Decepticon NAUTILATOR
ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
SUB-GROUP: SEACON
FUNCTION: UNDERSEA EXCAVATIONS
FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 47
"Blame someone else before they blame you."
Profile: Despite his fierce appearance and formidable weaponry, Nautilator is actually a stumbling, bumbling amphibious foul-up. Originally a land-based warrior, he underwent adaptive reconstructive surgery for oceanic combat on Cybertron without ever being tested to see if he had an aptitude for the undersea environment. Once he joined the Seacons, it became apparent to everyone that he liked that environment - he just wasn't very capable within it. His fellow Seacons have had to haul his chassis out of tidal undertows more times than they care to admit. Some of them secretly whisper, "Let him drown," whenever he calls them for help nowadays. They're also fed up with having to retrieve him - almost every time he goes on one of his underwater exploratory excavation missions, he usually gets lost. And to make relations with his comrades even worse, he's always quick to blame them for his mistakes. But there are very good reasons why the Seacons usually come to Nautilator's aid, as Snaptrap explains, "If he didn't bring back an occasional lost nuclear bomb from the ocean bottom, we'd have left him down there to rust a long time ago."
Abilities: In his lobster mode, Nautilator uses chemical, thermal, electrical, magnetic, seismic and sonic sensors located in his legs and tail to search for and detect underwater fuel deposits and other materials useful to the Decepticon cause. His claws have an unbreakable grip and can pierce the thickest of ship hulls with minimal effort. He wields a triple crusher cannon, a weapon that shoots energon bands that encircle and trap their target, tightening around it until only rubble remains. He can mount the cannon on his mouth, convert to weapons mode and use it in a stationary position, or use it on land in robot mode. In weapons mode, he can also convert it to a torpedo cannon. He combines with his fellow Seacons to form the super-robot Piranacon.
Weaknesses: Nautilator suffers from a defective
gyroscopic circuit center, which accounts for his poor
navigational skills. He also rusts relatively easily, and can
stay underwater for no longer than 4 hours without suffering
damage.
A stumbling, bumbling amphibious foul-up. Often gets caught in the
undertow and has to be hauled out by his fellow Seacons. Quick to
blame others for his mistakes. Equipped with geological sensors that
register underwater fuel deposits. Armed with triple crusher cannon
that shoots energon bands which trap their target and then tighten
until the target has been reduced to rubble. Nautilator transforms
to heat-seaking torpedo cannon in weapons mode. Combines with fellow
Seacons to form Piranacon.
**Nautilator
is a September 2015 eBay purchase that I got to work to finally complete my
Seacons. The crazy part is in the past couple of years I had bought 2
complete reissue sets of the Seacons, but was not happy with those. I
needed the originals, so here I am working to finally complete that set.
He is complete with his Left and Right Monster Claws, Triple Crusher Cannon,
the Weapon Stand Base, Tripod Rifle, and the Connector.
**
Nautilator
Overbite
Piranacon
Seawing
Skalor
Snaptrap
Tentakil