Name: Thundercracker

Make: Decepticon

Role: Decepticon Air Warrior Elite

Bio: Thundercracker was a seeker before Cybertron's exploration program ended, afterwards becoming a guard aboard the planet's orbital space station. It was there that he befriended fellow former seekers Starscream and Skywarp, and in his freetime he continued to practice his already impressive aerial skills.

When Starscream began to become wrapped up in the rhetoric of Megatron, Thundercracker encouraged his formerly despondent friend, telling him to join up and follow his dreams. Almost immediately Megatron's movement turned violent, and Starscream returned to the station, asking both Thundercracker and Skywarp to help him take it for the Decepticons. At the time Thundercracker had no desire to join a war, but his guilt at pushing Starscream towards it drove him to do as he was told.

Thundercracker believes in the Decepticon credo and Megatron's cause, but only to a point. Conquest is often not the honorable battle it is presented as, and Thundercracker shudders at some of the actions taken by his comrades. But as it stands, Thundercracker believes that the Decepticons' vision for Cybertron is the best path it can take, and as such remains at Megatron's side.

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Abilities: Thundercracker is one of the best flyers on Cybertron, and will often lead the charge in Decepticon aerial assaults, answering directly to Starscream or even Megatron himself. He is packed with heavy weaponry, which while primarily designed for air combat remains effective on the ground as well, much like Thundercracker himself.

While unsure of himself in private, in battle Thundercracker is cocky, and this is an attribute his foes can and do take advantage of. It doesn't take much to lull Thundercracker into a false sense of security, nor to make him regret it.

Notes: (From Starscream): Thundercracker is a skilled flyer, almost as skilled as me, if I do say so myself. He is loyal as well, and will make a good second in command when I take over as leader of the Decepticons. But if he's going to be my first, he'll need to learn to keep his mouth shut! He questions us too much for his own good, especially me, and if he wants to go anywhere in life he'll need to use more discretion in how he speaks to his superiors!