As a Caterpillar 773B Dump Truck
Payload was a Decepticon and a Constructicon who served Megatron on Earth. He is a member of the Constructicons.
History[]
Transformers The Veiled Threat[]
Payload came to Earth in response to Starscream's signal, sent out after Megatron's death. When Starscream recruited the Human Accessory Force, he joined in a battle to capture a dam construction site in Zambia. He was skeptical of Starscream's claim that Megatron was truly dead, but accepted Macerator's word that the recordings of the event clearly showed Megatron being killed. Once the Autobots had come to investigate the Decepticon activity, Payload, Macerator and Dropkick lured them into the Zambezi River to fight. Though Payload managed to keep Ironhide distracted as they neared Victoria Falls, two humans, Kaminari Ishihara and Petr Andronov interfered with the fight using strange hi-tech guns, and Payload was forced to retreat.
The three Decepticons proceeded to Kariba Dam, where Payload descended into the gorge and started blasting away at the bottom of the dam, with the intention of rupturing it. When the Autobots caught up with them, Ratchet started attempting to repair the dam, and Payload began firing at him instead. He inflicted heavy damage on Ratchet, however the humans released the floodgates on the dam. Unable to withstand the raging torrent, Payload was swept away. Optimus later spoke of tracking down and terminating the Decepticon.
Toy Bios[]
During one of his transits, Payload found Ratchet getting in his way. The Constructicon Warrior was amused that Ratchet would think he could stop him. However, Jolt was also present in the area. The younger Autobot messed with Payload long enough to tame him with his stunning electro-whips, allowing him and Ratchet to go in and take him down.
Weapons[]
- Missiles
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In earlier animatics and in the final movie Payload can be seen up on a ledge looking over the other constructicons combine into Devastator.
- Payload is assumed to be a replacement for Long Haul during Devastator combination, like (Demolisher and Scavenger) and (Rampage and Skipjack)
- In the 2007 movie prequel and sequel comics there was a character suspeciosly same named as the Constructicon, but after Reign of Starscream was killed, making that confusing.
- There is a good chance that he is the yellow dump truck seen next to Skipjack in ROTF, before he combines.