Astrotrain (Cyberverse)
| The name or term "Astrotrain" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Astrotrain (disambiguation). |
- Astrotrain is a Decepticon Triple Changer from the Cyberverse continuity family.
At first glance, Astrotrain appears to be a colossal Decepticon, using his Triple Changing abilities combined with his force fields, dimensional portals, and door closing abilities for his own selfish gain and occasionally to fuel his sadistic streak, if it's Dead End.
All subsequent glances will reveal that this is in fact an excellent summary of Astrotrain, save for one detail that lets Megatron control him: he is absolutely terrified of his former master. And he will do anything, whether that includes shooting down helpless Autobots or working with Dead End, to avoid the tyrant.
Fiction
Cyberverse cartoon
- Voice actor: Mike Rose (English)
After the Great War was won by Megatron, the tyrant created a master race of Decepticons before ridding himself of all "unneeded" Decepticons. Along with the Insecticons, Astrotrain was kept around, being tortured and abused for millions of years before eventually being freed by an alternate Megatron. Enemy Line Astrotrain waited with Dead End, to whom Astrotrain took an immediate dislike, while Megatron and the Insecticons stole the Matrix of Leadership. When they returned under heavy fire, Astrotrain opened a portal to another universe and flew them through. Silent Strike
Astrotrain transported Megatron, Dead End, and the Insecticons to Megatron's home dimension in time to battle Judge Starscream. When they attempted to seal off the portal to unspace, Astrotrain was seized by Croaton until Windblade removed the Quintesson influence from the Titan's mind. Astrotrain used a beam to start closing the portal, but his forcefield began failing when an angry Judge Starscream retaliated. He was saved by Megatron and Optimus Prime, and closed the portal completely. Astrotrain later transported the Decepticons to Megatron's meeting with Optimus. The End Of The Universe IV
In the aftermath of the war against the Quintessons, Astrotrain began patrolling the barrier between Autobot and Decepticon halves of Cybertron. When he began underperfoming, Megatron reminded him who he owed his freedom to, Astrotrain reluctantly falling back into line. Enemy Line
Astrotrain worked with Dead End to create a cannon that weaponized unspace to use against The Other One. After testing it on Jetfire and finding it to be faulty, he captured both Jetfire and Ratchet, intent on using them as test subjects. Rack'n'Ruin suddenly burst in and attacked Astrotrain, serving as little more than an annoyance, until the randomly-firing unspace cannon hit a door, revealing Soundwave and Shadow Striker listening in. After Shadow Striker mocked him, Astrotrain ordered them to leave, and Soundwave challenged him to make them. They posed no more threat than Rack'n'Ruin, but before he could finish the fight, Astrotrain himself was hit by the cannon and sent to unspace. Gleeful that the weapon worked, Astrotrain opened a portal back to his new universe. Rack N' Ruin N' Ratchet
Astrotrain returned to the Decepticon control room and presented the completed weapon to Megatron. Soon enough, the Perfect Decepticons began teleporting in, even if the dimensional shield delayed their approach. When the Autobots arrived, the Perfect Decepticons managed to beam in and surround the group. Silent Strike Opting for the better part of valour, Astrotrain opened up a multiverse portal and flew away. Once Optimus Prime had defeated The Other One, Astrotrain returned to seize the prone form of his old master, intending to imprison him in his own body as he sailed the multiverse, laughing about his "big plans." The Other One
Notes
- Standing several times taller than Megatron himself, Cyberverse Astrotrain is the largest incarnation of Astrotrain yet. Maybe go a little easy on the protein shakes, huh?
- Astrotrain is the only Cyberverse character seen to create a hologram of his head inside his vehicle mode.
- Astrotrain's design draws inspiration from several of his Generation 1 counterpart's CHUG toys, specifically the Classics toy (color scheme), the Titans Return toy (Hasbro color hints and train mode design), and his more recent Siege toy (shuttle mode design).
