#RBA Designs

[sphnyspinspin]

You know what. In honor of Father’s Day, I’m reposting this old Whirl and Whirl Jr. drawing I did because ONE- it’s still one of my best pieces that I’ve ever made and I like showing it off, and TWO- I’m too lazy to make anything new 🥰✨

[ultrabreaksounddownwavemagnus]

Ratchet my love

[asmoteeth]

Finally a new TF drawing! This took all weekend,,, this is a piece I've wanted to do for a year now, the Build Team from TF:RID (2001) in my style! This series was Wedge's first appearance and the family dynamic these three had in their debut episode was so cute I decided to make them an actual family (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

Time to be a nerd about inherited features:

Wedge gets his Headlights, windowshield, head ridges and lift cylinder from Grimlock; his pedes, lower wheels and legs from Hightower; and helm-brim, visor, ear flats and shoulder wheels from Heavy Load! He's a group project :P

Their personalities are pretty much the same: Heavy Load is Wedge's closest mentor (#mothering), Hightower is way too flattering and Grimlock is the backbone of this family unit :3

They're so stupid I hate them I hope they get squashed /affectionately

Friend tags, because it's been a while ┐⁠(⁠‘⁠～⁠`⁠;⁠)⁠┌

@sphnyspinspin @lonely-paracosmos @wildlygay @leostar-12lol @sonicnerd

[tf-cyberaligned]

The Rescue Recruit’s holoforms!

Rescue work outfits

Casual outfits

And some holoform nationalities headcanons

Hotshot: Cuban

Whirl Jr.: Japanese and Egyptian

Hoist: Samoan

Medix: Black and Indian

Wedge: Black

Funfact Wedge's t-shirt has Robot Regicide's (Miko's band) metal logo on it.

[transingthoseformers]

Sliding in late with whirl baby thought: au where Blades from rescue bots is Whirls kid that he had pre-empurata. Blades is from a one night stand whirl had while celebrating getting his watch shop set up and was like, the Cybertronian equivalent of 8 when Whirl got empurata-ed and was taken away because 1) it makes the punishment even worse 2) the Senate justifies it with "why would we leave a child to be raised by a criminal who would raise them to go against the system?", blades grows up in the system and joins the rescue bots and then goes MIA (into stasis with the rest of his team) by the time Whirl can track down where he is. Blades was actively looking for whirl but he never saw his carrier after the empurata so he didn't have a way to recognize whirl.

That'd be fascinating especially considering how Blades eventually became a rescue bot

That might be why he became a rescue bot in this situation

Though this gives us the mildly hilarious idea of Whirl Junior also being Whirl Sr's kid, this time more recently, and shenanigans involving one kid being much older than the other ensue

But also goddamn poor Blades, no wonder he's got anxiety, and poor Whirl. This is starting to make me wonder no yeah they'd probably take the younger kids of Empurata victims away because they'd figure out an excuse to cover up the very reasonable actual answer you provided— but that leads me down a sad rabbit hole regarding the Functionists

[cyberrose2001]

Tfp and Rescue Bots Ratchet have some of the sluttiest and most breedable hips change my mind.

oh my GOD rba ratchet doesn’t get talked about enough

those hips…those gorgeous gorgeous hips….

and y’know what, remember when in TFP Optimus was revived by the forge of solus prime and miko says to ratchet “imagine what the forge could do for your bod”

THIS IS IT!!! RATCHET SOMEHOW FIXED THE FORGE OF SOLUS PRIME AND OBTAINED THE SLUTTIEST WAIST!!!

[leydraw]

HEATWAVE 🚒❤️

By my count, there's only one more left to draw....maybe I'll take too long to post this one >:]

[transformers-bold-bright-brisk]

Does anybody else think Brushfire from RBA would be adopted by Anode and Lug or is that just me?

I mean look at them! I feel like it would be Brushfire’s dream to get mentored by an archeologist and a geologist who are both adventurers.

[laser-raven]

Sighhhhhhhhhh tfp continuity Ratchet my beloved

[sphnyspinspin]

I redesigned the birb.

[sphnyspinspin]

EEEEEEEEEHEHEEEE🤩🤩🤩 He is such a freaking menace!

"you better watch where you're going, nerd!"

@sphnyspinspin drew this rba-accurate redesign of Predaprince and I couldn't be happier!! look at him!!!

[asmoteeth]

You are not immune to the beanie recruits

TRANSPARENT VERSION UNDER CUT

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[tf-cyberaligned]

Designs for the sequel I am already planning

The Rescue Recruits!!

And some of my lore that will be explored with for all of them!

Wedge

Wedge was formed during the war. He was created through spark bonding between two Decepticons, though he never really met his Parensnatales (parents) due to their assignment within the ranks. Due to his young age, he was put into the energon mines on one of the Deception owned planets on the outskirts of the Milky Way. While he had to fight Autobots sometimes, this planet was relatively uninhabited by Autobots, meaning that many Decepticon children made their home here.

When the war ended, and they returned to Cybertron, Wedge found out that he was orphaned just like many of his miner buddies. While Cybertron was being rebuilt, several mechs had stepped up to take care of and watch over the young Cybertronians left behind. One of these groups was the newly reemerged Protectobots, who were missing one key bot in their lineup. Wedge was one of the young Cybertronians taken in by the team, where he soon learned about rescue work and started to ask for training in it. While Rescue City was being repaired, the Protectobots and several of the old Alpha team members who had returned to the city started to teach small things to the young Cybertronians who were under their care. While some dropped off from the lessons, the others stuck around to become the new rebirth generation of Rescue Bots, which Wedge was one of those.

Whirl

Whirl was also formed during the war, formed from a spark bond due to Ultra Magnus and Whirl Sr. not being careful with their conjunx bonding ceremony. While her designation was Whirlybird, she chose to use just Whirl to mess with mechs on the Lost Light. One day a large energy spike was detected across the Milky Way. While Ultra Magnus went off to investigate the strange anomaly, the Lost Light continued to avoid the attacks of the DJD.

Once the ship was able to reach Cybertron and the whole family was reunited, Whirl Jr. was stumped on what she was wanting to do. Whirl Sr. one day had suggested joining the newly rebuilt Rescue Bots Academy. Due to Ultra Magnus's knowledge of the old laws and regulations of Cybertron, he would teach Whirl Jr. them during his free time. Due to this, she had an immense love for the subject. So when she found out that the academy had enforcers as an option, she jumped at the chance to join. Leading her to join the first wave of new official Rescue Bot Recruits.

Hot Shot and Jolt

Hot Shot was one of the mechs who reemerged from the Well. Jolt's spark connection with him is what allowed him to return. Jolt is his minicon partner, and one of his oldest friends. Hot Shot was one of the many young mechs who had to fight in the war. While he had a naturally forged frame, his spark was transferred to an adult build, offering more protection than his young, weak armor plating he had before. The pair fought side by side during the war as first Optimus's personal scouts, then as a commander of a squadron. Jolt helped to keep to Hot Shot in check, offering guidance to the young soldier. When Hot Shot had become a commander, his role also shifted to being a mentor for a young scout that Optimus had appointed. Hot Shot taught the young scout everything he needed to know, and the pair formed a close friendship. When the young scout had been kidnapped by Megatron while Hot Shot had been shot down, Primus had changed Hot Shot's frame. This new frame while lacking speed, made up for it in strength, allowing the young commander to rescue the young scout at Tyger Pax. After the events at Tyger Pax, the Ark was ready to launch. Hot Shot was meant to be one of the mechs that went on the ship. However as it was launching, the Nemesis had attacked. Hot Shot was one of the fatalities during this attack.

Upon his reemergence from the Well, he was met by the mechs who were looking over the many new sparks and reemerging sparks. After many questions, he was finally reunited with Jolt. After that Hot Shot and Jolt had aimlessly wandered around Cybertron. Hot Shot was one of the mechs who had no Parensnatales, and so he really had no place to go. After some years, the pair heard about a new Cube league forming. Cube was originally a game created during the war by Ratchet for the many young mechs who were forced into the war to have something fun to do. (Also was created to distract them from the Wrecker's game of Lob) Hot Shot remembering the many games he played, joined the league and was soon given a home among the teams. Over time, he had risen to fame, being one of the best players within the league. After a big final game of the season, Optimus had approached him. Shocked to see the meant to be dead leader, Hot Shot didn't believe at first that the mech was really in front of him. However after some time talking, Hot Shot learned that he had been alive for awhile at that point, and had just returned from a mission back to Earth. It was at this point that Optimus had offered him and Jolt a chance to go to the newly reopened Rescue Bots Academy.

Medix

Medix also reemerged from the Well, being one of the mechs that was killed during the Rescue Bots Massacre. Medix is the child of First Aid and Vortex, having been formed by a spark bond during the start of the war. He too was put into an adult frame like Hot Shot was, and when the Protectobots joined the war, he was also brought into it with his cousins. He worked as a tirage medic on the field, being a true pacifist just like his aunt Groove. His team within the Rescue Bots rank was Alpha 2, which consisted of his cousins Skyfeather, Rook, and Heatrock. Skyfeather was their team leader, due to her being the oldest and most experienced out of them. The Alpha 2 team was able to combine with the Alpha 1 team (Protectobots), making the two teams very powerful in terms of the war. Skyfeather and Heatrock were able to combine within the actual Protectobot team, forming Gaia Guardian, while Rook and Medix were able to replace an original team member when they were unable to transform. When Defensor fell at Tagan Heights, Rescue City was left with Alpha 2 leading and protecting it. This is when Megatron decided to strike. Medix watched as his older cousins were slaughtered, before his death and the destruction of Rescue City.

Upon his reemergence, he was reunited with his cousins who also reemerged with him. Together the group made their way to the remains of Rescue City, where they were reunited with Hotspot, First Aid, Streetwise, and Groove. Blade's absence confused them all, but they all were quick to start rebuilding the city. Blades soon reappeared on Cybertron, having survived the war and was the reason that they were all able to reemerge due to his Gestalt bond with his siblings. When the school was rebuilt and reopened, Medix joined the new wave of students coming into the academy, excited to finish his training properly.

Hoist

Hoist, while not apart of the war, was a civilian casualty. His Almatonias (moms) had him before the war broke out. His family had decided to stay out of the war as long as they possibly could, but his death due to an Autobot Wrecker's explosions is what pushed his Almatonias to join the Decepticons.

His Almatonias survived the war, allowing for his reemergence. He was reunited with them, and after Cybertron had been mostly rebuilt, they were encouraging him to choose what he wanted to do in life. Now that the caste system was overthrown, he was allowed to do just that. Hearing about the reopening of the Rescue Bots Academy, and that engineering, one of his passions, was offered at the academy, he applied to be a student there. He was accepted and joined the first wave of new students.

And that is the lore of these guys for the Cyberhumans and Cybertronians sequel! While this story isn't going to be mentioned much until that point in time, I wanted to get these out there as some of the characters will be mentioned within the main story of Cyberaligned. Due to how interwoven I want everything to be, we will be seeing glimpses of Hot Shot and Medix within Blade's memories, as well as meeting Whirl Jr. and Whirl Sr. in one of the future chapters when the Lost Light crashes on Earth.

I hope y'all are excited for this future plot!

[transingthoseformers]

I think too much about the rescue bots but in tfp artstyle. About how their optics would look and differ, how the plating interlocks and how Heatwave's little helmet helm would look. Blades's colors. The visors!!! Actually also how the humans would look because i feel like the tfp style for humans would actually kinda work for Cody. .

[tenth-sentence]

After the Adelaide Advertiser revealed the beach of copyright in February 1966, Malangi was eventually located by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

"Design: Building on Country" - Alison Page and Paul Memmott

[deskraven]

Anyways, in my AU the RBA recruits have graduated and become teachers at RBA. They will be mentor / older-sibling figures to the Terrans.

I still need to work on their design but here’s a scaling chart of them with the Terrans!

Also here’s a self-indulgent doodle of my headcanon :3

Yeh and I also made a logo.