Vehicon (Prime)

The name or term "Vehicon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Vehicon (disambiguation).

Vehicons are Decepticon drones from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.

There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look bitchin'.

Vehicons may be Megatron and Starscream's cannon fodder, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars or jets. Whether they are individuals or drones with unique programming remains unclear.

They are also called Eradicons. It's a bit confusing.

Fiction

Aligned novels

The Nemesis had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive space bridge journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. Exiles

Prime comic

Vehicons were stationed on Cybertron, building Starscream's space bridge. They captured Cliffjumper and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate Optimus Prime's encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when Arcee came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in Kaon were killed when she blew up the space bridge. Transformers: Prime

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Steve Blum (English), Kevin Michael Richardson (English), Frank Welker (English), Jaime Roca (Spain-Spanish), Klaus Lochthove (German), Uwe Jellinek (German)

Possibly the most beautiful army-builders ever.

Airachnid had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on Cybertron. They captured Tailgate, and were later blasted by Bumblebee during Arcee's rescue. Predatory

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a scrapload of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee and Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only Bulkhead's arrival caused them to withdraw. Darkness Rising, Part 1

Drones are people too!

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the Nemesis, the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture Jack Darby and Raf, while another came close to murdering the kids. Darkness Rising, Part 3 Darkness Rising, Part 4

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. Darkness Rising, Part 5

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek alternate help. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. Masters & Students

Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.

Some flying Vehicons shot down Wheeljack's ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that Makeshift could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the GroundBridge once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. Con Job

"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."

A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's trailer before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. Convoy

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned Knock Out and Breakdown to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen Energon Harvester. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. Deus ex Machina

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. Sick Mind While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy Ratchet and Bumblebee. Out of His Head

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon GroundBridge when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. Shadowzone Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by MECH. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. Operation: Breakdown

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. Crisscross Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the Nemesis with Airachnid. Metal Attraction A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the Nemesis bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the Harbinger. Partners

The Black Baron

Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a Cybertronian data cylinder by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. T.M.I. Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a miner, though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. Stronger, Faster

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. One Shall Fall None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see Unicron. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. One Shall Rise, Part 3

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal energon cubes too. Orion Pax, Part 1 The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. Orion Pax, Part 2

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. Orion Pax, Part 3 Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the Spark Extractor, but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the Nemesis. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1

Dreadwing and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. Crossfire

Titan Magazines Prime comics

After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward Autobot Outpost Omega One to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. The Safe and the Failsafe

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy! The Vehicons had trouble flying the Nemesis through a storm. Starscream took a bunch of them with him when he tried to lure Optimus into a trap, and they were all destroyed by the Autobots. All the President's 'Bots!

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Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the Erta Ale volcano. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, Fearstorm, however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. Megatron's Law

Games

Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense

Terrorcon Defense

Toys

Prime: First Edition

Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?

• Vehicon (First Edition Deluxe, 2011)
  • Accessories: rifle

The Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Cien.

Prime

File:Cyberverse legion vehicon.jpg

For the cheapskate army-builder.

• Vehicon (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
  • Japanese number: EZ-07
  • Japanese release date: March 31, 2012
  • Accessories: gun

I'm not wearing a backpack now, I lost it.

• Vehicon (Deluxe, 2012)

A different mold to the previous Deluxe Vehicon.

Notes

"Is this gonna happen every week?"
"Pretty much."

• The Vehicons were among the first Prime Transformers shown, in a preview shown at Comic-Com 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before Bumblebee arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
• The Vehicons have yet to be referred to as such on the Prime cartoon, only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the credits. A single image on the Hub website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such.
• Despite being referred to as drones, the Vehicons do actually appear to be sentient to some degree. To what degree this is, is unclear, but so far several have been depicted speaking with their own voices, questioning Starscream's command (even taking a vote to bring in Knock Out and Breakdown to better heal Megatron), and Bulkhead's disembowlment of one individual in "Darkness Rising, Part 3" is depicted as if he's tearing into another person (in warning Miko to look away). According to the on-package toy bio of their Cyberverse toy, they are capable of feeling emotions, as them feeling both happiness and fear is mentioned. Given they have been displayed showing individuality, sentience, and emotion, what exactly separates them from normal Transformers is unclear.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Vehicon (ビーコン Bīkon)