Firestar (G1)
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- Firestar is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Firestar is one of the members of Elita One's Autobot resistance and specialized in rescue missions. Practical and unprepossessing, she is nonetheless particularly useful during thefts of Decepticon Energon cubes, as her vehicle mode is capable of transporting large numbers of them.
Firestar is a close friend of Inferno and Chromia, and entrusted the safety of her protégée Flareup to the latter.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Morgan Lofting (English), Masumi Gotō (Japanese)
Four million years ago, Firestar tried to board the Ark, while it was being attacked, with the rest of Elita One's team. The plan failed, and she and the others appeared to be destroyed.
Firestar participated in a raid on one of Shockwave's energon supply stores, and fell under attack when the group was discovered thanks to Moonracer's carelessness. They managed to escape and the team returned to their hidden base with the stolen energon.
The Decepticons attacked again, however. Trying to capture Elita One, Rumble caused the Female Autobots' underground base to collapse, with most of them in it. They survived and managed to free themselves some time later. In search for their leader, they met up with a team of Earth-stationed Autobots who had come looking for their commander. Firestar was briefly reunited with her friend Inferno and together they helped fight off the Decepticons the Earth-stationed Autobots had gotten themselves in a fight with. She remained on Cybertron with the rest of Elita One's team when Optimus's team returned to Earth. The Search for Alpha Trion
Japanese cartoon continuity
MC Axis comics
Firestar, Moonracer, and Arcee were strolling around on Cybertron after a battle, when they were attacked from behind by a Decepticon. Only Arcee was quick enough to respond in time, blasting the attacker before her friends came to harm. She then chided her teammates, noting that "War seems to be too tough particularly for females" [sic]. Firestar noted with horror that this clearly meant that three beautiful women were in three times as much trouble. The Transformers: Arcee
Later, Firestar, Chromia, Moonracer, and Elita One celebrated their victory over an absolutely gargantuan Decepticon warrior. Well, Elita brooded, but the others celebrated. The Transformers: Elita One
Transformers Legends comic
Firestar was among the heroic female Transformers who appeared in one of Tigatron's dreams to protect him from the evil female Transformers. She appeared to be engaged in battle with Thunderblast, at least until the latter leaped into the air and fired her launcher at Chromia and Tigatron. Bonus Edition Vol. 11
Wings Universe
Firestar was present at Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus's first "meeting". Later, she was accidentally left behind with others as the Ark departed. With them, she entered stasis hibernation pods with several other Autobots to await the energy rejuvenation of Cybertron. Battle Lines, Part 6
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
Firestar was a member of an elite squad of five warriors under the command of the Quintessons. She and Moonracer were on guard duty for their masters when they discussed the Transformer-related events of the past two Earth years. Generation 1 #0
Following a report from their Autobot sleeper agent, Arcee, that the awaited situation to commence their mission had come, Elita One used a space bridge to get to the Autobase on Cybertron. Firestar and the others waited patiently for her to signal that they could follow. Firestar was the last to step through the portal, thereby just missing out on Moonracer and Elita One taking out Gnaw. While Chromia was sent back to Quintessa with an unconscious Hot Rod, Firestar joined the other two into the Autobot facility, where they found Optimus Prime's badly damaged body in a repair chamber. Generation 1 #11
IDW Generation One continuity
On Caminus, the performing arts are venerated, which was good for Firestar, a skilled dancer, acrobat, and actor. Unfortunately the Way of Flame expects people to form an Amica Endura within ten megacycles or be cast out as "officially lonely", and Firestar's ego and need to undercut others meant she couldn't get a best friend. She ended up reciting the Oath of Constancy to her roommate Nautica, who was nothing like her but was also desperate to not be written off. They went on to be fractious "besties" and sorority members, trying to get on but not quite managing it, and Firestar viewed their relationship as waiting for Nautica to "catch up" to her and not ride coattails. Much like others, she called her friend "Naughty Nautica" for not trying to be an artist: not a nickname that Nautica appreciated. The Sensuous Frame The Frail Gaze
Firestar didn't forgive Nautica for being the one called up to search for Cybertron (or Windblade for doing the calling). Months later, she herself and many of the old sorority went out searching for that first group, and thanks to the personality ticks infecting their pilot they had to be saved by Thunderclash. He let them join the crew of the Vis Vitalis, and Firestar became a prominent member of the crew as Thunderclash began to die. The Frail Gaze That's when she met Nautica, a year after she'd left Caminus, when the Lost Light arrived to also pay its respects. The Sensuous Frame Feeling selfconscious, Firestar lied that she'd saved Thunderclash and had been made First Officer. The Frail Gaze Nautica was left uneasy as her old bestie playfully undermined the former's vocation and her accomplishments. After an awkward conversation, the two segregated. The Sensuous Frame
When the personality ticks went on the take, a horrified Firestar saw her friend Skystriker killed in front of her. Only a not-dead-after-all Thunderclash allowed them to escape and, taking shelter with Nautica's allies, a panicked Firestar admitted to her "First Officer" fib; she helped Nightbeat identify what the creatures were when she noted all their victims had charisma but when the ticks broke in, she cowered in a fetal position rather than fight. After the crisis was sorted, she made it clear she was going back home to Caminus and couldn't understand why Nautica viewed this violent, scary horrorshow as "space adventures".
Before parting, she suggested they break up as they weren't that good a mix, she hadn't been that good a friend, and Nautica was better than her. Not willing to see her friend be pilloried for the Camien sin of "platonic severance", Nautica told her they were different but still friends. Later on, both for appearances and to let Velocity have better career opportunities than she would at home, Firestar convinced her to move to the Light to "help Nautica out". The Frail Gaze
At some point, Nautica was seen apparently communicating with Firestar via telecom at Swerve's. No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases
Games
Transformers Legends
Firestar was part of Elita 1's team which carried out a series of raids on Decepticon installations, until they were taken down in a trap planned by Flamewar. Fatal Furies
Notes
- The toy that was released as Flareup in the BotCon 2005 exclusive souvenir set with Ratchet was originally intended to be Firestar. However, Hasbro was unable to secure the trademark to her name, so she became a new character. According to Ben Yee, Firestar was planned to have died prior to the events of "Descent into Evil" to explain the absence. However, this was intentionally omitted from the final version of the convention comic. Consequently, her final fate is unknown.[1]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Firestar (ファイヤースター Faiyāsutā)
- Mandarin: Huǒ Hsīng (Taiwan, 火星, "Fire Star"), Huǒ Yì Xīng (China, 火翼星, "Fire Wing Star")
- Russian: Zvezda (Звезда, "Star")
