Matt Trakker
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- Matt Trakker is a M.A.S.K.-aligned human from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Matthew "Matt" Trakker, codenamed Spectrum, is the leader of the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand. He is the primary pilot of the Thunderhawk and wears the powerful Spectrum Mask. He has a personal history with Miles Mayhem.
He is sometimes referred to as Specialist Trakker.
Fiction
Unit:E comic
Matt Trakker was a policeman in Detroit before the city fell into chaos. Matt, along with several other rescue workers, found the workshop of the League of Ancient Wheelmen. They used the workshop's advanced technology to upgrade their equipment and protected the streets of Detroit as M.A.S.K. Unit:E
Island Revolutions
Specialist Trakker lent the Thunderhawk to G.I. Joe member Sky Mate for a mission on Cobra Island. Island Revolutions
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Born to Cornelius and Alessandra Trakker, Matt was a child prodigy who idolized his equally brilliant father. While Cornelius was away working on secret government research, Matt passed the time by building a wide variety of gadgets to help his mother's marketing company. When Cornelius was mysteriously murdered, Matt took the loss hard, turning to illegal street racing as an outlet for his grief. His mechanical aptitude gave him an edge on the underground circuits, and over time he used his engineering skills to illegally tamper with city infrastructure to help those without.
Trakker's disregard for the law landed him on several most wanted lists, so his mother reached out to family friend Miles Manheim to see if the military general could rehabilitate her prodigal son. Faced between working for Manheim or a lengthy prison sentence, Matt Trakker opted to join Manheim's newest initiative—the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand, a secret team wielding technology designed to hunt down the Transformers. Matt Trakker profile in Revolution #3
While working on the Thunderhawk at Governor's Island, Matt was introduced to Scarlett. When asked what M.A.S.K. does, Matt replied that they solve problems. Matt was then deployed along with the rest of the M.A.S.K. team to Greece, where they were tasked with neutralizing Kup and Aileron. Matt was confused as to why the Autobots weren't acting like machines. Mayhem told Trakker to use his Spectrum mask to jam Aileron's communications with Autobot City, forcing Aileron to retreat and leave behind the wounded Kup. After the battle, Matt saw Kup in pain, revealing to him that the Transformers were living beings. Mayhem just told him that this was war, and war means people—and things—get hurt. The Divine Source of Liberty
Back on Governor's Island, Matt confronted Scarlett about her unwillingness to divulge the true nature of the Transformers. Before he could get anywhere, Manheim led Matt away to talk to him in private. O Ship of State
Notes
- Prior to his inclusion in Unit:E, Trakker was introduced into G.I. Joe continuity as "Specialist Trakker". M.A.S.K. and its opponent V.E.N.O.M. were mentioned to be sub-divisions of Joe and Cobra, respectively.[1] The JoeCon story "Island Revolutions" later used this name.
References
External links
- Matt Trakker at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
