Stormtroopers (Transformers)

Stormtroopers
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics, Fun Publications
First appearance	"War Zone"
Created by	Hasbro
In-story information
Base(s)	Metrotitan
Member(s)	Aquablast Drench Hydradread Rage

The Stormtroopers are a sub-group of Decepticons from the Transformers series.

Members

Aquablast

Stormtrooper engineer. A frightening combination of ultra practical mind and bloodthirsty streak. The workings of an engine is like poetry to him. Can fix anything - under the most difficult conditions. As a vehicle, screams into battle with water fire power. As a robot, it makes him a force to be wary of. Motto: "Listen! That's the music of one of my super-tuned, ultra-hot engines! And think what terror it must strike in the hearts of those Autobot cowards..."

Drench

Stormtrooper Coordinator. A bully, a tyrant and universally hated. Must have his own way at all times or takes hideous revenge. But indispensible at coordinating the unit with grim efficiency. As a car, long and low with cunningly concealed water fireing capabilities. As a robot this converts to extra-reach firing power. Motto: "A well run campaign is my greatest pleasure."

Hydradread

Stormtrooper Scientific Advisor. A weirdly twisted mind. He devises hideous attack methods that can astonish even the most veteran Decepticons. Always in a world of his own, plotting something horrible. As a car, surprises with fast-action water power. Transforms into an equally well-armed attacking robot. Motto: "Let me study the battle plans. I'll think up something really unpleasant - and then make it even nastier."

Rage

Rage is the leader of the Stormtroopers, a sub-group of Decepticons. He delights in doom and destruction, and rules through fear. Motto: "If you're not living in the thick of the action - you're not living."

Marvel Comics

In the Marvel UK exclusive Genertation 2 story "War Zone", Rage and the Stormtroopers were dispatched to Earth by Bludgeon to draw the attention of Optimus Prime.^[1]

Fun Publications

Rage appears in the story Flames of Yesterday by Fun Publications. On the planet Cybertron, 9 million years ago, Rage made his bid to become a powerful leader among the Decepticons using his followers Hydradread, Drench, Aquablast and others.^[2][3]

Toys

The Stormtrooper Decepticons were released in Europe. They changed color and had water-shooting weapons.^[4]

• Generation 2 Stormtrooper Aquablast (1993)
• Generation 2 Stormtrooper Drench (1993)
• Generation 2 Stormtrooper Hydradread (1993)
• Generation 2 Stormtrooper Rage (1993)

A transformable figure of Rage that came with a gun that fired water.

References

1. ^ War Zone by Marvel Comics
2. ^ Jesse Wittenrich (2010). Flames of Yesterday. Illustrators Andrew Griffith and Jesse Wittenrich. Fun Publications. 
3. ^ TFormers.com
4. ^ Alvarez, J.E. (2001). The Unofficial Guide to Japanese and International Transformers. Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0764312820. 

External links

• http://www.cobraislandtoys.com/tf/1993/rage.html
• http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Rage/rage.htm