Big Convoy

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Big Convoy is the name of a Maximal in the fictional Transformers universes.

Big Convoy
Transformers character

Affiliation	Maximal
Sub-Group	Convoys Ultra Beasts
Function	Maximal Supreme Commander
Motto	"I am a one-man army!"
Alternate Modes	Woolly Mammoth
Series	Beast Wars Neo
Voiced by	Junichi Inoue (Japanese)

1 Beast Wars Neo

[edit] Beast Wars Neo

[edit] Animated series

In the Japanese television series Beast Wars Neo, Big Convoy (also known as the "One Man's Army") is the leader of a squad of Cybertrons. He transforms into a woolly mammoth. Big Convoy was selected by the Convoy Council to become the new leader of a group of rookie Maximals. Originally he resented the idea of being a leader because of his reputation of being a loner; however, Vector Sigma gave him the order and he could not refuse. He then began training the rookies.

While Big Convoy was a great warrior, as a leader he did not have the compassion and wisdom of his predecessors, such as Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal and Leo Prime. Over the course of the series Big Convoy becomes more leader-like due to the influence of the Matrix, and begins quoting wise proverbs and giving uncharacteristic advice to his teammates at the end of battles.

Originally dispatched to discover the fate of Leo Prime (stranded in a wormhole at the end of Beast Wars 2), Convoy was followed by Magmatron, a Predacon general with whom Convoy had a rivalry; however, the two also had a warrior's respect for each other. When Convoy learned of the existence of the Angolmois energy the two forces battled frequently to obtain the precious capsules.

Events took a turn for the worse after the two sides obtained all the Energy capsules. They were subsequently attacked by the Blendtrons, an immensely powerful trio of Transformers. Even a temporary alliance of the Maximals and Predacons was not enough to stop them and the three stole all the capsules. It was at this point the true nature of Angolmois energy was revealed - it was the lifeforce of Unicron himself, released after his defeat in The Transformers: The Movie. Using the corpse of Magmatron's predecessor Galvatron as a vessel, the Chaos-Bringer was resurrected, and began to journey towards Cybertron. Racing to stop him, the Maximals were trapped when Unicron marooned them inside a wormhole - where they met Convoy's predecessor Leo Prime. Prime explained Unicron's nature and helped them escape. By the time they reached Cybertron Unicron had already demolished the planet's defences and taken over Vector Sigma, intending to make Cybertron his new body. Luring Unicron into battle, the Maximals, aided, surprisingly, by the escaped Leo Prime, Magmatron and his Predacons, managed to delay Unicron long enough for Convoy to use the power of the Matrix to charge his weapon into the Matrix Buster. The cannon blasted Unicron, seemingly destroying him for good. With the threat of Unicron eliminated Big Convoy joined with Magmatron to usher in a new era of peace of Cybertron.

[edit] Dreamwave Productions

Big Convoy would make an unusual appearance in Dreamwave's Transformers: Armada series. With Optimus Prime having disappeared to an alternate dimension devastated by Unicron, the Autobots attempted to find their leader. As Jetfire attempted to locate him through Spacebridge links to other dimensions, one of these clearly shows Big Convoy.

[edit] IDW Publishing

He also made an appearance in IDW Publishing's Beast Wars: The Gathering miniseries in flashback, shown to sit on the Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs alongside Magmatron. He seemed to have a Cybertronian alternate mode, not an organic one.