Thrust (Cyberverse)

The name or term "Thrust" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Thrust (disambiguation).

Thrust is a Decepticon Seeker from the Cyberverse continuity family.

In Thrust you should trust.

Thrust is a Seeker under the command of Slipstream before fixing his loyalty on Starscream.

Fiction

Cyberverse cartoon

Voice actor: Tomas Virgadula (English), Chinatsu Akasaki (Japanese), Ilka Teichmüller (German, first voice), Dennis Mohme (German, second voice), Denise Kanty (German, third voice), Ditter Ruiz (Latin-American Spanish), Arto Nieminen (Finnish), David Carolla (Brazilian Portuguese)

Thrust was one of the Seekers sent to Earth under Slipstream's command; he accompanied Acid Storm in an attempt to recover the scout ship that Windblade and Bumblebee had stolen. Windblade was able to take off before they could infiltrate the ship, and a dogfight ensued, with the two Seekers being joined by their commander Slipstream. Unfortunately for Thrust, he and Acid Storm were taken out of the fight when Windblade discovered the ship's armament array, a brace of missiles sending the two subordinate Seekers spiraling down to Earth. Terminal Velocity Slipstream's squad, Thrust included, used Teletraan-X to set a trap for Bumblebee and Windblade, luring them to an abandoned missile silo. Thrust and Acid Storm restrained Bumblebee, and were both incapacitated by Teletraan-X, allowing the two Autobots to escape. The Seekers gave chase through the facility and split up, Thrust pursuing Windblade with Slipstream and Acid Storm. Regrouping, the squad captured Windblade while Bumblebee escaped from the silo, their pursuit cut off. Teletraan-X While Slipstream was searching Windblade's memories for information, Thrust radioed to remind her to report to Starscream, and to inform her that Shockwave would receive the report as well. When the cortical psychic patch overloaded and triggered an energy pulse, Thrust and Nova Storm were knocked out by the wave. Coming to, Thrust and Nova Storm were ambushed by the now unrestrained Windblade, who disabled their weapons by slicing the barrels off. Siloed Thrust and the other Seekers stood to attention as Shockwave made his grand entrance through the space bridge. Thrust and Acid Storm accompanied Shockwave to the South Pole, to aid in his plan to eradicate life on Earth. The Extinction Event Thrust and the other Seekers intercepted the Autobots' cargo plane enroute to Mount St. Hilary on Shockwave's orders, Thrust and Acid Storm kept Windblade busy, allowing Slipstream to fire on the plane. Awaken Sleeping Giants Thrust was among the Decepticons who confronted the Autobots at the Ark. Eruption

Years later, Thrust watched in horror as Megatron beat the living spark out of Starscream for his treachery, seemingly offlining him. Bad Moon Rising Thrust was among the Seekers present at the abandoned missile silo when Slipstream arrived in search of answers, and when Starscream arrived shortly after with the AllSpark. Trials Thrust was among the Seekers who were assembled before a triumphant Starscream. Slipstream urged him and the others to leave the insane Seeker. Dark Birth Thrust watched as Starscream introduced the reborn "ancients", and pursued the horrified Slipstream as she fled. Parley Thrust, Thundercracker and Nova Storm ambushed Bumblebee, and pursued Cheetor when he discovered them. He was present when Bumblebee and Cheetor were captured, and was swarmed by Scraplets when Cheetor doused him in Energon. Spotted When Jetfire was brought to Starscream's lair, Thrust brought the AllSpark through a GroundBridge portal to present to Starscream. Infinite Vendetta Ultimately, Thrust and many other Seekers were offlined by an Allspark-powered Starscream. I Am The Allspark

Toys

Cyberverse

Where's my hat?

• Seekers Sinister Strikeforce (Multi-pack, 2020)

• Action Attack: "Nova Seeker Missile"

Cyberverse Thrust is a redeco of Warrior Class "Cybertronian Mode" Starscream, transforming into a Cybertronian jet that resembles the Vic Viper T-301 from Gradius V. His "Nova Seeker Missile" Action Attack flips his wing-attached spring-loaded null rays up and forward when his cockpit is pulled back all the way into his robot-mode back. The blasters are also removable for safety reasons, but cannot attach to anything but their normal mounts.

Thrust was released exclusively at Target ina multi-pack with his fellow Seekers Skywarp, Thundercracker, and Starscream, all of whom were also redecoed from the same Starscream figure. The product was first sighted in July 2020 with no prior announcement from Hasbro.

Notes

• Unlike Ramjet and Dirge, Cyberverse Thrust does not have a conehead. When asked if there was a significant reason for this, story editor Randolph Heard replied "not yet." Fans rather wishfully interpreted this as meaning a future story might explain it, but unsurprisingly, that didn't happen.
• Thrust was made female in the Japanese dub of Cyberverse, inverting the recurring trend of female characters being made male in several Japanese Transformers dubs. Additionally, her non-conehead status led Takara to rename her Red Wing.
• Thrust's Cyberverse cartoon model uses the masculine Seeker face while the Battlegrounds game model uses the feminine Seeker face.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Red Wing (レッドウイング Reddo Uingu)