Powerdive

ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
SUB-GROUP(S): ROTORCON
FUNCTION: AIR ATTACK SPECIALIST
“Getting rid of Autobots is a blast!”

First Appearance: Transformers: Generation 2 6

Powerdive enjoys nothing more than dropping through the cloud cover to rain destruction upon the helpless Autobots below. Single-minded. Treats the Autobot-Decepticon war like a game, clocking up as many enemy casualties as he can. Gets a bigger buzz from a surprise attack than from a fresh infusion of Energon. Tends to annoy his comrades with his child-like behaviour, particularly his partner, Ransack, who is infuriated when Powerdive ruins a perfectly thought-out strategy with his meteoric tactics.

Abilities: Powerdive assumes the mode of an earthen “AH-64 Apache” helicopter. In this mode, he is heavily armed and equipped with a 30 mm chain gun, and pylon-mounted anti-tank missile launchers. He possesses sophisticated modulating circuit seekers than can identify Autobot activity within a 160 km radius. In robot mode, Powerdive’s rotor assembly can launch rapid fure ordnance propellers with uncanny accuracy.

Weaknesses: Powerdive’s slow cruising speed makes him an easy target. His dive-bomb manoeuvres take their toll on his rotor assembly, and pulling up to violently from a nosedive can cause severe stress.