Cyborg Beast

The Cyborg Beasts are a subgroup of Predacons from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

This is what happens if you overdose on something, kiddo.

The Cyborg Beasts (サイボーグビースト Saibōgu Bīsuto) are freakish fusions of animal and machine, born from exposure to dangerously high levels of Angolmois Energy. Although they are more powerful than their former incarnations, the Combatrons, they remain just as splintered as ever. Gigastorm has ensnared Dirgegun and Thrustor to his traitorous will, while Hellscream and Max-B strive to get revenge on Gigastorm for his many betrayals. So naturally, they're constantly at each other's throats.

Ultimately, both sides of the Cyborg Beasts are bent on seizing control of the Predacons from the mad clutches of Galvatron. Unfortunately, all remain positively petrified of the tyrant, leaving them in no better a position to overthrow him than before their upgrade.

The Cyborg Beasts include:

• Dirgegun, cyborg wasp.
• Hellscream, cyborg shark.
• Max-B, cyborg wolf.
• Thrustor, cyborg velociraptor.

They are sometimes also known as "Cyber Beasts", in which cases Gigastorm is included as their leader.

Fiction

Beast Wars II cartoon

Beast Wars II manga

The Combatrons were kicked into a hot spring after they served the wrong drink to Gigastorm, who became furious. After enjoying the hot spring for a while, they found that they became extremely ugly were upgraded into the Cyborg Beasts and found a warning sign, noting it was an Angolmois Energy processing facility by the Autorollers instead of a hot spring. Recover the Bonds Lost!

IDW Beast Wars comics

When coming into contact with Angolmois Energy, Megastorm was transformed into the more powerful Gigastorm. He set out, creating a new subfaction within the Destrons, the Cyber Beasts. To fill up this subfaction, Gigastorm exposed BB, Dirge, Starscream, and Thrust to Angolmois Energy, transforming them into Max-B, Dirgegun, Hellscream, and Thrustor. Beast Wars Sourcebook

As Magmatron surveyed the apocalyptic future Shokaract was destined to usher in, he saw Dirgegun engaged in furious combat with several other Predacons. The Ascending #1

Maximals and Predacons alike rose up to confront Shokaract, but he unleashed his own warriors: Hellscream, Max-B and Thrustor, along with Antagony and Hardhead. The Ascending #3 These heralds battled the Cybertronians being led by Lio Convoy and Big Convoy, but it was ultimately a treacherous underhanded sneak attack by Ravage (combined with a grenade or two) which ended the threat of the Cyborg Beasts and their allies. The Ascending #4

Notes

• The Cyborg Beasts are never referred to as such in either their original toys or the cartoon. The name originated from the Beast Wars II manga.
• A longstanding fan belief led IDW's Beast Wars Sourcebook to declare Gigastorm both a "Cyber Beast" himself and their leader. Though he did play a pivotal role in upgrading the Combatrons into the Cyborg Beasts in both the cartoon and manga, Gigastorm himself was not a Cyborg Beast in any of the original Japanese fiction.