Security Officer (G1)

This article is about the War for Cybertron Trilogy Autobot. For the Kreon human, see Security Officer (Kre-O). For a list of other meanings, see officer (disambiguation).

Security Officer is an Autobot from the War for Cybertron Trilogy portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Sure hope nobody stabs me in my face.

The Security Officer (aka Red Cog) is an Autobot security officer. It's his job to check to see if that scary noise in the darkened hallway behind everybody is, in fact, a rumble from a giant monster thing. It's his job to check that darkened hallway alone. Should've read that job description better, Security Officer! Sorry about your torso.

Fiction

War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon

Voice actor: Rafael Goldstein (English)

He's got legs, and he knows how to use 'em!

A Security Officer was part of Elita-1's "cavalry" that arrived to assist Optimus Prime once he'd discovered he and his Autobots had fallen into a trap set by Impactor. He leapt into the air and transformed into shoulder-mounted cannons for Sideswipe to use to clear Optimus of Decepticons. The Autobots managed to retreat, but not without Cog becoming severely damaged, and so the Security Officer and Sideswipe helped transport him into Red Alert's repair bay. Siege episode 2 Later, as the Ark found itself under Decepticon assault, a Security Officer joined Comms Officer and a Green Cog in repelling the attack. Siege episode 6

Images that precede unfortunate events.

Later, once the Autobots had fled Cybertron, a Security Officer accompanied Wheeljack and Arcee to the heart of a space station that was parked halfway through a space bridge portal. The Officer wondered aloud why someone would put a space station there, shortly before the three Autobots wondered about some sounds heard through a darkened passageway. He went to investigate alone and quickly found himself facing Scorponok, who impaled the luckless Autobot on his stinger, slammed him into a wall, and then flung him across the chamber. Earthrise episode 3

Toys

Legacy

Clifford the Big Red Cog

• Red Cog (Deluxe Weaponizer, 2022)
  • Accessories: 5 blasters, 7 interchangeable barrels

Announced by the official Transformers Instagram as a Target-exclusive addition to the Legacy toyline, Deluxe Class "Red Cog" is a redeco of Siege Cog, transforming from a robot into a red armored vehicle and back. Red Cog also has the ability to split into (presumably) Red Gasket and Red Grommet. His official red alternate mode is a red combined half-track vehicle consisting of the two red individual vehicles plugged together. Presumably, Red Cog still has the design flaw of the flat rectangular tab that holds the two red alt mode halves together not having a particularly tight fit, leading to the red alt mode typically coming apart easily.

Red Cog comes with an additional arsenal of weapons, mostly inspired by the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon. These include Siege Chromia's RT-5 Anti-Thermo Blaster with detachable SR Hushfuze silencer, as wielded by both Chromia and Elita-1 on the cartoon, and Siege Ultra Magnus's RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector, with an additional long barrel that can be attached to evoke a sniper rifle also used by both Chromia and Elita-1 in animation. Also inspired by the show is a short, rounded weapon whose model variously appeared as a medical tool, welding device and face-removal laser in the cartoon, an energon vial based on those offered to Soundblaster, and a two-part time bomb seen in several episodes (and previously as grenades in Prime). Rounding out the selection is a triple barrel based directly on Combiner Wars Streetwise's weapon, and an original gun that can also plug into Earthrise Arcee's back to provide a mounting point to replicate the scene where she combined with "normal Cog" in Siege episode 5.

Notes

• The Security Officer is one of many recolors of War for Cybertron: Siege Deluxe Class Cog in the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon. In addition to his red coloration, the Security Officer's voice actor is different to set him apart from Cog. However, he is credited simply as "Security Officer".

See also

• The original red Cog