Tracer (Micromaster)

This article is about the G1 Micromaster. For the G1 Targetmaster, seeTracer (Targetmaster).For a list of other meanings, seeTracer (disambiguation).

Tracer is aDecepticonMicromasterfrom theGeneration 1 continuity family.

Traceris an integral part of theMilitary Patrol,swooping ahead of his teammates to scout out the opposition, and soften them up. He actually respects team leaderBombshock(and not just out of fear!), but still thinks he should lead the unit. Thus, he may be the only ambitious Decepticon who tries to get his superiorpromoted,rather than "unexpectedly dead".^[1]

“	Pummel the enemy, and victory is yours.	”
—Tracer's Dreamwave profile quote,More than Meets the Eye#7

Contents 1Fiction 1.1Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity 1.22005 IDW continuity 1.3Beast Wars: Uprising 1.42019 IDW continuity 2Games 2.1Transformers Legends 2.2Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive 3Toys 3.1The Transformers 4Notes 4.1Foreign names 5References

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Tracer was an Autobot and a member of theMilitary Team,a group of strategic experts valued by theBattlestars.Trained to adapt to all combat situations, the four members possessed perfect accuracy with their firepower.Return of Convoy bio

2005 IDW continuity

Tracer was one of the legions ofDead UniverseMicromasters who pursuedHardheadandNightbeatonGorlam Prime.Spotlight: Hardhead

Beast Wars: Uprising

Tracer was a member of thePavilion Guardat theHigh PavilionofIacon.At the end of theGrand Uprising,she fought to hold back the army of theResistancefrom seizing theBuilder Assembly.One of the last eight out of 400 Micromasters to survive, Tracer died defending the Builders' siege bunker.Derailment

2019 IDW continuity

First appearance:Transformers#16

Tracer was a member ofThe Rise,serving in "Team Stream"whenSlipstreamled an attack on a remoteTitan Netsubsidiary hub. Tracer flew ahead and stealthily took out a guard before giving the all clear for the rest of the team to approach. They infiltrated the hub and used it to launch a data-bomb, shutting down the Titans in defensive orbit around Cybertron.The Change In Your Nature Part FourOnce they abandoned the hub, the remaining Titan namedVigilemlaunched an attack on theWinged Moonat the direction of the Rise. It was severed from theTetherwhich conducted its energon down to the planet below.The Change In Your Nature Part Five

As the renamed Decepticons gained power, Team Stream was dispatched to the wayward Moon to lay claim to its energon stores.Wheeljack: Orbital DecayHowever, a team of engineers loyal to the old regime fortified the control center to keep Tracer and the others out. Tracer was electrocuted in one of their various booby-traps. The mission went from bad to worse once soldiers fromColonial Securityarrived. When the engineers blew the core and destroyed the energon storage, the Decepticons cut their losses and fled aboardAstrotrain.Moon

Tracer and Team Stream helped the Rise ambushOptimus Primewhen he visited theimmersantsite of his mentor,Codexa.HisGuardgot the Prime to safety, though, with the sacrifice ofUltra Magnus.Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part One

Word reached Megatron thatExarchonhad returned in theSonic Canyons.He ordered many of his Decepticons to eliminate this existential threat to Cybertron, including Team Stream. On the way, however, Slipstream received coded instructions fromShockwaveto stand down.Blackjackknew what a danger Exarchon posed, and that was an order he could not follow. Tracer, it seemed, agreed with him. The two abandoned Slipstream to join up withSixshotand finish the Threefold Spark. Tracer engaged in some jet-judo with the Seeker swarm until Exarchon himself emerged in his massiveDeathsaurusbody and struck at them.War's End Part TwoDriven to a temporary retreat, Sixshot's unit agreed to work withPyra Magna's Autobots on scene for the good of Cybertron. They staged a follow up attack, together with the rest of the mercurial Team Stream, and Exarchon was finally vanquished.War's End Part Four

Games

Transformers Legends

Abandoning all subtlety, the Decepticons unleashed the Military Patrol onNew York City.Tracer and the rest of the team caused chaos on a city-wide scale until a team of Autobots led byJetfiredrove them out.Full Assault

Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive

Tracer was in command of the first Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He battled against the invader in helicopter mode, but was eventually defeated.Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive

Toys

The Transformers

• Military Patrol(Micromaster Patrol,1990)
  • Accessories:Helicopter rotor

Released in the seventh and final year of theoriginalTransformerstoylinein the US,MicromasterTracer is a tiny robot that transforms into a tiny blackAH-64 Apache attack helicopter.The spinning main rotor can be removed and attached to either arm in robot mode as a sort of weapon.

He was only available in a four-pack with the rest of theMilitary Patrol:Bombshock,Dropshot,andGrowl.

The rotor blade is the same mold as the one used byBlaze Master.

• More information on Tracer at TFU.info

• Military Team(Micro Transformer team,1991)
  • ID number:C-363
  • Accessories:Helicopter rotor, Micro Trailer #3

Tracer was also released inTakara'sFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformersline, during theReturn of Convoyyear. While the toy had no notable physical changes from the Hasbro release, like allReturn of ConvoyMicromasters, he was marketed as an Autobot instead of a Decepticon.

Like the Hasbro toy, he was only available in a complete set with his teammates, but this release includedMicro Trailer#3.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese:Tracer(トレーサーTorēsā)
• French:Traceur(Canada)
• Italian:Pantera

References