MORE MACHINE WARS FANFIC TECH SPECS
                              by Dave Van Domelen

     Here's new specs for Skywarp and Thundercracker, who really got shafted
in their rewritten official techspecs.  The other six small MW techspecs I
can live with, even if they're not the best of all possible worlds.

DECEPTICON: Blancnoir
Based On: Machine Wars Skywarp
Function: Assassin
Quote: "Everything is black and white, when I have you in my sights."

Blancnoir sees killing as an art, and himself as an artist.  It is not enough
to simply end an Autobot's existence (or that of a traitorous Decepticon),
the killing must be an act of poetry, of twisted beauty in his optics.  He
believes that whenever possible, someone's last sight should be of his
killer, so he has taken pains to ensure that his face will stand out at the
moment of the "performance," painting it a bright yellow that shines out
against the stark black and white of his body.  His weapon of choice is a
dual-purpose rifle, which can be used at short range for the personal touch,
or as a sniper rifle with the barrel extension on those regrettable occasions
when Blancnoir cannot risk close contact.  He has also been known to carry a
pair of small laser pistols for dramatic effect.  Blancnoir considers his
twin D'Assault to be a boor beneath his notice, and ingores D'Assault's
insults. 

STR 3  INT 7  SPD 8  END 5  RNK 5  COUR 7  FRP 8  SKL 10  Avg 6.625


DECEPTICON: D'Assault
Based On: Machine Wars Thundercracker
Function: Ground Attack
Quote: "Death isn't pretty, and neither am I!"

D'Assault is openly contemptuous of his brother, Blancnoir, even going so far
as to choose his Terran-equivalent name to reflect this.  He is everything
Blancnoir is not...crude where his twin is refined, reckless where his twin
is meticulous, straightforward where Blancnoir is subtle.  His tactics
emphasize destruction over as broad a scale as possible, using his supersonic
speed to create devastating sonic booms over battlefields as a prelude to his
allies moving in.  His maser rifle pumps its targets full of energy until
they explode violently, and with the booster attachment can fire bursts
capable of leveling a city block.

STR 7  INT 5  SPD 8  END 7  RNK 4  COUR 7  FRP 8  SKL 7  Avg 6.625