When the ex-miner and revolutionary rhetoric Megatron caught Ratbat eye as a champion of the illegal underground gladiatorial matches, the senator sent Soundwave to offer Megatron funding and weapons technology, seeking to foster political instability for his own profit. While in Ratbat employ, Soundwave and his three companions were refitted so that they could store within his chest as cassettes. The senator saw a political use for Soundwave's mind-reading, and while Soundwave was disgusted by Ratbat Functionalist attitude toward his beast-form companions, he accepted the offer for the position it would afford him. When the mine closed, Soundwave and his friends were left destitute and returned to a life on the streets until Soundwave was approached by Senator Ratbat with an offer of employment. Now better able to control his natural telepathy, Soundwave was sent to Luna 2 to supervise an energon mine at the behest of Prowl and Sentinel Zeta Prime, and brought his animal friends along with him

Soundwaves The quartet lived together some time thereafter, Soundwave was sent to the Jiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology to further control his abilities and hone his Outlier skills. 'Smelling' some decency within him, Ravage elected to share with Soundwave the secrets of control he had learned years of mastering his own enhancing olfactory senses, teaching him the art of focus. He abandoned his position on the council and took a vow of silence, letting his actions speak for him from that point forward. He was found living on the streets by Ravage, Buzzsaw, and Laserbeak, a barely-coherent derelict driven to the brink of insanity by his uncontrolled mind-reading powers, which bombarded him with the thoughts and emotions of all around him. As the other councilors talked about more research, more time, Soundwave denounced them all as doing nothing BUT talk, and renounced words altogether.

But the council's ennui was deep by this point, and they lacked the drive to push forward any new plans. Soundwave was the most vocal member of the council in trying to find something, anything, to strive for and renew the population's interest. What followed was the so-called Age of Rust, where Cybertron failed to find new inspiration after the disastrous end of their colonization program, and a metaphorical rust settled in to the population as well. The council made the dark decision to destroy the space bridges, cutting their colonists off forevermore. A Rust Plague sprang up on the colonies, virulent and incurable. Soundwave was present at the lighting of the ceremonial torch that carried the spark of the Well to the first colony world of Archon.īut then, disaster. A mechanism was even discovered for carrying the Well's life-giving power to other worlds, allowing energon and Cybertronian life to flourish there as well. A Space bridge network was used in conjunction with cyber forming equipment to create Cybertronian colonies, carrying Cybertronians to the stars. A scientist named Shockwave was the first to translate the Quintesson written language for the rebels, and Soundwave's surveillance abilities acquired this information for the council as well.Īfter the Quintessons were eventually overthrown, Soundwave and the council ushered in the Golden Age of Cybertron, reverse-engineering Quintesson technology and making their own innovations. Although the council kept their true intentions secret, active cells of rebellion broke out independently on Cybertron. An election was held that named Power Convoy as the first Magnus, and Soundwave became a member of his council of thirteen.Īs the age went on, however, P.C Magnus and his council became suspicious of the Quintessons and ultimately began to plot against the totalitarian rule of these 'benevolent invaders'. As the Quintessons took control of Cybertron, they helped establish civilization across the planet, and a ruling body of Cybertronians to oversee the day-to-day activities the Quints wished the Cybertronians to perform. Soundwave emerged from the Well of All Sparks sometime during or before the Age of Wrath. Hey you watchers, today is a new day and I thought I might continue with the Decepticons, so it’s time for next on my lists is the communication officer, the eyes and ears, and true loyaltist to Megatron.

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