Rotorstorm (G1)
- Rotorstorm is an Autobot Turbomaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The only airborne Turbomaster, Rotorstorm is a major asset to the team... and he wants you to know it. He'll tell you he's a ruthless, powerful, and fearless fighter, and that he's respected even by Decepticons for his brilliant strategies and blinding speed. While making quick-witted quips about your progenitor to assure that he's the center of attention, he'll tell you that any moment now the Wreckers will be knocking on his door. That he's everyone's favorite Autobot.
He'll remind you he also possesses advanced technology that lets him eavesdrop on Decepticon communications and an extra "Dodge" sense (rather like that human with the magic outfit) that warns him of impending danger, letting him guide his ground-based comrades out of harm's way. He'll tell you he's a force to be reckoned with.
And it's all true.
But this impervious and attention-seeking persona is a mask for Rotorstorm, one he puts on to inspire and motivate his team. If he has any weaknesses, it's that he feels burdened by the legend of himself he's created. Most mechs don't know the real Rotorstorm behind the mask, but if you ask him about the Simanzi Massacre, you'll find him. His jokes will stop, and he'll stare at the floor.
- Canadian name: Storm
- French-Canadian name: Tempéte
Fiction
Toy catalogue comic
Rotorstorm swooped down on the Decepticon ranks attacking the Autobot base, and proceeded to fight Stalker one-on-one.
IDW comics continuity
In the distant past, Rotorstorm was briefly glimpsed on Cybertron while Ratbat updated himself on his current projects. Megatron Origin #2
 Plot details for Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1 follow. |
After a stint at the Iaconian Aerial Academy, he was part of the Polyhex border force. During the Simanzi Massacre, he saved the 9th Battalion and was given the Voric Medal of Outstanding Valor for it... but was left haunted and was consumed with doubts due to the carnage he'd witnessed. To compensate, he created a brasher cover personality. He applied for and then rejected Wrecker membership and took up a teaching job at IAA instead. On return to the frontline, he single-handedly repelled at attack at Thunderhead Pass.
Many years later, having unknowingly been on the Wreckers reserve list, he was one of four new recruits. Before being collected, he amused himself by blowing stuff up with his fellows (practice, honest!) and harassing the local foreman Dipstick. Once the four were collected, he was surprised to find the human Verity Carlo was part of the mission, and belittled her presence. During the transit to Garrus-9, he broke the silence by pointing out fellow Wrecker Pyro looked an awful lot like Optimus Prime... Last Stand of the Wreckers #1
Toys
Generation 1
- Rotorstorm (Medium Turbomaster, 1992)
- Accessories: 2 engines/missile launchers, 6 missiles
- Rotorstorm transforms into a blue Cybertronian helicopter with bright translucent pink rotor blades and canopy. His turbine engines can launch his six included yellow missiles a very long distance. A button on the back of the rotor housing drops down both engines/launchers for an 'attack mode' feature. In robot mode, Rotorstorm has limited articulation, and he holds his turbine launchers in his hands. His rotor blades can also be detached and held in one hand as an odd-looking sword.
Trivia
- Rotorstorm's function of "Guide and Strategician" is a bit silly, since "Strategician" isn't a real word. Possibly it's a portmanteau of "strategist" and "magician," 'cause he's that good.
