Power Play! Sunstreaker was relatively low on fuel after this, and so gave up his remaining power in the transference chambers to power up Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage for combat against the Decepticons. Perchance to Dream He engaged the Decepticons in battle at the Witwicky garage alongside his brother, Sideswipe, but ultimately failed to keep them from kidnapping Sparkplug Witwicky. The Transformers In the first few days on Earth, Sunstreaker abandoned Jazz and diverted an attack by Thundercracker and Skywarp towards a human military camp so as to keep himself from harm. Sunstreaker was among the crew of the Ark that crashed on Earth four million years ago and woke up in 1984. The entire unit was tortured for a week, and Stampede was killed. While they were on a mission to the Stanix region of Cybertron, he made a remarkably callous joke that convinced their allies to turn them over to the Decepticons. State GamesĮarly into the Autobot-Decepticon war, Sunstreaker was a member of the Magnificent Six. He was once brutally beaten by Megatron in combat, and would have been killed if Optimus Prime had not stepped in. Prior to the outbreak of Cybertron's planet-wide civil war, Sunstreaker was a gladiator in the games held between the city-states. When Sunstreaker "puts his shoulder into it". Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics. Hungarian name: Napcsillantó/Napvillantó ("Sun-flasher") Portuguese name (Brazil comics): Raiado Portuguese name (Portugal comics): Raio Solar French name (Canada): Solo Preliminary name: Spinout Italian name: Lince ("Lynx") As a front-line warrior, Sunstreaker is a great asset for the Autobot army. Ruthless and skilled in all forms of combat, there is not much Sunstreaker cannot handle. The main reason Optimus Prime keeps him around is most likely Sunstreaker's effectiveness in the battlefield. The only Autobot he truly gets along with is his twin brother, Sideswipe, and even that can seem strained at times. He is generally unwilling to help those who are having trouble keeping up, and is quite audible when it comes to complaining about the shortcomings of everyone else. His sociopathic tendencies, combined with his incredible vanity and arrogance, usually result in tension between himself and the other Autobots. Sunstreaker knows to his core of his spark that he is better than any other Autobot, and he makes sure everyone else knows it, too.