Phase Sixer

Phase Sixers are Decepticons from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

When Megatron finalized the phased infiltration process, he selected three of his Warriors Elite to become Phase Sixers. These ultra-powerful 'bots would unleash their destructive powers on worlds that were on the brink of collapse, ravaging them utterly so they could be stripped of resources by the Decepticons.

The three Phase Six Decepticons include:

• Overlord (deserted)
• Sixshot
• Black Shadow

Some Cybertronians are markedly more powerful than others: Optimus, Grimlock, Megatron. Fort Max on a good day. I think those are your "once-in-a-generation" bots. But they pale in comparison - all of them - they pale when compared with Overlord and Sixshot and "Tarn".Prowl on the power level of Phase Six 'bots, "Remembrance Day"

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

While Overlord was fighting a campaign on the world of Caldoon 4, Megatron summoned him to a tele-conference, announcing to him, Sixshot and Black Shadow that they would be his Phase Sixers. Overlord questioned the plan, refused his orders, and deserted from the Decepticon army. Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2

Sixshot and Black Shadow would go on to perform their duties for many years and came to be feared names among the Autobots.

Among Black Shadow's known battles were his destruction of Rigel IV and its 3 billion inhabitants, a battle with the Wreckers during which he killed three of them and dismembered their leader Hyperion, and his massacre of 3,003 members of the Autobots' 113th Battalion, an encounter that saw him personally best Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. Rules of Disengagement Black Shadow's undoing came when he accepted half a billion Shanix from the Autobots in exchange for blowing up the Decepticons' fleet of War Worlds. The Decepticon Justice Division captured, tortured and executed him for the betrayal. Rules of Disengagement

Sixshot, meanwhile, had many battles of his own, but faced a lonely life as he was feared by foe and comrade alike. On the planet Mumu-Obscura, Sixshot was tempted by an offer to leave the Decepticons and join the Reapers, Spotlight: Sixshot an offer that would later be repeated on the planet Earth. Sixshot finally agreed - only to be immediately shut down by Starscream using the verbal "off switch" built into him. Devastation #5 Sixshot's body was recovered by Galvatron Devastation #6 and used by the Dead Universe scientist Jhiaxus as part of his plans for the Expansion. Spotlight: Doubledealer Freed of Jhiaxus's control following the defeat of the Dead Universe crew, Sixshot traded the scientist's technology to Megatron in exchange for his freedom from Phase Sixer duties. Spotlight: Metroplex