HIGHBROW
ALINEACIÓN: AUTOBOT
SUBGRUPO: HEADMASTER
COMPONENTE HUMANO: GORT
FUNCIÓN: ELECTRONIC WARFARE
PRIMERA APARICIÓN: HEADMASTERS N.°1
"War is the playground of the ignorant."
Personalidad:
Highbrow considers warfare a barbaric solution to
problems, worthy of only the most primitive sentient
creatures. He believes civilized folk should talk about
their differences, a talent for which he seemingly has an
endless capacity. Hardhead claims that Highbrow's voice
box burns enough fuel by itself to power all the Nebulan
Autobots for a year. Although that is doubtful, Highbrow
does talk a lot and uses a lot of words that nobody
understands. Even
Chromedome
often finds himself fruitlessly searching
through his extensive vocabulary. Highbrow considers
himself intellectually superior to the Nebulans and other
Autobots. They think he's a self-righteous snob.
Highbrow's biggest disappointment in life is that
circumstance has forced him to lower himself to
participate in the very activity he most loathes -
fighting.
Gort, Highbrow's Nebulan partner, is quite a contrast. He's a
cheerful young man with never an unkind word for anyone.
Spurred by concern for protecting his planet, he overcame
his working-class origins as a stable boy for an
exclusive Nebulan country club that catered to the
aristocracy to join the elite ranks of the Headmasters.
He is much admired by his comrades for his earnestness,
common sense and courage - except for Highbrow, who finds
it a humiliating, humbling experience to be binary-bonded
to such a commoner. Young women all over Nebulos are
attracted to the boyishly handsome hero, but Gort remains
steadfastly faithful to his long-time girlfriend, Marita.
Gort is the All-American boy of the Nebulan Autobot
Headmasters.
Habilidades:
In helicopter mode, Highbrow has twin three-bladed rotors
that enable him to lift up to 22,000 pounds of cargo,
and, with the help of two small vectored-thrust turbofan
engines, reach a maximum speed of 1200 mph. More
accurately, Highbrow's designation is a jet
helicopter. He's packed with equipment designed to
detect, monitor and record enemy communications;
target-indicating radar whose signals can be relayed to
ground stations; magnetic, infrared and audio sensors for
detecting enemy robots and vehicles; and a variety of
anti-detection systems to protect himself. His range is
800 miles. In robot mode, Highbrow uses two acid
rainmaker rifles, which shoot streams of highly corrosive
acid.
Debilidades:
Sometimes the thrust of Highbrow's jet engines overpower
his rotors, sending him spinning out of control when in
helicopter mode. Also, Highbrow's deep resentment of
being controlled by Gort makes him less than cooperative
at times.