Dia Cinders (Diaclone)
| This article is about the human pilot. For the similarly-named Titan Master, see Diac. |
- Dia is a human Diaclone pilot from the Diaclone continuity family.
A woman of very few words, Dia is Burn Out's human pilot. Since Burn Out's personality is based on her own, the two argue constantly. It oftentimes comes to the point that Dia turns off Burn Out's voice commands in order to be more effective in the field. She is especially good at sharpshooting, possessing pin-point accuracy.
Fiction
TransTech
Born in 1982, Dia spent a life knowing nothing but the Diaclone project, which began in the same year and for which she was named. Dia's ambitions eventually came to fruition when she became the mech pilot of Burn Out. BotCon 2015 Burn Out profile card
Dia and Cline wound up in Axiom Nexus, where they passed as Cybertronians thanks to their mech suits, Burn Out and Lift-Ticket. They sought out a highly evolved Waruder nest deep underground. Following the Waruders' signal, they encountered a group of wanted criminals, and fled upon seeing them. Cline and Dia met up with the group once more when they found themselves in the middle of a battle between Waruders and Cybertronians. Revealing that they had been tracking the Waruders hive, the humans joined their new allies in battle. They were shortly thereafter joined by General Optimus Prime and Sergeant Hound, who pooled their efforts towards the fight against the Waruders as well. Sergeant Hound was particularly impressed by Dia/Burn-Out's aiming skills during the battle's course. The Lift-Ticket armor took a severe strike, prompting Cline to exit the mech. Dia/Burn Out defended her now-vulnerable ally as the Waruder invaders kept on swarming them. The battle came to an end when C-81 took the Waruders' leader hostage, and began negotiations with the critter. The Waruders were convinced to migrate to a different Cybertron via an interuniversal gate, bringing the fighting to an end. Dia later conversed with Sergeant Hound, noting that she hated the whole concept of "quantum" when it was revealed that the Waruders had arrived to Axiom Nexus 20,000 years in the past due to quantum instability. Cybertron's Most Wanted
Toys
Timelines
- General Optimus Prime / Sgt. Hound (Deluxe, 2015)
- A BotCon 2015 exclusive toy, Dia is a redeco of Generations Caliburst in colors homaging the Diaclone pilot figures, transforming from armored humanoid into a triple-barreled gun. In gun mode, she can combine with the various iterations of the Holepunch mold (notably her mission partner Cline) to form a super-rifle, with either one forming the "front" part.
- Despite being the "pilot" for Burn Out, she and Cline were actually packaged with Sgt. Hound, who in turn was available only in a 2-pack with General Optimus Prime. This set was an at-the-show "souvenir" set.
- This mold was also used to make Adventure Targetmaster, and Combiner Wars Singe and Zputty.
Notes
- Dia is loosely based on Sasha Kaidonovsky, the female co-pilot of Cherno Alpha from Pacific Rim.
