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[[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] attacked [[Primal Prime]]'s newly-arrived team of Maximals. He plunged [[Apelinq]] into the same transwarp portal that the team had come through. He was destroyed in transit. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}}
[[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] attacked [[Primal Prime]]'s newly-arrived team of Maximals. He plunged [[Apelinq]] into the same transwarp portal that the team had come through. He was destroyed in transit. {{storylink|Apelinq's War Journals}}
===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
After [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] took the credit for capturing [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] exclaimed "What are we? Vehicon drones?". {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}


===Ask Vector Prime===
===Ask Vector Prime===
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:A few ''Beast Machines'' Vehicon molds were repainted for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line. However, they were labeled as [[Decepticons]] instead of Vehicons.
:A few ''Beast Machines'' Vehicon molds were repainted for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line. However, they were labeled as [[Decepticons]] instead of Vehicons.


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Revision as of 20:07, 24 December 2015

The name or term "Vehicon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Vehicon (disambiguation).
The Vehicons are a faction from both the Beast Machines portion of the Generation 1 continuity family and the 2001 Robots in Disguise continuity family.
Mindless. Obedient. Radioactive.

The Vehicons are Megatron's personal army, a legion of military Transformers that allowed him to conquer planet Cybertron and protect his one-robot empire from all threats. They pack lots of firepower and travel and attack en masse.

The overwhelming majority of Vehicons are unliving drones with no innate sentience or spark. Each Vehicon drone is usually controlled either directly by Megatron, or by a single sentient Vehicon general of the same (or similar) design. After the loss of Tankor and Jetstorm, their respective drones are apparently controlled by other generals.

Vehicon drones are generally blindly obedient, with no sense of self-preservation. On rare occasions, various drones have appeared to use emotive body language, shaking in apparent fear or pleading (wordlessly) not to be shot. On one occasion a Tank Drone was seen to vocalize with Tankor's voice.

Drone types

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Beast Machines cartoon

This time, Tron isn't taking any prisoners!

The Vehicons first appeared on Cybertron in the wake of the virus that devastated the planet's population. Forbidden Fruit Megatron created factories to recycle the discarded body shells of captured Transformers into more Vehicons; Revelations Part I: Discovery in this way, his army fed on its own success. Soon the planet was cleared of all Transformers except for Vehicons, who then patrolled its empty streets and skies.

The drones attacked Optimus Primal's crew of Maximals when they crash-landed on the conquered planet, disabling them with gas canisters containing a transformation virus. Revelations Part II: Descent and continued to harass them in the wake of the Maximals' reformatting. The Reformatting When this failed to destroy the techorganic Maximals, Megatron commissioned his first three Vehicon generals to oppose his old foes. Fires of the Past

Even the three generals would ultimately prove ineffective against the Maximals. Tankor eventually betrayed Megatron and was destroyed. End of the Line Jetstorm was reformatted by the Maximals, and reverted to his original Silverbolt persona. In Darkest Knight Thrust, by contrast, remained loyal to the end.

With his initial plan having met with failure, Megatron summoned up two more generals, and two new drone types as well. Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike They did well, but Cheetor didn't like them so he shot 'em into space. Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall

It is not known what became of the Vehicon drones after the war against Megatron ended; however, it is not unreasonable to guess that they were reformatted into technorganic form along with the planet Cybertron itself, providing bodies for the newly-liberated sparks of Cybertron's population. Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future

3H comics

Centuries after the Great War, Cyclonus was caught up in the Predacon Megatron's attack on all Cybertron. Despite Megatron's attempts to implant his spark within a Vehicon body, Cyclonus retained his own mind and managed to escape with the desire to restore the glorious Decepticon empire. Cyclonus had already been seduced by Cryotek's ambitions when he joined the Wreckers in an attack where a horde of Vehicon drones, led by three all-new Generals, were unable to stop them from stealing an Autobot shuttle and blowing up the spaceport. Departure

Mirage attacked Primal Prime's newly-arrived team of Maximals. He plunged Apelinq into the same transwarp portal that the team had come through. He was destroyed in transit. Apelinq's War Journals

2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

After Sky-Byte took the credit for capturing Optimus Prime, Slapper exclaimed "What are we? Vehicon drones?". Sideburn's Obsession

Ask Vector Prime

Just like in many Primax realities, a Spark War ensued in the future of Viron 102.0 Beta, caused by a quantum orphan Megatron from Primax 496.22 Alpha and his army of Vehicons. Mirage was one of the victims of this war. However, he used the Genetronic Translink System to control a Vehicon body even while his spark was in enemy hands. After the defeat of Megatron, Mirage traveled back in time to guide the Protector against Cryotek. Ask Vector Prime

Toys

Beast Machines

Blastcharge
Ultra Jetstorm
Scavenger
The Vehicons made up fully one half of the Beast Machines toyline. They were the first new fully-vehicular Transformer toys since the end of Generation 2 in 1995, and the first to explore a Cybertronian aesthetic since Generation 1. Their vehicle forms are futuristic and military-themed. Most have a vehicle mode "head" analogue, allowing their vehicle form to look around. As robots, they sport unusually alien stylings and proportions. Some also sport unusual forms of locomotion, including legless hover modes and unicycle wheel bases. Most have a spark crystal located somewhere on their body.
“ These guys hover, walk, roll, crawl... the Vehicons are all about big guns, big firepower. ”

—Hasbro rep at BotCon 1999, on the upcoming Vehicon toys

Expanded Universe

  • Cyclonus (Ultra, 2002)
    • Accessories: 2 missiles, 2 drone-missiles
Expanded Universe Cyclonus is a redeco of Beast Machines Ultra Jetstorm, replacing blue with lavender, purple and gray, and the yellows with red. His spark crystal was tampographed with a Decepticon sigil. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet. His jet mode cockpit/neck is geared up with the pop-up gun turret on his back so that both turn in the same direction when moved. This turret has a light-up feature plus two spring-loaded missiles. Cyclonus has both a "normal" bipedal robot mode and a "flight robot mode" with pop-out thruster engines.
Cyclonus was available exclusively at BotCon 2002.

Robots in Disguise (2001)

  • Nightcruz / Mirage GT / Scavenger (Mega-level 3-pack, 2002)
A redeco of the Beast Machines Vehicon Mirage, Mirage GT transforms into a Cybertronic dragster similar in shape to an F-1 racer. In both modes he has pair of pressure-launch tailpipe-missiles; in car mode they attach to his spoiler, while in robot mode one as affixed to each arm. The small blaster-weapon attached to his head can also be removed and used as a hand-held weapon. He was available only in a 3-pack with Nightcruz and Scavenger.
This set was released in Japan as a ToysЯUs exclusive "USA Edition" set on July 31, 2002.
This mold was planned for use as a convention-exclusive version of Devcon, which was ultimately never made.

Universe (2003)

File:Universe2003toy-TankorObsidian.jpg
A few Beast Machines Vehicon molds were repainted for the Universe line. However, they were labeled as Decepticons instead of Vehicons.
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