Sandra (G1)

This article is about the Skywatch agent from IDW's Generation 1 comics . For the planet from The Headmasters, see Sandra (planet).

Sandra is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Sandra believes that the great nation of the United States of America was built on honesty, integrity and honor, and joined the military to defend and represent these principles. She is highly opposed to government conspiracies hiding the truth from the people, but as fate would have it, she was assigned to the Skywatch unit headed by Major Spike Witwicky, who is very keen on keeping his alliance with extraterrestrials out of public sight. Sandra is now forced to choose between following her superior's orders or sticking to her beliefs.

Fiction

IDW comics continuity

Before the alliance between Skywatch and the Autobots was initiated, Spike had broke strict orders and released the imprisoned Optimus Prime to help them. While his decision had helped cement the alliance, Sandra feared that if General Allenby found out, he would court-martial the entire unit. Spike tried to dispel her worries with a simple solution: they just wouldn't tell Allenby that part of the story. This purposeful withholding of information frustrated Sandra, and she told the Major as much, but he shrugged it off as a necessity. All His Engines

A few months later, Sandra and Pennington aided a Skywatch-Autobot strike team sent to North Korea to battle the Combaticons. Their conspiracy only grew larger during this mission, as Skywatch was forced to reroute several spy satellites to keep the public from learning about the battle. Sandra again voiced her discomfort with assisting in what was clearly obfuscation, but Pennington was more concerned about keeping his men in the field alive. International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows" She grudgingly went back to work, but continued to warn Pennington about the risks. Once Skywatch opened up a single satellite for their own use, however, they learned that the battle in Korea had escalated to include the Predacons as well. Upon witnessing this, Sandra's dilemma came to a head, and she refused to keep everything a secret any longer. Swearing to herself, she shut off the encryption placed on the satellites, then quickly left the base before anyone noticed. International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"