“”We might as well fight it out. I mean, we're going to die regardless, right? Whether as the result of this war or the boredom once we win it."
Alternate Designations: Caliper, Cavaltron, the F.L.O.O.D. (First Line of Offense/Defense), Arsenal Minor
Allegiance: Autobot
Faction: Wreckers
Function: Counter Specialist; Point Mech/ Arms Master/ Munitions Expert
Occupation: Marine; Weapons technician, Gun fighter, Riflemech; Conspiracy Theorist; “Gun Turret Philosopher”
Rank: Sergeant; Autobot Specialist
Personality: Disillusioned, Aggressive, Trouble Maker
Alt mode(s): [Triple Changer]
• Osh-Kosh Exclusive M-ATV or "MAT-V" - MRAP(Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) - All Terrain Vehicle.
• Multi Function Springfield Armory Cavalry Cannon.
Primary Weapon(s): His personal, self designed "Cavalry Cannons":
• "The Exacerbator" - A gatling deterrence chip launcher, firing rust shelled pellets and equipped with a wrist mounted deterrence detonator that's armed with kill switch set to trigger if Massachusetts goes offline before triggering them, because, in his words, "Wheneva the 'cons think they've given us their woyst, this naughty lass shows em just how bad things can get. G-9, baby, oorah."
• The "Cogblocker Cannon" - An inhibiter gel blaster, which contains an adhesive that causes enemies to seize up during transformations, leaving vital circuitry exposed and giving Massachusetts the chance to discharge his next weapon...
• The "S.C.E.E.T. Shooter" - A "Spark Collapsing Energon Erosion Throttler", which fires off charged positron bolts that penetrate these exposed vital areas and burst, flooding his opponents body with debilitating positrons that hone in on and eat away at the energon shell surrounding their spark, effectively constricting it until the transformer agonizingly dies of shardiac arrest.
• The "E.G.G." Launcher - An Energon Gatling Grenade Launcher.
Sergeant Massachusetts is also equipped with various other offensive & defensive weapons systems. In vehicle mode, he uses a .50 Caliber machine gun with a MK19 attachment, firing Anti-Armor Incendiary Rounds for the .50 Cal & Hydroxidation Grenades for the MK19. He also uses his Mine Roller attachment to ram his enemies, but only after deploying infra red shielding smoke grenades to cloak his advance. For close encounters, he loves to transform into his robot mode, brandishing 2 energon knuckle dusters.
Armor: Hyper Absorbant Ceramic Plating. Mine Roller shielding for initial blast shock protection.
Fighting Style: Tactical, Direct; mid - long range fighter.
Special Skill: He's an expert at making situations worse than they have to be.
Traits of Interest:
• Massachusetts has the body configuration of a mid-sized Load Bearing Mech, but is classified as a Tank class combatant.
• Massachusetts held an extremely deep and personal relationship with Corporal Leija, the former combat medic of the contingency, and was completely overwhelmed with grief upon emerging from the CR chamber and learning of her Dissident defying sacrifice during the Siege of Iacon in the final events of Silent Night. He blames himself for her death, and for his reckless actions that led to his own near critical injury. To this day, he hasn't fully recovered, and deals an extreme brand of justice to each and every Dissident he comes across.
Massachusetts, then known as Caliper, was stationed at Fort Scyk when it fell to Megatron and his army of Seekers. He was the last bot standing - vehemently covering the evacuation of a caravan of Medibots who had just completed a resupply of the aid station. Caliper held his position atop a mound of shredded Decepticon remains with a chamber full of bandolier belt-fed fury in the form of an experimental, multi-barreled, multifunctional cannon contraption he had been working on. Scores of Seekers fell to his hail of gunfire, and he would have delighted in killing scores more if he hadn't received an urgent distress message from the convoy of Medibots. The Decepticons had them surrounded and they were taking heavy losses, despite being unarmed medical personnel. Abandoning his post, Caliper rushed to the aid of the convoy, and arrived in time to eviscerste a Decepticon holding a Medibot at blaster point, about to pull the trigger. The Medibot, a Supply Transport Carrier named Leija, revealed that she was the last remaining member of the Medibot convoy. Taking her, Caliper escaped underground, using a series of access tunnels that had been abandoned in ancient times. For nearly a meta-cycle, Caliper and Leija managed to evade capture, ambushing supply depots and energon storage compounds in order to gather enough materials to escape the fort. Meanwhile, and unbeknownst to the duo of bots, Ravage and Laserbeak were dispatched by Soundwave at the behest of Megatron, and were tracing their every step, mapping the extensive network of ancient tunnels underneath Scyk in hopes of uncovering any technology the Autobots had hidden there. When it turned up that the two were just surviving and planning an escape from the ruined fort, Soundwave orchestrated a strike force to intercept them on their way out of the tunnels.
Caliper and Leija were set to venture out of the ruined fort through the tunnels Caliper knew so well. And Leija's precise Clinical Reasoning Modulator made knowing what was needed and what could be spared for the escape and possible fight ahead all the simpler. They were sure they were being followed, and knew that sooner or later the enemy would come for them; but these two would have this meeting set to their own terms.
The Decepticons were ready for them. Caliper knew this too, the atmosphere was too tense. Leija - ever the optimist, knew that Caliper wouldn't engage the enemy at his full capacity if she were present, but also knew that he would do anything to protect her, and after witnessing his battle prowess, knew the type of destruction he was capable of wracking upon Decepticons. Taking all of this into consideration, Leija decided to draw fire by rushing from their covered position first. If there was any enemy out there, they'd find out now.
And of course, there were.
The Decepticons immediately sprang from their ambush positions and began firing at Leija, the sheer number of them catching the small Medibot off guard. Cursing himself, Caliper burst through the tunnel wall, a barrage of laser fire, molten metal rounds and corrosive slag propellant accompanying him. If the Decepticons weren't mistaken, they would've sworn that a contingent of fighters had appeared out of no where and commenced an assault on them.
Caliper knew that forcing the ambushing Decepticons to take a defensive posture was only a temporary solution. Their numbers suggested that they had known all along what was conspiring between the two bots. Little did he know how correct he was.
When Megatron saw the fighting spirit and ingenuity of Caliper, he ordered his lieutenants to capture the bot and bring him to Jhiaxus' lab for "Cerebral Refurbishing".
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