairs when the ship was damaged by an Autobot [[concussion chain]].  {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

After Megatron was killed and the All Spark destroyed during the battle of [[Mission City]] on [[Earth]], Starscream returned to [[Mars]]. While he was recuperating, a team of Autobots attacked, and drones, including Class Betas, were activated to defend the ship.  {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}}

Class Beta drones were among those assigned to guard the Autobot slaves who were being forced to build the new Cube. They brutally punished [[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]] when he saw to the exhausted [[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]]. Later, after the new All Spark was completed, Payload arrived leading a team of drones carrying the massive generators required to drain the [[Spark|life force]] out of the Autobot prisoners and put it into the Cube.  {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
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*'''Payload''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-17'''
: The Payload toy could stand in for any Class Beta drone.
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==Notes==
* The Class Beta drone units were named as such in the bonus material of the [[The Reign of Starscream]] trade paperback.

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