Thrust

Thrust is a Decepticon Seeker who believes that the loudest engine wins the battle before the first shot is even fired. As the third member of the Conehead trio, his crimson red frame is easily identified by the massive VTOL fans embedded in his wings. He uses these specialized turbines to create a deafening roar and localized windstorms that are designed to shatter the nerves of his opponents. To hear Thrust coming is to experience a wall of sound that vibrates through a Spark, a tactic he uses to mask the fact that he is far more comfortable bullying the weak than facing a true challenge.

Appearance: Thrust has maroon and black metallic skin. His eyes are a glowing yellow color. A tall, pointed cone-shaped helmet covers his silver head, featuring a black tip and a maroon base. His upper torso consists of black armor plates positioned above a central, vertical, amber translucent panel. Two circular red vents with visible internal blades are located on his upper chest. Large, blocky black pauldrons cover his shoulders, while his upper arms are a maroon color. His forearms are dark grey and have long silver mechanical weapons attached to the outer sides. These weapons end in sharp silver points. His hands are dark grey with segmented metallic fingers. Two black rectangular fins rise from his back behind his shoulders. Large maroon wing structures are attached to the sides of his torso and thighs. Each wing contains a large grey circular fan with visible internal blades. His midsection is maroon with silver rectangular panel lines. His lower legs are encased in large maroon armor that tapers into pointed black toes at the feet. Small rectangular panels are visible on the front of his shins.

Personality: Thrust is a loudmouth who believes that the loudest engine wins the battle before the first shot is even fired. He carries himself with a swagger that suggests he is the most dangerous flier in the Decepticon ranks, but this is largely a performance designed to mask a deep seated cowardice. He uses the deafening roar of his specialized VTOL turbines to create localized windstorms and a wall of sound that can shatter the nerves of smaller targets. He finds a hollow satisfaction in watching enemies scramble in fear, but the moment a genuine threat returns fire, his bravado evaporates in favor of a high speed retreat. He is a bully who values his own survival above any sense of faction loyalty or military honor.

His relationships within the Decepticon hierarchy are built on a foundation of mutual irritation and transparent lies. He is the third member of the Conehead trio, often viewing Dirge as too gloomy and Ramjet as too primitive for his taste. He maintains a particularly strained relationship with Starscream, who has no patience for Thrust’s habit of exaggerating his combat record. While he desperately seeks a position of higher status under Megatron, he is terrified of the leader’s scrutiny and goes to great lengths to hide his tactical failures. To most other Seekers, he is a nuisance whose engines are far more impressive than his actual spark.

He turns into a red and black F-15 Eagle. He utilizes 2 null ray lasers and cluster bomb projectiles.

The Autobots usually find themselves defending both their own race and other species against the Decepticons and upholding justice and freedom throughout the galaxy. A generally heroic, honorable group, they tend to be dedicated to peace, and feel a need to protect other races from the Decepticons. As a result, they are usually Transformers who change into non-combat oriented alternate modes such as domestic vehicles, cars, trucks, or rescue vehicles. This is not always the case, however, as their ranks certainly contain ne'er-do-wells, malcontents, and unsavory types, and the necessities of war have led many to adopt more combat-oriented alternate forms. While the Autobots have usually found themselves outnumbered by the Decepticons, the Autobots have always had home-field advantage, having not only the humans' military support, but also having more places on Earth to fall back on, while the Decepticons are entirely unwelcome on Earth. Key concepts that repeat throughout most continuities are the use of the name Prime (or a variation thereof) to denote Autobot leadership, and the existence of an artifact of great life-giving power, usually referred to as a "Matrix", traditionally held by their leader.

The Decepticons are a faction typically concerned with such things as conquering Cybertron, defeating the Autobots, amassing large quantities of energon, developing powerful weaponry, and beating people up. Not necessarily in that order. Unlike the Autobots, whose leader is a Prime bearing a Matrix, the Decepticons are led by the most powerful of their ranks. This tends to cause some conflict, given how generally every Decepticon thinks that they're the most powerful. Also, the Decepticons are not exactly the most compassionate beings in the universe, but not all fight for greed. More than a few have a sense of honor, while others believe that Cybertron would be better protected by aggressive expansion. Ultimately, the Decepticons desire to protect their homeworld, even if it is at the expense of others.

The spark is the core of Transformer life, an electrically charged mass of positrons formed from the supernatural substance known as Rarified Energon. Sparks come in a wide range of colors—while most are some shade of blue, green, yellow, orange, white, and red sparks have all been observed. While their appearances may vary, every spark functions as a combined heart and soul for an individual Cybertronian: like a heart, a Spark "pulses" at a certain frequency to animate a mechanical bodyframe; like a soul, a spark is generally accepted to contain some part of a Transformer's immaterial being, which persists after death by transcending into the afterlife. Indeed, most Cybertronian religions hold that each spark contains an infinitesimally small portion of Primus's divine essence. To protect their sparks, which usually can't survive outside of a compatible body for very long, most Cybertronians possess a specialized "spark chamber" somewhere in their body.

Most forms of Cybertronian reproduction involves the creation of a new spark—in many realities, supernatural artifacts such as the Vector Sigma supercomputer or the AllSpark can generate sparks at will, which can be implanted into a suitable receptacle to create a new Transformer. These newborn sparks contain the hard-coded design schematics that act as a Transformer's "genetic code", which dictates a Transformer's appearance and sometimes even their alternate modes. Sparks can be safely stored in stasis pods, "frozen" within photonic crystals, or even transplanted from one body to another with no ill effects, but they are susceptible to weapons fire and exotic forms of radiation. When a Transformer's body can no longer support its spark, it is "extinguished" and the Transformer is considered dead. As long as the spark is intact, however, it is possible to repair a Transformer, re-implant its spark, and effectively bring them back from the dead.