Following up on reports that the Decepticons had conquered the planet Delta Pavonis IV, the Autobots were horrified when they approached the world just as a truly massive warship was leaving the orbital space docks. It seemed as if all the recent supply raids and resource grabs had all been bent toward the construction of the monstrous Decepticon command ship christened the Shackblast.

Built by Pavonian slaves subjugated by a massive army of Decepticlone droids, the Shackblast is the largest Cybertronian vessel on record. In addition to its staggering armament load-out of conventional starship weapons, the ship boasts a massive Mega Plasma Cannon, which can reduce the surface any standard habitable planet to slag in minutes. However, Shockwave is nothing if not a pragmatic conquer, and the Shackblast is intended more as a weapon of terror and intimidation then utter destruction. To further achieve this end, the Shackblast has two secondary modes in addition to its starship default. Folding onto itself, the Shackblast can convert to a spherical battlestation that can eclipse a target planet’s moon or sun for increased fear. Perhaps more frightening for most races, is the ship’s bipedal mech mode. With its singular glowing red eye, the Shackblast’s robot mode is terrifying to behold planet side or even from space.

A ship of the Shackblast’s size would normally require a massive crew, but Shockwave has given the ship a sophisticated central droid super-brain to monitor and run nearly every ship system. Decepticon or Decepticlone crewers can augment ship operations as Shockwave sees fit for increased efficiency.