Ferak

Ferak is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

I finally get a robot mode. Hope you weren't expecting anything from the neck down.

Ferak is a Decepticon who transforms into a hunter-seeker skyship. He has a low taste in entertainments, so he prefers to indulge on his own, taking out his sadistic impulses on others.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

The difference, of course, is that they hunt too.

Stationed near Darkmount, Ferak and his two fellow Hunter-Seekers were cruising Dead End on orders to reduce the surplus population by blasting and then recycling the derelict Empties found there. Spotting three of them, Ferak warned his wingmen off so he could enjoy this sport on his own, taking leisurely potshots at the trio as they ran for their lives.

Ferak destroyed Telus and Rotorbolt before the noise of his play attracted the nearby electro-scrambler (wielded by some nameless Autobot). The electro-scrambler disrupted Ferak's guidance system, causing him to spin out of control. Blaster then grabbed him by the wings and threw him into a tower.

He exploded on impact. The Smelting Pool!

IDW Generation 1 continuity

This mode isn't quite as much of a surprise.

Ferak was once friends with Wheeljack. An engineer himself, Ferak came to Megatron's notice when he invented the Nightmare Engine.

Ferak was later part of Squadron X, a team of Decepticons which served as a brutal counterpart to the Autobots' Wreckers. He grew tired of this life and hoped to quit after transporting munitions to a Decepticon outpost in the Redan Quadrant. Ferak's Squadron X profile The Wreckers and Squadron X's rivalry came to a head on Pova, but after being dispatched in an aerial battle, Ferak and the rest of Squadron X were rounded up in a containment unit and put in inhibitor harnesses.

According to Fisitron's Wreckers: Declassified datalogs, Ferak and the other members of Squadron X were able to somehow escape their harnesses, forcing the Wreckers to execute rather than imprison them. However, this may not be the full story. Last Stand of the Wreckers #4 The truth was that Impactor executed Squadron X before the Autobots would have been forced to let them go in accordance with a neutrality agreement. Last Stand of the Wreckers #5

Toys

Timelines

Pirates Vs Knights (BotCon 2014 box set)

Decepticon Pirate Ferak is a redeco of Universe Cyclonus. Ferak comes in a box set with fellow pirates Cannonball, Tornado, Scorponok, and Olin Zarak, plus knights Ginrai and Devcon.

This mold was also used to make Gentei! Gentei! Strafe and Shattered Glass Cyclonus.

Notes

This is where I get my robot mode from!

• The term "hunter-seeker skyship" was once thought to be the origin of the term "Seeker". But while it may have helped popularize the word, there is evidence that "Seeker" predates it.
• In a text interview 23 years after he had written the story that introduced Ferak, Bob Budiansky was asked if he would pronounce the name "Fair-ACK" or "fehr-OCK". Budiansky laughed, double-checked the spelling, and chose "Fair-ACK".
• Ferak wasn't given a robot mode until his surprise appearance in Last Stand of the Wreckers #4. That mode resembles the airborne hunter squad leader, an intention confirmed by Last Stand co-author James Roberts. This may actually be fanwankier than his reemergence.
  • Ferak's background information in the Last Stand of the Wreckers hardcover goes further and hints the airborne hunter squad's leader may well be Ferak himself, who might've survived his encounter with Blaster.

External links

• Ferak at Obscure Transformers