Shear

Motto: "... Soundwave would not approve."

Character Note:

Crafted in late 2004 when Soundwave begun to suspect that the Autobots were adapting for aquatic operations, SHEAR was constructed to spy on underwater facilities, to steal from and sabotage them as well. This has given him a cold, professional and distant manner. His shape, that of a crab, makes some of the other tapes think of him as more alien than he is, when in fact he's not far distant from his master in outlook. Emotions are for the weak. He transforms from tape form to an armored mechanical crab, and in that form is capable of enduring pressures that would crush an unprotected machine like a pop can under a steamroller. Taking a design element from some Autobot tapes, his back plating doubles as a solar collector, so floating at the surface when the sun is out can restore his strength as well as refueling on high-grade energon. In battle, expect him to use sonic blasts to damage and disorient his foe before closing with them and using his powerful cutting claws. His loyalty is to Soundwave only, and it is absolute.

OOC Notes
Picture is actually of Botch the Crab, and is just used as a temporarily placeholder until we can get a picture of Shear.