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[[Image:triangle formation.jpg|right|thumb|300px|There will be no dodecahedron formations in THIS unit.]] | |||
When you've got three [[Seeker|military jet]]s to play with, it's hard to know how you're supposed to arrange them all. Do you put them in a straight line? Send them in opposite directions? Tie them into a big bow tie? Crash them into each other? | When you've got three [[Seeker|military jet]]s to play with, it's hard to know how you're supposed to arrange them all. Do you put them in a straight line? Send them in opposite directions? Tie them into a big bow tie? Crash them into each other? | ||
Fortunately, countless years of warfare have enabled the [[Decepticon]]s to uncover what may be the ultimate in three-man formation flying: the '''triangle formation'''. Consisting of one jet with two jets nearby (above or below and/or possibly behind), the triangle formation allows all three participants to fire on a target at the same time, ''and'' not crash into each other. Ground-breaking! | Fortunately, countless years of warfare have enabled the [[Decepticon]]s to uncover what may be the ultimate in three-man formation flying: the '''triangle formation'''. Consisting of one jet with two jets nearby (above or below and/or possibly behind), the triangle formation allows all three participants to fire on a target at the same time, ''and'' not crash into each other. Ground-breaking! | ||
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===Dreamwave Generation 1 comic continuity === | |||
=== Dreamwave | [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] may or may not have wanted to go their own way, but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] knew better: he commanded them to remain in the potent and nigh-invulnerable triangle formation. | ||
[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] may or may not have wanted to go their own way, but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] knew better: he commanded them to remain in the potent and nigh- | |||
He was right, too. This subtle and many-layered stratagem enabled the Seekers to fire missiles at [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], breaking him into his component [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s. | He was right, too. This subtle and many-layered stratagem enabled the Seekers to fire missiles at [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], breaking him into his component [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s. | ||
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Seriously, there's like, no other reason to keep him around. | Seriously, there's like, no other reason to keep him around. | ||
[[Category:Tactics]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | ===Cybertron cartoon continuity=== | ||
The [[Cybertron Defense Team]] makes use of a stunningly ''genius'' variant of the triangle, by forming a triangle ''around'' their opponent (in this case, the [[Gigantion]] rebel [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]]) and then ''shooting inward all at the same time with all the might of their stock footage''. {{storylink|Scourge (Cybertron episode)}} | |||
Surrounding one's opponent? ''BRILLIANT!!!'' | |||
[[Category: Tactics]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | |||
Revision as of 00:43, 25 September 2007
- The triangle formation is a military tactic employed by reeeeeally smart Transformers!
When you've got three military jets to play with, it's hard to know how you're supposed to arrange them all. Do you put them in a straight line? Send them in opposite directions? Tie them into a big bow tie? Crash them into each other?
Fortunately, countless years of warfare have enabled the Decepticons to uncover what may be the ultimate in three-man formation flying: the triangle formation. Consisting of one jet with two jets nearby (above or below and/or possibly behind), the triangle formation allows all three participants to fire on a target at the same time, and not crash into each other. Ground-breaking!
Fiction
Dreamwave Generation 1 comic continuity
Thundercracker and Skywarp may or may not have wanted to go their own way, but Starscream knew better: he commanded them to remain in the potent and nigh-invulnerable triangle formation.
He was right, too. This subtle and many-layered stratagem enabled the Seekers to fire missiles at Superion, breaking him into his component Aerialbots.
Fear the triangle, baby. That's why Starscream is Air Commander.
Seriously, there's like, no other reason to keep him around.
Cybertron cartoon continuity
The Cybertron Defense Team makes use of a stunningly genius variant of the triangle, by forming a triangle around their opponent (in this case, the Gigantion rebel Menasor) and then shooting inward all at the same time with all the might of their stock footage. Scourge (Cybertron episode)
Surrounding one's opponent? BRILLIANT!!!
