Devcon (G1)
- Devcon is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Devcon is a self-proclaimed bounty hunter, although who he works for or if he's ever been paid for his work has never come up. Frequently he is portrayed as working for the Autobots, and may even be (albeit disconnected) a member of that group.
He transforms into a space cruiser.
He used to be friendly, but 300 years later he's not.
Fiction
Animated continuity
- Voice actor: John Stephenson (US), Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japan)
Devcon was a nice guy, dedicated to his job, but lonely. He met Smokescreen on the planet Monacus when the latter was captured by the alien gambler, Bosch, who forced him to gamble for the Autobots freedom. Devcon first arrived on the scene, tracking Astrotrain, Dirge and Ramjet, who were then wanted for crimes commited on another planet. When the trio of Decepticons evaded him, he walked into a bar and laid the smack down on a pair of thugs who were picking on the henchman of a local mob boss, Slizardo.
After helping Smokescreen and the Autobots escape (and declining an offer to join the Autobots on Earth) Devcon rode off into space, with Slizardo in tow as his new sidekick.
Universe: The Wreckers
Devcon was a jerk.
Dreamwave comics
Devcon posed as one of the hopeless empties to keep vigil over the Resistance's secret route through the Old Slave Trails.
Toys
Expanded Universe (unreleased)
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.
Among the submitted proposals for 3H Enterprises' 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.
Trivia
- 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.
