Clear Skies Team
The Clear Skies Team are a group of Autobot-allied Mini-Cons who love to fly in the unpolluted air of a living planet. Should they encounter any Decepticons ruining the ecosystem and stripping it of its resources, they go on the sickeningly self-righteous offensive! Their weapons are all the powers of Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Heart, and Spandau Ballet. Well, they should be.
The Clear Skies Team consists of...
- Nightscream the dragon.
- Steel Wind the A-10 Thunderbolt II bomber plane.
- Thunderwing the F-14 Tomcat.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Classics
The Clear Skies Team were a group of flying Mini-Cons loyal to Modus Prime and the Mini-Con way of life. They were performing aerial recon the day Broadside arranged an "accident" to stir up resentment in the Mini-Con population against the Autobots. Steel Wind did his best to put out the flames caused by Broadside's explosion, but even his fire retardant bombs couldn't quell the inferno. Modus Prime and several other Mini-Cons died in the conflagaration, allegedly caused by an Autobot attack.
In the aftermath, the Clear Skies Team were assembled by Hacksaw along with the other Mini-Cons he trusted most. Meeting with the Dinobots and the Night Rescue Team, they tried to assess the situation in order to keep the population from rioting over rumors of a "madness plague". The discussion slowly raised suspicions about Broadside's involvement in the incident, but further discussion ceased when Steel Wind detected a change in the planet's broadcast signals — someone was tampering with the trans-hyperwave caster tower. Steel Wind offered to investigate, but Hacksaw pointed out that Thunderwing's "investigations" tended to end with buildings collapsing. The Dinobot commander insisted on investigating alone, but he asked the Clear Skies Team to maintain a holding pattern around the tower as back-up.
The Team maintained their position, but recorded a video of Hacksaw's fatal battle with Broadside, and the Dinobot's subsequent death. With the eloquent Nightscream in the lead, the Clear Skies and Night Rescue Teams played back the video at Broadside's press conference later, implicating him in the deaths of Hacksaw and Modus Prime. Nightscream was ready to string him up right then and there, but Divebomb insisted Broadside be brought before the law for trial. Unfortunately, this gave Broadside and opportunity to state his case before the assembled Mini-Cons, and a new civil war began brewing on Cybertron.
Shoulda just slagged the glitchhead. The New World
Toys
Classics
- Clear Skies Team (Mini-Con Team, 2006)
- Sold only as a complete set of three robots, the Clear Skies Team are part of the second wave of "Classics Mini-Cons".
- The whole set of molds was used to make Brimstone, Boltflash and Skyhammer from the Universe Mini-Cons 12-pack.
Notes
- The Team's unusual grouping of forms (mainly the dragon) is a result of the Classics Minis having been originally designed with two-packs in mind rather than three-packs; Nightscream was kind of "leftover" from other sets, so he got tossed in with the two aircraft to increase the team's powers of burnination.
