Stratosphere was a giant Autobot who served as a transport for smaller Bots and supplies. Always preferring the sky to the ground, Stratosphere would spend as long in the sky as possible.
History[]
Titan Magazine Movie Comics[]
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts[]
Stratosphere was among the Autobots stranded on Earth, functioning as their primary mode of transport whenever they needed to jump between the continents. When the Autobots needed to travel to Peru to hunt for the Transwarp Key, Stratosphere met them for pick-up outside New York City. Mirage was less than pleased to have the old-timer as their ferry, especially when he suffered from some congestion issues, and Elena Wallace was similarly distressed from the bumpy plane ride (as well as general anxiety over leaving home for the first time). Stratosphere made an acceptable landing in Peru and held onto the late Bumblebee's deactivated body while the crew disembarked for their quest. He later brought Bumblebee's body to the human village allied with the Maximals, and continued to watch over the scout while the others went off to battle the Terrorcons. The coming of Unicron and the battle resulted in a wave of energy lighting up the valley's natural Energon deposits, and Stratosphere witnessed with delight as the wave brought Bumblebee back to life. He then flew Bumblebee into the battle to deactivate the transwarp gate, the smaller Autobot jumping out mid-flight amidst a hailstorm of Unicron's army from above. After the Autobots and Maximals emerged victorious over the Terrorcons, Stratosphere flew the main Autobot crew back to the United States.
Video Game[]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Game[]
Stratosphere gave Bumblebee a ride to the Soviet relay facility in Russia.
Stratosphere was stationed in a base located in an icy ravine in Nepal, where he would receive the MechTech technology that was going to be sent to Optimus Prime. Air Raid gave the alert of a Decepticon approaching. Several jets deployed to take care of Starscream so Stratosphere could escape, although the Decepticon was fast enough to catch up with him again after dispatching his attackers.
Stratosphere attempted to shoot him down with a large anti-aircraft battery, but was powerless against the more maneuverable Starscream. After suffering damage to his fuel lines and one of his engine cowlings, he deployed the Aerialbots to fend Starscream off, but the Decepticon ace shot all of them down and pressed the attack.
Stratosphere was furious and engaged his Stealth Force mode to finish off Starscream for good. Starscream merely sneered, launching guided missiles to destroy Stratosphere's engines and cripple the craft. Stratosphere desperately informed Optimus that his engines were aflame and he was going down, only for the Autobot leader to grimly remind him that Starscream could not be allowed to take the MechTech weaponry.
Nevertheless, Starscream managed to blast his way into Stratosphere's cargo hold. After finishing off what few Autobots remained, he captured some MechTech guns and detonated the remaining ones to destroy Stratosphere from the inside.
As Starscream flew off and declared his victory, a flaming, exploding Stratosphere disappeared into the clouds below, ending the reign of Stratosphere in the skies.
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Trivia[]
- In terms of size, Stratosphere is the tallest Autobot shown in the live-action movie series to date to the point that other Autobots can fit inside him whilst in his cargo plane mode.
- In DOTM videogame prequel, Stratosphere never shown his robot mode but his stealth force mode was.