Shade/Shadow art

Skydancer’s ship: the Reaper

“I want revenge.”

“We all make mistakes, Flashlight. Just don’t let yours haunt you.”

Spotlight is a Velocitronian, and one of the rare fliers on the planet. He lacks speed and the inner drive to race (he can get competitive in foot races). He used to work a factory job before a hearing a stranger from Cybertron talk about Primus and the Primes. Velocitron in general doesn’t believe in the Primes, and all information on them is scarce. Spotlight found this information and became a devout believer in the Primes. He wanted to pursue a dream of creating a place of worship on Velocitron.

Spotlight ended up on the streets after leaving his job and ran into Crossroad, a famous spaceship racer. The two quickly became friends and Spotlight was allowed to stay with Crossroad. Eventually, Crossroad convinced Spotlight to join him and go to Cybertron (citing the fact that he had no competition left). They both left for Cybertron and where Spotlight could build his place of worship.

“Mom! I can do a flip!”

All transformers are inherently genderless. Pronouns vary bot to bot.

All things written about them are meant to be a translation. The reason they use different pronouns is the translation picks what best suits them, or whatever it can. Some words (like mother) don’t exist in their language.

Bots form naturally (from geodes and metal seas) and unnaturally (from harvested sparks into manufactured bodies). This means parents aren’t a thing. Bots also come online knowing the basic things they need to function (unless there’s a glitch). Mentors are a rare occurrence, and they only act as personal teachers for bots with promising talent.

Onslaught’s alt mode would be modified with his cannons, of course.

Their lore in Soar is pretty bare, but I do have some to share. Each member was recruited by Onslaught at various times. Vortex was the last member, and was recruited when he was in the hospital.

Designs from left to right: Perceptor, Brainstorm, Jazz, Prowl

“Like mother, like son”

The plucky Decepticon team: Daybreakers!

Reverse is the leader of the team, and is chronically recharge deprived. He also is second in command of the Reaper.

Plunder is a master thief whose charm is only a facade. He steals everything not bolted to the ground.

Jett is the youngest of the group, only around 3 days old when he was assigned to the Reaper. He’s full of energy and is very childlike.

Crossroad is a triple changer and pilot of the Reaper. He’s also a Velocitronian in my continuity. Jett often gets on his nerves. He’s grumpy with a soft spot for Spotlight.

Spotlight is also a Velocitronian, and a parental figure to Jett. He’s the most religious of the group. He often has to keep the group together when Reverse is incapacitated.

There are two categories that relate to how a bot is created: natural and artificial. All bots come online with basic knowledge, such as how to transform, speak, and move.

Natural

Geode created: these bots are formed in geodes that are in Cybertron’s crust. A surge of energy from the planet’s core sparks the bot to life, and they emerge onto the surface. Bots created in this way are prone to having physical defects, such as plating misalignment. This creation method also cause siblings, as multiple bots sometimes will form in the same geode.

Sea created: these bots are formed when a form of high energy hits a living metal sea. The energy causes some metal to solidify into a bot. They have a natural data transfer of information, and any corruption of that data can lead to processor defects.

Artificial

Harvest created: the bodies of these bots are manufactured, but their sparks are “harvested”. Siphons are put into Cybertron’s crust, and will sometimes catch energy waves that create sparks. These sparks are then placed into the manufactured body. These bots are prone to the same defects as Sea created.

Characters are part of my transformers fan continuity: Soar

Air Commander Skydancer and the rest of the crew of the Reaper are essentially stuck in space. Isolated from the Decepticons and Autobots, they do pretty much whatever they want. The crew has to get along and find a way to keep themselves alive.

Name: Brightshield/ Lightdancer

Alt mode: B-17 Flying Fortress

Faction: Autobot