Rumble (AW)

"Destroy what's below and what's above will follow."

Rumble is your basic street punk. He compensates for his small size by always acting tough. And he is tough. Cross him and he'll punch your optic sensors out. He has a quick temper and a mean disposition. The other Decepticons try to keep their distance. Yet, this unpleasant, swaggering little hoodlum is one of Soundwave's favorites. Rumble follows orders blindly and hungrily; he always waits impatiently for Soundwave's next assignment. A good time for Rumble is shaking a building into a heap of rubble. "I love the sight of crumbling bricks," he says.

Rumble can roll the drum-like constructions in his body to transmit through his feet intense low-frequency groundwaves that have the effect of stimulating earthquakes. His quakes have registered as high as 5.4 on the Richter Scale. For more localized effects, his arms can form into powerful piledrivers that can knock full-sized Transformers off their feet. He is also highly trained to work with explosives.

Rumble's small size severely limits his strength; he can be easily beaten by most of the Autobots in any sort of physical struggle or artillery barrage. Given his power of causing the ground to shatter, however, the trick is to get close enough to Rumble to fight him.

Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:
Rumble and Frenzy started out as "industrial equipment" built by Soundwave for Mining Outpost C-12, until the Senate shut down the site in favor of automating the work involved. Once a furious Megatron kicked off a riot, Rumble and Frenzy joined in the fighting and were soon taken prisoner, destined for Penal Facility H-3. They managed to break free aboard their prison transport, however, and took control of it with Megatron's help. The renegade miners then fled to Kaon, where they got lost in the underground fighting tournaments that ran rampant throughout that city-state.

Upon Megatron's death, Rumble remained with Valour at Polyhex, continuing to serve under Soundwave.

Players
Rumble is available for application. Doomflower has dibs.