Photon (subgroup)
- The Photons are a Decepticon subgroup from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Photons are a Decepticon sub-faction led by Reflector. They all look identical, patterned after their leader.
Fiction
Wings Universe
When Reflector joined Megatron's forces, the Photons went with him. A Team Effort
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Ken Sansom (English, "Divide and Conquer")
Numerous robots sharing Reflector's design were present during the Decepticons' early activities on Earth, helping to pillage the planet's energy. More than Meets the Eye, Part 2 One such robot helped Starscream to load energon cubes onto a transport that would take them through the space bridge to Cybertron. When Rumble reminded Starscream that the transport required a driver, the unfortunate warrior was selected; he begged that he not be chosen, but his words fell on deaf ears as Starscream forcibly picked him up and dropped him into the transport craft. Fortunately, the robot's piloting skills allowed him to traverse the space bridge, and he safely arrived on Cybertron with his energon payload. Divide and Conquer
Some of these robots were later seen among Shockwave's forces on Cybertron. Two of them transported the wounded Doctor Arkeville to the medical bay at Starscream's order. Countdown to Extinction
Timelines
Flash Sentry was a higher-ranked member of the Photons. During the Battle of Autobot City, Flash Sentry and most of the Photons went missing in action. BotCon 2016 Flash Sentry profile card
Notes
- The first season of the Generation 1 cartoon occasionally used Reflector's design for generic Decepticons whose identities were not singled out by scripts; the robot in "Divide and Conquer" was identified only as "Unnamed Decepticon" in the script, while the two in "Countdown to Extinction" were originally scripted as being the primitive Medicroids seen elsewhere in the episode. The Transformers Collectors' Club coined the named "Photons" to refer to these Reflector duplicates in 2010.
- The "watchdogs" featured in "The Ultimate Doom, Part 3" share Reflector's purple-and-grey colour scheme (right). Perhaps these Decepticon hovercars are the Cybertronian alternate modes of the Photons?
- In 2020 to promote the Netflix-original War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, a robot depicted as a clone of Refraktor named Scrapface, has been released as part of the toyline of the same name. If this guy is a photon or not remains to be seen..
