Stopgap

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Stopgap is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal" title="Maximal">Maximal</a> in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Era" title="Beast Era">Beast Era</a> portion of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1">Generation 1</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.

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</div> Stopgap is a highly-trained member of the elite <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Command_Security_Force" title="Maximal Command Security Force">Maximal Command Security Force</a>. His job is to uphold the will of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Imperium" title="Maximal Imperium">Maximal Imperium</a> on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a> in the name of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pax_Cybertronia" title="Pax Cybertronia">Pax Cybertronia</a>. Having honed his skills as a private investigator, forensic scientist and crime scene investigator on the planet <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Edaps" title="Edaps">Edaps</a>, Stopgap can find out a lot about a crime with even the scantest of clues. However, he tends to get so wrapped up in his own work that he unintentionally ignores things that are happening around him. <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>

<a name="Trivia"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Stopgap&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Trivia">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Trivia</span></h2>

• Stopgap -like all of the MCSF- uses the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28franchise%29" title="Cybertron (franchise)">Cybertron</a>-series <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clocker_%28Cybertron%29" title="Clocker (Cybertron)">Clocker</a> toy as a base (with a modified <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Machine_Wars" title="Machine Wars">Machine Wars</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skywarp_%28G1%29" title="Skywarp (G1)">Skywarp</a>/<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thundercracker_%28G1%29" title="Thundercracker (G1)">Thundercracker</a> head), though no official Stopgap toy exists (and probably never will). His color scheme is based somewhat loosely on the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars_II" title="Beast Wars II">Beast Wars II</a> Maximal <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Diver_%28BWII%29" title="Diver (BWII)">Diver</a>.

<a name="References"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Stopgap&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2> <ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.transformersclub.com/ Official Transformers Collectors' Club site] members' section, 4/27/07</ol>