Axalon - Crew

Crew

The crew of the Axalon included:

• Optimus Primal - Captain of the Axalon; his background is in Science and Research and Development.
• Rhinox - Seemingly in charge of defense and science duties, as well as adviser of Optimus Primal. Assumed second in command status later in the series.
• Cheetor - Possibly the pilot, but skilled as a warrior.
• Rattrap - Often seen working navigation, but skilled in espionage, demolitions and marksmanship. Was appointed second in command early in the series.

As more stasis pods were found and Depth Charge arriving in his own ship, the crew changed and expanded. New members include:

• Dinobot - Switched sides from the Predacons. Military strategist and consistently tries to take command when Optimus is gone, although it always falls to Rattrap or Rhinox.
• Tigatron - Lost his memories. Acted as Recon.
• Airazor - Acted as Air Recon.
• Silverbolt - Briefly joined the Predacons at first when he came online, but quickly realized he was a Maximal.
• Depth Charge - On a search for Protoform X.
• Blackarachnia - Switched sides. Eventually became an actual Maximal. Served in the Ark cave after the Axalon was destroyed.
• Tigerhawk - Fusion of Tigatron and Airazor possessed by a pair of Vok to assassinate Megatron. Their sparks united together and inhabited the new body.

The Axalon also carried numerous stasis pods with Maximal protoforms (presumably the crew that would be woken up on their original mission when they arrived at their destination), which it ejected in orbit around Earth when it appeared the ship would crash and be destroyed. Eventually most of these pods crashed on Earth and the Maximals inside activated. Characters on the television series and in the comics who were among those in stasis pods included: