Velocity (G1)

The name or term "Velocity" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, seeVelocity (disambiguation).

Velocity is anAutobotfrom theGeneration 1 continuity family.

Velocity,orLottyto her friends, only recently passed her medical exams and is fairly new to this whole "cosmic adventure" thing. Having served on both theVis Vitalisand now theLost Lighthas given her a lot of practical experience, however; she's enthusiastic, skilled, and has the right bedside manner. With the various improbable phenomenon the crew of theLost Lightface on a regular basis, she's also had to learn a lot of new skills on the job.

As aCamien,Velocity missed theGreat Warentirely; as such, she has no preconceptions when she meets formerDecepticonslikeMegatron.Don't mistake this cheery attitude for a weakness, however: she may be only a recent Autobot recruit, but her well-developed moral sense means she won't stand for injustices. And, no matter how difficult her quests get, she has no regrets about embarking on this adventure.

Contents 1Fiction 1.12005 IDW continuity 1.2Transformers vs. The Terminator 2Notes 3References 4External links

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

First appearance:More Than Meets The Eye#41

Velocity was forged on the Cybertronian colony ofCaminus.In her early years, she lived in a sorority with other Transformers, includingWindblade,FirestarThe Frail Gazeand the Cybertronian immigrantAnode.Like most Camiens, she initially chose to study the performing arts,A World Misplacedbut after befriending the shy engineerNauticaand bonding over their shared dislike of Firestar, Velocity eventually came to realize that hertruetalents lay in medicine.An Axe to Break the IceVelocity enrolled in a medical program, but repeatedly struggled with her exams;The Sensuous Frameworse still, her culture's focus on the performing arts as worthy left Velocity believing that her medical studies weren't as worthwhile.The Frail Gaze

During her tutelage, Velocity worked at the obstetric clinic known as theLighthousealongside Anode; when the latter's overconfidence led her to fail a delicate operation, she fled the planet in shame and falsified evidence to make it seem as though she'd stolen a batch ofsentio metallico.Unaware of the deception, Velocity believed that Anode had betrayed her.A World MisplacedEventually, Velocity left Caminus entirely to study at a nearbyMedericenter.An Axe to Break the Ice

After finally passing her exams on the tenth try, Velocity joined Firestar and many of her former classmatesThe Sensuous Frameto find Windblade, who had left Caminus several months earlier on a mission of her own. Their search brought them to the planetMarasma,The Frail Gazeinadvertently picking up an infestation ofpersonality ticksin the process.The Sensuous FrameThe ticks killed their pilot,Vertex,and when their pilotless ship crashed into an asteroid they were rescued by theVis Vitalis,joiningThunderclash's crew ofAutobots.

Velocity served as an extra medic for the ailing war hero, charting his deteriorating health as he carved out a map toCyberutopiaon a wall before his strength gave out. When one of the personality ticks broke cover to heal Thunderclash—so that the aliens could continue feeding on his limitless charisma—Velocity and the other crewmembers remembered the incident as a visit from a "passing medic."The Sensuous FrameThunderclash fell into a fatal coma, and when theVis Vitalisdocked with theLost Light,Velocity eschewed the pre-wake dance party in favor of bringingFirst AidandMinimus Ambusup to speed with what had happened to Thunderclash. First Aid soon discovered that Thunderclashshouldn't be dying,as his war wound, the thing that wassupposedto be killing him, had healed... he was dying from something else. Unable to remember what had happened, Velocity was only able to remember the "medic" as "normal."

The group then realized that Thunderclash was manipulating the readouts of the medical machines to send a warning to the crew. Before they could make sense of it, a knock from Thunderclash's trailer interrupted themThe Frail Gazeand they were besieged by the personality ticks. Only a revived Thunderclash allowed them to escape and take refuge with some others... including Nautica, who had left Caminus with Windblade, and congratulated "Lotty" on passing her exams. Velocity then helpedNightbeatidentify their opponents aspersonality ticksand work out a plan on stopping them, but the day was saved whena different 'bothit on the same solution and used it to save the day. Afterwards, Firestar successfully encouraged Velocity to join theLost Lightinstead of returning home, claiming that she should stay behind to "help Nautica," but really to give her a place to hone her newly acquired medical skills.The Frail Gaze

Velocity had only just unpacked when First Aid, the ship's current chief medic had to leave on orders fromOptimus Prime.His departure was interrupted whenSkidsburst in carryingSwerve's comatose body. The two medics found no immediate injuries, but they were unable to operate on him without knowing the exact cause of his illness. After the rest of the crew found and retrieved his consciousness from "Swearth,"Velocity performed her first operation, discovering that his problems stemmed from a fatal rust infection. First Aid congratulated her and left her a 'phone' to call in case she ever did need help.

While he was flying away, First Aid realised something important and ordered her to operate on Swerve's shoulder again; his suspicions were correct, as Swerve had contracted the initial rust infection from a bullet fired by the Autobot spy "Agent 113."Velocity found adata slugin bullet formThe One Where They Go to Earththat contained a message from that, among other things, revealed theplanetwhere the supposedly mythical "Necrobot"lived. Velocity was one of the dozen crew members eager to learn more about Censere and went with her friend Nautica (and a recovered Swerve) to check it out. When the Necrobot came out to meet them though, Velocity stood far away while Nautica got close.The Not Knowing

At some point after joining the crew of theLost Light,Velocity was one of the crewmembers interviewed byGetawayto see if she would stand with them when Getaway launched a mutiny against Megatron. Velocity, having only ever known him as an Autobot, was glad to see him happy and turned down the proposition. She was subsequently made to forget the encounter through Getaway'snudge gun.How Bright Their Frail DeedsFilling in the Blanks

Some time after, Velocity was startled in her lab to seeWhirl'sholomatter avatarfloat through. That was part of an incident that sawCyclonusandTailgatehospitalisedThe Lopsided Triangleand the latter suffer a debilitatingspark spasmthat shot an energy wave through the ship. Velocity was able to stabilize Tailgate while keeping an eye on the still-damaged Cyclonus (who refused to repair his bodywork), but while she kept Tailgate stable she couldn't get him to wake up.Speak, Memory: Part 1FollowingSunder's attack, Tailgatedidwake up, demonstrating newfound super strength. Velocity determined that hisSparkhad been made susceptibtle to mutation by exposure to the ship's quantum radiation; acute stress-related trauma had caused Tailgate "to evolve" into a new breed ofoutlier.Speak, Memory! (Part 2)

Soon after the incident,PowerflashandStrafecame to her complaining of sudden burnout. She put it down to badengex,unaware that this was a side effect of Tailgate's rapid mutation.At Close of DayThat was normal compared toWhirlbeing infected byscrapletsdisguised as a protoform! She had to fix him up and explain how he'd almost died at the hands of something he thought loved him, but knowing that made Whirl proud of the pests!Silent Light

When a time fissure opened in Swerve's, allowing people to look back at departed crew members, Velocity (and the medical diagnostic drone) chose to look back at her predecessors, First Aid and the deceasedAmbulon.Back in the present, she and Thunderclash had a video chat with Firestar.No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases

On the day that Getaway launched his mutiny, Velocity gave Megatron a checkup after the ex-Decepticon suffered a vivid hallucination; unbeknownst to either, this was caused by the mutineers, who used a psychic lure to trick the loyalists into leaving the ship. Subsequent uses of the Necrobot's weapon caused all of the afflicted individuals, including Megatron andRodimusto follow the signal to its source. Velocity went with them and was talked byMainframeinto taking Whirl with her. Once they'd returned to the Necrobot's planet, their ship was destroyed, the loyalists were chased inside the Necrobot's fortress by theDecepticon Justice Division,and informed by Getaway ofexactlywhat had happened.How Bright Their Frail DeedsBefore the DJD could block their transmissions, Velocity attempted to contact First Aid through the phone he had given her, and in doing so, inadvertently sent a distress signal through toRatchet,who had given First Aid the phone in the first place.Your Fierce Tears

With the DJD preparing to attack at sundown, Velocity threw herself into her work so she wouldn't havetimeto think about the threat.At Close of DaySeeing that the Necrobot's dead body had crumbled to dust, Velocity investigated and found a key in his remains. Velocity, Nautica and Swerve scoured the base for what it might open, and discovered a locked room filled with what appeared to be hibernating organics instasis pods.Returning to the main group with news of their discovery, she listened to Brainstorm's logical reasons to run away anyway and Megatron's emotional speech to stay and protect the sleepers; Velocity, like the other Autobots, chose to stay.The Sun in Flight

When Ratchet andDriftarrived in response to Velocity's distress call, she was confused; as it turned out, the phone she'd been given was a direct line toRatchet,and her confused description of the old medic as a grumpy old git didn't do much to ingratiate her.Your Fierce TearsRatchet continued to disappoint her, as she found his brusque nature and overconfidence grating. When he started reading her updates on what he'd missed, she snapped that she assumed it'd beafterhe'd finished patching up Megatron instead of during. To her dismay, he then spotted somethingshe'dmissed: Powerflash and Strafe's ill-effects earlier were what happens to Transformers given an artificial boost, and it indicated they'd been given such a boost by Tailgate's spark. Drift was able to establish a broadcast so that the crew could transmit their goodbyes and provide burial instructions. Velocity, forced to properly think about her imminent death by the conversation, almost doubled over.At Close of DayIn the end, she broadcast that she had no regrets and wanted that put on her spark casing, and for her body to be recycled.How Bright Their Frail DeedsFollowing this, Nautica called her and four others in for, to her delight, theAmica Enduraceremony. Velocity was invited into Nautica's spark for her determination, and agreed.At Close of Day

As the Autobots prepared to go out and make a last stand against the DJD and their allies, Tailgate's super-strength caused Velocity to have an idea: if they could artificially induce another spark spasm, the subsequent burst would temporarily mutate them all into super-strong outliers. Thanks to Skids' sacrifice, his mutated spark cased them all to temporarily gain similar super-strength,Rage, Rageand thus empowered, they charged to meet their foes head-on.At Close of DayWhile the Autobots were able to hold the line against the Decepticons for a time, the upgrade wore off and the Autobots were forced into a retreat.Rage, Rage

Back inside the fortress, Velocity watched as Megatron took up arms once more and battled the DJD, expressing her confusion at the fact that the members of the Division didn't use their real names. The converstion was interrupted when the "organics" the Necrobot had been protecting awoke... and revealed themselves as the "Disappeared,"Transformers that thetime travellingNecrobot had plucked from across history for safekeeping. Velocity's insistence that someone go out and rescue Megatron from the explosive deluge ofantimatterthat he had created prompted Rodimus to use the Necrobot's "time case" to do so.

With the Autobots safe at last, Velocity and Ratchet performed checkups on the newly arrived Transformers... until ageobomb,courtesy of the Galactic Council, impacted the planet as part of a last-ditch solution to getting rid of Megatron,Do Not Go Gentleshunting the planet into aparallel universe.Like the other Autobots on the surface, Velocity was unaware of this, having been checking each of the Disappeared for symptoms of timesicknessSome Other Cybertronwhile administering theLost Lightcrew withmood suppressantsto help cope with Skids' death.AnomieWhen Anode, one of the Disappeared, heard Velocity's name, she tried to escape, unwilling to fess up to her mistakes on Caminus.Some Other Cybertron

When Velocity realized that Anode was among the Disappeared, she immediately attempted to arrest Anode for her supposed theft, producing a "snowflake" ofwidowed metalthat Anode had stolen and telling her that they needed to talk.AnomieAfter completing a checkup on Anode—and learning that Anode was innocent, and had merely fabricated the crime as a pretense to leave—Velocity excused herself to administer another round of suppressants.A World Misplaced

Some time later, Velocity andKaputwere repairingFangryafter the Decepticon's run-in with Tailgate when an emotional Anode burst in, searching forLug.Their confusion over Lug's identity led Anode to realize that she had been hallucinating her dead friend as a symptom of the timesickness.A World MisplacedTogether with Nautica, the Autobots took Anode to the "spark flower" containing what remained of Lug's spark. Realizing that the spark could be combined with her fragment of sentio metallico, Anode grabbed the flower and ran back to the Necrobot's fortress, intending to bring her friend back to life.This Machine Kills FascistsWith the Necroworld returned to its proper universe, Rodimus and several other Autobots, Velocity among them, prepared to strike out in search of theLost Light,usingSkip's dead body as a jury-rigged starship. As they worked, Velocity noted that it was odd that Megatron—who had stayed behind in theFunctionist Universe—was no longer captain, prompting a crisis of conscience in Ultra Magnus.After Megatron

Three weeks later, Velocity's funerary message reached Cybertron, to Windblade's distress.How Bright Their Frail Deeds

To find theLost Light,the crew travelled toTroja Major'sHowling Townin the hopes of finding a map toCyberutopiafrom Nautica's contactAgonizer.Anode, Velocity, Lug, and Nautica trawled the markets, and after running afoul of aRust Giant,Nautica and Velocity were too happy to let Anode and Lug go off in search of a mysterious smell. Arriving at Agonizer'smuseum,Velocity quickly realized that Nautica had ulterior motives: she knew that Agonizer didn't have a map, but had come to inquire aboutanotherartifact associated with the Knights: the "Resus Cradle."Velocity grudgingly joined Nautica in her trip across the market to meet withMengel,current owner of the Cradle, and revealed her plan to resurrect Skids from the salvagedbrain moduleshe'd been hiding under her eyepatch.An Axe to Break the Ice

Alarmed by Mengel's price for the resurrection and her suggestion that Nautica "sell her friendship," Velocity tried to talk her out of it, only to be rebuffed. Finally, Velocity admitted that Nautica probably resented her for coming up with the idea of the spark spasm in the first place; a fact that Nautica couldn't entirely deny, seeing this transaction as a way to "reboot" their friendship. As Mengel prepared to extract these emotions she was called away on urgent business. Moments later, Transformers associated with theGrand Architectattacked, and while Velocity tried to defend herself, it was Nautica who broke free of her restraints to save her friend. Velocity's mention of choice led her to realize that Skids hadchosento sacrifice himself... but when the pair met up with Anode, Lug, and their friendWipe-Out,Velocity realized what had happened: Mengel's machine had extracted all the feelings Nautica had ever held for Skids.Chasing the Infinite

Back aboard Skip, the Autobots quickly began getting on one another's nerves in the ship's cramped confines. Tensions between Anode and Swerve led to a prank war, with Swerve roping Velocity into telling Anode that she'd found a second head growing out of Anode's rear. Following an accident with Cyclonus's sword, Velocity helped repair the injured Rewind while Cyclonus andChromedomeargued, chaos that only intensified when Ratchet's body began sufferingaggressive depigmentation... and Skip'smass displacementwearing off, causing the ship to start shrinking around them. It was at that moment thatTenspoke up, ordering them all to follow his instructions.Sardines

Ten got the group to redirect Skip to the nearestMederifacility, but in transit Skip's mass-displacement gave out and dumped everyone into space. The group suddenly awoke to find themselves in what appeared to be a transitional dimension to theAfterspark,believing to have died from exposure to super-compressed space.MetastasisVelocity and the others struggled to comprehend their new circumstances,The God Warbut ultimately accepted their fate and prepared to ascend into the Afterspark together. Velocity took a moment to compliment Swerve's heartfelt nature after he reassured the others of what was occurring. The entire scenario was soon proven to be a complex illusion created by the Mederi facility. Joined by theScavengers,who had also wound up there, the group barely had time to process their ordeal before being set upon by a horde ofsparkeaters- mutated from the rest of theLost Light's crew!You Are Here

After a failed attempt to reason with the sparkeaters, Velocity and the others retreated. The group split up, with Velocity being part of the one that barricaded themselves in Mederi's Ward Zero to try and find a cure for the sparkeaters.A Dance Before DyingFirst Aid prescribed a blast of "concussive medicine", but it was unclear if it would harmful to the sleeping organics trapped in the room with them. The organic-hatingNickeltriggered the blast anyway, which Velocity naively assumed was simply her having no choice as they would all die anyway. The concussive medicine managed to purge the sparkeater mutation and return their former crewmmates to normal. Getaway was also defeated and theLost Lightreclaimed, but the group again had no time to process as a massive rift in nearby space opened up.Lūstrāre

Velocity had to drag the frozen-in-terror Swerve away from the sight of the rift and they retreated back to theLost Light.Once aboard, the ship was pulled through the rift into theBenzene Cluster,now populated by five duplicates of Cybertron. Touching down on one, the crew was quickly taken prisoner by the forces of theGrand Architect.Joined byFroidandSunderin their holding cell, Froid explained that the multiple Cybertrons were an upscaledGod Gunwhich opened a portal to the next universe over, out from which came Megatron flying point amongst a fleet of starships.Farsickness

After reassuring that he wasn't invading, Megatron directed everyone to the real threat, a massive planet-sized effigy ofPrimus,one that Chromedome recognized as theFunctionist Universe's Cybertron granted arobot mode.When Megatron came to the rescue, Velocity was part of the group that managed to be pulled aboard theLast Light.She tended to the woundedDriftand was stunned when Megatron successfully treated him for azero pointaffliction on the spot. After Megatron had caught everyone up on the Functionist Council's schemes, he revealed that "Primus" was still populated by the citizenry of Cybertron.The Return of the KingAfter the rest of the group had managed to free themselves, and discover that Rung was the true Primus, everyone touched down on the last Cybertron for a group brainstorm, hitting on the idea of using twelve copies of theMatrix of Leadershipto overload Cybertron's twelvehot spotsto wipe out the Functionist Council in Vector Sigma.The Unremembering

Rung closed himself in his quarters and created the duplicate Matrices, at the cost of his own life. Velocity was chosen as one of those who could conceivably open a Matrix and was sent to theEugenesishot spot withKrokas her escort. At first, no one could open their Matrix while the Functionist troops surrounded them. Rodimus delivered a rousing speech that allowed everyone to open their Matrix, overloading Vector Sigma and killing the Functionists. Returning to theLost Lighteveryone saw that Luna 1's hot spot had been reactivated by Cybertron shunting the energy wave, bearing a final "Don't Forget Me" from Rung.A Spark Among Embers

Velocity went on the "victory lap" aboard theLost Lightbefore the ship's decommissioning. After agreeing to another potentialquantum duplicationwith the rest of the crew, she attended theLost Light's farewell party inSwerve's.Afterwards, Velocity and Nautica met up withChromiafor a visit to Earth.

Far in the future, Velocity attended Ratchet's funeral.

And far away, in some distant corner of the multiverse, a quantum duplicateLost Lightmaterialized with Velocity on it, ready to set sail for an infinity of new adventures.How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

Transformers vs. The Terminator

Velocity was one of the many dormant Autobots aboard theArk.BumblebeeandOptimus PrimeusedTeletraan-Ito reactivate Velocity alongsideRatchet,Wheeljack,andArcee—the only Autobots undamaged by the battle between the Decepticons and the time-travellingT-800that precipitated their awakening. Optimus and Velocity tracked the Decepticons toOregon's west coast; onceBumblebeereported that he'd found the Decepticons trashing theCyberdyne Systemsfactory inCalifornia,Optimus and Velocity joined their fellow Autobots and the Terminator in taking on the villains, unaware that the T-800 had already double-crossed them by remotely bombing theArk.Enemy of My Enemy Part Three

The three Autobots took on the bulk of the Decepticon forces, and while Arcee battledThundercrackerandSkywarp,the other two Autobots worked together to incapacitateSkrapnelandBombshell.The T-800 was left badly damaged afterStarscream's crash, and although Velocity warned that she lacked the tools to repair him she nevertheless threw him to Arcee, who in turn tossed him directly intoMegatron's spark chamber. The Terminator's sacrifice blew the Decepticon leader apart from the inside out; in the aftermath, the Autobots took custody of their Decepticon prisoners and said goodbye toSarah Connor.When they arrived at theArk,however, they learned of the Terminator's treachery; though Velocity struggled to process the loss Optimus suggested a truce between both sides until they could find a way home. Some time later, Sarah Connor had gotten a job atSkywatchand used her new connections to keep an eye on her Cybertronian friends, including Velocity.Enemy of My Enemy Part Four

Notes

• For her appearance inTransformers vs. The Terminator,artistAlex Milnebased Velocity's Earth alternate mode on a 1977Pontiac Firebird.^[1]

References

External links

• Design and commentary on Alex Milne's Tumblr