Here’s my proverbial hat in the ring.
Name: Backblast
Chapter: Artificer (primary) and Knight (very minor/basic training)
Appearance: unlike a lot of Cybertronians, he is very lanky but definitely isn’t a pushover; a good way to describe him is wiry, though not in the literal sense. Most folks don’t really realize this but he’s also a rather tall fellow, he just has a habit of slouching. One of his legs functions more like a peg leg and is covered head to toe in burns and scars from his experiments.
Altmode: a small helicopter with some jet engines to help with speed (salvage is a first come first serve type of deal) but he mainly gets around by, basically, rocket-jumping.
Weapons: Custom built fragmentation grenade launcher (ammunition is various; trust me, we’d be here all century), concussion mines (remotely detonated), some nasty steel traps (bear traps). Also is working on an experimental weapon he calls the Punch Of Kill Everything, P.O.K.E for short; he finds the acronym amusing given the ordinance it can output. The current iteration is a hammer. But, he also carries a sword and shield, mostly using the shield to defend against explosive blasts. If he doesn’t have the desired bomb, he can probably very easily make it from whatever’s lying around. He usually carries EMPs, Sonic Disruptors, Stun Grenades, traditional explosives and smoke bombs; always nice to have a variety of tools so you have the right one for the job.
Abilities: As a Junkion, Backblast has a unique gift for tinkering and repair. While he can take a lot of hits, it’s mostly because he can practically fix himself from whatever’s around him and he’s blown himself up so much he has found a way to avoid the worst of the damage from his own weapons, often using his own bombs to send himself flying around a space just to get around.
Bio/backstory: Living life on a Junk world was a gold mine for tinkering, Backblast especially had a talent for explosive projects; nothing like making more scrap or finding more scrap by blowing up a huge piece or pile of debris to discover some new parts to mess around with. While not the biggest fan of the Primes given Liege Maximo made his world and people as, and this is absolutely serious, a literal joke. When he was on a salvage run, Backblast met an Artificer and a Knight and they were pretty boring and overthought how to solve the problem of getting some scrap to study. The obvious, and simplest solution, was, naturally, blowing up the wall between them and the treasure…which was guarded by some kind of creature that nearly took his life.
The Knight and Artificer saved his hide as he was not keen on blowing himself up with a point blank grenade shot and it may have been a bit ticked at him blowing a hole in the wall.
“Huh, maybe there is some merit to these old farts’ teachings.” Was the line of thought that sparked his friendship with these two and eventually led to him becoming an Artificer…along with his own private lab space given his explosive hobbies. He also helps make pyrotechnics, mainly fireworks, for celebrations and spent some time among the Knights, barely getting through basic training because all those rules and protocols were so stifling and boring. What good is learning how to fight if you can’t have fun with it? Though, close quarters combat training definitely has its merits.
Nowadays, Backblast has spent his time building, (detonating) tinkering and experimenting with various explosives and fireworks but enjoys wandering around, maybe trading scraps for some components or just wandering around and exploring in his off time, or when his lab is getting rebuilt…again.
(Sorry no artwork, I didn’t really build him with any TF character/toy in mind)
