Nebulon (SG)

Nebulon is an evil Autobot Targetmaster from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

I'm not another Nightstick, thank Primus.

Nebulon partners up with Stepper and shoots stuff up! Sometimes he talks for Stepper, sometimes Stepper talks for him. It's confusing.

Fiction

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

The original Nebulon was a low-tech drone created by Stepper, built because he was envious of his brother's personal Targetmaster. Nebulon wasn't actually able to talk on his own, but Stepper's ventriloquist abilities (aided by his shoulder speakers) made everyone believe he was a sentient being. BotCon 2015 Stepper profile card

After positive polarity Earth was transported into the negative polarity universe, Stepper was camped outside the heroic Autobot Ironworks when he got into a confrontation with a team of GoBots. Seeing them as dimensional invaders, he was prepared to add them to Optimus Prime's collection. "Nebulon" spoke at length about the effectiveness of Stepper's Golnium armor inhibiting energy attacks, giving the GoBots the idea to try hard ammunition. Treds accidentally hit Nebulon squarely with his tank cannon, blasting the gun-puppet into exploding pieces. Treds was initially horrified at having presumably killed an organic, until his comrades surveyed the wreckage and found no signs of life. High Noon

Soon after Nebulon's "death", a rift brought Stepper to Axiom Nexus. Journey's Eve BotCon 2015 Stepper profile card

TransTech

There, Stepper met another incarnation of Nebulon... though this one was truly was a living, talking 'bot! Not only that, but this version of Nebulon proved himself to be a cunning manipulator, reversing the puppet/puppet-master roles in the two 'bots' relationship. BotCon 2015 Stepper profile card Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/06/08

With both Stepper and Nebulon stranded in Axiom Nexus, where the pair managed to earn the number eight spot on Cybertron's most wanted list. They fell in with a crew led by C-81, who planed to construct an interuniversal gate in order to run an "off-the-books travel agency." During the final raid necessary to build the gate, the group was caught by the local police force and imprisoned within the offworlder maximum security prison. Within the prison, Stepper felt ill-at-ease with all the tough inmates around him. Nebulon comforted him, explaining that so long as Stepper stuck around with C-81 and Battletrap, no one would mess with them. Then Oilmaster messed with them.

Thankfully, the situation was diffused by the arrival of Packrat, and the whole lot of them became allies. Working together, the group made their way out of the prison. Once outside, they found the whole of Axiom Nexus depowered, and so they decided to use the cover of darkness to reach the city's underground tunnel system. There, they met Lift-Ticket, Spy-Eye, and Burn Out, who took off. Attempting to follow them, the group found themselves smack dab in the middle of a Waruder nest. Nebulon served as Stepper's gun, and blasted his fair share of Waruders before their sheer numbers forced the group to retreat.

Nebulon next found himself in the back of C-81's vehicle mode, where he overlooked Scalpel dissecting one of the Waruder "pilots". The Waruders caught up to them eventually, and Cybertron's most wanted found themselves cornered. The timely arrival of General Optimus Prime, Sergeant Hound, Lift-Ticket, and Burn Out turned the tables once more. The fighting finally came to an end when the Waruders were convinced to leave for another Cybertron, one where they could feed without having to fight. Nebulon and the rest of the group were allowed to go free as a thanks for their part in quashing the Waruder invasion. Cybertron's Most Wanted

Toys

Timelines

• Cybertron's Most Wanted (Multi-pack, 2015)

Nebulon is a redeco of Universe Nightstick, transforming into a gun which can be held in Stepper's hand, or mounted on any 5 mm post-hole.

He was only available in a BotCon 2015 exclusive box set, along with Packrat, Battletrap, Stepper, Megatron, and Oilmaster.

• More information on Nebulon (with Stepper) at TFU.info

External links

• Stepper (and Nebulon) reveal video