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BLADES Allegiance: Autobot Sub-Group: Protectobot Function: Air Support First Cartoon Appearance: First Comic Appearance: "War's a dirty game -and I'm a dirty player!"
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Underneath Blade's aerodynamically designed steel skin beats the
engine of your basic street fighter. He would much prefer using his
rotor assembly to slash through a horde of Decepticons than to fly.
But his function keeps him in the air most of the time, and that really
fires his fuel. Not only is he prevented from engaging his enemies
in hand-to-hand combat, he can only strike at them by long range air
attack, a way he considers unsporting and cowardly. "If I'm
gonna destroy someone, I want his fuel spurting all over me, not on the
ground below," says Blades. But this doesn't preclude him from
doing his job and doing it well, a fact of which his fellow Protectobots
are deeply appreciative.
Abilities: Blades can reach speeds of 400 mph and has a range of 1,200 miles in helicopter form. He carries twin rocket launchers that fire armor piercing "smart" rockets, each of which seeks its target based on a computer image encoded within it. In robot mode, he carries a photon pistol that shoots light bursts with the equivalent brightness of 5,000 Watts, enough to temporarily blind all but those whose optical sensors are the most heavily shielded. He combines with his fellow Protectobots to form the giant robot known as Defensor. Weaknesses: In helicopter mode, Blades is ineffective in winds of more than 50mph. And is liable to crash in winds of more than 70mph. His rotor blades are prone to metal stress fractures if not checked after every 5,000 miles of usages. |
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Other Appearances: As far as I can remember
Blade's only appearance in the TF universe was as the G1 Protectobot Another cartoon pic of blades in copter mode |
