Security Officer (G1)

This article is about the War for Cybertron Trilogy Autobot. For the Kreon human, see Security Officer (Kre-O). For a list of other meanings, see officer (disambiguation).

Security Officer is an Autobot from the War for Cybertron Trilogy portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Sure hope nobody stabs me in my face.

The Security Officer (aka Red Cog) is an Autobot security officer. It's his job to check to see if that scary noise in the darkened hallway behind everybody is, in fact, a rumble from a giant monster thing. It's his job to check that darkened hallway alone. Should've read that job description better, Security Officer! Sorry about your torso.

Fiction

War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon

Voice actor: Rafael Goldstein (English)

He's got legs, and he knows how to use 'em!

A Security Officer was part of Elita One's "cavalry" that arrived to assist Optimus Prime once he'd discovered he and his Autobots had fallen into a trap set by Impactor. He leapt into the air and transformed into shoulder-mounted cannons for Sideswipe to use to clear Optimus of Decepticons. The Autobots managed to retreat, but not without Cog becoming severely damaged, and so the Security Officer and Sideswipe helped transport him into Red Alert's repair bay. Siege episode 2 Later, as the Ark found itself under Decepticon assault, a Security Officer joined Comms Officer and a Green Cog in repelling the attack. Siege episode 6

Images that precede unfortunate events.

Later, once the Autobots had fled Cybertron, a Security Officer accompanied Wheeljack and Arcee to the heart of a space station that was parked halfway through a space bridge portal. The Officer wondered aloud why someone would put a space station there, shortly before the three Autobots wondered about some sounds heard through a darkened passageway. He went to investigate alone and quickly found himself facing Scorponok, who impaled the luckless Autobot on his stinger, slammed him into a wall, and then flung him across the chamber. Earthrise episode 3

Toys

Legacy

Clifford the Big Red Cog

• Red Cog Weaponizer (2022)
  • Accessories: 5 blasters, 7 interchangeable barrels

Announced by the official Transformers Instagram as a Target exclusive part of Legacy, Deluxe Class "Red Cog" is a redeco of Siege Cog, transforming from a robot into a red armored vehicle and back. Red Cog also has the ability to split into (presumably) Red Gasket and Red Grommet. His official red alternate mode is a red combined half-track vehicle consisting of the two red individual vehicles plugged together. Presumably, Red Cog still has the design flaw of the flat rectangular tab that holds the two red alt mode halves together not having a particularly tight fit, leading to the red alt mode typically coming apart easily.

Red Cog comes with an additional loaded arsenal of weapons, several of which were inspired by the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon: recolors of War for Cyberton Ultra Magnus's "RT-15 Stethoscopic Detector", and Siege Chromia's "RT-5 Anti-thermo Blaster" and "SR Hushfuze", new molds such as a short laser gun, a long barrel which can be attached to the Ultra Magnus blaster to replicate the rifle used by Elita One, a triple shotgun barrel, two green explosives, a pink barrel based on Energon vials, and a blaster that works as an adaptor made specifically for attaching him in one of his Weaponizer modes onto the back of Earthrise/Kingdom Arcee to replicate the scene where she combined with "normal Cog" in Siege episode 5.

Notes

• The Security Officer is one of many recolors of War for Cybertron: Siege Deluxe Class Cog in the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon. In addition to his red coloration, the Security Officer's voice actor is different to set him apart from Cog. However, he is credited simply as "Security Officer".

See also

• The original red Cog