| The name or term "Payload" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Payload (disambiguation).
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- Payload is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
Boy, has he got a line for you.
Payload, like his fellow Lunar Assault Mini-Con Team members, spends his time attacking the normally-serene Exploration Mini-Con Team. Though he is physically one of the strongest Mini-Cons, Payload doesn't like to use his strength in combat; he'd rather outwit an opponent. As such, rather than engage his foe in a one-on-one brawl like Kobushi, Payload battles his "rival" Ascentor with brains, setting traps in the hopes of one day ensnaring the brilliant Mini-Con.
Fiction
Cybertron comic
Payload was part of an army of insurgent Mini-Cons that were plotting to destroy a Mini-Con colony on one of Cybertron's moons. He looked on as Unicron, the insurgents' secret ally, turned on them and started killing everyone. Revelations Part 5 The Coming Storm: Part 1
Toys
Cybertron
- Payload vs Ascentor (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2005)
- Released as part of the second wave of Cybertron Mini-Con 2-packs, Cybertron Payload is a redeco of the Adventure Mini-Con Team member Ransack, transforming into a pickup truck of undetermined model with oversized off-road tires and rollbar. He has a working winch mechanism connected to a spool and gear system in his torso; the cable, once pulled out, can be retracted by rolling Payload in vehicle mode, or by attaching him to the gear system on the Armada Cyclonus mold.
- Payload was only available in a two-pack with the Exploration Team Mini-Con Ascentor.
- This mold was also used to make Super Link Torque.
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Notes
- The Lunar Assault and Exploration Team's mold-sets were swapped before final production; it is unknown if the characterization of Payload was originally supposed to be applied to the toy that would become Landslide or Ascentor.
