ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
SUB-GROUP: SEACON
FUNCTION: UNDERSEA RECONNAISSANCE

FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 47

“The darkest depths reveal the darkest secrets.”

Profile: Seawing is the eeriest, most ominous Seacon – and he knows
it. He glides through the ocean depths like a sinister steel specter, spreading
fear among all who see him. This pleases him greatly. “Who better to rule
than he to whom all bow,” he reasons immodestly. Some Decepticons speculate
that Seawing’s ambitions go beyond the Seacons and reach to Decepticon Command
itself. Not denying this, Seawing does much more to achieve his goals than merely
frighten some tin-scaled robo-fish. He is an expert at his job, and he enjoys
every moment of it. Once he zeroes in on a target, he uses his wits to surprise
and then his armaments to destroy. And underwater, nothing escapes his notice…
or his grasp.

Abilities: In manta ray mode, Seawing employs a battery of sensors –
electrical, chemical, infrared – and long-range sonar in his reconnaissance
missions. His sensitivity is such that he can locate a screwhead on the ocean
bottom up to 20,000 feet below him. He can detect and home in on anything living
or moving in the water within a 20-mile radius. His maximum speed is 110 mph.
In manta and robot modes, he is equipped with two venom lasers which shoot beams
that paralyze on contact. In weapons station mode, he combines with the lasers
to become a powerful dual proton blaster. He combines with his fellow Seacons
to form the super-robot, Piranacon.

Weaknesses: In manta ray mode, Seawing’s optical modules are adjusted
to pick up the very dim light that reaches the ocean depths. As a result, he
is very sensitive to bright light, and is easily blinded by sudden flashes underwater.