Silverbolt (Magnaboss)

This article is about the eagle. For the wolf-eagle Fuzor, see Silverbolt (BW). For a list of other meanings, see Silverbolt (disambiguation).

Silverbolt is a Maximal from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Silverbolt (also Silver Bolt) is the leader of the Maximal High Council, but his heritage as one of the very first proto-formers predates even the foundation of the Maximal faction on the post-war Cybertron.

Alongside Prowl and Ironhide, Silverbolt contributes his swiftness to the new Maximal gestalt warrior Magnaboss.

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

Silver Bolt was among the eldest of the new generation of Cybertronians, created through the energon matrix before Maxima and Preditron orchestrated the rise of factions among the offspring races. He was once a professor at Crystal City's Drouhard University before eventually rising to become senior member of the Maximal High Council, one of the puppet ruling bodies under the Builders' domination. When the Grand Uprising began, the council eventually orchestrated the rise of an independent Maximal Nation in the Tagon Heights region, bringing the Maximal Command Security Force and many civilian Maximals with them.

Silver Bolt led the High Council's debate over what to do over the rise of the Vehicons. Airazor proposed joining Lio Convoy as he asked in attacking the Builder Assembly directly, Santon preferred trusting in their brokered neutrality, Lio Minor wanted to bunker in and defend their own territory, while Tigatron was undecided. The vote changed when Cheetor and Preditron arrived from the front lines with first hand reports about how serious the Vehicon threat was. Silver Bolt called for a ruling, and all but Santon agreed to join with Lio Convoy's advance. Derailment

Games

Transformers: Earth Wars

Transformers: Earth Wars

Toys

Beast Wars

• Magnaboss (Ultra Class three-pack, 1997)

Beast Wars Silverbolt transforms from an eagle into a robot, with portions of his wings turning into a pair of swords. Each wing also contains a spring-loaded missile launcher. He is able to combine with Ironhide and Prowl, his package buddies, forming part of the torso and helmet to the giant robot Magnaboss.

This mold was used to make Beast Wars II Skywarp.

Silverbolt is rumoured to be a sufferer of the dreaded Gold Plastic Syndrome. Thankfully he is not one of the more common cases and most Silverbolts have survived many years of playwear. Unlike, say, Slingshot.

• More information on Beast Wars Silverbolt at TFU.info

Notes

• The 1997 Magnaboss toy included no information about its three components beyond their names and a personality trait ostensibly different from the Generation 1 individuals of the same names. 2007's Beast Wars Sourcebook, written by Ben Yee and Simon Furman, would characterize the toy trio as the Generation 1 Autobots having survived to become Maximal Elders in the 24th century. By contrast, the Beast Wars: Uprising prose stories in 2016 would depict Silver Bolt as a separate character. Additionally in 2021, the Earth Wars mobile game, also written by Furman, would depict eagle Silverbolt as a separate individual from jetliner Silverbolt in tandem with lion Prowl being different from police car Prowl.