RANSACK
ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
SUB-GROUP: ROTOR FORCE
FUNCTION: AIR RECONNAISSANCE FIGHTER
FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS: GENERATION 2 #7
"If there's a chance for destruction, I'll
take it!"
Profile: Ransack is one sly,
smooth-talking Decepticon. In his role as an eye-in-the-sky spy plane, his
primary duty is to provide his fellow Decepticons with potential air attack
strategies, developed after returning from reconnaissance patrols over Autobot
base camps. He delivers these reports in such a flattering, ingratiating
manner that few Decepticons ever suspect that he considers them little more
than pawns in his own private game. Ransack is firmly confident that as long
as he remains aloft, there is no place his enemies can hide where he won't
eventually find them. Indeed, the only times he feels threatened are on the
rare occasions when he's forcibly removed from his element and shot down
behind enemy lines. It is only on these occasions when he will fight with
a vengeance, with an ultimate goal of once again returning to the
skies.
Abilities: In plane mode, Ransack
can fly at 990 mph. He is ideally suited for espionage work, with a wing-mounted
camera that can zoom in on a target as small as a microchip from up to 1.2
miles away. He is equipped with a magnetic field generator that scrambles
most electronic equipment within a half-mile radius, masking his position
during surveillance work as well as providing the opportunity for stealth
attacks. He is also capable of firing his propellor blade module to blitz
enemies during dogfights, an attack that rarely fails to catch his enemies
off-guard. His pontoons provide him with limited mobility on the water. In
robot mode, Ransack is equipped with an array of high-tech sensory equipment.
He uses his rotor launcher as an arm-mounted weapon in this
form.
Weaknesses: Ransack's biggest
shortcoming is the nature of his weaponry, since firing his rotors renders
him unable to effectively fly for more than very short distances. He tends
to bring this on himself immediately after joining a battle, since he rarely
exercises discretion in choosing his targets. |