Thrust is the Decepticons tactician, who would eventually turn traitor, and a recurring antagonist in Transformers Armada.
History[]
Backstory[]
As revealed in Linkup, Thrust was a excellent tactician who orchestrated Decepticon victories on the planets Vector, Orga, and Duke.
Armada[]
Arrival on Earth[]
Thrust joined Megatron on Earth, in Tactician, picking his Mini-Con partner, Inferno, from among the other Mini-Cons the Decepticons had locked up in the closet. Thrust concocted a plan to eliminate Optimus Prime by luring the Autobots with a fake Mini-Con signal. While the Decepticons kept the trapped Autobots under constant fire, Megatron singled out Optimus, separating him from his men and the Skyboom Shield. However, Jetfire, Optimus's second-in-command, arrived and threw off Thrust's plans.
Revenge on Jetfire[]
In Linkup, Thrust devised a plan both to steal the Skyboom Shield and to destroy Jetfire in revenge. Thrust lured Jetfire to an area above the ocean where he, Starscream, Cyclonus, the Air Military Mini-Con Team, and the Air Defense Mini-Con Team attacked the Autobot. Though they'd underestimated Jetfire's reluctance to attack Mini-Cons, Thrust's force soon proved to be overwhelming. When the other Autobots appeared on a nearby island to assist Jetfire, Megatron led a small attack intent on stealing the Skyboom Shield. After goating at his victory, Thrust ordered Starscream to finish Jetfire off. However, Optimus warped to Jetfire's location and Powerlinxed with him, allowing him to defeat the Decepticons. Thrust was amused by the new change and said the war had gotten more interesting.
Routing out Sideways[]
In Detection, Thrust told Megatron the reason why his plans hadn't worked was that, despite being inferior in almost every way, the Autobots were able to work as a team. Megatron took this as a slight against him and nearly killed Thrust with the Star Saber. Thrust explained that the reason the Decepticons hadn't been working together was because there was a lack of unity which he subtly blamed Sideways for. Sideways determined that Thrust was a danger, so he convinced Demolishor that Thrust was a threat and had him attack the tactician. However, Thrust had anticipated something like this, and he had Starscream tail Sideways when he made his report to his true leader. Megatron then allowed Thrust to take on Sideways himself. However, Sideways transformed into a swarm of nanites and flew away.
The Requiem Blaster[]
In Awakening, Thrust participated in a battle with the Autobots over a Mini-Con found on a beach. During the fight, the enormous Decepticon battleship Tidal Wave landed in the ocean nearby. After a moment of pointing out Tidal Wave's capabilities, Thrust ordered Tidal Wave to open fire on the Autobots. However Hot Shot and Blurr attacked his underbelly, causing Tidal Wave to sink, to Thrust's consternation. His confidence was restored when Tidal Wave emerged in robot mode and began to attack the Autobots again, swiftly changing the tide of battle for the Decepticons. In Desperate, Thrust let Megatron defeat Optimus, by having Tidal Wave combine with him. However, the Space Mini-Con Team appeared and combined to form the Requiem Blaster. Thrust immediately moved to take the powerful weapon, but Optimus kicked him away. With the Requiem Blaster in Optimus's hands, Megatron ordered a retreat.
In Runaway, realising that the Requiem Blaster was the key to victory, Thrust began using satellites to keep an eye on the Autobots for a chance to steal it. He soon noticed the human kids on a bus with the Space Mini-Con Team. He watched the kids head to an abandoned barn. Thrust then warped to the farm and attempted to steal the Mini-Cons. However, the kids had set several booby traps to detain him. Thrust eventually lost his temper and started smashing the barn they were hiding in. Optimus appeared and fought Thrust, leading to him to retreat, swearing this wasn't over. In Past II, Thrust followed Hot Shot on his way to fight Wheeljack. When Hot Shot was looking for Side Swipe, Thrust divebombed him. Wheeljack was furious that Thrust interfered with his revenge and shot him out the sky. Later, Wheeljack joined the Decepticons, to an injured Thrust protests.
In Sacrifice, Thrust made another plan to retrieve the Requiem Blaster. The Decepticons lured the Autobots out into a jungle where Starscream started attacking them in the hopes that the Autobots would use the Requiem Blaster. However, when none of the Autobots used it, Sideways sent Thrust a series of images of the Autobot base and the Space Team Mini-Cons. Thrust realized that the Mini-Cons that formed the Requiem Blaster were at the Autobot base. He informed Megatron and the Decepticons warped away. At the Autobot base, Megatron stole the Mini-Cons from Smokescreen and then used the Requiem Blaster to shoot him. However, Smokescreen was steadfast, and intimidated by his determination, Thrust suggested the Decepticons leave.
In Regeneration, Thrust enjoyed the praise Megatron gave him for his success when Starscream arrived. Bitter for being left behind, Starscream attacked Thrust with the Star Saber, until Megatron ordered him to stand down. Later, Megatron and Thrust talked about Starscream's shortcomings.However, the conversation was overheard by Starscream, who attacked Megatron and Thrust before leaving to join the Autobots, with the Star Saber. In Rescue, Starscream brought the Autobots to the base. During the battle in the throne room, the Requiem Blaster blasting the Skyboom Shield created a bright light. Thrust offered to act as a decoy to cover Megatron's retreat. However, the Autobots eventually rescued the Decepticons' Mini-Cons.
Alliance with Sideways[]
In Mars, while Megatron took out his frustration on the lunar landscape, Thrust reminded the watching Decepticons that without the Mini-Cons, they had to build the spaceship themselves. Thrust started to get irritated at the lack of respect he was getting, and then encountered Sideways. He told Thrust the Requiem Blaster's power was small compared to the power of the three Mini-Con weapons when combined.Thrust realised that the three combined Mini-Con weapons did have a greater power. Thrust was left with the inspiration to obtain the sword and shield to combine them with the gun, and presented his information to Megatron. When a new Mini-Con was detected on Mars, Thrust sent Tidal Wave to distract Jetfire and Starscream, the only Autobots capable of reaching Mars. Tidal Wave reported that they had the Star Saber, the Skyboom Shield, and the new Mini-Con. Megatron immediately warped over there with Thrust. He got there just in time to see the three Mini-Con weapons react to each other, unleashing a huge burst of golden energy. The explosion scattered the Decepticons and allowed the Autobots to escape, but it confirmed that the three weapons were far more powerful when used together.
Hated by all the other Decepticons due to his superior attitude, in Crack, Thrust began to get more desperate to prove his power. Allying with Sideways, they discussed how to get the three Mini-Con weapons into the Decepticons' hands. Thrust conceived a plan to ensure this and presented it to Megatron. Thrust sent a message to Starscream, who went outside to investigate and Thrust approached him. Starscream angrily slashed at Thrust with his sword while Thrust dodged and turned invisible intermediately, all the while telling Starscream that he too was fed up with Megatron', and suggested that Megatron would be easier to bring down if Starscream were back with the Decepticons, and that Megatron would welcome him back if he brought the Skyboom Shield with him. Later, the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobot base. Thrust and Starscream met above the clouds where Thrust insisted that Starscream ally with him to defeat Megatron. Starscream lashed out at Thrust again, but was unable to make himself destroy the tactician. Starscream was persuaded to steal the Skyboom Shield and warp away with him back to the Decepticon base.
In Threaten, as Thrust predicted, Megatron welcomed Starscream back when he presented him with the Star Saber and the Skyboom Shield. However, Starscream still distrusted Thrust and dragged him out to the scrapyard to learn what was really going on. Thrust told Starscream about the project to build a weapon that would harness the power of the combined Mini-Con weapons. Starscream disliked being manipulated, but Thrust claimed it was so Starscream could be leader, and he had to hide his intentions from the others. However, if Starscream didn't believe him, Thrust was willing to let Starscream do what the wanted with him. Starscream was persuaded, and Sideways congratulated Thrust, Thrust saying that he learned from the best. Thrust presented Megatron the Hydra Cannon, powered by the Mini-Con Weapons. Deciding to test the super-weapon, Thrust targeted a comet that was passing through the solar system. He was not disappointed when the Hydra Cannon obliterated the comet, and suggested they use it conquer to Cybertron. Megatron agreed, though he wanted to first use it to destroy the Autobots' base, along with Earth.
In Crisis, while Thrust prepared the Hydra Cannon, Megatron nicknamed him 'Squidhead', which all the Decepticons found hilarious except Thrust. Megatron explained that he and the men were just giddy to return home. Thrust called Megatron 'Flathead' under his breath and giggling about it. Starscream was chosen to fire the Hydra Cannon, but he had doubts about destroying Earth. Thrust tried to persuade him to do it, and Starscream's moral debate was called off when Optimus and Jetfire attacked the starship. While the other Decepticons battled the two Autobots, Megatron gave Thrust the order to fire the Hydra Cannon. However, Optimus Prime stood in the path of the beam and blocked it from hitting Earth. Thrust watched Optimus disintegrate and then had the ship retreat on Megatron's orders. In Remorse, with Optimus destroyed, Thrust congratulated Megatron over his great victory, and was ordered to set course to Cybertron.
The Unicron Battles[]
In Miracle, after the Autobots began persuing them in the Axalon, Megatron ordered the Decepticon ship to turn around so he could crush his pursuers himself. As they were close to Cybertron Thrust tried and failed to dissuade his leader. In the battle that ensued, Thrust had to contend both with Mini-Cons shooting at him with the Axalons guns, and Jetfire chasing after him. When Optimus was revived by the Mini-Cons and pushed Megatron back with the power of his Super Mode, Thrust ordered the Decepticons to retreat back to their ship.
In Puppet, Thrust detected an Autobot signal emanating from a desolate world. He was left behind on the Decepticons' ship while Megatron, Tidal Wave, Starscream, and Demolishor investigated this signal. When they returned, Megatron and the others had attained more powerful bodies. Megatron ordered Thrust to call him "Galvatron", and the Decepticons resumed their journey towards Cybertron.
In Uprising, arriving on their home ahead of the Autobots, the Decepticons took Cybertron by force. During their battles, Thrust advised Starscream to allow Galvatron to take the lead, as it increased the chance he might fall in combat. When a black hole materialised in Cybertron's orbit, Thrust became giddy, as it heralded Unicron, whom he had learned about through Sideways, and now served himself. The Mini-Cons used their powers to keep the black hole at bay, and Thrust cursed them for interfering with his master's plans. In Dash, Thrust tried to convince Galvatron that Optimus's warnings about Unicron were lies. when Hot Shot penetrated Galvatron's fortress to make the Decepticon leader see reason, Thrust's charade began to unravel. Thrust admitted to be one of Unicron's agents before fleeing with both the Skyboom Shield and the Requiem Blaster into Cybertron's depths.
In Drift, Starscream eventually caught up to Thrust, who tried to convince his former ally to join him in serving Unicron. Starscream refused, but at that moment Rad, Alexis, and Carlos, as well as their companion Mini-Cons, stumbled onto the scene. Thrust threatened the new arrivals with the Requiem Blaster, provoking Starscream to lunge at him. Thrust destroyed Starscream with the Requiem Blaster, which triggered a timewarp, so when these events played out a second time, Perceptor distracted Thrust long enough for Starscream to grapple him. Thrust was made to shoot the Requiem Blaster into the ceiling above them, and then fled as the tunnel began to collapse.
In Portent, Thrust made his way to a warp gate that took him inside Cybertron's moon, and met up with Sideways. His accomplice berated him, for failing to acquire the Star Saber, and for allowing himself to be followed. Hot Shot, Wheeljack, Starscream, the kids, and their Mini-Cons caught up to him, though they were warded off by the various parasitic organisms that populated the satellite's interior. Sideways then took the two Mini-Con weapons from Thrust, and placed them before Unicron's core to begin his awakening. In Alliance, after Sideways secured the Star Saber, all three weapons were put in place within Unicron's core, and Thrust's master was able to show his real form. Thrust became giddy, believing he would soon become the "second greatest being in the universe" following Unicron's slaughter of his enemies.
In Union, Sideways told Thrust leave, to his confusion, as he thought he would be Unicron's right-hand man, but Sideways got angry, and ordered him to leave immediately. While sitting on Unicron's shoulder, Thrust decided his first action as Unicron's right-hand bot would be to get rid of Sideways. In a final confrontation with Galvatron, Thrust mocked him, telling him how pathetic a leader he was, and demanded Unicron attack his former master, only to have Unicron act unaware of both their presence. Thrust made a leap for Galvatron, but fell into a seam on Unicron's surface which began to tighten and close as Unicron moved, and after pleading to Galvatron to save him, was crushed to death as Galvatron walked away.
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History[]
Armada[]
Thrust arrived via transwarp from Cybertron, carrying rocket boosters so the Decepticons could fly to the moon and capture the Mini-Cons stationed there. He stayed at the Decepticon base at Silver Ridge, where he failed to help Starscream deal with two Autobot intruders.
Fire & Ice[]
Later, Thrust was sent to northern Alaska to back up Cyclonus, who was there to retrieve a fallen Mini-Con escape pod. First Thrust took a torch-blast to the face from Dune Runner, part of the Adventure Mini-Con Team, who was there to save his allies. Then he was knocked around by Cyclonus, who was maddened after Powerlinxing with the entire Destruction Mini-Con Team. When Thrust finally came to, after witnessing Cyclonus' breakdown, the arrival of the Autobots, and Megatron using an orbiting Solar Scalpel to melt the ice that buried the escape pod, Thrust decided to leave.
Worlds Collide[]
Later, Thrust followed Starscream to a building lot in San Francisco, investigating a strange transwarp disturbance. He got there just in time to get shot down by a herald of Unicron seeking the refugee Mini-Con Over-Run.
When Megatron left to attack the Autobot base on Earth, Thrust was left behind to guard their Silver Ridge headquarters, and was attacked by the other heralds of Unicron. Thrust was repaired in time to journey back to Cybertron and face the planet-eater.
Energon[]
Trivia[]
- This version of Thrust bears some resemblance to Quickstrike, who was also voiced by Colin Murdoch.