Hubcap



Species:            TRANSFORMER Faction:            AUTOBOT Function:           COMMUNICATIONS Rank:               None

Quote: "Weapons can win battles, but words can win wars." Profile: Hubcap has everybody's friendship but nobody's trust. He is affable, witty, generous, even charming -- it is no wonder that his fellow Autobots find him such pleasant company. But he's also a con artist. He is likely to enthusiastically accept some work detail one moment and then try to sucker someone else into doing it the next. Or he might try to smooth talk a comrade into trading his weapon for an inferior one. Hubcap is surprisingly effective at his scams. Perhaps it's the smiling, sincere way he talks or perhaps it's because he looks small and unthreatening. Whatever the case, Hubcap is living proof of the old Cybertronian adage, "You can't tell an Autobot by it's finish."

Abilities: Not only is Hubcap adept at speaking, he's even better at listening. Equipment within his head module allows him to receive a broad spectrum of electromagnetic signals -- AM and FM radio, shortwave, UHF and VHF television broadcasts. He uses his phosphorescent windshield as a television screen when receiving TV signals. Amplifying circuits allow him to detect signals as weak as .000001 watts. His audio circuitry can hear a pin drop 500 yards away, and has a frequency range of 5 to 50,000 Hertz. In car mode, he can travel up to 90 mph and has a range of 1000 miles.

Weaknesses: Hubcap is physically among the weakest of the Autobots. Even low-speed crashes can result in severe damage to his body.

Skills: Communications, Extended Range, Enhanced Audio Modules, Signal Amplification, Radio Head, Did you just drop a pin?, Con Artist, Not Bumblebee, and Not Bumper Either