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At long last, here he is, the Bayverse Cyclonus!
Bio including voice and tidbits under the cut!

Name: Cyclonus.
Alignment: Decepticons.
Alt. Mode: Large Cybertronian Space-Jet.
Height: 57-60ft~
Voice: Jörmungandr from God of War Except he only ever speaks Cybertronian, almost never speaks “Human”.

Back Story:
Cyclonus is the guy most people feared, be it his sheer size, intimidating appearance, or the deep rumble that constituted his voice he tended to make everyone nervous.
Thankfully he didn’t speak often and was content to stay in his quarters or in a small corner of the base he had ‘taken over’ and pray quietly.
That was the be all and end all really.

No one realised he never worshipped Primus until it was far, far too late…

On some faraway planet horn-like spires began jutting out from the ground.
It was the invisible signal for him, with a bellowing cry:
“PRAISE UNICRON!”
His former team had barely any time to flee before they became contemporary art as tribute to the great Unmaker.
Even the ones that did get away did not escape it. It’s hard to flee when the guy you’re fleeing from can fly in space and has absolutely no regard for safety at all.

Once his former crew were slaughtered and ‘offered up’ Cyclonus finally left his post to answer the call of his lord.

Crashing down on Earth all he saw was filth.
Disgusting filth entombing the glory of Unicron!.
He prayed to Unicron vowing to free him of this wretched atrocity.

Like a divine answer a voice lead him to a measly sand-covered area of the planet but, like a glorious arrow to the sky a great horn grew from the ground!.

He was not alone either.
Cyclonus was greeted by two beings he’d never seen before, initially he was about to kill them, but once more the divine word of his god spoke to him.
They were his new team, and he will work with them.
Quintessa and Galvatron.

It’s time for Unicron to rise.

Note/Extra/Abilities:

  • It’s a good thing he rarely bothers speaking any Earth language, his absurdly deep rumble of a voice makes him very hard to understand and humans just ask for a translation anyway.
  • He’s a walking biohazard.
    No, really.
  • Cyclonus has what is essentially a ‘crop’ (like birds) and said crop is filled with… corpses.
    Yes, Cyclonus likes ‘eating’ his victims but often leaves their chewed up remains stored within him.
    They are not immune to rot in there.
    Just think of it.
    Within his body lay several rotting corpses stewing in their own juices.
    This naturally has lead to the rise of many, many unpleasant diseases and bacteria Cyclonus seems immune to.
    This makes his saliva toxic and his bite quite deadly.
    If push comes to shove he will forcefully eject a chewed up limb or body part and spew it out at an enemy.
  • His tail wags when he’s happy. He does try not to when he’s “being serious” but a bit of a wiggle may just get through.
  • Makes sounds like an Elk(loud), and yes it’s just as terrifying as that.
  • Likes star-gazing.
  • Utterly faithful to Unicron, if Unicron says Cybertron has to go then Cyclonus will make sure it GOES.
  • Doesn’t open up much if at all.
  • Refuses to acknowledge anything on Earth, though maybe he should. Especially Bovines.
  • Doesn’t trust Quintessa, Galvatron on the other hand… he confuses him.
  • Is pretty berserk, wild and uncontrollable when going.

Design notes:

  • The tail was initially added because when I started the pencil sketch of this my mom saw and decided to make a joke about how I always used to draw dragons with stupid long tails and the like and “my god something without a tail!” so I added it but then I liked it too much.
  • The Raptor claws also came after that as I ended up giving him a bit of a ‘dinosaur’ feel.
  • The horns just… happened, can’t say much there…
  • Considering the skeletal face and tail, the sharp claws, the big fangs… giving him butterfly-like wings was intentional as a deliberate ‘contrast’.
  • Yes, the crotch is deliberate, and also harks back to the ‘dinosaur’ thing, it’s like the Pubis bone on dinosaur skeletons.

Here we have the ‘my style’ Soundwave… Which is honestly TFP Soundwave because I love the eerie look he had there haha.
His personality changed a bit from the moment I initially conceptualized him in the Extriverse too. As always notes/headcanons etc under the cut.
EDIT: added a panel to his upper chest.

  • Spent many cycles travelling Cybertron before becoming a Council archivist with his own office.
  • He discovered a note from the office’s previous inhabitant that ultimately lead him to Megatron.
  • He has no face. The screen IS his face.
  • Is 33’ 5” tall
  • His ‘ribs’ can open up to store a Mini-con partner. While within him they gain protection and faster travel, while in turn they give Soundwave a minor energy boost.
  • As they do not transform into Cassette’s Soundwave’s Mini-con’s are referred to as his “Troop”.
  • He has two tentacles that emanate from his back, they are used for basic machinery and data interaction as well as extra limbs when it comes to battle. They have a max length of approximately 40ft (No ones measured).
  • Just under his chest he has two small tendrils of roughly 4-5ft length. These are the ones specially adapted to read brainwaves/processorwaves.
  • However due to their length Soundwave must be holding onto a victim to read their mind, even when retracted the two tendrils are obvious targets on his body. Shooting them or landing a good, strong enough hit on them will effectively knock Soundwave out of the fight or at least for 95% of it.
  • Autistic.
  • Mostly tends to speak in the “Soundwave: Superior” style but is fully capable of talking in other ways too. He does not often do this however so if he does he is either very tired, very frustrated, or relaxed enough in your presence to let a few lines go.
  • Is aware of Laserbeak and Ravage’s secret and as such does his utmost to protect them whenever possible.
  • Met Rumble and Frenzy when he snuck into the illegal gladiator pits multiple times. The duo (to him) were way too young to justifiably be locked up in Kaon prison or to be in the pits here. That combined with their more friendlier attitude at the time lead him to gradually ‘adopt’ the duo.
  • When he doesn’t feel up to talking he plays edited sound bites of various people/broadcasts or plays a gif on his screen.
  • Likes using his recorded sounds to mess about with others when he’s in a more jovial mood.
  • A more common thing for him to do, however, is to blast severely bass boosted music when he so feels like it, often doing it to make people shut up or to annoy/startle them.
    Or just for shits and giggles.
  • Has a high score on tetris.
  • He only became aware that Megatron had been mistreating Rumble and Frenzy while on the trip back to Cybertron from the battle at Autobot city. This is why he said nothing when he was thrown off the ship.
  • Met Orion Pax a few times before the war and had a few pleasant conversations with the librarian.
  • Is excellent at silent/stealthy movements.
  • Initially hated Galvatron.
  • Soundwave only saw Galvatrons breakdowns as proof that he was going to be/was as abusive as Megatron was and quietly sowed the seeds of mutiny among the other Decepticons.
    This act was thankfully stopped by Scourge who showed him the medical reports from Torkulon.
  • Now aware that their leader had neurological issues and, unlike his predecessor, never truly meant to batter his own men during battle Soundwave conceded and worked together with the huntsman to sort out the messy aftermath of the Torkulon incident.
  • Soundwave printed off and handed out many leaflets about mental health after adding his own chapter detailing what was wrong with their leader.
  • Soundwave is secretly EXTREMELY proud that not only did this improve relations with their leader but many other Decepticons were becoming more aware of issues both of their own and with others, gradually working together better.
  • After becoming friendlier with Galvatron and allowing him to even look after his ‘troop’ occasionally, Soundwave hit upon the realisation he did it again.
    He’s sort of adopted their leader.
    Heck.
  • Much like Cyclonus can Soundwave can identify and help whenever Galvatron is about to have a breakdown.

To go along with the Bayverse Galvatron and Bayverse Cyclonus there were talks about a Bayverse Scourge.

And I’ll just leave this as the only indication as to how that conversation went (It was actually a few days ago but I saved the screenshot same day)

Right I made a incomplete (scruffy) sketch of Bayverse Cyclonus but I like it enough that I think I’ll just draw over the sketch until I have a look for him.

Which will take forever, but here’s a WIP/preview of this wild bastard!

Now I’m a good portion through Beast Wars I decided to give Pink FuryGalvatron a update and some tweaks to his story so here we go! Info under cut.

Backstory:
Way back on Cybertron, Megatron desired a stasis pod, and yet to concoct his grand disk-stealing scheme he tried out something new, a protege to be exact.

Invading and making security notes on one of the few, if only, places to still retain a protoform stasis pod – a Maximal facility – the Predacons retrieved a fresh pod barely even registered yet, Megatron had Tarantulas decode the device and activate the protoform. Before any of his men could ask what in the Pit he was doing Megatron held the pods scanner down, forcing it to scan him.

Galvatron was created.

Gleefully taking his new protege under his wing Megatron instilled everything he could into the new Predacon, training him and telling him all about the Maximal scourge. For a time things were looking good, Galvatron was adapting well, even getting along with the other Pred’s well, taking a shine to Waspinator and Skorponok’s friendliness and, much to Megatrons endless amusement, to burning the tips of Terrorsaur’s wings in battle simulations. Yes, he’d make a perfect commander while he was away and keep things in check for his triumphant return.

Until his fighting got sloppy, Galvatron started getting into a problem of letting his emotions get the better of him in battle and began getting injured far more.
Furious at the sudden set of failures Megatron took to improving Galvatrons battle rate himself. No matter the injury.
Already getting emotional, now getting beaten up and insulted by the one you looked up to?
Well that was just the perfect set up for a quite ugly relationship.
Anytime the duo were around each other it invariably devolved into bickering, arguments and physical violence until Megatron renounced him as a lost cause and got rid of the thorn in his side somewhere among the streets of Cybertron.

Still clinging on to that anger and need for revenge until the bitter end Galvatron never gave up on chasing down Megatron, to finally beat him and prove he was not worthless trash to be thrown away.

So when Megatron left Cybertron’s atmosphere Galvatron surely followed, riding the transwarp energy to prehistoric Earth along with them, crashing and obtaining a new alt mode too.

Galvatron found the Predacon ship quite easily and as luck would have it, Megatron showed up.
Unimpressed at his “rejected failure of a protege” tailing him all this way another battle ensued, Galvatron was easily beaten as he refused to transform even as he neared stasis lock from the Energon exposure. He was only just spared upon transforming and fleeing with his injuries at 10% power.

And now Galvatron was left to scour the Earth still bitter and always clashing with Megatron whenever they met. The best thing in his favour being his emotional instability worked well with his beast mode allowing it to fight feral-ly and brutally with more savagery then previously managed. Sadly it was still mindless fury and he inevitably got defeated time and time again by better plans.

Galvatron still raided the Decepticon base for supplies whenever he needed however, Skorponok and Waspinator knew he did this but often turned a blind optic. Tarantulas had knowledge of it too, but hey, a potential pawn is always of use so he left the pink Carnotaurus to his business.

Out in the wilds, Galvatron soon figured out he was not alone, his ramshackle shelter near a waterfall was continually destroyed.
Eventually Galvatron caught the perpetrator to this crime in the form of a colossal flying dinosaur. Upon spotting him
“THIEF”
It yelled and swung down on the theropod with cold efficiency revealing it’s true Predacon form.

Tired and lacking energy from spending so long in his beast mode he wheezed and eventually keeled under the stronger warrior’s power, but not before taking an arm off.

Finding many a lucky break but only once he’s in desperate need of saving Galvatron awoke to find himself in a shielded ship finally in robot mode after an age.
The ship was pristine and well looked after, decorated like a temple, but more importantly, hidden and heavily fortified.
His host, the temple’s guardian, leveled himself and his situation to his guest.

He was Cyclonus, he’d been here a while, this place held a old Predacon relic and he was sworn to protect it.
Yet by his code of Predacon honor he could not allow a fellow warrior to die anywhere but battle and allowed Galvatron to live, citing that he surely was no thief, not in his condition. Not with a paint job like that either.

As much as Cyclonus initially detested having a potential leak, betrayal and enemy close to his ward he found the stubborn theropod was usually back by the end of the day anyway, claiming a – now messy beyond repair – room for his own. At least Galvatron was good with repairs and creating workable fixes from the most bizarre of supplies.

Galvatron’s path met with Megatron’s many a time, each time desperate to destroy him, each time returning to his new home with injuries he refused to explain or treat, each time only worrying his host.

He wasn’t sure when Cyclonus had suddenly begun to welcome him back with open servo’s and be less of a loyalist prick when it came to Megatron. Though the lighter attitude was obtained after the flier encountered an old friend who backed up Galvatrons words.
It was just nice to finally be able to talk more, it really made you realise how lonely being a street urchin could really be.

Galvatron was near the Predacon base when the alien weapon had gone off, initially just another run for supplies and to steal things just to annoy Megatron, Galvatron had gotten distracted helping somewhat-friend Waspinator get de-cubified then lost in a cavern.

Shielded from the burning heat of the budding weapon by the base above; Galvatron was nearly taken by a lava flow as several of the super-hot pools around the Predacon base cracked and seeped freely. He was left cowering in an Energon encrusted cavern as the remaining energy-aftershocks shook the place.

Feeling sick and woozy from the energy Galvatron had to follow a new lava stream in order to escape and return home.
In the lava flow Galvatron found a hand, risking the heat he pulled it out, Two bodies almost melded together flopped to the dry earth several miles away from the base.
Pulling at the strange bubbling substance that surrounded them Galvatron discovered the mutation and build up of transmetal had been triggered by the energy released from the alien weapon. The substance had, instead of augmenting the body, collected around the outer-layers in a desperate attempt to survive.
Alive and now unaffected by the transmetal, remaining in their original forms, Galvatron could do nothing but drag Skorponok and Terrorsaur back to his home.
Fearing what the next encounter with Megatron may bring, especially if he had taken on the transmetal power too…

Notes/Extra:

  • Lives in a cave just behind a waterfall with Cyclonus. Now joined by Skorponok and Terrorsaur.
  • Has had encounters with the Maximals but he doesn’t have time for them when Megatron is his target. Though he’s not above giving them indirect help just to spite his former mentor.
  • Will fill any new recruit of Megatron’s processor with anarchist (usually against Megatron) thoughts no matter how small the pred may be.
  • Inferno called him “princess” once (He was made by the royalty? by the queen? so princess right?) but Megatron quickly corrected his soldier about how they “don’t talk to him”. Galvatron was a little upset by that as he liked the name.
  • He’s a sad angsty assholes with abandonment and some anger issues and a point to prove.
  • Why yes, he may or may not have fell pretty hard for his savior in the the temple.
  • Does say “yes” more than he cares to admit, just not as often as Megatron.
  • The tail on his back can come off and become a sword.
  • Headbutts rocks in his beast mode as practice.
  • Goddamn he’s still thinking about that one time he caught Cyclonus working out.
  • Him being pink is based off BWII Galvatron who is also pink. I also plan on watching that after Beast Wars.

You guys want another character realisation that goes utterly unnoticed by the fandom?

Galvatron is actually more honest and straightforward than Megatron was.

For real.
Watch season one and two of the original show and Megatron lies, manipulates, is a sneaky duplicitous, conniving, scheming git, actively hiding behind others (and humans) to protect himself while taking advantage of everyone around him.

Galvatron does not do that at all.
The closest he gets is one episode where he bluffs about having a ultimate weapon, which takes advantage of Rodimus’s continual crisis of faith or making a fake deal with a human who already knew he was probably going to get nothing anyway (so not even being that manipulative there either).
Other than that Galvatron is very straightforward with his plans, doesn’t actually lie and trick others, he makes his intentions clear, his plans are straight to the action with no unnecessary bullshit (and this is NOT because he’s stupid, he’s been shown MANY times to be just as intelligent as Megatron), no lies or manipluation.
He also tends to be a bit more successful than Megatron ever was.

But sure, tell me how Galvatron is totally the worse, more stupid, annoying, crueler more cowardly one, while Megatron is ‘so totally’ the more brave, warrior of the two leaders.