It's time for the final push; the Autobots prepare to free Earth from Decepticons presence once for all; SHIELD, ARGUS, STRIKE, SWORD, NSA, CIA, DIA, MI6, USSOCOM, SAS (Special Air Service, british special forces), SBS, DAS (french secret service), Third Echelon, NCIS, FSB e SVR (russian agencies born from the ashes of former KGB), together with others, back the operation, supporting over 10 separate missions with tens of objectives; the core is executed from US Green Berets, Navy Seals, Army Rangers, russian Spetsnaz, Royal Marines and Foreign Legion teams, aided by over 130 men and women from the "cape and cowl" community (kriptonians, several aliens, 4 Green Lanterns, Olimpians, Asgardians, mistics and magic users, many X-Men and a lot a street levels heroes); these are the ones chosen to give the final assault to Decepticon Earth HQ, side to side with the Wreckers and other bots.

At the end, it's a real carnage, for both parties; but the Cons are driven out from Earth forever!

Leaving a skeleton crew to manage and repair the Ark, Prime flies to Cybertron for the real battle; taking the home planet back

 

the Stunticons
Motormaster: “Knight Rider (1982)” “Goliath” Peterbilt 352 Pacemaker








Peterbilt 379X with special transporter trailer

Wild Rider: Ferrari F430 Scuderia

Breakdown: Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera

Dragstrip: Renault R30 2010

McLaren P1 GTR

Dead End: Porsche 997 GT2 2007

Porsche 991 GT3

 

the Stunticons, 2nd part
Barricade: Dodge Charger Pursuit 2015 patrol car


Lugnut: Honda Goldwing SE 1996 with Champion sidecar

Nightracer: “Knight Rider (1982)” “K.I.T.T.” Pontiac TransAm Firebird



Runabout: “Knight Rider (2008)” Ford Mustang Shelby Cobra GT500KR (black)


Runamuck: “Knight Rider (2008)” Ford Mustang Shelby Cobra GT500KR (white)

Knock-Out: Harley-Davidson FLST Heritage Softtail 1987 motorbike


Motormaster was a difficult choice, but when I put in other "Knight Rider" cars I put all doubts aside; Nightracer was an old exclusive from BotCon... 1994, I believe; one of the few females between decepticon troops; by the way, did you know Peter Cullen voiced KARR (KITT evil egoistic evil prototype) in both series (1982 & 2008)?

 

the Vehicon drones: Chevrolet Camaro Z28, Chevrolet Chevelle, Ford Mustang, Dodge Charger, Ford GT40, Ford GT.

here they are the decepticon road troopers, stupid but quite hard to kill; don't underestimate them; in group, and commanded by a sharp mind, they hurt a lot

 

first step, set up a bridgehead; the chosen point is the old spaceport outside the Tagan heights; the Dynobots take the scene storming the little cons' occupation force (the place is almost destroyed and has little strategic importance), then the builders repair the primary structures to host a spaceship; from here, the landing begins and advances. second step, breaking the circle of reinforcements; this is the pivotal part of the mission, if this fails, it's all for nothing; that's why the bots push as harder as they never did, with increasing losses; at the end, a major portion of enemy troops fall back.

From there, Prowl planned the expansion towards Tyger Pax and Nova Cronum; controlling these two cities, the autobots could defend easily the industrial district and fortify their positions; Megatron sends his biggest guns to eradicate them; Scorponok, Sixshot, Sky Shadow and Thunderwing. While the battle storms, a group of neutrals who never left the planet takes in a squad to repair from bombing; but the tunnels lead on the opposite side of the offensive lines, so the assault teams take advantage and circle around the hostile positions.

 

the Combacticons
Onslaught: M1070 tractor truck + M1000 trailer with 2 artillery cannons

the first choice, tractor with trailer, is an echo of G1 mode; unfortunately, I couldn't find a trailer with cannons monted on it; I took this with a tank, as if Onslaught trailed Brawl.

XM1140 5-ton vector for M142 HIMARS (HIgh Mobility Artillery Rocket System)

the XM1140 is just a transport, modified to host the HIMARS, a medium range missile launcher (it's more appropriate for a field commander who watches from sidelines and enters the fray when all seems lost to balance the scales).

JDS (Jobaria Defense System) MCLS (Multiple Cradle Launcher System)

the MCLS is an evolution of the previous idea, but with not-guided rockets; think about the Energon mold for Onslaught (Barricade), the real difference is the MCLS carries many payloads and does hurt bad!
Blast-Off: Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye surveillance plane

the space shuttle mold is A) already taken, B) a bit outdated; this is a military crack commando unit; the Hawkeye is designed specifically for surveillance tasks, but Blast-Off can also take the bomber duty.

Brawl: M1A1 Abrahams main battle tank

Swindle: M2A3 Bradley troop transport tank

Paramount Marauder armored car

OK, this was difficult; to form Bruticus' leg, Swindle should be quite similar to Brawl, so I chose the M2/M3 tread transport; at the same time, Swindle was a jeep, a wheeled vehicle; the Marauder has a good armor and is used for troop transport (mostly not frontline personnel, like engineers)

Vortex: Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk troop transport helicopter

the UH-60 is about forty years old, but newer variants are still presents in US armed forces; G1 Vortex was an early version of the Blackhawk

Spearhead: Northrop Grumman C-2 Greyhound transport plane

the C-2 is a variation of the E-2, converted for goods and personnel transport; same take

Blackout: Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter

I gave him the Bay treatment cause he was the first robot I saw in 2007 when I went to the cinema, and his first onslaught (sorry for wordplay) left me silent and glued to the chair; ironically, the year after US Air Force started to replace the MH-53 with MV-22 convertiplanes

Hard-Top: BCC (BC Customs) SRTV-5 (Search & Rescue Tactical Vehicle-5) US Army Special Forces dune buggy

this offroad vehicle is designed and crafted only for SpecOps missions; I found it a perfect match.

Grindor: Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter

just to differentiate; it's not simple finding new actual machines if you search always on the same place

Hailstorm: Komatsu Type 75 130mm rocket launcher

this idea came from HftD line (I think the mold was used again for Generations), so I looked for a similar real treaded machine and fell into this

Incinerator: Boeing CV-22 Osprey convertiplane

CV-22s are the actual standard, and Incinerator already had a toy, so...

Blast Charge: U.S. Army HMMVW with SAM (Surface to Air Missile) launcher

you could be astonished how many uses and variants the Humvee has got; visit its wiki page and scroll the list, you will lose your way

Air Razor: CAIC WZ-10 (Wuzhuang Zhisheng-10) attack helicopter

for a while I considered Blackarachnia or "TF: Prime" Airachnid, then I moved her into Predacons; however I recalled Beast Wars and went to research chars names; the Wuzhuang Zhisheng is a new generation chinese attack chopper, still little known; its characteristics are still a mistery for the Pentagon

Viper: RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle

this comes from Viper redeco of CW Powerglide; after all, an UAV can always come in handy, right?

Soldier drone/Wreckage: BTR-152 wheeled APC

DAF YP408 6x8 wheeled APC

the Wreckage drone is the Combacticon automated ground trooper, taken from Movie and RotF lines; it does the "smash and destroy" part of the Cons operations I chose a 4-wheel and a 8-wheel car to have more freedom

Jet fighter drone/Wingblade: Grumman F-14 Tomcat

the Wingblade drone is an F-14, cause that's one of the 20th century best military Aircraft (and the base model for some of later designs); some 3rd World countries still use it

 

Cybertron is literally drilled by tunnels; the net is much larger than common people believe; Alpha Trion knew everyone & mapped most of them for public archives; Optimus, learned about them while doing archivist job at Iacon state library. Several Autobots had taken advantage of this knowledge, but only Trion, Prime and Ultra Magnus know the main web which connects pipelines, energy lines and sewer exits; the entire planet was builded on layers, the last covering the previous; and Iacon was probably the city with superior number of holes and accesses; during last rebuilding of the city, many old tunnels were opened again casually and integrated into the city channels grid.

Kup & Ironhide propose to infiltrate Iacon while distracting defensors with a direct approach; although it's solid, the plan goes out of window when infiltrators are spotted; the combat storms in every building; 'bots and 'cons outmanouver each other, sometimes without knowing, and find the enemy is behind them. The battle goes along for one full day, then Bludgeon, on request from Blight, chooses to pull his forces back on city borders; there they wait for reinforcements; but almost one third of their line is totally undefendable, and backup is partially useless. Onslaught, who came to assess the situation, states the battle would be hardly won even sacrifying many soldiers, so the tactician votes to withdraw; Bludgeon doesn't fear the defenses, but he knows others Decepticons do.

Within Decepticon High Command, rumors start and Megatron's position begins to tremble; apart from a obvious bootlicker Starscream and more secretive conspirator Shockwave, others plot behind the throne; warlords like Scorponok, Razorclaw, Thunderwing and some minor officers.

 

OK; now the most feared and fearsome Decepticon warlords... the Predacons.

Razorclaw: Mastermind Creations R-05 Leo Dux


Tantrum: Mastermind Creations R-03 Bovis


Headstrong: Mastermind Creations R-04 Fortis


Divebomb: Mastermind Creations R-02 Talon


Rampage: Mastermind Creations R-06 Tigris


Sabretooth: Mastermind Creations R-07 Felisaber


Wolfhound: BotCon 2008 Weirdwolf


Leozak: Cybertron Nemesis Breaker


Waspinator: Generations Waspinator



damned limit...

 

damned images number limit
after I have finished the cars list, I'll post the gestalts images, I promise

Skybite: Generations Skybite


Blackarachnia: Generations Blackarachnia



I would to make them a regular army unit, but how is possible reconcile two so different aspects? military and beastly.. that's probably impossible.
Sabretooth comes from my Marvel hardcore fan past; and don't tell me you don't know him, there were so many comic movies during last fifteen year you MUST have heard of him. Wolfhound... well, actually that came from GI Joe toys; I already put Weirdwolf among regular Decepticons, so I needed another name; it's always Hasbro, isn't it? Skybite was so stupid in "Robots in Disguise" toon (2001 line) and he deserved some justice. Blackarachnia closes the squad formation adding another female (there are so few since 1984)

 

Flare-Up: Aprilia RSV4

Shadow Striker: Jaguar XKR


again, females... let's hope female readers are pleased

 

Even if I already listed them, now I have good images to show, so for the second time the Terrorcons!

Hun-Grrr: Unique Toys O-04 Siegfried





Blot: Unique Toys O-01 Troll




Cutthroat: Unique Toys O-05 Hagen




Sinnertwin: Unique Toys O-03 Fenrir



Rippersnapper: Unique Toys O-02 Alberich



nice guys, hmm??

 

Earth modes for not affiliated chars; well, Lockdown is quite independent most of the time, Punch/Counterpunch works for both, but Nemesis Prime works for... someone, or himself; I still took no decision about that.
Nemesis Prime: black Volvo FH4 semi-truck with tanker trailer

Punch/Counterpunch: Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Spider

Lockdown: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster

 

now, a doubt; would the sentinel droids have an Earth mode? What I mean is: Should they be taken on Earth? If yes, where could they be deployed? what do you think?
Meanwhile, I'll try to picture them

Theta series: US Navy Freedom class LCS (Littoral Combat Ship)



US Navy employs LCS units near coast lines; they are equipped with a large array of sistems, for both naval combat and support to ground combat; actually there are just two of them; USS Freedom (LCS-1) and USS Independence (LCS-2); I already used the second for Tidal Wave. these two ships have several differences (I won't bore you with details), and US Navy ordered two other LCS units, one for each class, before taking a definitive decision.

San Antonio class LPD (Landing Platform Dock) ship

LPD units are quite different; their only end is amphibious forces transport and landing; actually, US Navy Hull classification calls refers an LPD unit as AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK; since World War II, allied navies started to face problem of landing men, vehicles and equipment; during that war, US Navy employed different classes ships depending on their destination use; one class delivered infantry, another took tanks, and during Korea and Vietnam wars, Landing Helicopter Dock units were introduced; nowadays Austin-class LPDs (including Cleveland and Trenton sub-classes), as well as the Newport-class tank landing ships, and the Charleston-class amphibious cargo ships are all ritired replaced by San Antonio class, able to host a force of about seven hundred men plus landing vehicles (2 LCACs, or 1 LCU, or 14 Amphibious Assault Vehicles); I chose this because of its large loading capacity, and also the capability to operate with modern helicopters as the MV-22; I considered the older Wasp class (based on Takara class), but although it keeps a full Marine expeditionary force, it must relies only on helicopters for landing; San Antonio ships have a well dock within the hull, used to load amphibious forces and land them; US Navy states air landings and water landings can operate at the same speed.

Omega series: US Navy Nimitz class supercarrier

for Omega sentinels, I needed the biggest ships, so there was just one choice; US Navy employs at least 3/4 of supercarriers in the world, for ten Nimitz class units; named after admiral Chester Nimitz, chief of Pacific fleet during WW2, they are nuclear powered aircraft carriers with an overall length of 1,092 ft (333 m) and full-load displacement of over 100,000 long tons. The angled flight decks of the carriers use a CATOBAR arrangement to operate aircraft, with steam catapults and arrestor wires for launch and recovery. As well as speeding up flight deck operations, this allows for a much wider variety of aircraft than with the STOVL arrangement used on smaller carriers. An embarked carrier air wing consisting of up to around 90 aircraft is normally deployed on board, between planes and choppers.

A typical carrier air wing can include 12–14 F/A-18E or F Super Hornets as strike fighters; two squadrons of 10–12 F/A-18C Hornets, with one of these often provided by the U.S. Marine Corps (VMFA), also as strike fighters; 4–6 EA-6B Prowlers or EA-18G Growlers for electronic warfare; 4–6 E-2C or D Hawkeyes for AEW (airborne early warning), C-2 Greyhounds used for logistics (they'll be soon replaced by MV-22 Ospreys); and a Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron of 6–8 SH-60F and HH-60H Seahawks.

In addition to their aircraft, the vessels carry short-range defensive weaponry for anti-aircraft warfare and missile defense:

Sensors and processing systems:

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  • AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
    
  • AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
    
  • AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar
    
  • AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars
    
  • AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar
    
  • AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars
  • 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems
  • 4 × Mk 95 radars

Electronic warfare & decoys:

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  • SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite
  • SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures

Armament:

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  • 16–24 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow or NATO Sea Sparrow missiles
    
  • 3 or 4 × Phalanx CIWSs or RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles

A Nimitz ship is litterally a floating city; the naval crew exceeds 3.200 men, followed by air strike groups personnel, further 2.480 airmen and pilots; the total is more than 5 thousand men; every unit has its own ZIP code (a U.S.A. based postal code), a TV channel, a newspaper and other conforts.

However, they're progressly decommissioned while new Ford class units enter in service. Because many Nimitz ships are still into active duty, I put them on my list, even if a alien war machine probably would favorite last models.

US Navy Ford class supercarrier

the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is already done and waiting its commission; first unit of new Ford class supercarrier, it takes its name from the class designation (that's a tradition of the US Navy: first one of every new class is named after the class.
The new vessels have a hull similar to the Nimitz carriers, but introduce technologies since developed such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, as well as other design features intended to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs, including reduced crew requirement. Carriers of the Ford class will have:

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  • Advanced arresting gear.
    
  • Automation, allowing a crew of several hundred fewer than the Nimitz-class carrier.
    
  • The updated RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile system.
    
  • An AN/SPY-3 X Band multifunction radar and an AN/SPY-4 S Band volume search radar. Designated together as Dual Band Radar (DBR), initially developed for the Zumwalt-class destroyers.
    
  • An Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) in place of traditional steam catapults for launching aircraft.
    
  • A new nuclear reactor design (the A1B reactor) for greater power generation.
    
  • Stealth features to help reduce radar cross-section.
    
  • The ability to carry up to 90 aircraft, including the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G Growler, Grumman C-2 Greyhound, Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II, Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, and unmanned combat aerial vehicles such as the Northrop Grumman X-47B.
    

The US Navy wants to use modern equipment and extensive automation to reduce the crew size and the total cost of future aircraft carriers. The biggest visible difference from earlier supercarriers is the more aft location of the island. Ships of the Ford class are intended to sustain 160 sorties per day for 30-plus days.

Omega Supreme: "Captain America: Winter Soldier” S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier






Omega Supreme is worthy only of the best of the best, so I gave him the SHIELD helicarrier, a flying fortress with modern weapon systems and other nice toys; after a fast think, I prefered the "Captain America: Winter Soldier” version (if it's not right, you can still go back to "the Avengers" model; "Agents of SHIELD" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" show that a unit still exists)

 

last minute add

Drift
cybertronian mode: Mastermind Creations Beta

Earth mode: BMW i8

 

as I promised, some gestalts; I don't have all pictures yet; but they are so many I must divide them in several posts, so no real difference; later I'll put Others

Abominous

Bruticus

 

I put different configurations, decos and molds, to satisfy more people I can

still Bruticus

Computron
Defensor

 

and so on

again Defensor

Devastator

Dinotitan


Landfill v2
Menasor

 

another batch

once again, Menasor



Predaking







Superion

 

that's the last for now; stay tuned

Victorion

 

Next objective is the temple of Simfur; here, under the surface, a long gallery goes down the deeps of the planet, taking turns and following hidden pipelines, until it reaches the Vector Sigma; this artifact, half marvelous machine, half mistic icon, has got the unique power to give life to an empty shell releasing a spark; alternately, the spark can be put into an energon filled pod where the body grows around it. Who controls the Vector Sigma gets the chance of replenish his ranks. Needing to prove his leadership to his inner circle (as good as his lower troops, and the grunts), Megatron launchs an all-out assault to Simfur, hoping to break through the automatic defenses and several dozens of sentinels; more guardians await inside; the Autobots cannot enter, because even they register as strangers to the defenders; but Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme are exceptions to the rule; the Matrix Keeper can go as far as he wants, while an Omega sentinel is still seen as defender. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, the Decepticons are forced to put as more distance as they can from the temple.