Vehicon (Prime)
| The name or term "Vehicon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Vehicon (disambiguation). |
- Vehicons are Decepticon drones from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Vehicons may be Megatron and Starscream's cannon fodder, but they do possess a sweet alternate mode.
They are also called Eradicons. It's a bit confusing.
Fiction
Prime comic
Vehicons were stationed on Cybertron, building Starscream's space bridge. They captured Cliffjumper and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate Optimus Prime's encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when Arcee came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in Kaon were killed when she blew up the space bridge. Transformers: Prime
Prime cartoon
- Voice actors: Steve Blum (English, Darkness Rising, Part 4), Kevin Michael Richardson (English, Masters & Students, Convoy, Sick Mind), Frank Welker (English, Con Job), Jaime Roca (Spain-Spanish)
Airachnid had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on Cybertron. They captured Tailgate, and were later blasted by Bumblebee during Arcee's rescue. Predatory
When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a scrapload of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee and Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only Bulkhead's arrival caused them to withdraw. Darkness Rising, Part 1 A large group of them were involved in mining energon, but proved unable to fight off an aggressive Autobot assault. Darkness Rising, Part 2
When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the Nemesis, the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture Jack Darby and Raf, while another came close to murdering the kids. Darkness Rising, Part 3 Darkness Rising, Part 4
When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. Darkness Rising, Part 5
In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek alternate help. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. Masters & Students
Some flying Vehicons shot down Wheeljack's ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that Makeshift could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the GroundBridge once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. Con Job
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's trailer before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. Convoy
Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned Knock Out and Breakdown to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen Energon Harvester. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. Deus ex Machina
The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. Sick Mind While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy Ratchet and Bumblebee. Out of His Head
A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon GroundBridge when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. Shadowzone Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by MECH. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. Operation: Breakdown
Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. Crisscross Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the Nemesis with Airachnid. Metal Attraction
A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the Nemesis bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the Harbinger. Partners
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a Cybertronian data cylinder by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. T.M.I.
Games
Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense
Toys
Prime
- Vehicon (Deluxe, 2011)
- The Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Cien. He comes with a rifle as an accessory.
Notes
"Pretty much."
- The Vehicons were among the first Prime Transformers shown, in a preview shown at Comic-Com 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before Bumblebee arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
- The Vehicons have yet to be referred to as such on the Prime cartoon, only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the credits; the "Vehicon" name comes from creative team comments and online games. A single image on the Hub website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such.
