Shooting Star
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| This article is about the Autobot satellite. For Shooting Star!, see [[{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]]. |
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- Shooting Star is an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28franchise%29" title="Generation 1 (franchise)">Generation 1</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.
[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|He's looking for a bald Persis Khambatta.]] Shooting Star can't stand the intense feeling of helplessness that often assails him as he watches the Autobot-Decepticon War unfold far below his station in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> orbit. Sometimes the sights he sees bother him so greatly he will actually abandon his watch, shifting orbit and fleeing from the events occurring below. Still Shooting Star does not hesitate to leap into action if he sees a way he can at last be of aid his fellow Autobots below, and his unique perspective allows him to provide priceless information on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> activities to his allies.
<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shooting_Star&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="Big_Looker_Storybook"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shooting_Star&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: Big Looker Storybook">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Big Looker Storybook</span></h3> Shooting Star observed Decepticon movements from orbit, and reported to any Autobots who could receive him that <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_%28G1%29" title="Blitzwing (G1)">Blitzwing</a> was approaching a stranded oil tanker truck while the other Decepticon jets flew over the Autobot camp as a distraction. This single fuel truck was apparently a hugely important military target for the Decepticons. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Hijack" title="Decepticon Hijack">Decepticon Hijack</a></span>
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- Shooting Star's satellite mode is clearly based from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sky_Spy" title="Sky Spy">sensor drone</a> from the first issue of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel comics</a>. No robot mode is shown. There is some speculation that "Shooting Star" may have been an early name for the toy that became <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmos_%28G1%29" title="Cosmos (G1)">Cosmos</a>, as there is some similarity in role/character, and a couple of other <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_%28cartoon%29" title="The Transformers (cartoon)">Season 2</a> characters appear in the book in an "unfinished" form.
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