Who are the Questors? The newest members of the Alternity line, Starscream and Skywarp, are members of this organisation. But who are they, what powers do they possess, and how do they fit into the larger multi-dimensional time-traveling saga of the Alternity?
Until now, these details have only been available in Japanese. But worry not, thanks to 2005 Content Staff member SydneyY, we can now enjoy English translations of the bios, story, and Power Plans for these new Destrons. You can check them out in our Resources section for these two characters including translated copies of the Power Plan images.
Alternity A-04 Questor Commander Starscream
Alternity A-04 Questor Warrior Skywarp
Also be sure to check out the rest of our Alternity section for more information on these multi-dimensional Transformers characters and their cool Binaltech styled toys! Or alternatively check out some of the other sections in our Transformers Resources section for near-on every Transformers toy ever released in the US or Japan!
Chaos Muffin
Killer job SydneyY, as always
SydneyY
So modest. Without Sol's help it would have made much less sense!
Yes and yes.
I like the these toys very much and it helped my motivations a lot.
NCStarscream
Great stuff. Thanks a lot!
yuujin-mikeru
Starscream's bio and power plans just raised my opinion of the toy to "meh" to interesting and sometimes it just have to be interesting to buy it. Having a personality and background behind your toys is a real plus.
I love their weapons. Screamer can blast you before you were online and Sky Warp can shoot anything at you.
Random Enemy: Ha! You missed. You're a crappy shot, Sky Warp.
Sky Warp: (scowl)
Random Enemy: You need a bullet the size of a planet to hit me.
Sky Warp: Really? I can do that. (shoots Jupiter and Saturn at enemy)
Random Enemy: Oh crap!
Thanks for the translation.
Vangelus
Ahhh, this stuff is gorgeous. Thank you!
Much like Cliffjumper, I do love that Skywarp's ascension to Alternityhood has nicely in-character additions of both not being able to use his godlike powers without direct instructions, and having equipment in his head to help him process other-dimensional visuals.
Backscatter
Thank you so much for the enjoyable translations! Alternity continues to be the "Chuck Norris" of Transformers!
Gojira Prime
I think I've been inspired to write a quirky little indie dramedy entitled:
I Love You, Alternity
Computron34
Wow Questors. Bring back Boukenger memories. Very cool non the less!
Pravus Prime
Awesome job, as usual, Y!
General Magnus
It´s Starscream´s retcon cannon!
Wow, the bios are really wank..lol
Digilaut
Thanks for the translations!
Meanwhile something strange has happened. Originally I loved Skywarp and hated Starscream, but the more I'm seeing these two the more I think I like Starscream (and the less I like Skywarp)..weird!
Satanatron
I need to get these. I think I'm the only one loving Starscream design. Is so weird I love it.
Sol Fury
Ah-ha! SydneyY and I were wracking our brains trying to figure that one out – most of the Japanese hobby blogs SydneyY referenced didn't know either. So that's where it was from. Pretty cool, I'll add that explanation to the notes.
Many thanks, I had a feeling you or one of the other Wiki gurus would know.
Possibly, but it is referred to as a group of agents of the Megatron coalition. It's more likely that it's a group name for all the Destron agents of the Alternity, much like how the Cybertrons get the Protectors.
All credit really goes to SydneyY. I just got the privilege of reading them first and making a couple of very small suggestions to improve.
But glad you all like them. This is why we do what we do
Batman
Cool, thanks for the translations Sol Fury .
I love Skywarp's bio.
[Wing_Saber-X]
^Nice find, my friend!
Flatworld and Edwin Abbott?
Coincidence? I think not!
Also, yes, Alternity Skywarp's superior head sculpt FTW!
bignick1693
so the questors is just an alternity name for seekers.
Renidragon
Is anyone else getting an Edwin Abbott vibe here? ( Flatland – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )
After watching Peaugh's video of Starscream, I wasn't too keen on these guys… but I didn't realize Skywarp had a different headsculpt. I like it a LOT. I've also always loved Skywarp's black/purple colorscheme, soooo… I might be picking that one up. I just really hope he doesn't have any very easily broken parts like my Alternity Megatron's shin-taillights.
Chris McFeely
"Silver SNAKE," rather than "Silver Serpent", was one of the nicknames created for Starscream by Bob Budiansky. Most 84 characters had nicknames intended for use in their Transformers Universe profiles, but they were all excised, save for a few printings of the profiles in the "Transformers Comic Magazine" digest series. That's where the Silver Snake moniker comes form.
Deceptigtar
whats crazy about the body scan in the instructions, it instantly reminded me of the transmetals bw ultra figures like rampage, its pretty much the same.
Smokescreen
Cool bios. I especially like Skywarp's new reality warping ability. Too bad he's still not bright enough to use his new found powers without orders from Megatron, but that's pretty much in keeping with his already established personality.
Very nice job on the translations, SydneyY!