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Autobot Academy

The main setting of the series, the Acadeimos Autobot Elite Guard Academy, often shortened to Autobot Academy, is where the next generation of Autobot heroes are trained. There, the students learn how to use their talents and protect the people of the Cybertronian Commonwealth, when not getting into wacky hijinks and stopping Decepticon plots, of course.

In General:

Academy of Adventure: Autobot Academy attracts a lot of adventure for it's students, from secret labs and villain infilitrations to visits from pro heroes and time travelers. In fact, visiting Axel Academy student Slicer notes how weird a single day can be there compared to his own school.
Lightbright: That [stuff] doesn't happen to you at Axel?
Slicer: No! The most exciting things there are races in the desert!
Always in Class One: Most of the very top main characters in the comic are in Class 4-A. The rest are in Class 4-D, with the remaining five spilling into Class 4-B and 4-C, which were otherwise reserved for the main characters of the Roleplay.
Superhero School: The main focus of Autobot Academy is teaching it's students how to use their talents, to the point where some have enrolled for that purpose alone.

Class 4-A:

Hot Shot

Talent: Pyrokinesis

Played by: Devaron9, Stonecrusher

The main character of the comic, a young bot with pyrokinetic powers.

Has a Type: Hot Shot is attracted to flyers, and has made comments about girls he likes having nice wings.
Hero Protagonist: Hot Shot is the main character of the comic, and is training to become an Autobot.
Hot-Blooded: Fits the Pyrokinetic abilities and his name.
Rhyming Names: Hot Shot.
Playing with Fire: His Pyrokinesis lets him control fire in a wide variety of ways, most commonly shooting it.
Power of Trust: He trusts Star Convoy with way too much.

Lightbright

Talent: Solar Headlight

Played by: Devaron9

An aspiring student in the Autobot Academy, she holds the power to create large flares of light. Maybe has a crush on Hot Shot.

Light 'em Up: Lightbright can use her wing-mounted headlights to generate light blasts.
Nice Guy: Lightbright is one of the kindest students at Autobot Academy, and has no problem making friends. Students with nowhere else to go have no problem with spending their summer vacation on a galactic road trip Lightbright heads because of this.
Missing Mom: There's no sign of what happened to Lightbright's mother.
Rhyming Names: Lightbright.
Uptight Loves Wild: Lightbright has a thing for Hot Shot, and has admitted she likes acting as his impulse control. Her father Sky Shadow was apparently the same way with her mother.

Rampage

Talent: Adaptive Ability

Played by: Devaron9

One of the local delinquents, Rampage can often be seen hanging around, minding his own business. Most bots are wary of him, for fairly obvious reasons.

Adaptive Ability: Rampage can alter his capabilities to make fighting his opponents easier.
The Dreaded: Rampage is perhaps the most feared student in the Autobot Academy. His mere presence is enough to make anyone frightened and more agreeable, and even the aggressive Moonracer instantly apologizes when she accidentally bumps into him.
Enemy Within: Rampage has to deal with a second personality known as Unit 10. While Rampage is restrained and chill, Unit 10 is violent, cruel, and delights in inflicting pain on those who dare attack him.
Informed Attribute: The profiles describes him as a delinquent that attempts to eat his fellow students when mad. While this might apply to his Unit 10 self, Rampage isn't shown acting like this normally, and has only threatened to eat someone outright once.
Smoking Is Cool: Downplayed, as while Rampage has been shown smoking to enhance his delinquent image... you can count on one hand the number of times he's been seen with a cigarette. And that's including his profile and a cover.

Transmutate

Talent: Calming Aura

Played by: Devaron9

A kindhearted student in the Autobot Academy, she can instill a sense of calm in others. One of few students unafraid of Rampage.

All-Loving Hero: Transmutate will try to bond with anyone she meets, including Rampage and a larva of the same species as Mothra.
Beware the Nice Ones: She deals a seemingly fatal blow to Shockaract, and does the same later to Great Convoy, weakening him enough that Megatron can finish him him off.
Can't Hold His Liquor: Transmutate gets drunk after a single drink.
Cooldown Hug: Transmutate's Calming Aura talent allows her to bring even the most berserk individuals to a peaceful state.
Dreaming of Things to Come: Transmutate regularly had dreams of what turned out to be the Dark Future. This is actually a side effect of her coming to the past, and these dreams are actually lost memories.
Man of Kryptonite: When a group of Cybermen attack, Transmutate's Talent allows her to overload their Emotion Suppression technology, which quickly proves fatal to them,
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Transmutate is generally happy. If something upsets her, or worse, makes her mad, then you know things are serious.
Naïve Everygirl: Transmutate is pretty much happy all the time. However, she has trouble understanding certain things, such as a physical dress for her holomatter avatar being unusable and not a good idea for a Christmas present, even when people point them out to her. She also mistakes a piece of fan fiction as a source of genuine information, despite it being clearly labeled as such in the title.
Stable Time Loop: Transmutate was cloned in the Dark Future from an Autobot Academy student, then intended to be sent back in time to replace the original. As it turns out, she was also the original.

Tap-Out

Talent: Kinetic Exaggeration

Played by: Stonecrusher

One of many impulsive students at the Autobot Academy, he can increase the kinetic energy of his strikes.

Enhanced Punch: Tap-Out's Kinetic Exaggeration talent makes his punches far stronger than they'd normally be.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish sibling to Glyph's responsible, being very impulsive.
Leeroy Jenkins: A textbook example. Tap-Out refuses to think things through during training exercises and simply rushes in to punch whatever to obstacle is, which usually ends badly for him and his teammates.

Glyph

Talent: Instant Understanding

Tap-Out's sister with the ability to understand anything, she came to Autobot Academy to keep her brother out of trouble.

Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible sibling to Tap-Out's foolish. The only reason Glyph even enrolled at Autobot Academy was to keep an eye on Tap-Out.
Super-Intelligence: Glyph can instantly understand how anything works just by looking at it.

X-Brawn

Talent: Hyper-Durability

Played by: Stonecrusher, GogoDG

The oldest of the Autobot Brothers, he can take a lot of damage due to his armor strength. Which comes in handy when he inevitably rushes into a fight.

Freudian Trio: Among the Autobot Brothers, X-Brawn is the Ego. He may be impulsive, but he's also intelligent and thoughtful.
Genius Bruiser: X-Brawn's a strong bot, and while he may be impulsive, he does have an A grade average.
Leeroy Jenkins: X-Brawn tends to rush into fights without a second thought, even if it means hitting someone on his side.
Super-Toughness: X-Brawn's Hyper-Durability means he can take a lot of hits.

Mach Alert

Talent: Justice's Sharp Eyes

Played by: Stonecrusher

The middle child of the Autobot Brothers, he has the power of greatly enhanced vision.

Freudian Trio: Among the Autobot Brothers, Mach Alert is the Superego. He's the most responsible of his siblings and always thinks through his actions.
Hyper-Awareness: Mach Alert's Justice's Sharp Eyes talent, which lets him see even the most seemingly inconsequential details, which he can then take advantage of.

Side Burn

Talent: Hyperspeed

Played by: Stonecrusher

The youngest of the Autobot Brothers, he can run at high speeds. He's also attracted to anyone with a red vehicle mode.

Freudian Trio: Among the Autobot Brothers, Side Burn is the Id. He's hotheaded and is easily distracted by a cute red bot.
Has a Type: Well, red armor, but Side Burn will hit on on anyone with a primarily red color scheme, regardless of gender.
Super-Speed: Side Burn's talent, which allows him to run incredibly fast.

Beta Maxx

Talent: Chronokinesis

A new student with Chronokinesis who comes to the Autobot Academy in the second semester. However, he's also part of a resistance in the future, having agreed to travel back in time to try and change history for the better.

Grandfather Paradox: Unfortunately for Beta Maxx, he isn't able to enjoy the results of changing the past, as he was born in the Dark Future, and preventing it erases his existence.
Heroic Sacrifice: Knowing that he's doomed no matter what, Beta Maxx gives the friends he made in the past a chance to finish his mission by absorbing the energy of a Chronowarp Cell directly into his spark, causing a Phlebotinum Overload so powerful it vaporizes King Atlas, turns back the programming of every Omega SPREEM, and causes a Crack in the Sky in the past, but it vaporizes himself in the process.
Kid from the Future: The son of Tap-Out and Stiletto from the Dark Future.
Like a Duck Takes to Water: Beta Maxx has no problem blending in when he goes back in time and becomes a student at Autobot Academy.
Luke, You Are My Father: Before sacrificing himself, Beta Maxx reveals to Tap-Out that he's his future son.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The disruption of time from Beta Maxx's sacrifice causes allows Overlord to return in the present.
Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Beta Maxx's mission is to change the timeline so that the Bad Future he lives in never happens. He doesn't manage to do it himself, but his efforts do lead to a better future.
Sixth Ranger: Doesn't join Class 4-A until the second semester.
Terminator Twosome: Starts out this way with King Atlas, being the one who wants to change the past for the better while King Atlas intends to ensure the Neo-Maximals come to power. Then the Neo-Maximals start sending back more enforcers.
Time Master: Beta Maxx has the talent of Chronokinesis. He can make it so Time Stands Still to rescue his allies, or freeze select people or objects to either make them easier to hit or impossible to break through.

Class 4-B:

Artillery

Talent: Aura of Dominance

Played by: Stonecrusher

Artillery isn't the hero type. She's gathered an army of students from twenty-five schools to form a resistance in an effort to stand against the hero system she views as outdated, and only wound up at Autobot Academy by accident. As such, she's viewed with suspicion by most, and her resemblance to a certain crime lord doesn't help.

Arm Cannon: Artillery has the cannon from her tank mode mounted on her forearm. It also has a more powerful Full Blast Mode that turns it into a Wave-Motion Gun strong enough to rip the arm of of King Atlas in one shot.
Bad Powers, Good People: The ability to weaken the willpower of others isn't the most heroic of talents, but Artillery truly desires to make the world a better place.
Berserk Button: Don't suggest she's becoming the next Megatron. While normally collected even while fighting, making this comparison will cause Artillery to snap and attempt to deliver a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
Distaff Counterpart: With her overall appearance, mannerisms, and actions, Artillery is clearly a female version of Megatron, with the resemblance even being called out In-Universe. However, this Justified, as Artillery is in fact Megatron's daughter. Evidently, It Runs in the Family.
Early-Bird Cameo: Artillery can be seen sitting on the Xanthium before her introductory issue "Day One".
Early-Installment Weirdness: In early issues, Artillery acted far more villainous, intending to conquer the schools forming her resistance, and despite claiming she was working to prevent the secret Decepticon takeover, her profile implied she was lying about this being her true motivation.
Expy: Of Takeshi Hokuto from Cromartie High School, at least initially. Both had plans to raise an army of students school by school until they made a mistake in the transfer process, and claimed they were trying to stop their father, the chairman of the school board, from enacting a dark plan. In fact, Artillery's holomatter avatar was originally identical to him.
More than Mind Control: Artillery's talent, Aura of Dominance, doesn't let her control the minds of others, but rather weakens their will so they'll be more likely to obey her.
Not So Above It All: Artillery is certainly not a villain. However, when made one for a training exercise, Artillery gets so invested in the role that she even plans to turn on her teammates at the end of the exercise.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Artillery desires to bring about a world where one can be a hero without fancy powers or a badge. Her methods of bringing this vision about, however, involve getting herself transferred to various academies one-by-one to convince the students there to join her cause and form cells after she leaves, and she happily takes opportunities to show up the current hero system.

Sonar

Talent: Sound Manipulation

Played by: Stonecrusher

One of Artillery's two friends and top subordinates in her resistance, Sonar is the nicest and most social of the three.

Becoming the Mask: Sonar was tasked with monitoring Artillery by acting as her friend. However, after spending so much time with her and their classmates at Autobot Academy, Sonar realizes that they have been on the wrong side and betrays their masters to help their friends.
Early-Bird Cameo: Sonar can be seen sitting on the Xanthium before their introductory issue "Day One".
Expy: Sonar was designed to resemble a female version of Soundwave created by TFW2005 user Porkulus.
In Name Only: The name Sonar has been used by official Transformers characters, none of whom share anything of note with this Sonar.
Make Some Noise: Sonar's talent allows them to control sound, primarily to fire sonic blasts from their back.
Modified Clone: Sonar was created using a spare Body Backup Drive of Soundwave. However, the two look very different, with the most notable aspect being that Sonar turns into a van while Soundwave becomes a jet.
The Mole: Sonar was created to spy on Artillery for Megatron and monitor her activities, though they also provided other important pieces of information to the Decepticons.
Opposite-Sex Clone: Sonar is biologically female, as evidenced by their noticeable eyelashes, while their template Soundwave is male.
Queer Establishing Moment: Sonar was initially shown to be female. Them being genderfluid was revealed when Artillery ran into Pronoun Trouble.
Artillery: You will follow her every order, understood?
Sonar: Thanks Arty! But, uh, it should be "his orders"...
Artillery: Huh? What do you mean.
Sonar: Oh, uh, I'm genderfluid, remember?

Tremor

Talent: Blast Processing

Played by: Stonecrusher

Artillery's other best friend and top subordinates in her resistance, Tremor is cold but fiercely loyal to her leader.

Canon Foreigner: Everything about Tremor was created for the series, unlike her two companions.
Distaff Counterpart: Tremor is a female version of Shockwave in design and personality.
Energy Absorption: Tremor's talent, Blast Processing, allows her to absorb lasers she's shot with and fire them back out.
Eye Patch Of Power: Tremor's right optic is covered by a patch, for reasons unknown.
Ignored Enamored Underling: Tremor has a crush on Artillery. However, she doesn't talk about it, and her friend hasn't seemed to have picked up on her feelings.

"GorillaBot"

Talent: Super-Strength

Played by: Stonecrusher

"GorillaBot" is a seemingly normal, if unusually smart, animal that was found in the Forest of Trials and somehow managed to get enrolled into Autobot Academy as a student.

{[Expy}}: Of Gorilla from Cromartie High School, being a literal animal by all indications attending a school.
Gentle Gorilla: "GorillaBot" is harmless around the other students, and was allowed to stay at the school since he has yet to hurt anyone. Besides the Decepticons, of course.
Intellectual Animal: While "GorillaBot" only has a D grade average, the fact that he can even do his schoolwork means he is far more intelligent than most animals in this universe.
Out of Focus: Despite being technically considered a part of the main cast, "GorillaBot" didn't appear for almost the entirety of Season 2, only showing up in the finale issue of the season.
Super-Strength: Due to being a gorilla, "GorillaBot" is incredibly strong.
The Unintelligible: While "GorillaBot" is rather quiet, the noises he has made show that he can't speak.

Aranea

Talent: Telepathy

Played by: Vaterian

Another student of the academy, Aranea Serket has a very troubled past, and not so loving parents. She isn't very social, and her mind-reading capabilities definitely don't help her in the "social" category.

Canon Foreigner: Aranea isn't from official Transformers media.
Expy: Aranea Serket is heavily based on Homestuck character... Aranea Serket.
I Know You're Watching Me: Her mind reading abilities allow her to know if someone's looking at her.
Lonely Rich Kid: Aranea grew up taken care of by maids and attendants in her family's mansion, leaving her with few chances to make friends.
Mind Rape: She can project thoughts loud enough to hurt people, intentionally with Ramjet and accidentally with Longshot.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: She has four arms in robot mode.
Projectile Webbing: Thanks to her spider mode, she can shoot webs.
Telepathy: Her talent. She can read minds, as well as project her own thoughts.
White Sheep: What has been seen of the Serket family isn't flattering, with most having little issue with killing or at least maiming those who insult them. Aranea, however, doesn't want to turn out like this , and hopes going to Autobot Academy will help her become a good person.

Tailgate

Talent: Cryokinesis

Played by: Artork312

A shy, and nervous cadet at the academy with the power to freeze things with just a touch.

An Ice Person: Her Cryokinesis lets her generate ice.
Berserk Button: Trying to control her schedule. She's not happy when Misfire insists she leave the alien culture lecture early to make it in time to their next Tournament of Heroes match, but when he physically drags her away, she outright threatens to kill him.
The Cutie: Tailgate is a sweet and kind student, who has positive interactions with just about everyone she meets.
Expy: Tailgate's design and powers are based on Ice Man from Mega Man.
Gender Flip: All canon Tailgates have been male, while this one is female.
In Name Only: This Tailgate doesn't have that much in common with official uses of the name.
Mundane Utility: Tailgate uses her ice powers to generate ammo for a snowball fight.
Named After Somebody Famous: Tailgate's parents named her after Tail Gate, the janitor of the Proudstar she's descended from.
The Nicknamer: Tailgate tends to give people she's just met nicknames, though she tends to drop them after a while. Her nicknames generally use Japanese honorifics.
Official Couple: Tailgate is currently going out with Hosehead.
Power Incontinence: Tailgate had this problem initially, with her lowering the temperature around her accidentally and freezing things that she touched without meaning to. Luckily, this proved to no longer be a problem as time went on.
There's No Place Like Home: She really wants to go back home at times.

Nautica

Talent: Instant Blueprinting

Played by: agentSAP2006

Nautica is an inventive freshman who is training to be a support hero rather than fight on the front lines. She is also rather shy and prefers to spend her time at the Autobot Academy's workshops.

Adaptational Curves: In canon, Nautica is about as slim as the average bot. Here, she's been described as chubby.
Adaptational Gender Identity: This Nautica is transgender, while her canon counterpart is cisgender.
Artificial Limbs: Nautica always had her secondary arms, but the ones she currently has are replacements for the ones Submarauder ripped off.
Asleep in Class: Nautica has been known to be found asleep at her work bench after working on new gadgets late at night.
Awesomeness by Analysis: Nautica's talent, Instant Blueprinting, lets her instantly visualize uses for any mechanical part she looks at.
Cerebus Retcon: Nautica's long work hours and avoidance of social interaction were originally presented as just part of her personality. "Unknown Machinations" reveals that this because her father Submarauder is forcing hee to build him weapons, and she doesn't want anyone getting hurt because of her.
Do Not Call Me "Paul": Nautica does not like being referred to by her birth name, Sottomarina. While it's partly due to wanting to keep her cover, it's also implied that Sottamarina is a deadname. Notably, the only person to actually call her Sottomarina is her incredibly abusive father.
Gadgeteer Genius: Nautica is quite skilled at making incredible devices, including magnetic gauntlets, various cloaking devices, and Powered Armor.
The Mole: Nautica was sent to Autobot Academy by her father, Submarauder, so she could get access to more advanced parts for the weapons he forces her to build.
Multi-Armed Multitasking: Nautica has a secondary set of arms to help with her building that are also usable in her submersable mode.
Shrinking Violet: Nautica is incredibly shy, avoiding social interaction to focus on building gadgets and has to be dragged against her will to even go out and talk to people. Of course, her father also plays a large role in this.
Wrench Wench: Nautica spends most of her time in the workshop, building and improving gadgets.

Mach Dart

Talent: Infiltration

Played by: TF Rocks

A shy bot with a dark past. Mach Dart has the power of infiltration, and is useful in espionage.

The Artifact: Why Mach Dart's talent is so limited. Mach Dart is a Seeker, which in most Transformers universes is a body-type used exclusively by the Decepticons. Therefore, he already had a perfect disguise naturally, and switching faction symbols just sold the look. Problem is, in the Autobot Academy universe, Seeker body-types aren't limited to the Decepticons, and Mach Dart's specific one is used by an entire team of Autobots. This makes his design useless as a disguise, and makes his talent almost completely ineffective.
Canon Foreigner: Mach Dart didn't appear in any story, official or otherwise, before this one, though his concept predated the series.
Combat Pragmatist: Won't hesitate to attack an opponent while their back is turned. This gets him in trouble when he pulls this on his teacher after a time out was called during training.
Devious Daggers: Mach Dart fights with a pair of knives, and his powers are all about being stealthy.
Fights Like a Normal: Given how limited his powers are, Mach Dart has learned how to fight with knives to compensate.
Fusion Dance: Mach Dart is the combined form of two brothers that needed to be permanently merged for medical reasons.
Paper-Thin Disguise: His Decepticon disguise consists solely of their insignia replacing his Autobot ones. That's it.
The Sneaky Guy: Can use his abilities to perform sabotage, sneak-attack, or spy on enemies.
What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: From what's been observed, Mach Dart's Infiltration talent consists only of changing his faction symbol. While theoretically useful in espionage, the one time he uses it reveals a pretty obvious problem: his opponents know he's not on their side and attack him immediately.
Would Hit a Girl: Mach Dart has no problem fighting Nova Storm.

Fuego

Talent: Pyrokinesis

Played by: Ømnidrive

A detatched pyronetic who is not to good with socializing with people.

Burning with Anger: The strength of Fuego's fire power is tied to how angry he is. Considering he was made to be a berserker, it's probably for the best that we haven't seen him at full power.
Canon Foreigner: Fuego is completely original to the series.
Out of Focus: Could be due to other events, but Fuego and Buster rarely ever show up.
Playing with Fire: His Pyrokinesis lets him do this.
Wreathed in Flames: He primarily uses his talent to ignite his own limbs.

Buster

Talent: Armor Augmentation

Played by: Ømnidrive

Buster is a friendly bot, and a student at the academy. He can coat himself in armor, and make himself a cybertronian wall.

Chrome Champion: His talent. He can coat himself in a layer of armor durable enough to crack Rollout's armor when he gets punched by him.
Dumb Muscle: By his own admission he's tough, but not very bright.
In Name Only: Buster's name has been used by multiple characters in official Transformers media... though the others were all humans, dogs, and a Transformer that once was a human, so it's less noticeable than other instances.
Out of Focus: Could be due to other events that the Player has to deal with, but Fuego and Buster rarely ever show up.

Class 4-C

"Mini"

Talent: Unknown

Played by: Stonecrusher

"Mini" is a mystery. Noticably older than the other freshmen, he was found in the Forest of Trials by the students, but no one seems to know who he is. "Mini" isn't talking, but there seems to be more to him than meets the eye.

Ambiguously Trained: Despite being a freshman student, "Mini" is proficient enough with Magnus Armor that he can hold his own against a fully trained Magnus for a short time.
Canon Character All Along: "Mini" doesn't exist in offical Transformers media. Delta Magnus, on the other hand...
Emergency Impersonation: "Mini" steps in to pose as Ultra Magnus during an autograph signing session when the real Ultra Magnus, Minimus Ambus, needs to step away.
{[Expy}}: Based on "Freddie" from Cromartie High School, as both are mysterious, mute students that resemble Freddie Mercury.
Freddie Mercopy: "Mini" was designed to resemble Freddie Mercury, and the resemblance has even been commented on by conspiracy theories on issue covers.
Known Only by Their Nickname: Is only referred to as "Mini", due to no one knowing his real name and him refusing to provide one.
The Spook: Nothing about "Mini" is known. How old he is, whether or not he signed up for the current freshman year, where he came from, and where he goes for the summer all have multiple competing theories.
The Speechless: Part of why "Mini" is so mysterious is that he doesn't talk. Whether he even can is unclear.
Troll: "Mini" has been known to indulge in messing with his classmates. After Sunstreaker and Sideswipe make fools of themselves trying to get him to write down his real name, "Mini" gives them a note telling them to get a life with his real name signed at the bottom... in a way that's completely unreadable.

Longshot

Talent: Perfect Aim

Played by: Dropkick

One of the students at the academy, Longshot is witty, sarcastic, and never misses his shots. Currently very chummy with Saber.

Accidental Misnaming: Sometimes is called "Dropshot" by some, and humorously called "Shortshot" by Rook.
Affluent Ascetic: Longshot's family owns Lancer Corp and is rich enough to buy his enrollment at Autobot Academy. Longshot has access to those funds to provide a sizeable tip for his waiter, he doesn't seem to spend that much, and even took up a weekend job to earn extra cash.
Amplifier Artifact: Longshot can increase the power level of Psychic Powers to the point where an Exposition Beam feels like Mind Rape. Unfortunately for him, this only affects powers being used on him, and he has no control over it.
Bash Brothers: Longshot and Saber will always try to fight together, and even team up for the partner bracket in the Tournament of Heroes.
Berserk Button: Suggesting that he suffers from Experience Entitlement. Longshot tends to snark or mouth off about people he doesn't like, but when MixMatch suggests he's acting entitled because he doesn't like Star Convoy helping Hot Shot get into Autobot Academy, he snaps.
Brilliant, but Lazy: Longshot doesn't bother with tasks that he thinks are a waste of time. In the past, this included homework, which his teachers were not happy about. However, the Autobot Academy freshmen grade chart shows that Longshot has an A grade average, meaning he is quite intelligent if he actual applies himself.
Canon Foreigner: Longshot was first made for this series.
Combo Platter Powers: Longshot has both the ability to always hit his shots and involuntarily affect how much Psychic Powers work on him. The two don't have anything to do with each other.
Deadpan Snarker: Is very snarky, and has gotten on the nerves of the teachers.
I Just Want to Be Normal: He seems to be fine with having powers, but Longshot doesn't want to be a hero. He'd much rather live a normal life.
Improbable Aiming Skills: Longshot's Perfect Aim talent means he can line up his shots perfectly, even while blindfolded, though they can still be dodged. And once it developed into Aim Enhancement, he then learned to pull off even better shots.
Power Incontinence: Longshot can't control his ability to change a talent's power level, for better or worse. Luckily, this doesn't apply to his aiming ability.
Psychic Block Defense: When Longshot's ability to alter a talent's power level works in his favor, he is completely immune to attempts at affecting his mind, like with Circuit.
The Resenter: Unlike most others, Longshot hates Star Convoy due to incorrectly believing that he's little more than a Smug Super, and this dislike extends to any other hero he also thinks is like this. That being said, he doesn't hate all heroes: upon meeting Humble Hero Ultra Magnus, he shows genuine respect when talking to him.
Short Range Guy, Long Range Guy: The long-range guy to Saber's long-range guy. Longshot provides him cover fire while Saber goes in with his sword.
Shoulder Cannon: Longshot has a gun attached to his shoulder at all times.
The So-Called Coward: Longshot's had to deal with people with people trying to force him to fight when he has no desire to do so. But when he actually wants to fight, Longshot's proven that he's quite an effective fighter.
Walking Armory: As Longshot's power is about aiming, he's made sure to get plenty of gear to utilize it. He has an assault rifle, a shoulder-cannon with a grapple gun attached to it, and a spare pistol. He later trades a spare assault rifle he has in for a sniper rifle.

Hosehead

Talent: HydroBlast

Played by: Devaron9

Hosehead is the all-loving, friendly student at the Autobot academy. He tries to be friendly with everyone, and loves to have friends at his back, although he's a little more cautious about rules.

Alliterative Name: Hosehead
Making a Splash: His Hydroblast talent allows him to spray water from his hands. He later learns how to control said water in other ways.
Nice Guy: Hosehead is one of the friendliest students at Autobot Academy, easily making friends and getting along with others.
Official Couple: Hosehead is dating his classmate Tailgate.
To Be Lawful or Good: Hosehead struggles with getting into misadventures in order to help people if it results in the rules getting broken. However, being good usually wins out.

Bomb-Burst

Talent: Organic Shell Creation/Detonation

Played by: Devaron9

A somewhat twisted student at the academy, can create shells of an organic bat-monster thingy.

Adaptational Heroism: In canon, Bomb-Burst's a Decepticon. Here, he's training to be an Autobot.
Adaptational Personality Change: In cannon, Bomb-Burst is a creepy, antisocial monster who takes advantage of the fact that Nothing Is Scarier to hunt his prey at night. To go along with his change into a good guy, this Bomb-Burst is simply The Prankster and loves horror movies, and has no problem making friends.
Adaptational Superpower Change: In canon, Bomb-Burst's pretender shell could suck the energy out of those he touched. Here, it can explode.
Alliterative Name: Bomb-Burst.
Animated Armor: He learns to make his pretender shell move independently in the second semester.
Bat People: Bomb-Burst's shell resembles a humanoid bat.
Farm Boy: Bomb-Burst grew up on an Energon farm before he came to the academy.
Having a Blast: He can blow up his pretender shells at will.
Instant Armor: His talent. He can grow an organic bat pretender shell around himself at will.
The Prankster: Loves to pull pranks, and loves using that Organic shell of his to mess with people.
Shout-Out: Bomb-Burst's profile references the Hi Im Daisy take on Persona 3.
Unabashed B-Movie Fan: Bomb-Burst loves horror movies in general, but these kinds of movies are what most of his favorites are. So much that he even tries making one of his own.

Misfire

Talent: Energy Manipulation (Unstable)

Played by: GogoDG

A student at the Academy with a talent that never goes his way. Misfire was the indirect cause of his mother's death, which broke him.

Adaptational Heroism: In canon, Misfire's a Decepticon. Here, he's training to be an Autobot.
Dark and Troubled Past: He really got hit hard in the parents department. He accidentally killed his mom, and who knows where his dad is, leaving poor Misfire living alone in the alleyways.
Hand Blast: His talent allows him to fire laser beams.
Heartbroken Badass: His mother's death really hit him hard. Alongside that, he blames himself for anything if it seems like it killed someone.
Heroic Bastasrd: Misfire is the son of Needlenose and Lunaclub, who were never in a serious enough relationship for marrage to be on the table, and is absolutely a good person.
Ironic Nickname: Misfire is referred to as "Straight-Aim" by Beta Levo, despite being a horrible shot.
The Load: He feels like he is this to the others because he feels he is not that useful.
Meaningful Rename: Misfire's just a nickname he started going by after he accidentally killed his mother with his powers. His real name is Missilefire.
Power Incontinence: He has the power to manipulate energy, and shoot large orbs of plasma, but he cannot control where it goes, or where it comes from.
Trauma Button: Because of his Traumatic Superpower Awakening, Misfire will break down crying if he accidentally destroys something with his powers.
Traumatic Super Power Awakening: He accidentally killed his mother Lunaclub shortly after getting his power.

Circuit

Talent: Verbal Persuasion

Played by: G2 Superion is Fabulous

A not so honest bot, with the power of persuasion, Circuit lives in the moral grey zone. He loves to swindle people, but his greed gets the better of him at times.

Against My Religion: Circuit cites this as the reason he won't do Transform-Ups in Rook's class. For once, he isn't lying, but it's less that his religion forbids it as making it so he literally can't perform them.
Berserk Button: Don't suggest he's lying about being a Monoformer, and definitely don't suggest he'd treat he'd manipulate romantic partners. Doing either will lead to him becoming uncharacteristically angry and throwing insults at his accusers, and the latter will lead to him Suddenly Shouting.
Butt-Monkey: Circuit tends to get injured a lot, but most of the time it's for comedic effect.
Charm Person: His talent. He can convince people to do what he wants, provided they trust him. Given his personality, that means this basically never works.
Con Man: Circuit isn't a particularly honest bot, and acts friendly to people to try and trick them out of their money.
Dirty Coward: Whenever he's in a pickle, he's prone to try and convince his enemy to not fight, blackmail, or just plain runaway from fights.
Fictional Disability: Circuit can't transform anymore due to removing his Transformation Cog as part of his Monoformer beliefs.
The Friend Nobody Likes: While very few actively hate him like Longshot does, most of Circuit's classmates don't want to hang out with him outside of class. Misfire seems to get along with him, but that's mostly due to them being assigned as roommates.
Lovable Rogue: While not trusted, most of the other students view Circuit as a nice person who happens to be rather shifty. Plus, he's at least better than Steeljaw.
The Mole: Circuit is part of a gang that had him infiltrate Autobot Academy, though what his goal is isn't clear.
The Mourning After: Streetblaze may have died two years ago, but Circuit is still grieving, and even cries himself to sleep looking at a picture of his former husband.
Non-Action Guy: He prefers to stay out of fights. Considering how well his fight with Ramjet during training went, this is probably for the best.
Screams Like a Little Girl: The scream he lets out when falling from the Xantium is described as being girlish.
Sequel Nonentity: He doesn't show up in The Festival of Stars. Odd, as his player did return and used all of her other previous minor characters.
Token Religious Teammate: Circuit is the only one in his class to be shown as practicing a religion.
Vague Age: The fact that Circuit was previously married to an Autobot Academy graduate means he's older than most of the other students, but how much older isn't really clear.
What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: When your powers require people to trust you, acting generally untrustworthy isn't a good idea. Unfortunately for Circuit, very few trust him thanks to his slimy behavior.

Saber

Talent: Instant Swordsmanship

Played by: TF Rocks

Saber is a bit of an egotistical mech, but he has a good heart. Currently very chummy with Longshot.

Bash Brothers: Saber and Longshot will always try to fight together, and even team up for the partner bracket in the Tournament of Heroes.
Demoted to Extra: Saber started out with a fairly prominent role in the Role Play, and regularly showed up in crowd shots with other Role Play characters in the comic during the first season. However, as the story went on, Saber became a Satellite Character for Longshot before vanishing entirely, and has only been mentioned once in the comic after Season One.
Heroes Prefer Swords: He wields a giant sword in battle.
In the Blood: Saber's talent with a sword and general appearance is shared with his ancestor, Sky Saber. And while he has no design seen yet, Saber's father also took up the sword.
Master Swordsman: His talent. He naturally knows how to wield any sword, regardless of what kind, even a BFS. It also works with multiple swords at once, as he later decides to start Dual Wielding.
Miles Gloriosus: Downplayed. Saber is genuinely skilled at swordfighting, and has a chance at becoming the very best swordsman like he brags about. However, if put in a situation where he is guaranteed to fail, he will instantly panic.
Motivated by Fear: Saber works hard not to fail at whatever he does because he's afraid of failure.
The Perfectionist: Saber will not accept any failure on his part, and freezes up when there is absolutely no room for error.
Short Range Guy, Long Range Guy: The short-range guy to Longshot's long-range guy. Saber uses a sword while Longshot provides him cover fire.
Superior Successor: Saber is far better than his father ever was at using a sword, thanks to his talent.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: Saber's fear of failure is partly a result of his father teaching him that failure isn't an option. A lot of his effort is an attempt to please his father.

Ironfist

Talent: Hard Light Construction

Played by: Olymprix, CyberRavager

A student at the academy, Ironfist has the talent of Hard-Light Construction, and is a fanboy of the Wreckers. He loves everything to deal with awe-inspiring bots who have done many heroics in their past. Secretly writes things under the name "Fisitron".

Fanboy: Ironfist is a big fan of the Wreckers, and writes widely-read datalogs about them. He's also been a fan of many other famous people or groups in the past.
Imagination-Based Superpower: Ironfist's talent lets him build things out of Hard Light.
Non-Action Guy: Ironfist is not a good fighter, and going through the Forest of Trials shows he's in poor shape. The reason he was accepted at Autobot Academy was for his engineering skills, which would help make him a good support hero.
Pen Name: Ironfist wrote all his datalogs under the name "Fisitron".
Significant Anagram: His "Fisitron" pen name uses the exact same letters as his real one. This lets Misfire quickly figure out their connection just by saying them both out loud.

Wheeljack

Talent: Mechanical Intuition

Played by: Mgerth

A student at the academy, Not much can be said about Wheeljack except that he understands how to make things go BOOM.

Achievements in Ignorance: Wheeljack's Dungeon Bypass below was due to him not paying attention when the Forest of Trials test was announced. He just assumed that getting dropped from the shuttle was a mistake.
Adaptational Superpower Change: Most canon versions of Wheeljack transform into cars. This one becomes a helicopter.
Dungeon Bypass: Wheeljack gets through the Forest of Trials by flying back up to the Xantium after he was dropped and holding on for dear life until the shuttle lands at the academy to drop off the upperclassmen.
The Engineer: Wheeljack is training to be a support hero who uses his skill with technology to work behind the scenes, rather than fight bad guys directly.
Gadgeteer Genius: Wheeljack's talent, Mechanical Intuition, lets him know exactly how any technology he looks at works. He can then use this knowledge to fix it or, more frequently, make it explode.
No Social Skills: Wheeljack has problems with talking to people, as he just says whatever's on his mind without considering the reaction of whoever he's talking to. He casually tells Tracks that his hand could be rebuilt into a juicer and doesn't recognize that it creeps him out.
Non-Indicative Name: Wheeljack doesn't have a single wheel on him.
Out of Focus: Wheeljack made only sporadic appearances in the Roleplay due to his player not responding regularly.
Walking Techbane: Using his talent to learn how to destroy the technology he looks at is the most common way Wheeljack utilizes it.

Apathet

Talent: Negation

Played by: Mgerth

A quiet student at Autobot Academy, Apathet can cancel out the talents and emotions of others. However, she is incapable of feeling her own emotions because of this.

Blessed with Suck: Apathet has the ability to negate the talents of others, as well as their emotions. This would be great if not for the fact that when not using this ability, Apathet's own emotions are cancelled out. That means if she actually uses this power, she's left experiencing feelings she has no idea how to handle, limiting how often her talent can be used.
Canon Foreigner: Apathet has no canon counterpart.
Emotion Suppression: Apathet's powers let her cancel out the emotions of others.
Emotionless Girl: Apathet's powers result in her not being able to feel any emotions. Unless her talent is active, which causes a different problem.
Meaningful Name: Apathet's name is shortened from "apatheic", meaning to not feel anything.
Midnight Snack: When woken up in the middle of the night by the Rainmakers' attack, Apathet takes the opportunity to eat some food.
Power Nullifier: Apathet's talent, Negation, lets her stop the talents of others from working.
The Quiet One: Apathet has yet to utter a single word, even with her Roleplay appearances.
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: While using her talent, Apathet can feel emotions, but her lack of experience with her feelings means she doesn't know how to handle them.

Class 4-D

Arcee

Talent: Acid Production

Played by: Stonecrusher, Dropkick

A former delinquent sent to Autobot Academy as a way to reform her, Arcee is an upbeat, social student with the power to generate various types of acid.

Acid Attack: Arcee's talent lets her generate a wide variety of acids.
Action Girl: Arcee is a very capable fighter, and even managed to win the Tournament of Heroes.
Cheery Pink: Arcee is mostly pink, and is one of the more upbeat members of the cast.
Delinquent: Arcee used to do minor crimes in her hometown of Kaon, and got arrested for drag racing. However, she changed her ways after coming to the Autobot Academy.
Expy: Her talent is based on Mina Ashido from My Hero Academia.
Swiss-Army Superpower: Arcee may only be able to shoot acid, but she can give it a wide variety of effects, including corrosive, explosive, sticky, and hallucinogenic. Originally she was only able to generate corrosive acid, but someone else helped her develop her talent she she could mix it up.

Bumblebee

Talent: Electroshock

Played by: Devaron9

One of the few students in his classroom who isn't a delinquent. He is one of the more studious of his class.

Beware the Nice Ones: Bee may be a nice guy, but make him mad, and he can be downright spiteful.
Shock and Awe: He can generate electricity to shoot at people.
Nice Guy: Bumblebee is one of the friendlier students at the Autobot Academy.

Steeljaw

Talent: Instant Cloning

Played by: Stonecrusher

Steeljaw, real name Silvertongue, student at the academy who isn't there legitimately, and is a bit of a slimy snake but he does care.

Becoming the Mask: Steeljaw only came to Autobot Academy as a way to start a new life, and didn't have much heroic traits. However, spending a year at a school for heroes rubbed off on him, and he slowly became a better person.
Card-Carrying Jerkass: Takes no issue with Bumblebee calling him a jerk. And by his own admission, that insult's an understatement.
Self-Duplication: He can clone himself, which he uses to sneak off and gang up on people.
Stealth Pun: Steeljaw is a Caninocon who snuck into Autobot Academy with a stolen identity. In other words, he's a wolf in the fold.

Moonracer

Talent: Instant Teleportation

Played by: Devaron9

A hot tempered student with the ability to teleport, Moonracer has issues with making friends due to her violent outbursts.

Blood Knight: Moonracer tends to prefer fighting over running, and if snuck up on her first instinct is to punch.
I Just Want to Have Friends: Moonracer had problems going into Autobot Academy with getting others to spend time with her due to her short temper, leaving her feeling lonely. Luckily, she got better at managing it, and now has a healthy social circle.
Informed Attribute: Moonracer's profile describes her as one of the most bloodthirsty students at the academy. While certainly aggressive, she's never been seen to be that short tempered, with her friend Nightracer being far more outwardly aggressive.
Teleportation: Moonracer has the ability to teleport herself and others by generating portals around whatever she needs to move.

Nightracer

Talent: Stealth Running

Played by: Stonecrusher

An incredibly aggressive student, Nightracer is rumored to have connections to a Decepticon assassin, and enjoys learning about conspiracy theories.

Blood Knight: Nightracer is always up for a fight, and generally aggressive overall.
Conspiracy Theorist: Nightracer reads a lot of conspiracy forums, often regarding the Decepticons. They range from completely true to utter nonsense.
The Cracker: Nightracer is quite good with finding the browser history on computers and is even called in by Hot Shot to deactivate a Power Nullifier for him.
Crazy-Prepared: Nightracer has blackmail material on a large amount of heroes. This comes in handy in preventing the Dark Future, as using it all at once lets her mobilize an entire army
Devious Daggers: Nightracer uses knives in combat, and has a talent that makes her extra sneaky.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Nightracer will use anything as an excuse to start a fight, including taking attendance in class.
Hidden Depths: Beneath her aggressive exterior, Nightracer is quite skilled with technology and incredibly knowledgeable on conspiracies.
Not in This for Your Revolution: Nightracer became part of Artillery's Resistance to find out what else she knew about the Decepticons. She isn't too concerned with trying to change the system for the better.
Perception Filter: Nightracer's talent, Stealth Running, lets her go unnoticed as long as she's moving.
Tomato in the Mirror: Nightracer was concerned that she may actually be the Decepticon assassin Night Racer suffering from amnesia. She eventually learns this is not the case. She's a clone.

Sideswipe and Sunstreaker

Sideswipe

Sunstreaker

Talent: Two-Way Mental Connection (Both)

Played by: Stonecrusher (Both)

The twin sons of League of Heroes member Silverstreak, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were friends with Arcee, but got into trouble with her, leading to them having no choice but to go to Autobot Academy. The pair have a mental conection, and can sense each other's presence.

Amazon Chaser: Sideswipe likes big femmebots.
Bash Brothers: Thanks to their connection, whenever Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are together, they will fight as a team.
Blade Below the Shoulder: Sideswipe has a pair of arm blades.
The Casanova: Sunstreaker has no problem getting girls, and even goes out with multiple at the same time.
Chivalrous Pervert: Sunstreaker may enjoy the company of the ladies, but he cares about their personalities, and wouldn't even flirt with one who was a complete jerk. And while he may be going out with multiple girls at the same time, he's not a cheater; they all know it, and seem to be fine with it.
Coattail-Riding Relative: Sunstreaker is perfectly content to let the reputation of his father Silverstreak bring him success. Sideswipe, not so much.
The Dandy: Sunstreaker is quite concerned about his looks, and tends to get upset if he gets his paint messed up.
Delinquent: Sideswipe and Sunstreaker got into trouble with Arcee as part of the Three Kaon Chaos Crew. However, once at Autobot Academy they cleaned up their act.
The Fighting Narcissist: Sunstreaker may be obsessed with looking good, but make no mistake; if a situation calls for a fight, he will fight.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Neither one of the twins are models of responsibility. However, Sideswipe is at least concerned about starting his own path, while Sunstreaker is content to coast along without a care.
The Prankster: Sideswipe enjoys pulling pranks on others.
Twin Telepathy: Both of the twins have a psychic connection, allowing them to sense each other's presence.
Twin Theme Naming: Both twins have an Alliterative Name begining with "S".

Armorhide

Talent: Iron Skin

A tough but kinda dumb student who wants to better himself, but has found it difficult due to his poor luck.

Super-Toughness: Armorhide can tank most physical hits, and his armor is hard enough to hurt the one who hit him.
Unlucky Everydude: Armorhide is fairly average in terms of Autobot Academy students. However, he has horrible luck when it comes to succeeding at the tasks he sets out to do.

Thunderhoof

Talent: Super-Strength

The heir to the Kospego Corporation, Thunderhoof was sent to Autobot Academy to help boost the company's image, despite him not being model hero material.

Dumb Muscle: Thunderhoof is certainly strong, but he's not particularly bright. Steeljaw finds him easy to manipulate.
Horned Humanoid: Thunderhoof has a pair of antlers on his head.
Super-Strength: Thunderhoof's talent. He's quite strong, being able to effortlessly lift the heavy Armorhide over his head.
Upper-Class Twit: Thunderhoof always grew up with money, and he tends to try solving problems by throwing some of his cash at it. He's also rather dim, and fairly self centered.

Class 4-E

Aileron

Talent: Hyperspeed

A student in Class 4-E and the girlfriend of Arcee who has to deal with her partner's antics.

Super-Speed: Aileron's talent, which allows her to run and fly incredibly fast.

Cog

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Talent: Consciousness Division/Ally Augmentation

Played by: Devaron9

A lesser known student of the Autobot Academy, Cog prefers to work in support classes to help out his friends on their projects. His talent lets him separate parts of his body to form weapons for others to use.

Detachment Combat: Cog's Consciousness Division lets him split his mind across multiple body parts.
Equippable Ally: Cog can reconfigure his parts into various weapons others can use.
Insistent Terminology: Cog's abilities are not powerlinking. And he'll correct anyone who claims otherwise.

Gridlock and Hightail (Spoilers)

Gridlock

Hightail

Talents: Unknown (Both)

Played by: Dropkick (Both)

Gridlock and Hightail are twins that were found locked in cryo pods kept in a secret lab underneath the Autobot Academy. They woke up with no memory of their lives beforehand or what their powers were, and the pair were enrolled at the school so they could be looked after.

In the second semester, the true nature of the twins was revealed: they are two halves of Ravager, a being experimented on to harness the power of the Ore of Elements, and can reform him at will.

All Your Powers Combined: As they got their abilities from him, Ravager has all of Gridlock and Hightail's powers, in addition to some others.
Alternate Identity Amnesia: Gridlock can not remember anything from when he is part of Ravager. Hightail doesn't have this problem.
Battle Aura: Ravager glows when he prepares to fight Armorhide and Lunajet.
Canon Foreigner: Gridlock was created before the first official Gridlock in Transformers (2019). Ravager has also remained exclusive to this series.
Elemental Powers: Gridlock and Hightail both have these. However, they are merely a fraction of the power Ravager possess, due to having the Ore of Elements implanted in him. Their powers include:
- An Ice Person: The only power Gridlock has demonstrated is the ability to control ice and snow.
- Playing with Fire: Hightail has set her limbs on fire when she fights. Ravager can shoot blasts of fire.
- Sand Blaster: Ravager can control sand, using it to create a platform to use for higher ground.
- Shock and Awe: Hightail has accidentally released electric sparks after touching her brother. Ravager also possessed this ability even before getting experimented on, and was what attracted the attention of the Envoys of Arch Convoy.
- Weather Manipulation: Ravager summons storm clouds above him when he first reforms.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Hightail is the foolish one, while Gridlock is the responsible one. Hightail will rush in and pester anyone with questions, while Gridlock is more reserved and tries to keep her out of trouble.
Fusion Dance: While he is technically their true form, Gridlock and Hightail can combine into Ravager.
How Do I Shot Web?: Gridlock and Hightail don't know what their powers are, and Gridlock is shocked when he transforms for the first time after emerging from stasis.
In Name Only: Hightail does share a name with an official character, and nothing else.
Macguffin Super Person: Gridlock and Hightail each have half of the Ore of Elements inside them, due to it having been placed within Ravager.
Power Floats: Ravager hovers when he starts using his powers.
Power Makes Your Voice Deep: Ravager has a deeper voice than both Gridlock and Hightail Justified, as Ravager is older than Gridlock and Hightail are, so his voice would naturally be deeper than theirs.
Split at Birth: Gridlock and Hightail were created when Ravager had to be split in half due to being too powerful to control.

Roulette

Talent:Fortune Generation

A lucky member of Class 4-E, Roulette spreads good fortune wherever she goes.

Born Lucky: Roulette's Fortune Generation makes her naturally lucky.
Informed Attractiveness: Though this may also be Bomb-Burst's bias, Roulette was cast as "The Hot One" in his horror movie.

Strongarm

Talent:' Super-Strength

A rule abiding student of Class 4-E who now act as security officer aboard Lodestar.

Super-Strength: Strongarm's talent, with her being incredibly strong.

Vocall

Talent: Sound Manipulation (Volume Control)

Played by: Ømnidrive

A meek student in Class 4-E with a love of singing, Vocall came to the academy to better control her abilities.

Canon Foreigner: No canon version of Vocall exists.
Power Incontinence: Vocall accidentally made her voice so loud it knocked back Rollout while thanking him.
Shrinking Violet: Vocall is incredibly shy, not singing in front of others despite her love of doing so. She also stays quiet in the wrong classroom and cry rather than ask Rollout for help finding the right one.
Sonic Scream: Vocall has the power to control the volume of things, which she mainly uses on her own voice.

Wasp (Spoilers)

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Talent: Electroshock, Regeneration (As Waspinator)

A student in Class 4-E with horrible luck, often resulting in him getting hurt in comedic ways. This eventually cumulates in him being captured and experimented on, granting him the ability to become Waspinator.

Butt-Monkey: A lot of humor from him involves Wasp getting hurt in some way or another.
Healing Factor: Waspinator has the additional talent Regeneration, letting him heal from most injuries instantly. However, too much damage turns him back into Wasp.
Superpowered Evil Side: His Waspinator form has an additional Healing Factor, but is also more vengeful.
Shock and Awe: He can generate electricity to shoot at people.

Other Freshmen

Cheetor

Talent: Hyperspeed

Played by: Megano

A fast and reckless student of Class 4-G, Cheetor is eager to be a hero, but has some tension with his family because of his choice of schools.

Animal Motifs: Cheetor has a face and spots resembling those of a cheetah.
Leeroy Jenkins: Cheetor has a tendency to rush into situations without thinking.
Super-Speed: Cheetor can run incredibly fast thanks to his talent.

Maxima

Talent: Strobe Effect

A clone of Lightbright and student of 4-X, Maxima is trying to uncover the mysteries behind the titans and figure herself out along the way.

Clones Are People, Too: Though a clone of Lightbright, Lightbright considers Maxima to be her sister.
Light 'em Up: An offshoot of Lightbright's talent, Maxima's talent allows her to project a flashing rainbow of lights that can stun or even give enemies headaches and migraines.
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Maxima doesn't quite understand the concept of love or how it is different from friendship, to the point she doesn't understand Nyx's attempts to flirt with her, though Arcee is trying to teach her.

Muzzle

Talent: Justice's Sharp Eye

A student of Class 4-F and a keen detective-in-training trying to uncover the mysteries surrounding her.

Amateur Sleuth: Despit still being a student, Muzzle will throw herself into all sorts of mysteries, big or small.
Hardboiled Detective: Muzzle's speech and mannerisms match that of Noir Detectives.
Hyper-Awareness: Muzzle's talent, allowing her to pick out even minor details, helping her with her with her investigations.

Nightbird

Talent: Instant Cloning (Shadow Replication)

Played by: Megano

A silent student in Class 4-X, Nightbird has incredible skill, but wishes for those around her to not underestimate her.

Beware the Quiet Ones: Nightbird doesn't brag like many of her peers. She prefers to let her fighting skills do the talking.
Doppelgänger Spin: Nightbird can generate shadow clones of herself, which go down much quicker than she does. However, they can act independently, even using completely different weapons.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Part of the reason Nightbird is underestimated is because of her small stature. This makes her expertise in fighting a nasty surprise for her enemies

Riptide

Talent: Hydrokinesis

Part of Class 4-I, Riptide is a dumb but lovable girl who can't help but accidentally cause trouble.

Making a Splash: Riptide's talent allows her to control and manipulate water. This has been shown to be incredibly powerful, being able to make colossal avatars.
The Ditz: Though meaning well, Riptide is noted to bee rather dimwitted.

Upperclassmen:

Sideways

Talent: Talent Duplication

Played by: GingaMagnus

Sideways is a sophomore of Autobot Academy whose origins and personal life are a mystery. What is known is that he prefers to keep to himself and is a professional in his assignments, though he tends to take his fights a little too far.

Adaptational Heroism: In canon, he only works with the Autobots as a Double Reverse Quadruple Agent. Here, he's training to be an Autobot.
Anti-Hero: Sideways may not hesitate to resort to violence even while training with classmates, but when innocents are threatened, he'll always be fighting to defend them.
Beat Them at Their Own Game: Does this to Saber and Longshot, seeing as he became the Short Range Guy, Long Range Guy all at once to defeat the two by copying their powers.
Power Copying: His talent. He can absorb two powers at a time and his appearance changes to resemble who he got them from.
Shock and Awe: Because of the way his talent works, Sideways can also absorb electricity from nearby machinery to zap opponents with.
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Sideways will not stop attacking his opponents until he is sure they're down for good, and will not go soft on them, even if the fight is for training or a tournament. Which means his fights have always ended with his opponents rendered unconcious due to their injuries, something that his teachers have called him out on.

Sky High

Talent: Wind Tunnel

Played by: Devaron9

Sky High is a sophomore student who desires to take part in every single club her school has to offer. Always ready to take part in social events and help out the younger students.

Extracurricular Enthusiast: Sky High very much enjoys taking part in after school activities. she hopes that by the time she graduates, she'll have taken them all.
Official Couple: Sky High is currently dating her classmate Eclipse.
Rhyming Names: Sky High.
Tornado Move: Sky High's talent, Wind Tunnel, lets her generate tornados. She primarily uses it to propel herself through the air with one.

Roadblock

Talent: Earth Manipulation

Played by: Dropkick

Roadblock is a serious, but fun-loving bot who can manipulate earth, and loves to have a good, fair race. Hates bad-sportsmanship, and illegal moves.

Dishing Out Dirt: His talent. He levitates rocks to add a challenge to the freshmen's first test and uses chunks of the arena to go after Getaway.
Disproportionate Retribution: Roadblock literally tears apart an arena to capture Getaway... to bring him to detention for breaking the rule of not running through the Forest of Trials after freshman year.
In Name Only: Roadblock doesn't have all that much in common with any of the official Roadblocks.
Rules Lawyer: Roadblock takes following the rules very seriously, and will personally go after rulebreakers to see that they're properly punished.
Spirited Competitor: Roadblock enjoys racing, and treats life the same way as a race. However, he thinks fair play is just as important, if not more so, than winning.

Sureshot

Talent: Perception

Played by: GogoDG

A sophomore student at the academy, Sureshot almost always knows what's going to happen.

Alliterative Names: Sureshot.
Arm Cannon: Sureshot has an EMP generator built onto his arm.
Composite Character: Sureshot's design is based on G2 Sureshot, but in the colors of G1 Sureshot.
Hidden Depths: Sureshot serves as one of the judges for the Mortilus Night costume contest, suggesting he has an interest in fashion.
Martial Pacifist: Sureshot prefers not to use violence to solve problems. But when left with no other option, he breaks part of the school arena as a distraction to stop Roadblock from hurting Getaway, knowing his friend can easily can easily fix the damage.
Shatterpoint Tap: Sureshot's perception let's him know just the right spot to strike a pillar in order to bring the entire thing down.
Spider-Sense: He can sense the outcomes of the actions around him before they even happen.

StitchGlitch

Talent: Fall Apart/Lifefiber Infusion

Played by: megatronski

A creepy sophomore student, StitchGlitch is not popular with his classmates, as they find him creepy. He can detach his limbs and have them move independently.

Easily Detachable Robot Parts: StitchGlitch can remove his own limbs and move them independently.
Horrifying Hero: StitchGlitch looks just like a grim reaper. But despite what most people think of him, he's definitely a good guy.
Loners Are Freaks: Because of his creepy demeanor, no one wants to hang out with StitchGlitch. He doesn't seem to mind though.
Rhyming Names: StitchGlitch
Self-Surgery: On occasion, StitchGlitch has to stitch his limbs back on so they stay in place.
Sinister Scythe: StitchGlitch carries a scythe, helping make him look even scarier.
The Symbiote: StitchGlitch's stitches are Lifefibers, symbiotic organisms that heal him.

Rad

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Talent: Instant Technological Mastery

Played by: GogoDG

A student with the power to understand anything technologically, although he desperately wants to be popular among the other students.

Casanova Wannabe: Rad went into his junior year wanting to become popular with the ladies. Given that he's never been seen dating anyone, it's not hard to guess how well this plan worked out for him.
Child Prodigy: Rad's powers first activated when he was just eight years old.
Insufferable Genius: Rad's smart and he knows it. However, he seems to get along fine with his fellow students. His teachers, on the other hand, not so much, as he's convinced that he's smarter than them and already knows whatever they're trying to teach him, so he doesn't actually need to listen to them.
MacGyvering: Rad's talent, Instant Technological Mastery, lets him make just about anything using the parts he has on hand. He's made:
- A self-aiming sniper rifle with perfect aim, just by modifying an existing sniper rifle with junk in his pockets.
- A fully functional bomb out of some computers.
- A [[Elemental Weapon gun with six different effects based on elements]], using his own visor... and a screw. Though he eventually has to start adding more parts to get more kinds of attacks.

Whisper

Talent: Hard Light/Audio Projection

Played by: Ranger Silver 6

Whisper loves to study weapons and skills that are otherwise "redundant" by her fellow students' standards. Loves to challenge herself and others.

Holographic Disguise: Whisper can use Hard Light to make herself look like anyone.
Spontaneous Weapon Creation: The other use of her hard light, allowing her to replicate and use the weapons she reads about.
Voice Changeling: The other half of her talent. Whisper can perfectly imitate other voices to sell her disguises.

Ramjet

"Jetman"

Talent: Extreme Toughness

Played by: Artork312

Ramjet is a headstrong and pretty much nuts bot, but he has a good heart, and because of it the conehead's always wanting to help others, even to his own detriment. He also acts as the vigilante "Jetman" in secret.

Adaptational Heroism: In canon, Ramjet's a Decepticon thug. Here, he's training to be an Autobot and acts as a vigilante hero.
Batman Parody: "Jetman" is partly based on Batman, including his reliance on fear and gadgets. So much that his version from the Dark Future is inspired by the version from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
Celibate Hero: Ramjet would rather focus on heroics instead of romance. Though this doesn't stop him from Eating the Eye Candy Moonheart inadvertently gives him.
Dumb Is Good: While not dumb, his combat strategy of "Shoot everything, everywhere" definitely counts as this.
Feel No Pain: Ramjet's talent, Extreme Toughness, means he can't feel any pain the injuries he receives. Unfortunately, this doesn't stop him from actually getting hurt most of the time, and based on the injuries he's been shown getting, blunt force trauma is the only form of injury he genuinely can't sustain.
For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: Ramjet dresses as "Jetman" for Mortilus Night. However, he doesn't use the actual "Jetman" suit. Instead, he made a Cheap Costume to wear.
I Have Many Names: Ramjet enjoys giving himself nicknames, among them being RJ, Uncle Ram-Jay, and Jane Ramos.
Jawbreaker: Had his lower jaw melted off by acid. He now wears a helmet to cover the injury.
Loon with a Heart of Gold: He acts crazy, wears outlandish costumes and his manners make people think of him as a dangerous lunatic, yet he's one of the kindest bots in the Academy, desiring to be a hero for the sake of doing good, even if it may backfire on him.
Let's Get Dangerous!: Ramjet normally doesn't take things seriously, doing whatever pops into his head rather than bothering with plans and spending most of his spare time joking around. But when innocent lives are threatened, Ramjet takes his job as a hero seriously, and he is quite capable of taking on Decepticons all on his own.
More Dakka: When he uses guns, Ramjet tends to unload a lot of ammunition without aiming very carefully.
The Nicknamer: Ramjet often refers to people by the same nicknames his mentor Rook gives to them.
Scarf Of Ass Kicking: His "Jetman" costume includes a scarf.
Scars Are Forever: Double Subverted: Ramjet's lower jaw could easily be repaired with surgery, and he knows it. However, the operation is too expensive, so he sticks to covering it with helmets.
Second Super-Identity: In addition to officially enrolling into Autobot Academy to become a hero, Ramjet also wears the guise of "Jetman", a vigilante who acts much more seriously than he himself normally does.
Shout-Out: In addition to the aforementioned Batman, Ramjet's "Jetman" identity is also based on Red Hawk from Choujin Sentai Jetman and the Great Saiyaman from Dragon Ball Z.
Use Your Head: Because of how tough he is, Ramjet considers ramming things with head to be one of his go to strategies.
Wall of Weapons: He apparently has a large weapon collection in his room.

Offroad

Talent: Organic Shell Creation, Remote Control

Played by: Artork312

Offroad is a senior student at Autobot Academy, but he's got no desire to be a hero. He came to train his Pretender abilities to become the strongest out there and prove himself as a top fighter. Unfortunately, his pride also leads him to attack anyone who gets in his way of glory.

Adaptational Heroism: Offroad's canon incarnation is a Decepticon, whereas this one is training at Autobot Academy. That being said, see Nominal Hero below.
Agent Peacock: Offroad looks feminine enough to pass off as a girl with just a few accessories, and acts rather flamboiently. He's also a ruthless fighter.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Downplayed, as Offroad can act suave and caring, but only in front of girls. However, even this isn't entirely genuine, as when watching Tailgate start crying while talking to him, he considers pushing her off the roof they're on due to it annoying him, suggesting he only cares about cheering them up because of how their mood affects him.
Camp Straight: Offroad is regarded by many as being flamboiante, but he's only ever shown signs of interest in femmes. Except when he's disguised as one himself.
Disguised in Drag: To keep a low profile after attempting to kill Ramjet, Offroad resorts to dressing up as a femme named "Quickstitch".
Disproportionate Retribution: Offroad's response to someone making him mad is "attempt to cause someone pain", regardless of what they did. Or if they were even the ones to make him mad to begin with.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: There is only one person in life that Offroad has any respect for: Quickstitch, his loving and deceased mother.
Expy: Offroad's personality, powers, and parts of his design are all based on Diego Brando from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run.
Glory Seeker: Offroad's goal in life is to become a legend for his combat prowess.
Hypocrite: Offroad doesn't consider it fair when opponents use talents to give them an edge in fights against him, dismising them as cheap tricks they'd lose without. However, Offroad loves to brag about how strong he is with his own talent, and when it was pointed out that he can pull off a feat similar to the one his opponent used, he attempts to justify why his opponent's use is unfair while his is fine.
Lack of Empathy: Offroad has no qualms about hurting or killing people, as long as it gets him what he wants. And he'll stand by all those kills.
Misplaced Retribution: Offroad attempted to kill Ramjet because he lost the Tournament of Heroes in a match that Ramjet didn't so much as watch.
Nominal Hero: Offroad has admitted that the sole reason he chose to enrole in Autobot Academy was to get better at using his powers. He's also incredibly violent and spiteful, to the point where he nearly killed Ramjet solely because he was mad about losing the Tournament of Heroes and wanted to relieve his stress. His reason for picking Ramjet as his victim was that he didn't like him. About the only thing keeping him from joining the Decepticons is that he thinks they'll do a crap job of ruling Cybertron if they win.
Patricide: He killed his own father, Furistrados.
Polyamory: Offroad doesn't mind his girlfriend Plug hooking up with other guys, and even tries using the chance to go out with her as a way to get Stampy to forfit their fight. However, considering he later hits on Flare-Up, it's implied he also isn't exclusive with Plug.
Power Perversion Potential: Offroad and his girlfriend Plug have both implied that he knows how to use his talent to please the ladies.
Pragmatic Pansexuality: While disgused as a femme, Offroad hits on Roadblock and even offers to sleep with him if he wins a race against "her".
Psycho Knife Nut: Offroad's prefered weapon is a knife. As for how crazy he is, well, one of his knives was modified to fit the optic of his father that he ripped out after killing him.
Raptor Attack: Offroad's pretender shells resemble a Velociraptor, which he's named Gindan.
Real Men Wear Pink: Offroad is a talented fighter and bad boy... who, thanks to taking any job he could while in the slums, knows how to sew well enough to make Tailgate's dress absolutely stunning.
Revenge by Proxy: Offroad threatens to seduce and kill Flare-Up if Slicer doesn't fight him one on one.
Sore Loser: Offroad does not take losing fights well. If it happens, he'll see to it that he beats up someone in a fight.
Swiss-Army Superpower: Offroad has only one talent, but he's gotten so advanced with it that it gives him a wide variety of powers:
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: His raptor claws are strong enough to pierce through Ramjet's armor.
- The Beastmaster: Offroad can make his shells move independently of himself, and even rides one into battle.
- Flechette Storm: Offroad can shoot out his pretender shell claws to use as throwing knives.
- Instant Armor: Offroad can grow his shell to serve as armor.
- Partial Transformation: Offroad can generate specific parts of his shell at a time.
- People Puppets: By merging his shells with others, Offroad can control their movements.
Unexplained Recovery: Thanks to the Roleplay being Cut Short, Offroad was last seen having to hide from the authorities looking for him after he attempted to kill Ramjet, and with the ghost of his father haunting him to top it off.. The next time he shows up, there's no sign any of this is a problem.

Convex

Talent: Optical Change

Played by: Devaron9

Convex is an incredibly smart senior, but looks down on anyone who she considers less intelligent than herself. Her talent gives her a wide variety of vision types.

Cannot Spit It Out: Convex can't even be in the same room as Ramjet because of her feelings for him.
Innate Night Vision: One of the options her Optical Change has is night vision.
Insufferable Genius: Convex is incredibly smart, but she looks down on anyone that doesn't reach her intellectual level. This includes any underclassman that doesn't prove her wrong, and even leads to her questioning anything her teachers say.
Intelligence Equals Isolation: Convex causes this deliberately, as she refuses to spend time with anyone she deems less intelligent than her... which effectively rules out nearly the entire student body.
Uptight Loves Wild: Convex is incredibly intelligent, calm, and private. She has a huge crush on Ramjet, who... isn't.
Vein-o-Vision: Convex's talent gives her access to thermal, energy detection, and energon detection vision. While she's so far only been shown using it to see the inner workings of technology, given that energon is the fuel used by Cybertronians, she could probably use her powers to see inside them, too.

Getaway

Talent: Escapist Physiology

Played by: Olymprix, CyberRavager

Getaway is a senior with incredible skill and flexibility, and makes sure to prove it. He's obsessed with keeping the record for fastest time completing the Forest of Trials challenge.

Abnormal Limb Rotation Range: Getaway's talent gives him incredible flexibility, letting him casually bend his arms backward to pick up books a freshman dropped.
Challenge Seeker: Getaway goes through the Forest of Trials every year to get the fastest time through. Even if it's against the rules for him to do so.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Getaway is incredibly confident in his abilities to the point it borders on arrogence and is willing to disregard the rules to make himself look good, but he's always willing to help a struggling freshman.

Plug

Talent: Siren's Voice

Played by: Artork312

A senior student, Plug came to the academy for one reason: to flirt with all the hot heroes in training. Her talent lets make people obey her just by hearing the sound of her voice.

All Girls Want Bad Boys: Well, Plug will hit on any guy, but her longest relationship is with self-professed bad boy Offroad.
Compelling Voice: With her talent, Plug can put anyone who hears her voice under her control with simply a hum... provided they don't have strong willpower.
Nominal Hero: Plug didn't come to Autobot Academy to become a hero. She just wants access to all the hot guys who actually do.
Polyamory: Plug is currently dating both Offroad and Stampy, and she hooked up with plenty of guys while she was dating Offroad before meeting Stampy.
Really Gets Around: Plug has no problem with finding classmates to hook up with.

Faculty:

Fortress Maximus

Talent: Size Augmentation

Fortress Maximus is the principal of Autobot Academy, and is a very strict, but also a little relaxed at being principal.

Cool Old Guy: He is old, but he is definitely an intimidating figure.
Noodle Incident: Fortress Maximus did something he doesn't want anyone finding out about, but it was caught on video. Hot Shot and nightracer use this video as blackmail.
Retired Badass: He was a soldier and the former prison warden of Garrus-9 before becoming the current principal of Autobot Academy. And he hasn't lost any of his strength.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Fortress Maximus is tough but fair. He gives reasonable punishments to students deserving of them, but will do what he can to help them when they need it, whether it be providing a pep talk or taking down Decepticons threatening them.
Sizeshifter: He can grow to giant size at will.
Stealth Pun: The original version of Fortress Maximus was a Headmaster. And so is this version: it's just that he's the school's headmaster.

Hot Rodimus

Talent: Pyrokinesis

Played by: Stonecrusher

The homeroom tutor of Class 4-D, Hot Rodimus is a popular teacher and hero, but not the most professional

Cool Teacher: Rodimus has a relaxed attitude to teaching, and his students like him for it.
Freudian Trio: Among the main three teachers, Rodimus is the Id. He is the most impulsive and immature, to the annoyance of Windblade and Rollout.
Playing with Fire: Rodimus can shoot and control fire, and is quite skilled at it.
Short-Lived Leadership: Rodimus once got the title of Prime. He gave it up after a single day.
The Slacker: While he will work hard as a mentor, Rodimus is pretty lazy about grading and providing regular work to his students.

Windblade

Talent: Wind Tunnel

Played by: Stonecrusher

The history teacher and homeroom tutor of Class 4-A, Windblade is known for her drinking problem, but this doesn't stop her from being a good teacher.

The Alcoholic: Windblade frequents bars, and tends to get pretty drunk.
Freudian Trio: Among the three main teachers, Windblade is the Ego. She is a responsible teacher, but will still get a little wild during her downtime.
Functional Addict: Windblade is a competitent teacher despite her alcohol problem, which hasn't been seen to interfere with her job.
Laser Blade: Windblade carries an energy sword.
Tornado Move: Windblade's talent, Wind Tunnel, lets her generate tornados to blow enemies away, and she can even create ones large enough to shield her.

Rollout

Talent: None

Played by: Devaron9

The chemistry teacher and homeroom tutor of Class 4-B, Rollout does not hesitate to give out detentions to misbehaving students. He has a drone named Glitch to help keep an eye on his classes.

Freudian Trio: Rollout is the superego of the three main teachers. He is the most responsible of the three and doesn't tend to get into trouble.
Happily Married: Though their careers keep them from seeing each other as often as they would like, Rollout and his wife Pneumatix have a stable relationship and are raising three children without any problems.
Robot Buddy: Rollout's drone, Glitch, which he uses to record his students so he can check later if they got into trouble.
Stern Teacher: Rollout is perfectly willing to give detention to any student that steps out of line. However, he is also willing to help any student who needs assistance, and recognizes that his students are counting on him to help them succeed.

Rook

Talent: Electrokinesis

Played by: Artork312

The gym teacher and homerrom tutor of Class 4-C Rook is a strong and dependable war veteran, who can be very strict on his students at times, but he swears it's for their benefit.

Bash Brothers: He and Bigfight fought together in the Verte Seven Insurgency, and became great friends afterwards.
Good Is Not Dumb: Despite his stature saying that he would be dumb, he is most definitely not.
Hidden Heart of Gold: He may not show that, but Rook genuinely cares enough about the welfare of his students to provide them help when needed.
The Nicknamer: Rook loves to give his students and colleges nicknames.
Shock and Awe: Rook has Electrokinesis, and can shoot lightning from his arm blasters.
Stronger with Age: He is very experienced and strong, fitting for an ex-member of the Astro Marines.

Scorch

Talent: Turbo Charge

Played by: Dropkick

Another gym teacher and the homeroom tutor of Class 4-E, Scorch is fairly new, and pretty hotheaded, but genuinely cares about his students as if they were his teammates or friends.

Burning Rubber: Scorch's talent, Turbo Charge, lets him set his wheels in fire, as well as providing him a speed boost.
Canon Foreigner: Scorch doesn't have much in common with the official Scorch that exsisted at the time he was created.
Expy: To Nolo Pasaro from Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers.

Yoketron

Talent: Physical and Mental Healing

Played by: Ømnidrive

A sophomore teacher and guidance counciler, Yoketron has the ability to heal others on a physical and mental level. He also knows martial arts.

Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Implied. Yoketron's profile mentions his talent has a use that he's never utilized, and that he knows his time will come eventually. What will cause this is unclear.
Early-Installment Weirdness: Yoketron was teaching freshman Class 4-E in "The First Test", despite being a sophomore teacher. Stonecrusher later claimed he was subbing in for the regular teacher.
Healing Hands: Yoketron's talent lets him heal both physical wounds and soothes the mind of those in his aura.
Old Master: Yoketron may be old enough to have retired from his previous job as a council member, but his knowledge of martial arts hasn't left him.
Psychologist Teacher: Yoketron acts as both a teacher and a guidance councillor.

Six-Gun

Talent: Energy Manipulation

Played by: G2 Superion is fabulous

A Junior class teacher, Six-Gun is quite religious, often telling students about the Titans he worships. His talent lets him fire laser beams from his body.

Attack Drone: He transforms into one of these, giving him access to all his guns.
Beam Spam: His talent is described as allowing him to fire off lasers from several parts of his body. All at once.
Out of Focus: Six-Gun didn't show up during the Festival of Stars roleplay, and hasn't made any comic appearances.
Token Religious Teammate: Six-Gun is the only Autobot Academy teacher shown to be outwardly religious.

Retrofit

Talent: Environment Endurance

Played by: Olymprix

A Senior class teacher, Retrofit is a former armorsmith that now teaches her craft at Autobot Academy. Her talent lets her shrug off the effects of her environment.

The Blacksmith: Retrofit specializes in making armor, and teaches students how to do so as well.
Canon Foreigner: No official version of Retrofit exists.
Protection from the Elements: Retrofit's talent means that rough terrain and bad weather can't slow her down.
Stern Teacher: Retrofit has a gruff demeanor, but it's to make sure her students don't get hurt in her class.

Maximal Academy

The second largest school for heroes, Maximal Academy teaches Cybertronians with beast modes to be the next generation of Maximals, a hero guild with a strong sense of honor, but a tendency to try and work around the rules.

In General:

Always Second Best: As a school for heroes, it's regarded as being surpased only by Autobot Academy.
Animal-Themed Superbeing: Every single Maximal seen has an animal alternate mode. Though they'd apparently let Cheetor attend if he wanted to, despite him merely having an Animal Motif.
Deadly Training Area: The training exercises at Maximal Academy are designed to hone the students' survival instincts, so there is some pretty significant risk involved.
Pragmatic Hero: The students at Maximal Academy are taught to use whatever loopholes in the rules they can to get the job done, and when fighting they tend to use dirty tricks.
Training from Hell: Maximal Academy spends the first portion of training breaking down it's students, then rebuilds them with a code to do what is needed to protect others. Sleeping arrangements are also not provided, unlike at other academies, with students having to either live in the forest nearby or go into the nearest city to get a place to live.

Leobreaker

Talent: Hyper Cutter Claws

Played by: Devaron9

A Maximal Academy freshman, Leobreaker used to be ashamed of his beast mode and went so far as to hide it. Upon going to Maximal academy, however, he realized the the true value of his Lion form. His talent lets him slice through anything with his claws.

Absurdly Sharp Claws: Leobreaker's talent lets his claws cut through just about anything.
Cursed with Awesome: Leobreaker grew up in the city, where his beast mode wasn't useful, and he would try to hide the fact that he had one when he went out in public. However, there are situations where a lion mode would be useful, something he realizes at Maximal Academy and leads to this being a Subverted Trope as starts feeling better about his ability.
Meaningful Rename: Leobreaker called himself "Overhaul" to distance himself from his lion mode. Once he became more confident about it, he stopped doing this.
Panthera Awesome: Leobreaker's beast mode is a lion.

Slash

Talent: Heightened Tracking Sense

Played by: GrimlockPrimal

A freshman at Maximal Academy, Slash loves nature, but is rather shy around other Cybertronians. Her talent lets her easily track anything, making it much easier for her to observe the animals she adores.

Raptor Attack: Slash turns into a mechanical raptor.
Scarily Competent Tracker: Slash's talent makes it very easy for her to find any trace of a target that will let her find them.
Shrinking Violet: Slash doesn't really like socializing, and when forced to talk to someone she doesn't know, she tends to panic.

Sludge

Talent: Titan's Strength

Played by: Artork312

A former miner in his junior year at Maximal Academy, Sludge was inspired by the legendary Grimlock to become a hero. Though calm, Sludge's talent gives him incredible strength for short periods of time.

Cast from Stamina: Sludge can't use his talent for long as it reduces his endurance.
Gentle Giant Sauropod: Sludge is a big but calm bot who turns into Brachiosaurus.
Hero-Worshipper: The reason Sludge even enrolled at Maximal Academy was to be like Grimlock, his hero.
Super-Strength: When his talent is activated, Sludge has the strength comparable to a Titan, the strongest of all Cybertronians.

Bigfight

Talent: Hyper Durability

Played by: Devaron9

A freshman class teacher at Maximal Academy, Bigfight was a tough drill sergeant in the Iron Company brought in due to the assumption he'd make a good teacher. Seeing how he didn't change his attitude, these assumptions weren't terribly accurate. He's extremely durable thanks to his talent.

Bash Brothers: He and Rook became good friends after fighting together in the same battle.
BFG: Bigfight's gun was pretty big when he was on active duty.
Cruel Elephant: Bigfight's a tough, strict bot with an elephant alternate mode.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: Bigfight was one of these when he served in the military, and didn't change his attitude all that much when he became a college teacher.
Stern Teacher: As mean as he can be to his students, Bigfight isn't malicious. It's just how he was trained to teach.
Super-Toughness: Bigfight's talent, Hyper durability, means he can take a considerable amount of damage and keep on going.
War Elephants: His beast mode's a mechanical elephant.

Aerialbot Academy

Another school for heroes, Aerialbot Academy teaches Cybertronians with flight-based vehicle modes to be the next generation of Aerialbots, a rather showy hero guild that deals with problems in the skies.

In General:

Ace Pilot: Every single Aerialbot is trained to deal with air based combat and heroics.
Cool Plane: Aerialbots need to fly, so they all turn into jets or helicopters.
Glory Seeker: Aerialbots tend to be rather showy when they engage in heroics so as many people as possible take notice.
I Have Many Names: The school also gets called Aerosis Academy.

Skyburst and Stormclash

Talent: Two-Way Mental Link

Played by: Devaron9

Archadis

Talent: Instant Strategic improvisation

Played by: G2 Superion is fabulous

Beta Levo

Talent: Light Whip

Played by: Artork312

A lazy, hard-drinking senior, Beta Levo has no desire to become a hero, and instead has eyes on mercenary work. That won't stop him from helping others when needed.

The Alcoholic: Beta Levo regularly drinks oil (the Cybertronian equivalent of beer), and has gotten in trouble for it.
Functional Addict: For all his drinking, Beta Levo has never actually been seen getting drunk.
Lightning Lash: Beta Levo's talent lets him create an energy whip that comes out of his left arm.
Shout-Out: His powers and personality are based on members of the Belmont family from Castlevania
Utility Weapon: Beta Levo can use his whip as a grappling hook.

Silverbolt

Talent: Energy Absorption

Played by: GogoDG

Autobots:

The primary hero guild and governing body of Cybertron, the Autobots were formed to put a stop to the activities of the Decepticons, rising in prominence along with their enemies.

In General

Red Is Heroic: The Autobots use a red insignia.
Super Team: Most Autobots qualify as superheroes in their society.

Star Convoy

Talent: Super-Strength, Matrix of Light

Holder of the Matrix of Light, Star Convoy is the leader of the Autobots, and an inspiration to many aspiring heroes, including Hot Shot. He was formerly Orion Pax, one of the founders of the Decepticon movement.

10-Minute Retirement: Orion Pax gives up the Matrix of Light and goes on a sabbatical to find himself after fighting Umbra Convoy. He returns to his post after learning that the Siege of Acadeimos began.
Amplifier Artifact: Most of Star Convoy's power comes from the Matrix of Light. That being said, he's no slouch without it.
Big Good: Star Convoy is the number one hero on Cybertron, and the leader of the Autobots. He not only inspired Hot Shot to become a hero, but is the one who got him into the Autobot Academy in the first place.
Brought Down to Badass: Orion Pax is still an effective fighter even without the Matrix of Light, and spends his sabbatical acting as a vigilante.
Expy: A fairly obvious one of All Might. Barring his glowing eyes, silver skin, and truck-like exterior, he's a dead ringer for the Symbol of Peace. Very likely fulfils a similar role in the comic, but at least one of the RP characters doesn't have much of a high opinion on him.
Flying Brick: Star Convoy has natural super strength, and his plane mode grants him the ability to fly.
President Superhero: As the holder of the Convoy title, he is the official ruler of Cybertron. However, he spends so much time being a hero that he had to get a Prime to perform the governing duties his planet needs.
Super-Strength: Star Convoy's talent, which he possessed before he got the Matrix of Light.

Prowl

Talent: None

Played by: Stonecrusher

One of the top heroes despite not having any powers, Prowl uses his cyber-ninja training to take down bad guys from the shadows. He serves as one of Star Convoy's closest allies and acts as security at Autobot Academy.

Badass Normal: By Cybertronian standards, he has no Talent, just his inherent abilities that he gets from his species.
Cyber Ninja: Prowl is a robot with ninja training.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Prowl won't hesitate to provide discapline, but he always makes sure the amount is reasonable for the situation. He's also willing to talk with those who need help or advice.
The Stoic: Prowl isn't one to show very much emotion.

Acadeimos Hero Team (Spoilers)

Played by: Devaron9 (All)

The Rainmakers are a trio of Autobot seekers that graduated from Autobot Academy and chose to stay close to their old school. They posed as Decepticons for a surprise training exercise for the students before revealing their true nature.

Adaptational Heroism: The Rainmakers really are Decepticons in canon, but are only pretending to be here.
Bond Villain Stupidity: The Rainmakers make some rather poor choices when dealing with the students, revealing the details of their plan through Evil Gloating and telegraphing where their Computer Virus is being installed by having the lights of the building change colors when infected. However, this is justified with them not being actual villains: they're the first test for new Autobot cadets, and they need to give them a way to figure out how to complete the mission.
Family Theme Naming: All their names end in "Storm".
Freudian Trio: Acid Storm is the ego, being level-headed enough to be the leader, but still needing to be kept in check by Ion Storm, the responsible superego, leaving the impulsive Nova Storm as the id that has to be restrained by both her siblings.
Masculine, Feminine, Androgyne Trio: Ion Storm is male, Nova Storm is female, and Acid Storm is genderfluid.
Non-Indicative Name: The Rainmakers seemingly don't actually have the ability to generate any rain. Longshot has no idea where their team name came from.
Palette Swap: The Rainmakers all share the same body-type, but with different colors and slight variations to their heads and wings.
Super Family Team: The Rainmakers are siblings who all have Talents, and they chose to work together.
Terrible Trio: The Rainmakers pose as this for training exercises, but avert this in their proper identities.
Walking Spoiler: Simply putting the Rainmakers under their proper faction reveals the twist ending of "Nighttime Duel".

Acid Storm

Talent: Acid Production

The leader and oldest of the Rainmakers, Acid Storm has the power to generate acid, but scarred their own face with it.

Acid Attack: Acid Storm has the Talent Acid Production, letting them generate corrosive and sticky acid.
Blessed with Suck: Acid Storm isn't immune to the acid they produce, and proved this the hard way by melting part of their own face.
Combat Compliment: Acid Storm praises the students for prioritizing when they notices some of them focusing on unpluging the virus nodes rather than fighting the Rainmakers.
Freudian Excuse: Acid Storm's falsified profile claims that not getting access to the medical care needed to repair their face led to them joining the Decepticons for revenge against the system. It's subverted when their true alligence is revealled, proving they never went bad in the first place. In fact, they found that helping those with similar conditions to be a far better use of their time.
Scars Are Forever: Acid Storm's face is stuck the way it is due to not getting the required medical care.
Trap Master: Acid Storm sets up acid spraying traps inside the Autobot Academy to keep students away from the server room the Rainmakers are using.
Two-Faced: The left side of Acid Storm's face was burned off by the acid they produced.

Ion Storm

Talent: EMP Generation

The middle child of the Rainmakers, Ion Storm acts as the voice of reason, and can generate EMP's.

The Cracker: Ion Storm is the one to knock out the power at the Autobot Academy through the use of his talent, as well as being responsible for the actual uploading of the virus.
EMP: Ion Storm's Talent, EMP Generation, lets him shut down nearby electronics. He also carries EMP darts to knock out Cybertronians with.
No-Nonsense Nemesis: Ion Storm is by far the most professional of his siblings when acting as a villain, not bothering to engage in Evil Gloating when he can just finish a fight quickly. This lets him defeat multiple students at once all on his own.
Not So Above It All: Ion Storm may be the responsible one in the family and doesn't waste a word while fighting... but when his job is done and there's no one else to fight, he still joins in tossing around Bomb-Burst with his siblings for fun.
The Quiet One: Ion Storm never says a word during the training exercise, not even to his teammates.
The Reliable One: Ion Storm is the most level headed of the trio, always making sure their plans will work and taking point during their operations.
Self-Damaging Attack Backfire: If Ion Storm overcharges his EMP, he'll be hurt as well by it.
Sibling Rivalry: Ion Storm enjoys pointing out the flaws in Acid Storm's plans.

Nova Storm

Talent: Pyrokinesis, Heat-Resistance

Youngest of the Rainmakers, Nova Storm is the most aggressive, always wanting to fight.

Blood Knight: Nova Storm is more concerned with going after the students to pick a fight than making sure the virus is uploaded.
Hot-Blooded: Nova Storm is quite eager to rush into battle, so much so that her siblings need to hold her back.
Hot Paint Job: She got her wings painted with fire patterns, which she's quite proud of.
Immune to Fire: Nova Storm has the secondary Talent Heat-Resistance, that allows her to withstand temperatures even greater than most other Pyrokinetics.
Loose Lips: Nova Storm admits to Longshot and Mach Dart that Autobot Academy won't be taken over until the Rainmakers finish uploading a virus.
Playing with Fire: Nova Storm has the Talent of Pyrokinesis, which she uses to shoot her opponents with fire and heat up her own body.
Proud Beauty: Nova Storm likes hearing her fans talk about her flame paint job.
Pyromaniac: Nova Storm's falsified bio makes her out to be obsessed with setting targeted buildings on fire. While she does enjoy fighting and happily uses her control over fire to do so, given that she's actually a hero, it's a safe bet she's not like this in reality.
Worthy Opponent: After the test ends, Nova Storm compliments Hot Shot for being a Pyrokinetic like herself.
Wreathed in Flames: Thanks to both her Talents, Nova Storm can make the air around her so hot that ice evaporates on contact.

Decepticons:

The main villains of the series, the Decepticons were formed to get rid of the government they deemed to be opressive, but eventually proved to merely be out to expand their criminal enterprises. In the present day, they've been opperating in secret, but are growing more bold to prepare for their full assault against the Autobots.

In General:

Purple Is Powerful: The Decepticons all wear a purple insignia.
The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: The Decepticons at least used some peaceful means in their early days of standing against the government. In the present, they're basically terrorists.
The Syndicate: The Decepticons are essentially the end result of Megatron uniting all the worst criminal empires.

Megatron

Original Body

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"The Bartender" Body

Talent: Talent Duplication

The leader of the Decepticon movement, Megatron has used a variety of talents and bodies to stay out of the law's reach, and intends to take down the Autobot government, starting with the Autobot Academy that teaches their next generation of heroes.

Backup Body Drive: Megatron acquired technology that allows him to switch between bodies at will, each with different weapons and alternate modes. It also helps him disguise himself by making it difficult to know for sure what he looks like.
Benevolent Boss: Surprisingly enough for the leader of a massive crime syndicate, Megatron generally treats his followers well. He's forgiving of delays if there was a good enough explanation for it, he'll happily provide troops with whatever extra supplies he can spare to keep them satisfied, and if his troops actually do fail him in some way, his punishment consists of reassigning them to a more suitable job... though the last one is mainly out of pragmatism.
Big Bad: As the leader of the Decepticons, Megatron is the one responsible for just about all the villainous actions going on. In the present day, anyway.
Clark Kenting: The only difference between his current body and his Bartender disguise is that the Bartender's bow tie doesn't have a Decepticon insignia on it.
Expy: Megatron is the All For One to Star Convoy's All Might.
Informed Attribute: According to his bio, it's been theorized that Megatron is the reason why so many Decepticons have talents, much like All For One. He's never actually been seen actually giving anyone powers.
Luke, I Am Your Father: Reveals to Artillery that he's her father during the Siege.
Power Copying: Megatron has the power to copy the talent of anyone he touches, and his storage capabilities seem to have no limit: he can seemingly switch to any power he's ever absorbed at will.
The Spook: In the modern day, almost no one has seen Megatron, to the point where even his alternate mode can't be agreed on. Though he hasn't been helping with that...

Soundwave

Talent: Sound Manipulation

The Decepticon head of intelligence and Megatron's right hand bot, Soundwave loyally serves his leader in getting any job he needs accomplished quietly done.

Body Backup Drive: Soundwave's survived for so long because he has spare bodies made for when he dies; the current Soundwave is actually the third one there was. He also brought some of his extra bodies online early to serve as spies, including Sonar.
Combat Tentacles: Soundwave can grow a pair of metal tendrils from his back to use for hacking or fighting.
The Dragon: Soundwave is Megatron's right hand bot, and will go out in person to handle any task Megatron requires.
Make Some Noise: Soundwave's talent lets him generate, well, sound waves, which he can blast opponents with.
The Spook: Thanks to him sticking to the shadows, the authorities don't know for certia that he even exists.
The Spymaster: Soundwave is the head of the Decepticon intelligence operations. All spies report to him, and he even has a personal Quirky Miniboss Squad to carry out covert missions.
Thinking Up Portals: Soundwave has direct access to a spacebridge portal generator, allowing him to open them at will for easy transport.

The Stunticons

The inner circle of Motormaster's Sect, the Stunticons are a street gang who intend to gain control of the roads of Cybertron.

Speed Demon: All of them are obsessed with racing, and want to control the roadways.

Motormaster

Talent: Aura Of Dominance

A Decepticon Sectmaster, Motormaster is a cruel bully who desires to control every road himself. He has the power to weaken the wills of those around him so they do what he says.

0% Approval Rating: Thanks to his controling personality, not a single one of his subordinates actually like him, and the rest of the Stunticons actively hate him.
Bad Boss: Motormaster is a vicious bully, and not even those who serve him are safe.
Badass in a Nice Suit: He's designed to look like he's wearing suit and tie, and is one of the top criminals on Cybertron.
More than Mind Control: Motormaster's talent doesn't let him control minds. It just makes people more submissive, so they'll want to obey him.

Drag Strip

Talent: Instant Acceleration

One of the Stunticons, Drag Strip is a thief with an obsession with victory and the ability to accelerate quickly.

Competition Freak: Drag Strip can not stand the idea that she isn't the best at anything.
Fembot: Drag Strip is much more feminine than most Cybertronians, and even looks like she's wearing clothes.
Starter Villain Stays: Drag Strip is part of the first duo of Decepticons Hot Shot fights in the first issue. However, after the Decepticons have their ranks scattered due to the failed Siege of Acadeimos, she starts leading her own criminal syndicate.
Stripperiffic: Drag Strip looks like she's wearing what's esentially a bikini top with ripped shorts. It even gets lampshaded at one point.
Hot Shot: Not all of us can transform while wearing a swimsuit like you.
Drag Strip: Swimsuit?
Super-Reflexes: Drag Strip's talent means that as soon as she starts moving, she's already at the speed she wants to be. This lets her get moving quicker, but doesn't give her superspeed.

Wildrider

Talent: Explosion

One of the Stunticons, Wildrider is a maniac with destructive tendancies and the ability to generate explosions.

Adaptational Gender Identity: Canon Wildriders have all been male. It's possible this one is too, but no one's gotten an official answer out of them.
Ambiguous Gender: No one can get Wildrider to reveal their gender due to their mental problems.
Having a Blast: Wildrider's talent lets them create the explosions they're obsessed with.
Hook Hand: Wildrider's right hand is a hook.
Insane Equals Violent: Wildrider has some sort of mental problems, but no one has enough information about them to get a diagnosis because they're too violent to provide any.
Starter Villain: Wildrider is part of the Decepticon duo Hot Shot stops in the first issue.

Dead End

Talent: View of the End

Another Stunticon, Dead End is extremely pesemistic. he has the power to see how anyone he looks at will die.

Seers: Dead End's talent lets him see the future. Specifically, he can tell the exact way that someone will die.
Straw Nihilist: Dead End thinks that happiness is a lie to distract people from thinking about their inevitable demise.
Unhappy Medium: While it's unclear if his powers caused his outlook on life, Dead End certainly isn't a cheerful guy.

Breakdown

Talent: Super-Strength

Breakdown is a strong Stunticon thanks to his talent, but he's also horribly insecure thanks to the company he keeps.

Nervous Wreck: Breakdown is constantly worried, thanks to the clashing personalities of his teammates.
Super-Strength: Breakdown's talent makes him incredibly strong, letting him break through tough barriers.

Scorponok

Talent: Venomous Strike

One of the Decepticon Sectmasters, Scorponok acted as an arms dealer before joining and desires to rule the black market. He can inject a paralyzing venom from his stings.

Arms Dealer: Scorponok's criminal dealings involve the selling of weapons.
Beware My Stinger Tail: Scorponok's venom is injected into his targets using his scorpion tail.
Intentional Heartbreaker: Scorponok likes a partner that he can easily manipulate with sweet talk until he's had enough of them.
The Paralyzer: When someone gets injected with Scorponok's venom, they become paralyzed.
Secondary Color Nemesis: Scorponok's primarily used colors are green, purple, and orange.
The Unfettered: Scorponok intends to rule the black market... and doesn't care who has to be hurt for that to happen.

Crystal Widow

Talent: Size Influx

A Decepticon who stalked the potential freshmen

Adaptational Villainy: Canon Crystal Widow left the Decepticons to join the Autobots. This one has yet to do so.
Giant Spider: While she's technically already one by nature of being a Humongous Mecha, she can become one even by Cybertronian standards with her talent.
Oh, Crap!: She turns white when Rampage recognizes her from the Forest of Trials while at the C.D. Pub.
Sizeshifter: She can increase her size, though she's so far only done so in spider mode.
Starter Villain: The first Decepticon most of the freshmen face.
The Vamp: Willing to use her looks to make her targets drop their guard.

The Insecticons

A trio of Decepticons with insect alternate modes, Shrapnel, Kickback, and Bombshell are a group of petty thugs. Though their crimes mostly consist of sticking up civilians walking by, they have intentions of rising through the ranks... which aren't all that likely to happen.

Stupid Crooks: The first time we see the Insecticons, they're trying to shake down a courier who works for their own boss.
Terrible Trio: Shrapnel's the bossy leader, with Kickback and Bombshell acting as his henchmen.

Shrapnel

Talent: Electroshock

Leader of the Insecticons, Shrapnel is rather bossy, but has grand ambitions to rule the Decepticons. He has the power to control electricity.

Shock and Awe: Shrapnel's talent lets him generate electricity.
Small Name, Big Ego: Shrapnel talks about how the Decepticons will be folded into the Insecticons. Considering he's the leader of a group of petty thugs, that's a rather abitious claim.
Verbal Tic: Shrapnel always repeats the last word he says, says.

Kickback

Talent: Piston Leg

Another Insecticon, Kickback will act like he's nice to become your friend... so he can blackmail you into doing his dirty work. He has the power to put a lot of force into his legs.

Berserk Button: Don't laugh at Kickback. In fact, don't do anything that makes him think you're laughing at him. Because if you do, his nice guy act completely falls away.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Kickback's M.O. is to befriend people so he can learn all their secrets, then use them as blackmail material.
In a Single Bound: Kickback has incredibly strong legs thanks to his talent, letting him jump high and kick extremely hard.

Bombshell

Talent: Targeted Mind Control

The brains of the Insecticons, Bombshell enjoys messing with the heads of others. His mind control talent lets him do this through the use of Cerebroshells.

Genius Bruiser: Bombshell's the biggest of the Insecticons, but he's also the one who thinks up their plans.
Mind-Control Device: His talent lets him create Cerebroshells that can control the mind of whoever gets hit with them.
Playing with Puppets: Bombshell loves using his powers to mess with people.

Straxus

Talent: Unknown

A Decepticon Sectmaster, Straxus loves one thing in life: war. He treats all with cruelty for the sake of the combat he so loves.

0% Approval Rating: Straxus is by far the most hated Decepticon leader. Even most Decepticons think he's crazy and should be killed.
Bad Boss: Straxus does not treat the troops under his command kindly. They in turn hope he dies in combat.
Blood Knight: Straxus doesn't want to wage war because he hates the Autobots or believes in the Decepticon cause. He just wants to wage war for it's own sake.
Combat Sadomasochist: Straxus loves war, and not even having his own face stomped on can sway his feelings.
Drill Tank: Straxus turns into a tank with twin drills.
Expy: Straxus' attitude about war is based on The Major from Hellsing.
Powerful Pick: Straxus wields a large pickaxe.
Vertical Mecha Fins: Straxus has his vehicle mode drills sticking up from his shoulders.

Stonecrusher

Talent: Unknown

A Decepticon Sectmasters, Stonecrusher was a Combatronian that managed to evade capture and hid on Cybertron. Becoming an arms dealer, he then joined the Decepticons as a sectmaster. He acts as though he's very sophistocated, but is actually quite nerdy.

Arms Dealer: After managing to avoid capture in the Combatron Wars, Stonecrusher began selling weapons to make a living.
Author Avatar: Stonecrusher is the self-insert of the comic's creator.
Bodyguard Crush: It's never said outright, but it's been pointed out that Stonecrusher's bodyguard, Star Siren, is exactly his type.
The Complainer Is Always Wrong: Stonecrusher is the only one to vocally oppose going through with the Siege of Acadeimos, reasoning that with how many plans have been foiled recently, the Autobots will see it coming. Straxus convinces the Decepticons to go through with it anyway, and Stonecrusher is shocked to see the attack go perfectly. In the revised timeline, however, he ends up being Properly Paranoid as an entire army of heroes were brought to Acadeimos a week in advance, and the Decepticons lose the battle, forcing those that weren't captured to scatter.
Fake Aristocrat: Stonecrusher presents himself as a very sophistocated mech. He's not.
Has a Type: Aquatic bots and those with a space shuttle alternate mode. His bodyguard, Star Siren, is notably both.
High-Class Glass: Stonecrusher has a monocule over his left eye as part of his sophistocated image.
Know When to Fold 'Em: With several Decepticon operations being foiled all year, Stonecrusher calls for the attack on Acadeimos to be put on hold out of concern the Autobots will be ready for them.
Nerd in Evil's Helmet: Despite being one of the top Decepticons and wishing to come off as sophistocated, Stonecrusher is actually a huge nerd.
Rugged Scar: Stonecrusher has a scar under his right optic. However, despite having fought in a major war, he evidentally only got it after becoming a Decepticon, as he lacks said scar in a flashback to Lightbright's childhood.
Wine Is Classy: Stonecrusher is often seen carrying a wine glass to help sell his image.

Independent Villains:

Shockwave

Talent: Intellect Ultima

An ally of the Decepticons, Shockwave is only working with Megatron to get resources for his science experiments, along with revenge on those who forced him to enter combat. His talent has made him the smartest of his kind, greatly helping him in his research.

Arm Cannon: He has a gun in place of his right hand.
Collector of the Strange: Shockwave's main goal is finding the Ores of Desolation. In order to do so, he's collected a lot of artifacts to help him find them.
Cyber Cyclops: Shockwave only has one eye for his face.
Lack of Empathy: Shockwave doesn't care how anyone feels, and encourages a specimine he's about to vivisect to scream while he works.
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Shockwave's research is focused on finding the Ores of Desolation, and doing so has led him to doing research in biology, weapon creation, upgrading talents, and even creating artificial Cybertronians. Justified due to his talent giving him the smarts needed to know how to do all of this.
The Stoic: Thanks to the tampering done to his mind, Shockwave can't feel any emotion except anger. As this only comes out when Functionism gets brought up, that makes him emotionless most of the time.
Super-Intelligence: Shockwave's talent makes him extremely smart
World's Smartest Man: Shockwave's talent gives him the highest intellect of any Cybertronian.

Umbra Convoy (Spoilers)

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Talent: Precision Aim

Umbra Convoy is a mysterious warrior, fixated on breaking down Star Convoy before finally killing him. His motives stem from his former life as Dionysis, aka Dion, Star Convoy's best friend until he was left for dead on the planet Sabaroth.

Canon Character All Along: While Umbra Convoy was created for this series, his true identity, Dion, was not.
Evil Former Friend: Dion was once Star Convoy's best friend, loyally fighting alongside him. But when his friend failed to save him, he devoted his life to getting revenge.
Improbable Aiming Skills: Umbra's talent gives him excellent aim, and can hit targets even at great distances.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Umbra Convoy does not take kindly to the idea of anyone else killing Star Convoy. So much so that he breaks into a prison just to beat up Darkstream for suggesting he'd go after Star Convoy.
Shout-Out: Umbra Convoy is modeled after Prometheus from Arrow, and shares a similar goal in trying to break the main hero's spirit.

Neo-Maximals:

General

In the Bad Future, this new faction has taken control of Cybertron under their leader Great Convoy.

Fallen Hero: Several Neo-Maximals are former members of the Autobots and other hero groups that have joined Great Convoy.

Great Convoy

The tyrannical ruler of the Neo-Maximals.

Ambiguous Robots: Given that he survives a blow to the spark chamber without any lasting damage, and the fact that he uses an Omnitrix, with a base form that looks a lot like the a theoretical Cybertronian Omnitrix transformation, it's implied that he might not even be a true Cybertronian at all.
Antagonist Abilities: He has the strength boost of the Matrix, a vast collection of Talent-granting Medallions, and if he's willing to discard the former, an Omnitrix version that allows him to transfer into hybrids of Cybertronians and various other alien species.

Student Family Members:

Sky Shadow

Talent: Umbrakinesis

A mob boss and smuggler, Sky Shadow was one of the first sectmasters of the Decepticons. But when he realized how far Megatron was willing to go, he decided that he could no longer stand by and follow him if he wanted a better future for his daughter, Lightbright. He has the ability to control shadows.

Casting a Shadow: Sky Shadow's talent lets him manipulate shadow, having it act as a solid object.
Defector from Decadence: Sky Shadow was a Sectmaster in the Decepticons, but chose to leave his status behind when he stopped agreeing with their methods.
Evil Parents Want Good Kids: Sky Shadow tried to hide his criminal dealings from Lightbright, and ultimately allowed her to go to Autobot Academy to become a hero.
Papa Wolf: You better not try and hurt Lightbright when he's around. He may not be a Decepticon anymore, but he's still a deadly fighter.

Characters / Autobot Academy

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Autobot Academy

In General:

Class 4-A:

Talent: Pyrokinesis

Talent: Solar Headlight

Talent: Adaptive Ability

Talent: Calming Aura

Talent: Kinetic Exaggeration

Talent: Instant Understanding

Talent: Hyper-Durability

Talent: Justice's Sharp Eyes

Talent: Hyperspeed

Talent: Chronokinesis

Class 4-B:

Talent: Aura of Dominance

Talent: Sound Manipulation

Talent: Blast Processing

Talent: Super-Strength

Talent: Telepathy

Talent: Cryokinesis

Talent: Instant Blueprinting

Talent: Infiltration

Talent: Pyrokinesis

Talent: Armor Augmentation

Class 4-C

Talent: Unknown

Talent: Perfect Aim

Talent: HydroBlast

Talent: Organic Shell Creation/Detonation

Talent: Energy Manipulation (Unstable)

Talent: Verbal Persuasion

Talent: Instant Swordsmanship

Talent: Hard Light Construction

Talent: Mechanical Intuition

Talent: Negation

Class 4-D

Talent: Acid Production

Talent: Electroshock

Talent: Instant Cloning

Talent: Instant Teleportation

Talent: Stealth Running

Talent: Two-Way Mental Connection (Both)

Talent: Iron Skin

Talent: Super-Strength

Class 4-E

Talent: Hyperspeed

Talent: Consciousness Division/Ally Augmentation

Talents: Unknown (Both)

Talent:Fortune Generation

Talent:' Super-Strength

Talent: Sound Manipulation (Volume Control)

Talent: Electroshock, Regeneration (As Waspinator)

Other Freshmen

Talent: Hyperspeed

Talent: Strobe Effect

Talent: Justice's Sharp Eye

Talent: Instant Cloning (Shadow Replication)

Talent: Hydrokinesis

Upperclassmen:

Talent: Talent Duplication

Talent: Wind Tunnel

Talent: Earth Manipulation

Talent: Perception

Talent: Fall Apart/Lifefiber Infusion

Talent: Instant Technological Mastery

Talent: Hard Light/Audio Projection

Talent: Extreme Toughness

Talent: Organic Shell Creation, Remote Control

Talent: Optical Change

Talent: Escapist Physiology

Talent: Siren's Voice

Faculty:

Talent: Size Augmentation

Talent: Pyrokinesis

Talent: Wind Tunnel

Talent: None

Talent: Electrokinesis

Talent: Turbo Charge