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| | #REDIRECT[[Sharkticon (species)]] |
| {{disambig3|Sharkticon}}
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| :''Sharkticon are a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]ian sub-species from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
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| [[File:RIDHammerstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|HAAAAAAM!]]
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| Few [[Transformer]]s are as agile or nimble in the water as the '''Sharkticons'''. Physically durable and amphibious, they make powerful foes in watery environments, and can operate in a wide variety of fluids. Even one Sharkticon can be a handful, but many prefer to travel in ravenous mobs of their own kind.
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| ==Fiction==
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| ===''The Covenant of Primus''===
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| When the [[Quintesson]]s gained control of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they established a <strike>kangaroo</strike> [[Supreme Court]] where anyone could be charged on scant evidence and the common verdict of "innocent" meant death by Sharkticon.
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| During the Transformer uprising that marked the end of the [[Age of Wrath]], the Quintessons deployed hunter-killer packs of Sharkticons. They patrolled the roadways and cut off rebel supply lines. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}
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| ===Aligned novels===
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| On the colony planet of [[Aquatron]], the Sharkticons served as the planet's warrior caste.
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| When the Quintessons arrived, most of them were re-conditioned by the invading Quintessons. In their new role,they served as elite honor guards for high-ranking Quintessons, while simultaneously intimidating any would-be Aquatronian rebels into submission. They were usually led by their Commander [[Gnaw (Prime)|Gnaw]], although, when the need arises General [[Tyrannicon]] can also take command of the force.
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| At an unspecified point, a splinter force of Sharkticons attempted to rebel against their masters, foreseeing a time when their people would be freed. Their rebellion was ultimately unsuccessful, but before the rebels were fed to the [[Gamekeeper]] they managed to carve an image of [[Megatron (WFC)|a being]] prophesied to lead them to freedom, on the cavern wall.
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| When the [[Autobot]]s first arrived on Aquatron, [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] discovered a large vault of dormant Sharkticons the Quintessons had assembled as an invasion force to retake [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When a combination of Quintesson manipulation and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s own treachery drove the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s to battle on the planet's surface, they were arrested by a large force of Sharkticons led by Gnaw. The remaining Autobots and Decepticons encountered more of them and were forced to fight the armada. When the Quintessons succeeded in opening the space bridge to Cybertron, Tyrannicon led a large flotilla of Sharkticons thorugh the space bridge, where they manned numerous vessels and acted as shock troops on the ground. Gnaw's division battled against [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and Starscream's combined forces.
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| Eventually, Megatron stole [[Xeros]]'s replica Matrix of Leadership that the Quintessons also used to coordinate the Sharkticon's movements. When Megatron placed it in his chest, the new [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] changed his body into a Sharkticon-like form and granted him complete and unwavering control over every Sharkticon in existence. The Decepticon leader's new forces turned on their masters, wounding Tyrannicon and killing Xeros. Tyrannicon would eventually steal this Matrix for himself, but it presumably was destroyed when he was eaten by the [[Hydratron]].
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| The surviving Sharkticons turned on one another and went feral, forming dedicated pockets of resistance on Cybertron even after the invasion was thwarted. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}
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| ===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
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| [[File:TRID E 38 Sharkticon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shark Tales, anyone?]]
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| The Decepticon [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] is a Sharkticon. Once Cybertron's most feared pirate, Hammerstrike was freed from his [[stasis pod]] after the ''[[Alchemor]]'' crashed on [[Earth]]. He took to the new planet's waterways intending to turn the sea into something approximating home and attacked the oil tanker, ''[[Windward]]''. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] came to the stricken tanker's aid and were able to fight Hammerstrike off. He instead went to a nearby oil refinery, hoping to use it to achieve his ends, however Bumblebee and Grimlock turned up there too, and despite him putting up a fight, they managed to trap him in an empty oil barrel. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}}
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| Another Sharkticon had fallen in with [[Glowstrike]]'s crew of Decepticons. After Glowstrike accused the Sharkticon of acting against their interests, Steeljaw beat him up to prove his loyalty to her cause. {{storylink|Portals}}
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| ==Merchandise==
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| ===Tiny Titans===
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| ''See: [[Hammerstrike (RID)#Merchandise|Hammerstrike]].''
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| ===Foreign names===
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| *''Russian:'' '''Акулоконы''' (Sharkticons, "Akuloconi")
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| [[Category:Aquatron]]
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| [[Category:Prime]]
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| [[Category:Quintessons]]
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| [[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) subgroups]]
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