Destruction Team

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This article is about the Energon combiner team. For the Mini-Con Team, see Destruction Mini-Con Team.

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The Destruction Team is a Decepticon subgroup from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

The Destruction Team is a group of five powerful military vehicles. Powered by super energon, they are each powerful in their own right, and they can combine to form the heavy assault warrior Bruticus Maximus.

The members of the Destruction Team are:

• Barricade (leader)
• Blackout
• Blight
• Kickback
• Stormcloud

Fiction

Energon cartoon

When Megatron destroyed Superion Maximus's brother, he unlocked the living seal on the Super Energon pool and awakened the remaining Combiners. While Superion Maximus was aghast at his brother's destruction, the Decepticon combiners were merely curious about who had managed to reactivate them. Megatron declared that the Super Energon was his and that he was master of all Decepticons. Ambition

Superion Maximus protested that the Super Energon belonged to all Transformers as Megatron jumped into the pool, changing into Galvatron once again. When the Autobot combiner tried to attack the reborn Decepticon leader to no avail, Galvatron ordered the two Decepticon combiners to give chase as Superion Maximus fled. Later, Superion confronted the two Decepticons, reminding them that they'd protected the Super Energon together for millions of years, and asking them why they had let one Transformer have control of it all. Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus merely replied that Galvatron was their master now, and that he represented the future of Cybertron. Galvatron!

Ever walk a mile in another man's limbs?

Bruticus Maximus eventually paid for his treachery when a vengeful Superion Maximus attacked both Decepticon combiners. Surprised by the Autobot combiner's ferocity, both Decepticons were caught off-guard at first, until they over-confidently held him down, which proved to be their downfall. Superion launched all of his limbs at Constructicon Maximus, pinning him against a wall, as Superion's central component Storm Jet crushed the Decepticon combiner's spark, killing him.

Angered, Bruticus Maximus destroyed Superion's limbs, then began crushing him. Just as it seemed hopeless, a ghost-like entity appeared and shot off Bruticus's arm, freeing Superion. It was an image of Superion's older brother. Superion Maximus powerlinked with the dead Constructicon Maximus' limbs and attacked the confused Bruticus, piercing his spark, and causing a massive explosion which destroyed the remaining Decepticon. Spark

Toys

Energon

• Destruction Team (2004, 2005)

Similar to Generation 1's Scramble City combiner teams, the Destruction Team (as well as the Air Team and the Construction Team) merges via universal connection points on the super robot's torso, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs between different teams.

The Destruction Team members were sold separately, and only Barricade, Kickback and Stormcloud were initially released in 2004 for the North American, Asian, and Australasian markets, with Blackout and Blight released much later in 2005 and even 2006. This unfortunately led to many consumers having an incomplete Bruticus Maximus for many months.