Swindle's
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Looking for a bit of illicit entertainment? Try Swindle's, named for its owner and operator and fully-equipped to handle a customer's less-than-legal proclivities. Gamble on skitter races, indulge in virtual multiworld simulations, and sample a fine assortment of intoxicants, from engex to K-Juice. Oh, and don't let Security Operations know you were there.
Fiction
2019 IDW continuity
In the aftermath of the Tether's fall, Swindle sent Gutcruncher and Singe to steal some energon for his customers in The Rise. They ran into Security officers while looting a storage facility and Singe was apprehended. Arcee/Greenlight: Run Under intense interrogation from Prowl, Singe pointed Security in the direction of Swindle's. That night, Swindle watched the skitter races along with his inner circle of Headlock, Trickdiamond, and Gutcruncher. Noting that profits were low thanks to the recent destabilizing events on society, Swindle had Trickdiamond offer free drinks and multiworld simulation trials to all customers in order to grease the wheels a bit. Swindle then took a meeting with Mindwipe and Visper to discuss his arrangement with The Rise, but chaos soon erupted when Security raided the place. Mindwipe and Visper fled, but their back-up Storm Cloud was captured by Sideswipe. Swindle and his associates pleaded ignorance of any connection to The Rise, but Prowl promised to shut the place down and put Swindle away for all his criminal activities. Swindle's
