Rotorstorm (G1)
- Rotorstorm is an Autobot Turbomaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The only airborne Turbomaster, Rotorstorm is a major asset to the team... and he wants you to know it. He'll tell you he's a ruthless, powerful, and fearless fighter, and that he's respected even by Decepticons for his brilliant strategies and blinding speed. While making quick-witted quips about your progenitor to assure that he's the center of attention, he'll tell you that any moment now the Wreckers will be knocking on his door. That he's everyone's favorite Autobot.
He'll remind you he also possesses advanced technology that lets him eavesdrop on Decepticon communications and an extra "Dodge" sense (rather like that human with the magic outfit) that warns him of impending danger, letting him guide his ground-based comrades out of harm's way. He'll tell you he's a force to be reckoned with.
And it's all true.
But this impervious and attention-seeking persona is a mask for Rotorstorm, one he puts on to inspire and motivate his team. If he has any weaknesses, it's that he feels burdened by the legend of himself he's created. Most mechs don't know the real Rotorstorm behind the mask, but if you ask him about the Simanzi Massacre, you'll find him. His jokes will stop, and he'll stare at the floor.
| “ | And yes, I am that good. | ” |
—Rotorstorm on Rotorstorm, Last Stand of the Wreckers #2 | ||
Fiction
Predator Air Attack!
Rotorstorm swooped down on the Decepticon ranks attacking the Autobot base, and proceeded to fight Stalker one-on-one. Predator Air Attack!
IDW comics continuity
In the distant past, while Senator Ratbat updated himself on his current projects, Rotorstorm was briefly glimpsed on his monitor. Megatron Origin #2
During the subsequent civil war and after a stint at the Iaconian Aerial Academy, Rotorstorm was part of the Polyhex border force. During the Simanzi Massacre, he saved the 9th Battalion and was given the Novic Medal for Outstanding Valor for it... but was left haunted and was consumed with doubts due to the carnage he'd witnessed. To compensate, he created a brasher cover personality. He applied for and then rejected Wrecker membership and took up a teaching job at IAA instead. On return to the frontline, he single-handedly repelled an attack at Thunderhead Pass. Rotorstorm bio
Many years later, following The Surge, his courageous leadership of a platoon saved Karashi Delta from the Decepticons. Bullets As a result, and having unknowingly been on the reserve list for a long time Rotorstorm bio, he was approached by Springer for recruitment into the Wreckers, with Springer claiming that he was on the top of the list, something that suited Rotorstorm's false confident personality just fine. In reality, this was a scripted line Springer said to all recruits. Dead Men's Boots
Before being collected, he amused himself by blowing up the Igue-Moor Fuel Depot with his fellows (practice, honest!) and harassing the local Autobot foreman Dipstick. Once the four were on board Ultra Magnus's ship, he was surprised to find the human Verity Carlo was part of the mission, and belittled her presence. During the transit to Garrus-9, he broke the silence by pointing out fellow Wrecker Pyro looked an awful lot like Optimus Prime... Last Stand of the Wreckers #1
After the legendary-but-scandalized Impactor (a former commander of the Wreckers) was brought on board following his escape from Garrus-9, Rotorstorm and the other new Wreckers were banished temporarily so the "grown-ups" could talk it through. Rotorstorm helped Pyro brainstorm a motto, with little success.
Soon the time came to plan the Wreckers' invasion of Garrus-9. In order to overwhelm the planet's forcefield, two ships needed to hit the force field's weak points at the exact same time. Rotorstorm was asked to put his considerable skills to use ("yes, I am that good") by piloting one escape pod while remote piloting the other. In the moments leading up to the attack, Rotorstorm sat alone in an escape pod, chiding himself for being even "more of a wannabe than Ironfist" for agreeing to this. Regardless, Rotorstorm succeeded in getting both escape pods through the forcefield, though when they met heavy artillery from the Decepticons, both escape pods crash-landed. Last Stand of the Wreckers #2
Rotorstorm's group found themselves face-to-face with none other than Overlord himself and his inner circle. Overlord didn't care when Rotorstorm announced that they were not any ordinary Autobots, but Wreckers, but Rotorstorm was still determined to make an impression. He made a joke, which did extract a quiet laugh from their frightening opponent, to Rotorstorm's genuine surprise, but these words would be Rotorstorm's last. Overlord put his gun between Rotorstorm's optics and splattered his cranial fluids all over his horrified fellow Wreckers.
After the others managed to escape Overlord and his minions, Ironfist had severe trouble with having seen Rotorstorm's gruesome end. Later, after Verity shared her similar horror in her own way, Topspin admitted he'd never really cared for Rotorstorm. However, he was a Wrecker, and thus deserving of Topspin's respect. Last Stand of the Wreckers #3
After G-9 was liberated, Rotorstorm's remains, along with that of the other fallen Wreckers, were placed into caskets and transported to Earth. Last Stand of the Wreckers #5
Toys
Generation 1
- Rotorstorm (Medium Turbomaster, 1992)
- Accessories: 2 engines/missile launchers, 6 missiles
- Rotorstorm transforms into a blue Cybertronian helicopter with bright translucent pink rotor blades and canopy. His turbine engines can launch his six included yellow missiles a very long distance. A button on the back of the rotor housing drops down both engines/launchers for an 'attack mode' feature. In robot mode, Rotorstorm has limited articulation, and he holds his turbine launchers in his hands. His rotor blades can also be detached and held in one hand as an odd-looking sword.
Notes
- Rotorstorm's function of "Guide and Strategician" is a bit silly, since "Strategician" isn't a real word. Possibly it's a portmanteau of "strategist" and "magician", 'cause he's that good.
Foreign names
- English: Storm (Canada)
- French: Tempéte (Canada)
