Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)
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- Lightspeed is a Technobot and Autobot in Generation 1 continuity.
Looking in from the outside you'd think Lightspeed had it all: he's highly intelligent, strong, fast, and considered dashingly good-looking by Transformers standards. And if any of that mattered to him at all, he'd be golden. Sadly Lightspeed aches down to the core of his being for something more. His heart yearns to escape the bonds of gravity and fly free. Dreams of soaring between the stars and exploring the vast mysteries of space consume him, making him feel slow, trapped, and dissatisfied with what others would see as a charmed existence. Lightspeed would gladly pursue his dream of being rebuilt as an interstellar spacecraft if the Autobot's situation wasn't so grim. As it is, he knows the necessary resources are more valuable elsewhere and so puts his energy into winning the war, and making his dream a possibility. His dreams tend to distract him from his courant function as a data processor. He combines with his fellow Technobots to form Computron.
Lightspeed is allergic to Energon (and most other fuels to a lesser extent) and must take a special lead sulfide additive when fueling or he experiences severe engine knocking and a bad rust rash.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Lightspeed and his fellow Technobots were part of Fortress Maximus's crew on the Steelhaven.[1] When Fortress Maximus decided to leave the war on Cybertron and head to Nebulos, Lightspeed and the other Technobots agreed to follow him on his quest for peace. However, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and brought the war with them.[2] In the Nebulos resort city of Splendora, Lightspeed and the Technobots fought Abominus as the combined Computron.[3] Though Abominus (and its component Terrorcons were defeated, Splendora lay in ruins. The Autobots and Decepticons ultimately left Nebulos for Earth.[4]
After Starscream was mutated by his short exposure to the Underbase, he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Lightspeed, in Buenos Aires.[5]
Animated continuity
IDW comics continuity
Toys
Generation 1
- Lightspeed
- Japanese ID number: C-89
- Lightspeed was available by himself or as part of the Computron giftset.
Footnotes
- ↑ Ring of Hate, Headmasters #1
- ↑ Broken Glass, Headmasters #2
- ↑ Love and Steel, Headmasters #3
- ↑ Brothers in Armor, Headmasters #4
- ↑ Dark Star (Underbase, Part 4), Marvel US#50
