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'''Skywatch gunships''' provide airborne close firepower support for anti-Cybertronian [[Skywatch]] operations. | '''Skywatch gunships''' provide airborne close firepower support for anti-Cybertronian [[Skywatch]] operations. | ||
These gunships are armed with side-mounted [[particle cannon]]s, intended as lethal force weapons against Autobot or Decepticon targets. Other details regarding these units' capabilities are as yet unspecified. | These helicopter-like gunships are armed with side-mounted [[particle cannon]]s, intended as lethal force weapons against Autobot or Decepticon targets. Other details regarding these units' capabilities are as yet unspecified. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===IDW comics continuity=== | ===IDW comics continuity=== | ||
After the Decepticon [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] was successfully captured by a Skywatch team led by four [[Crash | After the Decepticon [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] was successfully captured by a Skywatch team led by four [[Crash suit]]s, [[Spike_Witwicky_(G1)#IDW_comics_continuity|Spike Witwicky]] ordered the particle cannons on the supporting gunship to be armed, in order to give the impression that Breakdown was to be terminated. This gambit — to lure out other Cybertronians in the area — worked, as [[Prowl (G1)#IDW comics continuity|Prowl]] revealed himself, only to be caught in turn by an infantry-launched inhibitor. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}} | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 vehicles]] | [[Category:Generation 1 vehicles]] | ||
[[Category:Skywatch|Gunship]] | [[Category:Skywatch|Gunship]] | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 5 January 2011
- Skywatch gunships are vehicles from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Skywatch gunships provide airborne close firepower support for anti-Cybertronian Skywatch operations.
These helicopter-like gunships are armed with side-mounted particle cannons, intended as lethal force weapons against Autobot or Decepticon targets. Other details regarding these units' capabilities are as yet unspecified.
Fiction
IDW comics continuity
After the Decepticon Breakdown was successfully captured by a Skywatch team led by four Crash suits, Spike Witwicky ordered the particle cannons on the supporting gunship to be armed, in order to give the impression that Breakdown was to be terminated. This gambit — to lure out other Cybertronians in the area — worked, as Prowl revealed himself, only to be caught in turn by an infantry-launched inhibitor. ...For All Mankind
