Sweep (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts)

Sweeps are a subspecies of insectoid, semi-sapient Cybertronian drones from the planet Cybertron.

Anatomy
Sweeps share a similar biology to other Cybertronians, except they transform from insectoid robots with four optics and four arms into weapon artillery. They come in varying shapes and sizes, with Freezer and Novakane scaling around the same size as humans.

Powers and abilities
Sweeps share many of the same abilities as other Cybertronians.

Despite their frame, Sweeps having enough brute strength to smash through doors.

Sweeps can move stealthily with their ability to cling to walls.

Weaknesses
Sweeps share many of the same weaknesses as other Cybertronians.

Culture and society
Sweeps form the bulk of the Terrorcon army, functioning as both foot soldiers and weapons for their superiors. The only named Sweeps, Freezer and Novakane, primarily loyal to Terrorcon leader Scourge and are often sent out to sniff out prey for their master.

Being affiliated with the Terrorcon faction, Sweeps are technically servants of Unicron.

History
After the destruction of a jungle planet colonized by bestial Cybertronians, a couple of Sweeps watched from afar as Unicron ordered Scourge to search the universe and find out where the Maximals hid the Transwarp Key.

In 1994, Scourge deployed Freezer and Novakane to retrieve the Transwarp Key and kill any Humans aware of its existence. Pursuing Elena Wallace and Noah Diaz through the museum, one of them was about to get to Elena when Noah momentarily stopped it by hitting its head with a relic. Managing to run out the exit, the humans were caught in a heated battle between the Autobots and Terrorcons was taking place. Both Freezer and Novakane followed the humans outside, where they attacked and fought against Mirage until the battle was over.

When the Terrorcons followed the Autobots and their allies to Peru, Freezer was dispatched with the same mission of killing the humans and retrieving the Key. Crossing the rooftops, Freezer avoided detection mostly due to Mirage being distracted by "groupies". Going underground into the buried city, he snuck into the chamber with the empty coffin which had once contained half of the Key. When Noah noticed Freezer sneaking up behind Elena, the pair ran for their lives. The lone Sweep gave relentless chase, nearly killing them several times. He was eventually killed by Noah using a Cybertronian gauntlet given to him by Mirage.

When the Terrocons obtained and assembled both halves of the Transwarp Key, hundreds of Sweeps of varying shapes and sizes came through a gateway the relic generated. Engaging in battle with the combined Autobot and Maximal forces, the Sweeps proved that despite being individually weak, they had sheer numbers on their side. Concurrent to this, Scourge dispatched Novakane to hunt Elena through the access tunnel, cornering her over a pool of lava before she impaled him in the head and sent him falling into the magma.

Despite the deaths of fellow Terrorcons Battletrap and Nightbird, the Sweeps would later be reinforced by several Scorponoks sent by Unicron. When Autobot leader Optimus Prime destroyed the Transwarp Key, many Sweeps were incinerated by the resulting explosion. Those that survived explosion were sucked into the collapsing Transwarp portal.