Nightbeat (SG)
| The name or term "Nightbeat" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nightbeat (disambiguation). |
- Nightbeat is an evil Autobot from the Shattered Glass mirror universe.
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No punishment is too cruel or unusual for bad cop Nightbeat, chief of the much-feared Secret Police. He is responsible for maintaining absolute loyalty to their tyrannical leader, Optimus Prime, and for rooting out and eliminating traitors. Notorious for his use of torture, he is feared and hated even among his own faction—to say nothing of his Decepticon victims. Not very intelligent, he is usually guided by a combination of intuition and outright paranoia.
Due to a failed assassination attempt against him, Nightbeat suffers from chronic cosmic rust. Though constant treatment usually keeps the infection from spreading further, hygienic neglect can cause the contagion to flare up again.
He is able to combine with Thunderclash, though why Thunderclash would ever want to...
Fiction
Shattered Glass
Nightbeat was on-scene at the Ark's launch site, and soon stood with Optimus Prime when the Decepticons began to attack its launching platform. Shattered Glass
Toys
Timelines
- Nightbeat (BotCon 2008 Customization Class)
- This repaint of Timelines Nightbeat was only available in the customization class at BotCon 2008. All parts of the mold were provided, but the individuals taking the class had to assemble and paint the toy themselves. It uses the same plastic colors as Timelines Nightbeat, but without the flame deco and with extensive additions of black paint, no doubt to emphasize the doppelganger's "evil-ness". It also has a unique faction insignia: an Autobot symbol pierced at the center by a dagger (representing the Autobot Secret Police), which is very likely an homage to the emblem of the Terran Empire from Star Trek's Mirror Universe, the main inspiration for Shattered Glass.
