Cryotek

Profile: Cryotek is one of the most deadly and mysterious figures in the history of Cybertron's criminal underworld. Though he was once considered one of the planet's most gifted engineers, Cryotek became increasignly dissatisfied with teh actions of the Predacons ruling class - leaders which he felt had too quickly abandoned the classical Decepticon philosophies of conquest and decit. relying on teh more ilicit opportunities available toa being of his considerable skills and intellect, Cryotek eventually beceame one of the most dangerous outlaws on Cybertron - one more than willing to apply his scientific talents to the less-than-noble pursuits of extrotion, theft and criminal mayhem. Cryotek's logical mind and pragmatic bent have made him an extremly successful ganster, one who appreaches each new "business venture" with teh discipline of a trained researcher. be that as it may, Cryotek does find the time to take great pleasure in his work.

The ingenious malefactor behind the theft of the legendary Golden Disc and one of Megatron's earliest mentors, Cryotek was eventually betrayed by his former pupil as Megatron feld Cybertron to pursure his fortunes in the Beast wars. Upon Megatron's unceremonious return from prehistoric Earth, Cryotek snuck up a bargain with his old student, willingly "assisting" Megatron with the elimination of his hated beast form - or at least those elements that Cryotek could most readily exploit! Unprepared for the painful metamorphosis involved in assuming Megatron's Transmetal II body, Cryotek was sent into temporary stasis lock, allowing his research and developmetn operations to fall into Megatron's waiting hands. Left betrayed both by hisf romer protoge and his own pursuit of power, Cryotek recovered only in time to see his empire - and Cybertron - fall completely to Megatron's sinister designs.

Abilities: Aside from his impressive intellect and scientific acumen, Cryotek is armed with a variety of deadly weapons in both beast and robot forms. In either mode, Cryotek is capable of firing supercooled blasts of ammonia from the moarfrost projector mounted in his dragon head. Cryotek's precise control over this weapon allows him to freeze or dessicate nearly any object in its path. cryotek's deadly jaws are also capable of firing two independently targetable plasma torpedos, each with an effective range of several hundred miles. His deadliest weapon, perhaps, is based on one of his most prized invetions - the spark extractor - and is mounted on the tail of his beast mode. Swooping though battle like an icy demon, Cryotek will often set down on one of his enemies, armored claws bared, only to rend a still pulsing Spark violently from their body. Although intelligent and logical to the extreme, Cryotek is nevertheless an extremely competent fighter.

Weaknesses: Cryotek has no major physical weaknesses, most explicitly due to the enhancements he has made to his already impressive Transmetal II superstructre. Should his carefully laid plans be foiled, Cryotek can be sent into periods of temporary isolation and malaise - though his plans are not often foiled.