#but eh...

My working backstory for her is that when the first Cybertronian war was near its end, a group of Quintessons, fleeing the planet, stole a few sparks and incomplete bodies with them in a last-ditch attempt to keep their slaves (because for them, it's an "investment"). Long story short, their shuttle crashed on an unknown planet; they didn't survive, but the spark that would become Windblade did! It took a few years for her to actually be "born" (get a body, processor, etc.), but when she did, she was loved, educated, and taken care of. A small, relevant fact about Caminus, as I write it, is that everyone is naturally a telepath, so Windblade got upgraded to be able to do the same (so her telepathy is very different from Soundwave's, who just has enhanced hearing; Windy can actually feel others' emotions and such).

About her life in Caminus... Well, she is loved worldwide and has dedicated her life to activism. She isn't really a prodigy in science or math (like what was expected of her, lol), but it turns out she's a great fighter, mastering most of Caminus' traditional forms of combat as well as swordplay... She's also great at public speaking !

Her life was turned upside down when Caminus was targeted by a new generation of Quintessons (who aimed to dominate the planet for its resources and technology that could rival their own in a few years). Due to the certainty that Caminus would be either destroyed or become a shell of itself, many Camiens fled (others stayed to fight for their planet). Windblade was one of the Camiens who fled the planet (against her own wishes). Sadly, her mechanical nature and size made it so she had to stay alone in a small capsule... Which, in the vastness of space, went adrift for years, separating her from her caretakers and peers. It was then that she landed on a mechanical planet called Cybertron! Or Cybertron landed on her.

She's an alien in Cybertron in all senses of the word. She doesn't understand their customs, had to learn their language (because of course they wouldn't learn hers :/), is mostly unaware of their long history, and can't quite grasp the "whys" of the war and its nuances... However, she quickly understands that she should fight for the Autobots and their cause. Her main objective is to come back to Caminus (if it still exists, she doesn't know) and fight against the Quintessons, but she'll help the Autobots because that's the right thing to do.

I think her telepathy powers are both a drawback and an advantage to her. Reading minds is good for fighting, but she doesn't just read minds, she literally feels what the other person is feeling... This disturbs her greatly when she has to read the minds of her Decepticon opponents.

It's valid to mention that she doesn't consider herself a Cybertronian, but everyone, including her fellow Autobots, tries to convince her that she is and that the Camiens, who are organic, would never understand her like they do (anti-organic biases). She doesn't buy it, but she did allow them to modify her body and give her an alternative mode. She rationalized that it was for fighting on equal ground with them, but later she realized that, unbeknownst to her, she became part of their social dynamics (where she is now, military hardware).