>>10449696>This guy is actually a matrix templarHuh. I have no idea what that actually is, but it sounds awesome - I only vaguely remember tidbits about him from the bits and pieces of the Universe comics. Something about him being personally trained by Alpha Trion, having the ability to 'see into the Sparks' of others and making portals?
Also, reading up on it now, it seems that he was actually the second-in-command of the Maximals in general (or third-in-command. The only two who outranked him were Primal and Cheetor, and when Cheetor took command after Optimus died and had to run some errand for the Oracle, he apparently left Snarl in charge of the whole damn army). I never got to read all the prequel stuff to the Universe comics, so that was new to me - I had no idea he was actually an important character. Looks like I already had a bunch of the characters he's seen giving orders to, as well, so that's pretty neat - he's already got his own squad to command.
I really should look into digging up those old 3H comics again - it's been a long time, and I only ever read pieces of them (from before I even started collecting, at that!), so my knowledge is spotty at best.