Predacon computer

The Predacon computer is a device from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Computer, choose a suit for me!"

The Predacon computer controls the systems of the Darksyde, the ship that serves as headquarters to Megatron's band of Predacons. Although artificially intelligent, with several specific purposes such as analyzing, diagnosing, computing and system controlling, it lacks any personality or emotion, not to mention a spark. Each Predacon is equipped with an onboard computer of the same type.

Fiction

Beast Wars cartoon

Voice actor: Carol Savenkoff (English), Ryōka Yuzuki (Japanese)

From the very beginning, the Predacon computer acted as Megatron's assistant whenever he has some evil scheme. Beast Wars (Part 1) This continued until the Darksyde was blown up by the arrival of Tigerhawk and the Predacon computer along with it. Other Victories

Ravage had the same voice for the computer on his cruiser. The Agenda (Part 2)

For the Japanese dub of Beast Wars, the Predacon computer was given the name "NAVI-ko" and made part of the NAVI line of shipboard computers. She was given a distinct personality, or several of them, in fact. NAVI-ko would regularly alternate between a "cute" voice, a harsh "witch" voice and a... "sexy" voice (that sounded like it was constantly in the midst of orgasm). Additionally, most moments where in the English version the Predacons were shown talking to themselves, those scenes were rewritten into conversations with Navi-ko (thus making her an accomplice in numerous military coups).

Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base

Through the machinations of Tarantulas, NAVI-ko was "warped" into a body of her own, which transformed into a dolphin. She debuted her new form to the bemused Megatron as she presented him information (secretly provided by Tarantulas) on "Nemesis Prime", an evil clone of their ancestor, Optimus Prime. Megatron wanted to add Nemesis Prime to his own forces, so he sent NAVI-ko back in time via a transwarp portal to Doctor Arkeville's Decepticon Base in Yokohama, Japan, in the year 2014 where Nemesis Prime had been detected.

Once in 2014, NAVI-ko located Nemesis Prime as Doctor Arkeville and Yokohama Prime fought over whose cookie would activate the clone. NAVI-ko claimed Nemesis Prime for herself with her Yokohama Decepticon Cookie. Safety Prime, Yokohama Prime, and Kawasaki Prime teamed up to fight Nemesis Prime, but they were blasted away, and NAVI-ko met with the clone after, pointing out the nearby Transformers Expo. She bore witness to Nemesis Prime fighting the Autobots within the Expo and Nemesis's seeming sacrifice to save Yokohama from the explosive interaction of the Dark Energon within himself and the artifacts stored in the Expo—events that Tarantulas sought to bring about as an agent of Unicron. NAVI-ko was saddened by her comrade's death, only for "Yokohama Convoy" to awaken and flirt with her. NAVI-ko didn't have time to respond as Megatron ordered her back to base after the failure of their plan. Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base

Notes

• The Predacon computer is credited as Computer Globe in the guidebook Beast Wars Universe.
• In Expo Campaign comic, NAVI-ko interacts with characters from the "Cybertron Satellite" promotion, all of whom are redecoed Legend Class and Cyberverse Legion figures. In keeping with this, her dolphin body is based on a redecoed Cyberverse Airachnid, sans rotors.

Foreign names

• Japanese: NAVI-ko (ナビ子 Nabi-ko)