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The Gobots resumed their journey the next morning. On the road, they crossed paths with [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], though thanks to an early warning from The BuggyMan, they were able to avoid a confrontation with the negative-polarity Cybertronian. As they approached the Autobots' base, the GoBots were put ill-at-ease at the radio silence they encountered. Deciding to err on the side of caution, they approached the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] stealthily. They were nonetheless ambushed by the evil Autobot [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]] and his partner, [[Nebulon (SG)|Nebulon]]. Road Ranger and his allies attempted to fight back with their built-in weaponry, only for Stepper to prove invulnerable to laser-fire. Treds managed to land a shot with his tank-turret, destroying both Nebulon and Stepper's hand. Road Ranger then got Stepper's spare weapon away from him, destroyed it, and gave Stepper the old boot-to-the-face. Then, a stern voice cautioned the group not to move... {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}} | The Gobots resumed their journey the next morning. On the road, they crossed paths with [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], though thanks to an early warning from The BuggyMan, they were able to avoid a confrontation with the negative-polarity Cybertronian. As they approached the Autobots' base, the GoBots were put ill-at-ease at the radio silence they encountered. Deciding to err on the side of caution, they approached the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] stealthily. They were nonetheless ambushed by the evil Autobot [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]] and his partner, [[Nebulon (SG)|Nebulon]]. Road Ranger and his allies attempted to fight back with their built-in weaponry, only for Stepper to prove invulnerable to laser-fire. Treds managed to land a shot with his tank-turret, destroying both Nebulon and Stepper's hand. Road Ranger then got Stepper's spare weapon away from him, destroyed it, and gave Stepper the old boot-to-the-face. Then, a stern voice cautioned the group not to move... {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:09, 16 May 2021
- Road Ranger is a Guardian from GoBots posing an an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Road Ranger is a traveler from another dimension, who has taken the form of an Autobot and infiltrated their ranks in the hopes of finding the solution to a problem that plagues his home.
Fiction
TransTech
Road Ranger participated on many missions alongside Small Foot, to the point the pair almost considered each other siblings. High Noon
Road Ranger was one of the Guardians faced with the threat of the Cataclysm. A coalition of Guardians, Renegades, and humans who survived the destruction of the Sol system searched for a possible solution to the universal threat, and found signs that another reality was encroaching on theirs. This reality contained warlike robots from Cybertron outwardly similar to the cyborg Gobotronians, and so an infiltration mission was proposed. Road Ranger was chosen for the Coalition Expedition Team, Gobotronians disguised as Autobots and Decepticons, who would enter the foreign reality and make contact with the natives as they searched for the cause of the Cataclysm.
During their voyage through inter-dimensional space, however, the Coalition Expedition Team were diverted to yet another foreign reality, one overseen by allegedly more evolved Cybertronians called Transcendent Technomorphs, or TransTechs. Faced with an unexpected situation, Road Ranger's team leader Path Finder attempted to explain their plight and negotiate with the TransTechs, but it ultimately proved fruitless. The GoBots unfamiliar technology and strained circumstances made the TransTechs warry of inter-dimensional invasion, and so they sentenced the GoBots to permanent "house arrest" in Axiom Nexus, the offworlder zone of that reality's Cybertron where extra-dimensional visitors had set up a permanent integrated city. Withered Hope
Road Ranger and the GoBots spent several hours waiting in processing lines before they could enter the city proper. Transcendent: Part 1
Road Ranger was the least comfortable on Axiom Nexus of all the GoBots. Despite his mechanical body, he still considered himself a man on the inside, whereas the Transformers were all "just" robots. Path Finder tried to explain sparks to him, and how Cybertronians were just a uniquely different form of life, but it did little to quiet his nerves.
During processing, the GoBots lost track of their least trustworthy member, Bug Bite. While Treds and Bad Boy searched for him, Road Ranger and Path Finder tried to find a way out of Axiom Nexus, but failed. Back with Small Foot at the Widow's Cafe Cybertronian, the hostel where they were staying, Road Ranger and the others crossed paths with General Demolishor of the Military Police. Demolishor was searching for a thief who took valuable transit passes from a courier, allowing unrestricted access to the Transwarp center, and therefore off-world. When he killed the thief and found no passes on him, though, Demolishor turned on the GoBots as probable accomplices. Road Ranger tried to defend Small Foot from Demolishor's police brutality, but was less than effective. Only some fast double-talk from the bartender Crystal Widow and Airazor of the Freelance Police Legion kept Demolishor from flattening him.
Despite this reprieve, Demolishor tracked down Treds and kidnapped him, forcing Road Ranger and the others to chase him to the Heap, the last place in Axiom Nexus anyone would ever want to go. Losing the transit passes was Demolishor's responsibility, and his desperate efforts to cover up the failure led him to go after the GoBots by any means necessary, without even knowing for sure if they had the passes. During the fight that followed, Road Ranger damaged Demolishor by overloading the power in his hand blasters, causing them to explode. Although he lost his hands and suffered critical injuries, Road Ranger continued to fight back and tossed his entire power pack at the general, detonating inside the TransTech's tank mode grinders.
When Airazor and the Axiom Nexus Security Administration and Freelance Police Legion finally arrived, Demolishor was carted off to explain himself to the Military Police. Crystal Widow, who aided the GoBots in their fight, used her energon-based powers to cauterize Road Ranger's wounds. Thanks to more wheeling sand dealings that nearly went over their heads, Commander Cheetor "didn't" tell Inspector Airazor to turn over the passes she had "liberated" earlier from the thief's corpse to the GoBots, letting them go on their way once they got repaired.
After finally arriving in the proper Primax reality, Road Ranger and the others located Bug Bite, who had escaped earlier using one of the passes. Unfortunately, he no longer had a head. When he started talking anyway, Road Ranger freaked right the heck out, but Bug Bite soon reminded him he never kept his brain in his head. Reunited, for better or for worse, the GoBots made preparations for the second Expedition Team to arrive...Withered Hope Before both teams met, Bug Bite managed to sneak off once more. Road Ranger soon detected three vehicles incoming, who in short order identified themselves as Admiral Man-O-War, Rest-Q, and The BuggyMan. Road Ranger was certain that the latter was really just Bug Bite in a new body, but Bad Boy vouched for the new arrival. The group then set off to make contact with the local Autobots. Sunrise
In order to avoid drawing attention to themselves, the GoBots "borrowed" a flatbed trailer, mounted Treds atop of it, and concealed him beneath a tarp. Road Ranger was tasked with hauling the tank, to his great annoyance. When Rest-Q suggested the team pull over to recharge, Road Ranger welcomed the chance to take a break from pulling his heavy load. Rest-Q examined Road Ranger, and noted that he had sprung a leak in his fuel line. The medic fixed him up quickly, though Small Foot volunteered to continue hauling Treds for the remainder of the journey. Road Ranger assured her that he'd be up to the task after some rest.
The Gobots resumed their journey the next morning. On the road, they crossed paths with Tracks, though thanks to an early warning from The BuggyMan, they were able to avoid a confrontation with the negative-polarity Cybertronian. As they approached the Autobots' base, the GoBots were put ill-at-ease at the radio silence they encountered. Deciding to err on the side of caution, they approached the Ironworks stealthily. They were nonetheless ambushed by the evil Autobot Stepper and his partner, Nebulon. Road Ranger and his allies attempted to fight back with their built-in weaponry, only for Stepper to prove invulnerable to laser-fire. Treds managed to land a shot with his tank-turret, destroying both Nebulon and Stepper's hand. Road Ranger then got Stepper's spare weapon away from him, destroyed it, and gave Stepper the old boot-to-the-face. Then, a stern voice cautioned the group not to move... High Noon
Toys
Collector's Edition
- G1 GoBots (Multi-pack, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: 84
- Road Ranger is a redeco of the Mini Vehicle Huffer, transforming into a cabover-syle semi truck of indeterminate model. He was only available in an e-HOBBY-exclusive Collector's Edition six-pack with Bad Boy, Bug Bite, Path Finder, Small Foot, and Treds.
Notes
- Road Ranger is clearly intended to be the character from Tonka's GoBots line. His name does not appear in any of the final product material; it only appeared in an early Photoshopped promotional image on the e-HOBBY website. The individual toys' names were dropped when Takara's legal department became concerned at how Bandai—the company that made the toys that would become the GoBots—would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable trademark infringement on Takara's part.
- Of course, this all became moot once Fun Publications took the ball and ran with it, re-establishing explicit ties between the two formerly-rival franchises.
- Unlike the Transformers, the GoBots were originally a race of organic humanoids who replaced much, but not all, of their bodies with machinery. Thus, Road Ranger is a cyborg and not a true robot.
- Road Ranger's Transformers color scheme was devised by Hirofumi Ichikawa. It bears a passing resemblance to the various Nemesis Primes, but how intentional a nod this was on Ichikawa's part is uncertain, particularly given all the orange in Road Ranger's robot mode.
- The Ladybird book Autobots' Lightning Strike features miscolored versions of Huffer and Gears that somewhat resemble the colorations given to Road Ranger and Small Foot. Whether the GoBots' similarities are intentional is debatable.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Road Ranger (ロードレンジャー Rōdo Renjā)
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