Ex-Jet

Refashioned from a defunctSweep,theEx-Jetis theEx-Bots'very stylisticmode of transportation.

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

After the end of the Great War, a Sweep wound up in a boneyard on the Proximax border. During the Grand Uprising, Ex-Bot memberBazookafound it, and with the assistance ofSkavengerliberated it. Aware ofMagmatron's distaste for using lobotomized Builders as vehicles, Bazooka tried restoring its mind to see if it would aid them willingly, only to find there was nothing left of the mechanoid. When theVehicon Apocalypsebroke out, Bazooka quickly had the jet refuelled and repainted, so as to avoid being shot down as a Builder transport. While he was at it, the Predacon performed a few upgrades, giving the Ex-Jet a vast array of fancy weapons, an advanced IFF system and a stealth array.

The Ex-Jet was flown toNova Cronum,home to theGrand Maland the center of Vehicon operations, rescuing a squad of the National Maximal Army when they arrived. When the Grand Mal, now under the direct control of Lord Imperious Delirious, took to the air, the Ex-Jet assisted in attempting to break its shields. However, Bazooka's scans determined that only projectile weapons were having any impact. Thinking quickly, Bazooka decided to turn the Ex-Jetintoa projectile. Tricking his conjux out of the ship, Bazooka then piloted the jet in a suicide charge at the Grand Mal. The resulting impact destroyed the jet and Bazooka, but did seriously impact the Builder base's shields.Derailment

Notes

• The Ex-Jet is a "virtual redeco" of theGenerationsDeluxe ClassScourgemold.^[1]
• The Ex-Jet's name and color scheme reference theX-JetfromMarvel'sX-Men,which would later receive an actualTransformerstoy asUltimate X-Spanse.

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