Ratbat (TransTech)

Ratbat is a Decepticon Transcendent Technomorph from the TransTech continuity.

Senator Ratbat couldn't care less about whether the Senate's actions are moral, focusing entirely on whether their actions are against the established law. Though Commander Megatron routinely subverts the law, Ratbat can be persuaded to act on his behalf. If upholding the law precludes a desired outcome, then perhaps an investigative committee can be assembled that will find a way to lawfully ignore the law.

Fiction

TransTech

Ratbat was called secretly to Shockwave's lab, where he and Megatron had abducted a powerful outworlder named Breakaway. He was outraged at the apparent abuses of policy and of the possibility of more abuses to come, until he was informed of the great advances in technology that could be gained if Shockwave proceeded. Ratbat agreed to form an investigative committee. Transcendent: Part 3

Ratbat conferred with Optimus Prime, Starscream, and others. Optimus Prime was unconvinced. What Shockwave planned to do was murder, plain and simple. Transcendent: Part 4

When Megatron tried to form his own "Megatronus Squad" in response to Optimus Prime forming the Convoy, the High Senate shot the idea down, with Speaker of the Senate Ratbat reminding that Megatrons throughout the multiverse had penchants for tyranny and genocide. Ratbat also shot down the idea of a "Mega Megatron" upgrade for Megatron himself. He found the "Destroy!!" deco on the new body in the pitch to be especially in bad taste. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/13

Rook stated that Starscream utilized his connection with Ratbat to create hindering levels of bureaucracy in the government of Axiom Nexus to hide their true motives Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/21 although the Editor downplayed this report as an editorial that did not reflect the views of Axiom Nexus News. Axiom Nexus News Editor, 2015/05/21

Not long after the Waruder invasion, ANN received viewer reports of a blue muroid-former bragging in the Offworlder Zone about saving Axiom Nexus from the Waruders. Andromeda contacted Senator Ratbat about the veracity of these rumors, but Ratbat simply glared at Andromeda. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/08/16

Soon, Axiom Nexus began losing contact with the multiverse. Ratbat and the rest of the Senate voted against Megatron's proposal for a state of war to be declared. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/09/28 The official line was that this was probably just a temporary issue, even as the government covered up the loss of Aurex on 9 October Quadwal time. While holding a party to celebrate the constant discovery of (fragmentary) Kappa realities, Ratbat accidentally let slip that Aurex had gone dark. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/10/09

When the TransTechs lost contact with the Uniend Cluster, Minister Rhinox sent a message to Directorate Starscream with Senator Ratbat as a recipient of a carbon copy of said message. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/10/20

Notes

• TransTech Ratbat was designed by Alex Milne.