Skyjack (G2)
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- Skyjack is a Decepticon from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family. He is also known as Skyfall.
Skyjack is a master spy who should never be trusted. He'll toast your health one moment and blast you in the back the next. Rumors swirl about Autobot sympathies and meetings with Optimus Prime himself, but that may very well be simply part of his cover and the web of lies that he surrounds himself with. In his free time he's been known to use human cars as target practice together with his mentor Dreadwing.
- French-Canadian name: Pirate
Fiction
Japanese G2 mini-comics and story pages
Skyjack was once good friends with the Autobot Cyberjets back when they were Decepticons. However, once they switched sides, Skyjack and the remaining Decepticon Cyberjets swore vengeance.G-2 Part 4
During the Generation 2 battles, Optimus Prime and Volt were trying to remain hidden from the enemy. Skyjack managed to sneak up behind them using his advanced cloaking technology which was able to fool even the Autobots' anti-aircraft sensors. Skyjack blasted the two Autobots then escaped to inform Megatron of their location. G-2 #7
Skyjack and the other Cyberjets then joined with Jolt and Sizzle, encircling the Autobot Laser Rods. Unfortunately, Road Rocket was able to blind them with a smokescreen, allowing for their enemy's escape. G-2 #11
Skyjack later joined Megatron in his final all-out assault on the Autobot headquarters. When Megatron was defeated, he and all the other Decepticons were banished into deep space. G-2 Part 6
Comics Bom Bom manga
In the year 199X, the Decepticons came to Earth to plunder its forestonite, a newly discovered super energy source. The Decepticon Cyberjets made their presence known when they attacked the Japan Self-Defense Force airshow and began shooting at the humans in the crowd for the fun of it. Space Case was about to kill Junpei when Electro arrived to save the boy. The Cyberjets teamed up on Electro and wounded him badly. However, Electro managed to deliver a fatal-looking blow to Skyjack, slicing off a good portion of his body and causing him to explode. Generation 2: The New Battle!!
IDW comics continuity
Skyjack was one of several prisoners held by Fortress Maximus and his staff at Garrus-9. He had been disassembled and reduced to just his spark for storage. His crime is unknown. Spotlight: Arcee
Toy
Generation 2
- Skyjack (Cyberjet, 1995)
- Japanese ID number: TRF-7
- Accessories: 2 missiles
- Skyjack's vehicle mode is based on the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, colored in black with red on the trailing edges of the wings and tailfins. Like his fellow Cyberjet Hooligan, he has a pressure-launch missile launcher on the dorsal side of his airplane mode, which becomes the right arm of the robot. Clips on the underside of each wing store his missiles when they're not being used in the launcher.
- This mold was used to make the Generation 2 Cyberjets Air Raid and Aero Raid, Universe Air Raid, and Robot Masters Delta Seeker.
Universe (2009)
Generation 2 Series
- Skyfall (Ultra, 2009)
- Accessories: Blaster, missile
- A Walmart-exclusive redeco of the 2008 Universe series Ultra-class Silverbolt, "Skyfall" transforms into a (fictional) FB-129 supersonic fighter-bomber, as indicated by a designation on his fuselage (recalling a similar detail from his first toy). As an Ultra-scale toy, he comes with various light and sound gimmicks (exactly the same ones as Universe Powerglide), including a machine gun type sound when one presses the big button on the fuselage, and different classic transformation sound effects depending on whether he is being transformed from vehicle mode or vice versa. His spring-loaded missile-launching blaster features a B-2 Stealth bomber as a decorative shape.
- This mold was also used to make Darkwind.
Trivia
- Generation 2 Skyjack's deco includes stickers which read "FB-117". While not the official U.S. Air Force designation for the plane, an "FB" (Fighter Bomber) designator, although non-standard, would be appropriate for the F-117A in real life, since the aircraft is often used in a strike bomber role similar to the now-retired FB-111.
