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:''Skip is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''Skip is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
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'''Skip''' was a Decepticon who was part of [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s forces. His duty may have ended in death, but his usefulness didn't. | '''Skip''' was a Decepticon who was part of [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s forces. His duty may have ended in death, but his usefulness didn't. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===IDW Generation 1 continuity=== | ===IDW Generation 1 continuity=== | ||
Skip was amongst the Deceptions | Skip was amongst the Deceptions who escaped from [[Garrus-9]] in the company of [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. Like the rest of Shockwave's companions, he was on [[The List]], and had been intended to be handed over to the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] in exchange for the number one wanted member being allowed to go free, a deal [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] rejected. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind}} Following the end of the Great War, he was under Deathsaurus's command when Deathsaurus allied with Tarn and the DJD to kill [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] on [[Necroworld]]. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} He was one of many Decepticons who were killed during the battle. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} | ||
[[File:After Megatron - Skip.jpg|left|thumb|Alas, poor Skip. I knew him, Ambus-io.]] | |||
Later [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] presented Skip's corpse as a means of getting the stranded ''[[Lost Light]]'' crew off of Necroworld, as Skip's [[alternate mode]] was a spaceship, and recent events in the [[Functionist Universe]] had demonstrated that the use of [[Size changing|forced mass displacement]] would allow him to be made large enough to ferry most of the crew. When Rodimus asked for guesses as to what Skip turned into, [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] suggested that he turned into a ("purple, because Decepticon") wormhole, because suggesting he turned into a {{w|Skip (container)|skip}} would be beneath even ''Swerve's'' sense of humor. | Later [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] presented Skip's corpse as a means of getting the stranded ''[[Lost Light]]'' crew off of Necroworld, as Skip's [[alternate mode]] was a spaceship, and recent events in the [[Functionist Universe]] had demonstrated that the use of [[Size changing|forced mass displacement]] would allow him to be made large enough to ferry most of the crew. When Rodimus asked for guesses as to what Skip turned into, [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] suggested that he turned into a ("purple, because Decepticon") wormhole, because suggesting he turned into a {{w|Skip (container)|skip}} would be beneath even ''Swerve's'' sense of humor. | ||
After being enlarged and manually transformed into his ship-form, | After being enlarged and manually transformed into his ship-form, [[Team Rodimus]] departed Necroworld aboard Skip. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}} Even mass-displaced, they found his alt mode's confines quite cramped, all the more so when the mass displacement started wearing ''off''. {{storylink|Sardines}} | ||
To survive, the inexplicably lucid [[Ten]] directed the crew to modify Skip's engines to survive travel via the [[Warren]]. Mid-transit however, the mass displacement gave out forcing the crew to "abandon Skip" where they were exposed to the fatal ravages of super-compressed space. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metstasis}} | To survive, the inexplicably lucid [[Ten]] directed the crew to modify Skip's engines to survive travel via the [[Warren]]. Mid-transit however, the mass displacement gave out forcing the crew to "abandon Skip" where they were exposed to the fatal ravages of super-compressed space. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metstasis}} | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]] | [[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]] | ||
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Decepticons]] | [[Category:IDW Generation 1 Decepticons]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:40, 12 August 2018
- Skip is a Decepticon from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Skip was a Decepticon who was part of Deathsaurus's forces. His duty may have ended in death, but his usefulness didn't.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Skip was amongst the Deceptions who escaped from Garrus-9 in the company of Shockwave. Like the rest of Shockwave's companions, he was on The List, and had been intended to be handed over to the Decepticon Justice Division in exchange for the number one wanted member being allowed to go free, a deal Tarn rejected. The Ties That Bind Following the end of the Great War, he was under Deathsaurus's command when Deathsaurus allied with Tarn and the DJD to kill Megatron on Necroworld. The Permanent Revolution He was one of many Decepticons who were killed during the battle. Rage, Rage
Later Rodimus presented Skip's corpse as a means of getting the stranded Lost Light crew off of Necroworld, as Skip's alternate mode was a spaceship, and recent events in the Functionist Universe had demonstrated that the use of forced mass displacement would allow him to be made large enough to ferry most of the crew. When Rodimus asked for guesses as to what Skip turned into, Swerve suggested that he turned into a ("purple, because Decepticon") wormhole, because suggesting he turned into a skip would be beneath even Swerve's sense of humor.
After being enlarged and manually transformed into his ship-form, Team Rodimus departed Necroworld aboard Skip. After Megatron Even mass-displaced, they found his alt mode's confines quite cramped, all the more so when the mass displacement started wearing off. Sardines
To survive, the inexplicably lucid Ten directed the crew to modify Skip's engines to survive travel via the Warren. Mid-transit however, the mass displacement gave out forcing the crew to "abandon Skip" where they were exposed to the fatal ravages of super-compressed space. Metstasis
