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:''The Elite Flying Corps is an [[Autobot]] combat unit in the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''The Elite Flying Corps is an [[Autobot]] combat unit in the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
Flying Autobots are relatively few and far between, but the Autobot '''Elite Flying Corps''' | Flying Autobots are relatively few and far between, but the Autobot '''Elite Flying Corps''' are more than a match for their [[Decepticon]] adversaries. Under the command of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], competition for the Flying Corps' five places is fierce, and only the best of the best of the best get in. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Marvel Comics UK continuity=== | ===Marvel Comics UK continuity=== | ||
[[Swoop (G1)|Divebomb]] was a member of the Elite Flying Corps | [[Swoop (G1)|Divebomb]] was a member of the Elite Flying Corps, serving directly under Optimus Prime. He did not attempt to hide his contempt for his commanding officer and eventually point-blank refused to recognise Prime's authority. {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} | ||
[[Image:SwoopVsDivebombUKAnnual87.jpg|thumb|right|]] | |||
During one of the many battles of the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Divebomb tangled with a [[Divebomb (G1)|Decepticon]] and lost. Though taunted by his Flying Corps team-mates, he coped with the defeat until his opponent let it be known he was taking Divebomb's name for his own. Humiliated and enraged, the Autobot went AWOL to reclaim his name but the Decepticon soundly beat him once again, and would have killed him if not for Optimus Prime's timely intervention. The original Divebomb, now calling himself Swoop, led the other Autobots to believe he had killed the Decepticon usurper and Prime did not report the incident nor contradict that version of events. {{storylink|What's in a Name?}} | |||
{{note|Subsequently (perhaps because of this incident) Swoop left the Elite Flying Corps, although he remained under the command of his "most hated commanding officer" as part of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crew. He must have been ''thrilled'' to get that detail.}} | |||
===Dreamwave comics continuity=== | ===Dreamwave comics continuity=== | ||
''Swoop's history as Divebomb is referenced, and the same incident presumptively still occurred, though this time millions of years prior to the Ark's launch.'' | ''Swoop's history as Divebomb is referenced, and the same incident presumptively still occurred, though this time millions of years prior to the Ark's launch.'' {{storylink|Fragmentation}} | ||
===References | ==Notes== | ||
*In response to a reader's query, Soundwave specified on his [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] that there were only five members of the Elite Flying Corp<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=587 Marvel UK issue #54's Soundwaves at Transfans.co.uk]</ref> and hinted that the other four might appear in a future story. They never did. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Autobots]] | [[Category:Autobots]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1]] | [[Category:Generation 1]] | ||
Revision as of 07:42, 26 January 2010
- The Elite Flying Corps is an Autobot combat unit in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Flying Autobots are relatively few and far between, but the Autobot Elite Flying Corps are more than a match for their Decepticon adversaries. Under the command of Optimus Prime, competition for the Flying Corps' five places is fierce, and only the best of the best of the best get in.
Fiction
Marvel Comics UK continuity
Divebomb was a member of the Elite Flying Corps, serving directly under Optimus Prime. He did not attempt to hide his contempt for his commanding officer and eventually point-blank refused to recognise Prime's authority. The Icarus Theory
During one of the many battles of the war on Cybertron, Divebomb tangled with a Decepticon and lost. Though taunted by his Flying Corps team-mates, he coped with the defeat until his opponent let it be known he was taking Divebomb's name for his own. Humiliated and enraged, the Autobot went AWOL to reclaim his name but the Decepticon soundly beat him once again, and would have killed him if not for Optimus Prime's timely intervention. The original Divebomb, now calling himself Swoop, led the other Autobots to believe he had killed the Decepticon usurper and Prime did not report the incident nor contradict that version of events. What's in a Name?
Dreamwave comics continuity
Swoop's history as Divebomb is referenced, and the same incident presumptively still occurred, though this time millions of years prior to the Ark's launch. Fragmentation
Notes
- In response to a reader's query, Soundwave specified on his letters page that there were only five members of the Elite Flying Corp[1] and hinted that the other four might appear in a future story. They never did.
