Slipstream (Cyberverse)

Slipstream is a Decepticon Seeker from the Cyberverse continuity family.

As the captain of an elite Seeker unit (and later the commander), Slipstream is really good at bossing others around and even better at thinking up ways to destroy the Autobots. Even Bumblebee finds her leadership skills to be effective.^[1]

She really doesn't like Windblade.

Fiction

Cyberverse cartoon

Voice actor: Lianne Marie Dobbs (English), Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Luisa Ziliotto (Italian), Éléonore Meeùs (French), Anna Dramski (German), Liliana Barba (Latin-American Spanish), Rita Oliveira (Brazilian Portuguese)

In the midst of the war, during a party the Decepticons were having at Maccadam's, Slipstream bore witness to the Beatboxing battle between Soundwave and Soundblaster. She attempted to celebrate Soundwave's victory but was stopped by a jealous Starscream.The Immobilizers When the Decepticons tracked the AllSpark to Earth, Starscream sent Slipstream to scout the organic planet while he gathered his fleet. Fractured In their early clashes with the Autobots, Slipstream accompanied Thundercracker and Nova Storm in locating their stolen ship, which was currently in the possession of the Autobots Bumblebee and Windblade. The three Seekers were eventually defeated and buried in snow by Windblade. Whiteout

When the Decepticons caught up with their shuttle, Slipstream engaged it in a dogfight only to be shot down. Terminal Velocity Using her own ship, Slipstream had another go at it. During the fight, Bumblebee jumped onto Slipstream's craft and blasted the cockpit with a triple-barrel ion shoulder cannon sending the Seeker spiralling towards Earth. Maccadam's Shockwave eventually interfered, trapping Bumblebee in a fake memory and telling Slipstream to retrieve the stolen ship. With the vessel now under her remote control, Slipstream used it to harass Windblade before Bumblebee triggered its self-destruct and allowed the Autobot duo to escape. Sabotage

The Seekers soon came across Teletraan-X and used the drone to bait a trap for the Autobots. Unfortunately for them, the drone's protocols led to it attacking them allowing Bumblebee, the only one who could access Teletraan, to escape. Undeterred, Slipstream ordered Windblade restrained. Teletraan-X

Using a cortical psychic patch, Slipstream tried to gain useful information from Windblade to avail, only succeeding in triggering a power surge that knocked out all the Decepticons. When Slipstream awoke, she found Starscream and Shockwave waiting for her. While the former had rallied the Decepticon fleet and was on his way, the latter directed Slipstream to repair Earth's space bridge. Siloed

Slipstream felt a bit confused since her enemies to lovers fic was coming true far quicker than she expected.

When Shockwave arrived, he dressed down Slipstream before revealing his plan to use magnetic disruptors to destroy Earth's geomagnetic field and cleanse the planet of organic life. Slipstream led the ship operating at the North Pole only for the Autobots, now bolstered by Grimlock to destroy the craft. The Extinction Event

It wasn't all bad though. One of Shockwave's drones had managed to tail the Autobots, leading the Decepticons to Mount St. Hilary, the Ark's resting point. After receiving another beat down from Windblade, Starscream called to let her know the fleet was approaching Earth only for Slipstream to reveal Shockwave had already arrived much to the Air Commander's ire. Awaken Sleeping Giants

After some more failed melee combat, the Decepticons tried to use the last magnetic disruptor to destroy the Ark only for the vessel to be reactivated in time to defend itself. With the crew awoken, the Earth-bound Decepticons regrouped with Starscream's fleet. Eruption

Some time later, the Decepticons attempted to turn a moon-based Planet Smasher on Earth, the Seekers serving as the air defence for the weapon before Grimlock tossed them around. Despite Megatron calling Starscream for air support, the SIC led the group beneath the Planet Smasher's force field, hoping that the Autobots would destroy the warlord, only to find he'd survived. When Starscream tried to blame Slipstream for his lack of his reinforcements, Megatron backhanded him and named Slipstream the new leader of the Seekers. Sea of Tranquility

When the Planet Smasher was destroyed, the Decepticons fled to an underground bunker where Shockwave activated a set of planetary engines, intending to slam the moon into the Earth so they could fish the AllSpark out of the debris field. As Megatron attempted to order Slipstream to guard the Nemesis, his injured leg caused him to collapse. Before aid could be rendered, Starscream mercilessly attacked Megatron, seemingly killing him and declaring himself Decepticon leader, ordering a retreat back to the Nemesis when the Autobots neared the control room. Aboard ship, Slipstream remained in the hangar bay with her troops before Starscream crashed through the wall, hurled by a furious and still alive Megatron, who killed the traitor and dumped his corpse on the lunar surface before ordering the Nemesis elsewhere. Bad Moon Rising

Shortly after, the Decepticons held a ceremony eulogizing Starscream for the benefit of the people of Earth, which was directly followed by Megatron offering the now vacant position of second-in-command to whoever could bring him the head of Optimus Prime. As the other Decepticons hurried off the bridge, Megatron briefly detained Slipstream to remind her of how useful and valuable leadership of the Seekers could be, along with a pointed reminder not to squander the opportunity. The message loud and clear, Slipstream hurried to the hangar bay to issue marching orders, only to discover the bay was empty except for Thundercracker. Slipstream then spent most of the day searching the ship for her missing troops until she finally discovered a group of them carrying Vector Sigma out of Shockwave's lab. As she was demanding an explanation, the Autobot Hot Rod bowled her over as he escaped the Nemesis, and by the time she recovered the Seekers were gone. Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime

Annoyed by this, Slipstream pursued the Seekers by following their tracker chips' signal. She was briefly thrown off the trail when she discovered they'd discarded the trackers, but caught the trail of their energon signatures instead, leading her to the silo they'd previously used to hold Windblade captive. She threatened to execute the lot of them and demanded to know what was going on, only to be met by their true leader: Starscream, having just returned from seizing the AllSpark! Trials

Falling back in line with the others, Slipstream listened to Starscream's claims of having journeyed to the AllSpark and back following his death at the hands of Megatron. She was much less enthused when Starscream revealed his endgame: by liberating all sparks from all combatants so they could become one with the AllSpark for eternity, he would bring an end to the Autobot/Decepticon war. Her appeals to the other Seekers that he'd gone mad went unheard, even more so when he used the AllSpark to create spark armor for himself. She resorted to trying to steal the AllSpark while Starscream was distracted, but he quickly knocked her aside. Rather than finish her, Starscream offered his hand instead, asking her to wait and see what he could do with the AllSpark. Any lingering trust or belief she had in him was finally extinguished when he used Vector Sigma and the AllSpark to create monstrosities. Dark Birth

When Starscream addressed several of the newly created monsters as Solus Prime, Megatronus and Zeta Prime, that was the last straw. Assuring Starscream she would share the truth of his insanity with the world, Slipstream fled the silo with both creatures and Seekers in pursuit. Despite her arm being disabled by a savage bite from one of the monsters, she successfully escaped. Returning to the Nemesis, Slipstream approached Soundwave to warn him of the threat, but Soundwave, thinking her to be a traitor like the other Seekers, attacked her instead. She managed to fight him off and flee, looking for someone else to warn. Eventually meeting her old enemy Windblade, her desperate plea was enough to move Windblade into believing her. Tragically, before they could do anything else, she was stabbed in the back by Bludgeon, triggering a short but sharp battle that derailed the peace talks that were ongoing at the time. As the Nemesis departed and the peace talks lay in ruin, Slipstream's wounds proved fatal and she perished. Parley

Windblade attempted to avenge Slipstream by trying to assassinate Bludgeon, but she nearly lost her own life before a last-minute rescue by Wheeljack. Secret Science Slipstream was eventually avenged when Windblade and Wheeljack used weaponized unspace material to imprison Bludgeon between universes along with Vector Sigma. Battle For Cybertron IV

Games

Transformers: Battlegrounds

Voice actor: Erin Yvette (English), Marie Zidi (French), Anna Dramski (German), Eva Padoan (Italian), Antía Jiménez Álvarez (Spanish)

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Toys

Cyberverse

• Slipstream (Scout Class, 2018)
  • Action Attack: "Wing Slice"

Cyberverse Scout Class Slipstream is a straight redeco of Starscream, and converts from robot to Gerwalk mode jet with limbs, officially called a "transformational mode", and back. Her wings swing around in a spring loaded "Wing Slice" attack attached to her waist, which can be locked in using the landing gear. In transformational mode, Slipstream can fold her legs up to approximate a more "complete" jet mode.

• Slipstream (Ultra Class, 2018-2019)
  • Action Attack: "Sonic Swirl"

Ultra Class Slipstream is a roughly Voyager-sized mold. As this toy is the first Cyberverse Slipstream toy to not share a mold with Starscream, it is also the first toy of the character to feature show-accurate robot and jet modes. She features a "Sonic Swirl" Action Attack, which unfurls a large free-spinning rotor setup from her wings to the back of her jet mode when her left arm is pushed in. As this is not sculpted to resemble some kind of energy effect or in-motion part like other Action Attacks in the line, it comes across more as an odd form of propulsion for her jet mode.

In an odd quality control error, Slipstream's packaging refers to her with the feminine inflections of "Seeker" in Spanish and Portuguese but the masculine inflection in French.^[2]

Slipstream was released twice: First in late 2018/early 2019 in the original Cyberverse packaging design, and then again in late 2019 in the Power of the Spark subline imprint packaging refresh.

• Slipstream (Warrior Class, 2019)
  • Action Attack: "Sonic Swirl"

Cyberverse Warrior Class Slipstream is a redeco of Warrior Class Starscream and converts from robot to jet and back. Her Action Attack gimmick is activated by winding up a spring in her waist and releasing the upper part of the figure, allowing it to spin and flip out its spring-loaded wing blades with centrifugal force. The waist can be locked in place by pegging her landing gear onto a peg on her backside. Additionally, she has non-firing Null Ray blasters molded into her forearms with 5 mm post hole hands.

While her arms have articulation comparable to other Cyberverse Warrior Class toys, this mold has the unusual distinction of having its hip swivels molded together, meaning the front-to-back movement is in tandem. She also lacks knees, likely due to the entirety of the legs being cast from the same cyan plastic. Despite this otherwise restricted movement, she can splay her legs out to the sides due to hinges on her hips, allowing splits and high kicks.

Warrior Class Slipstream is exclusive to Target stores in the United States and Toys"R"Us stores in Canada and is part of the Power of the Spark subline. In 2021 the toy started showing up on clearance at discount chain Marshalls.

This mold was also redecoed into Thundercracker, Acid Storm and EarthSpark Skywarp.

• Slipstream (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2020)
  • Series: 4, 5
  • Bag code: H (Series 4), B (Series 5)

Released in the fourth series of Cyberverse Tiny Turbo Changers, Slipstream is a recolor of Starscream from series 1. She changes from futuristic fighter jet to robot and back in a few simple steps.

Slipstream was re-released without changes in Series 5. This mold was also used to make Acid Storm.

Legacy

"Slipstream got here before Sunstorm?"
"Yeah, this is a real low point.”
"This one hurts."

• Cyberverse Universe Slipstream (Deluxe Class, 2024)

• TakaraTomy name: Slipstream (スリップストリーム)
• TakaraTomy ID number: TL-85
• TakaraTomy release date: 2025 February 22
• Accessories: 2 Blasters
• Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro),^[3] Koki Yamada (TakaraTomy)^[4]

Legacy: United "Cyberverse Universe Slipstream" is a redeco and retool of the earlier Cyberverse Universe Windblade, with a new Starscream-inspired head and blasters, much like her Animated counterpart's Legends toy, though unlike said toy, she still uses Windblade's chest and forearms, and as such her blasters are relegated to the 5mm holes on the backs of her shoulders or forearms rather than the traditional side-slung null-ray position.

Slipstream was teased on the May 14, 2024, fanstream. She was fully revealed on Mark Maher's account on June 11, with pre-orders going up on June 13.

• Designer commentary on Legacy Slipstream from Mark Maher on Instagram

Notes

• Although the animation team of Transformers: Cyberverse was very prolific at posting animation models for most characters on ArtStation, Slipstream was never included despite being a prominent first season character. The paper scan we have at the top of this page comes from, of all things, a Lithuanian Transformers magazine.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Slipstream (スリップストリーム Surippusutorīmu)

See also

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Versions of Slipstream have appeared in other continuity families, including:

• Slipstream, the female clone of Starscream from Animated.
• Slipstream, the Decepticon Seeker from the Aligned continuity family.
• Slipstream, the Decepticon from Generation 1.

For more information, see Slipstream (disambiguation).

References