Nova Storm (G1)

This article is about the Generation 1 Decepticon. For the Cyberverse Decepticon, see Nova Storm (Cyberverse).

Nova Storm is a Decepticon from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

That spear is specifically for stabbing people who call him Sunstorm.

One of the formidable Rainmakers, Nova Storm is equipped with armor that allows him to survive volcanic environments or even the chromosphere of a star for short periods of time.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

The original cartoon version of Nova Storm was never named in fiction. He was retroactively named in an Ask Vector Prime entry.

Nova Storm is the yellow one on the right.

When a group of Autobots (and Chip Chase) journeyed to Cybertron to fetch a cosmitron for a wounded Optimus Prime, Megatron sent the Rainmaker trio to make things difficult for our heroes with some acid rain.

Guess what? They failed. Divide and Conquer

Ask Vector Prime

The Rainmakers were among the deadliest subordinates of Shockwave on Cybertron and Earth in many universal streams.

The Primax 509.28 Epsilon iteration of Nova Storm once nearly hit Vector Prime with his Trilithium Crystal Cannons. This Nova is one of the few bots able to withstand the presence of Sunstorm. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/13

Merchandise

The Loyal Subjects

Make it Rain.

• Rainmakers (2013)
  • Accessories: Pegged wings, blasters

The Loyal Subjects Nova Storm (though he had not yet received his name) is a 3-inch non-transforming vinyl figure designed by Les Schetkoe. He comes in the "Rainmakers" set alongside Acid Storm and Ion Storm. The set comes in a retro box and was released in a limited run of 500 pieces.

Notes

• Despite the many different designations thought up by fans, the yellow and the blue Rainmaker went officially unnamed for over 30 years until a 2015 entry of the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime named the yellow one Nova Storm and the blue one Ion Storm.
• The term "rainmakers" was originally used by Bluestreak as a colloquial description of their actions. However, repeated fan usage has turned this into a widely accepted name for the group, which was eventually made official as such by Hasbro's bio for Acid Storm.
• A common piece of fanon identified the all-yellow Rainmaker as the partially yellow Sunstorm. However, even taking into consideration the haphazard coloring typically given to generic Seekers, chances were in favour of their not being the same guy. After being asked the question during the August 2010 Q&A, Hasbro confirmed that the yellow Rainmaker was not Sunstorm, but did not give him a name at that time.