Provoke

Provoke is a Transformer from the 2019 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Provoke was a friend of Cyclonus before meeting her supposed untimely demise.

Fiction

2019 IDW continuity

A friend of Cyclonus, Provoke fought in the War of the Threefold Spark. During the cataclysmic final fight at the edge of Iacon, Provoke was shot through the chest and presumed dead. War World: Titans Her name was inscribed on the Memorial Crater. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One War World: Hunt Unknown to all, Provoke was in fact still alive, despite her injuries, half-buried underneath the crater. War World: Titans

During peacetime, Cyclonus developed a coping mechanism by conversing with the hallucinatory "ghosts" of Provoke, Gridlock, Grudge, and Highfire. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four

At Provoke's behest, Cyclonus took up a solitary vigil of the Memorial Crater – the site where the War of the Threefold Spark ended – though some of the other ghosts such as Highfire and Gridlock questioned this mission. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One One night, the ghosts and Cyclonus saw a mysterious blue mechanoid kill Brainstorm. Shortly thereafter, Windblade and Chromia came to the crater while investigating, and got into a fight with Cyclonus, who denied causing the murder, and declined to tell the two what he'd seen. The hallucination of Provoke commented afterward that it didn't matter, because if Cybertron thought one death was important, they'd forgotten what real trouble looked like. The World In Your Eyes Part Four

Soon after, the memorial crater was badly damaged as a result of Windblade and Chromia's investigations. While Cyclonus brooded at the ruin's edge, his hallucination of Provoke suggested he go and kill the parties responsible, either to stop them doing worse, or as an attempt at healing Cyclonus's mental scars. The Change In Your Nature Part Five

When Cyclonus found Sixshot's trail, it was Provoke who commented the hunt was on. War World: Awakenings When the trail led to one Decepticon hideout, and an uncooperative guard at the front door, Provoke told Grudge to stop cheering Cyc on and allow him to focus. War World: Hunt

In the aftermath of the Titan Cargohold crashing into the Memorial Crater, the real Provoke was found in the rubble by the Decepticons Roadtrap and Gutcruncher. War World: Titans