Evac (Cybertron)


 * Evac is an Autobot from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Evac is dedicated to protecting life. Charged with guarding Earth's Cyber Planet Key untold centuries ago, Evac has watched humankind grow and evolve, and does what he can to help them while maintaining the existance of the Cybertron race a secret from them. It's a balancing act, but one he gets a real kick out of. He's tough but fair, steadfast but never overly rigid, and never panics.

Evac and Crosswise are old friends, having hunted down the rogue Ancient Decepticons for the duration of their stay on Earth.


 * Japanese name: Live Convoy

Cybertron

 * Evac (Voyager-Class, 2005)
 * Japanese ID number: GC-18


 * Evac transforms into a rescue helicopter of undetermined model. His rotor blades spin using a geared push-button, which becomes a spinning-blade weapon mounted on his robot mode's left arm.  He has an adjustable tow-hook on a string, which retracts with the push of a button: this gimmick ends up on his right robot-mode arm.  Inserting a Cyber Planet Key into his back end (backpack in robot mode) swings around a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers.


 * He came with a gold-bordered Earth-style Cyber Planet Key; the Hasbro release has the Key Code "v49u" on the back.


 * In 2006, Target stores got special exclusive versions of the current Voyager-Class toys (Evac, Leobreaker and Mudflap) with a pair of bonus Mini-Cons. Evac came with Razorclaw and Steamhammer.


 * Evac (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)


 * This miniature version of the Evac toy came out in the second Legends of Cybertron assortment, when the line was still mainly released at "market six" stores. Interestingly enough, this version hit US store shelves before the larger one did!


 * This mold was used to make Classics Whirl.

Trivia

 * According to Aaron Archer, Evac was originally going to be a more sci-fi-style helicopter.


 * Development sketches shown on the BotCon 2005 exclusive version of IDW's Infiltration Issue #0 shows that some weapon ideas that were dropped for Evac was a pair of tow-hooks that would detach to become "Martial Arts Chain Whips", and making his rotor blades into a hand-held sword.