Cloaker

Cloakers are a body-type from the War for Cybertron portion of the Aligned continuity family.

"Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink."

Did you see something just now? What was that noise? And what is that glowing light over there?

"Did you see that!?" "You mean that creepy looking thing that just jumped over the edge?" "Yeah!" "Nope didn't see a thing" "I should have left you two on the station!"- Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp encountering an Autobot cloaker for the first time.

Odds are, that glimmer in the corner of your optic sensor is a Cloaker. Using technology available to both factions, Cloakers use invisibility to sneak up on their targets and take them out with a (huge) Plasma cannon. Extremely fast and agile, the Cloakers' heavy advantage is made greater by their ability to become undetectable to sensors. They make creepy sounds while they're cloaked. The easiest way to detect them is to watch for the light disruption surrounding their cloaking shield or the glow of their Plasma cannons as they prepare to fire, but don't look at the glow for too long, unless its the last thing you ever want to see.

However, those are their only advantages, as Cloakers possess weak armor and firepower. After their cloaking fields are disabled with enough shots, they start running like there is no tomorrow... because for them, there isn't. Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)

Voice actor: Nolan North (Autobot versions), Ed O'Ross (Decepticon versions)

Notes

• Cloakers seem to resemble protoforms seen in the live-action series.
• Cloakers are a very commom dead body as the corpses of Autobots from the destroyed transports in "Aerial Assault" are seen floating around in space, while Decepticon ones can be found in the multiplayer map "Orbital Debris".