Resistance (BWU)

The Resistance is a group from Star Wars: The Force Awakens the Beast Wars: Uprising portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Led by Lio Convoy, the Resistance spearheads the Grand Uprising against the decrepit Builders. A cross-factional conglomeration of Maximals and Predacons, this rebel alliance seeks to topple the stagnant empire of the Builders once and for all, ending their tyranny and allowing the next generation of Cybertronians to rebuild their shattered planet.

This sounds like a noble goal, and perhaps it is, but the realities of fighting a guerrilla war on three fronts—against the Micromasters, the Predacon Secret Police, and the Maximal Command Security Force—mean that the Resistance fights just as dirty as the order it seeks to overthrow. Members have been known to utilize weapons of mass destruction and deliberately sacrifice the lives of innocents if it means advancing their own goals. That said, their myriad enemies aren't much better.

Its members include:

• Lio Convoy (leader)
• Archadis
• Autojetter
• B'Boom
• Barbearian
• Bazooka
• Bighorn
• Blackarachnia
• Botanica
• Break
• Buzzclaw
• Buzz Saw
• Cheetor
• Corahda
• Crazybolt
• Cybershark
• Dynobot
• Drill Bit
• Gaidora
• Geckobot
• Grimlock
• Guiledart
• Ikard
• Longhorn
• Mach Kick
• Magmatron
• Magna Stampede
• Man Terror
• Preditron
• Rampage
• Rattrap
• Retrax
• Scylla
• Ser-Ket
• Sledgehammer
• Sling
• Snapper
• Soundbite
• Stockade
• Stormrazor
• Survive

Fiction

Beast Wars Uprising

The first known Maximals to rebel against the Builders were a small group of gladiators led by Optimus Primal. Following the deaths of Rhinox and Silverbolt and the disappearance of Rattrap, Cheetor, Nightscream, and Blackarachnia assassinated their leader. Prologue

More Predacons rallied under Cheetor's leadership. Their rebellion resulted in a battle against the Builders, which saw Cheetor damaged and in stasis lock. Blackarachnia and some other rebels fled via transwarp and took refuge in a different universe. "TransTech" Blackarachnia's profile in Club magazine #25 Although believed dead, Cheetor had survived, and was interred in Fortress Maximus along with other political dissidents. Head Games Among them was Grimlock, who had illegally transferred his spark into a Maximal body and attempted to bomb the Builder Assembly in protest of Builder principles. Micro-Aggressions

From here, the Resistance appears to have gone underground for a period of time, with the Builders restoring a semblance of order to Cybertron. This would all change when Blackarachnia returned to her universe of origin. Gathering another group of like-minded dissidents, Blackarachnia, Scylla, and B'Boom recruited Lio Convoy, the Maximal Guardian of Order and the 'bot responsible for rigging the endless Games.

At the opening of the 1924th Game, the Resistance moved to interrupt the opening ceremonies. As the Maximal and Predacon teams began their fight, Lio Convoy cut the ceremonies short by assassinating emcee Supersonic with an Angolmois Blaster, then revealed on live broadcast that he had been rigging the Games since their onset. Lio Convoy revealed the energon matrix in his chest, and issued a call for every Maximal and Predacon to rise up against their twisted progenitors. Broken Windshields

Seeking to bolster their numbers, the Resistance began raiding prisons. An early target was Fortress Maximus, a mighty Autobot warrior who had been repurposed into a stationary prison. The first two raids ended disastrously; the massive Autobot was able to mentally manipulate the invaders into turning on each other. The third raid—consisting of Bighorn, Cybershark, Ser-Ket, Survive, and Corahda anticipated the psionic attack by recruiting Buzzclaw as a stooge. Once Fortress Maximus had manipulated the insecure Predacon into turning on his foes, the Resistance killed him. At least two prisoners—Cheetor and Grimlock—joined the Resistance.

As the Resistance gained steam, the attacks became more and more daring, repeatedly clashing with the Predacon Secret Police and the MCSF. Bighorn directed one such strike on the Melpomene Bridge, a vital corridor between the cities of Kalis and Altihex. Bighorn was killed by Stiletto, and the loyalists managed to repel the attack and detonate the bridge to keep it out of rebel hands. Burning Bridges

Another Resistance cell was led by Grimlock, who led his squad to success seven times against Builders and MCSF operations. Contracting some Predacon mercenaries to raid the Forever Vaults, he obtained a sample of the G-Virus. Grimlock's cell planned to detonate this dirty bomb in Tesarus Arena, where Resistance prisoners were being forced to fight to the death for Councilor Ratbat's amusement. He was intercepted by Hot Rod, and the two former allies fought a bitter fight. Hot Rod was triumphant, and Grimlock's trooper Snapper opted to turn himself in to the authorities after learning the terrible effects of the G-Virus. Micro-Aggressions