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:''The ''Eight Track'' is a Cybertronian [[Starships|starship]] from the [[Wings of Honor]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
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[[Image:WoH Eight Track.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The ''Eight Track'' is a little old place where we can get together! ''Eight Track'', bay-bee!]]
:''The Eight Track is a starship from the [[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
The '''''Eight Track''''' is an [[Autobot Guard]] transport ship under commanding officer [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] during the early stages of the [[Decepticon]] insurgency. It is presently assigned to recon duty, much to the dismay of excitable young crew-member [[Kup (G1)|Kup]].
[[File:WoH Eight Track.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The ''Eight Track'' is a little old place where we can get together! ''Eight Track'', bay-bee!]]
The '''''Eight Track''''' is an [[Autobot Guard]] transport ship under commanding officer [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] during the early stages of the [[Decepticon]] insurgency. It is presently assigned to recon duty, much to the dismay of excitable young crew-member [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]].
 
Its crew includes:
*[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] (commander)
*[[Flak (G1)|Flak]]
*[[Landshark (G1)|Landshark]] (pilot)
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] (communications)


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Wings of Honor continuity===
===''Wings Universe''===
====Crew====
*[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] - Commander
*[[Flak]]
*[[Landshark]] - Pilot
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] - Communications
====Wings of Honor====
The crew of the ''Eight Track'' had just finished up a lengthy deep-space scan for Decepticon activity, when [[Autobot High Command]] ordered them to investigate the recent crash-landing of the ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' on [[Beta-Nine]]. Right as they reached the planet and were preparing to descend, the ship was shot out of space by a Decepticon battleship. Landshark managed to crash-land without the crew suffering any casualties, but the ship itself ended up as a scrapmetal wreck in the middle of an alien lake.  {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
The crew of the ''Eight Track'' had just finished up a lengthy deep-space scan for Decepticon activity, when [[Autobot High Command]] ordered them to investigate the recent crash-landing of the ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' on [[Beta-Nine]]. Right as they reached the planet and were preparing to descend, the ship was shot out of space by a Decepticon battleship. Landshark managed to crash-land without the crew suffering any casualties, but the ship itself ended up as a scrapmetal wreck in the middle of an alien lake.  {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}


The ship apparently was retrieved and fixed at some point, as Landshark managed to wreck it yet again later on, leaving them needing to be ferried around by [[Metalhawk]]. Landshark blamed it on Kup's shreik bat chewing on some cables. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
The ship apparently was retrieved and fixed at some point, as Landshark managed to wreck it yet again later on, leaving them needing to be ferried around by [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]. Landshark blamed it on Kup's [[shrikebat]] chewing on some cables. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
 
===''Prime'' continuity===
====''Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron''====
[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] ordered the gathering of any flight-worthy ships during the construction of the ''[[Ark (Prime)|Ark]]'' and the ensuing preparations for evacuation. The purpose of this rag-tag fleet was to provide a diversion to draw the Decepticons away from the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launch. To this end, the ''Eight Track'' was the only manned ship in the flotilla, piloted by [[Jetfire (Prime)|Jetfire]] and crewed by Optimus Prime, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (Prime)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Prime)|Jazz]].
 
When [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon Station]] proved more than a match for the entire fleet, Optimus Prime sent the unmanned ships back planetside, while the ''Eight Track'' searched for a hole in the station's defenses. Finding one, the team was able to knock the monstrous and now sentient space station from orbit, but nearly plummeted to its doom with Trypticon due to the inability to retract the ship's ingress tube. Jetfire was ultimately able to pull away from the rapidly descending hulk, but his timing was a bit too close for his crewmates' tastes. {{storylink|Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron|Exodus}}


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Latest revision as of 23:47, 19 September 2021

The name or term "Eight Track" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Eight Track (disambiguation).
The Eight Track is a starship from the Wings Universe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Eight Track is a little old place where we can get together! Eight Track, bay-bee!

The Eight Track is an Autobot Guard transport ship under commanding officer Thunderclash during the early stages of the Decepticon insurgency. It is presently assigned to recon duty, much to the dismay of excitable young crew-member Kup.

Its crew includes:

Fiction

[edit]

Wings Universe

[edit]

The crew of the Eight Track had just finished up a lengthy deep-space scan for Decepticon activity, when Autobot High Command ordered them to investigate the recent crash-landing of the Van De Graaff on Beta-Nine. Right as they reached the planet and were preparing to descend, the ship was shot out of space by a Decepticon battleship. Landshark managed to crash-land without the crew suffering any casualties, but the ship itself ended up as a scrapmetal wreck in the middle of an alien lake. Wings of Honor

The ship apparently was retrieved and fixed at some point, as Landshark managed to wreck it yet again later on, leaving them needing to be ferried around by Metalhawk. Landshark blamed it on Kup's shrikebat chewing on some cables. The Coming Storm: Part 2