Profile: Scourge is the most fearsome and implacable hunter-destroyer created by Unicron from the wreckage of  Decepticons. Scourge is leader of "The Sweeps," a specially created wolf pack of tracker-terminators designed by Unicron to hunt down and eradicate Autobots and their human allies.

<<personal note: does anyone know the story behind why the "Sweeps" are always described as  a "wolf pack"?  It's almost as if the authors had been told that Scourge would be in charge of this pack of robotic wolf TF's! wierd!>>

Thanks again to the fandom, we have an answer to this above perplexing question!  Neils P. provided me the following explanation:

The term "Wolf pack" derives from World War 2, when the german u-boats hunted for allied warships. The u-boats usually hunted in packs of 4-7 u-boats. Then at night time they would strike the allies ships like wolves hunting their prey. Hence the term "Wolf-pack" came to use !. Today the term Wolfpack has expanded into the world of aviation too. So therefore fighter/strike aircrafts in groups of 4-10 are sometimes referred to as a Wolfpack too, however it's mostly used as a nickname rather than the official designation...

Abilities: Scourge is possessed of scanning & locating equipment, which can detect machine or human presence even if it is as small as an amoeba in the ocean or a wind-up toy in the Sahara desert. And he is merciless & capable of using such weapons as acid rays, which dissolve his targets, laser blasters, disintegrator beams, & assorted demolition and fusion devices in eliminating his prey. He can transform to a scouring vehicle, a marauding mode which can traverse any terrain or fly over land or space and scans for survivors.

Weaknesses: Scourge's only weakness is his arrogance.