Star Seeker Saboteur Tornado
Aboard the Tidal Wave
Personal Journal – Date index 284.756.13
As we all know, it’s just my nature to be...curious. Being a saboteur, I like to take things apart; I like to figure things out. The Captain speaks of this big bounty that he has planned (“The biggest heist yet!”), and that we will be informed about it when the time is right (i.e. when he’s good and ready.) While I normally don’t have any trouble distracting myself with work, this has got me more curious than usual. The Captain, while normally quite pleasant in his own sadistic way, seems almost… giddy.
I’ve been doing a little digging in the ship's computers. Too easily, really. (They're pirates, aren't they? Surely they know about guarding their loot, even if its digital.) A few nanokliks of effort, and I’ve gained access to the Captain’s Log. Hmm. Disappointing. Some rambling about transwarp that borders on the incoherent – at least for me – but nothing solid about the overall plan. He’s playing it close to the torso plate, as usual. Scrap. Oh well, might as well get something useful out of this. Let's see what he's got to say about the day that Ferak and I joined his crew. It'll be good to know what kind of impressions we made and if the Captain's welcoming smile was actually that...
BotCon 2014 Tornado Data Logs Updates
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Mar 19, 2014 at 2:25am CDT
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Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 19, 2014
Minor update to Tornado's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=736152739752394&id=735228939844774&stream_ref=10
As a reminder, this Navigator is this organic lizard guy:

I don't think that our new navigator (Does he have a name? I've only heard him referred to as "Navigator"...) knows how to talk about anything other than star charts and gravitational currents.
He engaged me in conversation again at the refueling station (he calls it a "cafeteria"). I made the mistake of acknowledging his existence. This led to an EXTENDED explanation of...something. Blast if I could follow - CAN follow - if it isn't the dull material it's the gibbering method of his communication.
Hmm. The hum of the engines has developed a subtle chatter. One of the floric valves may be misaligned. I don't know how to fix something like that, only make it worse. I'll have to remember to tell Ferak...
By The One! The navigator is still talking! He didn't even notice I had stopped paying attention and he is still waving his scaly reptilian tongue with each passing syllable. I wonder if removing the appendage would silence his discourse...
As a reminder, this Navigator is this organic lizard guy:

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Comment by Dr. Caelus
Mar 19, 2014
Thinking about it, I kind of hope the reptile is a transformer, some form of beast former with a saltwater crocodile alternate mode, named "Navy-Gator".
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Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 19, 2014
He's not the only fleshling among Cannonball's crew. This goblin/elf-looking guy, named Squirm, is also a crew member:Caelus wrote:Thinking about it, I kind of hope the reptile is a transformer, some form of beast former with a saltwater crocodile alternate mode, named "Navy-Gator".

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So, uh... are these flesh-creatures going to be represented in plastic as convention exclusives?
Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno
Mar 20, 2014
Sabrblade wrote:He's not the only fleshling among Cannonball's crew. This goblin/elf-looking guy, named Squirm, is also a crew member:Caelus wrote:Thinking about it, I kind of hope the reptile is a transformer, some form of beast former with a saltwater crocodile alternate mode, named "Navy-Gator".
So, uh... are these flesh-creatures going to be represented in plastic as convention exclusives?
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If I had to guess, this crew is probably made up a mixture of alien races, including a few transformers (at least enough to make up the number BotCon toys they'll get, which would be five main ones and some troop-builders).
Based on the third log entry Tornado wrote, it sounds to me like Cannonball recruits whoever he strikes as being useful to his cause, with no discrimination towards race of species. In a way, that's kinda smart thinking for him since it broadens his horizons and opens more options for him as a businessbot.
Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 20, 2014
I doubt it.Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So, uh... are these flesh-creatures going to be represented in plastic as convention exclusives?
If I had to guess, this crew is probably made up a mixture of alien races, including a few transformers (at least enough to make up the number BotCon toys they'll get, which would be five main ones and some troop-builders).
Based on the third log entry Tornado wrote, it sounds to me like Cannonball recruits whoever he strikes as being useful to his cause, with no discrimination towards race of species. In a way, that's kinda smart thinking for him since it broadens his horizons and opens more options for him as a businessbot.
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If the Navi-Gator (get it? Navi-Gator? Geddit?!) calls it that, then he's no true sailor. It's called a "galley".
Comment by Mindmaster
Mar 20, 2014
He engaged me in conversation again at the refueling station (he calls it a "cafeteria").
If the Navi-Gator (get it? Navi-Gator? Geddit?!) calls it that, then he's no true sailor. It's called a "galley".
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Comment by El Duque
Mar 20, 2014
BotCon has announced two additional special guests for this year's event in Pasadena, Derrick J. Wyatt and Marty Isenberg. They join the previously announced Samantha Newark, Jack Angel, Susan Blu, Hal Rayle, and Michael McConnohie.



DERRICK J. WYATT draws stuff. And everything he draws turns to gold! From his early work on iMucha Lucha! to his later work on Teen Titans, it wasn’t until Transformers Animated though that mankind truly understood what a genius it had on its hands! Running for three seasons, the Transformers Animated cartoon was the basis for a very popular toy line, an IDW comic series, a plethora of fan art and the most popular BotCon story ever: The Stunti-Con Job!
Though Derrick is not currently working on Transformers, having instead devoted all of his time to some guy named Ben and his Omniverse, he wants his fans from around the world to know that if The Transformers ever come calling again, he will take that call! (Even if it is just those guys over at the Transformers Collectors' Club offering to let him do Animated G2 Breakdown or an Animated Rosanna.)
So make sure to come see Derrick at BotCon 2014. It will be an opportunity of a lifetime! He will be happy to sign almost anything you bring him.

MARTY ISENBERG has written and/or story edited literally hundreds of scripts for animated series far too numerous to mention. But he suspects you only care about the ones with Transformers in the title, so here we go: He’s probably best known among this crowd for developing, writing and story editing three seasons of Transformers Animated for Cartoon Network and Hasbro (and NOT writing and story editing a fourth – grr…), as well writing the Transformers Animated video game for Nintendo DS and six issues of the Transformers Animated: The Arrival comic (and its one-shot Botcon-exclusive sequel “The Stunti-Con Job”). But he also co-developed, co-wrote and co-story edited the fan-polarizing Beast Machines for Mainframe, Hasbro and Fox Kids Network. And, more recently, wrote for scripts Transformers Prime and Rescue Bots for Hasbro Studios and the Hub network. Somehow he’s managed to squeeze in some non-Transformers projects, including Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and Ultimate Spider-Man for Marvel Animation Studios and Disney XD; Kaijudo and G.I. Joe Renegades for Hasbro Studios and The Hub; Ben 10 (in its various incarnations) for Cartoon Network; and Danny Phantom for Nickelodeon.
Originally from Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, Marty lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 20, 2014
Guess we can expect another Animated legacy panel. Sounds good to me. Hopefully another chance to watch all of the shorts, including the unreleased ones.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 20, 2014
Tornado has posted a fourth log entry - https://docs.google.com/a/unicron.com/file/d/0B_AaAWT6x2NmNkJOU0k3bDQtX2c/edit
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Mar 20, 2014
So Axor is not the supposed rogue, instead he's a full-on crew member? And that Autobot Bounty Hunter just screams Devcon. 
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Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/446690537043525632
Monday will finally have the next toy reveal, and it will be a knight!
Monday will finally have the next toy reveal, and it will be a knight!
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Comment by Mindmaster
Mar 20, 2014
Devcon... or Impactor? Sounds more like the latter, to me.
So the next question is: will Axor be one of the upcoming figures, or will he just make an appearance like Octane did in past year's Termination?
ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME!
So the next question is: will Axor be one of the upcoming figures, or will he just make an appearance like Octane did in past year's Termination?
Sabrblade wrote:https://twitter.com/BotCon/status/446690537043525632
Monday will finally have the next toy reveal, and it will be a knight!
ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME!

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Comment by ScoutBumblebee
Mar 20, 2014
This is another installment from Star Seeker Saboteur Tornado's personal Facebook page. In these BotCon promotional pieces, we get pieces that lead up to the story behind this year's BotCon theme. Tornado is aboard the Tidal Wave, and writes about his fellow crew members' interactions and what they've been up to. Find the full text here and if you enjoy it, are looking forward to BotCon, or would just like to hear more from Decepticon Saboteur Tornado, head over and give his Facebook page a like.
Tell us if you're excited about BotCon and/or this theme in the Energon Pub!
Tell us if you're excited about BotCon and/or this theme in the Energon Pub!
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Squirm's helmet looks familiar...
Comment by Dr. Caelus
Mar 21, 2014
Sabrblade wrote:He's not the only fleshling among Cannonball's crew. This goblin/elf-looking guy, named Squirm, is also a crew member:Caelus wrote:Thinking about it, I kind of hope the reptile is a transformer, some form of beast former with a saltwater crocodile alternate mode, named "Navy-Gator".
Squirm's helmet looks familiar...
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Comment by Downbeat
Mar 21, 2014
OH my godddd we could get Devcon! 
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Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 21, 2014
Yeah, it looks like this Facebook page is going to get updated rather frequently with more log entries and Facebook posts. So this should be something that we'll want to keep a close eye on for a while. 
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I hope just an appearance. An Axor update already happened, I don't need another one - would much rather have a different character.
Comment by ScottyP
Mar 21, 2014
Mindmaster wrote:So the next question is: will Axor be one of the upcoming figures, or will he just make an appearance like Octane did in past year's Termination?
I hope just an appearance. An Axor update already happened, I don't need another one - would much rather have a different character.
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...Nah, not seeing it.
Yeah, that's why him being mentioned kinda threw me off.
Comment by Mindmaster
Mar 21, 2014
Caelus wrote:Squirm's helmet looks familiar...
...Nah, not seeing it.
ScottyP wrote:Mindmaster wrote:So the next question is: will Axor be one of the upcoming figures, or will he just make an appearance like Octane did in past year's Termination?
I hope just an appearance. An Axor update already happened, I don't need another one - would much rather have a different character.
Yeah, that's why him being mentioned kinda threw me off.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Mar 24, 2014
For the ones who guessed Devcon and to the ones who made a kitbash of him from Generations Scourge:
You were all on the mark!
You were all on the mark!
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Comment by Sabrblade
Mar 24, 2014
I knew it would be Scourge's mold!!! 

