Real name: Waspinator Other known aliases: Bug Boy, Bug Eyes, Bug Face, Thrust III, Waspitor (name of Japanese release). Occupation: Aerial Attack Current group affiliation: Predacons, later vehicons. Rank: 6 Past group affiliations: None Major enemies: Maximals First appearance: Beast Wars Part 1. Origin: Beast Wars Part 1. Description: Waspinator is a 8 foot tall winged green, yellow and black robot who turns into a wasp. Presumably
before he was reformatted he turned into something else.
Characteristics
31 STR 16
12 DEX 6
20 CON 20
11 BODY 0
9 INT -1
13 EGO 6
13 PRE 3
8 COM -1
10 PD 5
9 ED 5
4 SPD 18
9 REC 0
40 END 0
34 STUN 0
Characteristics Cost: 77
Powers and Skills
6 +6 BODY,"Hard to kill.",doesn't add to figured,Only to keep
from dying. (-1/2)
10 EC (10),"Transformer powers"
11a) 7/7 Armor
7b) 8" Flight,x4 Non-Combat,Restrainable(-1/2) 2
15c) 15" Running,1/2 END(+1/4) 2
8d) Shape Shift,"Wasp",Incantation(-1/4),0 END Persistent(+1) 0
5 0" Flight,x8 Non-Combat,Linked(-1/2),"to Shape Shift.",
Restrainable(-1/2) 0
7 1 LVLS Growth (stats already included),Always On(-1/2),0 END
Persistent(+1) 0
1 Life Support - Requires half normal food.
19 Life Support,doesn't breathe,safe in vacuum/pressure,safe in
heat/cold,immune to aging
34 MP (60),"Weapons",Only in appropriate form.(-1/4),OIF(-1/2)
3u 12D6 EB,"Eye beams" 6
3u 2 1/2D6 HKA,"Bite/Sting",vs physical defense,0 END(+1/2) 0
3u 4D6 RKA,"Mini-rocket pistol.",vs physical defense,13-16
Charges(0),OAF(-1/2) 0
3 Radio XMIT/REC,OIF(-1/2)
4 1 BODY Regen,recovery rate: per hour,Linked(-1/2),"to Shape
Shift."
8 31 STR,1/2 END(+1/4) 0
4 +4 Telescopic Sense,Sight Group,Linked(-1/2),"to Shape
Shift."
3 Acrobatics 11-
3 Navigation 11-
12 6 Rng Levels: with Weapons Multipower.,tight group
3 Survival 11-
1 WF,Pistols
Powers Cost: 173
Disadvantages
Base Points: 100
15 Accidental Chg,"To beast form if stunned.",common,occur 11-
5 Distinctive,"Talking bug-bot.",easily concealable,minor
5 Distinctive,"Buzzy voice.",easily concealable,minor
5 Enraged,"If made to look like a fool.",uncommon,occur 8-,
recover 11-
15 Hunted,"By anti-Predacon forces.",as powerful,harsh,appear
11-
15 Psych Lim,"Violent",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Overconfident",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Wishes he was in command.",common,strong
10 Rep,"Evil alien robot.",occur 8-,extreme reputation
10 Rivalry,"with other Predacon warriors.",professional,PC
rival
20 Unluck,4D6
10 Vuln,"to high energon attacks in robot form.",uncommon,x2
stun
10 Watched,"By Predacon leaders.",more powerful,non-combat
influence,mild,appear 11-
Disadvantages Total: 150
Experience Spent: 0
Total Points: 250
Explanation of the conversion: I decided to give Waspinator a special power to allow him to survive things
which should normally kill him. I lowered Waspinator's Intelligence slightly from what was on his Tech Spec. Waspinator
displayed Telescopic vision in the episode Fallen Comrads.
History: Waspinator was a follower of the Predacon criminal Megatron II. Megatron II
stole the Golden Disc from the Maximals. They were chased through transwarp space by the Maximal ship Axalon commanded by
Optimus Primal. The Maximals
and Predacons crashed on prehistoric Earth, where high energon levels threatened to destroy the crew unless they adopted
organic alternate modes. Waspinator was given the form of a wasp (Beast Wars Part 1).
The Axalon's cargo of Maximal protoforms in stasis pods had been launched into orbit before the crash, but eventually
Tigatron's pod fell to Earth in the northern sector. Both the Maximals and Predacons observed the landing. Optimus Primal
decided to fly alone in an attempt to get to it first, but Dinobot warned of an ambush. Primal insisted
on going and was attacked by Waspinator and Terrorsaur who disabled Primal. Primal was placed in the cryo-regeneration
chamber by Dinobot as Rhinox, Cheetor and Rattrap raced to get the pod. Realizing the Maximal base would be nearly
unguarded, Megatron II sent his flyers to get the pod while the rest of the Predacons attacked the Maximal base. As the
Predacon flyers were outpacing the Maximals to the pod, Megatron II arrived at the Axalon where he attempted to entice
Dinobot into returning to the Predacons, but Dinobot refused. He used the automated defenses of the Axalon to ward off
Megatron II, Scorponok II and Tarantulas. Using the moon to reflect a laser pulse communication, the Primal and
Dinobot were able to send a signal to the pod to activate. The pod than scanned a nearby white tiger, and Tigatron emerged
as a tiger himself greeted the animal.
Megatron II raced to get to the pod himself as Primal emerged from the cryo-regeneration chamber and
placed Dinobot in it. When the Predacon flyers arrived at the pod they didn't realize it was already
empty and they worked to open it. The Maximal ground party and Megatron II arrived at the pod. Megatron II threatened to
destroy two nearby tigers if they Maximals didn't back off. Opening the pod the Predacons found it empty and one of
the tigers revealed himself as Tigatron. As the fight joined by Optimus Primal the Predacons were chased off. Tigatron
was invited to return to the Maximal base, but he felt with his identity circuits damaged, he prefered to be with the
tigers. He agreed to act as scout for them and the Maximals returned to base (Fallen Comrads).
Blackarachnia's pod fell to Earth. Optimus Primal and Dinobot attempted to retrieve the pod, but it was taken by Scorponok
II, Terrorsaur and Waspinator. Captured by the Predacons, the protoform was infected with a Predacon shell program and
given the alternate mode of a black widow spider by Tarantulas. Megatron II welcomed the new Predacon. Noticing that the
Predacons were one step ahead of them, Optimus Primal convinced Rattrap to act like he betrayed the Maximals. Rattrap was
sent to scout energon in a dangerous sector. The Predacons, having broken the Maximal transmission codes with a recovered
Maximal communications chip, sent Terrorsaur to attack Rattrap. Rattrap let Terrorsaur defeat him so he could ask to
switch to the Predacons. Terrorsaur returned to base and attempted to take over the Predacons by having Rattrap ambush
Megatron II and disable his servoes. Although Scorponok II remained loyal to Megatron II, Blackarachnia and Tarantulas saw
no loyalty to their old leader. Both Rattrap and Megatron II were placed in cells in the lowest levels of the Dark Side,
but they each promptly escaped. Optimus Primal, Rhinox, Dinobot and Cheetor waited outside the Predacon base to attack.
Rattrap discovered the chip being used overhear the Maximal transmissions, stole it, and after a run-in with Tarantulas,
signaled Optimus Primal to being the attack. During the fight Megatron II allowed Terrorsaur to lead to prove what an
incompetant leader he was. Rattrap joined the battle seemingly on the Predacon side but then shot Terrorsaur and left with
the Maximals. Megatron II firmly took back the leadership of the Predacons. At the Maximal base Optimus explained
how Rattrap's ruse allowed him to gain access to the Predacons ship and recover the Maximal chip (Double Jeopardy).
Megatron II had Scorponok II create a viral-mine in the form of one of his cyber-bees. The virus in it was intended to
reduce the courage of it's victim, making him afraid of everything. The bee also kept the target from transforming and was
set to kill it's victim and explode if removed. Scorponok II ambushed Optimus Primal and Dinobot while they were on a
scientific mission and used it on Primal. Although Dinobot returned Primal to the base where Rhinox placed Primal in a
cryo-regeneration chamber and diagnosed the damage. Rhinox discovered the virus was flawed and it made Primal
hyper-aggressive instead of cowardly. Primal bashed his way out of the C.R. chamber, but was subdued and locked in a
holding cell. Dinobot hoped to use Primal as a weapon, but Rattrap worried this would get him killed. Believing Primal had
his rage under control, Cheetor freed him from the cell, but soon the rage took over and Primal blasted his way out of the
base intent on destroying the Predacons. Cheetor attempted to negotiate for the cure with the Predacons, but
failed. Upon arriving at the Dark Side, Primal penetrated the hull and defeated Tarantulas, then Waspinator.
Rhinox, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot attacked the Predacon base in an attempt to help distract the Predacons as Optimus
attacked, while Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia mounted a defense. In Scorponok II's lab Primal found Megatron II holding
the anti-virus, and offering to allow Primal to join the Predacons, but Primal refused. Ripping the bee off his chest, he
threw it Megatron II, just as Cheetor made it in time to inject Primal with the anti-virus and save him from shutting down.
The bee then exploded, damaging Megatron II, Scorponok II and the ship as the Maximals made their escape. Back to the
Axalon, Primal healed from his wounds (Gorilla Warfare).
Blackarachnia, Terrorsaur and Waspinator attempted to drill
their way into the Axalon, but were thwarted when they were discovered by Tigatron (A Better
Mousetrap).
Airazor's pod fell to Earth inside Predacon controlled terratory. The pod was spotted by the Tarantulas and
Megatron II, as well as by Rhinox and Cheetor. Cheetor told Tigatron to contact base with the news. Blackarachnia and
Scorponok II were sent by Megatron II to retrieve the pod. Rhinox was the first to arrive at the crash site and
discovered the pod was damaged and the protoform was dying. Cheetor then arrived to help Rhinox save the protoform. On his
way back to base, Tigatron discovered Scorponok II and disabled him, but was in turn ambushed by Blackarachnia. Rhinox
replaced the damaged locking chip in the protoform with one donated by Cheetor. Cheetor confronted Blackarachnia, keeping
her from getting to Rhinox and the protoform. Cheetor then tried to lure Waspinator and Terrorsaur away from the pod, but
Terrorsaur got the best of him. Rhinox had to run the sequencer program for the protoform through his own processor to
keep it alive. This knocked Rhinox into stasis lock, but started the DNA scanners for the stasis pod. The protoform was
formatted to the form of a falcon which was flying overhead just as Terrorsaur arrived. The newly born Airazor was able to
defeat Terrorsaur. Rhinox took her back to the Axalon, introducing her to Optimus Primal and the other Maximals (The
Spark).
Rhinox conducted tidal research on the planet and discovered that one of the moons seemed to have too low a mass, as if it
was hollow. Tigatron made his weekly radio report to Rattrap at the Maximal base when he was attacked by Terrorsaur and
Waspinator. During the battle the three stumbled across a flying island with a weapons system tower which nearly destroyed the
Predacons. Optimus Primal checked out the scene of the fight, but found nothing. Terrorsaur and Waspinator limped back to
base where they reported on the island to Megatron II. Airazor then reported to the Maximals that she saw the Predacons
flyers return to base severely wounded. As Megatron II sent Scorponok II and Blackarachnia to find the island, Airazor
followed them. Tigatron discovered the island had traps and that the weapons system fired at any use of energy weapons.
Scorponok II found the island using one of his cyber-bees, although Tigatron captured it. Blackarachnia used her line gun
to get them up to the island. Discovering they were being watched, Scorponok II shot Airazor from the sky. Tigatron found
Airazor and reprogrammed the cyber-bee to return to the Maximal base with a message. Cheetor found the cyber-bee. In the
message he warned the Maximals of the island and it's potential power to destroy them if it fell into Predacon hands (The
Trigger Part 1).
As Blackarachnia and Scorponok II discovered the secrets of the island, Airazor and Tigatron worked to get to the
weapons system first. Optimus Primal took Rattrap and flew to the island, but they were intercepted by Terrorsaur and
Waspinator. During the battle Rattrap was able to capture Terrorsaur and ride him to the island. Tigatron and
Airazor triggered a booby trap on the island, but narrowly escaped. The Predacons got to the weapons system first.
Blackarachnia used Terrorsaur to distract the weapons system and blast her way in. She planned to use the weapons
system to destroy the Maximals and rule the Predacons. As Scorponok II attempted to subdue her he fell victim to another
booby trap. Blackarachnia took control of the island from it's command center and set course for the Maximal base.
Optimus Primal ordered Cheetor, Rhinox and Dinobot to evacuate the base.
Before she was able to bring the island within range, Tigatron fought his way into the weapons system and
fired on it's power-core, causing the island to crash. After being destroyed, the weapons system tower sent
a signal a similar tower on the moon, which sent another message into deep space. This turn of events worried the
Maximals, as they wondered who built the island and how they would react to its destruction (The Trigger Part 2).
Inferno II's pod fell to Earth. Blackarachnia uncovered Tarantulas' lair. Tarantulas' wanted to get a hold of an intact
stasis pod so he could make a ship capable of leaving Earth, and his computer system discovered a falling pod. He
sabotaged both the Maximal and Predacon computer systems so neither side would know of the pod, but Tigatron also spotted
the falling pod. Tarantulas and Blackarachnia were the first to the pod and Inferno II was infected with a Predacon shell
program. Although Tarantulas attempted to format the protoform as another spider, he was too late and it had already
scanned a fire ant. As Tigatron closed in on the pod's landing site he was attacked by Waspinator, but saved by Airazor.
Tigatron sent Airazor off to get the pod as quickly as possible. Inferno II emerged as a Predacon fire ant with a
violent personality dominated by his ant nature. Inferno II attacked Tarantulas and Blackarachnia as invaders and set to
protecting his colony, the stasis pod. Inferno II then attacked Airazor. Blackarachnia played along and convinced Inferno
II she was sent by the royalty of the colony. Tarantulas went after the stasis pod while they were occupied. Noticing the
pod was gone, Inferno II hunted down Tarantulas. Airazor went for help as Tigatron tracked the Predacons.
Megatron II's equipment came back online and he sent Scopronok II to bring Tarantulas and his finds back to base. Tigatron
caught up with Tarantulas and destroyed the pod so it wouldn't fall into Predacon hands, but then he was attacked by all
the Predacons. Inferno II vowed to destroy Tigatron and all his kind for the destruction of his colony, but he was
seriously injured when Optimus Primal and Airazor arrived to save Tigatron. Scoponok II then returned Inferno II to the
Predacon base for repairs (Spider's Game).
When Starscream's Spark possessed Waspinator, he attempted to betray Megatron II with the help of Blackarachnia. When
Starscream failed, his Spark was set adrift in space again and Blackarachnia rejoined Megatron II claiming she was loyal
to him all along (Possession).
When the Earth was hit by a quantum wave it reformatted several Cybertonians into transmetal forms, but Waspinator was
unaltered (Aftermath).
Megatron II then started research on Nucleon fuel with the assistance of Inferno II and Waspinator, with which he hoped to
create a virus which could stop Cybertonians from transforming and slowly kill them (Dark Glass).
After the destruction of the Predacon ship Dark Side Inferno II, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent to establish a new
base for the Predacons. They discovered caves settled by pre-humans, but Waspinator decided he was sick of being a
Predacon and rebeled. After shooting Waspinator, Inferno II and Quickstrike fought the pre-humans.
Inferno II and Quickstrike were killed by Megatron II using the guns of the Decepticon flag ship Nemesis when Megatron II
used the ship in an attempt to destroy the pre-human settlement. Waspinator remained on Earth most of the
Maximal survivors and Megatron II left for Cybertron in the Autobot shuttle Omega Delta. He became the king of a tribe of pre-humans
(Nemesis Part 2).
Eventually the pre-humans ousted Waspinator, and he returned to Cybertron. Once on Cybertron Waspinator was captured by
Megatron II and his spark extracted.
In an attempt to learn what had happened on Cybertron the Maximals raided the Cybertron Archives, but found it empty.
Megatron II's diagnostic drone continued to remove the organic elements from Megatron II's body, however it continued to
fail. Blackarachnia started to have visions of Silverbolt III when she was in robot mode. Frustrated with how the Maximals
were eluding his drones, Megatron II used the sparks of Rhinox, Silverbolt III and Waspinator to create the Vehicon
Generals Tankor, Jetstorm IV and Thrust III. Rattrap and Blackarachnia first encountered the three Vehicon Generals when
looking for their ship, the Autobot shuttle Omega Delta, at a spaceport. Rattrap discovered that the Vehicons could only
track the Maximals in robot mode. When Blackarachnia accessed the shuttle records in an attempt to learn what happened
when the arrived on Cybertron, Megatron II attempted to read her memories and learn the location of the Maximal base, but
Rattrap saved her from revealing the information. Cornered by the Vehicon Generals, Optimus Primal and Cheetor
rescued their comrades as the shuttle was destroyed (Fires of The Past).
After Cybertron was formatted into a techno-organic world, Waspinator was given the form of a small techno-organic wasp.
Trivia: On the Beast Wars television show, the voice of
Waspinator is played by actor Scott McNeil. The toy of Waspinator is
similar to that of Buzzsaw II. Although there was a transmetal version of Waspinator in the second year of the toy line,
Waspinator never became a transmetal on the television series. In 2005 Waspinator was re-released in more show accurate
colors. Although the toy of Waspinator has a robot and mutant head in robot mode, he's only ever been depicted
with the mutant head in the television series.
Waspinator shouldn't be confused with the original Thrust, a Decepticon who turns into a
jet, or Thrust II, a Predacon who turns into a jet.
Powers: Waspinator is a Predacon, a small, highly fuel efficient Cybertonian. He is reasonably strong and fast.
He can fly in either form thanks to his powerful wings. He carries a mini-missile pistol and can fire beams
from his eyes which can be used as weapons or as a cutting tool. He also have telescopic vision in beast mode. He converts into a wasp
form which has a deadly sting and advanced flying ability capable of speeds of over 180 mph. He recovers from damage
quicker in beast mode and is better protected from high energon levels as well.
Waspinator is unusually resistant to being killed. He can be beat up, blown apart, shredded and battered, and with a little
repair he's back online again.
Weaknesses: Waspinator is universally unlucky, if it can go wrong for Waspinator, it probably will. Waspinator
speaks in a odd buzzing tone, always speaking of himself in the third person and tends to describe others by their looks
rather than their name, making other see him as less intelligent then he is. He
lacks ranged weapons in beast mode. High energon fields can adversely effect Waspinator if
he stays in robot form for too long. His animal form is protected from high energon levels.
Links to other Waspinator pages:
Character created by Hasbro.
Champions rules conversion by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@comcast.net.
Last Updated - January, 2006
Airazor's pod fell to Earth inside Predacon controlled terratory. The pod was spotted by the Tarantulas and
Megatron II, as well as by Rhinox and Cheetor. Cheetor told Tigatron to contact base with the news. Blackarachnia and
Scorponok II were sent by Megatron II to retrieve the pod. Rhinox was the first to arrive at the crash site and
discovered the pod was damaged and the protoform was dying. Cheetor then arrived to help Rhinox save the protoform. On his
way back to base, Tigatron discovered Scorponok II and disabled him, but was in turn ambushed by Blackarachnia. Rhinox
replaced the damaged locking chip in the protoform with one donated by Cheetor. Cheetor confronted Blackarachnia, keeping
her from getting to Rhinox and the protoform. Cheetor then tried to lure Waspinator and Terrorsaur away from the pod, but
Terrorsaur got the best of him. Rhinox had to run the sequencer program for the protoform through his own processor to
keep it alive. This knocked Rhinox into stasis lock, but started the DNA scanners for the stasis pod. The protoform was
formatted to the form of a falcon which was flying overhead just as Terrorsaur arrived. The newly born Airazor was able to
defeat Terrorsaur. Rhinox took her back to the Axalon, introducing her to Optimus Primal and the other Maximals (The
Spark).
When Starscream's Spark possessed Waspinator, he attempted to betray Megatron II with the help of Blackarachnia. When
Starscream failed, his Spark was set adrift in space again and Blackarachnia rejoined Megatron II claiming she was loyal
to him all along (Possession).
In an attempt to learn what had happened on Cybertron the Maximals raided the Cybertron Archives, but found it empty.
Megatron II's diagnostic drone continued to remove the organic elements from Megatron II's body, however it continued to
fail. Blackarachnia started to have visions of Silverbolt III when she was in robot mode. Frustrated with how the Maximals
were eluding his drones, Megatron II used the sparks of Rhinox, Silverbolt III and Waspinator to create the Vehicon
Generals Tankor, Jetstorm IV and Thrust III. Rattrap and Blackarachnia first encountered the three Vehicon Generals when
looking for their ship, the Autobot shuttle Omega Delta, at a spaceport. Rattrap discovered that the Vehicons could only
track the Maximals in robot mode. When Blackarachnia accessed the shuttle records in an attempt to learn what happened
when the arrived on Cybertron, Megatron II attempted to read her memories and learn the location of the Maximal base, but
Rattrap saved her from revealing the information. Cornered by the Vehicon Generals, Optimus Primal and Cheetor
rescued their comrades as the shuttle was destroyed (Fires of The Past).
Powers: Waspinator is a Predacon, a small, highly fuel efficient Cybertonian. He is reasonably strong and fast.
He can fly in either form thanks to his powerful wings. He carries a mini-missile pistol and can fire beams
from his eyes which can be used as weapons or as a cutting tool. He also have telescopic vision in beast mode. He converts into a wasp
form which has a deadly sting and advanced flying ability capable of speeds of over 180 mph. He recovers from damage
quicker in beast mode and is better protected from high energon levels as well.
