Laserbeak (WFC)

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

Laserbeak is a Decepticon Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.

The clearest shot of him in the whole game.

Of the Deployers who stand with Soundwave, Laserbeak may say the least, but he quickly distinguishes himself, as his powerful laser attacks can pin down an Autobot attack force... when it isn't cutting them to shreds.

Fiction

Exodus novel

Megatron despised Soundwave's minions, including Laserbeak. Regardless, Soundwave found Laserbeak more valuable than Rumble and Frenzy, and when Soundwave did some intense thinking, his Minicons inside got restless. Transformers: Exodus

Prime cartoon

Origamicon.

When Soundwave intercepted a message from Agent Fowler, Soundwave released Laserbeak (which was resting on his chest) to bring Fowler to the Nemesis. After chasing Fowler's helicopter, the drone grabbed Fowler with his tentacles and returned to the Decepticon ship. Darkness Rising, Part 3

This is a bird?

After Soundwave picked up a possible signal from Megatron, who was previously assumed dead, Starscream went to investigate. Untrusting of Starscream, Soundwave decided to keep an eye on him by sending Laserbeak after him. After finding Megatron, Starscream intended to allow Megatron to perish, but was forced to reconsider when he discovered Soundwave's Minicon watching him. Masters & Students

While proving a point to Airachnid, Soundwave unleashed Laserbeak, who zoomed around the Nemesis bridge and shot her a couple of times. One Shall Rise, Part 3

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Laserbeak was dispatched to keep the Jackhammer busy while Soundwave went after an Iacon relic. Wheeljack managed to shoot the drone down, and Ratchet hit on the plan of uploading a virus into the disabled Laserbeak to allow the Autobots to gain the Iacon database. He and Raf managed to do so, planting an additional grenade as a decoy. When Soundwave retrieved Laserbeak and returned to the Nemesis, the Decepticons found the grenade but not the virus, which passed into the ship's computer and began downloading the database. Triage

Games

Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

When the captive Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Sideswipe were brought before Soundwave in the Kaon Prison, Laserbeak swooped down and perched on his master's arm. It soon turned out, however, that Prime's team had allowed themselves to be captured so they could rescue Zeta Prime, and as they escaped and made their way through the prison, Laserbeak could be spotted lurking in the shadows, watching their progress, at three different locations. By the time Prime's group made it to Soundwave's laboratory, where Zeta Prime was being held Laserbeak had reunited with his master, and joined Soundwave in battling the Autobots. Laserbeak served as Soundwave's last line of defense in the clash, ejecting from his chest and screeching across the lab at high speeds, blasting laser bursts onto the Autobots below. He was eventually downed, however, and accompanied Soundwave in a hasty retreat, but not before Soundwave fatally wounded Zeta Prime. Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)

Lazerbeak[sic] recorded a communication between Zeta Prime and the Autobots, allowing the Decepticons to pinpoint the Autobot leader's probable location so they could obtain the Omega Key. Transformers: War for Cybertron

Toys

Prime

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• Soundwave (Deluxe, 2012)

Laserbeak comes as an accessory. He pegs into Soundwave's chest, on top of the vehicle mode fuselage, or he can be perched on Soundwave's wrist. The TakaraTomy version uses stickers for its details instead of paint.

Notes

• The home console version of War for Cybertron has a trophy/achievement that is received by shooting the three hidden Laserbeaks in Kaon Prison Break.
• Laserbeak's appearance in War for Cybertron appears to be based off his G1 counterpart's Cybertronian form from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1".
• Hasbro referred to the Deployer in Prime as Laserbeak at BotCon 2011.