ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
SUB-GROUP: COMBATICON
FUNCTION: COMBATICON COMMANDER

FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 24

“The mind is the greatest weapon.”

Profile: Perfection is what Onslaught seeks. He believes the key to
a mission’s success lies in its planning, not in its execution. Thus, a perfect
plan virtually guarantees a victory. Onslaught prefers the intellectual battlegrounds
of the mind, where he can carefully devise and polish his sinister schemes,
to the physical battlegrounds of the war, where events don’t always unfold as
expected. The four Combaticons under his command consider him aloof, even dreamy,
but a brilliant tactician. Typically, Onslaught takes a backseat role in the
assaults he plots, choosing to observe and re-evaluate his strategy rather than
actually engage in combat. But, when stirred to action, he is a relentless,
furious fighter, a terrifying contrast to the reserved thinker he is otherwise.
This side of Onslaught’s personality comes as a surprise to most of the other
Decepticons, but those who understand him know his violent behavior is born
out of frustration that his plan didn’t work, forcing his involvement, rather
than any suppressed lust for battle hidden in his character.

Abilities: In missile trailer mode, Onslaught can reach speeds of 100
mph. His range is 2400 miles. He can launch photon missiles, with a range of
6500 miles. Each missile contains three independently targetable shells, each
of which has an explosive force equivalent to 3000 tons of TNT. In robot mode,
he uses a sonic stun-gun, which is capable of crumbling a hillside with one
blast. He combines with his fellow Combaticons to form the giant robot Bruticus.

Weaknesses: Onslaught often puts too much faith in his plans and winds
up going along with them longer than he should. Consequently, he doesn’t get
personally involved as quickly as changing situations might warrant. Electromagnetic
interference can impair the accurate targeting and delivery of his missiles.