Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team
- RAAT is a human organization from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Commonly called RAAT, the Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team is a top secret military force charged with protecting the American populace from the threat posed by the Transformers. They are the military arm of the Intelligence and Information Institute, with Walter Barnett as the liaison and head man.
Notable but brief figures in RAAT's history have included Circuit Breaker (temporarily their leader) and Donny Finkleberg was also associated with RAAT for a time.
They utterly suck at fighting Transformers, unless it's the Autobots and then they're great at it.
- Portuguese name (Brazil comic): TAAR (Time Anti-robô de Ataques Rápidos)
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
After a battle on Cybertron, Perceptor, Blaster, Cosmos, Warpath, Seaspray, Beachcomber, and Powerglide were transported to Earth over the space bridge. There they were surrounded by the police. The Bridge to Nowhere! Those seven Autobots came into the custody of RAAT, lead by Circuit Breaker. In a secret hanger, the heads of the Autobots were carefully removed and hung on the wall. Aerialbots over America!
Heavy Traffic! Decepticon Graffiti!
Needing fuel, Blaster and the Throttlebots pulled up to a Blackrock gas station expecting to be able to fuel up due to a deal the Autobots had with G.B. Blackrock. However, RAAT was there waiting for them and immediately engaged them in combat using a tracked armored vehicle with a detachable flying unit on its roof. Blaster made short work of them and saved a RAAT trooper from a fuel explosion. Only Rollbar was shot and suffered minor damage to the rear of his vehicle.
Later, the Autobots hid in Big Steve's used car lot. The police were offering a reward for information regarding vehicles matching the description of six vehicles that appeared on his lot overnight so he phoned it in. Big Steve filled their fuel tanks with soda so they couldn't drive off. A RAAT squadron led by Walter Barnett arrived that evening. Also arriving were the Combaticons and Protectobots, all wanting to take custody of Blaster and the Throttlebots for their own reasons. Walter Bartlet initially thought the Autobots and Decepticons were only pretending to be enemies, but was soon convinced that it was no act. The three groups briefly considered a proposal by Big Steve to bid on the prisoners at auction. This was interrupted when Blaster prevented Swindle from sneak-attacking. Then all hell broke loose. Walter Bartlet made good on the reward and gave Big Steve a check for $300,000 and RAAT rounded up and escaped with the Throttlebots while the Combaticons fought it out with the Protectobots and Blaster. Used Autobots
RAAT turned over the Throttlebots into the custody of their parent organization, I.I.I. They were guarding I.I.I. headquarters when the Predacons attacked and quickly breached their defenses. Toy Soldiers!
