Shockwave (TransTech)

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

Shockwave is a Decepticon Transcendent Technomorph from the TransTech continuity.

Cuts people open. For SCIENCE!

Shockwave is a morally ambiguous being who works in the Menacing and Foreboding Sciences Division of the Axiom Nexus military. He's backed up by an army of completely silent soldiers. He's a very serious-minded figure who dissects people for the greater good, under the command of Megatron.

Megatron first enlisted Shockwave as a prisoner of war, after the defeat of Shockwave's former master, Jhiaxus, in the aftermath of the "Liege Maximo incident". During these early years, Shockwave singlehandedly forged Cybertronian technological advances, but darkly. It was for these war crimes that Shockwave was almost executed, had Megatron not interceded. Though decidedly amoral, Shockwave and his talents could be extremely useful if directed properly.

He never wants to speak of his traumatic encounter with the beings from the Malgus Cluster again.

"Oh, you are evil!"
"No. I'm morally ambiguous."Optimus Prime and Shockwave, "Bee in the City"

Fiction

TransTech

Voice actor: Chris Ho (BotCon 2008), David Sobolov (Ask Vector Prime)

Shockwave was a student of Vector Prime at the Academy of Science and Technology. He and his professor did not get along well; Vector Prime always had doubts about Shockwave's integrity. Ask Vector Prime, 3/11/2015

When Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Sari Sumdac arrived in Nexus 208.0 Epsilon, Shockwave arrested Optimus and Sari for being a Prime and having a MacGuffin, respectively, which are forbidden in Axiom Nexus. He appropriated Sari's key for a while until Bumblebee, Flareup, and "Joe" came to the rescue. However, "Joe" was actually Megatron, who was planning to steal the key and use it for his own twisted purposes.

After being defeated by Megatron and his army, helping the others defeat Megatron by telling the army the downsides of Cybertronian life, and giving Sari back her key, Shockwave used his proper authority to return the Malgus trio to their own dimension and swore to never speak of this again! Bee in the City

Never RSVP to this guy's parties.

Shockwave's attention was drawn to three targets of interest that had been drawn to Axiom Nexus. The three were assigned to Alpha Trion's care, and while the group walked through the city, Shockwave's goons grabbed one of them, Breakaway. Transcendent: Part 1 Breakaway soon found himself in Shockwave's lab, strapped to a table with his communicators disabled. As Commander Megatron approached, Shockwave assured his victim that his suffering would benefit his people. Transcendent: Part 2

Soon Senator Ratbat came to observe, as he was worried about the legalities of this operation. Shockwave noted that Breakaway's physiology presented unimaginable learning possibilities, and that his death, though regrettable, was an acceptable price to pay. Transcendent: Part 3

But Alpha Trion, his acolytes, and the two other targets-of-interest had other ideas. They ambushed the Transwarp Complex and quickly and violently made their way into Shockwave's lab. Though Shockwave's preparations for his experiments on Breakaway were not complete, Megatron ordered the scientist into battle. Transcendent: Part 5

Shockwave ended up facing off against the giant Immorticon, and fared very poorly in the match-up. Megatron was able to render assistance by blasting Immorticon into oblivion, but not before Shockwave suffered a great deal of crushing and removal of body parts. Transcendent: Part 6

At some point, Shockwave learned of the Micromaster Beta Maxx and considered him to be the key to unlocking the origins of Primus and Unicron. Beta Maxx profile Ask Vector Prime, 6/2/2016

Shockwave invented a drilling machine that was later used to tap into vast oil reserves in Axiom Nexus’s southern areas. Turns out, the oil was the result of ancient Offworlders dying beneath Cybertron's surface. Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist

Shockwave's R&D facility was bombed by Cy-Kill two months into the disappearing realities crisis and its tech pilfered. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter Renegade Rhetoric

Director Shockwave appeared with High Chancellor Optimus in a news conference to publicly announce the Shroud and explain its consequences. The Director was able to report that the authorities had briefly regained contact with one of their outposts orbiting Gargent 1084.29 Alpha. Then taking audience questions, Shockwave dodged a question from Rook about the authorities still not knowing the cause of the Shroud just before Vector Prime miraculously returned. ANN live coverage

Notes

Who knew evil morally ambiguous scientists transform into super-cool dragsters!

• Shockwave's design was originally created when Transtech was a planned sequel to Beast Machines, and is often assumed to have been a returning Generation 1 Shockwave. His Fun Publications self is a different person, however.
• Remember, not evil—morally ambiguous.
• His hobbies include, respectively: conducting an evil a morally ambiguous experiment, filing a report of said experiment, having a cup of afternoon tea, and listening to Starscream whine.