Flier (WFC)

Fliers are a body-type in the War for Cybertron portion of the Transformers: Prime continuity family.

A Flier was a soldier type employed by the Autobots, Decepticons, and neutral forces, mostly during the Great War. Fliers would swap between their Cybertronian jet alternate mode and their robot modes, where they would hover in the air. They were relatively weak but often attacked in groups to make up for it. A popular method of destroying them was to shoot their robot mode's foot thrusters, which would send a flier sailing, often into the nearest wall, before exploding. Decepticon fliers were nicknamed "Seekers" by Autobot infantry, while Autobot fliers were nicknamed "Aerialbots" by the Decepticons.

Fliers are very common in War For Cybertron, appearing as adversaries in most all levels, disregarding the boss fights. Storywise, A Decepticon Seeker is shown in a scripted sequence being trapped in an exploding room onboard the Decepticon Space Station during the Aerial Assault. On the Autobot side, Several Autobot Aerialbots are part of Jetfire's aerial defense of Iacon, and after activating the defense cannons, more can be seen taking off from the walkways and joining the battle. Later on, during Silverbolt's squadron's mad dash to disable the Orbital Cannon, several Aerialbots can be seen alongside the trio during the flying sequence, however all shown Aerialbots are destroyed by the beam or debris. The radio comments they and the playable characters make suggest that these Aerialbots are members of Silverbolt's group, however this is unclear.