ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
SUB-GROUP: SEACON

FUNCTION: AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 47

“I stink, therefore I am.”

Profile: This merciless, polluting parasite is so foul that even his
fellow Seacons do their best to avoid him. A peculiarity of his circulatory
system permits small amounts of lubricant and other chemicals to bubble to his
surface through joints and welds, making Skalor the malodorous menace that he
is. As a result, he leaves a disgusting trail of grease and toxic chemicals
wherever he goes. Although often advised that this condition can be easily corrected
with a few minor adjustments, (particularly by those who have to work with him),
Skalor chooses to continue just the way he is. The smell doesn’t bother him.
He feels that if the smell bothers others, that’s their problem, not his. But
this argument obscures the real reason for Skalor’s foul scent: He just doesn’t
care about personal hygiene. And the fact that his odor occasionally keeps his
enemies at bay is a bonus that he uses to defend his slovenly lifestyle.

Abilities: In creature mode, Skalor operates equally well on land or
at sea. He can clamp his vacuum-suction mouth onto most ships and, by piercing
their hulls with his diamond-tipped teeth, suck the fuel from them. A snap of
his turbo-powered jaws can cut through any substance. His maximum swimming speed
is 35 knots. His underwater range is 4,000 miles. His heavy armor allows him
to function at any depth. In creature and robot modes he wields two crustation
rifles, which encase and immobilize anything they hit with a stream of hard,
sticky scales. One rifle shoots the scales, the other shoots a viscous adhesive
that glues the scales to their target. In weapons mode, Skalor transforms into
a twin-barrelled corrosive slime-shooter. He combines with his fellow Seacons
to form the super-robot Piranacon.

Weaknesses: As a result of his leakage problems and generally poor self-maintenance,
Skalor is prone to minor but frequent breakdowns. All are the result of low
internal fluid levels. He sometimes overheats, suffers from locked joints and
strips his own gears, for example. Occasionally he becomes immobilized at the
bottom of a deep ocean and must be fished out by his fellow Seacons.