Contrail (WFC)
- Contrail is a Decepticon from the Transformers: Prime continuity family.
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Contrail is a powerful Seeker with a scornful, imperious nature and a tendency to glare. He was Council Secretary on the for the High Council in the days before the great war, but left that position, along with fellow Council member Ratbat, to join Megatron's Decepticons. He possesses a cockpit in vehicle mode that is the perfect size for a smaller robot like Ratbat to ride within. This is said to be a hold-over from the Quintesson war era.
Fiction
Exodus: The History of the War for Cybertron
Contrail swore in Megatron and Orion Pax on their appearence before the High Council. He agressively questioned Megatron and Prime before the Council. Then voted unanimously, along with the other councilors for Orion to become Optimus Prime and be given the quest to find the Matrix of Leadership, but when Megatron, enraged by this, killed High Councilor Halogen, declared war and called the Decepticons to follow him Contrail went with him, along with Ratbat.
Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron
Notes
- What exactly Contrail and Ratbat were doing is rather unclear. It seems very likely they were already of Megatron's camp, given that they leave with the rest of the "secret" Decepticons in the Council Chambers. If so, their outward agression durring procedures was probably intentional, masking leading questions to influence the direction of the meeting... But if that is so, why did they then vote for Orion Pax as the new Prime? This was clearly not part of the infuriated Megatron's plan? Yet regardless of this apparent betrail they felt safe enough leaving with Megatron's Decepticons. Just very confusing.
- Generic Seekers appearing in fiction but getting no name has been common since the Generation 1 cartoon, but Contrail may be the first example of the opposite: a named Seaker with no official appearence.
