Hubcap

• Name: Hubcap
• Faction: Autobot
• Species: Transformer
• Function: COMMUNICATIONS
• Division: Infantry
• Sub-Group: Mini-Bot
• Type: FC

"Weapons can win battles, but words can win wars."

HUBCAP functions as the Radar O'Reilly of the Autobot forces. He has everybody's friendship but nobody's trust. He is affable, witty, generous, even charming -- it is no wonder that his fellow Autobots find him such pleasant company. But he's also a con artist. He is likely to enthusiastically accept some work detail one moment and then try to sucker someone else into doing it the next. Or he might try to smooth talk a comrade into trading his weapon for an inferior one. HubCap is surprisingly effective at his scams. Perhaps it's the smiling, sincere way he talks or perhaps it's because he looks small and unthreatening. Whatever the case, HubCap is living proof of the old Cybertronian adage, "You can't tell an Autobot by it's finish."

Not only is HubCap adept at speaking, he's even better at listening. Equipment within his head module allows him to receive a broad spectrum of electromagnetic signals -- AM and FM radio, shortwave, UHF and VHF television broadcasts. He uses his phosphorescent windshield as a television screen when receiving TV signals. Amplifying circuits allow him to detect signals as weak as .000001 watts. His audio circuitry can hear a pin drop 500 yards away, and has a frequency range of 5 to 50,000 Hertz. In car mode, he can travel up to 90 mph and has a range of 1000 miles.

HubCap is physically among the weakest of the Autobots. Even low-speed crashes can result in severe damage to his body.

History

MUX History:

Hubcap is a communications officer assigned to Autobot City. In 2012 he was infected by a nanovirus and under its control travelled to Cybertron to serve the Dweller.

Once the UberSeeker's zombie minions broke into the Hibernation Chamber, Hubcap slipped into it and broke the seal keeping the Dweller at bay, waking it and the other sleeping Trans-Organics and unleashing them upon Cybertron.

When Hubcap was taken into Darkmount, the Dweller followed, laying seige to Polyhex.

OOC Notes

In at least one alternate future, Hubcap becomes leader of the Autobots when times are grim and someone a little less noble and a little more willing to scavenge is needed to carry the light of the Autobots.

Logs

2012

Oct 28 - Disturbance in Repair Bay

Background repair-gumby looks confused as he gestures towards a broken monitor mounted in the wall.

"Okay, we had a patient who self-identified as Hubcap, but didn't match visual records of the Minibot in question. After commiting mild property damage," The medic glances over his shoulder at the broken screen, before continuing, "The miscreant fled the scene."

Nov 09 - Oh, what a giveaway!

<<Spinny looks zombified, who made /that?>>

The screen is dark, then optics light up bright blue, casting strange shadows. "Yes," a voice speaks up, with the speaker enshrounded against the viewpoint. "Follow, Autobots."

<<Spinny doesn't even get to spin, just droops to one side, then drops off-screen>>

Players

Hubcap is currently played by Ralenger.

References

• Extended Bios!

• tfu.info

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