Slipstream (Cyberverse)

The name or term "Slipstream" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Slipstream (disambiguation).

Slipstream is a Decepticon Seeker from the Cyberverse continuity family.

I admit that in the past I've been a nasty.
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch.

As the captain of an elite Seeker unit (and later the commander of all seekers), Slipstream is really good at bossing others around and even better at thinking up ways to destroy the Autobots. Even Bumblebee finds her leadership skills to be effective.

She really doesn't like Windblade.

Fiction

Cyberverse cartoon

Soon I'll have that little Windblade,
and the planet will be mine!

Voice actor: Lianne Marie Dobbs (English), Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Luisa Ziliotto (Italian)

And I fortunately know a little magic;
It's a talent that I always have possessed.

When the Decepticons tracked the AllSpark to Earth, Starscream sent Slipstream to scout the organic planet while he gathered his fleet. Fractured In their early clashes with the Autobots, Slipstream accompanied Thundercracker and Nova Storm in locating their stolen ship, which was currently in the possession of the Autobots Bumblebee and Windblade. The three Seekers were eventually defeated and buried in snow by Windblade. Whiteout

When the Decepticons caught up with their shuttle, Slipstream engaged it in a dogfight only to be shot down. Terminal Velocity Using her own ship, Slipstream had another go at it. During the fight, Bumblebee jumped onto Slipstream's craft and blasted the cockpit with a triple-barrel ion shoulder cannon sending the Seeker spiralling towards Earth. Maccadam's Shockwave eventually interfered, trapping Bumblebee in a fake memory and telling Slipstream to retrieve the stolen ship. With the vessel now under her remote control, Slipstream used it to harass Windblade before Bumblebee triggered its self-destruct and allowed the Autobot duo to escape. Sabotage

The Seekers soon came across Teletraan-X and used the drone to bait a trap for the Autobots. Unfortunately for them, the drone's protocols led to it attacking them allowing Bumblebee, the only one who could access Teletraan, to escape. Undeterred, Slipstream ordered Windblade restrained. Teletraan-X

"Triton's daughter will be mine, and then I'll make him writhe. I'll see him wriggle like a worm on a hook!"

Using a cortical psychic patch, Slipstream tried to gain useful information from Windblade to avail, only succeeding in triggering a power surge that knocked out all the Decepticons. When Slipstream awoke, she found Starscream and Shockwave waiting for her. While the former had rallied the Decepticon fleet and was on his way, the latter directed Slipstream to repair Earth's space bridge. Siloed

When Shockwave arrived, he dressed down Slipstream before revealing his plan to use magnetic disruptors to destroy Earth's geomagnetic field and cleanse the planet of organic life. Slipstream led the ship operating at the North Pole only for the Autobots, now bolstered by Grimlock to destroy the craft. The Extinction Event

It wasn't all bad though. One of Shockwave's drones had managed to tail the Autobots, leading the Decepticons to Mount St. Hilary, the Ark's resting point. After receiving another beat down from Windblade, Starscream called to let her know the fleet was approaching Earth only for Slipstream to reveal Shockwave had already arrived much to the Air Commander's ire. Awaken Sleeping Giants

After some more failed melee combat, the Decepticons tried to use the last magnetic disruptor to destroy the Ark only for the vessel to be reactivated in time to defend itself. With the crew awoken, the Earth-bound Decepticons regrouped with Starscream's fleet. Eruption

Some time later, the Decepticons attempted to turn a moon-based Planet Smasher on Earth, the Seekers serving as the air defence for the weapon before Grimlock tossed them around. Despite Megatron calling Starscream for air support, the SIC led the group beneath the Planet Smasher's force field, hoping that the Autobots would destroy the warlord, only to find he'd survived. When Starscream tried to blame Slipstream for his lack of his reinforcements, Megatron backhanded him and named Slipstream the new leader of the Seekers. Sea of Tranquility

When the Planet Smasher was destroyed, the Decepticons fled to an underground bunker where Shockwave activated a set of planetary engines, intending to slam the moon into the Earth so they could fish the AllSpark out of the debris field. As Megatron attempted to order Slipstream to guard the Nemesis, his injured leg caused him to collapse. Before aid could be rendered, Starscream mercilessly attacked Megatron, seemingly killing him and declaring himself Decepticon leader, ordering a retreat back to the Nemesis when the Autobots neared the control room. Aboard ship, Slipstream remained in the hangar bay with her troops before Starscream crashed through the wall, hurled by a furious and still alive Megatron who killed the traitor and dumped his corpse on the lunar surface before ordering the Nemesis elsewhere. Bad Moon Rising

Toys

Cyberverse

Poor unfortunate soul.

• Slipstream (Scout Class, 2018)
  • Action Attack: "Wing Slice"

Cyberverse Scout Class Slipstream is a straight redeco of Starscream, and converts from robot to Gerwalk mode jet with limbs, officially called a "transformational mode", and back. Her wings swing around in a spring loaded "Wing Slice" attack attached to her waist, which can be locked in using the landing gear. In transformational mode, Slipstream can fold her legs up to approximate a more "complete" jet mode.

"Life's full of tough choices, innit?"

• Slipstream (Ultra Class, 2019)
  • Action Attack: "Sonic Swirl"

Ultra Class Slipstream is an all-new roughly Voyager-sized mold. As this toy is the first Cyberverse Slipstream toy to not share a mold with Starscream, it is also the first toy of the character to feature show-accurate robot and jet modes. She features a "Sonic Swirl" Action Attack, which unfurls a large free-spinning rotor setup from her wings to the back of her jet mode when her left arm is pushed in. As this is not sculpted to resemble some kind of energy effect or in-motion part like other Action Attacks in the line, it comes across more as an odd form of propulsion for her jet mode.

• Slipstream (Warrior Class, 2019)
  • Action Attack: "Sonic Swirl"

Cyberverse Warrior Class Slipstream is a redeco of Warrior Class Starscream and converts from robot to jet and back. Her Action Attack gimmick is activated by winding up a spring in her waist and releasing the upper part of the figure, allowing it to spin and flip out its spring-loaded wing blades with centrifugal force. The waist can be locked in place by pegging her landing gear onto a peg on her backside. Additionally, she has non-firing Null Ray blasters molded into her forearms with 5 mm post hole hands.

While her arms have articulation comparable to other Cyberverse Warrior Class toys, this mold has the unusual distinction of having its hip swivels molded together, meaning the front-to-back movement is in tandem. She also lacks knees, likely due to the entirety of the legs being cast from the same cyan plastic. Despite this otherwise restricted movement, she can splay her legs out to the sides due to hinges on her hips, allowing splits and high kicks.

Warrior Class Slipstream is exclusive to Target stores and is part of the Power of the Spark subline.

This mold was also redecoed into Thundercracker and Acid Storm.

Notes

• As with the rest of the Cyberverse cast, Slipstream's design is based on the evergreen design also used for Generation 1 Starscream, with some minor stylistic tweaks linked to her own Generation 1 namesake.
• Unusually, Slipstream's toy packaging refers to her with the feminine forms of "hunter" in Spanish and Portuguese but the masculine form in French.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Slipstream (スリップストリーム Surippusutorīmu)

See also

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Versions of Slipstream have appeared in other continuity families, including:

• Slipstream, the female clone of Starscream from Animated.
• Slipstream, the Decepticon Seeker from the Aligned continuity family.
• Slipstream, the Decepticon from Generation 1.

For more information, see Slipstream (disambiguation).