Wreckage (Armada)

Wreckage is a Mini-Con from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Wrecking and ruling is difficult when your hands are bas-reliefs.

Wreckage leads the Land Military Mini-Con Team, possibly the hardiest, most skilled rag-tag band of Mini-misfits their race has produced. And in battle or in the planning stages, he's one of the best. A pragmatic 'bot, Wreckage has never really allowed the Team to permanently side with any group throughout the war, doing jobs for whoever he decides best suits their interests at the time. But he's got principles too, and as the war rages on, he finds he might have to pick a side and stick with it soon.

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

Not part of SKAR! Wreckage is in the middle.

After the Exodus crashed on Earth, Wreckage lay dormant until the Decepticons recovered him on an undisclosed mission. Along with the rest of the Land Military Team and several other Mini-Cons, he was chosen to help Megatron eliminate Optimus Prime once and for all. By setting up a series of warp gate passages around the globe, Megatron and the Mini-Cons lured the Autobots into following them, and then scattered the enemy forces between the various warp points, leaving Optimus to face Megatron alone, with only Rad and Fred at his side.

Wreckage and the Land Military Team were interested in peace, however — they had sent an message to the Street Action Mini-Con Team earlier that day, seeking a resolution. Despite their misgivings, they continued to carry out Megatron's plan until Optimus Prime passively submitted himself to their laser fire. Impressed by his actions, Wreckage and the other Mini-Cons turned against Megatron, and returned to the Autobot headquarters with Prime. Vow

Wreckage, seemingly stolen back by the Decepticons along with the other Mini-Con defectors, was present working a "tune up" for the Decepticons. Runaway Wreckage was later found by Perceptor and the Autobots, working on the Decepticon ship. He, along with his teammates were rescued by the Autobots and taken back into their custody. Rescue

After being rescued again by the Autobots, Wreckage and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the Axalon, fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. Depart

Force of Habit

During the Unicron Singularity crisis, the Land Military Mini-Con Team served aboard the Autobot flagship Iron Hope. They were called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship and battled a number of Divebomb- and Insecticon-type Terrorcons alongside Riptide, Smokescreen, and Ironhide. Force of Habit

Dreamwave Armada comic

Wreckage and Rule!

Wreckage and the Land Military Team were captured and altered by the Decepticons to be used as weapons of conquest millions of years ago. They escaped aboard the Exodus with most other Mini-Cons, Armada Free Comic Book Day and declared themselves free agents upon reactivating on Earth a million years later. Following a signal from a Mini-Con panic-pager, the Land Military Team found Alexis, Carlos, and Rad, who asked them for help in saving Jolt, Longarm, and Sparkplug from Decepticon captivity. Wreckage and his team refused, but they changed their minds after witnessing Rad's courage. They still chose against joining the Autobots, though. Armada #7

Alongside all the other Mini-Cons on Earth, the Land Military Team were later taken against their will to Dualor's moonbase. Armada #8 They were not thrilled about this, but Wreckage chose not to take action for the time being. Armada #9 He figured that it wasn't so bad — the moonbase was the closest thing to a home they could get, and it was heavily fortified to keep any Bulks from capturing them! His attitude caused some conflict among the Mini-Cons, but the arguments ended when the Decepticons suddenly broke through the base's fortifications. Armada #10 Wreckage and the others quickly got to the escape pods and fled back to Earth. Armada #11

Following this misadventure, the Land Military Team seemingly stayed with the Autobots. Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4 They were instrumental in separating the Star Saber from Megatron's grip after he used it to destroy the invading Galvatron. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4

Finally, Wreckage joined with all other active Mini-Cons in returning to Cybertron and activating Over-Run's Mini-Con Matrix, incapacitating Unicron and leading to his destruction. The End

Panini Armada comic

After crashing on Earth in the distant past, Wreckage, Knock Out, and Bonecrusher were discovered in 1959 during the construction of a casino in Las Vegas. They were recovered by the U.S. government and subsequently converted into remote-control military equipment by the Extra-Terrestrial Response Division. A few hours after a field test, the three Mini-Cons overrode ERTD's control and drove to the nearby town of Stillwater. With some effort, Wreckage introduced himself to reverend Amos Hume and gave him a code that could be used to locate the Land Military Team. He and his teammates were then recaptured by the ERTD. Blast from the Past!

After the ETRD's funding was cut decades later, former technicians Quint and Hathaway attempted to auction the Mini-Cons off. When the humans decided to show the buyers how safe the robots were by zapping Wreckage, he broke out of their control again and fought back, blowing up a truck in the process. The transaction was interrupted by the arrival of an Autobot shuttle carrying the Air Defense Team and their human friends, whom Hume had contacted upon seeing images of the Transformers on television. Wreckage shook hands with Hume, happily stating that the priest's actions had kept him from losing all hope in humanity. Sale of the Century!

Legends World

Wreckage was among the Mini-Con toys stolen by Megatron in the Legends World. Bonus Edition Vol. EX

Games

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Wreckage Armada participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who was available as a reward to 100 leagues in the "Armada: Episode IV: Land Military Team"event. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

Armada

• Land Military Mini-Con Team (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)

• Takara name: Land Military Micron
• Takara ID number: MM-03
• Takara release date: December 26, 2002
• Accessories: 2 missiles
• Known designers: Hironori Kobayashi (Takara)

Part of the first wave of Armada Mini-Con three-packs, Wreckage transforms into a tank with twin pressure-launch missile launchers. These launchers become his robot-mode arms.

As a Mini-Con, he has a "Powerlinx" socket on the underside of his vehicle mode that allows him to attach to larger toys with compatible Powerlinx plugs, activating special gimmicks on the larger toys when attached to a "live" plug.

He was only available in the Land Military Mini-Con Team 3-pack, packaged with (and gang-molded with) Bonecrusher and Knock Out.

This toy was repurposed as Beast Wars: Uprising Wreckage. This mold was also used to make Fetch and Cybertron Tankor.

• More information on Wreckage at TFU.info

• Ironhide & Land Military Micron (Multi-pack, 2002)

• ID number: MS-03
• Release date: December 26, 2002
• Accessories: 2 missiles

The Land Military Microns were available in Japan both as an individual team, and in a multi-pack with Ironhide and Search. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

• Land Military Micron Exdimensions (Mini-Con 3-pack, 2002)

• ID number: MM-08
• Release date: December 26, 2002
• Accessories: 2 missiles

A limited-edition (but still normal retail) redeco of the Land Military Microns was released as part of the Exdimensions lineup.

This toy also doubles as the separate character Shot and the Beast Wars: Uprising character Shot.

• More information on Exdimensions Shot at TFU.info

• Shot Ultimate Edition (Promotional Micron, 2003)

• Release date: January 1, 2003
• Accessories: 2 missiles

A limited edition redeco of the Land Military Microns was available as promotional giveaway items in Japanese Toys"R"Us stores: one randomly-selected member of the team was given free with the purchase of any Legends of the Microns toy in January 2000, and then again on March 20th with the purchase of Convoy Super Mode. While numbers for the first release are unknown, 3600 Ultimate Land Military Microns were available for the March campaign.

They were made available again on May 2nd at the Hello Mac store chain, with the purchase of either Convoy Super Mode or Megatron, only this time you got the complete set of three with a single purchase, limited to ten sets total per store. Apparently, they made a lot.

• More information on Shot Ultimate Edition at TFU.info

• Shot Night Attack Edition (Promotional Micron, 2003)

• Release date: April 24, 2003
• Accessories: 2 missiles
• Known designers: Joe Kyde (deco artist)

Identical to the US release of the Night Attack Mini-Con Team (in Shot's case, he is identical to Hasbro's Fetch), one random member of team was given free at Japanese Toys"R"Us stores with the purchase of any Legends of the Microns product during April, limited to 4000 units.

• More information on Night Attack Shot (well, Fetch) at TFU.info

Notes

• Although Wreckage's missile launchers clearly have actual molded arms on the inner-edge of them, several Dreamwave artists working on the Armada comic drew the launchers themselves as his arms, with the front gaps working as pincer-hands.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Shot (ショット Shotto)