ALLEGIANCE: AUTOBOT

SUB-GROUP: TECHNOBOT
FUNCTION: GUNNER
FIRST APPEARANCE: HEADMASTERS # 1

“Following leaders leads nowhere.”

Profile: Quick to anger and even quicker to attack, Afterburner isn’t
one to wait around for orders. Confident his heavy armor protects him, he likes
to turn up his speed and burst through enemy lines, firing away as he plunges
through. But his defiance doesn’t end there. He’s generally uncooperative in
every way and his nasty temper only makes things worse. He’s a decidedly disruptive
machine. Technobot Leader Scattershot is often compelled to take disciplinary
measures and forcibly confine Afterburner for periods of time. This only intensifies
Afterburner’s hatred of authority, and of Scattershot in particular. Afterburner
often takes off on his own and invariably gets into some kind of trouble unrelated
to the Autobots’ war with the Decepticons. Afterburner is a rebel with a cause,
but one that he all too often chooses to ignore.

Abilities: In his vehicle mode, Afterburner uses solid rocket fuel packs
to boost his speed up to 450 mph for several minutes at a time. A special adhesive
substance secreted by his tires allows him to drive up all but the most slippery
walls. He carries two laser-guided incendiary missiles and a rapid-fire plasma
pulse cannon, which shoots discrete packets of energy that explode on contact.
In robot mode, he uses a semi-automatic sonic blaster pistol with infrared sight.
He combines with his fellow Technobots to form the giant robot known as Computron.

Weaknesses: Afterburner’s impetuous, defiant nature usually works to
his disadvantage. He often winds up in situations where he is clearly overmatched
by his enemies. He occasionally runs out of fuel, a result of his careless nature.
He sometimes goes on uncontrolled shooting binges that wind up harming him (from
the powerful recoil of his weapons) more than his enemies.