Personality: Loud, angry, brash, and not always willing to follow the chain of command, Grimlock is considered a force to be reckoned with, even amongst his fellow Autobots. The type you wouldn’t expect to side with the “good guys,” but the massive transformer isn’t evil at his core, even if his methods may seem to be. When it comes down to it, he is loyal to the Autobot cause, and even more-so to the members of the strike team he leads. When separated from the surviving members of his team, he charges his way through Shockwave’s research facility to find and free them, paying no heed at all to any obstacle placed before him. He readily puts his life on the line to save the members of his squad, even if he doesn’t even know if they’re still alive or not, literally throwing himself at superior numbers and firepower without any hesitation. This loyalty to his squad unfortunately doesn’t translate well to the rest of the Autobots, and some are quick to question his loyalties if he acts against orders.
He was also a tactical genius, if you could call using overwhelming force to completely obliterate your foes genius tactics. But they worked, and Grimlock used to be able to put together very effective battle plans prior to Shockwave reformatting him. His generally shock and awe tactics in direct combat do however tend leave other Autobots more than a little rattled, or impressed, in the case of Cliffjumper. But they get the job done, and ultimately he feels that’s what matters. The team he leads is effectively the Autobot’s black-ops squad, and it’s a job he relishes, since being in the thick of combat is one of the things Grimlock enjoys the most. When Sharpshot is holding his teammate Snarl captive and directing the Insecticon horde to attempt to destroy Grimlock, he gleefully bellows for Sharpshot to “Bring more!” as he tears through the enemies already descending upon him.
Grimlock does generally have some issues with the Autobot’s chain of command however, as mentioned previous, and those issues tend to center around Optimus Prime. He feels the Last Prime is weak and cowardly, someone that retreats when he should move forward. This means they generally butt heads and Grimlock needs to be talked down (often by his team), if Optimus doesn’t find a means to avert the massive warrior’s fury. Which thankfully, the Autobot leader often manages to do.
That all said, the aforementioned reformat by Shockwave has caused Grimlock to have a slight fall from grace, if you could attach any grace to how he was prior to the reformat. Having 98.7% of his processing capacity funneled into combat ability has left the massive Autobot warrior hindered mentally, though not as much as Shockwave had predicted. Now even angrier and less willing to follow the orders of Optimus Prime than before, Grimlock is easily frustrated and prone to simply putting his brute strength to work. That’s not to say he can’t form a proper battle plan any more, it’s just going to take a little longer, since he needs a bit more time to process the information. Though without the assistance of his team, his general way to solve his problems as of late has been to utterly destroy anything that might stand in his way.
Abilities/Powers: Being a Cybertronian, Grimlock’s main ability is that he can alter his form from that of a humanoid robot to, after his reformat, a giant robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Unfortunately, due to a program Shockwave inserted into Grimlock’s subroutines that he has not yet fully overridden, he cannot always transform at will, and is instead usually only capable of transforming when his anger peaks. He is also generally unable to maintain his alternate T-Rex mode for long periods of time, also likely due to the program that still lingers.
As it currently stands, Grimlock is also likely to be the most physically powerful transformer on all of Cybertron because of his reformat. He is easily capable of picking up normal sized Cybertronians and throwing them as if they weighed nothing, turning the hapless victim into a projectile weapon. He is also capable of ripping massive blast doors open, a feat that seems uncommon amongst Cybertronians, considering the shock of one of his teammates at the feat.
Also, as he is a Cybertronian, Grimlock’s weapons and equipment store internally, in a state where they are integrated with his body. This allows him to wield his massive Energon sword or shield at will, and then tuck them neatly away when they’re not in use. While his shield seems to be fixed on his left arm, Grimlock’s sword is not so limited, and he is capable of wielding it in either hand, letting it go completely, and effectively use it as a regular sword.
As tends to be standard for his kind, he has a sort of jet booster on the bottom of each of his feet, allowing him to dash quickly in any direction, letting him advance, retreat, or evade in an instant. He also possesses a pair of small boosters on his back, which he uses to move forward quickly when lunging at enemies with his sword. In addition to these boosters, when he transforms into his dinosaur alt-mode, he has two large boosters on his back that allow his equally massive alt-mode to move at speed.
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Loud, angry, brash, and not always willing to follow the chain of command, Grimlock is considered a force to be reckoned with, even amongst his fellow Autobots. The type you wouldn’t expect to side with the “good guys,” but the massive transformer isn’t evil at his core, even if his methods may seem to be. When it comes down to it, he is loyal to the Autobot cause, and even more-so to the members of the strike team he leads. When separated from the surviving members of his team, he charges his way through Shockwave’s research facility to find and free them, paying no heed at all to any obstacle placed before him. He readily puts his life on the line to save the members of his squad, even if he doesn’t even know if they’re still alive or not, literally throwing himself at superior numbers and firepower without any hesitation. This loyalty to his squad unfortunately doesn’t translate well to the rest of the Autobots, and some are quick to question his loyalties if he acts against orders.
He was also a tactical genius, if you could call using overwhelming force to completely obliterate your foes genius tactics. But they worked, and Grimlock used to be able to put together very effective battle plans prior to Shockwave reformatting him. His generally shock and awe tactics in direct combat do however tend leave other Autobots more than a little rattled, or impressed, in the case of Cliffjumper. But they get the job done, and ultimately he feels that’s what matters. The team he leads is effectively the Autobot’s black-ops squad, and it’s a job he relishes, since being in the thick of combat is one of the things Grimlock enjoys the most. When Sharpshot is holding his teammate Snarl captive and directing the Insecticon horde to attempt to destroy Grimlock, he gleefully bellows for Sharpshot to “Bring more!” as he tears through the enemies already descending upon him.
Grimlock does generally have some issues with the Autobot’s chain of command however, as mentioned previous, and those issues tend to center around Optimus Prime. He feels the Last Prime is weak and cowardly, someone that retreats when he should move forward. This means they generally butt heads and Grimlock needs to be talked down (often by his team), if Optimus doesn’t find a means to avert the massive warrior’s fury. Which thankfully, the Autobot leader often manages to do.
That all said, the aforementioned reformat by Shockwave has caused Grimlock to have a slight fall from grace, if you could attach any grace to how he was prior to the reformat. Having 98.7% of his processing capacity funneled into combat ability has left the massive Autobot warrior hindered mentally, though not as much as Shockwave had predicted. Now even angrier and less willing to follow the orders of Optimus Prime than before, Grimlock is easily frustrated and prone to simply putting his brute strength to work. That’s not to say he can’t form a proper battle plan any more, it’s just going to take a little longer, since he needs a bit more time to process the information. Though without the assistance of his team, his general way to solve his problems as of late has been to utterly destroy anything that might stand in his way.
Abilities/Powers:
Being a Cybertronian, Grimlock’s main ability is that he can alter his form from that of a humanoid robot to, after his reformat, a giant robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Unfortunately, due to a program Shockwave inserted into Grimlock’s subroutines that he has not yet fully overridden, he cannot always transform at will, and is instead usually only capable of transforming when his anger peaks. He is also generally unable to maintain his alternate T-Rex mode for long periods of time, also likely due to the program that still lingers.
As it currently stands, Grimlock is also likely to be the most physically powerful transformer on all of Cybertron because of his reformat. He is easily capable of picking up normal sized Cybertronians and throwing them as if they weighed nothing, turning the hapless victim into a projectile weapon. He is also capable of ripping massive blast doors open, a feat that seems uncommon amongst Cybertronians, considering the shock of one of his teammates at the feat.
Also, as he is a Cybertronian, Grimlock’s weapons and equipment store internally, in a state where they are integrated with his body. This allows him to wield his massive Energon sword or shield at will, and then tuck them neatly away when they’re not in use. While his shield seems to be fixed on his left arm, Grimlock’s sword is not so limited, and he is capable of wielding it in either hand, letting it go completely, and effectively use it as a regular sword.
As tends to be standard for his kind, he has a sort of jet booster on the bottom of each of his feet, allowing him to dash quickly in any direction, letting him advance, retreat, or evade in an instant. He also possesses a pair of small boosters on his back, which he uses to move forward quickly when lunging at enemies with his sword. In addition to these boosters, when he transforms into his dinosaur alt-mode, he has two large boosters on his back that allow his equally massive alt-mode to move at speed.