Safeguard (Cybertron)
| The name or term "Safeguard" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Safeguard (disambiguation). |
- Safeguard is an Autobot-allied Gigantion Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Safeguard is Vector Prime's faithful Mini-Con partner. He travels with him through time and space, and aids him in his multiversal tasks. Not only is he an expert in data-gathering and translation, but he's also an utterly fearless warrior and will face down opponents many times his size without hesitation.
Sometimes he carries cute, tiny swords.
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Cybertron cartoon
- Voice actor: SFX
Safeguard was originally from Gigantion, the Giant Planet, but was trapped in a shuttle pod with the Recon Mini-Con Team that blasted off and floated aimlessly through space. The lost Mini-Cons were accidentally discovered by Vector Prime, who took them with him on his travels.
He was fastened to Vector Prime's arm in his alternate mode when the ancient Cybertronian came to tell Optimus Prime of the Cyber Planet Keys, and subsequently traveled to Earth. Fallen Inferno He remained as such, occasionally acting as Vector Prime's blaster, for some time.
Safeguard was sent to investigate underwater ruins off of an island while the humans played in the surf and Vector Prime sunned himself. They turned out to be just another reproduction, not the actual Omega Lock. Time
When Vector Prime found his way to The Atlantis, really an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory, he dispatched Safeguard to help him reboot the vessel's systems. Deep
When Vector Prime sacrificed himself to turn back time and enable the Autobots to escape Gigantion, Safeguard remained with his fellow Mini-Cons. Following the Autobots' victory, Safeguard wistfully looked at the launch pad at the Autobot base and imagined he saw Vector Prime taking off. *Sniff.* Beginning
Cybertron comic
Safeguard accompanied Vector Prime on his trek throughout space and time, before eventually travelling with him to the Aurex Cluster to confront the Unicron Singularity. Vector Prime: In the Beginning
They met with Alpha Trion to discuss how Primus was dealing with the proximity of the black hole, and were introduced to the dimension-hopping Sentinel Maximus. Balancing Act Wreckers: Finale Part II Shortly thereafter the group was confronted by Unicron's heralds, Ramjet and Nemesis Prime. Balancing Act As Vector Prime and Sentinel secured the Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control, Safeguard was surveying the perimeter when the heralds dispatched Dark Scorponok to attack them. He evaded the cyber-vampire's grasp long enough for back-up to arrive. Balancing Act, Part 3 After Dark Scorponok was defeated, Safeguard remarked to Vector Prime how they had seen this particular spark affliction before in their travels. Balancing Act, Part 4
Vector Prime armed himself with Safeguard as they combated Ramjet. Balancing Act, Pt 5 The sudden arrival of Omega Prime helped turn the tide, giving Safeguard and Vector Prime the chance to survive their encounter. Revelations Part 1 The struggle drained too much of Vector Prime's space-time powers, however, and he could no longer maintain his looped double existence; he and Safeguard vanished from Cybertron and became only present on Earth, in the company of Optimus Prime's Autobots. Revelations Part 2
Galaxy Force manga
Toys
Cybertron
- Vector Prime (Voyager, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: GC-03
- The pack-in Mini-Con partner to Vector Prime, Safeguard transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter with a gunbarrel nosecone.
- The Takara version of the set, released first, uses an off-white base plastic. The later Hasbro release changed this color to a brighter white.
- This mold was also used to make Beta Maxx.
- Roots (Change Micron, 2005)
- Change Micron ID number: 4
- Part of the only Kabaya "Change Micron" candy toy assortment in Galaxy Force, this version of Safeguard is actually a new sculpt based on the pack-in version. The most notable difference in the Change Micron version is that the nosecone is cast in the same off-white plastic as his body, rather than cast in burgundy/brown (due to being gang-molded with Vector Prime) and painted to match the body as the original versions were.
- Starscream vs Vector Prime (Multi-pack, 2005)
- Safeguard also came in a Toys "R" Us exclusive set along with Vector Prime (duh) and a new-deco version of the Voyager-class Starscream mold. This version of Safeguard (and Vector) is identical to the normal Hasbro release.
- Galaxy Force Vector Prime (Voyager, 2006)
- Just as Vector Prime was redecoed, so too was Safeguard, changing to a predominantly bronze color scheme.
Universe (2008)
- Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard! (Voyager, 2009)
- Part of the Universe "Cybertron Series", Vector Prime and Safeguard redecoes of the original toys in brown, black, and gray.
- This version of Safeguard doubles as the TransTech incarnation of Safeguard.
Merchandise
Attacktix
- Vector Prime (Booster, 2006)
- A rather oddly proportioned version of Safeguard in starfighter mode makes an appearance as the missile launcher on the Vector Prime Attacktix piece.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Roots (ルーツ Rūtsu)
- Korean: Roots (루츠 Rucheu)
- Russian: Guard (Гуард), Ohrannik (Охранник, "security guard"), Strage (Страж, "guard")
