Transformers Animated Combaticons

Bios not written by me!
They were written by Naboru Narluin and beta'ed by Ultharkitty. They were
both kind enough to help me out with this task, so check em' out!

Swindle not drawn by me, property of WB animation Studios + Hasbro.
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EDIT: I PUT IN THE WRONG BIOS WHEN I SUBMITTED THIS PICTURE, BIOS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON NOV/2/2011

BRAWL
Brawl is easy to please. Give him an Autobot to smash and a good can of oil, and
he’s happy. He doesn’t like thinking too much, and that’s only partly because he
isn’t any good at it… In fact, I think Brawl’s processor power isn’t even a quarter
of his physical power, and he'd rather leave the mental work to someone else - me.
He’s very loyal, and I only need to say what Brawl needs to destroy, and he’ll do it.

But Brawl isn’t only strong with a simple mind, he’s also loud. He likes to laugh,
which is really noisy and annoys Blast Off. I tend to just walk away. He thinks
he’s a good friend of Vortex, but I truly don’t know if Vortex laughs with him
or about him… But Brawl’s too thick to notice the difference and so I assume
he doesn’t care. - Onslaught

Flash Facts

- He and Swindle got along very well. If Brawl is ever released from the Detention
Center, he’ll be disappointed to learn that Swindle has never tried to free them.

- Megatron ordered him imprisoned him along with Onslaught. Brawl’s processor
may lack a certain power, but with Onslaught, he was the right weapon in the
wrong hands.

- Brawl once survived Lugnut’s PUNCH, and could even hit the other over head after it…

- He sure does value a good can of oil. Or two. Or three.


ONSLAUGHT
Onslaught:

He’s a choleric. And a tactician. But foremost a choleric. He calculates all possible
outcomes and always goes for the most promising solution. He often seems to
be cold and emotionless, and that's because, he is. The only emotion Onslaught
regularly shows is anger when his plans fail, or even rage when one of his
subordinates doesn’t get it and is responsible for the failure. If this happens,
Onslaught has no problems in showing his subordinates his opinion, not
uncommonly with violent outbursts. He despises weaknesses, both physical
and mental. He’s also not very fond of people expending more effort than
necessary on any task; and he clearly despises Vortex’ way of doing so. But
then, all of his subordinates have at least one trait Onslaught can’t stand.

Flash Facts

- Before the war, Onslaught was built with the finest weapons and mods, to
show off Cybertron military’s superiority.

- As impersonal as Onslaught and Blast Off are with each other, they get
along well and seem to have a certain degree of mutual respect.

- Unlike Starscream, Onslaught was very good at hiding his ambition to o
verthrow Megatron. Only, at the last moment, someone betrayed the
Combaticons. It’s said that this traitor might be Swindle, but this is only a rumour.

- Few people ever dare provoke with Onslaught’s temper. Only Vortex or
some other ignorant mech was ever that reckless.

- Another rumour says, Onslaught once fought with a Magnus and won.
This, however, has never been confirmed.

BLAST OFF
Blast Off is one weird slagger. He doesn’t talk much, and when he does,
his voice is flat and gives the impression he's really unimpressed. He doesn’t
seem to like us, but I don’t care. He likes silence, and reading, which
makes him very boring. He’s very skilled, though, and is pretty efficient.
Onslaught issues a command, and Blast Off’s almost fulfilled it already.
It makes the rest of us look like lazy fraggers. Not that this might not
be true, but still…

Sometimes it seems as though Blast Off follows Onslaught’s orders by
choice. But if he has to do something he doesn’t agree with, he doesn’t
show it. I wonder if he has emotions at all. He sure can’t see a joke.

I asked him once what his agenda is, since following Onslaught and the
Decepticon cause don’t seem to be the reason Blast Off is fighting alongside
us. I woke up in some desert. I guess this was still better than knowing
and vanishing, though. Knowing too much about Blast Off is unhealthy.
Whatever happens to those people, I ain’t gonna let that happen to me.

Flash Facts:

- Unlike the other Combaticons, he was imprisoned by the Autobots during
the Great War.

- People who seem to know a lot about Blast Off happen to vanish suddenly
and without a trace…

- He had the same education as Yoketron, and some sources suggest
that Blast Off was behind Yoketron’s death and the protoform incident.
Connections to Lockdown have never been proven, though.

- Even though he seems to have the power of Processor over Matter,
not one of his team has ever seen him using it.

- He’s the oldest of all the Combaticons, and even Onslaught can’t say
how old he truly is.

- Blast Off only gets along quite well with Onslaught, though their conversations
are always about missions or facts about the team etc and never personal.


VORTEX
When it comes to serious business, Vortex’ attention span is short to say
the least. He rather likes to be entertained, and entertainment for him
means breaking things - or people. Physically and mentally. He loves to
play mind games, and punishes his victim when it fails at them. It’s
unnecessary to mention that these punishments are even more disturbing
than the actual games. It’s Vortex’ understanding of fun, however,
and the other Combaticons never had a reason to stop him.

He’s an interrogator, and has quite a reputation among Autobots and
Decepticons alike. During missions, he’s about as reliable as his alt-mode.
This may be bad for the mission, but he doesn't mind crashing, nor does he
mind Onslaught’s outburst afterward; because when it’s said that he likes
breaking things, things also includes himself.

He is an egoist, and literally no one else except himself matters. But even
though he doesn’t have sympathy for anyone else, he’s pretty good at pretending.

Flash Facts:

- There are rumours about Vortex having something to do with Blitzwing’s
split personalities, but no one ever dared ask.

- They might be a team, but if you sympathise with Swindle, don’t let Vortex
know. Seriously, you won’t want to deal with the consequences.

- He thinks Blast Off is a bit weird. Though, with Blast Off being so quiet, he
stirs up Vortex’ curiosity.

- Vortex is very sure Blast Off was the brain behind the protoform incident
and Yoketron’s death, but he has yet to find someone who can talk about it…

- There were a few incidents which led Megatron to imprison Vortex in the
Detention Center, and by the All Spark and for everyone’s sake, he should
stay there forever…


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Inspirations
I did not draw alt modes because I was inspired directly by real-life vehicles, but
my inspirations are below! Not exact, because paint jobs are slightly different, but
it should give you a general idea about their looks.

Brawl: [link]
Onslaught: [link]
Blast Off: [link]
Vortex: [link]

Enjoy!