Zod (Challenge of the GoBots)

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The Renegade Zod.

Zod is a robotic cartoon villain who features in the Challenge of the GoBots.

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Biography

Zod were a series of Gobots from the planet Gobotron that came to be allied to the Rengades.

He remained in the last Renegade stronghold on GoBotron when the Guardians initiated their attack. Fitor requested the use of Zod to aid in the defence but Cy-Kill refused as he stated he had need of him undamaged for his mission on Earth. When Cy-Kill reached Earth, he received a report from Fitor through the Astrobeam where his lieutenant once more asked for the use of Zod as their forces on GoBotron were losing. Cy-Kill once more refused and ordered Zod deployed to Earth where he was launched in a capsule towards to the human homeworld. The pod later landed on the Eastern bloc island of Stovilvoi where he supported the Renegades by dispersing the Russian soldiers at the base. He later forced the Guardians on a retreat where Cy-Kill forced Leader-1's team to escape into an ice cave. Cy-Kill later threw in an unstable shard of Sorium into the cave and had Zod belt the entrance in order to seal the Guardian's doom. Once done, he went underwater to travel to the mainland with the rest of the Renegades. Cy-Kill later dominated Earth through the use of the Sorium powered Pulsar Generator that made mankind subservient to his will. With them under his command, he had them work tirelessly in creating an entire legion of Zod's that he intended to deploy to conquer Gobotron. During this time, Leader-1's Guardian forces managed to evade capture where they struck at the assembly line where the Zod's were being brought together for deployment. Cy-Kill later in a rage had the captured Leader-1 dropped before Zod in order to be eaten but the Guardian was given a chance by the assistance of Scooter and Turbo where he went into a trash compactor. Zod pursued him but his head went before one of the heavy machinery where it got crashed. As a result, Zod was defeated and collapsed where Turbo used the giant GoBots power systems to energize the weakened Leader-1 who would have died without any energy transplanted into him. Unaware of this development, Cy-Kill prepared for the launch of his Zod armada when the Cheyenne Mountain facility came under attack from the Guardians and their human allies. Despite their attack, the Zod attack fleet was launched and headed towards Gobotron but Leader-1 managed to destroy the armada by teleporting the unstable Sorium in its flight path in deep space through the use of the Astrobeam. As a result, the Zod fleet was destroyed and the Renegade plan to conquer Gobotron was thwarted.

A number of Zod's were stationed on the secret Renegade mining outpost on a world in the Vega system. This facility was used to mine an ore with the native alien populace being forced into slavery. The Guardians arrived to combat Cy-Kill and in the resultant battle a chain reaction led to the ore becoming unstable where it exploded killing the Zod's though the Renegades managed to escape onboard a Thruster.

On several occasions the Renegades were able to call on a Zod, or occasionally small groups of them - though presumably never enough to mount another invasion. Four were deployed as security at the Renegades' varium mining operation on a planet in the Vega system, where they were again waiting for the Command Center, thanks to the Renegades being warned by the spy Snoop. As such Leader-1, Turbo and Small Foot were all captured. Scooter escaped and used a hologram of Zod to infiltrate the mines, freeing his friends. The Guardians escaped, triggering a chain reaction that destroyed the planet. While Cy-Kill, Scorp and Screw Head were able to get clear on a Thruster it is not known if the Zods managed to do the same. Probably not, though. Zods were still used as guards for other Renegade projects - though not to protect the hoards of captured Guardians on the Moon of Shadows. However, Cy-Kill only remembered this titbit after Scooter had used a hologram of Zod to scatter the Renegade forces. Cy-Kill called up a trio of Zods for his plans on Tri-Ceti, where a forcefield boosted by the Tramulet prevented the Guardians from attacking. Faced with defeat, the native Trindles decided to blow up their planet in an attempt to destroy the Renegades. While Cy-Kill, Crasher, Cop-Tur and probably Destroyer made it off the planet in a Thruster first but there was no sign of the Zods getting away. The Renegades then tried to build an updated version named Ultra Zod but it was destroyed by the Guardians. As a result, it was a standard Zod that was later called in to combat the mutated dinosaur Ichigar, stalemating the beast long enough for Cy-Kill's hypnosis powers to take hold and have it follow Renegade commands. Zod was later used again on Earth to wreck a satellite tracking station, and when the Guardians arrived he shot down Leader-1 and menaced him. However the arrival of the powerful alien Alaric changed the battle, as he first deflected Zod's fire breath away and then simply levitated the monster over and onto Cy-Kill. The Gift When trapped on Level 17, Leader-1 and Turbo faced off against a wild Zod.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Zod set loose.

In appearance, Zod was perhaps among the most inhuman in form among the Renegades where he resembled a terrifying beast that towered over other Gobots.

He commanded such fear even among the Renegades who moved quickly out of his path when hearing his monstrous roars. Such was his power that Scooter even with a Guardian Command Centre felt that an attack on him would simply make Zod angry. As a result, he moved the Command Centre to retreat rather than face the terrifying Renegade. He was not above consuming GoBots that stood before him. It was his savage and bestial nature that made him one one of Cy-Kill's most powerful weapons.

Powers and abilities

Zod as a mechanical being who was a giant, even amongst his fellow Gobots.

Zod could generate powerful blasts from flames from his mouth that could wound or destroy targets in his path. He was shown to ingest metal and occupied region of scrap that he devoured. In addition, he had a thruster on his lower section that gave him the capacity of flight and he could journey into space on his own power allowing him to make the journey between Earth and Gobotron.

A weakness in Zod was a cluster of sensitive circuits on the lower section of his abdomen. Through a precise strike, an enemy was able to paralyse Zod for a time should that region be exposed.

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Appearances

  • Challenge of the GoBots:

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