Shockwave
Function: Military Operations Commander
"Clarity of thought before rashness of action."
Of all the Decepticons, Shockwave's method of operation is
most characterized by the cold, brutal efficiency one would expect of a purely
mechanical being. He enters every battle not with the bloodlust of his
comrades, but with a scientist's approach to solving a problem. The problem is
always the same: How can he use his abilities to most effectively eliminate the
greatest number of his enemies, the Autobots? All to often he finds the
answer. He seeks Megatron's position of supremacy over the Decepticons not
because his ego demands it, but because his logic circuits dictate it. He feels
Megatron's all consuming passion for conquest only hinders its achievement.
With smug certainty Shockwave believes the reins of Decepticon power will
inevitably be his-after all, he reasons, it's only logical.
Among
the Decepticons, Shockwave's power is second only to Megatron's. His total
command of the electromagnetic spectrum allows him in his gun-ray mode, to emit
a coruscating beam of energy in a wide variety of forms: high-energy explosive
gamma rays, x-rays that allow him to see through almost anything, blinding
visible light, super-hot infrared rays and radio waves that can either send
messages or jam other radio signals are but a few of the weapons in Shockwave's
arsenal. Never having been adapted by the Ark to an Earthly form, Shockwave
remains a size consistent with his robot mode when he transforms to a ray-gun,
that is, more than 35
feet
long. He can fly in either mode using powerful jet thrusters in his heels
(which become the handle in his ray-gun mode.)