Battle Patrol
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- The Battle Patrol is a team ofAutobotMicromastersfrom theGeneration 1 continuity family.
Left to right: Big Shot, Sunrunner, Sidetrack, Flak
TheBattle Patrolis, for anAutobotteam, rather ruthless in its assaults on enemies. Known to talk tough and back it up with harsh action, their many battles have hardened them into purveyors of brute-force destruction. They launch into combat hard and fast and will not slow down until their target is nothing but scrap.[1]
The Battle Patrol consists of:
- Big Shotthe team leader and self-propelled gun
- Flakthe multi-missile launcher
- Sidetrackthe anti-aircraft tank
- Sunrunnerthe plane
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Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
MarvelThe Transformerscomics
The Battle Patrol were created on Cybertron in the 20th century using the Micromaster process, under the oversight ofEmirate Xaaron.Because the Micromaster process was so revolutionary, each Autobot Micromaster was outfitted with a self-destruct button in case they were captured, to prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the technology.
Big Shot led his team on a mission deep inside Decepticon territory, only to learn that they had been lured there byThunderwing,in order to get ahold of the Micromasters for examination. Big Shot momentarily considered using theself-destructsin his team, as he had been ordered to do, but ultimately the "Never say die!" Autobot fighting spirit won out, and the Battle Patrol resolved to go down fighting. Well, they did. Thunderwing captured the Battle Patrol and used their circuitry to reverse engineer the process, creating the first Decepticon Micromasters.Roadhandlerand a team of Autobot Micros managed to retrieve the Battle Patrol before they were finally disposed of, though.A Small War!
Marvel UK future timelines
In2009,the Battle Patrol were among the hundreds of Autobots aboard ashipfleeing Cybertron afterGalvatronassumed command of their homeworld.The Void!
Transformers Comic-Magazin
The Battle Patrol and Air Strike Patrol appear from an air vortex that leads from a gate to another dimension, to join their fellow Decepticons (yes, Decepticons) on Earth. Later, they were present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York; however Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings.New York — A City Sinking in Terror
2019 IDW continuity
Topshot and Flak fought in theWar of the Threefold Sparkas members ofStrika'selite artillery unit.War World: PrimeIn the post-war era that followed, Flak joinedSecurity Operations.The Change In Your Nature Part TwoWhenMegatronoverthrew theSenateand took overIacon,Topshot and Flak joined the rookies Sunrunner and Sidetrack to form a new artillery unit. UnderKup's command, the three artillery vehicles distracted the Decepticons by bombarding the Senate from afar; during the subsequent firefight, Sunrunner markedClench's position and allowed the other three to target his artillery emplacement with a fatal barrage that blew him to bits.War World: Prime
The Battle Patrol helped defend theForge Pyramidwhen the Decepticons launched an attack on it.TitansAfter the Autobots retreated toCrystal City,it eventually came under siege by Strika and the Decepticon army. Kup organized the Battle Patrol for long range bombardment before the Decepticons got any closer. They were forced to retreat after Sidetrack was eviscerated byObsidianand their position was bombed with an artillery counter-strike.A Dust of Crystals
Toys
The Transformers
- Battle Patrol(Micromaster Patrol, 1989)
- Released in the sixth year of the originalThe Transformerstoyline, all four members of the Battle Patrol came packaged on a single card, as part of the first year ofThe TransformersMicromaster assortments. Their transformations are fairly diverse in comparison to the legions of identically-engineered Micromasters that came later.
- This team wasredecoedin Japan as theBattle Patrol Team.
War for Cybertron: Siege
- Autobot Topshot & Flak(Micromaster,2019)
- Part of the first wave ofSiegeMicromasters, the Battle Patrol is a pair of new molds.TopshotandFlaktransform from robots to military vehicles and back. They can also combine with each other to form the "Electroverge Neuro Blaster". As a part of theC.O.M.B.A.T. System,their weapon mode can be attached to any toy with a5 mm post-hole. "Fire Blasts" can also be attached to their barrels.
- Amusingly, Topshot's face remains visible when the two are combined.
- Though designated for release in the first quarter of 2019, this wave reached U.S. store shelves in late 2018.
Notes
- Amusingly, their on-packagebioquote has a typo that significantly changes its meaning. "It's better to strike first,thento not strike at all "was probably meant to say" than "instead. So instead of celebrating a shoot-first bravado, the quote as written seems to suggest picking fights and then running away.
Foreign names
- French:Patrouille de Combat( "Battle Patrol" )
- Italian:Pattuglia mezzi d'assalto( "Assault Vehicle Patrol" ),Pattuglia Soccorso( "Rescue Patrol" )
- Portuguese:Patrulha de Combate( "Combat Patrol" )
- Spanish:Patrulla de Combate( "Combat Patrol" )
