Raikuru
- Raikuru is an Autobot Micromaster from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Governor Raikuru (ライクル) is the civilian governor of Micro, a technologically advanced Transformers colony planet. Like much of the population, he is a Micromaster. Raikuru commands no military forces of his own, and must liaise with the Autobot commander of his sector, God Ginrai (and later Greatshot) for concerns.
Raikuru basically embodies every quality of politicians you never see in sci-fi: helpful, pragmatic, humble, concerned for his people, and non-obtrusive. He does his job quietly and well, unimpeded by ego or bureaucratic in-fighting. Raikuru is, objectively, awesome at what he does, though perhaps a bit too fond of public address systems.
The Autobot Clipper is an operator for his office, handling various aspects of administrating a planetary government.
Fiction
Victory cartoon
- Voice actor: Osamu Saka (Japanese)
When Hellbat hired Decepticon mercenaries Blue Bacchus and Black Shadow to raid planet Micro's energy sources, Governor Raikuru asked for help, first from God Ginrai (under whose military jurisdiction Micro nominally fell,) then from Star Saber when Ginrai's forces proved too stressed to come to their aid. Raikuru met the Autobot leader personally, briefing him on the problem and accompanying him on a tour of the destruction as they discussed eyewitness accounts and possible motives behind the attacks.
Raikuru arranged for his operator Clipper to host the Autobot party[1] while he oversaw a late-night command post watching for Decepticon activity. Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior
Some time later, Raikuru again conferenced with Star Saber, who was searching for the Breastforce, whom he believed to be still on Micro. Raikuru was pensive in light of the recent destruction of the Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary that some misfortune would again befall his planet. When fighting again broke out in the mountainous regions outside the main city, Raikuru again alerted Star Saber to the details using the public address system. Unite! Liokaiser
Trivia
- It is uncertain just what the katakana in Raikuru's name is supposed to represent. The Ark II character model book used "Riker", but the standard set of katakana used to represent Riker is ライカー, raikā. Unfortunately, there are about a billion different things "Raikuru" could be, so we opted to go with a straight reading of the katakana à la the Metrodome releases of the Victory series.
Footnotes
- ↑ Raikuru's hand in Clipper's little tea party is not explicitly stated, but it took place in the Planet Micro Galactic Defense Force HQ, and Raikuru alerted Star Saber to the Decepticons' presence via intercom... so he was certainly aware of it at least.
