"It's so cold...my processor is running at peak efficiency."

Ardurian rocs are the dominant species of the planet Arduria. Like the mythological rocs of Earth, they are avian creatures, but that is where the similarities end: the rocs of Arduria are sapient, mechanical humanoids, not dissimilar from Cybertronians, who view them as "estranged cousins" of their race and do not trust them. Known for being extremely watchful, the rocs communicate via radio waves and dwell in floating aeries.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

The Regenesis missile launched by Shockwave that contained Ore-6 landed on Arduria, unexpectedly resulting the a massive loss of planetary heat that caused the native rocs to die off in massive numbers. A small number of survivors huddled beneath the planet's surface, but one remained up top, confident that someone would come to save them. A visitor from Cybertron brought hope to this dying roc... until it turned out to be Shockwave himself, who ended the rocs' suffering by granting them the embrace of the grave. Syndromica (1)

When Nightbeat asked Hardhead to accompany him to Gorlam Prime, Nightbeat told his comrade to watch him like an Ardurian roc in case he turned out to be a sleeper agent. Spotlight: Hardhead

500,000 years after Shockwave's visit, Orion Pax's team touched down on Arduria while retracing the scientist's steps and found the corpses of the rocs. Syndromica (1)

Six years later, the corpses of the rocs were absorbed into Unicron when the Chaos Bringer consumed their planet. Last Stand

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Rocs (ロックス Rokkusu)

External links

• Roc at Wikipedia