known as Megatron gathered a crew of like-minded individuals. While Waspinator and Terrorsaur stole a ship, Megatron, Dinobot, and Scorponok stole the Golden Disk, battling the guards and destroying one, disabling a second, and leaving a third to commandeer a ship to pursue them. Picked up by their ship, they fled and were pursued by two ships - one of which was the Axalon commanded by Optimus Primal, the other the Chromia 10. With a little help from Laserbeak and Buzzsaw (secretly sent by Divebomb to ensure Megatron's plan to change history succeeded) they destroyed one of their pursuers, and the newly christened Darksyde fled into transwarp space, with the Axalon in pursuit - thus beginning the Beast Wars. Scorponok's pre-Beast Wars mode seems to be based on Energon Scorponok, but no actual toy was created for this character. Animated series Scorponok was promoted to second-in-command of the Predacons after forcibly (and literally) ejecting Dinobot from the group, and acted as Megatron's right hand in the first season of the Beast Wars. To survive on the energon-filled planet, he scanned a scorpion as his beast mode. Scorponok was portrayed as a dangerous combination known as "a thug with a brain". Acting as infantry and a powerful enemy, he also displayed above-average scientific knowledge with an emphasis on chemistry. Although he brutishly shot his barrage of missiles like a "thug", his missiles would more often than not be enhanced via chemical experimentation and inventions. Scorponok has sufficient knowledge about Transformer anatomy and physiology that he was able to completely rebuild Megatron piece by piece after being destroyed by Terrorsaur. His inventions include the Mega Missile, Vibro Rocket, Surveillance Cyber Bee, Mood-Manipulating Cyber Bee, and Cyber Sting fluid. Although he was an inventor, he was largely overshadowed by his comrades' scientific prowess, as well as the fact that most, if not all, of Scorponok's creations didn't work or had some obvious flaw in their design. Scorponok had several important roles in season one, such as finding an old Predacon cannon (which he almost lost to Cheetor). He then tried to infect Optimus Primal with a virus that was supposed to make him a coward, but instead made him a berserker. He was partners with Blackarachnia, who betrayed him twice. Scorponok also didn't get along with Terrorsaur because Terrorsaur always wanted to usurp Megatron. Throughout season one, Scorponok's faith in Megatron was unmatched,