Aerialbot (WFC)
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- The Aerialbots are anAutobotsubgroupfrom theWar for Cybertronportion of theAligned continuity family.
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TheAerialbotsare the fewSeekersloyal to the Autobots rather than theDecepticons.Although they're an eccentric group, they provide invaluable air support for their ground-bound comrades. The Aerialbots underSilverbolt's command are capable of combining intoSuperion.
- Silverbolt(leader)
- Jetfire
- Air Raid
- Fireflight
- Slingshot
- Skydive
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The Seekers were generally Decepticon-leaningneutralsfollowingStarscream's lead, untilShockwavebombedVos.Though a good portion of the main Seeker forces still followed Starscream into the Decepticons, the survivors of the Vos massacre felt betrayed and joined the Autobots instead, becoming the Aerialbots and patrollingIaconandKalis.Jetfire was a Decepticon who defected to the Autobots and mostly worked in a laboratory to improve their flight capabilities. He led the Aerialbots to gather every spaceworthy craft to distractTrypticonwhile theArkwas built.Exodus
Silverbolt was present as part of Prime's command crew after theArkfled Cybertron through the space bridge. He was, apparently, the only flier present, and his ability was treated as a unique virtue. What happened to all the other Aerialbots that were under his command on Cybertron is unclear...Exiles
By the time that theArkreached the planetAquatron,Silverbolt was joined by four of the Aerialbots. WhenMegatroncaught up with theArkand attacked it, the Aerialbots defended the ship by combining into Superion and taking the fight to Megatron, although they were eventually defeated. When the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to team up against theQuintessonsand theirSharkticontroopers, the Aerialbots once again joined the fray by combining; Superion proved crucial in the evacuation effort after the city began to sink.Retribution
Games
Transformers: War for Cybertron(360/PS3/PC)
The Autobot aerial corps, the Aerialbots were armed with machine guns in their jet mode andX12 Scrapmakersin theirrobot modes.They were led bySilverbolt,despite his fear of heights.
WhenStarcream,ThundercrackerandSkywarpwere sent to reactivate theGeosynchronous Energon Bridge,Aerialbots were among the Autobot forces that failed to stop the three. WhenOmega Supremewas activated against Megatron, he deployed Aerialbots against the Decepticon leader only for them to be mowed down by theNucleon Shock Cannons.
WhenOptimus Primeordered theAutobot fleettoevacuate the planet,Megatron turned his space station's weapon against the refugee ships. At Prime's order, Silverbolt led his troops to disable the weapon only for the security systems to kill all but he,JetfireandAir Raid.The three managed to disable the station's primary power systems only for the backups to instantly come online and reveal it was itself a Cybertronian,Trypticon.When Trypticon prepared to fire on Optimus Prime himself, Air Raid realized that Trypticon must have had atransformation cog.When the three destroyed it, Trypticon reverted to his robot mode, continuing his orbital attack via hisjet pack.The Aerialbots managed to destroy the jet pack, sending Trypticon down to Cybertron. Outpaced by gravity, they only caught up with the monster when he was fighting Optimus,IronhideandBumblebee.Though they attempted to aid their ground counterparts, Trypticon swatted them away.
The three reunited with their friends following Trypticon's defeat, observing the continued evacuation of the fleet and the early stages of theArk's construction.Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
Transformers: War for Cybertron(DS)
War for Cybertron — Autobots/Decepticons
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron(360/PS3/PC)
WhenBruticusboarded theArk,the Aerialbots launched to shoot him down. WhenJazzmanaged to lure thecombinerto EMP mine and immobilize him, the Aerialbots launched amissileswarm that sent Bruticus flying off the ship and back to Cybertron.Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
