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Summary:


My plan for New Year's Eve was to watch my second-hand copy of the 2007 Transformers movie in order to push me past midnight. However, the disk had so many scratches that even with my having polished it the film was unwatchable. Hence, I started messing around with different things in order to try and stay awake.

As part of it, I got a bit of an odd what-if idea going: a "dark" version of Kicker. Not sure if I want to make him evil or not (although the logo does look vaguely like the Vehicon faction symbol), but definitely dark.

After about ten minutes or so mixing and matching parts, I soon came to the realization that this was someone entirely different.

Thing is, due to everything that's been going on over the past few days I've no idea what story to use for him.


Any ideas for a name? I can take it from there.

Thanks.

female counterpart

"Dark" Misha?

Took about half an hour owing to the fact that the original Misha had a limited color palate to work with and the heavier body armors were so bulky as to render it impossible to tell gender.

1st one: Atomic Assault Cobra Commander

He looks like he has Kirby crackle.

How about Roentgen -- it is a measure of radiation intensity of xrays or gamma rays -- since your character is radiation themed? Not so sure what to call the laaaaaaaady.

That's a great name, Dissever.

Roentgirl?

How 'bout Funky Boots Man?
Seriously, the medieval-style boots stick out like a sore thumb on that guy.

Well, my guess is that this is a mockup to serve as a placeholder for future, better-refined works.

I mostly use HM in order to get mental pictures of what my characters are like; the images aren't perfect.

I'm thinking about having the male unit be Obsidian and the female unit be Strika and then sticking them in my A/E/C stuff.

I already have it in the plot will that a few Decepticons get trapped on Earth when a failed coup attempt forces the Decepticons to temporarily be recalled back into space. These Decepticons will end up attracting the attention of some rogue nations, who agree to keep them supplied and energized in exchange for information concerning Cybertronian technology. In the process, they're helped by a human character who ends up likewise going rogue.* This results in the nations acquiring highly advanced tech.

Where they come in?

The official end result is the sudden emergence of the X3 fighter / bomber (NATO designator: "Raider") and the JF Trak anti-aircraft tank.

The unofficial result is the creation of two human-sized androids (one male, one female) who are, in essence, Micro Masters: they have the same size of a normal human in robot mode, but turn into a full-sized vehicle. It's a massive leap in both human and Cybertronian technology, one that results in the once-dominant Autobots and the fledgling Earth Defense Forces being put on the defensive for the first time in years and inadvertently kicking off a massive arms race.




*HIGHLIGHT to view:
Billy (who, due to the naming goofs in the early Armada eps, I myself erroneously referred to as "Fred" and am now stuck with having to do so).

I have it that he and Rad eventually end up competing for Alexis, and when Rad - as an adult - enlists, so does Billy. Rad is fortunate enough to find a patron, a high-ranking officer who used to be black ops; Rad himself ends up going special forces and ultimately earns a battlefield commission, and his commission gets him sent him back to the States for additional training.

Billy, OTOH, either ignores or shuns all attempts made to help him because he feels that he's got to do everything solo if it means proving himself the better man. Thus, while Rad was able to escape the usual drudgery that goes along with being enlisted, Billy ends up getting stuck in rat hole after rat hole. By the time he does return, he's found that not only has Rad won by marrying Alexis, but the two are preparing for the arrival of their first child.

Billy goes nuts, sells off most of his possessions, lets his enlistment run out, and joins the crew of a commercial freighter; this takes him to Eastern Europe, where he is tapped by agents from one of the involved nations. By this point, he's so far gone that he gladly sells everyone out and shares what he knows about Autobot and modern-day US Army tech in exchange for a king's ransom and a hitman to wipe out everyone between him and Alexis.

I like the Atomic Assault Cobra Commander name.