Nightra

Nightra is an Autobot from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

But she has such a trustworthy face!

Nightra is a former cadet at the Kaon Police Academy, where she was a classmate and unlikely friend of Strongarm. Where Strongarm is uptight, serious, and very by-the-book, Nightra is carefree, constantly joking, and seemingly always up to something she probably shouldn't be. But the two stuck together and their competitive natures drove each other to try harder.

However, Nightra's attitude has gotten her in trouble, a lot. And her independent streak has, in the end, led her down a dark path.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Lori Petty (English), Beatrice Caggiula (Italian), Pascaline Crevecoeur (French), Mia Diekow (German), Mariana Ortiz (Latin-American Spanish), Joanna Węgrzynowska (Polish)

Nightra and Strongarm were best friends and cadets at the Kaon Police Academy where on one occasion, they were caught by Dropforge drag-racing in the Hall of Studies. On another occasion, they attempted to arrest a Wrecker for speeding, resulting in him damaging Nightra's Autobot insignia and identity signal. After Nightra was caught with a keyfile for one of their exams, she tried to get Strongarm to take the blame, but Strongarm refused to lie under questioning by the Academy's Proctors, resulting in Nightra's expulsion. After this, Nightra turned to a life of crime until she found herself being pursued by the bounty hunter Blastwave. Stealing his Light Bender and bounty hunter ID badge, she fled to Earth.

Nightra entered the Autobots' base through their GroundBridge, using the Light Bender to make herself invisible. After revealing herself to Strongarm and her team, she was invited onto the morning patrol after scanning Strongarm's alt-mode. She used the ID badge to pass herself off as a bounty hunter, and claimed that Blastwave was one of her bounties who had escaped and was now looking for her. The Autobots agreed to protect her, but it didn't take long for Blastwave to appear, causing Nightra to flee. Catching up with her, the Autobots attempted to take her somewhere private, but Blastwave appeared once again and grabbed Nightra, disappearing through a portal to his ship. After Strongarm and her team made it onto the ship as well, Nightra fled to the bridge with Strongarm following. After noticing her sealing off the cargo bay and preparing to jettison it, Strongarm realized what Nightra really was, but she took the control chip to disable the console and used the Light Bender's decoy function to throw Strongarm off. However, Strongarm managed to shoot out the bridge lights to make Nightra's illusions disappear, allowing her to slap stasis cuffs on her and hand her to Blastwave. Guilty As Charged

Notes

• The synopsis for "Guilty as Charged" released through TV listings services referred to Nightra as "Chicane", presumably an early working name for the character. While usually referring to an artificial S-curve in a road or racing circuit, "chicane" derives from the same French root as "chicanery", chicaner, which can be translated as "to prevent justice"... which may have been considered a bit too on-the-nose, given Nightra's character.
• Nightra's character model is an altered version of Strongarm's. How fitting.

Gallery

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  Cybertronian robot mode

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  Earth vehicle mode