by Stormtalon » Fri May 08, 2015 11:37 am
Welcome back. I promised in my previous post some character profiles while I continue working on Part 4 of Proving Grounds. So far we've meet the Dinocons and the Mighty Winds, now we take a look at the Terrorcons.
What are the Terrorcons?
The Terrorcons are Tarantulas’ recreation of Shockwave’s work. Where Shockwave spliced Autobots with alien DNA to create the Dinobots, Tarantulas spliced Decepticons with Predacon CNA to create the Terrorcons. Tarantulas hoped by providing a secret army to Megatron he’d replace Shockwave as Science commander. Unfortunately, when Cybertron went dark survival trumped a promotion. The five prototypes were placed in stasis pods and stored in the lab’s cover town of Helix.
A group of Autobots and Dinobots uncovered the pods and accidentally opened one. Tarantulas recovered the other four. With victorious Autobots in control of Cybertron and the Decepticons in disarray, Tarantulas figures his ready-made combat group could come in handy.
Hun-grr
Hun-grr is the powerhouse of the group. A brawny robot capable of charging head first and mowing down anything in his path. He is simple and direct.
His beast mode is based on a Predacon known only as a scraplet eater. His two heads can quickly scarf down a swarm of the ravenous pests. Unfortunately, he can’t turn the hunger off. He constantly gnaws on everything. Tarantulas original podded him to keep his lab in one piece.
He has a deep red body and off-white for his head, neck and limbs.
Ripper/Snapper
Not every Cybertronian survives the Predacon conversion. They are the lucky ones. Pre-conversion, Rippersnapper was a loyal vehicon drone with no name or rank. He was to the first of a new wave of Predacon shock troops, but there were complications namely a psychic break.
In robot mode, you deal with Ripper, a killer who can barely keep his bloodier impulses in check. If he goes too long without a kill, he turns on his comrades.
His beast mode, Snapper, is a species identified as a Cindersaur. Originally thought to be a mid-level scavenger, cindersaurs possess a lethal intellect, especially on the hunt. After one too many candidates turned up dead, Tarantulas podded Rippersnapper before he experienced one of this ‘accidents’.
Rippersnapper is a gray and blue bipedal Cindersaur.
Blight
Blight can never sneak up on someone. His stench always gives him away. A combination of exhaust, burned rubber and oil that stings the optics and sears the olfactory sensors.
The Predacon he is based on has never identified. Tarantulas resorted to calling him a slag beast. This purple bipedal creature has great upper arm strength and deep reserves of stamina. But there is little beyond that. His offensive odor keeps most at bay.
Blight is a blue and purple slag beast of unknown specification.
Twinstrike
Twinstrike is another species of scraplet eater. But where Hun-grr feeds for power, Twinstrike feeds for speed. His sleek, low slung yellow body is made for sprint chases and pouncing.
In robot and beast mode, Twinstrike likes to whisper. He often walks slower, but without sound. He unnerves his other teammates with his stalking. He often carries a gleam in his eye like he’s figuring you how to quickly take you down.
Twinstrike is a yellow and green scraplet eater, but smaller than Hun-grr.
Windrazor
Windrazor was meant to be ‘death borne by wings’; an avian assassin who strikes then fades into the firmament. Thanks to the Autobots interference, Windrazor more suited to a mall than a battlefield. Windrazor has the mentality of a teenage girl. She wants to prove herself and earn respect. She also yearns for more freedom, but at the same time fearful of the wider world. Some of the fear stems from her beast mode. As an avian, she blacks out and wakes up with no idea where she is or how she got there. She is afraid someone is controlling her.
Windrazor is a yellow avian with bronze wings.
