Bomb-Burst

ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
SUB-GROUP(S): PRETENDER
FUNCTION: PREDATOR
“The greater the foe, the sweeter his fuel!”

First Appearance: Transformers 162
Significant Appearances: Transformers 162-163, 206-209, 233-235, 245, 311-312, 317, 320, 323, Annual 1989

A vile automated vampire! Enjoys nothing more than swooping down on unsuspecting Autobots and draining their fuel reserves dry. Decepticon Command would normally be pleased with such behaviour from a warrior, except Bomb-Burst is wasteful of the fuel he extracts — it is the act he enjoys more than the nourishment. It is generally thought by his peers that Bomb-Burst acts this way out of addiction rather than any belief in the Decepticon cause. Bomb-Burst is horribly unsocial and any attempts by his comrades to make conversation are met with vicious retaliation. If not under the watchful optics of his commanders, Bomb-Burst would just as soon feast on their fuel too.

Abilities: Bomb-Burst transforms into a Cybertronian VTOL hover jet. In this mode he has great manoeuvrability and can reach a top speed of 1 900 km/h, but has a limited range of only 2 400 km. In both modes he is armed with dual lasers. He has excellent vision, particularly in dim light — the ultimate terror in darkness. Also equipped with a Pretender Shell based on the Shrikebat species from the Dromedan system, which secretes strong oxidising compounds that cause rust rash on contact. Serrated metallic fangs in this mode aid his energon-sucking habit. Bomb-Burst can maintain remote control of his Pretender Shell. His Shell is armed with a corrosive slime shooter and an armour-piercing battle axe which he uses with uncanny precision to sever his opponent’s major fuel lines.

Weaknesses: Blinded by bright light. In fact, his optics are so sensitive to sunlight that he is usually rendered non-functional during the day. Like all Pretenders, damaged caused to his Shell is felt worse by Bomb-Burst’s robot mode. Bomb-Burst must be wary of recombining with his Shell so as not to be affected by its rust-causing surface.