Slipstream (G1)
| The name or term "Slipstream" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Slipstream (disambiguation). |
- Slipstream is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The only thing sharper than Slipstream's acerbic tongue is her keen mind—whether as a soldier or a spy-for-hire, she gets that job done and always keeps her true agenda shielded. Sometimes she's known to be a clone of Starscream; in other times and places, nobody knows where she comes from at all. Who is Slipstream? Someone fast, deadly, and able to shield her energy signature is all you need to know.
Slipstream keeps herself a blank slate, but she's certainly got Starscream's legendarily volcanic temperament!
Fiction
Transformers: All Spark
When Megatron returned from a previous defeat, Slipstream was among his new troops. Looming Threat
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers #15
Slipstream fought in the War of the Threefold Spark. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two After the end of the war and the ratification of the Nominus Edict, she fell in with the Ascenticon movement; by the time that Megatron had taken command of the organization, she'd already joined The Rise, a radical splinter group who sought to change Cybertronian society through force. When Megatron put Shockwave in charge of the outfit, she and Sixshot became Shockwave's chief lieutenants. The Change In Your Nature Part Three Security Operations learned of her membership following Chromia and Windblade's investigation of the memorial crater. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five
Slipstream was hiding out at one of The Rise's more remote bases when Megatron paid a visit. Summoned to the armory along with Sixshot, Slipstream bore witness to the senator beating the scrap out of Shockwave in order to assert his dominance over both the Ascenticons and The Rise. When Shockwave agreed to fall into line, Megatron asked if anyone else required an explanation, with Slipstream noting that the situation was quite clear to her. The Change In Your Nature Part Three
The Rise next launched a strike on a Titan Net subsidiary hub. Slipstream led "Team Stream" (the group was named by Flamewar) to the remote outpost. They subdued any resistance and prepared a data-bomb to upload into the Titan Net, disabling all the massive Cybertronians in orbit. The only exception was Vigilem, to whom Skystalker was bonded as a Cityspeaker. The Change In Your Nature Part Four At Skystalker's direction, Vigilem prepared to make an attack on the Winged Moon. Their mission accomplished, Slipstream cleared out her squad from the hub, returning to their staging ground for the next mission. The Change In Your Nature Part Five
After Vigilem had severed the Tether that connected the Winged Moon to Cybertron, Slipstream and the other members of her team were sent to secure the moon and its energon supplies, Wheeljack: Orbital Decay but discovered that Wheeljack's team of engineers had made it almost impossible for the team to break in. The arrival of Sky Lynx broke the protracted siege, but in the ensuing battle the Decepticons were forced to forced to retreat after Huffer and his group sabotaged the moon's artificial gravity system and created a singularity that wrecked the moon and burned away any remaining energon. The team retreated back to Cybertron aboard Astrotrain, but not after first picking up an irradiated Sunstorm, who'd taken the brunt of the blast. War World: Moon
Slipstream and Team Stream remained on duty with Shockwave at the Rise's remote base despite the Decepticons' consolidation of control in Iacon. They were on watch when Skywarp, the infamous Lord of Misrule, returned to Cybertron looking for some fun. After Skywarp and a very heavy-armed Shockwave caught up, he fled. Sea of Rust II
My Little Pony/Transformers
Slipstream, Thundercracker, and Starscream were sent to steal magical artifacts from the pegasus city of Las Pegasus. Although they were ordered to keep a low profile, Thundercracker promptly blew their cover, and the team were chased back through the spacebridge portal to Cybertron by Twilight Sparkle and her friends. The Magic of Cybertron
Much later, after King Sombra's defeat, Slipstream and Shadow Striker were at the space bridge terminal when Megatron bid the ponies farewell. Finale
Games
Transformers Legends
Slipstream and Flamewar were tasked with hunting down and capturing Elita One's squadron of Female Autobots that was attacking Decepticon bases. They succeeded at stopping the Autobots. Fatal Furies Secretly allying herself with the Quintessons, Slipstream entered the Galactic Games in an effort to disrupt the spirit of cooperation the games represented between the Autobots and their allies. She was eventually found out and stopped by Drift and Cosmos. The Galactic Games
Angry Birds Transformers
Slipstream appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. She is portrayed by Zeta. Angry Birds Transformers
Transformers: Frontiers
Transformers: Earth Wars
When Megatron was moping over Octopunch's failure on Aquatron, Slipstream suggested that he shouldn't send out his most incompentent, "rusty" soldiers next time, which he didn't take too well. And she didn't mean the Contructicons. Megatron then threatened to compress his troops into crystals if they didn't find more Ocean Amethysts for Shockwave's research. Slipstream made a remark on how "effective" his typical brute force solution was. Shark Bait Event
- Class: Aerial
- Lowest Star Rating: 1 star
- Weapons: Slipstream fires her null rays at a target from short range.
- Ability: Fusion Bomb - Drop a fusion bomb on the target. If the target is destroyed within 20 seconds, the bomb explodes dealing massive damage to adjacent targets.
- Cost: 3 ability points + 3 for reuses.
Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive
Transformers: Heavy Metal
Slipstream was among the Decepticons under Starscream's command who invaded Earth in search of Energon. Transformers: Heavy Metal
Transformers: Forged to Fight
As a mercenary Scout, Slipstream Backstabs targets on Critical hits, inflicting various debuffs and continues to Exploit Weaknesses.
Toys
Legends
- Slipstream (October 24, 2015)
- ID number: LG16
- Accessories: 2 guns
- Legends Slipstream is a retool of Generations Windblade with a new head, chest, and forearms based on her cartoon design. She transforms into a jet with tilting, spinning VTOL fans and fold in front landing gear. She features new arm-mounted weapons instead of Windblade's sword and scabbard. She was packaged with volume 16 of the Legends Bonus Edition comic.
- This mold was also redecoed into BotCon 2016 souvenir Airazor, and served as the model for the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Stiletto.
Cyberverse
- Slipstream (Ultra Class, 2019)
- Action Attack: "Sonic Swirl"
- Ultra Class Slipstream is a roughly Voyager-sized mold. As this toy is the first Cyberverse Slipstream toy to not share a mold with Starscream, it is also the first toy of the character to feature show-accurate robot and jet modes. She features a "Sonic Swirl" Action Attack, which unfurls a large free-spinning rotor setup from her wings to the back of her jet mode when her left arm is pushed in. As this is not sculpted to resemble some kind of energy effect or in-motion part like other Action Attacks in the line, it comes across more as an odd form of propulsion for her jet mode.
- In an odd quality control error, Slipstream's packaging refers to her with the feminine inflections of "Seeker" in Spanish and Portuguese but the masculine inflection in French.[1]
Merchandise
Transformers Trading Card Game
- Slipstream, Strategic Seeker (2018)
- Wave 1C: Convention Pack 2018
- Rarity: SRT
- Card Number: T02/T02
- Stars: 8
- Slipstream, Strategic Seeker was one of the preview cards for the Transformers Trading Card Game and was available alongside Cliffjumper, Renegade Warrior, as well as the battle cards All-Out Attack and Tandem Targeting System in an exclusive pack available initially at SDCC 2018, and later briefly on Hasbro Toy Shop.
- Slipstream, Strategic Seeker (2018)
- Wave 1C: Convention Pack 2018
- Rarity: SRT
- Card Number: T02/T02
- Stars: 8
- Released as part of the TCG's Wave 1: Energon Edition, this card is a reprint of Convention Pack 2018's Slipstream, Strategic Seeker. Printed on semi-transparent plastic instead of a normal Character Card, this version features new art by Dan Khanna.
Notes
- Legends and Earth Wars used different bios: the former having her as a quick-to-rage Starscream clone à la Animated, the latter as a mysterious spy, drawing on her Aligned counterpart's Timelines profile (which was rather circumstance-specific; see her page for details). This is to say nothing of IDW's comics, where she is more or less a straight port of her Cyberverse incarnation as put-upon Decepticon middle management. We've bashed them all together until they fit.
- Slipstream's design in the 2019-2022 IDW comics is an original interpretation by Anna Malkova of Cyberverse Slipstream's design. Malkova had intended to give Slipstream the same Siege Starscream body as other Seekers, but Hasbro asked for Cyberverse styling.[2] [3]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Slipstream (スリップストリーム Surippusutorīmu)
- Mandarin: Huá Liú (滑流, "Slipstream")
