Dirge (Descent into Evil)



Dirge is one of the last surviving Insecticons_(G1) in the Beast Wars era. He was originally one of their primary commanders, and is fanatically loyal to the Decepticons. He possesses an array of combat abilities, from acid-secreting claws to an incapacitiating sonic screech, but his greatest asset is his tactical knowledge.

Long after the Insecticon clan had dispersed, Dirge and Buzzclaw were recruited by Deathsaurus to serve as the basis for a new army of Insecticon Virulent Clones. Deathsaurus established a research center on [Ceti Alpha Seven, where he unlocked the pair's long-dormant cloning abilities. When the Autobots discovered the facility and sent a team to destroy it, Dirge led an ambush against them. Although the Decepticons won that battle, the arrival of reinforcements ultimately led to an Autobot victory, with the cloning center destroyed and the clones' genetic matrices poisoned. Dirge's final fate remains unrevealed.