Shrapnel is the quiet type, preferring to let his work speak for him. As leader of the Earth-based Insecticons, he is always at the center of a massive web of information, monitoring electronic communications and passing intercepted information off to his fellow Insecticons. He is a master hacker, and there are few systems, Cybertronian or otherwise, into which he cannot crack. He especially loves to infected enemy computers with dormant viruses that he can activate at just the right time to disable a chain-reaction of vital network components. All in a day's work for the Insecticon's shadow cyber-warrior.