Phantomstrike Squadron

The Phantomstrike Squadron is a Decepticon subgroup from the Siege portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron is a quickstrike team, made up of some of the best Decepticon soldiers. Their tasks during the war for Cybertron were identifying and attacking key Autobot positions and launching quick strike surprise attacks.

The Phantomstrike Squadron regularly stations themselves in the Decepticon fortress, Darkmount.

The Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron is made up of:

• Skywarp (Air Force Black Ops Sergeant)
• Fracas (Air Force Weapons Raider)
• Shrute (Air Force Espionage Raider)
• Terror-Daxtyl (Air Force Espionage Raider)

Fiction

War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material

After countless attacks had been made on several of the Autobot resistance's positions by the Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron, the Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce was called to arms. Final Strike Figure Series marketing material^[1] Dispatched to the outer edge of the Sea of Rust, inside an underground base, Siege Teletraan-1 Data Files Alphastrike analyzed the Phantomstrike Squadron's attack patterns, anticipating their next strike. Final Strike Figure Series marketing material^[1]

While the Phantomstrike Squadron was stationed in Darkmount, south-east of Alphastrike's position,^[2] Greenlight—who had been tracking them from her drop point in a nearby deserted Decepticon zone—attempted to transmit the all-clear for the attack to commence, but they discovered her transmission and corrupted its signal. Teletraan-1 attempted to retrieve the full transmission from the Decepticons to gather the location data needed to assess the threat. Following this, a battle ensued between both strike teams. Siege Teletraan-1 Data Files

Toys

War for Cybertron: Siege

• Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron (Multi-pack, 2019)
  • Hasbro ID number: WFC-S27
  • TakaraTomy ID Number: SG-EX
  • TakaraTomy release date: January 20, 2021
  • Hidden message code: TELEPORT

The Siege "Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron" pack includes a redeco and head-retool of Voyager Class Starscream as Skywarp, a redeco of Siege Firebolt as Decepticon Fracas, a redeco of Siege Aimless as Shrute, and a redeco of Siege Pteraxadon as Terror-Daxtyl. This set is paired up with the "Autobot Aplhastrike Counterforce".

This set was made available at general retail in Taiwan without prior announcement from Hasbro, and was an Amazon exclusive for North America, which also labelled the set as "Final Strike Figure Series: Part 2", and a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive in Japan.

The package art forms a complete mural with that of the Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce.

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