Cannonball (G1)
| The name or term "Cannonball" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Cannonball (disambiguation). |
- Cannonball is the name taken by Decepticon pirate captains from the Wings Universe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Cannonball is a name passed down a lineage of great Decepticon pirates.
Fiction
Wings Universe
Cannonball the 1st commanded the nomadic Maraudicons, an army which let him rise to the rank of Decepticon Warlord. He was among the Warlords who were eliminated when Deathsaurus sent an unwitting suicide bomber to a council meeting. A Team Effort
Cannonball the 3rd undertook a voyage to the nightmare planet Toruin, but faced mutiny during the escape to the nearby Sperity. Cannonball the 4th achieved success in the Garyun Melee.
Cannonball the 5th was enjoying a "shore leave” in Tetra Gar with the rest of his crew, where he managed to win the “Hunter” in a game of cards from an ill-mannered gambling rube. After a brief exchange, the Hunter and Cannonball came to an agreement; the Hunter would be a helping hand on Cannonball's ship, the Tidal Wave. In exchange the Hunter could leave at any time he wished, free to pursue whatever “called” to him when he would encounter it.
Cannonball was counting his crew's loot in the fourth arm of the Rhondarian Cluster when he caught sight of a small vessel being pursued by an Autobot ship. The pirate captain was impressed by the tenacity and gumption of the Decepticons being pursued, and so blasted away their pursuers before inviting them on board.
On one occasion, he led his crew to a planet of bipedal reptiles who hoarded Energon as artifacts. The Star Seekers encountered resistance, but Canonball made short work of those who opposed him with his golden dueling daggers. Cannonball later ordered his crew to break into a special vault. The crew successfully acquired access to what was within: a single lizard holding a piece of paper. Pleased with his newly acquired prize, Cannonball told his crew that their greatest bounty awaited them in the near future.
He next led the Tidal Wave into the “Demon's Maw.” Cannonball had to periodically reassure his crew that their goal was in view as the trip proved itself to be extremely long and boring. When the creature inhabiting the “Demon's Maw” attacked their ship, Cannonball led his crew on a counter-assault. With Axor’s help, he managed to force the creature to flee, earning him many cheers from his band of buccaneers.
He later led an attack on Ventax II. During the attack, he had to reprimand Tornado for deviating from his orders, and later confronted the little ‘bot on-ship about the presence of a Deberian Sky Seer aboard. Cannonball took a liking to the bird, and opted to keep it as a pet.
Immediately prior to Cannonball's great heist, Cannonball locked himself away in his quarters, only occasionally conversing with the Navigator. When he finally revealed his plan to his crew at large, he declared that the Star Seekers would be traveling into Cybertron’s far future in order to siphon the planet of its energy. Tornado's Personal Journal
After Cannonball’s plan failed, the pirates found themselves on the run from the Knights of Cybertron. They nonetheless set out on their next adventure: tracking down Starscream’s immortal spark! Their journey took them to a small nameless planetoid inhabiting a “safe zone” between several black holes. Captain Cannonball and his crew discovered there an ancient Quintesson, who offered them the last known location of Starscream’s spark in exchange for being taken away from the planetoid.
As soon as the Quintesson was brought aboard, however, strange happenings began across the Tidal Wave. These events cumulated in Starscream’s spark revealing itself, and taking over Cannonball’s body in a mutiny spearheaded by Flamewar. With Cannonball’s body being reformatted to suit Starscream’s needs, his spark was locked away in the very spark container with which Cannonball had planned to capture Starscream. Cannonball was then left stranded on the barren planetoid, though several of his loyalist stayed behind as well.
Flamewar would take up the mantle of Cannonball from that point forth. Tornado's Personal Journal
Toys
Timelines
Pirates vs Knights (BotCon 2014 box set)
- Accessories: 2 swords
- "Decepticon Pirate Cannonball" is a retool of Prime Ratchet in black and gold with a new head, transforming into a truck. He has a "dramatic head reveal" gimmick, with his robot mode head being spring-loaded to pop up once his "backpack" is pulled down and features 5mm peg-holes for his hands, a pair on his front bumpers/shins, and a pair on his vehicle roof. He comes with a pair of blades that can mount/be held via 5mm post, and his hands can be swung down at the wrist to give the appearance of the blades sprouting out of his wrists. The blades can mount into the peg-holes on his front bumper, creating a battle mode, or store on tabs underneath the vehicle mode. Cannonball comes in a box set with fellow pirates Ferak, Tornado, Scorponok, and Olin Zarak, plus knights Ginrai and Devcon.
- This mold was also used to make 2014 Transformers Protectobot First Aid.
