Bridge

Bridge is an Zapbots Legend from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Era: 2022 "Now where did I place my psonic screwdriver?"

Bridge is the top scientist from Ancient Gearatron and he is more than happy to tell you about it 'over and over' again. With over 1000 patents he has dedicated his life's work to discover the mysteries of the universe. He has no time for pleasure as the secrets of physics and science await. He is the creator of the Ancient Gearatron Device and also built the device that sent the Zapbot Matrix of Leadership to Earth to discover Anthony. Many years later he became a father figure to Geo/Shane.

• Quote: "Would you like to try my latest creation?"
• Transformation: Ancient Gearatron Jet
• Weapons: None
• Special Weapons: None
• Shields: 2 Hours
• Speed: 70 mph
• Armor: Light 2 Inches
• Communications: Ancient Zapbot Telecom
• Target/Tracking: Short Range Scanners
• Weakness: Not a fighter
• Transformer Inspiration: Alpha Trion
• Star Trek Inspiration: None
• Family: None

Fiction

Original Series

Zapbots the Beginning

Millions of years before the present day, The Ancient Zapbots Bridge, Lighting and Knife sent the Matrix of Leadership out to find a new holder to reconstruct the Zapbots race as the Junkicons were just about to destroy the last of them on Ancient Gearatron.

Robot Trek V

Shortstop and his crew travel back in time to try and find an ancient code to deactivate the Ancient Gearatron Device from destroying Gearatron. They meet Bridge who is building the device. Bridge deduces that the visitors are up to no good when Boaty mentions something about the synthetic components of the device. Lighting and Knife attempt to stop Shortstop and his crew from grabbing the codes the Modern Zapbots abilities overpower the ancient Zapbots security guards. As Shortstop's crew attempt to escape back to the future the Ancient Zapbots give chase but are disabled due to the cloaking technology of the stolen Nonocons ship.

Epilogue

When the Fortress Misslemax crew venture into a wormhole they discover the Ancient Zapbots who crashed landed on a planet with a human boy Shane and raised him to become a Headmaster Geo. The Ancient Zapbots help the Modern Zapbots repair their ships when the Gongos attack as they return to Earth space.

The Fall and Rebirth of Gearatron

Bridge, Lighting and Knife join Ultra Attack's team as they head down into the depths of Gearatron to fix the transformation cog.

Behind the Scenes

Only about thirty years later did I finally get a chance to draw this guy. I've had these guys in my head for a while, and obviously wrote them as characters in the stories, but never really fleshed them out... till now.