History Fanfic / DriftCompatible

* JustAMachine / ItIsDehumanizing: Most of the soldiers outside of Unit E downplay or outright deny the Autobots' sentience, despite their name. Raf also uses 'it' to refer to the bots in the beginning, but, as it turns out, it's because he isn't sure whether to give them gendered pronouns.

* NumericalThemeNaming: See below.

* AdaptationalBadass: 90% of the human characters.
* AdaptationalVillainy: General Bryce. Although, he's less 'villain' and more just 'incredibly unpleasant'.

* HumongousMecha

* MechanicalLifeforms

* StuffBlowingUp

* YouAreNumberSix: All the mecha, both Autobots and Decepticons, are assigned a number. In particular, the Decepticons are the 'A-units' while the Autobots are the 'B-units'. The B-units' pilots are also sometimes referred to with the number of their mech, as it's their title.

* BackToBackBadasses
* BaldOfAwesome: Kevin, Bulkhead's pilot.

* CameBackWrong: Skyquake.

* ChekhovsGun: Multiple:
** Early on, Bumblebee's stolen communication module.
** The 'inhibitor' and the Dark-En are others that appear near the beginning.
** The keycard.
** Pilar's crowbar.
* ChekhovsGunman: Miko. It comes back to bite her.
** 07, 03, Raf and [[spoiler:Knock Out]] also assume this role at times.
* ChildProdigy: Raf, the GadgeteerGenius
* ConstantlyCurious: [[CheerfulChild Bumblebee.]]
* CreepyGood: The B-units to a degree, though their BlueAndOrangeMorality subverts this at times.
* CuteBruiser: Miko. Becomes a LightningBruiser while synched.

* {{Intangibility}}: Smokescreen's special ability. It does come with a TimeLimit though, [[spoiler: and it doesn't make him immune to everything, as he finds out the hard way when Knock Out hits him with his mistery weapon]].

* YouAreNumberSix: All the mecha, both Autobots and Decepticons, are assigned a number. In particular, the Decepticons are the 'A-units' while the Autobots are the 'B-units'. The B-units' pilots are also sometimes referred to with the number of their mech.

'''Miko''' (furiously): to my ''room''\\

* {{Intangibility}}: Smokescreen's special ability. It does come with a TimeLimit though, [[spoiler: and it doesn't make him immune to everything, as he finds out the hard way when Knock Out hits him with the Immobilizer]].

* {{Intangibility}}: Smokescreen's special ability. It does come with a TimeLimit, though [[spoiler: and it doesn't make him immune to everything, as he finds out the hard way when Knock Out hits him with the Immobilizer]].

* FourIsDeath: Averted: ironically, the only original pilot (aside from Jeff, who usually stays away from battles) that survives to see retirement is the 04 pilot, Kevin. Eight, on the other hand...

* AlasPoorVillain: You really feel sorry for Skyquake, especially seeing Dreadwing's reaction to his passing (buried alive).

* Intangibility: Smokescreen's special ability. It does come with a TimeLimit, though [[spoiler: and it doesn't make him immune to everything, as he finds out the hard way when Knock Out hits him with the Immobilizer]].

Lucky Seven: Smokescreen, aka B-07, is sometimes lucky to a ridiculous degree.

* NothingButSkinAndBone: It's shown that 03's Drift impression is this, as a reflection of his emotionally starved mental state.

* JustAMachine/ItIsDehumanizing: Most of the soldiers outside of Unit E downplay or outright deny the Autobots' sentience, despite their name. Raf also uses 'it' to refer to the bots in the beginning, but, as it turns out, it's because he isn't sure whether to give them gendered pronouns.

-->'''June''' Where are you going?\\
'''Miko''' (furiously) to my ''room''\\
** And she goes to Wheeljack's bay, which does in fact become her room in the very next chapter.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Miko, Jack and Smokescreen have all snuck aboard the Nemesis multiple times.

[[labelnote:'''June''' Where are you going?\\
'''Miko''' (furiously) to my ''room'']]\\
And she goes to Wheeljack's bay, which does in fact become her room in the very next chapter.

[[labelnote:'''June''': Where are you going?\\
'''Miko''' (furiously): To my ''room''!]]

[[labelnote: '''June''': Where are you going?\\
'''Miko''' (furiously): To my ''room''!]]\\

* CastFromHitpoints: Every time the mecha use their ranged weapons, they're drawing directly from the energon used to power their reactor, the physical embodiment of their soul.

* FighterMageThief: In the main trio, Miko is the Fighter, as she is the one most likely to engage the enemy head on, Raf is the Mage ([[MagicFromTechnology of the sciency kind]]), being able to sense mechs' fields and hack virtually anything hackable, and Jack is the Thief, choosing to fight enemies indirectly through wits and using his surroundings to his advantage. Their mecha reflect this: Smokescreen is an infiltrator, Wheeljack a brawler, and Word of God states that [[spoiler:Bumblebee, a scout, will become Raf's partner later on in the story.]]

!!''Stormbow'' provides examples of:

* ChildProdigy: Raf, the Gadgeteer Genius

''Drift Compatible'' is a FusionFic between Franchise/Transformers and Film/PacificRim, set in a universe roughly adiacent to the Prime continuity, where all the mecha are miniature transforming Jaegers that require a pilot to function correctly, either by transferring a human's consciousness directly into the mech or by {{Synchronization}}, and were initially built to defend the Earth against an alien invasion. However, since the first generation of robots (the Decepticons, known in-universe as the 'A-units') turn on humanity ForTheEvulz, they're forced to build some more robots to fight against ''them'', because clearly they didn't learn their lesson the first time.\\

* FighterMageThief: In the main trio, Miko is the Fighter, as she is the one most likely to engage the enemy head on, Raf is the Mage (of the sciency kind (Magic from Technology)), being able to sense mechs' fields and hack virtually anything hackable, and Jack is the Thief, choosing to fight enemies indirectly through wits and using his surroundings to his advantage. Their mecha reflect this: Smokescreen is an infiltrator, Wheeljack a brawler, and Word of God states that [[spoiler:Bumblebee, a scout, will become Raf's partner later on in the story.]]

* DoppelgängerGetsSameSentiment: The B-series mechs gain the voice of their first pilot and it never changes afterwards, even if said pilot dies. This is quite painful for the people who knew them, since they're reminded of them every time the mechs speak. In particular, you see Kevin, and to a lesser extent Jeff, sometimes treat Wheeljack and Optimus respectively like they're their first pilots for this reason.

** 07, 03, Raf and [[spoiler:Knockout]] also assume this role at times.

* Constantly Curious: [[CheerfulChild Bumblebee.]]

* AttentionDeficitOoohShiny!: Bumblebee suffers from this as a consequence of having too many visual sensors.

* AttentionDeficitOoohShiny: Bumblebee suffers from this as a consequence of having too many visual sensors.

''Drift Compatible'' is a FusionFic between Franchise/Transformers and Film/PacificRim, set in a universe roughly adiacent to the Prime continuity, where all the mecha are miniature transforming Jaegers that require a pilot to function correctly, either by transferring a human's consciousness directly into the mech or by {{Synchronization}}, and were initially built to defend the Earth against an alien invasion. However, since the first generation of robots (the Decepticons, known in-universe as the 'A-units') turn on humanity ForTheEvultz, they're forced to build some more robots to fight against ''them'', because clearly they didn't learn their lesson the first time.\\

The story can be read on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23331463/chapters/55889917 AO3]].\\