Drift is an Autobot Triple Changer in Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Drift was said to be a former Decepticon Samurai who seeked to regain his honour, and atone for his crimes. He joined the Autobots after his experience in the war changed his way of thinking.
Drift's alt modes appears to be that of a 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse and a Sikorsky S-97 Raider helicopter. In TF5 his alt mode is a 2017 "Mercedes-AMG GT R".
As Blue Samurai Helicopter Mode
History[]
Drift was a masterful and skilled Decepticon assassin during Cybertron’s civil war. However he began to see the hypocrisy and tyranny of the Decepticons, with him leaving the faction. Later he came to Earth at an unknown point. He joined the Autobots along with Hound, Crosshairs, and Bumblebee after hearing Optimus’ message.
Transformers: Age of the Extinction[]
Autobots reunite:
“At last, there is hope after all!” Drift upon seeing Optimus Prime.
When Optimus called what remaining autobots were left to meet up, Drift went to the meeting point along with his comrades. Sitting atop one of the rock formations he was evidently pleased upon seeing his leader. Transforming into a helicopter and landing behind Hound.
That night while sitting round a fire, Drift lamented to Optimus on how in his absence Bumblebee took command. This irritated the Autobot scout and as such resulted in Drift and Bumblebee having a scuffle. With him ending it by holding Bumblebee at blade point saying “Am I the only one who sees through your puppy dog eyes?” only to be told off by Optimus.
Drift participated in Cade Yeager's mission to infiltrate KSI, providing the human with valuable information prior to the operation. Drift joined the subsequent assault on the facility when news of Ratchet's brutal death and dismemberment arrived. Drift used his helicopter mode to lift Bumblebee through the building's upper levels to rescue Cade from Harold Attinger. The Autobots soon fled once more, and Drift was unable to intervene in the battle between Optimus and Galvatron when the drone's missile fire separated the Autobots from their leader. When Lockdown captured Optimus and Tessa Yeager, Drift infiltrated the bounty hunter's ship in Chicago with the rest of the group. Drift reported that Lockdown's dark matter engines were activating, indicating that the ship was about ten minutes away from departing Earth (nine minutes at worst). Drift went to free his sensei with Hound and Crosshairs, and remained aboard Lockdown's requisitioned ship with him and Hound.
When the Autobots regrouped after escaping Lockdown's ship, Optimus announced that they would abandon Earth and humanity to its fate. Drift did not oppose his leader's orders, but intercepted a transmission from Joshua Joyce, informing the team that Joyce was moving his KSI prototypes to his facility in China. After Cade warned him of the danger posed by Galvatron, Drift assured him that the ship could quickly compete with them across the globe.
Drift later remained with Optimus and Crosshairs when their ship was shot down by Galvatron's Decepticons over Hong Kong. Crashing in a nearby valley, Optimus revealed his trump card: the ancient Dinobots. As Optimus asserted some authority over Grimlock, Drift followed Crosshairs' lead and retreated to stay out of the crossfire. Though puzzled by Grimlock's saurian alternate mode, expecting "a giant car," Drift was impressed to see his sensei dominate the Dinobots. Though Crosshairs complained about Optimus's dynamic leadership, Drift simply smiled, knowing it was innate to his leader. Following Optimus's lead, Drift quickly mounted Slug and together they battled much of Galvatron's army in Hong Kong, losing one of his blades in the process while fighting two KSI Sentinels. Later, Drift helped escort the Yeager family and Joyce out of the city, but Lockdown intervened and nearly captured them all. Optimus, Bumblebee, and the Yeagers soon defeated Lockdown, and Drift was assigned by his sensei to watch over the Yeager family while he left Earth.
Transformers: The Last Knight[]
In the years since Optimus left Earth, Drift had taken refuge in Cade's salvage yard with the other Autobots. He had also adopted a new vehicle mode and updated his color scheme. Despite the stagnation, he spent his free time practicing with his sword and performing meditative balancing exercises, which were occasionally interrupted by the Mini Dinobots, especially Pterry. He displayed the same disdain as his companions when the unscrupulous Daytrader appeared, even agreeing to Hound's suggestion that they kill him.
Soon, the Decepticons and the TRF found their refuge, and Drift fled with Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Cade, Jimmy, Wheelie, Izabella, and Sqweeks to a nearby town where a trap had been set for them. Upon arriving, he discovered the TRF tracking device Bumblebee was carrying and masterfully disabled it with his sword. During the battle, he and Crosshairs teamed up with the much larger Onslaught, who severed his enemy's leg before quickly decapitating him. Drift then engaged the rest of the Decepticons with the others, bringing his sword down on his former employer Megatron and forcing him, Nitro Zeus, and Barricade to retreat. Afterward, he and the other Autobots returned to the scrapyard after Cade and Bumblebee departed for England.
Later, as Cybertron approached Earth and rose into the sky, the Autobots saw that Daytrader had finally fulfilled his promise of a ship, arriving in the same Knight ship that Lockdown had used. Drift, overjoyed, declared that he would pilot it. He flew with the Autobots to Stonehenge, where they joined the humans and the Guardian Knights while Optimus, upon returning, rallied them to defend Earth. En route to Cybertron, he and the other Autobots were unimpressed with the Guardian Knights, though Drift remarked that they looked "evil." He then cleared his allies for takeoff and wished them luck, remaining on board to pilot the Knight ship. After winning the final battle, he and the other Autobots took the ship and returned home.
Abilities:[]
- Expert hand-to-hand combatant: In Transformers: Age of Extinction, Drift is shown to be a formidable hand-to-hand combatant.
- Expert swordsman: In Transformers: Age of Extinction, Drift is shown to be a formidable swordsman.
- Expert tactician: Drift is a formidable tactician.
- Expert driver: In Transformers: Age of Extinction, Drift is shown to be an expert driver in vehicle mode.
- Expert pilot: In Transformers: Age of Extinction, Drift is shown to be an expert pilot in vehicle mode.
Weapons:[]
- Swords (Age of Extinction and The Last Knight)
- Missiles (Helicopter Mode)
- Gun (Rise of the Dark Spark game)
- Robo Triceratops (the Dinobot Slug)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He's design was based on a samurai.
- He was the only Autobot triple changer in the films.