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:''The Decepticon heavy transport is a starship from the [[ | :''The Decepticon heavy transport is a starship from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | ||
[[File:Time Wars Decepticon ship.jpg| | [[File:Time Wars Decepticon ship.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb]] | ||
Capable of faster-than-light travel and armed with high-energy | Capable of faster-than-light travel and armed with high-energy [[laser]]s and [[plasma torpedo]]es, the '''heavy transport''' is a type of spaceship employed by the '''[[Decepticon]]s'''. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Marvel | ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=== | ||
With the threat of the [[time rift]] lingering, the [[Autobot]] forces were unexpectedly offered help by the Decepticons. The [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] and the [[ | {{noteukexclusive|Decepticon heavy transport}} | ||
With the threat of the [[time rift]] lingering, the [[Autobot]] forces were unexpectedly offered help by the Decepticons. The [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] and the [[Wreckers]] were teamed up, provided with weaponry and put on board a heavy transport provided by the Decepticons to make the journey from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Earth]]. | |||
In the grand battle against the combined forces of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] that followed, the Wreckers and the Mayhem Attack Squad immediately found themselves fighting for their lives rather than for success of the mission. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] opted for retreat to the ship so [[Rack'n'Ruin]] could distribute new weapons and the fallen [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] could be brought to safety. As the battlefield shifted location to make the ship its centerpiece, Rack'n'Ruin gave [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] the Decepticons' [[Pathblaster]], with which he blew a large piece off the mad Decepticon's head from the ship's gate. {{storylink|Time Wars}} | In the grand battle against the combined forces of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] that followed, the Wreckers and the Mayhem Attack Squad immediately found themselves fighting for their lives rather than for success of the mission. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] opted for retreat to the ship so [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] could distribute new weapons and the fallen [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] could be brought to safety. As the battlefield shifted location to make the ship its centerpiece, Rack'n'Ruin gave [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] the Decepticons' [[Pathblaster]], with which he blew a large piece off the mad Decepticon's head from the ship's gate. {{storylink|Time Wars}} | ||
Despite its proximity to the violence, the ship received hardly any damage. So Megatron and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] stole it to get back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.}} {{storylink|Survivors!}} | Despite its proximity to the violence, the ship received hardly any damage. So Megatron and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] stole it to get back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.}} {{storylink|Survivors!}} | ||
===IDW | ===2005 IDW continuity=== | ||
The ''[[Empirion]]'' was a D.V.X-class heavy transport captained by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] until its destruction. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}} | The ''[[Empirion]]'' was a D.V.X.-class heavy transport captained by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] until its destruction. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Decepticon starships]] | [[Category:Decepticon starships]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 starships]] | [[Category:Marvel Generation 1 starships]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 20 January 2023
- The Decepticon heavy transport is a starship from the Marvel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Capable of faster-than-light travel and armed with high-energy lasers and plasma torpedoes, the heavy transport is a type of spaceship employed by the Decepticons.
Fiction
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]With the threat of the time rift lingering, the Autobot forces were unexpectedly offered help by the Decepticons. The Mayhem Attack Squad and the Wreckers were teamed up, provided with weaponry and put on board a heavy transport provided by the Decepticons to make the journey from Cybertron to Earth.
In the grand battle against the combined forces of Galvatron and Megatron that followed, the Wreckers and the Mayhem Attack Squad immediately found themselves fighting for their lives rather than for success of the mission. Springer opted for retreat to the ship so Rack'n'Ruin could distribute new weapons and the fallen Inferno could be brought to safety. As the battlefield shifted location to make the ship its centerpiece, Rack'n'Ruin gave Roadbuster the Decepticons' Pathblaster, with which he blew a large piece off the mad Decepticon's head from the ship's gate. Time Wars
Despite its proximity to the violence, the ship received hardly any damage. So Megatron and Ravage stole it to get back to Cybertron. The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire. Survivors!
2005 IDW continuity
[edit]The Empirion was a D.V.X.-class heavy transport captained by Bludgeon until its destruction. The Hunting Party
Notes
[edit]- Supplementary information about the craft's armaments, and indeed its designation, is drawn from The Asteroid Association Guide to the Lifeforms of the Galaxy — specifically "Part 7218, Mechanoids and their spacecraft" published in the Transformers Annual 1991.
