Deployer (WFC)

Deployers are Minicon drones from the Prime continuity family.

Deployers are Soundwave's Minicon drones that he deploys from his chest cavity. While small by Cybertronian standards,at least one of them is larger than an Earth helicoptor.

Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron

Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, and Laserbeak are Soundwave's minions located in his chest cavity.

Fiction

Prime cartoon

Plot details for Darkness Rising, Part 3 follow. Spoilers have expired, you may remove this tag

When soundwave intercepts a message from Agent Fowler, Soundwave releass one of his deployers to bring Fowler to the Decepticon ship. After chasing Fower's helicoptor, the drone's tentacles grab Fowler and the drone returns to base.Darkness Rising, Part 3

Notes

The deployer in Darkness Rising, Part 3 bears a striking resemblence to Ratbat.