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===Soundwave===
Unflinching in his loyalty, Soundwave stood comfortably as Megatron's communications officer throughout most of the Great War. While Shockwave and Starscream earned their ranks through cold-blooded ruthlessness and suave persuasion, respectively, Soundwave crawled his way to the top with his zealous attitude to the Decepticon cause and his unwavering faithfulness to their leader Megatron. His stoic and monotone persona was a harsh juxtaposition to his tactics, sometimes resorting to blackmail or even undercutting allies to suit his needs. After the Horus Heresy and the disappearance of Megatron, something akin to sadness came over the forlorn Decepticon. He wouldn't speak for years after and it was noted that his tactics became far more aggressive, borderline suicidal. Now in the 41st millennium, Soundwave vehemently believes that his master is still out there in the darkness of space. Currently, he and his warband of Decepticons are based on the annexed worlds of the Necron Akhera Dynasty, taking full advantage of the confiscated technology and resources.

Espionage and tactical warfare are his forte. While Starscream is known for his use of Powermasters and Pretenders, Soundwave is not above using the latter as spies to discover and undermine his enemy. He can be seen out in the field disguised as various pieces of technology, from lampposts to communication arrays. His miniature army of Recordicons; an elite cadre of Minicons bound to Soundwave; have become something of a legend to those who have seen it; a small array of Transformers whom Soundwave can deploy directly from his chest and can fill a variety of combat or tactical roles.

====Lugnut==== 

Lugnut is hardly a very smart Cybertronian, a being of rather average intelligence in an army of schemers and manipulators.  However, Soundwave values Lugnut because he has something that can be quite rare in the Decepticons; loyalty.  Unwavering, unquestionable, incorruptible, and unshakeable loyalty to the Decepticon cause and the glory of Megatron.  Of course, Lugnut's colossal brute strength, heavy armament and tremendous durability are also factors in Soundwave keeping Lugnut close at hand.  Fervently believing that Megatron is waiting to be discovered and even driving the human Emperor away after besting him in battle, Lugnut's fists tend to silence anyone who dares to suggest that Megatron is dead in front of him.  Infamous for what has been nicknamed the "punch of kill everything", Lugnut can essentially convert his fists into enormous bombs that deal no harm to himself but can level everything in a huge area around him, incinerating even Astartes caught by the blast as he rants and raves about his leader, and if that weren't enough, Lugnut also carries a deadly mace capable of cracking open even the hardiest of targets as well as a huge arsenal of missiles, grenades, and rapid firing blasters to pulverize anyone who challenges the Decepticon cause.   

Believing Soundwave to be Megatron's regent, Lugnut obeys Soundwave as blindly as he obeyed Megatron and fervently protects Soundwave from anyone who would do Megatron's regent harm.  Such fanaticism has meant that Soundwave often uses Lugnut on tasks that would test the faith of the less loyal, and both Unicron and the Chaos Gods have found Lugnut's dark loyalty to his cruel and tyrannical master essentially impossible to corrupt or subvert.  He has no ambition to lead a Decepticon warband of his own, believing it is his place to work with Soundwave until their proper master is returned and the great vision of Megatron is realized and the entirety of the galaxy belongs to the Decepticons.

====Bonecrusher==== 

Bonecrusher hates everything.  He hates Primus, he hates Unicron, he hates the Autobots, he hates the Decepticons, he hates the Imperium, he hates the Eldar, he hates the Orks, he hates the Tyranids, he hates the Necrons, he hates the Tau, he hates Cybertron, he hates Terra, he hates space, he hates being on planets, he even hates himself for being a revolting misshapen hunchback.  Hate is at the very core of Bonecrusher's being, and it's that hate that Megatron and now Soundwave have turned into a weapon.  With enough hatred to give even Khornates or the most fervent xenophobe of the Imperium pause, Bonecrusher's anger at the universe would have turned him to Khorne if he didn't also hate Khorne as well.  Bonecrusher has even engaged in a vicious battle with Skarbrand, who shares Bonecrusher's predicament of hating everything.  The duel lasted for a day and a half, the two hatred-fueled beings stalemating one another as their loathing for one another only grew until the Decepticons caught up to Bonecrusher and banished Skarbrand with massed firepower.   Bonecrusher's alternate forms tend to be heavily armoured vehicles with some form of grabbing claw to aid in melee combat, which is his preferred method of combat; generally disdaining ranged shootouts and even having wheels on his feet to allow him to skate into battle.

====Duststorm====

A Decepticon "after Megatron's own spark"  Duststorm is a cruel, ruthless sniper, who has acquired more kills in her lifetime than many Astartes chapters' scout companies have in their entire history.  Loyal to Megatron and thus loyal to Soundwave, Duststorm follows Soundwave's crusade to return Megatron to his rightful place and rebirth a great Decepticon empire that will, at last, win the great war and thus conquer the entire galaxy in Megatron's name.  Though it has been more than ten thousand years since she last saw her beloved master, she remains faithful that soon Megatron will return and all will be right with the universe in time.   Preferring sleek and fast alternate forms such as buggies, Duststorm does have the means and the ability to deal a great amount of damage at close range as well thanks to her many melee implements, but she's not a very durable combatant, preferring to let hardier Decepticons take the blows and getting away after she strikes the enemy so that she can do so again.  Stealthy and fast, she's made for a masterful assassin in Soundwave's army of Megatron's faithful.

====Blitzwing====

One of the first triple changers, Blitzwing demonstrates certain...personality issues due to the earliness of his adoption of such technology.  Namely, he has three personalities, a hot-headed one that is manifested with a red face, a cold and analytical one that manifests with a blue face, and one that manifests with a black face with jack-o-lantern esque features that is quite mad and deranged, prone to spouting off nonsensical babble at even the slightest opportunity.  The hotheaded personality is only capable of using his tank alternate mode and his heat-based weapons while his cold one can only utilize the flier mode and deeply cold and chilling weaponry.  His insane personality can utilize both modes and sets of weaponry but of course, suffers from a severe lack of lucidity.   Nevertheless, Blitzwing remains highly loyal to Megatron's cause and has pledged himself to Soundwave so that he may help restore the Decepticons to their proper glory and punish humanity for all of its crimes against the true and rightful rulers of the galaxy, which certainly do not include any wretched and disgusting organics.

====Trypticon==== 

Resembling a great reptilian beast of ancient Terran fiction, Trypticon is both the most powerful Decepticon in Soundwave's service as well as his flagship; the Nemesis.  Standing kilometres tall in robot mode, exceeding the size of the majority of battleships in the galaxy in ship mode and being able to form an entire fortress city in base mode, Trypticon is one of Soundwave's most valuable assets, though the sheer destruction his presence entails means that he only takes to the field in robot mode in the most epic of engagements. With a level of firepower that made him infamous in the great war, Trypticon was undefeated throughout the Imperial-Cybertronian war until at last the combined fleets of elements from the Ultramarines, Dark Angels, Luna Wolves, Salamanders, Iron Warriors, and Alpha Legion came together under the joint command of Roboute Guilliman and Alpharius to stop him and his Decepticon fleet.  In a terrible battle that left the twisted hulks of many battleships and battle barges in space, Trypticon was finally forced to transwarp away from Cybertron.   In the aftermath of the war, Soundwave sought out his giant comrade and enticed him to serve once again for the glory of Megatron, a task he has taken to with relish.