Depth charge

:This article is about the Beast Wars character "Depth Charge". For the real-life explosive, see depth charge.

History

He was originally a Maximal Marine Commander on Colony Omicron, the leader of his own squad in charge of security. When Protoform X escaped custody on Omicron, the colony was wiped out - with Depth Charge being the sole survivor. This left Depth Charge with a deep hatred for Protoform X, along with a large amount of resentment towards himself for failing to save Omicron and his troops.

Related Topics:
Maximal - Colony Omicron - Protoform X

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For some time, Depth Charge chased Protoform X, encountering him and suffering defeat at many locations -including Starbase Rugby. (This is an "in-joke", and refers to an online Transformers store called Rugby's Starbase). Eventually, Depth Charge recaptured Protoform X and requested that X be terminated for his crimes. Instead, Protoform X was taken by the starship Axalon and sentenced to be abandoned in space.

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Depth Charge was not satisfied with this ruling. He decided to find Protoform X on his own, and finish what had been started. His search lead him through a rift in space, and landed on prehistoric Earth in the middle of the Beast Wars (specifically, just at the start of Season 3 in the Beast Wars TV show). He became a Transmetal in the process, and scanned the beast form of a manta ray.

Related Topics:
Prehistoric Earth - Transmetal - Manta ray

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Protoform X (now known as Rampage) was indeed on Planet Earth. Depth Charge was shocked to find the crew of the Axalon (who had long since been thought lost) on Earth as well, but did not care about the war they were involved in. He still held a deep resentment of the other Maximals for not destorying Rampage when they had the chance, and chose to operate solo in pursuit of Rampage.

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Eventually, Depth Charge "officially" joined the Maximal side. He was a great asset to Optimus Primal's team, being the only water-based Maximal. Depth Charge continued his rivalry with Rampage until the bitter end, when both warriors destroyed one another in a final showdown. However, in the Transformers Universe toyline and comic series, Depth Charge is brought back to life as an Autobot to aid in the battle against Unicron. He does this by aiding the Autobot King Atlas in his evacuation efforts.

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Depth Charge was voiced by David Sobolov in the American version and Kiyoyuki Yanada in the japanese version.

Related Topics:
David Sobolov - Kiyoyuki Yanada

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