Scraplets

Scraplets are alleged to be the deadliest disease known to mechanical lifeforms in the entire galaxy. It is a complicated form of alien parasite, which lives solely to eat, reproduce, and eat some more. Scraplets have evolved to resemble pink and blue nuts and bolts, washers and screws. However, when brought into contact with mechanical life, Scraplets instantly and painfully embed themselves into the skin of said creature and rapidly begin to self-replicate. The living metal around a Scraplet quickly corrodes, decaying and cracking away as the embedded Scraplet feasts. This process is painful and inevitably fatal for the infected robot. In a matter of hours, a single Scraplet can reproduce enough to completely infest an average-sized Cybertronian to the point of physical breakdown. A while ago, a meteor landed on Earth with chunks of iron ore all around. Unfortunately, this meteor also housed Scraplets, which began eating at the natural metals in the impact crater. They would only be discovered several years later, when Boulder led a class of Rescue Bot recruits on a field trip to the crater. Later on,the recruits raised and trained 5 scraplets at the Academy.

Known Scraplets:

Snappy

Giggles

Basher

Squeaker