Sunstorm (G1)
| The name or term "Sunstorm" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sunstorm (disambiguation). |
- Sunstorm is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
If bright colors are nature's way of saying "do not touch", then nature's got nothin' on Sunstorm. Come too close, and circuits will short, steel housing will begin to melt, and psyches will break as the mind struggles to comprehend. Science would explain that his body is aflame in radiation, but Sunstorm has different ideas.
Sometimes, Sunstorm merely believes he is secretly some kind of supernatural being, keeping his comrades away with his odd behavior. At other times, he thinks that he is the living embodiment of the Will of Primus, placed by the divine in this universe to deal righteous judgment on the blasphemous. Occasionally, he just hovers silently in the background and shoots at things.
Such is life.
| “ | Who am I? I am the presence anointed to carry forth the light. The original light, that which has no beginning and no end. Its searing heat shall purify the earth... purging this world of all flaws, and preparing it for what lies ahead. | ” |
—Sunstorm emphasizes randomly, "Black Sunshine" | ||
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon
Sunstorm was one of the Decepticon jets on Cybertron four million years ago. He shot at the Autobots Wheeljack and Bumblebee when they came near, and that's about it. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1
e-Hobby pack-in comic
On Cybertron, as a new morning began to rise, Sunstorm appeared to bask in the rays of the sun. He enthusiastically encouraged all those around him to wake up and take a good look at the beauty of a new dawn. Unfortunately, all those around him were dead Autobots whom he had just killed. Decepticon Aerospace Warrior Sunstorm
Dreamwave comics continuity
Shockwave's experiments to fit a solar-powered fusion reactor into cloned Decepticon warriors reached their fruition in Sunstorm, a clone of the treacherous Starscream. Sunstorm's structure has been augmented to endure the enormous stresses involved. He was the perfect soldier; he possessed the ability to manipulate electromagnetic energy, enhanced regenerative capabilities, and a blank slate of a mind waiting to be written according to Shockwave's design.
When the Autobots took New Iacon from Shockwave, he hurriedly uploaded the compressed contents of the supercomputer Vector Sigma to multiple locations, including the hidden cloning lab near the Epsilon border where Sunstorm lay, awaiting instructions. The upload overwhelmed the lab's mainframe, spilling over into the only other available receptacle—Sunstorm. War and Peace
Fleeing the fall of New Iacon, Decepticons Runabout and Runamuck broke into the Epsilon lab, unaware of its importance, intending to use it as a safehouse. After Runamuck amused himself by frying the lab's Mini-spy attendant, the duo accidentally awakened Sunstorm, who fried them... rather badly before his scrambled programming compelled him to depart, making his way to Earth.
Flying down to Earth, he tried to get Starscream to join him in his crusade, though Starscream believed his clone to be completely insane. Sunstorm battled with a number of Autobots, including Omega Supreme, eventually uncovering an enormous well of energy deep below the ocean, sealed with a mechanical door bearing a Cybertronian symbol. Jetfire and Bumblebee fought to stop him from unleashing whatever power the well held, until Jetfire, sensing that Sunstorm's internal fusion reactor was growing increasingly unstable, flew the overzealous seeker into orbit. Sunstorm's reactor went critical and exploded violently, completely obliterating both of them. Atonement
Sunstorm's almost supernatural durability was credited to his augmented molecular structure, similar to that of electrum. When Ratchet's Energy Siphon suppressed the effect, he was eaten away from within by the destructive energies of his own power source.
3H comic continuity
An alternate-universe version of Sunstorm was one of Megazarak's loyal inner circle. His radioactive condition was the result of an accident at the manufacturing facility during his birth. He was apparently a Child of Primus,[1] though it is not known if or how he participated in the Universe war. A Minion of Unicron named Sunstorm did appear in that conflict, but there is no indication that they are the same individual. OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading
Games
Revenge of the Fallen: The Game
- Voice actor: Charles Adler
Toys
Generation 1
- Sunstorm (Decepticon Jet, 2003, 2008)
- Japanese ID number: 89
- Accessories: 2 missile launchers, 2 rifle-missiles, 2 rockets, left & right fists, left & right wings, left & right tail-wings, landing gear
- Sold only in a separately-packaged-toys set with RoadHauler exclusive to e-Hobby, Sunstorm is a redeco of the original Starscream toy, transforming into an F-15 fighter jet. His coloration is inspired by—but not wholly accurate to for a variety of reasons—a previously-unnamed "generic" Decepticon seen in the episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1". Being a Japanese release, his spring-loaded missile launchers are fully operational.
- Sunstorm was released again in 2008 as part of the "Encore" re-release line, but this time with an exclusive comic by Hidetsugu Yoshioka.
- The same base mold is used by Dirge, Ramjet, Skywarp, Thrust, and Thundercracker.
Titanium Series
- Sunstorm (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
- Accessories: Stand, name placard
- Titanium Series Sunstorm is a redeco of "War Within" Thundercracker, transforming into a Cybertronian "tetrajet" as reimagined by Don Figueroa. As with all 6-inch Titanium Series Cybertron Heroes, he has large portions of his body constructed with fully-painted die-cast metal.
Merchandise
Heroes of Cybertron
- Sunstorm (OTFCC 2004 attendance freebie)
- A Heroes of Cybertron version of Sunstorm was given as a freebie to people who pre-registered at OTFCC 2003 for next year's OTFCC 2004. He was later made available for sale through the 3H Productions website. A repaint of the mold used to make Starscream and the other Seekers in the Heroes of Cybertron line, Sunstorm's colors are inspired by the e-Hobby toy, but given more variety in its shades of orange.
Palisades
- Sunstorm (Palisades, 2005)
- A Previews-exclusive redeco of the Starscream statue, Sunstorm is a six inch tall statue with articulated head and arms. He can stand normally or use a stand to take on a "hovering" pose. Sunstorm was limited to 300 pieces, and sculpted by 3L Creation Group from a design by George Tremarco.[1]
Trivia
- An orange Cybertronic "pyramid jet" is depicted in a Cybertronian battle scene by Studio Ox that appeared in TV Magazine (and was reprinted in Transformers Generations and Transformers Visualworks). Hmm. You don't think...?
- Hirofumi Ichikawa, who both named Sunstorm and wrote his original bio, also considered the names Flareburst and Flarestorm for him.[2]
- Sunstorm is apparently a fan of professional wrestling, having performed both a Stone Cold Stunner and DDT when engaging in close combat with Jetfire.
- Sunstorm is a newly playable character in the DLC for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the Revenge of the Fallen game. While he seems to lack his atomic touch and pure insanity, he did get a pair of kickass flamethrowers!
External Links
References
- ↑ Sunstorm's bio in 3H's Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine
- ↑ Doug Dlin reporting personal communications with Ichikawa, alt.toys.transformers
