Steeljaw (IDW)
| The name or term "Steeljaw" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Steeljaw (disambiguation). |
- Steel Jaw is a Maximal from the Beast Wars: Uprising portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Resistance field commander Steel Jaw leads the Pack, a crack team of operatives responsible for the siege of Tesarus. His slashed insignia reveals his unorthodox approach to leadership, believing that those under his command should be more loyal to him than to Lio Convoy.
Fiction
Beast Wars: Uprising
Steel Jaw commanded the Pack in contested Tesarus during the Grand Uprising, hunkered down opposite the Micromaster 74th led by Erector. His unique leadership style had his troops mark their Maximal insignia with three slashes, identifying the Pack as loyal to him first, all other loyalties second. His second-in-command, Ramulus, had been with him since the earliest days of the revolution, before even Lio Convoy's proclamation.
All of which explains why he seriously considered disobeying Lio Convoy's orders to advance on Iacon without delay. Abandoning the slow, methodical push through Builder territory to charge the fortifications all at once would be a death sentence for many, if not most, of his men. Still, Steel Jaw accepted the intelligence reports of the Vehicon horde at the back, and decided to make his stand.
The Pack began an artillery bombardment of the Micromaster 74th to shake them up, and then ordered the frontal assault. In truth, a fifth of the Pack was killed in the first few cycles crossing the Builders' mine field. Nevertheless, enough remained for Steel Jaw to rally the Pack and take advantage of the surprise. They charged Erector's lines to break through the Micromasters trying to fortify the position.
In the end, the Pack won, but Steel Jaw was not around to see it. Two-thirds of the Maximals died in the advance, but the road to Iacon was open. Derailment
Toys
Notes
- The narration notes that by the time of "Derailment", Steel Jaw has adopted a luponoid beast mode, although it also states that he used to be an off-road vehicle in reference to his Robots in Disguise counterpart.
