Cybershark
Cybershark is a Maximal from the Beast Era. He later took the name Hammerstrike.
Cybershark is a skilled tracker and expert in undersea combat. Though not particularly bright in a general sense he can be quite calculating when it comes to tracking down his prey, and is a fearless, battle-hungry fighter. He honed his skills as a Bounty Hunter tracking down a rogue group of Cybertronian Space Pirates. Though dedicated to the Maximal cause, Cybershark is not a team player, ironicly this often puts him at odds with his commander, the likewise independent Depth Charge.
(Note: Hammerstrike's toy bio makes it pretty clear he's a new version of Cybershark. How Cybershark reached Cybertron in time for the Beast Machines story is unknown, but one must assume he was very lucky to find an open waterway there before Megatron's virus transformed him back to a hammerhead and trapped him on land in shark mode.)
French-Canadian name: Cybersquale
Spanish name: Ciberón
Italian name: Squalo Tigre
Fiction
IDW Beast Wars Comics
Cybershark was one of the protoforms left behind by the crew of the Axalon on prehistoric Earth. He was activated and put in chronal phase by Razorbeast at Magmatron's request, but was protected from Magmatron's Predacon shell-program by a viral code Razorbeast inserted. Coming online in his original (non-Transmetal-2) form in the middle of the ocean, he was one of the first Maximals to hear Razorbeast's signal.
He is later seen swiming through a narrow strait with fellow sea-bound Maximal Claw Jaw.
3H Universe Comics
Sharkticons based on Hammerstrike's design appear alongside the traditional Quintesson Sharkticon designs from Generation 1. However, their coloration was originally intended to be different from the Hammerstrike toy's to avoid confusion; the "director's cut" reprint of the relevant issue fixes this, giving them a black and purple color scheme.
Toys
Beast Wars
Cybershark began the Beast Wars transforming into a hammerhead shark. When a trigger on his back is pushed the top "hammer" part of the head fires like a missile. He also has a spring-loaded "switchblade" in his tail.
- Japanese ID number: C-11
This mold was retooled to make Hellscream, Overbite, and Sharpedge.
When he was transformed into a Transmetal 2, his meched-out shark mode became more like a classic great white, and he gained a flight mode. His tail has a gear-system that spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned (this systm becomes his right arm, forming a spinning claw weapon). He also has a double spring-loaded missile launcher concealed in his shark mouth that doubles as a hand-weapon.
This mold was redecoed into Sky-Byte.
Beast Machines
Hammerstrike transforms into a technorganic hammerhead with a very odd, alien, spindly looking robot mode. The front, hammerhead part of his toy becomes a weapon that seems to have some sort of jackhammer like attack, as the front slams forward when triggered by pressing down on the spark crystal.
