Steel Wind
- Steel Wind is an Autobot-allied Mini-Con from the Generation 1 and Unicron Trilogy continuity families.
Steel Wind is the leader of the Clear Skies Team, a trio of fliers who roar into action whenever Decepticon energy-mining threatens the ecology of whatever world they're on.
Fiction
Classics
Steel Wind was one of many Mini-Cons tasked by the Last Autobot to restore Cybertron to its former glory during the Autobots' absence. After his work days, he enjoyed floating by the trans-hyperwave caster tower outside Proximax that broadcasted messages out to the Autobots in space. He would stay tuned to the signal even when far away from the tower, though he had trouble maintaining contact with it over long periods of time.
He was part of a team of Mini-Cons that escorted the Mini-Con leader, Modus Prime, and Broadside to Altihex’s abandoned energon refinery for an inspection. Along with the two other members of the Clear Skies team, he flew overhead, keeping recon. Unexpectedly, an explosion rocked the refinery after the ground-based Mini-Cons had entered it. Steel Wind and Nightscream immediately went in to look for survivors, with Steel Wind dropping fire-retardant bombs on the inferno as he went. Unfortunately, Modus Prime nonetheless perished in the explosion.
Alongside the rest of his team, Steel Wind attended a meeting at Hacksaw’s request after the Dinobot Mini-Con had taken over as the Mini-Cons' leader. During the meeting, Steel Wind felt someone messing about with the signal from the trans-hyperwave caster tower. This, as well as other clues, pointed towards a conspiracy that had taken place to eliminate Modus Prime. Unwilling to let the volatile Clear Skies team look into the happenings on their own, Hacksaw led the investigation himself, with the aerial Mini-Cons backing him up from a distance. In their absence, Hacksaw was murdered as well. This time around, however, the culprit had been uncovered. Broadside had bumped off both leaders in order to gain control of Cybertron himself, in order to claim it as a world where Autobots would not be welcomed. Steel Wind and others loyal to Hacksaw stormed Broadside during a planet-wide announcement to reveal his plot to the populace. Unfortunately, Broadside's words had already swayed many to his way of thinking, and in-fighting began between the once-peaceful Mini-Cons. The New World
Ask Vector Prime
In Aurex 615.03 Epsilon, Steel Wind and the Clear Skies Team were among the many Autobot-aligned Mini-Cons who were dispatched aboard the Hyperion to the Beast Wars of Alpha Q's universe. Ask Vector Prime, 23/9/2015
Toys
Classics
- Clear Skies Team (Mini-Con Team, 2007)
- Steel Wind transforms into an A-10 "Thunderbolt" ground attack plane. He was only available as part of the Clear Skies Team, part of the second wave of Classics Mini-Cons, packaged with his teammates Nightscream and Thunderwing.
- This mold was also used to make Henkei! Henkei! Skyglide and Universe Skyhammer and Sky Shadow.
