Warriors Elite
- The Warriors Elite are a Decepticon subgroup from the 2005 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Titans of overwhelming power, the Warriors Elite are a squadron composed of the mightiest Decepticon warriors ever created. Some (possibly all) of these so-called "superwarriors" are known to have been physically altered by Decepticon science to render them nigh-invulnerable, and at least one has a sealed, self-regenerating power core to eliminate the need for recharging. At least some of them have had other alterations: a kill switch which lets Megatron deactivate them at any time with a simple voice command, and in Overlord's case, an Achilles virus which prevents him from figuring out how to defeat the Decepticon leader.
Known members include:
Several of these ultra-powerful fighters would go on to become Phase Sixers once the war moved into its attrition phase and the phased infiltration protocol went into effect.
Fiction
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
[edit]Black Shadow and Heretech underwent treatment to coat their endoskeletons with ununtrium, rendering them invulnerable; Sixshot underwent the process some time later Remembrance Day, and was also fitted with a dark matter fission cell, though whether this was unique to him or not was unknown. Devastation #4 On seeing him in action, Starscream expressed his concern over his sheer power and the risk that he would turn on them, but Megatron assured him he could not only defend himself, but also had an "off switch". Starscream would ultimately discover that this was in the form of a voice activated code, "Reset: Pi-Orion-Actual-Orbit. Enable". Devastation #5
As a "Point One Percenter" with a highly unusual green spark, Overlord could also survive the ununtrium process and was next - and possibly last - to receive the treatment. At that time, Shockwave installed both the Achilles virus and his kill switch. Remembrance Day
The assembled Warriors Elite were present at the Battle for Hell's Point, where Heretech (wielding a gun-mode Megatron) sent Ultra Magnus falling to his apparent death. The Gloaming
Killmaster (remember him? With the wand?) disappeared, and after several million years his nemesis Whirl assumed he was dead and began bragging that he'd killed Killmaster by crushing his brain while he was recovering in a Decepticon medical center. Cybertronian Homesick Blues However, Killmaster had actually been taken forward in time by the Necrobot and placed in a stasis pod, which by a staggering coincidence was opened by Whirl, and the nemeses began battling again. A World Misplaced
After observing the wayward Autobot Skids single-handedly defeating a giant fire-breathing robot, Swerve asked if he was one of the Warriors Elite. Skids clarified that, no, he was a theoretician. Hangers On
Notes
[edit]- In "Remembrance Day", Tarn is noted by Prowl as having power levels comparable to known members of the Warriors Elite.
Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Warriors Elite (ウォリアーズ・エリート Woriāzu Erīto)
