Heretech
- Heretech is a Decepticon or Reversionist from the Generation 1 continuity family.
In keeping with his name, Heretech adorns his head with a replica of the Matrix—a symbol of faith, peace, and goodwill that he definitely does not represent.
Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
Heretech was a Point One Percenter selected by Megatron to be the leader of the Warriors Elite. To enhance his durability, he went through the ununtrium-bonding process some time before Overlord. Remembrance Day
At the Battle for Hell's Point, Heretech led the Warriors Elite as they confronted Ultra Magnus, who was blocking the causal energy vent with his body. While Magnus responded to Heretech's list of the Autobots' poor situation by smirking—as he believed Megatron would never allow them to blast him off without checking with him first, since doing so would risk destroying the giant experimental warcruiser—Heretech simply raised Megatron's gun mode in response, and Ultra Magnus went bye-bye. The Gloaming
Heretech would later get on the bad side of the Decepticon Justice Division. He managed to hold them off by supercharging the storm-shield on his Warworld, but his ship ran out of power after a few days of it. In the following struggle, he proved too be to much for Kaon, but was captured by Tesarus and presumably executed. Tesarus was commended for this by Tarn in his performance review. The Permanent Revolution The Sun in Flight
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers issue #10
Leader of the Reversionist faction, Senator Heretech commanded enough influence to grant him a seat on the inner debates of the political body. During the last Senate meeting before Sentinel Prime's return, Heretech called for harmony and unity among Cybertron's populace, annoying Megatron with his tendency to simply parrot old statements. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four
Disagreeing with the deceptive methods Sentinel Prime planned to use to shut down the Ascenticon movement, Heretech met with Megatron in private and gave him advance warning. He declared that the Reversionists would have no part in Sentinel's schemes and would be departing Cybertron entirely before further social unrest erupted. The Change In Your Nature Part Four
 Plot details for Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth For a Truth follow. |
However, his reason were not as noble as they appeared at first glance. He tricked his followers that Primus had promised them a world of their own, a promised land which they would "cleanse" of the squabbles of lesser factions. By which he meant Cybertron. Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth For a Truth
When the Tether was collapsed, Heretech and the Revisionists took off. On launch, they were surprised by the last minute arrival of Arcee, Greenlight and their mentee Gauge. Almost immediately, Heretech had the two mentors imprisoned, and Gauge's memory forcefully altered so that she would believe she had always been a loyal Reversionist. Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth For a Truth In the time that followed, Heretech led the Revisionists as the Plenary, styling himself as Primus's chosen voice, and that without his shining influence Cybertron had collapsed into anarchy and ruin. The Revisionists were taught that there was only one truth, and that truth was Heretech. But the devotion was one-way, Heretech having no time, patience or concern for his devotees.
One day, after one devotion, Gauge approached too close to Heretech's throne, and he snarled at her for daring to approach his seat, unwittingly helping to fuel the little bot's crisis of faith. Gauging the Truth: Part One
The next day, at devotion, Heretech made a grand announcement, the time of prophecy was upon them, and if they performed their duties correctly, they would ascend. Soon after, he announced they had arrived at their chosen planet, and by the next day would transform it into a paradise. Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth For a Truth
Notes
- His name is an obvious play on the word "heretic". Note that his head has a very prominent religious symbol on it—specifically, a sacrilegiously inverted Matrix.[1]
- He transforms into a tunnel boring machine.[2]
