Requiem Blaster (Armada)

Not to be confused with Dirgegun.

The Requiem Blaster is quite simply the most powerful energy weapon in the known galaxy. It is the combined form of the Mini-Cons Astroscope, Payload, and Sky Blast. It utilizes Astroscope's transdimensional research to draw on the power of a super nova's energy, a quasar's sonic output, or a black hole's gravity. This makes it EXTREMELY powerful. Only the Skyboom Shield is able to diffuse an attack from the blaster.

Fiction

Armada cartoon

The existence of the Requiem Blaster was first hinted at by Sideways to Alexis and Red Alert. Awakening When it was first created, a blast from it almost destroys Megatron. Later it allowed Optimus Prime to slow his fall and boil away the ocean below him without harming the ground underneath it while the recoil slowed him down. Desperate

While in possession of the Requiem Blaster the Autobots argued on how it should be used. Blurr, Hot Shot, and Jetfire wanted to use it to storm the Decepticon base. Runaway Megatron infiltrated the Autobot base and stole it from Smokescreen. It blasted a hole clear through Smokescreen and the wall behind him. With his prize in hand, Megatron retreated. Sacrifice

During the raid on the Decepticon base to save the Mini-Cons, Smokescreen (rebuilt as Hoist) blocked a shot from the Requiem Blaster with the Skyboom Shield. He probably wished he had it earlier. Rescue

While attempting to get a Mini-Con on Mars, Megatron blasted some mountains with the blaster. After coming within close proximity of the Skyboom Shield and Star Saber, it started to glow with light before the energy created by all three exploded. Mars

With all three Mini-Con weapons in hand, Thrust combined them into an ultimate weapon, the Hydra Cannon. Threaten

En route to Cybertron, Megatron fired the Requiem Blaster at Scavenger and Demolishor. The wake caused by the blast severely damaged Scavenger. Another shot at Side Swipe knocked him into an asteroid. It was then used to take aim at a newly revived Optimus Prime, but was never fired. Miracle

During the attack by Nemesis Prime, Megatron shot the attacker and blew it to pieces. Nemesis later revived and knocked the Requiem Blaster from Megatron's grasp. After Megatron transformed into Galvatron, he fired once again on Nemesis Prime before turning the weapon's destructive power upon the Axalon. Puppet

Galvatron led the attack on Cybertron initially with just the Star Saber and Skyboom Shield, but eventually had Demolishor hand him the Requiem Blaster to continue the attack. Uprising Later while pretending to rebuild the Hydra Cannon, Thrust stole the Requiem Blaster along with the Skyboom Shield. Dash When Starscream pursued, he was blasted to the pieces by the Requiem Blaster. Then, with some fancy time travel, he wasn't. Thrust instead shot the ceiling of the corridor, casuing an avalanche. Drift Thrust then took the weapons through a portal to Cybertron's moon. There the kids attempted to wake up the component Mini-Cons, but to no avail. Portent

The Requiem Blaster was now considered part of Unicron's body. It was said they would not wake up. Union Unicron had covered it entirely with tenacles, but when the Mini-Cons began to sing, it broke escaped and broke up into the component Mini-Cons. They combined once again for Optimus Prime to shoot and destroy Sideways. Origin The blaster later flew in gun form out of Unicron. Mortal Combat

Dreamwave Armada comic

More Than Meets The Eye

TransTech

Ego, a collector of multiversal artifacts, had a Requiem Blaster in his collection. Bulletbike stole it and used it to kill the security guard Aurik. I, Lowtech

Toys

Armada

• Space Mini-Con Team (Basic, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MM-13

The Requiem Blaster is formed by combining the three members of the Space Mini-Con Team, with Astroscope and Sky Blast forming the barrel and Payload forming the handle. The cannon can be held by most Transformers who use 5mm mounting points.

The Requiem Blaster was redecoed into the Deep Space Mini-Con Team's Umbral Blaster.

• Space Micron X-Dimension (Basic, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MM-14

A somewhat more limited-edition—but still regular retail—redeco of the Space Team was released by Takara as part of the X-Dimension Mini-Cons. This set uses a primarily green and brown deco.

• Mir (Candy toy, 2003)
• Apollo (Candy toy, 2003)
• Move (Candy toy, 2003)

The Space Mini-Con Team was completely re-cast as new molds as part of the second wave of Kabaya's Change Micron series. As these versions of the team members were sold separately, making the Requiem Blaster out of them was a slightly harder task.

Energon

• Ultra Magnus (Ultra, 2004)

Another redeco of the Space Team, this time forming a black, gray and blue Requiem Blaster. They were packaged with Energon Ultra Magnus.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Astro Blaster (アストロブラスター Asutoro Burasutā)
• Hungarian: Rekviem Romboló ("Requiem Destroyer")
• Swedish: Rekviemkanonen