Tracer (Micromaster)
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- Tracer is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Tracer is an integral part of the Military Patrol, swooping ahead of his teammates to scout out the opposition, and soften them up. He actually respects team leader Bombshock (and not just out of fear!), but still thinks he should lead the unit. Thus, he may be the only ambitious Decepticon who tries to get his superior promoted, rather than "unexpectedly dead".[1]
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Tracer was an Autobot and a member of the Military Team, a group of strategic experts valued by the Battlestars. Trained to adapt to all combat situations, the four members possessed perfect accuracy with their firepower. Return of Convoy bio
2005 IDW continuity
Tracer was one of the legions of Dead Universe Micromasters who pursued Hardhead and Nightbeat on Gorlam Prime. Spotlight: Hardhead
Beast Wars: Uprising
Tracer was a member of the Pavilion Guard at the High Pavilion of Iacon. At the end of the Grand Uprising, she fought to hold back the army of the Resistance from seizing the Builder Assembly. One of the last eight out of 400 Micromasters to survive, Tracer died defending the Builders' siege bunker. Derailment
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers #16
Tracer was a member of the Rise, serving under Slipstream during "Team Stream's" attack on a remote Titan Net subsidiary hub. They infiltrated the hub and used it to launch a data-bomb, shutting down the Titans in defensive orbit around Cybertron. The Change In Your Nature Part Four Once they abandoned the hub, the remaining Titan named Vigilem launched an attack on the Winged Moon at the direction of the Rise. It was severed from the Tether which conducted its energon down to the planet below. The Change In Your Nature Part Five
As the renamed Decepticons gained power, Team Stream was dispatched to the wayward Moon to lay claim to its energon stores. Wheeljack: Orbital Decay However, a team of engineers loyal to the old regime fortified the control center to keep Tracer and the others out. Tracer was electrocuted in one of their various booby-traps. The mission went from bad to worse once soldiers from Colonial Security arrived. When the engineers blew the core and destroyed the energon storage, the Decepticons cut their losses and fled aboard Astrotrain. Moon
Games
Transformers Legends
Abandoning all subtlety, the Decepticons unleashed the Military Patrol on New York City. Tracer and the rest of the team caused chaos on a city-wide scale until a team of Autobots led by Jetfire drove them out. Full Assault
Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive
Tracer was in command of the first Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He battled against the invader in helicopter mode, but was eventually defeated. Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive
Toys
The Transformers
- Military Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1990)
- Hasbro Accessories: Helicopter rotor
- Military Team (Micro Transformer team, 1991)
- Takara ID number: C-363
- Takara Accessories: Helicopter Rotor Micro Trailer #3
- Tracer transforms into a black AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, with a spinning main rotor that can be removed and attached to either arm in robot mode as a sort of weapon. He was only available in a four-pack with the rest of the Military Patrol, Bombshock, Dropshot, and Growl.
- This toy was released in the Japanese Return of Convoy line without changes. Like the Hasbro toy, he was only available in a complete set with his teammates, as well as Micro Trailer #3. Like all Return of Convoy characters, he was marketed as an Autobot instead of a Decepticon.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Tracer (トレーサー Torēsā)
- French: Traceur (Canada)
- Italian: Pantera
