Battle Ravage
| The name or term "Ravage" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ravage (disambiguation). |
- Battle Ravage is a Decepticon Terrorcon from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Battle Ravage is as his name suggests: a cold, heartless killing machine who will rip apart his enemies in battle with claw and tooth.
Sometimes there are lots of him.
Fiction
Toy pack-in comics
After Hot Shot and Strongarm found a pool of energon, they were quickly beset by a jamboree of Battle Ravages. They easily defeated the Battle Ravages, only to realize that the ambush was a distraction while other Battle Ravages absorbed the energon. When the two tried to shoo off the Ravages, Scorponok appeared and blocked their path. One Battle Ravage created an energon mace for Scorponok to use.
After the Battle Ravages absorbed all of the energon, they left the scene with Scorponok. Energon Volume 1
A Battle Ravage later fought alongside Scorponok and Starscream against Optimus Prime, Hot Shot, and Skyblast. Energon Volume 2
Energon cartoon
One of the most common forms of Terrorcon, the Battle Ravage drones were created by Alpha Quintesson to gather raw energon. Like Omnicons, they could handle the unrefined ore without injury, and convert it into a quasi-stable form for transport. Along with Divebombs for aerial support, the Battle Ravages were tasked with recovering as much energon as possible, so that Alpha Q could revitalize Unicron and use his power to recreate Planet Q and the other lost worlds the Planet-Eater ravaged.
Battle Ravages first attacked Cybertronian forces at Asteroid City and Mars City, where they overwhelmed Tidal Wave and the meager defenses assembled by the pacifistic Omnicons. While a small group transported their prisoner Tidal Wave back to Alpha Q, the rest of the Terrorcons proceeded on to Earth, making their first strike at Ocean City. The Autobot defenses on Earth were much stronger and, after reinforcements arrived from Cybertron, the Terrorcons were all destroyed or driven off. Cybertron City Back in space, the Battle Ravages assaulted Lunar City, and despite suffering heavy losses successfully made off with a sizeable quantity of energon. Energon Stars
Back at Unicron, the Battle Ravages carrying Tidal Wave delivered him to Scorponok, the new Terrorcon general constructed by Alpha Q. Scorponok manipulated Tidal Wave into fighting by their side, and another attack was launched on Earth, this time at Desert City. Scorpinok Terrorcon attacks continued to retrieve energon for Alpha Q, on Mars and on Earth under the command of Scorponok and his ever increasing number of Decepticon allies. Megatron's Sword
The Terrorcons next attempted to beat the Autobots to a new source of energon in the frozen tundra, but failed to stop Kicker and Strongarm from setting off a beacon to Cybertron. Doctor Jones then dropped an entire new energon mining city on top of the Terrorcons, squashing a large number beneath its weight. The New Cybertron City
Alpha Q and Scorponok began to lose more and more Terrorcons with each raid, as the Autobots learned from each encounter and fortified their defenses. Events took a drastic turn when Megatron awakened inside Unicron. He quickly overpowered Scorponok and used his newfound connection with Unicron to assumed control over the Terrorcons being generated inside the entity. Alpha Q was forced to flee with Unicron's head, leaving the rest of Unicron and control of the majority of Terrorcons to Megatron. Megatron Resurrected As Megatron learned to control the Terrorcons, they provided him with an energon star, much like the Omnicons used to enhance the Autobots. The Terrorcons joined Megatron in a major raid on Ocean City. Megatron Raid
Megatron next sent out the Divebomb and Battle Ravage drones to attack Lunar City, while Optimus Prime was busy fighting the rejuvenated Starscream. Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary They returned after their first strike to soak up every last morsel of energon on the moon. Battle of the Asteroid Belt The energon the Terrorcons collected was harnessed by Megatron to create a new space fortress for the Decepticons. When the Decepticons left for an attack on Earth, however, Alpha Q sent out HIS Terrorcons to steal energon, apparently from the Decepticons. (It was rather unclear if some Terrorcons were actually loyal to Alpha Q or Megatron individually, or if Alpha Q was taking advantage of Megatron's absence to merely be the only "user" interfacing with the Terrorcons in and around Unicron. Of course, that raises the question of why Alpha Q didn't just steal back Unicron's body while Megatron and the Decepticons were away...) Energon Tower When Megatron uncovered the drop in energon reserves (although not the reason for it), he allowed Scorponok to take a cadre of Terrorcon drones back to Mars City to scrounge for any remaining energon. The Legend of Rodimus
Alpha Q then tried a different tactic by sending stealth-capable Ravage and Divebomb drones to Jungle City, hoping they could recover a large supply of energon before the Autobots or the Decepticons even noticed. The plan failed, as all three sides began fighting over the energon mine, including a second group of Terrorcons loyal to Megatron. The Autobots eventually abandoned the base and detonated the energon supply altogether, destroying vast swaths of Terrorcon drones and ensuring that NO ONE got the energon. Crisis in Jungle City
The Autobots salvaged a Battle Ravage drone, and used it as a scenthound to track down some faint energon readings on the moon. Signal Flare put the cat on a leash, as it raced around the moon's surface with Kicker and Ironhide. It soon joined a pack when Demolishor arrived on the moon to kidnap Kicker so that Megatron could study his energon sensing abilities. Demolishor failed, and Alpha Q took the opportunity to communicate with Kicker, using a previously unknown ability to speak through the Battle Ravage drones when necessary. Alpha Q and Kicker briefly discussed his abilities before the Terrorcon drones were destroyed in an energon tower shockwave. Kicker Beware!
When Scorponok returned from Mars with a new supply of energon, Starscream and Tidal Wave confiscated his Terrorcon drones immediately to prevent him from passing off the energon to Alpha Q and not Megatron. Rodimus Friend or Foe?
Later, Megatron unleashed a pack of Battle Ravages on an uncharted planet to recover the energon there, until they were attacked and overwhelmed by Alpha Q's new form of Cruellock Terrorcon drones. Go for Unicron!
Energon comic
Battle Ravage is not just a drone-type form. There is an individual Battle Ravage who leads the Battle Ravage drones.
Toys
Energon
- Battle Ravage (Basic, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SD-06
- Accessories: Spring-loaded missile launcher, fusion cannon, 1 missile, 1 Energon star
- Battle Ravage transforms into a robotic predatory cat. He comes with a pair of clear-plastic "energon" cannons, one that fires a spring-loaded missile, the other a non-firing accessory that greatly resembles the fusion cannon used by Generation 1 Megatron. These two pieces can be combined to form an "ultimate energon weapon". He also comes with a clear-plastic "energon chip" which can be attached to pretty much every new-mold Energon toy. His beast-mode tail can also detach to become a hand-held flail weapon.
- The Takara version has a few notable differences from the Hasbro version. The most obvious one is that the Takara version uses a darker-richer green for its energon parts, where the Hasbro version uses a light green. There are also some differences in the paint applications, from color to layout, particularly on the robot and beast-mode heads.
- There are also several variants of the Hasbro version: The first runs of the toy lacked the Decepticon sigil tampograph on the robot-mode shoulder's white disc (which the Takara version had), and very early versions lacked a peg to lock down the robot-mode head-plate to the torso. this was fixed in stages; first the peg, then the sigil was added very late in the run.
- This mold was redecoed to make Command Ravage.
Attacktix
- Battle Ravage (Booster, 2006)
| ID number: | TF06 |
| Rarity: | |
| Faction: | Decepticon |
| Class: | Specialist |
| Special: | Attackback - 8/26 (30%) success ratio |
| Point Cost: | 20 |
| Base Speed: | 10 |
| Attack Type: | Striker (Mace) |
- Battle Ravage is a Striker figure with unique ball and chain (okay, ball and string) attack. Attacktix players recommend positioning the handle of the mace as close as possible to an opponent's figure, rather than attempting to strike with the ball. Ravage has 3 points of articulation (head and shoulders) not including his spring-loaded waist.
- Battle Ravage's "Rally" Special Power allows you to put another Battle Ravage figure back into play from the graveyard. This power allows a player to replicate the endless Battle Ravage swarms from the Energon cartoon with only a handful of Battle Ravage figures.
Notes
- An undetermined number of unassembled Battle Ravage toys were presented as part of a toy painting workshop supervised by Anthony Beard at OTFCC 2004. These toys were slightly prepped by Anthony to give them red translucent parts.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Command Jaguar (コマンドジャガー Komando Jagā)
