Vanquish
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- Vanquish is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Vanquish is the silent partner in his combiner relationship with Fireshot. He prefers to fly under the radar, both figuratively and literally, and achieves his goals by going unnoticed. He stays on Fireshot's good side, in case he should ever achieve his goal of replacing Direct-Hit as team leader of the Battle Squad.[1]
Also? Cool name.
Fiction
Wings Universe
Vanquish and Falcon were servants of the Decepticon Warlord Deathsaurus when the Great War began. They held the Combaticons captive behind a field of Oan energy until Deathsaurus was ready for an audience. The Coming Storm: Part 4
Regeneration One
Vanquish was a member of Soundwave's group of Neo-Decepticons at Fort Scyk in Polyhex. Counterpoint
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Vanquish was a small Transformer born from a hot spot inside the deceased Metrotitan who colonized Devisiun. Windblade vol. 2 #6 Windblade caught a glimpse of him splitting off from his twin Fireshot when she was merged with Metroplex's mind. Windblade #4
A different Vanquish was a full-size Decepticon with a dedicated alternate mode of his own, serving under Gigatron on a desolate planet that was home to the Stone Army. Responding to an attack on some of their men, Vanquish and a team of other Decepticons apprehended the two responsible, Drift and Ratchet, and took them and their own captive, the Decepticon Grit to the large stone castle serving as Gigatron's base. Empire of Stone #1 Though Vanquish appeared loyal to Gigatron, standing by his side as he held council with the two Autobot captives, he was, in fact, the confidant of Gigatron's aide Hellbat, and joined him in confronting the prisoners after they escaped and located the chamber containing the dormant Stone Army. Empire of Stone #2 He and Drift engaged in a swordfight, but Vanquish had to break off the duel to help Hellbat, who was being mauled by Grit. Vanquish then flung Grit off a fatal drop, forcing Drift and Ratchet to drop what they were doing to rescue him, thereby giving Hellbat time to activate the Stone Army. Empire of Stone #3 In the chaos that followed, Grit came looking for payback, but Vanquish had little interest in fighting him; when Drift got close enough to threaten Hellbat, Vanquish ran Grit through with his swords so that he could go to his boss's aid. Getting close enough to do so, however, was Vanquish's last mistake: even impaled, Grit was able to use the last of his strength to tear Vanquish's head off, killing him. Empire of Stone #4
After the Combiner Wars and the formation of the Council of Worlds, the first Vanquish and Fireshot were chosen to simultaneously represent Devisiun. Though Starscream called them combiners "of a sort," they repeatedly corrected him that it was "nothing that grand," though they seemed enamored of the technology. Windblade vol. 2 #6
Toys
Generation 1
- Battle Squad (Micromaster Combiner Squad, 1990)
- Vanquish transforms into the rear half of a SR-71 Blackbird stealth jet, which he forms with his combiner partner Fireshot. He can be connected to any other Micromaster Combiner, although with most he'll look pretty silly.
- Vanquish was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Fireshot, Direct-Hit, Half-Track, Meltdown and Power Punch.
Notes
- Vanquish's two contradictory appearances in IDW continuity are a big ol' error, but perhaps we might rationalize that the colonist Vanquish is actually his Autobot Return of Convoy counterpart?
Foreign names
- French: Vanqueur (Canada)
- Italian: Dedalo
