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'''[[Liokaiser]]''' (ライオカイザー ''Raiokaizā'') is the combined form of the [[Breastforce]], an elite combat team consisting of land and air assault vehicles who hail from the [[Death Zone]]. He is powerful, cruel, merciless, and—unlike pretty much every other combiner—intelligent to boot. This ruthless killing machine is an expert in melee combat and possesses the power of invisibility. He's fought against [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Road Caesar]], [[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]], and [[Galaxy Shuttle]], promptly beating the stuffing out of each. His emergence swung the war heavily in favour of the Decepticons until [[Ginrai (robot)|God Ginrai]] was reborn as Victory Leo. It's possible the only opponents he can't contend with are Victory Saber and [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], but that won't stop him trying.
Deep within '''[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]''' beats the [[spark]] of a poet, a scholar, a brilliant and cultured military general who can command armies capable of conquering worlds. But without aptitude and patience, that means jack squat, and Sky-Byte lacks both. Still, he soldiers on, for he is driven...by a desperate need for approval. He ''needs'' the blessings of his commander, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], quite possibly more than he needs [[energon]]. And Megatron, being Megatron, doesn't dole out praise much, so Sky-Byte tries harder and harder, getting more and more desperate.


Liokaiser is (usually) composed of: 
This drive is the root of all his problems. He's actually quite intelligent and physically powerful, but he pushes himself to extremes to impress his leader. When he's in control of a situation, he's a deadly, effective foe. But as soon as the situation begins to slip even the smallest bit, he starts to panic and usually ends up doing something to mess things up and lose the upper hand, which makes him panic ''more'', so he overreacts, and gets in ''more'' trouble, etc., etc., etc. It doesn't help that while he's ruthless towards [[Autobot]]s, [[human]]s seem quite safe from his ire. Maybe he sees a little something of himself in these underdogs. After all, they developed his new favorite form of expression, the haiku. And they ''do'' seem rather impressed by him...
* [[Leozack]] (upper torso)
* [[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] (left leg)
* [[Guyhawk]] (right arm)
* [[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]] (left arm)
* [[Jallguar]] (lower torso)
* [[Killbison]] (right leg)


Despite their unusually high levels of coordination and ruthlessness, Liokaiser's performance may suffer if the individual minds get distracted.<ref>Depiction in the ''Victory'' anime</ref>
Sky-Byte is in charge of the Predacon lackeys [[Dark Scream]], [[Gas Skunk]], and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], not that they give him any modicum of respect. In fact, they're more likely to try and shuffle the blame for their failures onto the shark, a gambit that's actually moderately successful, since Sky-Byte is so very ''good'' at making things worse for himself. He has a hate-hate relationship with the new [[Decepticon]]s, especially [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], whom he sees (rightly) as being a huge threat to his position as Megatron's second-in-command.


There are other configurations for Liokaiser in other realities. Sometimes, Deathsaurus himself forms the giant's torso. Breastforce's fifth (seventh?) Beatle [[Deathcobra (G1)|Deathcobra]] occasionally forms an alternate left arm or shoulder cannon for Liokaiser when the moderately murderous Hellbat doesn't get to him first. And the bird-bot [[Ion Scythe]] may compliment the combiner's firepower by becoming an extra blaster for him to wield.
'''[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Continued...]]'''
 
 
'''[[Liokaiser|Continued...]]'''


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Revision as of 04:07, 1 April 2025


Deep within Sky-Byte beats the spark of a poet, a scholar, a brilliant and cultured military general who can command armies capable of conquering worlds. But without aptitude and patience, that means jack squat, and Sky-Byte lacks both. Still, he soldiers on, for he is driven...by a desperate need for approval. He needs the blessings of his commander, Megatron, quite possibly more than he needs energon. And Megatron, being Megatron, doesn't dole out praise much, so Sky-Byte tries harder and harder, getting more and more desperate.

This drive is the root of all his problems. He's actually quite intelligent and physically powerful, but he pushes himself to extremes to impress his leader. When he's in control of a situation, he's a deadly, effective foe. But as soon as the situation begins to slip even the smallest bit, he starts to panic and usually ends up doing something to mess things up and lose the upper hand, which makes him panic more, so he overreacts, and gets in more trouble, etc., etc., etc. It doesn't help that while he's ruthless towards Autobots, humans seem quite safe from his ire. Maybe he sees a little something of himself in these underdogs. After all, they developed his new favorite form of expression, the haiku. And they do seem rather impressed by him...

Sky-Byte is in charge of the Predacon lackeys Dark Scream, Gas Skunk, and Slapper, not that they give him any modicum of respect. In fact, they're more likely to try and shuffle the blame for their failures onto the shark, a gambit that's actually moderately successful, since Sky-Byte is so very good at making things worse for himself. He has a hate-hate relationship with the new Decepticons, especially Scourge, whom he sees (rightly) as being a huge threat to his position as Megatron's second-in-command.

Continued...


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