Scorponok (Transformers)

"Kindness is no virtue... and cruelty is no vice."

- Scorponok

Scorponoks are a subspecies of scorpion-like Cybertronians from the planet Cybertron.

Anatomy
Scorponoks share a similar biology to other Cybertronians, except they transform into robotic scorpions. Some are around the same size as other Cybertronians whereas others are enormous.

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

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

A Scorponok's weakest point is their head, as attacking is the only way they can get injured.

Culture and society
Scorponoks are regarded as one of the few unforeseen dangers ahead of the Autobots and Decepticons in their civil war.

Though they have their own unique insignia, Scorponoks also appear to be affiliated with the Predacon and Terrorcon factions.

Primax Cluster
The Scorponok were created by the Quintessons as slave labor though unlike the Cybertronians, they never fought back. This resulted in their home being destroyed and most of its people killed except for one individual who would later name himself Scorponok. He would reside aboard Nebulon Station, an outpost jammed between a constantly active space bridge.

This Scorponok awakened when the Autobots of the Ark entered the station, intending on blowing it up to pass through the space bridge. Declaring them an infestation, he attacked the Autobots, managing to kill an Autobot security officer before facing a hologram of Omega Supreme created by Mirage. Optimus Prime shortly joined the skirmish and knocked Scorponok down a chasm, though he merely transformed and rose up in his gigantic robot mode. After killing another Autobot security officer, he gave chase to the fleeing Autobots, though they managed to buy time behind a reinforced door.

Scorponok busted down the door and resumed his fight against the Autobots before he was stopped from killing Optimus by the arrival of Megatron and the Decepticons of the Nemesis. After numerous attacks from both sides and tossing aside an annoying Ravage, Scorponok transformed and disrupted the duel between Optimus and Megatron, only for the former to throw and shoot a charge in Scorponok's face. Arising from the rubble, he once again engaged in a fight with the Autobots and Decepticons.

Discovering that his head was his weak point, Optimus leaped onto Scorponok's back and slung the disconnected wires on the ground around his neck to ride him, leaving the giant scorpion angered to be once again enslaved. After a failed attempt to kill Optimus thanks to Megatron's interference, Scorponok fled. When Optimus accused Megatron of having Quintesson-like behavior, their argument attracted the ire of Scorponok, who explained how cruel the Quintessons were and how Megatron was not too dissimilar to a Judge.

A furious Megatron blasted Scorponok, which provoked the latter to attack the Decepticons. This distraction gave the Autobots time to disable the station's gravity controls and flee to the Ark. In a gambit for power, Starscream used the Nemesis ' cannons at max-power in an attempt to destroy both the Autobots and Megatron. The resulting explosion destroyed Nebulon Station, presumably taking Scorponok with it.

Tyran Cluster
In the distant future, a horde of Scorponoks were deployed by Unicron during the Terrorcons' attack on a jungle planet colonized by bestial Cybertronians. Arriving ahead of senior acolyte Scourge, two Scorponoks pursued Maximal leader Apelinq before being killed by Maximals Optimus Primal and Airazor.

During Unicron's attempted invasion of Earth in 1994, Scorponoks were sent as reinforcements for the Terrorcon Sweep army protecting the Transwarp Key. Several Scorponoks were killed by the combines forces of the Autobots and Maximals. When Autobot leader Optimus Prime destroyed the Transwarp Key, many Scorponoks were incinerated by the resulting explosion. Those that survived explosion were sucked into the collapsing Transwarp portal.