The Energon Pub

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon May 08, 2023 5:55 am

In the beginning, IDW had a lot of interesting and refreshing ideas about the Great War. One of them was the Spotlight series. A brief showcase entirely from one lone perspective.

Another concept that made a lot more sense than many gave it credit was how Megatron and Prime were treated. As Faction Leaders/Generals. A mere title before. But in truth, most rank and file Bots & Cons would have never seen them. Especially not on the battlefield. Essentially World Leaders, don't lead a war from the frontline. That's just silly.

So, for fun, come up with a group or character that you'd like to highlight and fill that void. One mostly lost to obscurity IE not being one of the dozen or so recycled popular G1 names. I'd also pair them off with a "rival". Just so you are picking from one of each faction.

For example,

Blue Bacchus
Utterly cold-hearted and without mercy, he is an expert gunman with unerring aim and fantastic fast-draw abilities

Skram
Only takes this war thing so seriously. After all, if you can't have a little fun even in the middle of an eons-long race-wide civil war, what's the point? His idea of "fun" consists mostly of barrelling into incredibly dangerous situations, banging some Decepticon skulls together, and somehow beating the ugliest odds and turning things into a victory for the Autobots.

by **snavej** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:47 am

Triggerbots: Backstreet, Dogfight & Override.

Triggercons: Crankcase, Ruckus & Windsweeper.

These trios are odd because they both have two ground vehicles and one fast jet. It must be annoying to have such a discrepancy in speed. I think that Dogfight and Windsweeper might have to transform to robot mode and run alongside their teammates so that they don't get too far ahead. Alternatively, Crankcase could carry Windsweeper on his roof and Backstreet could do the same for Dogfight.

All these warriors are rough and tough but they have other sides. Backstreet is very skittish. Override is vain. Crankcase is depressed and complains a lot. Windsweeper is obsessed with cleanliness and tidiness.
They're all loud, reckless and somewhat overconfident.