Wreckers
The Wreckers are a special Autobot task force first assembled at the height of the Great War. After the war, they were recomissioned as a special force answerable only to the Maximal High Council.
The Wreckers are still by tradition considered an Autobot force, despite being on Maximal-era Cybertron, and accepting even Decepticons and Predacons into their ranks following the takeover of Cybertorn by Megatron and his Vehicon armies.
Although the member list has varied between the various continuities, certain Transformers are almost consistently listed as members. These include Springer, Ultra Magnus, Topspin, Twin Twist, and more.
Fiction
IDW comics continuity
"Of course it's a lost cause. That's why we're here!" - Springer
The Wreckers are the Autobots who get called in when the odds of success are nonexistent, but the job needs to be done anyway. Assigned to Varas Centralus after the Decepticon infiltration on that planet goes to Phase Six, they are pulled out at the order of Optimus Prime and ordered back to Cybertron when the Autobot leader suspects that Thunderwing himself may be somehow returning. The Wreckers are led by Springer.
