Strength 20d

Agility 18d

Intellect 18x

Willpower 15d

Hand Size: Edge:

5 (30) 3

Known Powers:

Cybertronian Physique: like the rest of his Predacons, Megatron is a robotic entity of Cybertronian design and origin. As such, this incredibly powerful being has, by his very nature, the use of a large variety of abilities that reflect this. His very body gives Megatron these super human powers:

* Body Armor: like most Cybertronians, Megatron was manufactured (or formed) with a reinforced steel frame, one that offers him +2 resistance to injury. This is sufficient to make him immune to most human (and many Autobot) attacks, increasing his battle prowess considerably.

* Enhanced Senses / Microscopic + Telescopic Vision: all Transformers have the ability to alter their visual sensitivity as is necessary, where distance is concerned. This allows them to magnify the image of things that are very small, or very far away, doing so with intensity 2 ability.

* Invulnerability to Disease and Toxins: like all robots, Megatron is highly resistant to diseases and poisons that would kill organic beings. He possesses complete immunity to organic pathogens, and a 'mere' +10 resistance to other, more chemically creative substances.

* Radio Transceiver: as are most all Transformers on earth, Megatron is equipped with an audio / video transmission system. This communications rig allows him instant contact with any other Predacon / Decepticon on earth, having intensity 10 power (25,000 mile range).

* Size Alteration: most Cybertronians have some degree of control over their size, no matter what forms they take. Thanks to the size of all six of his configurations, Megatron doesn't need to exert this control. However, in relation to human-sized beings, he technically has this power.

This power is bound in Megatron's case by both the Growth Only and Permanent limitations, meaning that he is always at the same size - about twenty four feet tall (or long, depending). Megatron possesses this power at intensity 9, and while it's permanent, the requisite Strength and Agility changes are not applied.

This since his foes often vary in size considerably; the Autobots are not all die-cast from the same mold. For the sake of simplicity, one could just apply those alterations and call it a day, or he may go for accuracy and vary them based on the size of his current opponent; whichever works for your game.

Attractor Beam: in both his jet and bat mode, Megatron has shown the ability to seize people and things with a powerful attractor beam, one which is hard to resist in that it has no form or substance to fight against. This power can be used to grab things or grapple people with 20 Strength.

Blinding Beam: one ability that Megatron has demonstrated only in his automotive mode, this power allows him to emit a blinding burst of light from his headlights. This burst of light is of 18 intensity, and is enough to scramble the optic sensors of even the strongest Autobots.

Claws: in his claw and various creature modes, Megatron has the use of these sharp implements when engaging in melee combat - even if he prefers to use his mega sword when getting 'personal' in a fight. He can use these claws to inflict +2 damage with each swipe.

Computer Link: a curious power that Megatron possesses is his ability to link up with his Mega Star while he's in his mega claw mode, in order to control it combat - both melee and otherwise - as though it were an extension of his own body. This is an intensity 20 power.

Cutter Beam: in his humanoid mode, Megatron can emit a powerful bolt of energy that he refers to as his 'cutter beam', which presumably acts like a particle beam. This bolt of lightning-like energy can be used to inflict intensity 18 physical damage, with a line of sight range.

Flight: in all but his automotive and dragon mode, Megatron has the ability to defy gravity. While he has wings, they can't really support his incredible bulk, and are likely augmented by anti-gravity generators and thrusters. He can fly at intensity 9 speed - or 600 miles per hour.

Holographic Projection: while Megatron's visual receptors are usually tuned to absorb information from the area around him, they can also be used to project visual information in front of him. This intensity 5 light system can project anything within Megatron's memory, up to ten feet distant.

Hurricane Shockwave: in his bat mode, Megatron can emit a powerful burst of windy force from his wings, a force that affects everything he's facing. This shockwave can be used to inflict intensity 18 concussive damage to everything and anything within striking (near missile) distance of his person.

Mega Sword: inherent to his form, this twin-bladed weapon can be detached from his body in his humanoid form. This allows Megatron to inflict +4 damage to his foes, damage which is increased to +5 when Megatron spins the blade in his 'mega sword strike'.

Mind Control: a very curious power that Megatron wields is his ability to reprogram other transformers, if he finds them in a stasis pod, by exposing them to the very energies of his spark. This intensity 18 power allows him to rewire a transformer's entire personality if he gets the opportunity to do so.

Mini-Missile Launcher: in his jet mode, Megatron has access to twin miniature missile launchers. He can fire these 'smart bullets' as a swarm, causing them to inflict (all together) intensity 20 damage. Individually, however, these missiles only inflict intensity 10 damage.

Plasma Blaster: Megatron also has access to a sort of rapid pulse energy blaster, in addition to his miniature missile launcher, while in his jet mode. This burst of energy discharges can inflict a total of intensity 18 energy damage to anything within firing distance that he wishes to destroy.

Shapeshifting: alone among the Predacons, Megatron has mastered a six-mode transformation sequence. In other words, he can assume six distinct forms, while most of his fellows have but two. This is a side effect of his exceptional power and skill, not to mention hard-earned experience.

In addition to his most familiar, humanoid form, Megatron can assume the form of a two-headed dragon (twin dragon mode), a bat (mega bat mode), a curiously shaped automobile (automotive mode), a powerful aircraft (jet mode), and finally, an incredibly large, grasping hand (mega claw mode).

In most of these configurations, Megatron has the full use of his ordinary, physical abilities. However, in his two vehicular modes, he is limited somewhat in his motion. In his automotive mode, he moves as though he had intensity 6 'Lightning Speed', and in his jet mode, he can only fly, per the power above.

This power is pretty much automatic; in other words, Megatron need not attempt an action in order to change forms. However, as is the case with all other Predacons, Megatron's transformations are voice-activated ("Megatron, Terrorize!"). He has different sayings depending on his transformation, though.

Sonic Pain Wave: in his bat mode, Megatron can emit an ultrasonic wave of energy that tends to cause extreme pain in humans, and other beings with relatively unprotected audio systems. This wave acts as an intensity 18 stunning attack, and can fell all but the hardiest of opponents.

Super Grab Attack: Megatron is essentially a very, very large hand in his claw mode; all of his motive function is focused towards the grasping of things. As such, he can inflict grapple attacks or seize objects as though his Strength was two points higher than is listed above.

Teeth: in both his bat and dragon modes, Megatron has the use of powerful fangs, which he can use to bite his foes if he so chooses. He can use these rows of sharp steel implements to inflict +2 damage - but may hang on to a foe in order to keep inflicting like damage.

Twin Dragon Breath: Megatron has a particularly devastating attack in his dragon form. Both heads on this configuration of his can issue forth a powerful stream of fiery energies, allowing him to inflict intensity 20 fiery (energy) damage per deadly blast.

Ultra Traction Drive: an ability unique to his automotive mode, this mechanical power allows Megatron to cycle the ridges on what are his wings in his other forms, causing them to act like unto a chainsaw when ramming other vehicles. This attack inflicts +2 damage in a vehicular 'charge'.

Equipment:

the Mega Star: a rather large craft, the Mega Star is a quasi-humanoid ship that Megatron uses as both a base of operations and as an intergalactic transport. The exact nature of this vehicle / base is unknown, but it is known to have trans-warp capabilities, and can be merged with Megatron himself.

When using the Mega Star as an extension of his own body, Megatron fights with the benefits of extreme size on his side. Being several hundred feet tall when so merged with the Mega Star, Megatron acts as though he has the Size Alteration power at intensity 30 - with all the limitations his growth normally has.

Now, this modifies his ability scores considerably. This grants him an effective Strength score of 25 while so merged, (in defiance of the standard Size Alteration rules, since Cybertronians are inherently more powerful than standard humans) and reduces his Agility down to zero (0) in melee and ranged combat.

Of course, the Mega Star can defend itself even when it's not merged with Megatron, having an unbelievably large number of missile bays secreted within, missiles that have the same abilities that Megatron's own projectiles (listed above) do, but inflict intensity 18 damage each.

After all, it fought ALL of the Autobots to a standstill at one point. Of course, it should be noted that the Mega Star was destroyed in personal combat with Fortress Maximus, but was not annihilated utterly. As such, it could theoretically be recovered / repaired / restored by an interested party...

Hindrances:

(none)

Skills:

Leadership: whether it's out of persuasiveness or simple intimidation, Megatron has shown that he can easily keep his minions in line. As such, whenever he's leading a group, it may receive a +1 to all the actions performed under his leadership; if this leadership is removed, this changes into a -1 penalty.

Piloting: whether he's just flying solitary or behind the 'wheel' of his Mega Star, Megatron has the ability to fly through space rather well. This allows him to reduce the difficulty of any action meant to drive an aircraft, a perk that even applies when he himself is in his jet mode and attempting aerial maneuvers!

Swords: Megatron has demonstrated rather competent skill in the use of swords while engaged in melee - his mega sword in particular. As such, when wielding such weapons in combat, Megatron may do so at one difficulty lower than is otherwise required.

Calling:

World Domination, with a secondary calling of Greed: Megatron makes no bones about wishing to conquer the universe itself - heck, he's proclaimed himself ruler of the earth several times, at least. Of course, he's also quite greedy, preferring to steal what he wants rather than making it himself.

Likeness:

Megatron, in all of his many modes, appears to be an oversized robot built from primarily purple and black colored metal, with silver, gold, and red trim in places. Of course, in all of his modes, he seems to have a few bits that appear out of place, being useful in only a few of his six configurations.

Personality:

Power-hungry, over-bearing, megalo-maniacal, and evil to a fault, Megatron is one of the single most dangerous entities ever to have come into being in our plane of existence. He lusts for power and domination over the entire universe, and has apparently destroyed several worlds in the past.

Of course, if he didn't insist on having his minions do his dirty work for him, Megatron could likely have accomplished his goal a long time ago, for those who have flocked to his banner tend to be on the incompetent (or cripplingly neurotic) side. Which is odd, for he does not suffer failure lightly...

Real Name: Megatron
Occupation: would-be lord of the universe
Legal Status: citizen of Cybertron wanted on earth for various crimes against humanity
Marital Status: inapplicable
Alias(es), if any: none known
Group Affiliation: the Predacons

Height: approximately 24 foot tall
Hair: inapplicable
Eyes: red
Weight: several tons
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: in all of his forms, Megatron appears to be a mechanoid entity built from purple and black metal (with red, gold, and silver trim), one that has all manner of parts that are both appropriate and inappropriate to his current configuration.

Story:

Megatron, while an unbelievably powerful entity in his own right, is not the ultimate lord of the Predacons. You see, he has revealed that he was sent to the earth by a body called the 'Predacon Council' to seize control of its energy - not to mention a being known as Fortress Maximus, the most powerful Cybertronian.

Now, he may be this Predacon Council's most powerful champion, or simply one of many such beings of like power; the latter possibility being a very, very bad thing for the cosmos in general. Regardless, he collected several Predacon minions, and journeyed to earth to do the Council's bidding.

However, it would appear that the heroic Autobots had learned of Megatron's trip to earth well in advance. As such, they sent a small army of warriors to earth in order to intercept the Predacon, and had a whole lot of time to prepare for his arrival. In fact, they'd totally dug in by the time his Mega Star showed up.

While his first mission on earth, the abduction of one Doctor Onishi (an expert on earthen energy forms) was a smashing success, Megatron's further efforts on earth did not fare so well, as his minions, while powerful and at least a little bit clever, were no match for the large number of Autobots on earth.

As such, Megatron seized the opportunity to abduct six Autobots that Optimus Prime, his hated enemy, had unearthed in the American Midwest. It turned out that these six Autobots were sent to the planet sixty years earlier, with the exact same mission that Megatron himself had been charged with.

At least, the part regarding Fortress Maximus. However, Megatron got ahold of their stasis pods before the Autobots could, and when he activated them, Megatron infused their essence with that of his own, Predacon spark, thus corrupting these Autobots, and causing them to be reborn as... Decepticons!

With these bolstered forces, Megatron should have been able to finish his job with little trouble, save for the fact that the Predacons and Decepticons didn't get along very well; furthermore, the leader of the Decepticons, Scourge, had ambitions of his own, and wanted nothing to do with Megatron's rule.

This, of course, being due to the fact that the make-up of his spark included bits of Megatron's, Optimus Prime's, and even a human's (thanks to the curious circumstances of his own activation). After some time dealing with the repeated failure of his minions, Megatron took a direct hand in things.

As the Autobots themselves were on the verge of activating Fortress Maximus, Megatron and his cronies tried to steal from the Autobots the so-called Orb of Sigma, which would reveal the location of Maximus' control unit, the Autobot known as Cerebros. His foe, Optimus Prime, wasn't about to give in though.

Since this orb had taken control of his friend T.A.I., a sort of artificial intelligence of Cybertronian design, Optimus Prime fought valiantly to keep the Orb out of Megatron's hands. In fact, after merging with his brother, Ultra Magnus, the gestalt of these two Autobots, Omega Prime, trounced Megatron.

His energy depleted, Megatron should have been deactivated at this point, buried as he was in the rubble of the pyramid where the Autobots found the Orb. However, the curious astral energies within the pyramid served to revive Megatron... though he was no longer the being he once was.

This because Megatron had been reborn as a sort of undead Cybertronian, an energy vampire of dread power and purpose, and after draining three of his own Predacon minions, he was fully reborn as Galvatron. Now a Decepticon himself, Galvatron's greed and ambition know no bounds whatsoever...