Class Alpha drone unit

Class Alpha drone units are drones from the 2007 movie franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

Drones have often been used on Cybertron for manual labor. It was Megatron who first put drones to use in the military when he had drones upgraded and refitted for combat. The Class Alpha drones are combat-ready and capable of flight.

Dreadwing was once a Class Alpha, but is now a warrior in his own right and has been put in charge of the drone army.

Fiction

IDW Transformers movie comics

A fleet of Dreadwing drones were present at the Battle of Tyger Pax. They shot some Autobots, killing one. Most followed Bumblebee's and Arcee's squad down into the AllSpark chamber, but were presumably destroyed when the Autobots brought the place crashing down. Prime Directive #1

NOT AS PLANNED.

When Starscream's Allspark failed, Dreadwing revealed he had used his massive drone army to take over the Cybertronian Decepticons, and, seemingly resentful of having been left behind when Starscream's pursuit craft was launched, tried to use his troops to take down Starscream's team. However, Starscream and his loyal soldiers proved a challenge, and the Autobots managed to deactivate the drones. The Reign of Starscream #5

Toys

Transformers (2007)

• Dreadwing (Deluxe, 2007)
  • Japanese ID number: MD-15
  • Accessories: 2 "flame" missiles

The Dreadwing toy could stand in for any Class Alpha drone.

This mold was later used to make Overcast.

Trivia

• The subtle differences between Dreadwing and the Class Alpha drone units are an appearance of purple bits on the drone commander, more spiky head chevrons, and something resembling eyebrow articulation that is absent in the drones. One must be able to express all those emotions when thinking and independent, apparently.
• The Class Alpha drone units were named as such in the bonus material of the The Reign of Starscream trade paperback.

External links

• Dreadwing at TFU.info