Servo (Armada)

Servo is a Mini-Con from the Legends of the Microns portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Uh, Joel? What is this doing in your room?

Where his teammates are quite serious-minded, Servo (サーボ Sābo) is a happy-go-lucky sort. He's a bit of a doof and occasionally oblivious to what's going on around him, but his technical skills are unquestionable. His cheerful outlook keeps his teammates from ever getting too down, even if he does occasionally do some pretty stupid things.

Primus only knows what trouble he'd have gotten himself into without the supervision of his teammates Redline and Flat-Out.

Fiction

Linkage

Servo and his teammates escaped from the crashing Exodus in an escape pod that landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington. They lay dormant for centuries until the Mini-Cons were reactivated due to the actions of Rad White and Carlos Lopez. Upon reactivation, the trio crawled onto the shore and took new alternate forms suited to the environment. They were suddenly pursued by a pair of Fixer Bugs and escaped into a parking garage. Servo used his scanning ability to prepare a nearby car for conversion into a Turbo Cannon, which was used to destroy their pursuers. However, the car's owner, Stella Holley, saw all this. Linkage Part 1 The trio formed a mental link with Stella and explained their plight to her, and she agreed to help them. Linkage Part 2

The Super Stunt Team, Stella, and the newly awakened Rollbar ventured to the Deccan Plateau in India, having discovered the presence of a newly landed shuttle from Cybertron, hoping that it was an Autobot who would allow them to use the shuttle, or at least some of its technology, for their plans of refuge. However, they were attacked by the Speed Chaser Team Linkage Part 3 and Servo was hit by Tailslide's transfixation beam, locking him in vehicle mode, upended to boot. Stella managed to keep the Fixer Bugs away from Servo for a time, but it was the arrival of Scavenger that truly saved them all. Linkage Part 4

After acquiring the shuttle, Servo was out scouting through Seattle when he met Falcia, and brought her back to their base. He helped Flat-Out kinda-sorta explain her "relationship" with Redline to Stella. Linkage Part 5

When Falcia took off after a verbal spat with Stella, the ever-oblivious Servo waved her goodbye. Linkage Part 6 Shortly afterward, he helped set up the machinery used to retrieve Twirl's soul from the Linkage after her Mini-Con storage panel was damaged in a battle with the Speed Chaser team. Linkage Part 7

Servo, Falcia and Twirl then met with High Wire and Rollbar outside the Autobots' base at Mount Astrogate, discussing both teams' plans for the immediate future. Servo told the two of Redline's plans to find the Master Key and unlock their people's true potential, plus free them from their bonds to their creator Unicron. He also found himself between Falcia and Twirl when the former got miffed over a "family" remark made by the latter. Linkage Part 8

The Super Stunt and Sonic Assault Team then set up the equipment to unlock the Master Key, granting Redline and Combusta incredible power, but before the others could unlock their potential, the group was attacked by Ravenus, the Speed chaser Team's last-ditch weapon. Linkage Part 9 The monster's enhanced abilities attacked the Servility Program ingrained in the Mini-Cons; Servo and Twirl, unable to resist, leapt to the beast and Powerlinxed with him, giving the monster (and the Doomstone he carried within him) the access needed to destroy the Linkage and erase the Mini-Cons' individual minds and free will. Flat-Out and Falcia resisted enough to Powerlinx with Stella's car, turning it into a fighting mech and dislodging Servo. Linkage Part 10 Freed and upgraded, Servo helped put out the call to all Mini-Cons via the Linkage Linkage Part 11, which ultimately resulted in Twirl's rescue, the capture and reformatting of Ravenus, and the sealing of the Doomstone. With their task on Earth complete and the threat of Unicron looming over their homeworld of Cybertron, Servo and the others said their goodbyes to Stella, promising to meet again someday. Linkage Part 12

Servo joined his teammates in fighting against Unicron's forces while the bulk of the Mini-Cons formed the Unicron of Light to battle their creator directly. The Super Stunt Team rushed in to face the Speed Chaser Team for one final battle...

...a year later, a group of Mini-Cons led by the Super Stunt and Sonic Assault Teams had begun construction of a city of their own on Earth, and were waiting to reunite with their human friend. Linkage Part 13

Toys

Legends of the Microns

I'm the wind, baby.

• Super Stunt Team Micron (DVD pack-in, 2003)

• Release date: May 1, 2003

Legends of the Microns Servo is a redeco of the Armada Street Speed Mini-Con Team member Spiral, transforming into a Mercedes C-class luxury car. His wheels are designed to allow for relatively speedy rolling on flat surfaces.

He was only available with its teammates Flat-Out and Redline with the first volume of the Legends of the Microns DVD series in Japan, the only volume to contain more than a single Mini-Con. This set also came with the first volume of the Linkage comic. Later pressings of the disc, however, did not include the toy or comic.

This mold was also used to make Armada Skid-Z, and was retooled to make Galaxy Force Jack. The mold was slated to be released as Clocker in Energon, packed in with Ultra Magnus, but this set was changed late in production and the Mini-Cons were changed.

• More information on Servo at TFU.info

Notes

• Servo's coloration was going to be applied to the unreleased Energon Mini-Con Override. That whole team was a "one-off" of the Super Stunt Team, shuffling the colors from each member onto different molds.