Technobot (G1)
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- The Technobots are an Autobot subgroup from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Technobots consist of:
- The trigger-happy Scattershot (leader)
- The screw-loose Strafe
- The wonder-filled Lightspeed
- The angry Afterburner
- The patient Nosecone
They combine to form Computron.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
We lost our tails
Evolving up from little snails
I say it's all just wind in sails Are we not men?
After Optimus Prime and his troops aboard the Ark went missing, the Technobots were among several under the leadership of Fortress Maximus. Their faction was mired in a seemingly endless war with a band of Decepticons led by Scorponok, in a struggle so pointless and self-perpetuating that Fortress Maximus decided to leave Cybertron and its war and settle on the peaceful planet Nebulos. The Technobots followed Fortress Maximus' lead, building the Steelhaven and departing their war-torn home.
It would not be so easy. The Nebulans were xenophobic towards the strange robots which invaded their world, and after several missteps in communication, Fortress Maximus and a handful of others surrendered their heads as hopeful proof of their benevolence and compliance. Ring of Hate! But when the Decepticons followed them to Nebulos, the Technobots found themselves once again pitted against the terrible Terrorcons. Love and Steel!
They later travelled to Earth with the rest of Fortress Maximus' forces, and were among the casualties of the Underbase-powered Starscream. Dark Star
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
Grimlock was made super-intelligent by accidentally absorbing energies from the generator in the power core of Cybertron. He then built the Technobots' bodies from parts of Unicron's brain, and then transferred his super-intelligence into them. Together, the Technobots used their intelligence to defeat the individual Terrorcons and their combined form, Abominus. Grimlock's New Brain
Soon afterwards, they were assigned to the EDC to assist Commander Marissa Faireborn in pursuing smugglers and other criminal elements. Confronting the Quintessons and the Terrorcons, the Technobots' combined form of Computron once again defeated the dim-witted Abominus by causing the Decepticon giant to fall apart into his individual team member components. Money Is Everything
When the Decepticons attacked the research facilities of Mark Morgan and Gregory Swofford in search of the scientists' new metal alloy, the Technobots combined into Computron to fight off Abominus. Unfortunately, their scuffle caused part of the building to collapse, severely injuring Morgan's daughter, Jessica. This led the elder Morgan, in his hatred of the Transformers, to unleash the Hate Plague on the Autobots in the hopes they would destroy each other. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1
After the truce in the aftermath of the Hate Plague ended, the Decepticons attacked Autobot City on Earth in order to steal the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber. The Technobots were among the Autobot forces who attempted to stop them. The Rebirth, Part 1
The Great Transformer War
The Headmasters cartoon
In 2011, Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Scattershot and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky As Hot Rod began his search for the Matrix of Leadership on Earth, Ultra Magnus gathered the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, Galvatron confronted him with the Decepticon Headmasters and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the Space Bridge. Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime
Later, Galvatron launched Metamorphose, a metal-twisting meteorite, and the Aerialbots were its first victims. The Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached Athenia, destroying the Autobots completely. The Battleship Maximus eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. Approach of the Demon Meteorite
Scattershot was on Earth with Ultra Magnus, attending to the shadowy robot's threat to steal all of Japan's energy. Terror! The Six Shadows The two of them also studied the mysterious seismic activity which led to a volcano erupting near the Peruvian city of Pan. The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts When a giant carnivorous plant took root in San Francisco, Ultra Magnus sent the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the Stunticons, first as individuals and later combined as Computron and Menasor. Head On!! Fortress Maximus After the Trainbots ran into trouble on Mars, the Technobots were on the way to help when Sixshot and Trypticon intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger
The Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the moon to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. Return of the Immortal Emperor Scattershot's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet Sandra. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. SOS from Planet Sandra
The Technobots accompanied Fortress on his quest to prevent the Decepticons from stealing energy elsewhere in the galaxy. During this extended mission, Scattershot and his teammates formed Computron to battle Predaking on the planet Paradise. Head Formation of Friendship
After returning to Earth, the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to Miami to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop Sixshot's assassination of Ultra Magnus. Ultra Magnus Dies!! The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. The Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg
The Technobots remained on Earth as Fortress and his men traveled the stars hunting Scorponok. As the war returned to Earth, they joined the entire Autobot army in flying to the North Pole to settle all scores with Scorponok and his evil warriors. As Computron, they fought against the Decepticons until Fortress Maximus was trapped in an energy circuit with the crysmagnetal. Along with the rest of the Autobots, the Technobots transferred some of their energy into the Headmasters' Head Formation, giving Fortress Maximus enough strength to break free. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)
IDW comics continuity
The Technobots used to crew the Autobot vessel Calabi-Yau in orbit around Cybertron, under the command of Jetfire.
After landing on the planet to investigate an energy spike, Scattershot, Lightspeed and Strafe accompanied Jetfire on a reconnaissance mission and were captured by Bludgeon's group of Decepticons. Nosecone and Afterburner, having taken the Calabi-Yau back into orbit, crash-landed back on Cybertron after escaping the doomed ship in an emergency pod and were drafted into assisting the Wreckers. Stormbringer
Later on, the Technobots and Jetfire were sent to help separate the entity Monstructor into its component parts. They weren't making much progress, though were determined to keep trying—but the Decepticon raid on Garrus-9 saw them taken down, and Monstructor captured. Spotlight: Arcee
The Technobots continued their research work in conjunction with Jetfire, polishing up Bludgeon's work with Pretender technology. They were prepared to create Pretender shells for four Autobots, to protect them from the unknown hazards in the Benzuli Expanse. Spotlight: Doubledealer Finishing the shells aboard the Nightbird, they hurried to save the crew of the Mirror-Manifold from Cyclonus, then gave them the shells. Spotlight: Sideswipe
Toys
Generation 1
- Technobots (1987)
- The Technobots are a Scramble City-style combiner team, consisting of four smaller toys sold carded at the $5 price point, and one larger toy sold boxed at the $12 price point. The smaller toys can each become any limb for the combined robot form, attaching to connection points on the leader toy, which forms the torso. All five Technobots were available both separately and in a full-team gift set.
- The smaller Technobots are typical combiner limbs, with simple transformations, articulation limited to knees and shoulder rotation, and a single block instead of separate feet. All five team members share a unified color scheme of reds, brown, cream, and muted oranges and yellows. They each transform to "futuristic" vehicles, in counterpoint to their Decepticon foes, the Terrorcons.
- For whatever reason, knockoff artists have on more than one occasion packed copies of Nosecone and Afterburner in with copies of three of the Stunticons, referring to them as "Artillerist" and "Shooter", respectively.
Generation 2
- Strafe (Cyberjet, 1995)
- A redeco of the Decepticon Cyberjet Space Case.
- This toy was released with no deco changes (but with an extra decal sheet) in Japan as the former-Decepticon-turned-Autobot Strafe.
Universe (2008)
Classic Series
- Special Team Leaders (Multi-pack, 2008)
- Scattorshot (so named due to trademark issues) is a redeco of the Cybertron Legends of Cybertron Vector Prime toy.
Gentei! Gentei!
- Strafe (Deluxe, 2009)
- A redeco of the 2008 Universe series Cyclonus toy, He comes with a partner figure named Rocketbot.
Notes
- The back views of all of the Technobots' animation models (including Computron) are riddled with errors, suggesting that they were drawn without toy references.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Techbot (テックボット Tekkubotto)
- English: Techno Regiment (Omni Productions dub)
