Firestar (G1)

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The name or term "Firestar" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Firestar (disambiguation).

Firestar is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Inferno's Amazing Friend

Firestar (aka Novastar) is one of the members of Elita One's Autobot resistance and specialized in rescue missions. Practical and unprepossessing, she is nonetheless particularly useful during thefts of Decepticon Energon cubes, as her vehicle mode is capable of transporting large numbers of them.

She's very good at a large number of things, and in some universes she's kinda snobby about it, which makes her unpopular. Thankfully for Firestar, one of her many skills is appearing popular to others despite this.

Firestar is a close friend of Inferno and Chromia, and entrusted the safety of her protégée Flareup to the latter.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor:  ? (English), Masumi Gotō (Japanese), Gu Guoyi (Chinese)

She's got a lot of junk in that trunk.

Four million years ago, Firestar tried to board the Ark, while it was being attacked, with the rest of Elita One's team. The plan failed, and she and the others appeared to be destroyed.

Firestar participated in a raid on one of Shockwave's energon supply stores, and fell under attack when the group was discovered thanks to Moonracer's carelessness. They managed to escape and the team returned to their hidden base with the stolen energon.

The Decepticons attacked again, however. Trying to capture Elita One, Rumble caused the Female Autobots' underground base to collapse, with most of them in it. They survived and managed to free themselves some time later. In search for their leader, they met up with a team of Earth-stationed Autobots who had come looking for their commander. Firestar was briefly reunited with her friend Inferno and together they helped fight off the Decepticons the Earth-stationed Autobots had gotten themselves in a fight with. She remained on Cybertron with the rest of Elita One's team when Optimus's team returned to Earth. The Search for Alpha Trion

Japanese cartoon continuity

MC Axis comics

Firestar, Moonracer, and Arcee were strolling around on Cybertron after a battle, when they were attacked from behind by a Decepticon. Only Arcee was quick enough to respond in time, blasting the attacker before her friends came to harm. She then chided her teammates, noting that "War seems to be too tough particularly for females" [sic]. Firestar noted with horror that this clearly meant that three beautiful women were in three times as much trouble. The Transformers: Arcee

Later, Firestar, Chromia, Moonracer, and Elita One celebrated their victory over an absolutely gargantuan Decepticon warrior. Well, Elita brooded, but the others celebrated. The Transformers: Elita One

Legends comic

Firestar was among the heroic female Transformers who appeared in one of Tigatron's dreams to protect him from the evil female Transformers. She appeared to be engaged in battle with Thunderblast, at least until the latter leaped into the air and fired her launcher at Chromia and Tigatron. Bonus Edition Vol. 11

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Firestar was present at Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus's first "meeting". Later, she was accidentally left behind with others as the Ark departed. With them, she entered stasis hibernation pods with several other Autobots to await the energy rejuvenation of Cybertron. Battle Lines, Part 6

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Firestar was a member of an elite squad of five warriors under the command of the Quintessons. She and Moonracer were on guard duty for their masters when they discussed the Transformer-related events of the past two Earth years. Generation 1 #0

Generation One ceased publication before the story could conclude. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

Following a report from their Autobot sleeper agent, Arcee, that the awaited situation to commence their mission had come, Elita One used a space bridge to get to the Autobase on Cybertron. Firestar and the others waited patiently for her to signal that they could follow. Firestar was the last to step through the portal, thereby just missing out on Moonracer and Elita One taking out Gnaw. While Chromia was sent back to Quintessa with an unconscious Hot Rod, Firestar joined the other two into the Autobot facility, where they found Optimus Prime's badly damaged body in a repair chamber. Generation 1 #11

2005 IDW continuity

• First Appearance: Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #41

Go fork yourself, you mean giraffe!

On Caminus, the performing arts are venerated, which was good for Firestar, a skilled dancer, acrobat, and actor. Unfortunately the Way of Flame expects people to form an Amica Endura within ten megacycles or be cast out as "officially lonely", and Firestar's ego and need to undercut others meant she couldn't get a best friend. She ended up reciting the Oath of Constancy to her roommate Nautica, who was nothing like her but was also desperate to not be written off. They went on to be fractious "besties" and sorority members, trying to get on but not quite managing it, and Firestar viewed their relationship as waiting for Nautica to "catch up" to her and not ride coattails. Much like others, she called her friend "Naughty Nautica" for not trying to be an artist: not a nickname that Nautica appreciated. The Sensuous Frame The Frail Gaze While berating Nautica for her inability to dance (and her indifference to), Firestar got progressively angrier until a medical student named Velocity put out her head flame with a blast of water. Firestar stomped off, but the incident made friends of Nautica and Velocity. An Axe to Break the Ice

Looks like someone let The Fallen do their hair.

Firestar didn't forgive Nautica for being the one called up to search for Cybertron (or Windblade for doing the calling). Months later, she herself and many of the old sorority went out searching for that first group, and thanks to the personality ticks infecting their pilot they had to be saved by Thunderclash. He let them join the crew of the Vis Vitalis, and Firestar became a prominent member of the crew as Thunderclash began to die. The Frail Gaze That's when she met Nautica, a year after she'd left Caminus, when the Lost Light arrived to also pay its respects. The Sensuous Frame Feeling selfconscious, Firestar lied that she'd saved Thunderclash and had been made First Officer. The Frail Gaze Nautica was left uneasy as her old bestie playfully undermined the former's vocation and her accomplishments. After an awkward conversation, the two segregated. The Sensuous Frame

When the personality ticks went on the take, a horrified Firestar saw her friend Skystriker killed in front of her. Only a not-dead-after-all Thunderclash allowed them to escape and, taking shelter with Nautica's allies, a panicked Firestar admitted to her "First Officer" fib; she helped Nightbeat identify what the creatures were when she noted all their victims had charisma but when the ticks broke in, she cowered in a fetal position rather than fight. After the crisis was sorted, she made it clear she was going back home to Caminus and couldn't understand why Nautica viewed this violent, scary horrorshow as "space adventures".

Before parting, she suggested they break up as they weren't that good a mix, she hadn't been that good a friend, and Nautica was better than her. Not willing to see her friend be pilloried for the Camien sin of "platonic severance", Nautica told her they were different but still friends. Later on, both for appearances and to let Velocity have better career opportunities than she would at home, Firestar convinced her to move to the Light to "help Nautica out". The Frail Gaze

At some point, Nautica was seen apparently communicating with Firestar via telecom at Swerve's. No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases

Following the destruction of Caminus at the hands of Unicron, Last Stand Firestar was safely evacuated to Cybertron; when Unicron then attacked and destroyed the Transformer homeworld, Firestar and the other survivors were teleported to Earth, and landed in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. Road's End

Power of the Primes marketing material

The Autobot Novastar could wield powers of the Primes by linking with Prime Masters. Power of the Primes Novastar packaging bio

For a list of powers manifested by Novastar, see this chart.

2019 IDW continuity

First appearance: Transformers issue #10

Novastar was a commanding officer in Colonial Security, sharing a similar rank and authority with Hound. The two of them were part of First Senator Sentinel Prime's entourage as he conducted a tour of the Cybertronian colonies aboard the Titan, Lodestar. Nautica: Home When civil unrest became rampant back home, Sentinel Prime brought his crew back to Cybertron to deal with the situation. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four

At Sentinel Prime's decree, Novastar and Hound were integrated into command structure of domestic Security Operations. Chromia's command of Security was narrowed to Investigations, while Sentinel's operatives now oversaw Enforcement. The Change In Your Nature Part Three While Hound prepared for the heavy work, Novastar assembled an integrated recon and rapid response unit from volunteers of various backgrounds. She and Smokescreen would perform ground recon, Blades and Windblade on air recon, and Sureshot and Springer serving as a strike team for close- and long-range impact. Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down

Games

Transformers Legends

Yes, I definitely transform into this yellow truck.

Firestar was part of Elita 1's team which carried out a series of raids on Decepticon installations, until they were taken down in a trap planned by Flamewar. Fatal Furies

Angry Birds Transformers

Novastar appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. She is portrayed by Stella. Angry Birds Transformers

Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive

Novastar took part in a series of attacks against multiple Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the proccess. Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive

Toys

Generations

I'm a Novastar-ter, twisted Firestar-ter.

• Autobot Novastar (Deluxe Class, 2018)
  • Japanese ID number: PP-35
  • Japanese release date: October 27, 2018
  • Accessories: Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun

The sole new figure in the fourth wave of Power of the Primes Deluxe Class toys, "Autobot Novastar" (trademark reasons) is a retool of Power of the Primes Moonracer with a new head and weapon.

She transforms from a robot to a Cybertronian car, and can also form a limb for any Combiner Wars-style combiner (or one of Legends Godbomber's legs), but is specifically attached to Orthia. Like all other Power of the Primes Deluxe Class figures, she comes with Prime Armor (redecoed from that of Jazz) with a place for a Prime Master (and by extension, a Titan Master, Enigma of Combination, or Matrix core) that can transform into a hand for a combiner. She also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held as a gun.

The side of Novastar's packaging depicts Elita-Infin1te, though Novastar herself is not visible. Later Siege material would also brand Novastar as part of Orthia.

Novastar's kibble results in a very large backpack, due to the fact at least 75% of her car mode folds up into it despite not being a shellformer. Surprisingly, even with the backpack she is fairly sturdy in robot mode, due to the fact it is mostly hollow.

As an undocumented feature, her gun can combine with Moonracer's gun (or Siege Lionizer/Dazzlestrike) to form a larger rifle that doesn't look too out of place in a combiner hand.

This mold was also used for Greenlight and Lancer. In addition, it is superficially similar to but distinct from Siege Chromia.

Merchandise

Transformers Trading Card Game

• Autobot Novastar, Search and Rescue (2019)
  • Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners
  • Rarity: CT
  • Card Number: T06/T40
  • Stars: 12

Autobot Novastar, Search and Rescue is one of forty character cards released in Wave 2 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, Rise of the Combiners.

The artwork for the card is reused from the Transformers Legends mobile game.

Notes

• Back in the 1990s, early attempts by fans to identify the cast of the cartoon led to actress Morgan Lofting being incorrectly identified as the voice of Firestar. The identity of Firestar's actress has never come to light, meaning that numerous online databases, taking that old fandom guesswork as true, continue to list Lofting for the role. Obviously not remembering whether or not she played a one-episode bit part with barely more than half-a-dozen lines thirty-five years ago, Lofting has also attended several conventions under the pretense that she played Firestar (which isn't the only time such a thing has happened).
• The toy that was released as Flareup in the BotCon 2005 exclusive souvenir set with Ratchet was originally intended to be Firestar. However, Hasbro was unable to secure the trademark to her name, so she became a new character. According to Ben Yee, Firestar was planned to have died prior to the events of "Descent into Evil" to explain the absence. However, this was intentionally omitted from the final version of the convention comic. Consequently, her final fate is unknown.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Firestar (ファイヤースター Faiyāsutā), Novastar (ノヴァスター Novasutā)
• Mandarin: Huǒ Hsīng (Taiwan, 火星, "Fire Star"), Huǒ Yì Xīng (China, 火翼星, "Fire Wing Star")
• Russian: Zvezda (Звезда, "Star")