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:''Starhoppers are starships from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Starhopper deepmetal.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Flying Manta Ray]]
[[Image:Starhopper deepmetal.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Flying Manta Ray]]
'''Starhoppers''' are single-passenger spaceships of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] craft. They are capable of performing quantum scans of nearby planets.
'''Starhoppers''' are single-passenger spaceships of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] craft. They are capable of performing quantum scans of nearby planets.
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==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] piloted a Starhopper while tracing the spark energy signature of [[Protoform X]]. The ship fell through a temporal anomaly and crashed in an ocean on prehistoric Earth.  It was destroyed by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]].  {{storylink|Deep Metal}}
[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] piloted a starhopper while tracing the spark energy signature of [[Protoform X]]. The ship fell through a temporal anomaly and crashed in an ocean on prehistoric Earth.  It was destroyed by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]].  {{storylink|Deep Metal}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
* Depth Charge's Starhopper was numbered '''04'''.
* Depth Charge's Starhopper was numbered '''04'''.
* The presence of Arabic numerals on Depth Charge's starhopper, if taken as [[Canon|canonical]] rather than a [[Mainframe Entertainment|production oversight]], implies a of connection between that ship (or its place of origin) and [[human]] cultures.
* Depth Charge's own vehicle mode bears a resemblance to a starhopper, with vertically-oriented triangular "wings" held out from the hull on thin shafts.
* Depth Charge's own vehicle mode bears a resemblance to a starhopper, with vertically-oriented triangular "wings" held out from the hull on thin shafts.
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] was familiar enough with starhoppers that he was able to identify one at great distance.


*The Canopy of the Starhopper bears a resemblance to an [[Wikipedia:F-117 Nighthawk|F-117 Nighthawk]].
===Foreign names===
 
*''Japanese:'' '''Starhopper''' (スターホッパー ''Sutāhoppā'')
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] was familiar enough with Starhoppers that he was able to identify one at great distance.


[[Category:Beast Wars starships]]
[[Category:Beast Wars starships]]
[[Category:Maximal starships]]
[[Category:Maximal starships]]

Latest revision as of 23:54, 29 May 2019

Flying Manta Ray

Starhoppers are single-passenger spaceships of Cybertronian craft. They are capable of performing quantum scans of nearby planets.

Fiction

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Beast Wars cartoon

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Depth Charge piloted a starhopper while tracing the spark energy signature of Protoform X. The ship fell through a temporal anomaly and crashed in an ocean on prehistoric Earth. It was destroyed by Rampage. Deep Metal

Notes

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  • Depth Charge's Starhopper was numbered 04.
  • Depth Charge's own vehicle mode bears a resemblance to a starhopper, with vertically-oriented triangular "wings" held out from the hull on thin shafts.
  • Cheetor was familiar enough with starhoppers that he was able to identify one at great distance.

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Starhopper (スターホッパー Sutāhoppā)