Guardian
- Guardian is an droid from the Marvel Comics UK portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Guardian is an example of an Omega Class Battle Droid. Their bodies consists of two foot thick armour plating and a hydraulic musculature. They store enough energy to power a spaceship. Designed to be virtually unbeatable they have two weaknesses. They are susceptible to strong magnetic fields which can interfere with their central data core and they have a cerebral access point located on the neck that is large enough to fire a thin laser beam into which can overload their cerebral circuits.
Fiction
Marvel Comics UK continuity
During a Decepticon attack on the Ark Optimus Prime attempts to activate the Ark’s computer known, as Auntie, to bring the defense systems back online. Unfortunately Auntie had been damaged in the crash and become unstable. Unable to remember who was friend or foe she used a magnetic field to subdue all the combatants. All that is except for Ravage and Windcharger who’s magnetic powers allowed them to counter Auntie’s magnetic force. Working together to deactivate Auntie they encountered the Guardian battle droid. Despite Guardians power, Windcharger was able to disable him by using his own magnetic powers. Raiders of the Last Ark
Guardian (it may or may not be the same one) was later encountered by Ratchet and the Dinobots as they returned to the Ark after it had been abandoned by the Decepticons. Before he left Shockwave had reprogrammed Guardian to attack any Autobots who returned there. After receiving a sound beating (that left Swoop injured), the Dinobots began hunting Guardian through the Ark. Managing to subdue him they were about to destroy him when Ratchet and Wheeljack realised that the Decepticons had placed a thermo-nuclear bomb inside him that would destroy them all and Mount St. Hilary too. The Wrath of Guardian!
They managed to prevent Grimlock from destroying Guardian by remotely activating the headless body of Optimus Prime and knocking Grimlock's gun away. Guardian managed to escape and as per his programming by Shockwave concluded that he could not defeat the Autobots and therefore he should locate them and detonate the bomb that he carried.
Guardian came hunting for the Autobots and engaged them in battle while the bomb counted down to detonation. Swoop was repaired just in time to fly Guardian far from the Ark before he could detonate. Sadly he cut it far too fine, and was thought to be destroyed in the ensuing explosion. The Wrath of Grimlock!
Trivia
- Another type of battle droid with a similar body design and referred to as Guardian units, were seen on Cybertron under the control of the Wreckers in Under Fire. They may be a later model.
- A bulkier (but no less lethal) droid was seen aboard the Ark in Yesterday's Heroes. It was described as a Mark V Guardian droid. This may also be a later model.
