User:AzimuthAcolyte/Sandbox/Trainbot Overhaul

Trainbots

TV Magazine comic continuity

The Headmasters manga

Responding to a distress call from their Beastformer allies on the planet Beast, the Trainbots merged into Raiden to deal with the Decepticons menacing the planet. Combining in mid-air, the united team allowed gravity to do the rest of the work as they delivered a shattering "JR Kick" straight to Predaking's face, taking him out of the fight. The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!

Back on Earth, the Trainbots joined Daniel and the Autobot Headmasters in investigating a Decepticon energy-stealing operation under the sea. The Decepticons were laying in ambush with a giant robot squid, but the Headmasters responded by tying its tentacles in knots, and the Trainbots then formed Raiden to swing the swing the automaton architeuthis like a mace, flattening the other Decepticons. The Headmasters #3

When Christmas rolled around, Raiden got into the spirit of the season when he joined the Autobot Headmasters in handing out gifts at a Japanese children's hospital, even going so far as to don a giant Santa hat and carry a huge sack. The merriment was soon interrupted by the arrival of the Decepticon Headmasters, but rather than join the battle, Raiden followed Chromedome's instruction to disengage and transport the hospital's patients to safety. The Headmasters #6

Super-God Masterforce manga

Several years after the Decepticons' expulsion from Earth following the final battle at the North Pole, the Trainbots were dispatched to pick up a new Autobot warrior named Ginrai who had risen to prominence on Earth and bring him to Athenia so Fortress could appoint him Supreme Commander. Naturally, the Decepticons attacked Athenia during Ginrai's stay, and Raiden was formed to fight back, only for him to wind up being cut down alongside Chromedome by a powerful blast from the combined Decepticon Scramble 7. The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army

The attack on Athenia had proven that the Decepticons on Earth had joined forces with the Decepticons in space, and so the Autobots elected to do the same to better fight their enemies. Soon after, when the leader of the space-based Decepticon forces, BlackZarak, began heading for Earth, Raiden, the Autobot Headmasters and Grand Maximus gave chase. They were unable to stop him, but luckily, no sooner had he arrived than Ginrai tricked BlackZarak and the Earth Decepticon leader Overlord into blasting each other. Raiden and his allies cheered for Ginrai's success. God Ginrai's Amazing Divine Combination!

Shouki

Train Wars

The Trainbots were wounded fighting the Nine Great Demon Generals, who tore them apart in their Raiden configuration. Blaming himself, Shouki left the team, and began fighting alone, all so that he would never endanger a comrade again. Shouki returned to his creators, Shibuya Manufacturing Worldwide, and elected to give up his ability to combine and be reformatted into a triple changer. Generations Shouki bio While undergoing the procedure at Metrobase, he saved Daniel Witwicky from the Jet Corps. Daniel had a plan to infiltrate the Decepticons by disguising Shouki as the Thunder Arrow, though the former Trainbot chafed at the prospect of Daniel being his partner. Train Wars: Shouki & Daniel Chapter

After Kickback had stolen data specs of Metroplex's new body, Shouki disguised himself as the Thunder Arrow and lay in wait for the Insecticon to come to him. In due course, the Decepticon approached Shouki and was wholly fooled by his disguise, allowing the Autobot and Daniel to strike down Kickback and incinerate the data he was carrying. Though Daniel congratulated Shouki on a job well done, the Autobot wasn't too keen on partnering himself with the boy; remembering what had happened to his comrades from Zone, Shouki urged Daniel to distance himself from him so that he wouldn't come into harm's way. The conversation was interrupted by an emergency signal emanating from Cybertron, and the pair took off for the mechanical world.

Upon arrival, Shouki was accosted by The Fallen, who had burned his way to Cybertron's core in order to reach Vector Sigma. The ancient Transformer sardonically thanked Overdrive for guiding him to his goal, a statement which Shouki misinterpreted as meaning that Overdrive was in cahoots with The Fallen. He prepared to blast Overdrive, only to be stopped by Alpha Trion. The elder advised Shouki to consider the situation at hand without letting his emotions cloud his judgement. Alpha Trion furthermore directed Shouki's attention to Vector Sigma as it activated itself, prompting Overdrive to petition his spark and his Quantum Dial to the super-computer in order to stave off The Fallen. To Shouki's disbelief, the pact was made and several cosmically-displaced Transformers materialized about to fight back against The Fallen. Train Wars

But the two didn't have time to catch their breath as The Fallen struck with his energy spikes, impaling Shouki and friends! Laughing at how the assembled Autobots were powerless against his might, The Fallen prepared to assimilate Vector Sigma with his tendrils. Shūta and Daniel Witwicky tried to stop the mad demigod from taking the Transformers' creator, but got caught up in The Fallen's tendrils. Alpha Trion and Goshooter could only watch on as Shouki's mind escaped into a flashback of Raiden and the other Trainbots falling in battle. Regretting how useless he was in protecting his friends, he broke free from his restraints and was calmed by Goshooter, who made him realize the importance of trust in one's partners.

Just then, the villain soon found himself under attack from a mightier foe: Metroplex! And he brought all of the train Transformers! Shouki was reunited with his Trainbot teammates and Daniel ended up for the better, having been saved by the presumably lost Overdrive. The Omnibot explained that he was able to use the human as a homing signal to escape.

Chiding his brother for being as solemn as ever, Yukikaze reminded Shouki the Trainbots would always have his back. With that, on Windy's count all three teams of train 'bots combined into "Trainbot Omni-Car Joint" to restrain the demigod. With Vector Sigma safely in his possession, Alpha Trion uses his function as the key to the supercomputer to give Shouki a new mode: the train bazooka "Raiden"! Aimed by Goshooter and empowered with Metroplex's energies, the bazooka blasted The Fallen, vanquishing him. In the aftermath, the Omnibots promised to return everyone to their right place and time, and the Trainbots shared a tender moment as Daniel reminded Shouki they were all his partners. Train Wars 2