ALLEGIANCE: AUTOBOT
SUB-GROUP: AERIALBOT
FUNCTION: RECONNAISSANCE

FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 21

“When I’m flying, no enemy is safe – nor friend.”

Profile: If Aerialbots needed pilot’s licenses, Fireflight would certainly
never have gotten his. He’s a definite hazard in the skies. He becomes mesmerized
by the spectacular views he sees from above, and, consequently, often pays little
attention to where he’s going, leading to near-crashes with buildings, mountains,
even other aircraft. Only constant prodding by his fellow Aerialbots keeps Fireflight’s
mind on his assigned tasks. But they can’t get angry at him – they realize his
carelessness is a result of what humans would call “a childlike sense of
wonder,” and they can hardly fault him for that. Still, flying alongside
him is definitely unnerving to the other Aerialbots; “Sometimes I wonder
whose side he’s on,” says Skydive.

Abilities: Fireflight can fly at speeds up to Mach 2.0 with a range
of 1000 miles. In jet mode, he can shoot missiles that explode and release a
mist of highly flammable liquid he calls “fire-fog.” In robot mode,
he uses a photon displacer gun, which severely distorts visual images by altering
the course of photons in light waves. Anyone within the vicinity of a blast
from this gun would not be able to see things as they actually are until after
the gun’s effects wear off, which can take up to five minutes. He combines with
his fellow Aerialbots to form the giant robot known as Superion.

Weaknesses: As well as being a danger to others, Fireflight is even
more of a danger to himself. He just flies badly. And any human passengers inside
his cockpit would all too quickly discover this fact – his sudden jerks, jolts,
hairpin turns and rapid velocity changes can easily result in a severe neck
sprain, at the very least. His poor flying technique also makes him very fuel
inefficient.