- Name: Ratchet
- Faction: Autobot
- Species: Transformer
- Function: MEDIC
- Division: Medical
- Sub-Group: Medic
- Type: FC
“ | You break it, I'll remake it. | ” |
RATCHET was known as the best tool-and-die man on Cybertron. He can fashion anything from a pin to a cruise-missile and repair most of the Autobots and their specific parts, given the right materials. His rough language and manners belie his gentle touch on the operating-assembly table. He knows how to have a good time despite his involvement in a combat group. He gives a lot more backtalk to his commanders than the other Autobots, but does his job as well as anyone. Ratchet has an assortment of laser scalpels, arc-welders, electron microscopes, electrical circuit sensors and fluid dispensers at his disposal. His preference for partying to anything else sometimes interferes with getting his job done. In Toyota Onebox ambulance mode, Ratchet is equipped to handle both human and Transformer emergencies, although his patient-care compartment has limited space for other Autobots. For this reason, it can open to a Mobile Autobot Repair Bay, although it trades speed for greater transport space.
Description[]
The broad, stout form of the Autobots' CMO, Ratchet. His face is darkly chromed, with gleaming silver optics, and a smart mouth always ready with a witty remark or snappy comeback. His shoulders are massive, used to bearing the heavy responsibility of keeping his friends and comrades alive. His white, armored chest is proudly graced with a centrally-placed Autobot logo. An invisible heads-up display allows him to compare stored medical data with the task at hand. His gold, red, and white legs are designed to provide the leverage needed in lifting heavy or unconscious patients. His chrome hips are lined with medical supplies, each one carefully arranged to be easily accessible in an emergency. His red and white hands are supple, and move with practiced grace and skill. Ratchet is perfectly designed to provide maximum healing in a variety of circumstances.
History[]
Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:[]
Before the war, Ratchet of Vaporex had a private practice as well as running a small clinic in Rodion.
Ratchetserved as chief medical officer of the Ark on its mission to seek out new energy sources to fuel the Autobot struggle against the Decepticons. When the Ark was boarded by the crew of the Nemesis, Ratchet attempted to defend his ship by attacking Soundwave, but was thrown into a computer console for his trouble. Ratchet and the other Transformers were forced into emergency stasis lock when the out-of-control Ark crashed into a volcano on a primitive planet.
Four million years later, the volcano erupted, activating Teletraan I to rebuild the Autobots and Decepticons. Ratchet was rebuilt into a human-scaled ambulance. After Hound and Cliffjumper's failed scouting mission ended in a counterattack by Laserbeak, Ratchet arrived with Hauler to pull the damaged Hound out of a ravine. Once he finished repairing Hound, Ratchet was part of the battlegroup sent to stop the Decepticons stealing the oil from an off-shore oil rig. However, he did not fare well in this battle.
After the Autobots saved their new human friends, Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky, from the oil rig fire, Ratchet repaired Huffer's damaged arm in the repair bay outside the Ark.
When Optimus Prime was caught in the explosion of the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma, Ratchet helped the Autobot leader recover, but evidently his skills as a medic were not required, as Prime was fine after transforming back into robot mode. Soon afterwards, Ironhide was shot by Skywarp, so Ratchet carried the old-timer back to base for repairs.
During an ill-fated Autobot attempt to defend the local solar power plant, Starscream managed to shoot the guns out of Ratchet and Prowl's hands. Smarting from the concussion blast, Ratchet called for the Autobots to fall back. However, Ironhide once again managed to get himself damaged while saving Optimus Prime. Ironhide objected to Ratchet and Sparkplug's diagnosis of his damage, but Ratchet warned him against backtalk or the medic would short out Ironhide's mouth circuit. To prevent further argument, he shut down Ironhide, cutting off the warrior in mid-sentence. After the Autobots were led into a trap by a reprogrammed Bumblebee, Ratchet discovered the tampering done by the Decepticons and restored the little Autobot.
In addition to patching up his fellow warriors whenever someone (usually Megatron) had roughed them up a little, Ratchet was also in charge of helping whenever Wheeljack had another invention in the making. Working together, the two Autobots designed and built the Dinobots more or less from scratch — and did a pretty good job, considering they were working with substandard materials.
Ratchet was also responsible for saving Optimus Prime's life as the Autobot leader was critically wounded after being attacked by Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp, Prime's most serious injury in the attack was a badly damaged cosmotron, a device that enables energy flow within a transformer. While a team of Autobots went on a daring raid to Cybertron to obtain a replacement part, Ratchet and Wheeljack managed to keep Optimus Prime's energy vitals stable. The doctor performed a daring surgery on the Autobot leader even while being subjected to attacks by Laserbeak.
When Skyfire refused to assassinate the Autobots and was gunned down by Starscream, it was Ratchet who reconstructed the giant Decepticon scientist and gave him the chance to reform.
In 1985, after Spike was injured during a battle with the Decepticons, Ratchet carried their injured human friend to the metro hospital. While Spike's mind was transferred into the Autobot X experimental body Sparkplug had made earlier, Ratchet repaired the battle-damaged Bumblebee, but was forced to cut short his repairs after Spike went on a rampage in his new body. After Spike's mind was returned to his real body, Ratchet theorised that he could probably fix the problems in the mind-transfer process, but thought it was better left alone.
When Megatron captured Gears and unwittingly threatened the destruction of the Earth with his Solar Needle, Ratchet totally fly-kicked Thundercracker. After the Decepticons retreated, Ratchet and Wheeljack argued over which wire they had to disconnect to stabilize the Sun.
MUX History:[]
Ratchet is Chief Medical Officer of the Earth-based Autobots, and head of the Autobot Medical division. In the spare moments he has between repairing injured Autobots, he has began to trainFirst Aid for the position of Medical Officer (to be the official Autobot doctor if Ratchet is called away to Cybertron). As a result, he is also training Spike to be a Level-5 medic (the equivalant of a doctor on Cybertron), which is First Aid's current position.
Ratchet spent 2011 operating out of the Ark, which had been turned into a mobile search and rescue base due to world-wide flooding. With Spike busy coordinating Autobot efforts with Destro and G.I. Joe, and the Weatherbots on Shattered Glass Cybertron, Ratchet turned to technophobe Buster Witwicky of all people to help with supply distribution, which has turned out surprisingly well.
In 2017, Ratchet helped move injured Autobots out of harm's way in Iacon during an assault by Trypticon.
In 2020, Starlock, with the help of Solus Prime, Ratchet replaced the hands that Nightbird had stolen in an earlier attack.
Cobra World Universe[]
Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, the human terrorist organization Cobra discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were reprogrammed to be under Cobra's control and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide and Ratchet now turning into HISS tanks.
G.I. Joe World Universe[]
Many years after the Ark had crashed on Earth, G.I. Joe discovered it and its dormant crew. The Transformers were repaired and given new alternate modes, with Ironhide, Prowl, and Ratchet now turning into G.I. Joe Hammers.
OOC Notes[]
Rachet is currently Chief Medical Officer in charge of the Autobot Medical division.
Logs /Posts[]
1984[]
1992[]
- "Quiz" - Sparkplug and Spike plan on attending Buster's Academic Decathalon. They really do. However, an emergency in the med bay prevents them from seeing one of Buster's proudest moments in high school, adding to the young Witwicky's continuing frustration and even resentment of his immediate family.
- "Spike's Reckoning" - Before amicably departing the Autobots to forge a life on his own terms, Spike has a youthful slip of judgment and kicks frequent human bully Frenzy while he's down. For Spike, that brief lapse, which sent Frenzy to the repair bay for a few hours, resulted in a payback that nearly cost the human ally his life - and put him on a yearlong recovery path.
2012[]
- November 20 - "Buster and Ratchet" - Ratchet talks to Buster about his writing.
2015[]
- March 28 - "Spike" - Ratchet reports that Spike has passed all of his medical exams and is ready for more rank and responsibility.
- 6/13/15 - "Spirit of Freedom, act 1" - Three concurrent events surround the doomed ship, the Spirit of Freedom. What is the Decepticon plan here? It starts with the attempted assassination of Ultra Magnus!
2017[]
- March 21 - "Assault on Iacon" - Trypticon launches an assault on Iacon.
- August 23 - "Talking About Dad" - Buster talks to Ratchet about Sparkplug.
2018[]
- May 16 - "Forgemates" - Elita One finally gets something off her processor.
2019[]
- March 22 - "Act of Creation" - Ratchet and Spike work on their secret project.
- April 24 - "The Doctors Are In" - As news of the problem spreads, Autobot medics assemble and look for the source.
- May 25 - "Medical Progress and Optimus Prime" - The Autobots still search for the cure, as Optimus succumbs...
- August 8 - "New Director" - With Ratchet down, Chromia puts Scales in charge of Iacon Medical Center.
- August 14 - "Fix Him While We Can" - With Ratchet lying unconscious after a vicious attack, Dust Devil and Scales decide to get all his maintenance done while he's stationary.
- September 25 - "Fatalities List" - Ratchet counts the dead.
- October 08 - "Scraplet Investigation" - Red Alert and Starlock investigate a missing medic.
- October 10 - "Ratchet - Report on Valvolux - Ratchet suspects a scraplet outbreak in Valvolux.
2020[]
- 3/19 - "Taking Solace in Solus" - Solus Prime and Starlock finish a long overdue gift for Ratchet...
- 3/20 - "Ratchet's New Hands" - Ratchet asks Starlock to help install his new hands and he also helps console her.
- August 16 - "No Longer Armless" - Hot Rod gets his limbs back!
- September 2 - "Mysterious Influences" - Progress is made in treating the mysterious illness that afflicts Typhoon and Ratchet.
- September 8 - "Unknown Nanovirus" - Ratchet reports on his findings.
- September 15 - "Sneak and Zoom Out" - Ratchet reports his autopsy results.
- September 29 - "RE: Viral Scanners" - Ratchet sets up Iacon for mass-scanning.
- October 6 - "Progress" - Ratchet identifies the nanovirus.
- October 20 - "An Unexpected Guest - Airlift crashes into the Transformers Universe.
- October 28 - "The Cure" - Ratchet authorizes his medics to share the Dweller virus cure.
- 11/12 - "An Open Door" - Ratchet calls Starlock to his office to speak with her privately.
- 11/12 - "Goth" - Ratchet brings Goth back to Iacon.
2021[]
- 01/05 - "A Little Project" - Starlock asks Ratchet for a bit of help in improving herself.
- 01/08 - "Rec Room Remedies" - Ratchet and Starlock get into deep philosophical talk while watching TV.
- February 09 - "A Late Night in Iacon Medical" - Dust Devil and Starlock come to the IMC.
- April 13 - "Volunteers Needed" - Ratchet seeks help from Autobot field scientists.
- July 4 - "Solstice Testing / Furry Friends" - Updates from Ratchet.
- October 07 - "Release the Spectre" - Ghost is freed from Iacon.
- November 6th - "Refractions of The Shattered" - Starlock and Blast Off talk among themselves about what happened at Ultrix,
and what possible could be afoot, only to be joined by Ratchet and Cerebros.
- November 14 - "Mudflappable" - Ratchet sends Sideswipe out to his doom.
- November 15th - "Sideswipe Recovered" - Sideswipe has a run-in with Mudflap.
- November 28th - "Autobots, Missing and New" - Ratchet reports on Imager, the new Dinobot, and Ultrix.
- December 06 - "Medics without Borders" - Dust Devil runs into Ratchet at the Valvolux Medical Center.
- December 9 - "Not Desert Nightlife" - Ghost and Ratchet find themselves both in the Remote Desert region looking for something.
- December 26 - "Autobot Command Meeting" - Crosscut requests a meeting with Autobot Command.
2022[]
- April 1 - "All the Things" - Ratchet addresses ongoing medical concerns.
- April 08 - "Trapped in the Ironworks Facility - DJ and Spike POV" - DJ and Spike are trapped in the Ironworks facility during the Shattered Glass Autobots' attack.
- April 14 - "Return to the IMC" - Ratchet returns from his quick trip to Earth.
- April 20 - "Help Me Make It Stop" - Ghost and Soundwave reach out to the Autobots to help with her reactions to what seem like hot spots across the planet.
- April 26th - "Bridges" - Ratchet opens and mends some bridges for Starlock, both metaphorically and literally.
- April 29 - "A Cost Of Peace" - Repairs in IMC after the run-in with Primus Pilus in Stanix.
- 6 May - "Opportunities and Problems" - Ratchet addressed various Prospects and Challenges.
- May 9 - "Waking Matrix Dream" - Optimus has a waking dream while in the middle of a conversation with Ratchet.
- May 15th - "Spark Transfer" - Optimus Prime is rushed into emergency surgery.
- May 24 - "All the Things, All at Once" - Ratchet reports on the events of the day.
- June 29 - "Planning In The Wings" - Starlock and Ratchet get a moment to catch up after a week of chaos.
- June 30 - "Opinions Of A Rat-Bag" - Rat-Bag: a stupid, eccentric, or disagreeable person... The Medbay crew in Fortress Maximus are reminded that Alpha Trion, and the Matrix, are both this.
- August 10 - "Holes in Justice" - Someone finely notices the holes in Tyrest's armor, after what was supposed to be a talk among partners.
- August 11 - "All the Crazy" - Ratchet responds to Starlock's report about Tyrest, as well as everything else going on.
- August 12 - "Justice Verses Truth" - Veritas meets Tyrest with Starlock. Oh, and Omen's there being prickly. The expected but unwished for clash occurs with an interesting revelation.
- August 25 - "As I Was Saying..." - Ratchet continues his earlier, interrupted post.
- September 06 - "Why does he look like he just vomited a rainbow?" - Ratchet walks into a horror show in Fort Max's medbay.
Links[]
Players[]
Ratchet had a player as recently as February of 2009, but is now available for application. In November of 2012 he was temped by SpikeWitwicky. In 2015 and in Flashback scenes he was temped by Bzero and SpikeWitwicky. For the Spirit of Freedom TP and the Assault on Iacon he was @emitted by Zerombr. Later in 2017 he was @emitted once more by User:Spikewitwicky. In 2018's "Forgemates" he was @emitted by Zerombr.
Apocalypse World Ratchet was played by Bzero.
Main-Universe Ratchet is temped by Bzero as if March of 2019.
References[]
This page uses content from Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki. The original article was at Ratchet (G1).
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