Bombshell

Profile
"The mind is my playpen."

Could turn foes into helpless accomplices by injecting cerebro-shells into their head (robot or human) with his stinger... gave him control of their minds... had a cruel sense of humor... amused himself by having his victims debase themselves. In insect mode this Insecticon could fly 10km. In robot mode wore head-mounted mortar... threw 25 kg explosive shell 15 km. Cerebro-shells could be used against him if removed from victim's head.

History
Bombshell was among the Decepticon raiding party aboard the Ark who awoke in 1984 after millions of years stranded, comatose, on Earth. He and his fellow Insecticons had jettisoned themselves from the Ark as it crashed, landing near Indonesia, where their computer systems gave them insectoid forms as their means of disguise. Though the Insecticons and the Decepticons were often at odds with one another, Bombshell and his crew nonetheless served Megatron when it suited them, Bombshell's mind-controlling cerebro-shells often figuring heavily into important schemes to defeat the Autobots. In 2005, Bombshell suffered heavy damage in the Battle of Autobot City, and his fellow Decepticons, led by Starscream, voted to throw him -- and others -- out of Astrotrain's airlock on the return voyage.

Bombshell was among the Decepticons who encountered Unicron in deep space. As part of Megatron's bargain with the demonic planet-eater, Bombshell was rebuilt into Cyclonus, Galvatron's lieutenant. Bombshell's manipulative power-plays are thought to have played an important part in shaping Cyclonus' oft-similar nature.

Logs
See Cyclonus.

Players
See Cyclonus.