Skyfall (Cybertron)

The name or term "Skyfall" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Skyfall (disambiguation).

Skyfall is an Autobot first seen in the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Skyfall knows he's different from his fellow Velocitronians. He's unengaged by their need for speed, and so he has taken up the role of a lone explorer, charting distant star systems in his ship, the Flash Frenzy. He knows he must be far older than most, if not all, of his peers, though he shows no sign of age. But most of all, he has the inescapable feeling that he's missing a clue to some lost, legendary past to which he deeply believes he was linked, a mystery that haunts him more than any other.

Another of Skyfall's enigmas is his strange but helpful ability. When his life is threatened or when he's under stress, Skyfall involuntarily envelopes his body in an impenetrable force field. The universe must be looking out for him, or at least has mixed feelings about him, as it keeps drawing him into grand adventures for which he has no patience. Civil war? Unicron? Alternate universes? Thanks, but no thanks! Skyfall feels like he can only escape from one cosmic, galaxy-threatening annoyance just to find himself facing another!

Later he becomes known as Skytop.

Contents 1 Fiction 1.1 Fun Publications comics 2 Toys 2.1 Cybertron 3 Notes

Fiction

Fun Publications comics

Skyfall was once part of the multiversal singularity known as Nexus Prime of the Thirteen. In order to prevent the power of the Star Saber from falling into the wrong hands, Nexus Prime split himself and the Saber into pieces, scattering them throughout the multiverse. Out of the One, Many

Skyfall came to forget his origins, and settled on Speed Planet, though his interests were at complete odds with the rest of the populace. On one of his refueling trips back planet-side, Skyfall heard talk of mysterious visitors from the planet Cybertron. This triggered within him a brief flash of memory, which convinced him that he needed to travel to the distant world for answers on his past. He packed up the Flash Frenzy and left immediately. Skyfall's profile in Club magazine #4 But upon arriving on Cybertron, he found no answers... instead, he crossed paths with Dark Scorponok. Balancing Act, Part 2 Though Skyfall's force fields protected him from this adversary, Dark Scorponok managed to bury him and his force field under rubble. After he escaped from the zombie, he was taken in by Ramjet, who claimed to know him. Balancing Act, Part 3 Ramjet promised to tell Skyfall about his past if Skyfall helped him achieve his objective. Balancing Act, Part 4 The Coming Storm: Part 1 While Skyfall came to the aid of another 'bot caught up in Ramjet's mad machinations, Vector Prime came to destroy the deranged servant of Unicron. Balancing Act, Pt 5 Despite Skyfall protecting him with his force field powers, Ramjet was lost in a fold of the fabric of space. Revelations Part 1 Before Vector Prime departed, he had Downshift bring him to the Chamber of Alpha Trion for repairs, and instructed Sentinel Maximus to guard Skyfall with his life. Revelations Part 2

Over the next several gigacycles, Skyfall helped Sentinel Maximus repair Vector Sigma, Sentinel Maximus was impressed with Skyfall's ingenuity with energon circuits and quantum circuitry. As they worked, Over-Run discovered an engraving in an ancient energon pool, and it seemed to depict Skyfall with four other warriors... but the engraving was twenty-five million cycles old! After receiving a distress call from the Mini-Con Council of Sages, Sentinel Maximus took Skyfall to help quell the Mini-Con civil war on one of Cybertron's moons. Revelations Part 4 There, Skyfall met a kindred spirit in a Decepticon named Landquake, unwittingly working for Unicron. When the Chaos-Bringer himself joined the fray, Skyfall bemoaned the fact that he had once more gotten himself in a conflict beyond his scope. A stray shot hit a reserve of pure energon near both Skyfall and Landquake, and both 'bots agreed to put aside allegiances for the time being, and work in tandem to prevent the fuel from exploding. Revelations Part 5 A blast managed to slip through Skyfall's defenses, and the resulting conflagration engulfed the pair... but they were left unharmed! However, they now found themselves in unfamiliar surroundings; the explosion had somehow transported Skyfall and Landquake to an alternate universe, where they found themselves at the feet of Megatron. Revelations Part 6

Both Skyfall and Landquake attempted to protect some humans from the tyrant until the local Autobots arrived. Crossing Over, Part 1 After the subsequent battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime's troops, Skyfall was carried off by the Autobots and Landquake by the Decepticons. The Autobots took Skyfall with them (babysat by Cliffjumper) to South America, where more fighting happened.

After the two fell into a cave, Crossing Over: Part 3 Skyfall was reunited with Landquake. Cliffjumper accused Skyfall of treason and fired at them both, but the blast inadvertently awoke the site's guardian, Breakaway. Before a proper introduction could be given, they all came under attack from Ravage and Laserbeak, but the attackers were defeated and fell into the site's mysterious energon pools. Crossing Over: Part 4

As Skyfall and Landquake marveled at the pool of Rarified Energon, they heard a voice. The Caretaker began speaking of the destiny of Skyfall, Landquake, and Breakaway. Crossing Over: Part 5 Skyfall and his new partners were told of how they were once part of a Prime, one charged with protecting and maintaining the universe's supply of energon. But their group was not yet complete. The Caretaker urged them to proceed through a transwarp portal, on the other side of which they would meet the next member of their group. Reluctantly, Cliffjumper followed them. Crossing Over: Part 6

On the other side, they arrived in yet another alternate universe, yet mysteriously without Cliffjumper. They found themselves in Axiom Nexus, a multiversal hub located on a particularly old Cybertron inhabited by Transcendent Technomorphs. At first they were greeted by Cheetor and Silverbolt, but they were quickly sorted through processing, and ultimately the three were handed over to Alpha Trion to help them integrate into Axiom Nexus society until they were able to leave. Transcendent: Part 1

However, in the alleys of the city, Breakaway was snatched away from behind them. Skyfall and Landquake's first impulse was to hunt him down, but Alpha Trion convinced them not to do so. The TransTech must have taken him, he insisted, and the only way to get Breakaway back was to follow Alpha Trion back to his lab. Their guide explained that the TransTech were jealous and condescending creatures who feared superior technology, but he had devised a way to get the better of them, and it had to do with the hundreds of corpses hanging from his ceiling! Transcendent: Part 2 Skyfall raged at this insanity and pulled his gun on their guide. His outburst was interrupted by Topspin, Alpha Trion's aide, who explained that these were not corpses, but test subjects. Their sparks were safe elsewhere, as Topspin's special ability was moving sparks from body to body.

Skyfall was not entirely convinced, however. He demanded that Alpha Trion stop playing with sparks. It was just creepy, you know? Alpha Trion ignored him and talked of the coming battle. He said that if he should fall, then Skyfall should take up Alpha Trion's sword. This sword, which used to belong to a Decepticon named Slaughter, influenced the bearer to do horrible, terrible things, and only a Transformer strong of spark could resist the temptation. Learning this did nothing to help Skyfall's unease. Transcendent: Part 3

Skyfall and Landquake took a short walk through the markets of Axiom Nexus to discuss their situation. Skyfall was certain of Alpha Trion's insanity, but Landquake thought they should use him, at least in the short term, to get Breakaway back. Landquake also questioned whether Skyfall was ready to take this next step. If they were part of a long-lost combiner group, would they lose themselves into the whole once reunited as one? When they returned to Alpha Trion's lab, Nightscream arrived, having learned of Breakaway's location. Alpha Trion readied his acolytes for battle. Transcendent: Part 4

SHRAKADOOM! Alpha Trion, Skyfall, and the others blasted their way into the Transwarp Complex where Shockwave's lab was located. As casualties began to mount, Alpha Trion reminded Skyfall that this was what the sword's influence made one do. But Alpha Trion met Megatron in battle, freeing Skyfall and Landquake to grab Breakaway from Shockwave's operating table. Transcendent: Part 5

As Megatron turned his attention on Immorticon, Skyfall and the others met up with Alpha Trion and began to make their way towards their destination, a dimensional gate in the Transit Room. As they fled, Alpha Trion began to tell Skyfall that he knew more about him than he had originally let on. For the first time in his adventures, Skyfall wasn't very interested in his past; rather, he chose to focus on staying alive. But Alpha Trion's monologue couldn't be deterred. "Primus is calling his sons home," he explained. Skyfall's guidance would be pertinent in the challenges ahead. Unfortunately, that was Alpha Trion's problem. Running his sword through the Autobot's spark, Alpha Trion felled Skyfall and ordered Nightscream to carry the body through the portal. Skyfall's conscience would no longer be in the way of Alpha Trion's ultimate designs. Transcendent: Part 6

As soon as Alpha Trion's group materialized through the portal in Trion's home reality, Landquake demanded to know what happened to Skyfall. Trion attempted to brush him off before claiming that Skyfall had been shot from behind during the escape from the lab. However, Breakaway discovered that Skyfall's wound was inflicted by an energy blade. Further questioning was halted when the three dimensional travelers and Topspin were taken captive as part of Alpha Trion's insane plans. Reunification: Part 1 Now knowing Trion to be a madman, Landquake, Breakaway and Topspin managed to escape with Skyfall's body. Weeks later, the group was holed up in another abandoned facility, trying to use their respective powers to revive Skyfall, but failing to succeed. Reunification: Part 2 As the group came under attack from Computron, they made a run for it, carrying Skyfall's body along, and eventually making their way to the Decepticons' base of operations. Reunification: Part 4

A breakthrough would not occur until after the assassination of the local Megatron. Landquake and the others had been introduced to the fifth of their number, Heatwave, and Breakaway believed with their powers combined, they could resurrect the Decepticon leader. But amidst their combined energy, their lifeforces were transported to a dimension in which Skyfall appeared to them. A voice called out to (a reasonably indignant) Skyfall and the others, telling them that they had a choice. They could either die and live forever, or live and fade away into obscurity. "That's a sucky choice!" Skyfall countered, but ultimately the five made their decision. The voice boomed: "Arise, Nexus Prime." Reunification: Part 5

After being reborn, Nexus Prime found himself in a battle with the Autobot superweapon Omega Doom. When Omega shot a missile into Cybertron's sun, Nexus Prime had to follow to repair the sun before it went nova. The Decepticon parts of his mind wanted to stay on Cybertron to fight, but were overridden by the Skyfall and Breakaway parts of him who knew that all of Cybertron would burn unless the sun was healed.

After Nexus was successful in repairing the sun and defeating Omega Doom, Cliffjumper bid the Skyfall and Landquake parts of him goodbye, as he stepped through a stellar spanner to whatever his fate would be next... Reunification: Part 6

Skyfall returned as part of Nexus Prime's components to stop Ultra Magnus from misusing the Terminus Blade. Restoration Nexus Prime brought together the Terminus Blade and the reunified Star Saber, using them rewrite the rules of the multiverse. Out of the One, Many

After the Shrouding, Skyfall was reincarnated as a natural resident of the negative polarity universe named Skytop, along with his teammates Heatwave, Spinaway, Landfall, and Quakebreak. Working as menial laborers, Skytop and the team seemed to have no first hand knowledge of their previous incarnation, although Aquarius apparently maintained the awareness to tell them the legend of the Prime of Combination they once were. Skytop and his comrades desperately wanted some quest to prove they were as worthy as the original Nexus Prime, and eventually stole the shuttle Buoyancy to make their own way in the universe. Coalescence

Toys

Cybertron

• Skyfall (Basic, 2005)
  • Accessories: Energon rifle, energon chip

Skyfall is a redeco of the Energon Sky Shadow/Terradive mold, transforming into an A-10 attack aircraft. (In fact, he was shipped with a copy of Terradive's instructions.) He is also capable of forming a limb to any combination of Energon-style combiners, but he is specifically intended to combine with Landquake, Breakaway, Topspin, and Heatwave to form Nexus Maximus.

Skyfall was the first exclusive toy from the Fun Publications Transformers Collectors' Club, given away free as an "early bird" to people who registered before a certain date. He was later made available for sale on their web-store and at BotCon.

This mold was also used to make Universe Generation 1 Fireflight and Skydive, and Revenge of the Fallen Fireflight and Skydive.

• More information on Skyfall at TFU.info

Notes

• The force field that protects Skyfall has withstood all but two things: Classics Megatron's fusion cannon and nutty Shattered Glass Alpha Trion's sword. It did save him from repeated blasts from Unicron, though. Either Megatron and Alpha Trion are pretty impressive, or Unicron made a pretty embarrassing showing! Although Unicron wasn't aiming at him at the time, so he might not have stood a full on blast.
• Skyfall's toy instructions are identical to those of his mold-mate Energon Terradive, complete with the Energon logo, Terradive's name and his combiner team component number "A3".
• The names of the reincarnated members of Nexus Prime (sans Heatwave) are the combinations of the names of two of the original members. In Skytop's case, his name is a combination of Skyfall and Topspin.