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Sandstorm gets bored easily, and has a very hard time concentrating on humdrum tasks. He craves excitement, and since the Transformers apparently don't have the X-Games (though they do have skateboarding apes), he goes in for fighting the Decepticons. The ever-present threat of deactivation or maiming doesn't frighten him, but he does fear that the war might end any chance for him to enjoy life. For Sandstorm, war may not be heaven, but it's a hell of an adventure.
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Sandstorm was one of three Triple Changers recruited by Emirate Xaaron to back up the Wreckers in Operation: Volcano, replacing Ultra Magnus after he went missing. In order to make a good first impression on Impactor, their new commander, Sandstorm and his buddies beat the titanium-coated stuffing out of him, thus proving that they'd fit right in with the Wreckers. However, there were still doubts as to whether the Triple Changers were up to their task in the mission. Such concerns became null when Volcano ultimately failed to lure their targets into the intended trap. All it yielded was Impactor's death, who was felled by a Decepticon nobody while the rest of the forces drew back. After gunning down the assassin, Sandstorm and the others watch solemny as their commander's life force faded away. Target: 2006
As a member of the Wreckers, Sandstorm helped capture what he believed to be a Decepticon spy disguised as Autobot leader Optimus Prime, ...The Harder They Die! only to later discover the "spy" was actually the genuine article. Once Emirate Xaaron confirmed his old friend's identity, the Wreckers stood down. Distant Thunder! Along with Ultra Magnus, they fought alongside Prime against Straxus and his forces, plundering Decepticon strongholds of their energon before Optimus returned to the Autobots of Earth. Resurrection!
After Prime was transported back to Earth, Autobase was moved to Kalis. It was soon rocked by a huge explosion and, believing the explosion to be caused by an underground reactor, Sandstorm and the other Wreckers searched in vain for the chamber. Upon their return to headquarters, the Autobots were overcome by a legion of zombies! Springer, still ill-at-ease in his role as leader, floundered when the shambling horde burst through the floor, and without anyone to coordinate them, the Wreckers were easily vanquished. They were captured by the undead horde's controller, Flame, fitted with inhibitor bands, and detained within an underground cell. Though things seemed grim, Springer regained his senses following a pep-talk from Xaaron and managed to escape. Legion of the Lost!
Sandstorm and the rest of the Wreckers managed to break out of their cell as well, reacquired their weapons, and once more took up the fight against the zombies patrolling Flame's headquarters. They then bumped into a returning Springer, now accompanied by Ultra Magnus, Fizzle, Sizzle, and Guzzle. Unfortunately, any further progress towards Flame's inner sanctum was blocked off by a massive blast door. Though their weapons proved completely ineffective against it, the Autobots managed to get through when Trypticon arrived, repaying a favor that fellow Decepticon Flywheels owed Ultra Magnus. Unfortunately, they came to confront Flame too late; his machines had already destabilized, and the countdown to Cybertron's destruction had already begun. While Springer, Ultra Magnus, and Xaaron dealt with Flame, the rest of the group cut through the remnants of the mad scientist's zombie army, and headed back to the surface. There, Sandstorm learned that a zombified Impactor had forfeited his (un)life in order to prevent the whole planet from blowing up. The Autobots stood in solemn silence to honor Impactor's heroic passing. Meltdown!
Sandstorm helped prepare the squad to jump to Earth and eliminate the threat of Galvatron after receiving a warning from Ultra Magnus and the Sparklers. Deadly Games! Unfortunately, their portal dropped the Wreckers on Galvatron right in the middle of a human town, while the latter was having a meeting with Cyclonus and Scourge. This left the risk of civilian casualties unbearably high. The Wreckers were forced to focus on clearing Galvatron out of the town and securing the safety of the humans rather than actually fighting to capture or kill the super Decepticon. Unfortunately, Sandstorm's efforts in this task were met with difficulty, as the humans couldn't tell Autobots apart from Decepticons. Springer managed to lure Scourge and Cyclonus away, allowing the rest of his crew an opportunity to gang-up on Galvatron. But they were unwilling to simply abandon their leader to the Decepticons' mercies, and the Wreckers allowed Galvatron to escape in order to help their leader. Scourge and Cyclonus also retreated upon finding themselves badly outnumbered, and the Wreckers were forced to return to Cybertron to plan anew. Wrecking Havoc
Oppressed under Grimlock's tyrannical rule, Sandstorm and several others on board the Ark pleaded for Blaster to usurp Grimlock as leader of the Autobots. Spacehikers! Later, he would join the other Autobots in watching them duel for leadership on Earth's moon. No one knows how Sandstorm got there. Totaled!
After the mission against Galvatron failed, Sandstorm was assigned to Earth duty full-time with Broadside and Inferno as an Advance Surveillance Unit for Galvatron's next move. Though they had been instructed to keep out of human affairs, Sandstorm was still itching for some action. He got more than he bargained for when he investigated a town fire; at first the situation seemed like an opportunity to safeguard life from a natural disaster. While helping the townsfolk evacuate however, Sandstorm, Inferno, and Broadside discovered that an alien life-form, a Firebug, was the source of the conflagration. Working together, the trio caught the critter and sent him off to Mercury, where he wouldn't cause further trouble. Firebug!
Later, the trio made a mess of some locals' Christmas celebration while trying to join in, leaving the town of Border Flats in ruins as a result. Sandstorm and his teammates made themselves scarce, only for the Autobot Powermasters to track them down and attack, thinking they were dealing with a trio of Decepticon trouble-makers. Suitably ashamed of the damage they had caused, the Advance Surveillance Unit apologized for the misunderstanding. As the Autobots settled down, Optimus Prime joined them to impart on Sandstorm and the rest about their responsibility to the planet. Cold Comfort and Joy!
Once he reported to Cybertron about Galvatron amassing resources, Sandstorm joined a joint task force of Wreckers and Mayhems in confronting the evil Decepticon from the future. They were strong. They were numerous. They were annihilated. Galvatron's particle cannon ended up obliterating Sandstorm while the task force was in full retreat after losing more than half their members. Time Wars
Sandstorm was among the Autobots defending their territory during the Decepticons' all-out assault under the command of Cyclonus and Scourge. The Legacy of Unicron!
In an alternate future of 2510, Sandstorm joined the Wreckers on Cybertron's northern front where they finally exterminated the last Decepticon outpost, bringing the war to an end. Later on, Rodimus Prime called an official end to the war effort and announced his plans to pass the Matrix on to Springer. The Decepticons were not totally gone, howeverβa deep cover agent named Triton lived on inside the Autobot ranks. In order to stir up discord, Triton challenged Prime's decision, declaring that Ultra Magnus was a better choice to carry the Matrix. The situation quickly escalated into a firefight, during which Sandstorm murdered Triton. As conflict escalated further, a new Cybertronian Civil War between the Wreckers and the Technobots began. Peace
Sandstorm helped rebuild the Ironworks. When the evil Autobots attacked from the negative polarity universe, Sandstorm was one of the first wave assimilated by the Junkions. Invasion
In 2012, twenty-one years after the apparent end of the Great War and reoccupation of Cybertron, Sandstorm and the other Wreckers joined Kup in going AWOL to investigate the "loose ends" of the conflict on other planets such as Earth and Nebulos.
Unfortunately, they only made it as far as a devastated Earth before they were apparently blown out of the sky by Megatron. Loose Ends, Part 1 The Wreckers escaped their ship in shuttles that took them to Earth's surface, where they decided to lay low while Rack'n'Ruin checked on Broadside and Topspin, as they had suffered damage during the battle. After, Sandstorm tried to draw off most of Megatron's zombie army with Leadfoot and Roadbuster while Kup tried to send a distress signal to Cybertron. Loose Ends, Part 2
Upon returning to the other Wreckers, he found them being threatened by a super-powered human calling himself Circuit Smasher. Topspin recognized the human as Spike Witwicky, a former ally of the Autobots, and Spike grudgingly took the to Argus Base where they met G.B. Blackrock. Sandstorm attended a meeting with Blackrock, Circuit Smasher, and Springer to form a plan to take down Megatron. During their meeting, they received a message from Megatron, informing them that he had Kup captive, and had infected him with Scraplets! Loose Ends, Part 3 Sandstorm, Springer and Whirl split off from the other Wreckers, so they could try to save Kup, and, in the process, create a distraction so the other Wreckers could deactivate the Ark. They fought hard, but were quickly taken down by Megatron's forces. Loose Ends, Part 4 With the arrival of Optimus Prime with reinforcements from Cybertron and a joint Wrecker-human assault on the Ark, Megatron and his zombie army were defeated. Loose Ends, Part 5
Sandstorm and the rest of the Autobots, sans Optimus Prime, returned to Cybertron aboard the Valiant Natural Selection, Part Five where he continued to serve with the Wreckers; helping to keep the peace at Eugenesis Plaza Destiny, Part One and Auto-artery RG1 Destiny, Part Two and participating in a failed attack at Fort Scyk to root out Soundwave's Neo-Decepticons. Destiny, Part Three With the arrival of Bludgeon's Warworld above the planet, he formed part of a raid on the Decepticon ship but was caught unawares by the master of Metallikato and found himself impaled by a sword. Destiny, Part Five
Sandstorm was well enough recovered to join Rodimus Prime's assault on the Hub Network, with the Wreckers operating separately from the main Autobot forces and using the Hub's interplanetary "slam rail" tube system to avoid detection while causing massive explosions to detach planets from its superstructure. The War to End All Wars, Part 4
Sandstorm, Broadside, Springer, and Impactor were led by Ultra Magnus in a counterattack against Straxus's forces as they laid siege to an Autobot fort in the Border Regions. Following their intervention, Straxus ordered his troops to retreat but to gather as many prisoners as they could as they did so. Secrets & Lies #2
Sandstorm was a native of Paradron. His Autobot ancestors fled Cybertron during what he called the Fourth Great War and ventured through a strange vortex, where they discovered a habitable world. There, they founded an energon-rich, democratic colony dedicated to nonviolence.
But this came to an end when Cyclonus and Scourge stumbled through the vortex and crashed on Paradron. They had no idea where they were, but they knew it was a land ripe for the picking. They literally pushed the welcoming Paradronians around, then alerted Galvatron to the planet's existence. Sandstorm tried to rally his fellows against the two Decepticons, but no one wanted to fight. And he was proven terribly right in the middle of a speech, when Cyclonus abruptly shot him as Galvatron's invasion force descended from the sky.
Sandstorm was jailed, and the Decepticons forced the Paradronians into labor, building weapons. However, Sandstorm escaped rather easily and took an old shuttle back through the vortex. He put out a distress call and was found by the Cybertronian Autobots, whom he convinced to mount a counterstrike against Galvatron.
The Autobots infiltrated Paradron and took guerrilla action. They freed a group of Paradronians, and though the pacifists were still wary of Sandstorm's pleas to fight, they did finally take up arms. Despite this victory, though, the Decepticons still presented a daunting battle. Sandstorm gave little objection to Rodimus Prime's order to detonate the planet's energon core, destroying the world to keep it out of Galvatron's hands. In fact, he seemed downright happy to get some use out of the planetary escape pods. The Paradronians departed thusly while Sandstorm and Ultra Magnus planted a bomb on what Magnus called the most beautiful thing in the entire galaxy.
When it detonated five minutes later, Sandstorm and the Paradronians stood alongside the Autobots and watched their homeworld's destruction. "It's as beautiful in death as it was in life". Sandstorm eulogized simply. Rodimus openly mocked him and told him Cybertron was better. Fight or Flee
Sandstorm joined the Autobots on Earth; there, he was part of Rodimus's team investigating Trypticon's theft of famous monuments. Thief in the Night Interestingly, it was as a result of that caper that Octane was excommunicated from Galvatron's army. And then Sandstorm and Octane soon started hanging out, joyriding in and around Autobot City.
When the Combaticons tried to assassinate Octane, he and Sandstorm fled to a space station somewhere and had lunch. There, a Skuxxoid in Galvatron's employ tried to kill Octane several times but was comically thwarted by circumstance. Believing it would be safer, Sandstorm and Octane then went to Cybertron. But while Octane was alone there, he finally was captured by the Decepticons.
As he was being hauled away, Sandstorm tried to rescue him. And failed. Starscream's Ghost
Alongside Springer and Broadside, Sandstorm was sent from Athenia to Cybertron in order to defend against a major Decepticon assault. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky The Triple Changers then traveled to Earth, where they helped Twincast sneak into Trypticon by keeping their Decepticon counterparts busy with a dogfight. Apparently, Sandstorm wasn't on friendly terms with Octane anymore. The Great Cassette Operation
In 2030, Sandstorm and Broadside were by Springer when he declared he would turn his life around. LG19 Springer Prologue
At some point, Jhiaxus created a clone of Sandstorm and sent him to Cybertron. Termination Two days before Jhiaxus's Cybertronian clone army arrived on Cybertron, Pyro contacted Obsidian to show him that the real Sandstorm was with him on Earth. A Common Foe Meanwhile, the clone acted as a sleeper agent, living the original Sandstorm's life until Jhiaxus and his clone army attacked Cybertron. Termination
Sandstorm served on an alien spacecraft with the Autobots Hot Rod, Springer, and Ratchet under the command of Ultra Magnus. While fighting Decepticons, their spaceship took heavy damage and crash-landed on the planet Barrenikon. There, he met you, having just emerged from the Vortex, a portal through space and time contained within the planet. Together, you went on an adventure, fighting Decepticons, braving Barrenikon's barren desert or its putrid swamp, and trying to find a way to get the Autobots space-bound once more. The Transformers Sticker Book
Sandstorm served under Springer as part of the Wreckers faction during the Dark Ages of Cybertron's civil war. They were primarily interested in keeping Ratbat and the Ultracons from gaining control of the Tagan Heights, the primary manufacturing region of Cybertron. During one of their missions, they came to blows against Devastator. Springer ordered Sandstorm to evacuate the troops instead of battling the colossus, but Sandstorm quickly found out it was impossible to dissuade his fellow Wreckers from tackling their opponent. Realizing this, he charged into battle himself. Escalation Defensor then joined the fight, though the resulting clash between the two combiners was so brutal that Sandstorm and the rest of the Wreckers were forced to retreat to avoid becoming collateral damage. Devastation
Originally only able to transform into a ground vehicle, Sandstorm received an additional flight mode after the Great Shutdown, when Shockwave put him through Triple Changer engineering as part of the Pax Cybertronia between the Autobots and the Decepticons. He accompanied Shockwave to Earth along with several other Triple-Changers to apprehend both Optimus and Megatron's followers as war criminals. Though the Autobots escaped their clutches at first, the Decepticons were secured, and put in transit back to their home planet. New World Order Despite serving with Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Force, Sandstorm and his partner Broadside grew uneasy about Shockwave's ultimate intentions, and allied themselves with the Autobot underground resistance. Sandstorm was killed by an assassin, Runabout, while secretly leading Optimus Prime through the Old Slave Trails to make contact with the resistance. Cold War
When a number of Autobots and G.I. Joes vanished while chasing Serpent O.R., Sandstorm and Springer were sent out to look for them. Unfortunately, Serpent O.R. jammed their radars, and they didn't find a thing. The Art of War #3
Sandstorm was Forged, and later recalled that his birth was the last time he saw a hot spot. Salvation In the era of Zeta Prime, Sandstorm was involved in a riot by protesters rallying against the Autobot cop who reportedly killed an unarmed Decepticon agitator. To Walk Among the Chosen He participated in the defense of Iacon early in the war, ruthlessly killing Decepticons alongside Springer. Primacy #4
During the war Sandstorm became part of the elite Wreckers unit operating under Impactor's command, replacing Blocker. Out of Bullets He came out with the entire team for a warm Wreckers welcome on Springer's first day. Requiem of the Wreckers At one point, one of the things the Wreckers had to deal with was an anti-matter clone of Sandstorm. Zero Point Sandstorm saw things that would haunt him forever during his tour as a Wrecker- war crimes not just perpetrated by Decepticons, but by his own side as well. These atrocities would greatly inform his personal sense of justice, as well as instill a deep sense of guilt and paranoia in him. Forever Is a Long Time Coming
He participated in the final showdown between the Wreckers and Squadron X on Pova, dogfighting with Crosscut and Ferak in the air. Last Stand of the Wreckers #4 However, after the Decepticons were defeated and imprisoned, the Wreckers were told to release them due to Pova being neutral territory. The increasingly deranged Impactor refused, and chose to personally execute every single member of Squadron X rather than let them go. Like most of the Wreckers, Sandstorm only looked away in shame and did nothing to stop him. Last Stand of the Wreckers #5
Notably, Sandstorm was the only one out of the Wreckers that participated in Pova not to attempt to persuade Springer to testify and clear them of all charges. Zero Point
In order to cover up Impactor's crime, a new story was written for the official records. In this version of the events, Squadron X broke out of their bonds and injured Sandstorm, who collapsed after limping to warn his fellow Wreckers. The Wreckers were then forced to destroy Squadron X in a grand battle. Last Stand of the Wreckers #4
Many years later, while Sandstorm and the other aerial Wreckers were assaulting the Decepticon Siege Mode Armature on Varas Centralus, Springer was ordered by Operations-Command to pull out and return to Cybertron to deal with the resurrection of Thunderwing. Stormbringer #2 Sandstorm participated in the short assault that crushed Bludgeon's cult, Stormbringer #3 and fought against Thunderwing himself when the creature was recalled to Cybertron. During the battle, he reported that their weapons were being shut down by Thunderwing charging the atmosphere and tried to tell Springer to get away, but he (along with several other Wreckers) were blasted away by the creature's microwave pulse. Stormbringer #4
Sandstorm and his fellow Wreckers were later dispatched to Corata-Vaz to gain control of the Nega-Core in place on that world, but had serious trouble getting past its watchdog, Thunderwing. They had a brief reprieve when Jetfire used the old axis cradle to remotely shut down the Pretender, but Jetfire was soon distracted and the battle was renewed. The Jumpstarters worked on overriding the Nega Core's programming while Sandstorm and the others held back Thunderwing. Eventually the Nega-Cores were disabled and the Transformers of the Dead Universe defeated, causing Thunderwing to shut down once more. Spotlight: Sideswipe
During the Decepticons' devastating attack against the Autobots across the galaxy, Sandstorm was one of several Autobots who had been captured by Turmoil. When the ship made a stop at a neutral alien world, two attacks on the Decepticons occurred simultaneously: the Autobot veteran Kup led the remaining Wreckers to blast their way into the ship, while the factionless swordsman who called himself Drift snuck into the ship and helped the Autobots free their compatriots. Spotlight: Drift
Sometime later, after the defeat of the Decepticons in New York City, Springer remarked that Sandstorm was deep behind enemy lines. Why he was there, and if it was by his own choosing, is unknown. Bullets Eventually, Sandstorm was one of the many Autobots stranded on Earth in the aftermath of the Surge. After Optimus Prime turned himself in to Skywatch, Sandstorm decided to leave the Autobots along with Hot Rod. New Arrivals, Old Encounters When Ultra Magnus had located Hot Rod's group, Sandstorm was one of the first Autobots to welcome him. Seasons in Flight
Sandstorm was among the Autobots poised to fight against Galvatron's army on Cybertron. Led by Silverbolt, he and the other Autobot fliers attacked Kimia Facility and fought with the many Sweeps defending it. Numbers After the war, Wheeljack mentioned that of the Autobots involved with the Turmoil affair, only Broadside and Blurr were left on Cybertron, suggesting Sandstorm had left the planet, possibly aboard the Lost Light or at the Wreckers' Debris station with Roadbuster and the comatose Springer. Interference Patterns
Sandstorm returned to Cybertron at some point prior to the trial of Megatron. Along with his fellow Triple-Changer, Broadside, Sandstorm acted as bailiff escorting Megatron to his trial on Luna 2. Towards Peace During the trial he helped repel an attack by a group of Decepticons attempting to free Megatron. Predestination: A Beginner's Guide He also began frequenting bars and befriending the Decepticons attending them. Forever Is a Long Time Coming He visited Swerve's, the bar on board the Lost Light, before the ship left Cybertron. No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases
With the war over, and no more distractions, Sandstorm went about his next plan of action: punishment. Having been left mentally scarred by what he had seen during the war, Sandstorm was determined to see all those who had committed "unspeakable acts" killed. Sandstorm first set his sights on Brisko, Wilder, and Treadshot, murdering them for their massacre of the people of Traujor during the war. City of Steel Sandstorm then proceeded to murder Heavy Barrel and Ransack for siphoning Pseudo-energon from a small mechanical world, causing its inhabitants to starve, along with Stratotronic for massacring refugees under the Wreckers' protection during the early days of the war. When Optimus Prime arrived in Gutcruncher's bar, a hangout Sandstorm frequented, Sandstorm was quick to rebuke any affection his old comrade in arms showed him, making it clear to Prime that he was done with the Autobot cause. He did, however, accompany Prime to the murder scene, but not before secretly setting the bar on fire, killing Gutcruncher, who had accompanied Stratotronic in massacring refugees. When he arrived at the scene of Heavy Barrel's murder with Prime, he found a familiar shell casing (no points for guessing why he recognized it). Before he and Prime could investigate any further, a call came in from the Autobot Windblade, informing them that Gutcruncher's bar was on fire, unaware of Sandstorm's involvement. Fight or Flee
Sandstorm was quick to blame the deaths of all of his "friends" on Optimus upon seeing the fire. Optimus put paid to the notion, explaining that Gutcruncher was likely killed by someone unhappy with his illegal Engex operations. After calming down, Sandstorm revealed to Prime that the bullet he "found" was an Infernus bullet, a weapon created by the Firecons, effectively making them the prime suspects in the murders. When the Dinobots launched an all out attack against the Firecons, Sandstorm was more than happy to join in and "avenge" his "friends". As the Dinobots beat down Flamefeather and Cindersaur, Sandstorm was prevented from executing Sparkstalker by Optimus, who was alarmed at their actions. Quest for Fire After being denied his chance to kill Sparkstalker, Sandstorm allowed Prime to comfort him as he feigned guilt for nearly letting his emotions get the better of him. Sandstorm made sure to keep up this charade, continuing to berate himself. While he was doing this, Prime came to the conclusion that the Firecons were innocent as they did not need Infernus bullets to create fire, and departed to confront a "friend". With Prime gone, Sandstorm set his sights on new targets, this time his fellow Autobots Skram, Fireball, Lander, and Diver for razing entire planets that had helped the Decepticons during the war. As Optimus investigated, Sandstorm listened in on an argument between Prime and Slug, learning that the Dinobots had also committed horrible atrocities during the war, and began plotting their deaths. The Killing Jar
Sandstorm waited until the Dinobots were alone to make his strike. Slug, angry with Optimus's rants against the Dinobots threatened to kill Optimus, and dragged the other Dinobots along with him to do the deed. Before they could, however, Sandstorm fired an Infernus bullet at them causing an explosion that sent them flying. However, to Sandstorm's surprise the Dinobots were rescued by Windblade and Starscream. Optimus arrived, revealing that he had figured out Sandstorm was the murderer, and that revealing the Dinobots' war crimes to be a ploy to lure him out. Enraged, and possibly a little bit crazed, Sandstorm fired upon Prime with an Infernus bullet, but, as soon as the bullet was fired, Sandstorm came to his senses and became ashamed. Optimus, uninjured, placed Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tried to explain his actions, saying that after all he had seen during the war, he could not let the war crimes others had committed go unpunished, explaining how he had befriended the Decepticons in order to have an easier time killing them. He then asked Optimus how he could live knowing of the atrocities committed by his Autobots during the war, before fleeing. Optimus simply knocked out Sandstorm, saying that he tries "to stay grounded." Sandstorm was then detained. Forever Is a Long Time Coming
Starscream had Sandstorm locked up in his secret prison, believing his skills could come in handy someday. You, Me, and the Universe Swindle ended up in the cell below Sandstorm's. The Possible Light Starscream eventually offered him freedom in exchange for eliminating the Dinobots without getting Starscream in trouble with Optimus Prime, and Sandstorm agreed, already considering the Dinobots and Prime his enemies. He tracked them in the wilderness and successfully killed Slug before his hunt brought him to a fresh hot spot in Alyon, where he encountered and was defeated by Bludgeon. He awoke to find Swoop, but now aware of Bludgeon's plans to corrupt the hot spot's sparks, decided to put his mission aside and offer an alliance with the Dinobots. While Swoop agreed and accompanied Sandstorm to Trypticon where the Dinobots were confronting Bludgeon, they found on arrival that the other Dinobots were less keen on working with Slug's killer and attacked him. Having let Sandstorm live for this purpose, Bludgeon let them fight among themselves, only to learn they were faking it when Sandstorm suddenly lobbed Snarl's energo-sword into his Void Scepter, ending his plans. Freed from Bludgeon's mind control, Trypticon settled into the depths of Cybertron to let the sparks within him grow, and Sandstorm agreed to protect these sparks together with the Dinobots. Salvation
At some point, Sandstorm received Springer's final message before the former Wreckers leader entered the Timemaze. Requiem of the Wreckers He, Centurion, and the Dinobots were brought into confrontation with Optimus Prime, Arcee, Blackrock, and the resurrected Slug after Bludgeon covertly used the Void Scepter to stoke their hostile emotions toward one another. The Dead Come Home, Part 1 Optimus commented on the oddity of Sandstorm working with the Dinobots, given his attempt to kill them, but Sandstorm was more interested in throwing down with the Autobot commander himself. Centurion broke up their fight by punching Sandstorm, much to the Triple Changer's anger, but everyone soon stopped fighting after Trypticon emerged from Cybertron's depths. Agreeing that safeguarding the young protoforms within Trypticon took top priority, Optimus Prime declared them to be under his protection. Sandstorm was disgusted at what he saw as a political move on Prime's part, but ultimately stood down. The Dead Come Home, Part 2
After space-bridging to Earth aboard Trypticon, Sandstorm baby-sat the protoforms alongside Centurion during a battle between the colonist soldiers and the Dinobots. A Sunrise Dark He was present at a war council within Trypticon to determine how to effectively combat Unicron and was among the attack force that confronted the planet-eater above Earth. Assembly Sandstorm narrowly avoided an eye-beam from Unicron during the final battle. Ceremony
Sandstorm was one of the many Autobots that pursued the AllSpark to Earth. He participated in an enormous battle against the Decepticons in a human settlement. The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
Sandstorm and Broadside came to the rescue of Warpath and Powerglide, pinned down by a Decepticon attack. The Autobot triple-changers shifted quickly through their modes to keep pace with their fleeing enemies, the Decepticon triple-changers Blitzwing and Astrotrain. Sandstorm, Broadside and Octane commercial
Sandstorm participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character that could be recruited by collecting 110 units of Cybermetal, 60 units of Transmetal, and 35 hunter cores. Transformers: Battle Tactics
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