Devcon (G1)

The name or term "Devcon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Devcon (disambiguation).

Devcon is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

It's turkey and jerky!

Devcon is a self-proclaimed bounty hunter, one of the successful few during the years of the Great War. Harboring an intense hatred of Decepticons, he spent his time fiercely hunting those who were too dangerous for the other Autobots to consider. Who he works for or who he would even collect money from for his "finds" is unknown.

It's possible for Devcon to survive for extended periods without refueling due to his incredibly efficient internal systems. This is often what allows him to outlast the efforts of his prey. The origin of his legendary tracking skills are unknown; much of his past is a mystery. In his original body, he has an arm-mounted plasma blaster and a head-mounted laser cannon. His space cruiser mode is capable of long range interstellar flight.

He used to be friendly, courteous, and jovial, but his post-Great War career as an Imperial Peace Marshal apparently made him a bitter cynic.

He used to call himself a 'bounty hunter', and I never once saw him get paid for his work.Apelinq on Devcon, Devcon's profile in Wreckers #2 (revised)

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: John Stephenson (English), Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japanese)

I feel like I should have a red cape.

Devcon left his home planet Cybertron millions of years ago, "during the Great War" (whether he was a bounty hunter at the time or became one later on is anyone's guess). He was a nice guy, dedicated to his job, but lonely.

My boosters and cockpit come from screw you, that's where!

In the Earth year of 1985, Devcon tracked Astrotrain, Dirge and Ramjet to the gambling asteroid Monacus. When the Decepticons unknowingly evaded him, he headed to a bar and ended up laying the smack down to a pair of thugs who were picking on Slizardo, the henchman of a local mob boss. In doing so, he caught the attention of fellow Autobot Smokescreen and the alien gambler Bosch, who were down on their luck following a bad bet. Devcon was pleased by the presence of another Autobot, and sat down to drink with the pair - but Devcon's life story was interrupted by Slizardo trying to pledge his eternal loyalty to him!

After helping Smokescreen and the other Autobots on Monacus (and declining an offer to join the Autobots on Earth), Devcon flew off into space with Slizardo in tow as his new sidekick. The Gambler

3H comics

Used to be Charlton Heston, now he's Lobo.

Devcon was a jerk who ditched that Slizardo loser out an airlock first chance he got.

At the end of the Great War, Devcon retired from his seemingly payless bounty hunter gig and signed on as one of the Maximals' Imperial Peace Marshals.

Hundreds of stellar cycles later, Devcon was critically damaged during the Vehicon takeover of Cybertron and forced to transfer his Spark into a Mirage drone. In need of a ride, he later snuck aboard an Autobot shuttle the Wreckers had stolen to leave Vehicon-controlled Cybertron. After attacking and defeating Packrat, Sonar, and Mol for no reason, he was confronted by the rest of the Wreckers when they were alerted to his presence. Departure Fractyl and Arcee were also quickly dispatched before Rodimus Major could calm him down.

Devcon proceeded to sow dissent amongst the already-fractured Wreckers with his abrasive, snarky personality. After landing on Archa Nine and failing to keep the Divine Light out of the hands of the traitorous Cyclonus, the Wreckers gladly built Devcon back into his original body so he could go away. Betrayal

Assholes finish first, losers!

Having sworn vengeance against Cyclonus, Devcon, knowing he needed help, sought for someone willing to assist him at Spaceport CSSB-16. Though not enough in a hurry to skip on some enjoyment, he swiftly got the Beast Era Dinobots to join forces with him. Disclosure

In the unpublished "The Wreckers: Finale Part 1", Devcon and the Dinobots returned to Cybertron just in time to stand against the invasion of the Quintessons, whom Cryotek and Cyclonus had partnered with. Hearing the Wreckers had a beeline on the villains, Devcon met up with them deep below Cybertron and did battle with Cyclonus. He was present when Primal Prime and Apelinq fused into the Primus-powered Sentinel Maximus to oppose the equally empowered Cryotek.

As Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek began their epic battle, Devcon and the Wreckers were left to deal with Cyclonus, Cryotek's pet Deployer Chro, a borrowed swarm of Sharkticons, and a legion of drones created by the Divine Light. Typical Wrecker odds. Even their vaunted tenacity started to slip, however, as more and more heroes fell in battle or just vanished mysteriously. With the drones destroyed and Rodimus occupying Cyclonus, Devcon and the newly arrived Cheetor were the only ones left standing against the mutated Deployer. A stray shot left Devcon stunned and helpless, and he would have been destroyed by Chro if not for the well-timed arrival of Tigatron and Arcee with reinforcements. The Wreckers arrived in time for the final conflict between Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek, but were unable to stop their leader from sacrificing himself to carry Cryotek through a portal into the featureless void, opening by their treacherous ally, the Quintesson Al-Badur. With Rodimus dead and Maximus gone, it was a pyrric victory at best.

After the invasion was quelled, Devcon planned to take off for deep space again. As security chief of Cybertron, Rattrap offered him a position with planetary defense, but the bounty hunter declined. Devcon finally admitted that he had at least given Slizardo a space suit and survival kit before dumping him out that airlock, and that maybe he'd seek the little guy out to restart their partnership after all. Wreckers: Finale Part II

Dreamwave Generation 1 comics

Invisible derelict.

Devcon was sitting against a pipe near an entrance to the Old Slave Trails on a Shockwave-controlled Cybertron. Passive Aggression

Toys

Expanded Universe

Somehow even snarkier than this wiki.

Just try to make a Devcon toy. We dare you.

At BotCon 2001, a hand-painted Vehicon Mirage, representing Devcon as seen in the Wreckers comics, was one of several future exclusives that attendees could vote to have produced for BotCon 2002. He evidently lost the vote, as the ultra-sized Jetstorm as G1 Cyclonus was produced the following year. The mock-up was put on display along with many other unmade Wreckers toys in the BotCon 2002 art room.

Among the submitted proposals for 3H's BotCon 2005 exclusives was Energon Slugslinger (with a new head) as Devcon. Whether it actually would have been produced had 3H kept the convention license is unknown.

Notes

• Devcon's name is a play on the word "DEFCON", an acronym related to military alertness. Although unconfirmed, it is thought that, along with the embargo on the word "nuclear", the writers of the Generation 1 cartoon were not allowed to use the actual word DEFCON in light of heightened Cold War tensions at the time, thus requiring a made-up soundalike word.
• Devcon's inclusion in the Wreckers comic was due to writer Rob Gerbracht being a big fan of the character. A serialized web series written in the style of Gerbracht's Apelinq's War Journals was planned to describe the fall of the Peace Marshals and Devcon's escape from torture at the hands of Cryotek. These were among many ideas that went unrecognized as 3H Productions inched closer to its eventual demise. Devcon's deep-seated anger and hatred of Cyclonus, oddly alluded to throughout Betrayal, subsequently went unexplained.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Defcon (デフコン Defukon)
• Russian: Piston (Пистон)

External Links

Image gallery of the hand-painted sample of the Botcon figure, purchased from Jon Hartman by Transformers At The Moon