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TRANSFORMER: SEEDS OF DECEPTION
PROFILE: RATBAT

Project, art and layout by Peter

Project and texts by Franco

Edits by Zac

NOTES

Ratbat's bio is mainly based on the character portrayed in The War Within: The Dark Ages.
Other sources include the original Marvel profile and comics written by Bob Budiansky.

Ratbat is be featured in his own SoD: Ratbat chapter, with art by and

Ratbat also appears in Short Story: Building Frenzy and page 12 of SoD: Shockwave/Soundwave .

Ratbat plays a key role in the new Warth-based saga (a sequel to Devastation): The Future Is -Ation .

Allegiance: Decepticon

Function: Industrialist

Quote: “The justification for profit is profit. My profit.”

Profile. Greedy, rapacious and clinical, Ratbat hides his true nature behind a facade of apparent civility. Educated, ironic, elegant and sophisticated, he can easily charm any mechanoid he may need to broaden his powerful industrial empire, even if it's fairly common that someone senses his true nature and feels a chill of apprehension in his presence.
Uninterested to the consequences of his own actions, unconsciously cruel and lacking even the minimal empathy for another's suffering, Ratbat is driven by a possessiveness that is deeply rooted in his long-forgotten origins as a Primitive predator: dozens of Vorns of evolution may have led him to the apex of intellectual and technological perfection, bud deep within his Spark Core, the only thing that matters is dominion over his own territory and obtaining new energy sources.
The only difference between his present and his past lays in his aims, that Ratbat sublimated because of the secret shame he feels for his ancestral Primitive nature: when once he was content with his savage territory corner, now Ratbat aims to exploit the entire planet, in order to transform Cybertron in one giant industry producing profits for him until even the last natural resource will have been consumed.

Abilities. Currently, Ratbat transforms into a long-range reconnaissance aircraft, exploiting gravity field propulsion and the most advanced cloaking technologies in order to spy undetected on any kind of territory that may have awakened his desires of possessions.

His Primitive legacy still allows him to leech the Energon in a mechanoid's systems, using an osmotic process so radical that it causes the victim's Spark Core to die out.

Weaknesses. Ratbat's predatory instincts run counter to his cold, businesslike nature. Occasionally, Ratbat loses his rational control and regresses to more bestial and savage behaviors. In these conditions, he can easily make gross errors of judgement. He's not very strong and in servo-to-servo combat, he can get the upper hand only with the advantage of surprise.

See the entire Transformers - Seeds Of Deception: Profile Gallery .

Description
TRANSFORMER: SEEDS OF DECEPTION
PROFILE: RATBAT

Project, art and layout by Peter

Project and texts by Franco

Edits by Zac

NOTES

Ratbat's bio is mainly based on the character portrayed in The War Within: The Dark Ages.
Other sources include the original Marvel profile and comics written by Bob Budiansky.

Ratbat is be featured in his own SoD: Ratbat chapter, with art by and

Ratbat also appears in Short Story: Building Frenzy and page 12 of SoD: Shockwave/Soundwave .

Ratbat plays a key role in the new Warth-based saga (a sequel to Devastation): The Future Is -Ation .

Allegiance: Decepticon

Function: Industrialist

Quote: “The justification for profit is profit. My profit.”

Profile. Greedy, rapacious and clinical, Ratbat hides his true nature behind a facade of apparent civility. Educated, ironic, elegant and sophisticated, he can easily charm any mechanoid he may need to broaden his powerful industrial empire, even if it's fairly common that someone senses his true nature and feels a chill of apprehension in his presence.
Uninterested to the consequences of his own actions, unconsciously cruel and lacking even the minimal empathy for another's suffering, Ratbat is driven by a possessiveness that is deeply rooted in his long-forgotten origins as a Primitive predator: dozens of Vorns of evolution may have led him to the apex of intellectual and technological perfection, bud deep within his Spark Core, the only thing that matters is dominion over his own territory and obtaining new energy sources.
The only difference between his present and his past lays in his aims, that Ratbat sublimated because of the secret shame he feels for his ancestral Primitive nature: when once he was content with his savage territory corner, now Ratbat aims to exploit the entire planet, in order to transform Cybertron in one giant industry producing profits for him until even the last natural resource will have been consumed.

Abilities. Currently, Ratbat transforms into a long-range reconnaissance aircraft, exploiting gravity field propulsion and the most advanced cloaking technologies in order to spy undetected on any kind of territory that may have awakened his desires of possessions.

His Primitive legacy still allows him to leech the Energon in a mechanoid's systems, using an osmotic process so radical that it causes the victim's Spark Core to die out.

Weaknesses. Ratbat's predatory instincts run counter to his cold, businesslike nature. Occasionally, Ratbat loses his rational control and regresses to more bestial and savage behaviors. In these conditions, he can easily make gross errors of judgement. He's not very strong and in servo-to-servo combat, he can get the upper hand only with the advantage of surprise.

See the entire Transformers - Seeds Of Deception: Profile Gallery .