Storm Cloud (G1)
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- Storm Cloud is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Storm Cloud is like Starscream, except with less brains, talent, self-control, or chance of success. He always announces his plans, including such brilliance as: "I'm going to replace Whisper as leader of the Air Strike Patrol!" In front of Whisper. Sigh.[1]
However, he is an expert in electronic warfare, using electromagnetic interference to confuse enemy scanners, from a safe point high up in the sky. He's also apparently skilled as a hacker (or at least acquired some very good hacking scripts) as he is able to slip corrupted data into Autobot transmissions to disrupt them.[2]
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Storm Cloud and his patrolmates were the first Decepticon Micromasters to be created after Thunderwing's scientists reverse engineered the process from the captive Autobot Battle Patrol. When the Race Car Patrol infiltrated Thunderwing's base to rescue the Battle Patrol, the Air Strike Patrol were sent out to meet them as a field-test. Roadhandler was able to trick them into thinking that a deactivated bomb he was carrying was still live, allowing his team to rush the Decepticons and beat them down. The Autobots afterwards fled with their rescued comrades. A Small War!
When Roadhandler became an overnight wrestling sensation on Earth, Scorponok requested new warriors from Cybertron to counter the Autobot Micromasters' building public adulation. The Micromaster Air Strike Patrol, including Storm Cloud, subsequently arrived on Earth, donated by a Decepticon on Cybertron with an unknown, mysterious identity. Storm Cloud challenged Roadhandler in the ring, with the stipulation that if Roadhandler didn't demonstrate Autobot inferiority by throwing the match, Roadhandler's fan club would be in danger. Once the threat had been removed, Roadhandler clobbered Storm Cloud easily. The Decepticons' plan foiled, Storm Cloud acted as Zarak's transport so they could both escape the wrestling arena. The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!
Unknown to Scorponok, Storm Cloud's secret employer was Megatron, who then sent Storm Cloud and his teammates on a mission to MacDill Air Force Base. En route to the base, Nightflight and Storm Cloud indulged in some showy aerobatics, nearly crashing in the process. Admonished by Whisper, they reached the base and captured the B-204 refueling plane. Storm Cloud interrupted Whisper's ultimatum to the humans, issuing... basically the same ultimatum. When the Autobots inevitably arrived, the team contacted Scorponok to tell him that they were under attack. Back from the Dead During a brief confrontation with Optimus Prime, Storm Cloud disabled Optimus's attempt to contact the Ark and accidentally let slip part of his team's plans. With the arrival of Scorponok's Decepticons, Storm Cloud and his teammates fled, their mission completed. The Resurrection Gambit! Skin Deep
Storm Cloud, Nightflight, and Tailwind came to the aid of Whisper, after he had become a freelance assassin, when he was chased into an Earthen jungle by the Autobot Rescue Patrol. This battle ended with the Autobots breaking off their pursuit in order to prevent further damage being dealt to the surrounding forest. The Greatest Gift of All!
A news team followed the Air Strike Patrol across the southern United States, where finally the group descended on an oil refinery. When they attacked, the human civilians were defended by Hector Dialonzo, a human with extraordinary powers. While on film, Storm Cloud colorfully threatened Hector for his destruction of Tailwind, only to be destroyed himself by an explosion of underground lava caused by the human. The Human Factor!
Marvel UK future timelines
The Air Strike Patrol took Megatron's side in a Decepticon Civil War against factions led by Scorponok and Shockwave. Near the end of that war, the Patrol chased Scorponok, alone, into a human settlement, where Storm Cloud mused that the infighting between the other three members of his team would allow him to prove himself. Scorponok manoeuvered a team of Autobots into combatting the Patrol for him, with the Autobot unit leader Hot Rod shielding Scorponok from one of Storm Cloud's strikes. The Autobot interference enabled Scorponok to escape. Aspects of Evil!
Transformers Comic-Magazin
As the Decepticons arrived on Earth, Storm Cloud and the Air Strike Patrol were among the first to engage their Autobot enemies. New York — A City Sinking in Terror
When a dimension bridge opened up connecting several points in time and space, the Autobots and Decepticons fought over control of the bridge. The Air Strike Patrol engaged the Autobot Pretender, Skyhammer. The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions
Classics
At some point, Storm Cloud rejoined the Decepticons while they were under Bludgeon's command. He was summoned by Crankcase for waste disposal after Piranacon deactivated the alleged traitor, Abominus. At Fight's End
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Storm Cloud was among the legion of pint-sized soldiers employed by Jhiaxus on Gorlam Prime. He, along with other flyers, attacked Hardhead and Nightbeat as they probed deeper into the planet. Spotlight: Hardhead
Beast Wars: Uprising
Storm Cloud of the Air Strike Patrol fought for the Builders in the Grand Uprising until he was captured by the Resistance. In Protihex, he was forced to fight in a new Games until a Vehicon nano-virus hidden among his fellow troops awakened. Micromasters and protoformers alike were assimilated into new Vehicon drone soldiers, and Whisper and Storm Cloud were brought down by the first wave of Aero Drones. Safe Spaces
Games
Transformers Legends
Dreadwind and the Air Strike Patrol conquered Garrus-9, though their triumph was short-lived as the Wreckers arrived a bit later and liberated it. The Wreckers
Toys
The Transformers
- Air Strike Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)
- Storm Cloud transforms into a lavender and black Dassault Rafale fighter jet. He was only available as part of a four-pack with his teammates Nightflight, Tailwind and Whisper. Storm Cloud is gang-molded with Whisper, sharing plastic colors.
- This toy was sold without changes in Japan as the Autobot Star Cloud. This mold was also redecoed to make Skyhopper.
Universe (2008)
- Stormcloud (Ultra Class, 2008)
- Series: Classic Series
- Accessories: Spring-loaded cannon, "interceptor" missile
- A redeco of Universe Powerglide, Stormcloud transforms into a Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II assault plane (though the nose looks more like that of its cancelled counterpart, the Northrop YA-9 prototype plane, probably for licensing reasons).
- He has electronic gimmicks triggered in plane mode by a button on his top, causing his cockpit and engines to flash, and cycling through three different sound effects: jet engines starting up, in-flight "whoosh", and machinegun fire (all the same sounds as Universe Silverbolt. Transformation to and from robot mode each activates a variation on the classic transformation sound effect, accompanied by the flashing cockpit and engines.
- He also has a hidden heart in his chest. Hey, he can't be all bad... okay, it's as black as the night. Stormcloud also has "MM-89" stamped on his engine boosters, a reference to his original Micromaster status and release year.
Generations
War for Cybertron: Siege
- Storm Cloud & Visper (Micromaster, 2018)
- Part of the first wave of Siege Micromasters, Storm Cloud transforms from a robot into a dimly-Cybertronian jet. He can also combine with his packmate Visper to form the "Circuitstream Spyblade," inspired by the Armada Dark Saber and Vorpal Saber. As a part of the C.O.M.B.A.T. System, their weapon mode can be attached to any toy with a 5 mm post-hole. "Fire Blasts" can also be attached to his hands or the back of his jet mode.
- Due to his transformation, he has great articulation compared to his first-wave contemporaries.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Storm Cloud (ストームクラウド Sutōmu Kuraudo)
- French: Nimbus (Canada)
- Italian: Eclisse
References
- ↑ More than Meets the Eye #6
- ↑ Universe package bio
