~BASIC INFO~
Full Name: Techgear
Nickname(s): Gears
Gender: Mech
Age: Exact age is unknown, but he was upgraded into his Adult frame before the War broke out ((I don't know how Cybertronians age so I'm leaving the 'Age' section blank for now))
Affiliation: Neutral-Autobot
Place of Birth: Praxus
Race/Species: Cybertronian
Native language: Cybertronian
Languages spoken: Cybertronian, English and most Earth languages, some other alien languages, deadpan and is working on sarcasm
Orientation/Sexual Preference: ((Quick Note: While you see male/ female fame types in the various tv shows/movies, I've come across some thoughts that Cybertronians have no defined genders like humans but could be defined as a 'mech' or a 'femme' (or 'tche' which it like an equal mix of male and female). Cred to Sinead Rivka, author of Transformers: Things We Don't Tell Humans, it's a great read. Highly recommend) depending on the individual's Spark.))
Religion: Follower of Primus
Occupation (before the War): Junior scientist to an number of different mechs and femmes, so much so that he is a bit of Jack-of-all-Sciences, which makes him very valuable to the Autobot cause.
Are They Dead: Nope
If Yes, How'd They Die: ^^^
Date of Death: ^^^
Place of Death: ^^^
~MEDICAL INFO~
Mental Disorder: (Cybertronian version of) Acute Stress Disorder and Generalized anxiety disorder
Habits: muttering to himself about whatever he's doing
Powers/Special Abilities: His abilities are similar to his sister's but are rarely used, only in battle do they make an appearance and even then he lets his skills as a sniper do most of the work.
Other: Gears' optics never functioned quite right as a Sparkling. His Creator-Caretakers thought it was only the physical optics themselves but as Gears' went from his Youngling frame into his Adult frame the problem persisted. Gears has learned to live with his damaged optics, using specialized "goggles" that "fix" his optics.
~APPEARANCE~
Height: 45 ft 3 in
Weight: 3.6 tons
Optic color: Green
Frame Origin: Vosian
Frame Color: Matte Black, gun metal grey and green accents, green bio-lights
Scars/Weird Marking(s): they're small but if you look closely you'll find Old Cybertronian edged into his armor as well as some old scars from his more volatile experiments
Scent: smoke (from most of Weeljack's inventions blowing up), oil, earth, pine and ozone
Weapon(s): various rifles scattered around in his various sub-space pockets
Never Seen Without: His goggles that help him see
Other: Alt-mode is a Douglas F4D Skyray
~PERSONALITY~
Overall: timid, kind, seems cold but is quite the caring mech, short tempered, shy (he's just timid all the time, the shyness comes from meeting new/important mechs or femmes), patient, humble and brave.
Likes: Science, his sister, Magnotron (he's a real sweetspark), his sister's exploits/antics, pulling well-crafted pranks, working, working with the Science division (never a dull day let me tell you), the Terror Twins, Ratchet when he's angry (Gears finds the entire thing hilarious, no idea why though), reading, a good challenge and Earth.
Dislikes: the Idiot Twins, Cliffjumper, Prowl (when he's hovering), Magnotron (the hovering makes him nervous *wink wink nudge nudge* lol), some very boneheaded humans, the Decepticons, his sister Racer
Hobbies: Reading, science, bailing out his sister, hiding High Grade when he knows he shouldn't (it's actually really fun because Prowl and Jazz can't find the slagging stuff)
Most Prized Possession: His sister, couldn't live without her (literally)
Flaws: Keeps his emotions bottled up until he explodes, his short temper and what comes out of his vocalizer as a result, his timidness
Pet Peeve: The Idiot Twins
Worst Way To Die: Feeling as his sister dies and then feeling his own spark snuff out as a result
Best Way To Die: protecting those you care about
Worst Way To Kill: He doesn't like taking the life of others but has come to terms that it is necessary.
Best Way To Kill (how they kill): ^^^
Targets To Killing: Decepticons
Other: Techgear and Soundout are Spark Split twins, they say that they have a Twin Bond so that the Decepticons don't try to gang up on Soundout to snuff out her half of the Spark which would kill her twin in the process. With their shared Spark they can communicate without interference, should something happen on the battlefield they will have a backup plan.
Motto(s): 'Til All Are One
Crush/Greatest Love: Shockwave (before the War) and Magnotron (current)
Love Song: 'Till the Sun Burns Out - SEBELL
Theme Song: [Glitch Hop or 110BPM] - Tristam - Till It's Over [Monstercat Release]
Battle Song: Blu - Mitis and Mahi or Wings of Icarus - Celldweller
Favorite Season(s): Fall, Spring and Summer
Least Favorite Season(s): Winter
Favorite Grade of Energon: Low and Mid-grade
Least Favorite Grade of Energon: High grade
Favorite Color(s): earth tones, blues, sunset colors… things that do with Earth
Least Favorite Color(s): none
Favorite Number(s): ?
Least Favorite Number(s): doesn't really care ^^^
Favorite Holiday(s): Christmas and New Years are nice, they chase away the cold, Halloween is amusing (still trying to convince Ratchet to let him out in his Holoform, for research of course), and Thanksgiving.
Least Favorite Holiday(s): He finds all human holidays interesting but the above are his favorite.
Favorite Animal(s): Birds of all kinds
Least Favorite Animal(s): mice, they're so cute but so tiny, he afraid of squishing one
Favorite Music: classical, rock and dubstep/nightcore
Least Favorite Music: some pop
Favorite TV Show/Movie(s): Doctor Who, Big Hero 6, Brave, Guardians of the Galaxy, Rush Hour, Futurama and TMNT
Least Favorite Show/Movie(s): Horror movies in general (thank you Jazz)
Favorite Flower(s): … Why would he have a favorite? All flowers are his favorite!
Least Favorite Flower(s): ^^^
Favorite Smell(s): He loves all the smells Earth has to offer, even the gross ones
Least Favorite Smell(s): ^^^
Favorite Flavor of High Grade(s): Gears doesn't drink much but he does enjoy Praxen, Old Iconian is alright and some new brews Sunny came up with
Least Favorite Flavor of High Grade(s): Vosian, Kaon, most other high grades^^^
Favorite Place(s): Helix Gardens, Diego Garcia, Iacon, Praxus in general, Vos
Least Favorite Place(s): Kaon
Favorite Song(s): Elements - Lindsey Stirling, Everyone Cared - Nickleback, others
Least Favorite song(s): Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Favorite Video Game(s): not a huge fan but he does enjoy playing Prop Hunt with his sister and some online chess, either against the other Autobots, humans, even some Decepticons like Soundwave
Least Favorite Video Game(s): first person shooter games (Why? Just, why?)
Favorite Subject(s): ((These are going to stay blank because I don't have any ideas about the education system on Cybertron))
Least Favorite Subject(s): (see above)
Favorite Shiny Thing(s): Liquid Mercury
Least Favorite Shiny Thing(s): Sunstreaker (he's nice enough but conversation is awkward when nether 'Sides nor Sounders are there to bail them out)
Seiyuu (Voice Actor/Actress): Mark Ryan voiced Bumblebee in Bay-verse
~FAMILY~
~(Creator-Caretaker/Sibling/Etc)~
Name: Skyrider (Creator-Caretaker)
Age: ((Unknowkn)) (Deceased)
Gender: Mech
Frame Origin: Vos
Frame Color: White and light blue
Optic Color: Electric green
_ View On Him/Her: Loves him unconditionally, he is so proud of Gears for not allowing himself to get bullied into joining the Decepticons.
Affiliation: Autobots
Hometown: Vos
Residence:Vos/Kaon/Iacon/Praxus
Extra: Originally from Vos Skyrider traveled to the four corners of Cybertron before settling in Praxus where he met his Sparkmate, Shockwarp. Offlined early in the War, during the decimation of Praxus.
Name: Shockwarp (Creator-Caretaker)
Age: ((Unknown)) (Again, I don't know how Cybertronians age but Shockwarp join Primus before the War) (Deceased)
Gender: Mech
Frame Origin: Praxin, with door wings, like Prowl
Frame Color: Black, dark blue, gun metal grey
Optic Color: Indigo Blue
_ View On Him/Her: Loves him unconditionally, wishes he had more time with his mechling.
Affiliation: none
Hometown: Praxus
Residence: Praxus
Extra: Offlined long before the war
Name: Swerve (Sister)
Age: ((Unknown)) (Deceased)
Gender: Femme
Frame Origin: Basic*
Frame Color: Silver and White
Optic Color: Indigo
_ View On Him/Her: She worries for her living siblings and watches over them along side Primus.
Affiliation: none
Hometown: Praxus
Residence: Praxus
Extra: *- meaning Sparkling/Youngling frame, youngest of Shockwarp's and Skyrider's Sparklings. Offlined with her Creator-Caretaker, Skyrider, during the decimation of Praxus.
Name: Racer (Sister)
Age: ((Unknown)) (Living)
Gender: Femme
Frame Origin: Vosian
Frame Color: Black, gun metal grey and red
Optic Color: Red
_ View On Him/Her:Techgear is brilliant but a bit of a wuss. I hope he sticks to Sounders there's no telling what could happen if he becomes a 'Con. And even though we are on opposite sides of this War I hope that, someday, I'll be able to tell him why I joined the Decepticons.
Affiliation: Decepticon (Autobots)
Hometown: Praxus
Residence: Praxus/Kaon/Unknown
Extra: Racer is a deep cover OP, trained by Jazz and Prowl themselves, Racer spies on the Decepticons, hoping to tip the scales of war to the Autobots favor. Eldest of Shockwarp's and Skyrider's Sparklings.
Name: Soundout "Sounders" (Sister)
Age: ((Unknown)) (Living)
Gender: Femme
Frame Origin: Vosian-ish
Frame Color: Matte black, purple, grey and gold bio-lights
Optic Color: Bright green (normal) Gold (when in battle/emotional)
_ View On Him/Her: I love Gears but he worries too much. I'm smart, I can fight. I'll survive this and so will he. 'Till All Are One little brother
Affiliation: Autobot
Hometown: Praxus/Iacon
Residence: Praxus/Iacon/The Ark/Earth
Extra: Second eldest of Skyrider's and Shockwarp's Sparklings
~Best friend~
Name: Ratchet
Age: ((Unknown)) (Living)
Gender: mech
Frame Origin: Iacon
Frame Color: White and red with some grey accents
Optic Color: Blue
_ View On Him/Her: 'Gears is very different from his sister but no less brilliant, perhaps even more-so, but he's so quiet... He needs to get out of the lab more than he currently is!
Affiliation: Autobot
Hometown: Iacon
Residence: Iacon/The Ark/Earth
Extra: ((This is Ratchet, I think we know all there is to know about our favorite Autobot Medic))
~Friend *cough* Crush *cough*~
Name: Magnotron "Tron"
Age: ((Unknown)) (Living)
Gender: Mech
Frame Origin: Kaon
Frame Color: Forest green, brown, black, although one bit of his armor around his hip joint is powdery baby blue in color
Optic Color: Red
_ View On Him/Her: I met 'Gears after I met Sounders and um... uh... He-he's nice but I think I scare him. I'm not surprised by that... He's so sweet and I'm, well, I'm an Ex-con...
Affiliation: Autobot
Hometown: Kaon
Residence: Kaon/Tarn/The Ark
Extra: Magnotron pledged his loyalty to Soundout and swore to protect her and her kin for the rest of his days… Soon after Soundout was chosen to scout a little planet called Earth, leaving Magnotron and Techgear on The Ark.
Other's Thoughts:
Optimus Prime: I have heard of his exploits, more of them in favor of furthering our scientific advancements, the few battles he has been in has marked him as a high level threat to the Decepticons.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: It's hard to believe that I'm on the Prime's flagship! It's just so... Surreal, even after so many millennia fighting along side him.
Ratchet (See ~Best Friend~ above ^^^)) I worried when 'Gears locked himself in one of the lower blast rooms after the Fall of Praxus, no one could get in, neither my nor Optimus' over-ride codes could get in there when he came out... BUT he keeps he emotions bottled up, dumb fragger... *grumbles*
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: Ratchet, what would I do without him. Besides putting my sister back together more times I care to remember, he was always there for me, for Sounders. For all of us. It wouldn't be the same if he wasn't here.
Prowl: A brilliant young mech, I can only hope to keep his sister alive for the remainder if this war, it would be a sad day if we lost those two.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: I admire the Commander, he's done so much and I... I suppose this will sound silly but he, he reminds me of... Shockwarp, so sure and calm and brave and sad.
Jazz: He hates Racer and that... That saddens me, but the past is the past. All we can do, is look towards the future. He's a nice Youngling, bright but pretty shy. Over all? I like him, don't really know 'im. But I like him.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: Jazz is very... Shifty? No, that's not the word... Chaotic is a good word to describe him but that's not all he is. He can move through a crowd unseen, he is the Head of Special OPs, he doesn't cause ripples and when you finally figure out what he's done it's too late. Game over. He looks like he's wearing a mask and with every bot comes a different mask. Do I trust him? Personally, no. Do I trust him enough to stay loyal to the Autobots. Yes, absolutely.
Wheeljack: The kid's got talent I'll give 'im that! If he's not working with Percy then he's usually working with me. Kept me out of the Med Bay a good coupla times in the past.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: He has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics...
Perceptor: What amazes me most about Techgear is not his processor speed or the apparent gift that he has with the sciences, though that is impressive. It is his bravery. It is his strength of will and determination that surprises me the most. And the sad thing is, is that no one else seems to recognize that part of his Spark. The part that would never back down, never surrender. And that both saddens and comforts me.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: Preceptor is a wonderful mentor and I am honored to work alongside him!
Ironhide: I've seen him fight once. Once. And that was after Praxus fell. You think Soundout was scary, tearing apart mechs with those speakers of her's, you should have seen Techgear... He was... He was scary, when you first meet him you think, "What in Primus' name is this kid doing here? Does he have a death wish?" But he... He just mowed through those Decepticons like they were nuthin'. Nuthin' I tell yah.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: I've spoken to Ironhide a few times but he always so wary of me. He looks a me like he's waiting for something to happen, like Megatron himself hopping out of my armor and yelling "Surprise!" Before going on a rampage though The Ark.
Bumblebee: I see him around the Rec. Room when Sounders drags him out of his Cave to interact with the rest of us. I'd talk to him more if that creep Magnotron wasn't always hanging around.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: He's... I can't say that I like him very much with all the dirty looks he keeps giving Tron...
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe: Okay so apparently 'Gears is supposed to be scarier than the Hatchet and Sounders combined.According to Ironhide.'Cording to Ironhide, but really? Do we really believe him? No. He's to shy, I can't even think of pranking him without feeling guilty. Sounders would have our heads if we pulled one on him. No she wouldn't. She's probably be the one to orchestrate the whole slagging thing. Humph, yeah I could see that happening...
Techgear's Thoughts On Them: I kinda wish they would prank me, just so I could get them back. The only pranks I've ever pulled were on Soundout and it's kinda hard when you share a Spark with someone.
Mirage: ... Who? ... No seriously, who? ... Oh, she has a brother? Hm... Well if he's a scientist then he must has some sort of intelligence.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: He's rather... Rude and full of himself. But he also seems so... sad... Hmmm.
Hound: Youngling's too quiet, if I didn't see him in the Rec. Room those few times I'd say that Sounders was fragging with me.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: Hound's nice enough, he's closer to my sister than I am.
Bluestreak: Oh, 'Gears? Haha! He's great even though he's really quiet and doesn't talk much he still listens to me and talks to me and doesn't tell me to shut up. I really appreciate that about him and he can be really funny too! The best part is is that he doesn't even know it! He just mumbles to himself all the live-long-day about everything under the sun, from science to medicine to the latest gossip on The Ark, even some TV shows that he likes! Apparently he really like The Muppet's Show and The Brady Bunch! And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I think he and Wheeljack are conspiring to make that a reality. Oh wouldn't that be something! But I don't think Prowl would like that, I would be funny to see though!
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: Oh Blue. I find his rambling endearing and he listens to what I have to say, even if he's not aware of it. He's a good friend, I own him a lot for looking after my sister.
Smokescreen: Mmhm. Techgear, I've never spoken to him personally but from what I hear he's quite shy and tends to stay in the science labs with stick Preceptor or Ratchet.
Techgear's Thoughts On Him: I... Don't talk to Smokescreen... In all honesty I don't think he even knows who I am...