Blastcharge (BM)
| This article is about the Beast Machines Vehicon. For the Decepticon-allied Mini-Con, see Blastcharge (Cybertron). |
- Blastcharge is a Vehicon from the Beast Machines portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Blastcharge is big, strong and dumb. Really dumb. Regardless, of all the Vehicon generals, his strength is second only to Tankor, so while he may be dumb, he's huge and has big missiles. Which he sometimes uses as cudgels. Aheh.
You can occasionally find him parroting Megatron. Blastcharge figures that if Megatron's a genius, then he must say genius things, and so if Blastcharge says those same things, then maybe Blastcharge will be a genius too?
Remember, dumb. But an "A" for effort.
Fiction
Universe: The Wreckers
With the emergence of the Wreckers, Mutants, and Dinobots on Vehicon-controlled Cybertron, Megatron needed more generals to counter the insurgents. From his vast collection he picked the sparks of Blastcharge and Quake, who served Megatron's namesake well, and put them in new Vehicon bodies and gave them experimental drones to command.
Blastcharge and Quake were sent first underground, to track down a group of Wreckers. The Vehicon Generals tracked the Wreckers to the underground lair of Arcee. They missed the main group, but Fractyl was still there. The trip wasn't a complete waste—Blastcharge was able to fit a little target practice into his busy schedule, blowing a large hole in Fractyl's chest with a long-range plasma ultrarocket from a few feet away. Blastcharge is unfamiliar with the meaning of the word "overkill". It's one of several words he's unfamiliar with the meanings of.
Megatron had sent Spy Streak, Mirage, and Scavenger drones, as well as drones that resembled Blastcharge and Quake, to guard an old Autobot shuttle from the Wreckers, who wished to use it to get offworld. Blastcharge and Quake arrived late to the battle, as the tide was already turning in the Vehicons' favor. They should have stayed home. Quake was vaporized by the Vok-powered Tigatron, and as Blastcharge ranted impotently at the departing shuttle, Fractyl showed up in his shiny new body to pay Blastcharge back, slicing him neatly in half right down the middle. Departure
TransTech
Blastcharge was a member of the Axiom Nexus Security Administration. He was part of the group investigating the discovery of Comet's body. He may have been part of the security unit that confronted General Demolishor in the Heap. Withered Hope
Sometime later, Blastcharge (or Sir Please Stop Thumping Me Across The Alleyway, as he is sometimes known) was performing a regular street patrol when he crossed some nut defragging in the streets. This 'bot claimed he was Bulletbike, 37th richest of all the TransTech population. Blastcharge let him ramble for a little bit, but eventually just pointed him towards the Widow's Cafe Cybertronian to sleep it off, and went on with his patrol. I, Lowtech
Toys
Beast Machines
- Blastcharge (Deluxe, 2000)
- Accessories: 3 missiles
- Blastcharge is a tan, red and silver Cybertronic six-wheeled armored vehicle with a rotating and elevating turret. This turret stores three missiles, but only the middle missile can be fired with the spring-loaded mechanism. His other spring-loaded gimmick is that the front portion of his vehicle mode can spring forward and turn independently of the rear portion. The missiles can also be used as clubs. His spark crystal is hidden inside his front grille.
Universe (2003)
- Blastcharge (Deluxe, 2005)
- Accessories: 3 missiles
- The Beast Machines mold was used for Universe, redecoed in black, silver and purples. It is unknown whether the two toys represent the same character, or even alternate-universe incarnations of the same character, but for this wiki's purposes, the first option is assumed.
Notes
- Blastcharge had the preliminary name of Blastrax.
- Character art on the package of Universe Blastcharge shows his chest gun lowered flat against his abdomen. He is depicted like this in "Withered Hope" as well. The toy can't do that, however.
- Blastcharge never appeared in the series.
garthdavisGarthdavis184 19:10, 9 January 2010 (EST)
