Overcharges are a subspecies of semi-sapient Cybertronian drones from the planet Cybertron.
Biology[]
Anatomy[]
Overcharges share a similar biology to other Cybertronians, except they transform into both fighter jets and assault tanks.
Powers and abilities[]
Overcharges share many of the same abilities as other Cybertronians, especially Triple Changers.
Weaknesses[]
Overcharges share many of the same weaknesses as other Cybertronians.
Culture and society[]
Overcharges are the latest series of mass-produced Terrorbot drones created by the Quintessons using technologies gleaned from the Decepticons. Produced in countless numbers and sold to whatever buyers can cough up the credits, Overcharges are strong, fast, powerful. In the wrong hands, they can overrun worlds.
Overcharges are expensive to purchase and suck up a lot of energy to function. People mutter darkly that their name comes from having to pay so much for them or because they have to actually overcharged to make them move.
History[]
Legends World[]
Overcharges made up an army that invaded the Legends World under the supervision of a Quintesson Judge. The Quintesson's personal Overcharge attendant met his future self, who convinced him to make his own destiny and gave him his name: "Blitzwing". Thanks to the efforts of the future Blitzwing, Big Fight, and Astrotrain, the Quintesson forces were sent retreating to their home universe. When a Quintesson Judge spoke of the Terrorcons as their ultimate Terrorbot models, Overcharges were presented as another example of Terrorbot.
Primax 1005.19 Gamma[]
Before the Great War began, a Cybertronian of the Overcharge body-type was a member of the Triorian Guard, a detachment of multi-terrain Triple Changers charged with guarding the body of Nominus Prime as it lay in state in the Primal Basilica.
Primax 215.19 Epsilon[]
The Overcharges were ancient Quintesson Terrorbot surplus that may have predated the last Great War. The Builders bought some a while ago and were totally ripped off: they cost a lot and were inefficient clunkers.
Overshoot spent forty stellar cycles keeping watch over the Overcharge's warehouse near the Melpomene Bridge, watching the acid rain get in. After the Grand Uprising kicked off, Stiletto joined him, and both were ordered to use the drones to defend the bridge if need be. Stilleto expressed distaste at the idea Cybertron would require "mindless drones" to defend it instead of proper Cybertronians. During their time, Overcharge Unit 381-PCE drove into a crater and could not get out.
When the Resistance came, three half-fueled Overcharges were on patrol and were all they could use. Two of them accidentally shelled Stiletto, too crap to cease fire when ordered, and in the actual fight they missed most of their shots. Overshoot managed to weaponize their crapness though, having all three drones overload their engines and blow up the bridge so the Resistance could not take it.
Notes[]
- While the Overcharge toy's color scheme is based on the mold's original pre-Transformers Diaclone colors, the "character" appears to be based on the mass of off-color Blitzwing-model tanks seen in the title sequence to the third season of the Generation 1 cartoon.
- It is noted that Overcharges are based on technology from the Decepticons, since the Quintessons' original Cybertronian robots only developing the ability of transformation after freeing themselves from slavery. The use of the Blitzwing mold for this Quintesson creation seems to harken back to the Generation 1 cartoon episode "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3", in which Blitzwing is the only Transformer to recognize the Quintessons, albeit in a vague, uncertain way.
- This seems to suggest a connection between Blitzwing and the Overcharges, but what that connection is was a subject of pure speculation until Hayato Sakamoto gave a backstory in the Legends manga in 2018.
- Considering that the first Overcharge toy was an e-HOBBY exclusive, "Overcharge" is considered in the fandom to be a very apt name for these Terrorbots.