You want it? You got it - before you even needed it!
”
FANFARE likes things loud. Whether blasting hard rock, or tuning his engines to a window-
rattling drone, he's always ready to shake things up amongst his teammates. Friendly and easy-going,
he's always willing to help someone in need. He's aware that he has a bit of a temper problem, and
works hard to avoid it getting to anything worse than a shouting match - Unless it's against a
Decepticon, in which case he tends to let off some steam. Fanfare enjoys grandstanding and showing
off for humans and Autobots alike. He is strong and sturdy, and converts into C-130J Super-Hercules
aerial tanker. He has a cargo capacity of 42,000 pounds, and carries fuel, supplies, or troops with
equal effectiveness. His large size makes him rather slow in the air.
Back on Cybertron, Fanfare, like his "brother” Encore, was a 'suicide jockey' - that is, one of the cargo
units who delivered the most dangerous substances - explosives, Energon
shipments, Wreckers, you name it. As a younger mech he was incredibly
impatient and ill tempered, always getting into shouting matches. He
wouldn't try to rebel. He just got angry a lot. The amount of noise he was
subjected to began to have an ill effect on him as well. After a few vorns,
he began to have even worse troubles functioning when it was quiet, or in
times of peace. While not being shot at makes his job easier, the mech
found himself growing nervous and irritable, which made him even worse when
he DID lose his temper. He wasn't rebellious, per se, as he did his duties
and LIKED to do them. He just found himself too short on temper, frequently
getting into arguments about petty things.
Not long after, during a quiet period during the time when Optimus and the
crew had departed, he was to land at a small outpost to drop off some
supplies, and pick up a few mechs damaged to be brought in for repairs. He
landed. It was utterly quiet, and peaceful. The outpost itself was even
quiet - kept low lit so that it conserved power. A few long moments passed,
and he started to grow fidgety and nervous. Finally, he could take it no
more, and the mech started up his engines, roaring them to full volume
before taking off- and leaving.
Oh, he got in trouble all right, and finally realized that he needed serious help, submitting himself meekly for powerful psychotherapy which did influence him. He wasn't angry all the time, but he still had the hairtrigger temper, which was fortunately reduced to usually shouting. The therapy worked very well for the most part, along with his brother being there to support him (or smack him upside the head, which always worked to reactivate his Commonsense Circuits, if you get my meaning). The loud music helps soothe him, interestingly enough, and he will always apologize as soon as he's cooled down - aware he had a problem, and that sometimes he had to just walk away to keep from things getting worse.
Put into stasis then as the energon crisis continued, He was finally
brought out a season ago to begin his duties once more. Filing through
various altmode alternatives for Earth, he came across a picture of the
CJ-130 Hercules and fell in love. He pressed the Technicians until they
agreed to give him that one - fully updated to the 21st century of course.
Briefing for earth duty continued as well, and he also found a liking to
Heavy metal and other 'loud' earth musics, although any sort of noise was
good enough for him. Briefed, and refitted, Fanfare and the Suicide Jockeys
have returned.
MUX History:
Feeling cooped up and stir-crazy, Nightlash went for a flight and encountered the AutobotsEncore and Fanfare, joining the two for a race inside the Grand Canyon. Along for the ride was Slugfest and on her wing was Thundercracker. Unfortunately, Thundercracker and Fanfare were called back to duty by their respective commands, leaving Encore and Nightlash to carry on the race on their own. There was no clear winner.
Fanfare spent time on Junkion, only returning to Earth in April of 2018.
While ah dun agree with the sentiment of exactin' revenge on PRowl, ah agree that Autobots dun even pretend tae rough up prisoners. Et isnae wot we do. An' why'd he believe us anyways? He'll fix Buzzsaw, an then Buzzsaw'll tell him the truth and he'll be all mad at us. Ah dun think we should do et, as much as we are tempted tae.
2017
August 06 - "Planning" - The Autobots meet in Encore's Distillery to discuss their plans to disrupt the completion of the Decepticons' mega-refinery in Toraxxis.
