Nyx

Nyx is a Maximal from the 2021 Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Nyx is a high-flying pilot serving aboard the Axalon as part of Optimus Primal's crew.

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Fiction

2021 Beast Wars comic

Nyx was part of Optimus Primal's skeleton crew aboard the Maximal research vessel Axalon, and served as the ship's helmsman. While en route to H'nkshanaar-4 as part of a routine protoform delivery mission, the crew recieved a transmission from Maximal leader Ironhide, who warned them that a group of Predacon separatists had stolen a valuable relic and fled aboard a transwarp-capable warship. In the ensuing battle, Nyx's evasive maneuvers helped the lightly-armed Axalon keep up with the heavily-armed Darksyde—and when the Predacon ship jumped through time, Nyx and Rhinox used a transwarp lock to follow it across time and space and re-emerged above an alien planet. With their weapons disabled thanks to a surprise attack, Nyx made a last-resort move by simply ramming the Axalon into the Darksyde, but this unconventional tactic wound up pushing both ships directly into the planet's atmosphere. The two ships crash-landed on opposite ends of a lush valley and knocked their passengers into stasis lock; once the ship's artificial intelligences had rebooted, however, it detected toxic levels of energon radiation outside and reformatted the five Maximals into beast modes based on the local lifeforms. Nyx awoke as a fruit bat, and enthused about her new wings to an unimpressed Rattrap. Savage Landing Part 1

Nyx was working on repairing the Axalon's hull when Optimus Primal suggested she explored the planet for more information about the environment. While Nyx was out exploring, Terrorsaur attacked him, Nyx's agility was useful until Terrorsaur convert into his robot form and shot her in the back, allowing him to capture Nyx and take her back to the Darksyde. Savage Landing Part 2

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When Nyx regained consciousness, Megatron warned her that Tarantulas would torture her if she didn't reveal information about her crew's state. Megatron then tried to persuade her to give up the information, but when Nyx mocked him about being forgotten in history Megatron increased his torture, which would have killed her had Dinobot not intervened to try to reason with Megatron. Tarantulas eventually realized that since she had remained silent the entire time, then the Maximals had survived, as being the sole survivor would mean she had no comrades to defend and no reason to be quiet. Nyx eventually went outside the Darksyde where the Predacons were waiting to watch her die. She tried to transform only to discover that Tarantulas' transformation lock lens had locked her in her robot form. Nyx tried to escape from the Predacons before she succumbed to the energon radiation. Only after Dinobot destroyed the lock lens did she quickly change back into her beast mode and fly away. Savage Landing Part 3

Notes

• Nyx is named for the primordial deity of the night in Greek mythology.
• Unlike most characters in the 2021 Beast Wars comic, Nyx's vehicular Cybertronian body is a wholly-original design. Meanwhile, her bestial Earth body was designed in homage to the bat Optimus Primal toy (also known as Convobat in Japan).
• Artist Josh Burcham suggested Ashly Burch as a possible voice actor for Nyx.