ALLEGIANCE: AUTOBOT
SUB-GROUP: THROTTLEBOT

FUNCTION: SURVEILLANCE
FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 30

“Seeing is, by itself, not enough for believing.”

Profile: Searchlight is a creature of the night. He cruises the dark
backroads and alleyways of Earth with the curiosity of a cat. Nothing is too
insignificant to escape his notice. Nor too irrelevant. Often, he gets sidetracked
from his true mission by some totally unrelated matter. At times like these,
his surveillance work can leave much to be desired. But his tendency to be distracted
is understandable. He is a quiet, serious sort, uncomfortable in the company
of others. He is a loner who works best when he works alone. It is inevitable
that, since he is by himself as much as he is, his mind wanders sometimes. Goldbug
often radios in just to make sure Searchlight remembers what his mission is.

Abilities: The bank of headlights on Searchlight’s front grill has a
variety of capabilities, in addition to illumination, which they all can provide.
They work as follows: Top row from left to right: stereoscopic, digital video
camera; infrared detector; spectroscopic chemical analyzer; radiation detector;
x-ray emitter; the other half of the stereoscopic, digital video camera. The
two lights on the bottom row can produce light of any color; can produce a stroboscopic
effect; and can become blindingly bright, the equivalent of two 10,000-watt
light bulbs.

Weaknesses: Searchlight is extremely skittish. The slightest sound or
movement can set him off, particularly after a long, quiet, solitary vigil.
If he can’t immediately identify the source of the disturbance, he gradually
becomes more and more nervous, even fearful.