Stealth Team (G1)

The Stealth Team is an Elite Guard team from the Wings Universe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

From left: Tap-Out, Rumbler, Sprocket, Powerflash.

Before the Great War, a crack commando unit was formed as part of the Elite Guard. These men promptly established a top secret base in the Detrona underground. Today, still wanted by the Decepticons, they survive as an Elite Guard team. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can stand talking to Sentinel, maybe you can hire the Stealth Team.

The Stealth Team, AKA the 45th division has as its members:

• Powerflash (leader)
• Tap-Out (covert specialist)
• Rumbler (mechanic)
• Sprocket (pilot)

Fiction

Wings Universe

When Magnum formed the Elite Guard, Powerflash was given command of the Stealth Team. Sentinel Major's Wings of Honor profile Following a mishap during an early mission in which Sprocket accidentally downloaded the entire Cybertron info core into his neural net, Powerflash fought to keep him in the Elite Guard, despite his suffering severe data-dementia. Sproket spent some time in a mental institution until the rest of the Stealth Team broke him out. Sprocket's Wings profile Another mission resulted in the Stealth Team locating and destroying one of Deathsaurus's fortresses in Gygax. Bruticus's Wings of Honor profile

The team received a new mission from Sentinel Major to investigate Decepticon Warlord Gutcruncher who was searching for an asteroid. Knowing that the Decepticons would require a ship, Powerflash purchased the Darklon and he and Tap-Out disguised themselves as neutrals. They successfully tricked Gutcruncher's crew, at least until after lift off, at which point they were forced to lock the Decepticons up. Unfortunately the Decepticons quickly escaped just as the ship reached the asteroid, and while Roadgrabber kept Tap-Out tied up on the ship, the other Autobots and Decepticons went exploring. They found a strange crystal and, doused by its radiation, both sides found themselves bestowed with extra power and speed, but at the cost of their ability to transform. After returning to the ship, the Stealth Team was able to successfully subdue the Decepticons and return to Cybertron with them captive. A Team Effort

The Stealth Team took part in the defense of Elite Guard headquarters when it was attacked by the Combaticons in their new combined form as Bruticus. Powerflash and Tap-Out both perished in the attack. The Coming Storm #6 Sprocket and Rumber both survived, thanks to an accidental discharge of Sprocket's weapon trapping them in an uncharted cavern under the HQ. Sprocket's Wings profile They later joined the remains of Magnum's Elite Guard as they searched for Deathsaurus. Battle Lines #4

Notes

• The Stealth Team, in case you hadn't guessed, is based loosely on The A-Team.