Cybertronian military insignia/gallery
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The War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline uses a series of military insignia to denote each Autobot and Decepticon characters' position within their armies; while each faction has unique designs for their insignia, they follow a common system.
Each insignia consists of three parts: the division (ground, air, sea or space); the unit (infantry, artillery/weapons, special ops/black ops, transport, engineering/applied sciences, medical, or recon/intelligence/espionage,[1]); and the rank (private/raider, sergeant/specialist,[2], captain, major, or general).[3]
Autobot insignia
Divisions
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Autobot Ground Command -
Autobot Air Command -
Autobot Sea Command -
Autobot Space Command
Units
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Infantry -
Artillery -
Special Ops -
Transport -
Engineering -
Medical -
Recon/Intelligence
See notes.
Ranks
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Private -
![Sergeant/Specialist[2]](/images2/8/89/WFCT_Rank_Insignia_Autobot_Sergeant.png)
Sergeant/Specialist[2] -
Captain -
Major -
General -
Unknown
See notes.
![Sergeant/Specialist[2]](/index.php/File:WFCT_Rank_Insignia_Autobot_Sergeant.png){kind=icon}
Autobots by insignia
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Ground Command Infantry Private: Aragon, Cliffjumper, Daddy-O, Red Heat, Road-Police, Sideswipe, Stakeout, Sunstreaker (instructions), Trip-Up, Wheel Blaze -
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Ground Command Infantry Captain: Ironhide -
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Ground Command Infantry General: Nemesis Prime, Optimus Prime -
Ground Command Special Ops Private: Covert Clone Sideswipe, Greenlight, Highjump, Powertrain, Sunstreaker (box/website) -
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Ground Command Special Ops Captain: Impactor, Trailbreaker -
Ground Command Artillery Private: Bluestreak, Crosshairs, Dazzlestrike, Firedrive, Flak, Lionizer, Pinpointer, Rung, Smashdown, Topshot, Trenchfoot -
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Ground Command Medical Private: Red Alert -
Ground Command Engineering Unknown: Omega Supreme (website) -
Ground Command Engineering Sergeant: Wheeljack -
Ground Command Engineering Captain: Grapple -
Air Command Artillery Sergeant: Springer -
Air Command Engineering Captain: Jetfire -
Space Command Special Ops General: Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime (website) -
Space Command Engineering Captain: Ironworks
Decepticon insignia
Divisions
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Decepticon Ground Force -
Decepticon Air Force -
Decepticon Sea Force -
Decepticon Space Force
Units
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Infantry -
Weapons -
Black Ops -
Transport -
Applied Sciences -
Espionage -
Medical
See notes.
Ranks
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Raider -
Sergeant -
Captain -
Major -
General
Decepticons by insignia
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Ground Force Infantry Sergeant: Barricade, Decepticon Impactor -
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Ground Force Espionage Major: Soundwave -
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Air Force Infantry Raider: Acid Storm, Ion Storm, Spinister, Storm Cloud, Nightflight, Nova Storm, Visper -
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Air Force Infantry Captain: Starscream -
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Space Force Infantry Raider: Fasttrack -
Space Force Infantry Sergeant: Snapdragon -
Space Force Applied Sciences Major: Shockwave -
Space Force Transport Captain: Astrotrain
Notes
- The Mercenary, Quintesson, Maximal and Predacon factions do not use equivalent insignia; certain characters treated as Mercenaries by fiction are sold as Decepticons, and thus use their rank insignia, while Maximal and Predacon packaging has "cave paintings" of the characters' beast modes where the rank insignia are on Autobot and Decepticon packaging. Toys that do not fall into any faction (Kremzeek and Unicron) do not feature the military insignia, of course.
- Not every Autobot and Decepticon use the military insignia:
- Earthrise Alternate Universe Optimus Prime, Scorponok/Lord Zarak, Sky Lynx, and the "Galactic Odyssey" sets.
- War for Cybertron Trilogy Bumblebee, Deluxe Centurion Drone, and the "Leader Unboxing" sets.
- Countdown, Krunk, and Spasma, likely being lumped with the larger partner they are packaged with.
- Selects characters, except for Combat Megatron and Galactic Man Shockwave.
- Two unit symbols — the Decepticon "medical" symbol used by Roller Force and Ground Hog, and the "intelligence/recon" symbol used by Roadhandler, Swindler and Slamdance — have yet to be officially named.
- The unknown Decepticon symbol is likely to be the Decepticon medical unit symbol, as its "cross" shape is similar to that seen on the beta Decepticon medial symbol (see below), and Ground Hog's More than Meets the Eye bio describes him as repairing and improving his Decepticon teammates.
- The unknown Autobot symbol is presumably the Autobot counterpart to the Decepticon espionage unit. However, it's unclear whether that counterpart is "intelligence", "recon", or something else.[1]
- Omega Supreme's insignia image on the Siege website is different than the one on his toy and his named rank on said website. Instead of depicting "Space Command Transport Captain", the image showed "Ground Command Engineering..." something. The rank symbol seems to be a cut version of the Captain rank, but in-universe seems to be unknown.
- The division symbols for the Decepticon Sea Force and Autobot Sea Command have not been used for any toys. It's unknown whether they were designed for purely in-universe reasons, or if a seafaring character like Tidal Wave or Broadside was planned at any point.
- An early version of the Decepticon insignia placed the division symbol within the center of the insignia and the unit around the outside top, similar to the Autobot insignia. A development image from Hasbro Pulse shows a Decepticon medical unit symbol under this framework, seen to the right.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The development images shown in the Hasbro Pulse article on the military insignia lists eight units: infantry, artillery, special ops, transport, engineering, medical, recon, and intelligence; however, only seven units have been shown in practice, and it is unclear whether the Decepticon "espionage" unit is analagous to recon or intelligence.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ratchet holds the rank of "specialist", but uses the same rank insignia as Autobot sergeants.
- ↑ THE STORY BEHIND THE TRANSFORMERS WFC MILITARY INSIGNIAS: REVEALED
