Seeker (Cyberverse)
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The name or term "Seeker" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Seeker (disambiguation). |
- The Seekers are a Decepticon subgroup from the Cyberverse continuity family.
The Seekers are elite jet Decepticons under the command of Starscream and unit captains such as Slipstream and Skywarp.
Known Seekers include:
- Starscream
- Slipstream
- Skywarp
- Acid Storm
- Dirge
- Nova Storm
- Ramjet
- Thrust
- Thundercracker
- A two-headed Seeker
- A bunch of generics
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Fiction
Cyberverse cartoon
- Voice actor: Additional voices (Ashleigh Chrisena Ricci, Haley Carter Chapel, Todd Perlmutter, or Ryan Nicolls, English), Additional voices (Pietro Ubaldi, Italian), Additional voices (Olivier Cuvellier, Jean-Marc Amé, Alain Eloy, French)
Seekers emerged from a common Cybertronian body-type that turned into a fighter jet. Starscream traveled with a pair of different looking Seekers as bodyguards to a cube game, which they tried to hijack the cube itself, but they were stopped by Windblade and Bumblebee. The group was apparent before the formation of the Decepticons, Cube and even had fun dancing at Maccadam's, Maccadam's but began serving as a military force once Megatron came to power. Megatron Is My Hero Allspark Seekers were sometimes used as guards by the Decepticons, especially by Shadow Striker. Unfortunately for her, Shadow Striker was forced to be fused with parts from her Seeker guards to save her life. Shadowstriker After the AllSpark had been launched off Cybertron, Starscream led the Seekers to try and assassinate Optimus Prime in the Grand Imperium but failed. Matrix of Leadership
When the AllSpark was tracked to Earth, Starscream sent Slipstream's group of Seekers to scout the planet. Whiteout Thundercracker found the Autobots Bumblebee and Windblade on a desert and attacked them, nearly succeeding in defeating them both, but was ultimately blown off to parts unknown with Windblade's fans when he was temporarily paralyzed by Bumblebee's stinger. Fractured He eventually regrouped with Nova Storm and resumed his search mission when an energy pulse released by Windblade's cortical psychic patch blew them off their feet, tipping them off to where the Autobots were. After locating the Autobots, the pair of Seekers each fought one Autobot with Thundercracker going after Bumblebee while Nova Storm engaged Windblade in a dogfight. However, they were defeated once again and buried under tons of rubble. Memory The Seekers would clash with the two Autobots a few more times, searching for both the AllSpark and the missing Ark. Whiteout Terminal Velocity Sabotage
The Seekers eventually found the Autobot drone, Teletraan-X, using it to try and bait a trap for Bumblebee but instead getting Windblade. Teletraan-X When they attempted to use a mind rip on the Camien, the resulting energy wave knocked them all into stasis, allowing Windblade to flee. Siloed Before too long, the Ark was tracked down to Mount St. Hilary. Though the Seekers managed to shoot down the cargo plane used by the Autobots, they soon found themselves being used as training dummies by Grimlock. Awaken Sleeping Giants When the battle moved into the volcano, they again fared off against the Dinobot before being chased away by the Ark's guns, falling back to the recently arrived Nemesis Eruption
Some months later, Megatron decided to destroy Earth via a Planet Smasher, the Seekers functioning as air support when the Autobots attacked the weapon before they again fell victim to Grimlock's jaws, Starscream ordering them to retreat despite Megatron's order for air support. When Megatron confronted Starscream, he stripped him of his rank, making Slipstream the new leader of the Seekers. Sea of Tranquility This proved the last straw for Starscream who brutally beat Megatron into stasis lock and ordered everyone back to the Nemesis, recalling all Seekers once he'd assumed the throne. Unfortunately for Starscream, Megatron had survived his wounds, returning to beat the slag out of Starscream before dumping his body off the Nemesis. Bad Moon Rising
Unbeknownst to Decepticon High Command, Starscream had survived this attack and rallied most of the Seekers to follow him, the jets remaining loyal to their commander. Dark Birth On his order, they stole Vector Sigma from the Nemesis, Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime and met him, now in possession of the AllSpark, in the missile silo where they'd once imprisoned Windblade. Trials
Building off of Shockwave's research, Acid Storm began using Vector Sigma to reprogram the AllSpark, even as Slipstream tried to win over the Seekers, eventually succeeding in creating an army of Scraplets. Dark Birth Slipstream instantly fled the silo to try and warn Optimus Prime and Megatron of this but, as the betrayal of the Seekers had since been discovered by the other Decepticons, she was killed by Bludgeon before she could impart any meaningful information. Parley
Following an attack on the Nemesis, the Seekers went underground for a while before they attacked the Ark, being led on a GroundBridge chase across the planet before Bumblebee and Cheetor were captured so Starscream could absorb the latter's spark and gain his mystical powers. When the Seekers tested the process on Bumblebee, Cheetor doused them in liquid energon, turning the Scraplets' ravenous hunger against them and allowing the scouts to escape. Spotted
Not long after this, Acid Storm successfully reprogrammed the AllSpark and had it integrate itself with Starscream's systems, granting him virtually complete control over the artifact. Pleased with the results, Starscream's first act was to strip the sparks from his loyalist Seekers, killing them all. I Am The Allspark
Not all Seekers had chosen to leave the Decepticons for Starscream, however; several were still seen among the Decepticon ranks, with a few manning controls on the bridge of the Nemesis as it tried to prevent the Autobots from escaping Earth with the AllSpark. Escape From Earth
Games
Transformers: Battlegrounds
- Voice actor: Jessica DiGiovanni, Jaime Lamchick, Tony Daniels, Marc Thompson (English), Simona Pahl, Laura Landauer, Rasmus Borowski (German), Pascale Chemin, Antoine David-Calvet, Alexandre Donders (French), Cristal Álvarez, Deseada Pillado, Julio Lorenzo, Jose Carlos San Segundo (Spanish)
Toys
Cyberverse
- Starscream (Cyberverse)#Toys
- Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Toys
- Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Toys
- Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Toys
- Ramjet (Cyberverse)#Toys
- Thrust (Cyberverse)#Toys
- Skywarp (Cyberverse)#Toys
Notes
- Unlike most past incarnations of the group, the Seekers' general design actually differs substantially from Starscream's. While Starscream is very closely based on his evergreen design, the other Seekers generally use a more stylized version of the classic body-type, with narrow wings ending in a sharp tip at the end and null-rays mounted on their upper arms. This is not reflected on their toys, however, as most toys of the Seekers are simple redecos of Starscream's.
- Many Seekers have atypically colored insignia on them; the most common yellow Seekers have orange and green symbols emblazoned on their chests, and even those with purple insignia don't have a consistent shade between them.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Seekers (シーカーズ Shīkāzu)
- French: Chasseur ("Hunter")
- Portuguese: Rastreador ("Tracker")
- Spanish: Rastreador ("Tracker")
- Italian: Cercatore ("Finder")