Wouldn't be surprised if Tarn was Dominus as a Decepticon counterpart to Ultra Magnus. He could be even enchanced with similar armor but made with Phase Sixer technology. It could explain his knowledge about the Magnus's armor.
I am really enjoying this thread. On the subject of Transformers assuming other identities/mantles it makes me think about something First Aid said when we first see him. "I've never saved the life of a Prime, or A Prowl!" On the subject of mantles I find the fact that he says "A Prowl " as this suggest to me there's more than one Prowl. Anyone else given this any thought? Or am I just reading into something that's not actually there?
We don't actually know how Tyrest's portal worked. Possibly on the same principle as Aequitas... but of course, there's no evidential process. I'm guessing that it responds to feelings of guilt or regret that it detects in the person passing through it. Because Skids is totally separated from his past, he doesn't have any of that baggage. But then, it's not like we saw any "guilty" people walk through or be obstructed, so who knows if it works at all? Yeah, it might be the kind of thing that people who worked in the intelligence community would know about... except that Skids isn't supposed to have any memory of that part of his life... so how would he know that? YES! Yeah, good point. I always assumed that Agent 113 would have been shadowplayed to help protect his identity on some level... subconscious triggers and whatnot. But that's a good point... Agent 113 could just be a Decepticon dupe, who is acting as a spy without even being conscious of it! Right. But nothing about Tarn. As part of the Delphi story arc, you meet another "Prowl"... the infected guy that Drift cuts apart is named "Prowl". I think that's part of it... it was one of the first times that the fiction really addressed that there are some TFs out there with the same names, even if they're not related in any way. They did something similar in RID around the same time, with Machine Wars Skydive (the Decepticon). The other way of reading First Aid's comments is that he never saved the life of anyone important... not a Prime.. not even a "Prowl"... meaning someone of Prowl's stature (someone not as significant as a Prime, but still pretty important). I don't think he was really implying that "Prowl" is a role that one occupies, and there have literally been other Prowls doing that same job. zmog
Well, in the last issues we know that MTOs have last names based on offensive or military operations. It could be a "Prowl from Assault on X City/Location".
Actually SMOG, both Rung, and Pharma were both Obstructed from passing through Tyrest's Space Bridge. Skids could because he had no memory to be guilty about.
Yeah, I forgot about that. Page 7 of issue #21 explains it all, including how the portal works (or at least Rung's theory). I've only read the series once, so I forget the little things sometimes. That I remembered. But the point was that he was also "Prowl". Not an "important" Prowl... but another Prowl that First Aid never saved. Possibly, but Heretech is a non-entity really... he's nobody to the readers. I suspect he might be dead by now, even. zmog
Yep. My first thought it was Arther Dent, but originally he said he called himself Prowl but change it when he realized that name was taken.
James Roberts elaborated that when a D.J.D. member dies, his replacement takes his name. I think Tarn's been with the DJD since the very beginning, but Vos hasn't.
they are named after 5 cities of cybertron right? where the deceptions won important victories or something...
Mostly likely Tarn was created when the city of Tarn fell to the Decepticons and Megatron renamed the mech (basically) and in honor of that victory. I am guessing Tarn is the first city to fell and Megatron decided he needed a team that he allow the creation of the DJD.
Nope, the first of the five to fall was Kaon. Tarn is where Megatron comes from hence being the moniker of the leader.
