Manticide

Faction: The Swarm Species: Transformer Function: ESPIONAGE Rank: 8/Lieutenant/Black Ops Director

"You haven't seen good until my claws are in your back."

Extremely arrogant, but with good reason, Manticide is an expert in the field of espionage. Swift, silent, and deadly, he also makes an ideal assassin. He can wait in hiding for hours on end for a suitable shot at his target. While he is highly skilled with ranged weaponry, he much prefers to get up close to his targets so he can see the look of shock on their faces. Despite his sadistic tendencies, however, he is fiercely loyal to his team and would gladly lay down his life for any of them. Manticide is equipped with sound dampening equipment, and circuitry that can camouflage his armor with his surroundings. His gyro-slug rifle, which fires miniature rocket-like shells, is equipped with a flash suppresser and a silencer, making it difficult to detect his position after he has fired a shot. In mantis mode, he can crush or slice through a small car with his razor-edged tritanium claws. These claws become a pair of deadly swords in robot mode. Manticide also posses an extensive knowledge of toxic substances, harmful to both Cybertronian and organic beings. He can deliver these toxins through a rifle in robot mode, or his claws in mantis mode. His major weaknesses are lack of ranged weaponry in Mantis mode, and his weak armor compared to his siblings. He has a top flying speed of 200 mph in Mantis mode, and can leap up to five hundred feet.