Gyronian Sentry

The Gyronian Sentries were Autobots and Decepticons from the Generation 1 continuity family.

"If you conspire with every person who approaches you, you're not even really conspiring with anyone, you're just doing random crap."

Gyronian Sentries are, in theory, intensely loyal to Gyronia. Autobots who join the Gyronian Sentries are asked to abandon their appearance and identity as a show of their devotion. Most carry a Sorque Suspension Phaser that stuns a target by seizing his or her internals, but the growing Decepticon threat has inspired some of them to upgrade to a larger model.

So much of their processor is dedicated to following orders that it would be a simple task indeed to switch the direction of their loyalty with some sort of device.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Michael McConnohie (English), Yū Shimaka (Japanese)

While out walking one day, a hapless Gyronian Sentry was seized by Megatron's Robo-Smasher. Though he struggled, in mere moments it had altered his programming to serve the Decepticon cause. The machine released its victim, work complete, and the newly-programmed Decepticon affirmed his allegiance to Megatron. Megatron was pleased, and went on to use the device on the Constructicons. The Secret of Omega Supreme

Wings Universe

In the early days of the war, the entire Gyronian Sentry Team went missing, failing to report in. The next anyone saw of them, one of their number was taking the Combaticons into custody after the Elite Guard had captured them. Battle Lines, Part 4 It wasn't until the Elite Guard returned to Iacon that they learned of the Sentry Team's missing status. The Sentry team had been somehow turned to the Decepticon cause, and instead took the Combaticons to Deathsaurus's base, now under Megatron's control. One of their number released Deathsaurus from his chains before Megatron and Deathsaurus's ceremonial battle. Battle Lines, Part 5

Notes

• The Gyronian Sentry was a nameless generic from "The Secret of Omega Supreme" until Transformers Collector's Club #41 gave them a name and profile.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Minkan robot (民間ロボット, "civilian robot")