Tripodeca

Tripodeca is an Autobot from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I tried, but now I'm in a pod.

Tripodeca is a brave and popular member of the crew of the Lost Light who is particularly close friends with Spoke and Lockstock.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Tripodeca was killed during Overlord's rampage aboard the Lost Light. As Spoke and Lockstock were both too badly damaged to attend, Rodimus himself spoke at Tripodeca's Act of Transition. The Gloaming

Notes

• In his eulogy, Rodimus described Tripodeca's alt mode as "ineffectual". Given his name, odds-on it was a tripod of some kind.
• In our only glimpse of Tripodeca so far, he's drawn to resemble the Mini-Con High Wire from Transformers: Armada.