Lifeline (G1)

Lifeline is anAutobotfrom theGeneration 1continuity family.

"Don't worry, it's easy. Bleed, patch, and keep moving."

Lifelineis aParadron Medic,the last of her kind. She is a pacifist at spark, and rejects violence to such a degree that she feels ill-at-ease treating soldiers, knowing full well that she is only sending them back to fight once more after they've been healed. However, she isn't the squeamish type; her sensibility and pragmatism allows her to deactivate without qualms patients who have no chance of surviving, and would only suffer would their lives be prolonged. Aiding her in her practice is her attendantQuickslinger.

Fiction

Of Masters and Mayhem

Impactorleft the critically injuredPunchin Lifeline's care upon coming toParadron.When the Autobot returned to check up on his compatriot, Lifeline made clear she viewed the warriors with a certain amount of disdain for their violent ways, but led Impactor to his recovering friend nonetheless. She had grave news for Impactor, however: due to the extensive damage Punch had suffered, she had been forced to remove one of his modes entirely... leaving him with only his "Counterpunch" robot mode and vehicle mode. Outraged by this turn of events, Impactor declared that Lifeline should have simply let Punch die instead of leaving him in his current state and stormed out of the room.InsightDuring his treatment, Counterpunch briefly woke up and was told of his halved status by Lifeline before he faded back into unconsciousness.The Truth We Make

Beast Wars: Uprising

Apparently a hero of theGreat War,Lifeline had died some time prior to the 24th century, and theLifeline Memorial HospitalinStanixwas presumably named in her honor.Not All Megatrons

War for Cybertron Trilogymarketing material

After Cybertron fell, the Autobots left their homeworld aboard theArk,traveling through space in pursuit of theAllSpark.Earthrisewebpage^[1]With the ship running low on fuel,Ratchetwas sent on a mission to a far-off energy-rich planet, detected byTeletraan-1.There he encountered theParadron MedicLifeline, a refugee who fled toParadronafter the war broke out. Reluctant to help him secureEnergondue to his ties to the war, Ratchet proved himself useful in helping injured bots, such asHot House,impressing Lifeline with his dedication as high as her own.Encounter 1: Paradron Medics

Generations Selects Special Comic

In2050,Lifeline joined the Autobots warring with theDinobotsover the fate of theSelectors.She could not penetrate the wall of solar energy beams being emitted bySnarl.Volcanicus comic 2

Toys

Combiner Wars

"We've got a job to do, so shift your carcass!"

• Lifeline / Quickslinger / Fractyl / Scorponok(Multi-pack, 2016)

• Accessories:"Energon infuser" pistol, "plasma projector" rifle, 2 "solid light surgical tools"
• Known designers:Marcelo Matere(packaging artist)

Aredecoof the "fixed hands" running changevariantofThrilling 30Deluxe ClassArcee,Combiner WarsLifeline transforms into a sleek Cybertronian open-topped sports car. She comes with the full suite of weapons Arcee had, but now as "medical tools". All fourweaponstools feature multiple universally-sized rectangular pegs that allows them to be tabbed into multiple matching ports in her fists, forearms, hips, shoulders, and the sides and rear of her car mode. Additionally, her two guns can store beneath her car mode, which was not mentioned in Arcee's instructions, butisin Lifeline's instructions.

She is packaged with herTargetmasterpartnerQuickslinger,but since her hands are not5 mm compatible,Lifeline is incapable of holding Quickslinger in weapon mode, which both their instructions and bio cards point out (with the bios explaining this as Lifeline's pacifism at work).

This figure is intended to not only represent the new comic character Lifeline but also the generic Paradron Medic (making her a potentialarmy-buildingtoy), but due to the nature of the mold, Lifeline has Arcee's shoulder kibble while the cartoon model for the Paradron Medic doesn't.

Lifeline and Quickslinger were originally to be the first set in the fifth and final year of theTransformers Figure Subscription Service.However, due to needing to rush the toys out due toFun Publicationslosing theTransformerslicense, the pair were also packed with the second set of toys,FractylandScorponok,in one big box.

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

"I'm supposed to fix patches, not cause them!"

• Paradron Medics(Galactic Odyssey Collection,2020)

• TakaraTomy ID number:ER EX-20
• TakaraTomy release date:March 27,2021
• Accessories:"Energon infuser",hover board/rear vehicle shell
• Known designers:AJ Piejko-Brown(packaging)

A redeco ofEarthriseDeluxe ClassArcee,Lifeline comes in a 2-pack with fellow redeco/retoolRatchet,representing her planet, Paradron, as Encounter 1 of theEarthrise"Galactic Odyssey Collection". She transforms into her classic futuristic car mode and is armed with a colorless translucent "Energon infuser". Similar to Arcee, the back half of her waist isn't painted. Lifeline is also ashellformer,having her robot mode resting under a vehicle mode shell, which folds into a backpack for the transformation into her robot mode. Part of the backpack (consisting the rear half of her car mode) can be detached to act as a hover board, having molded-in ports for Lifeline's feet to plug into. Much like the rest of the "Galactic Odyssey Collection", she lacks anEarthriseID number, and comes in aSelects-style box with a planet card featuring key details about the set's respective planet.

Being a repaint of Arcee, this means that she is compatible withRed Cog's blaster that enables her to combine with the weaponizer.

This two-pack was exclusive toAmazonin the U.S. but was available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.

This mold was also retooled intoWar for Cybertron TrilogyElita-1.

Notes

• The name "Lifeline" was taken froma G.I. Joe memberasFun Publicationsalso held theG.I. JoeCollectors' Club license at the time.
• Separately, "Lifeline" was also a preliminary name ofCatSCAN.
• TheCombiner WarsLifeline toy was likely intended to use the 5 mm-compatible forearm pieces ofCombiner HuntersArceeto facilitate her being able to hold Quickslinger's weapon mode. The final line of Quickslinger's profile – "Lifeline, herself, never employs Quickslinger in this mode."– lacks the capitalised proper nouns FUN PUBLICATIONS utilised in their TRANSFORMERS® bios, a telltale sign of the sentence being a last minute addition.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Lifeline(ライフラインRaifurain)

References