Storm the Albatross

"I'll make sure to pay you back for this!"

- Storm

Storm the Albatross (ストーム・ザ・アルバトロス) is a fictional anthropomorphic albatross from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. This 19-year-old, hulking albatross is the muscles of the Babylon Rogues and Jet's right hand man. Standing at a height of 140 cm (4ft 7in) and weighing 80kg (176.3lbs), Storm is an imposing sight and powerful force, capable of destroying just about anything. Despite being committed to his duties, Storm has a quick temper, and his clumsiness constantly succeeds in embarrassing himself and the other Rogues. He also tends to stutter whenever he becomes excited or when he's distressed. He is the rival of Knuckles the Echidna.

Storm is very loyal to Jet, and believes his loyalty is greater than anyone else. Because of this, he is always ready for an assignment. Storm's profile on "Sonic Channel" actually lists Jet as one of his "favorite things".

Sonic Riders
During the EX World Grand Prix, Storm loses to Knuckles at the Egg Factory. This defeat is compounded by the fact that just before the match they both tried to fight each other (even though they both end up hitting one of Eggman's race robots during the struggle). Later, under orders from Jet, Storm discovers a page of Dr. Eggman's diary stating that Eggman had deceived the Rogues into believing the treasure within Babylon Garden was a gem.

Storm uses Type-S Extreme Gear, which is capable of keeping balance when smashing through obstacles. However, he seems to be the least skilled of the Rogues in Sonic Riders because of the following: Knuckles easily knocks him off his board in the introduction, Wave telling him his skills just suck after losing to Knuckles and he falls off his board when meeting Jet and Wave after stealing Eggman's diary entry.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, the Babylon Rouges were at the Gigan Rocks, examining an Ark of the Cosmos while Jet deactivates a trap by inputing various keys on the altar. After Jet snatched the stone, shooting stars appeared in the sky. As Wave began wishing, Storm asks what she was doing and she responded that she is making a wish. Storm laughed, telling her to 'grow up' and expecting Jet to agree but he too was making a wish which quietened down Storm a bit. As Storm was about to make a wish, one of the shooting stars created some sort of impact which caused the ground to shake which activated the trap causing the boulders overhead to drop onto the Babylon Rogues. Just about when all is lost, the Ark of the Cosmos in Jet's hand activates its gravitational powers (unknowingly to the Babylon Rouges) and quickly fled away from the ruins.

Later on in MeteorTech's main office, the Babylon Rouges crossed paths with Team Heroes. Storm was then seen chasing after Amy when he saw that she possessed an Ark of the Cosmos. Amy was separated from Sonic, Tails and Knuckles because of Storm attempting to take the Ark of the Cosmos from her. However, Storm couldn't catch up to her speed as they ran through Aquatic Capital. He tells her to slow down a bit. She did stop and threw her Ark of the Cosmos at his face. Amy blames him for separating her from Sonic. Storm is then forced to help Amy find the exit out of the water city, in exchange for her giving him the Ark of the Cosmos. A MeteorTech robot tried to attack Storm and Amy but somehow it exploded; inside it was one of the Arks of the Cosmos, Storm gets excited and takes both the Ark of the Cosmos and leaves Amy behind, which angers her even more, and he heads back to the ship.

Sonic Free Riders
Storm doesn't do much in the game. He shows the same loyalty towards Jet. Unlike the others, he doesn't underestimate his opponents, and rather approves of the skills of Team Dark.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Series
Though he was not seen himself, a costume of him is seen. This costume makes the Mii's stats alter like all other costumes (excluding the Mario costume since both stats are the same). This costume can be bought using 10 blank cards.

Physical appearance
Storm has a gray-feathered, bulky and lean body with flame-shaped highlights of a darker shade of gray on his wrists, jagged, golden yellow beak with two nostril pits, beady blue eyes with black shading (possibly sclera) surrounding them and red bordering at the edges, three erected spikes of feathers of sticking out from the back of his head, tipped in a darker shade of gray, a very large portion of his torso and abdomen covered by an area of tufted white down feathers that extend to his back and a small, slightly bent bunch of feathers tipped in a darker shade of gray that serve as Storm's tail. He wears tan gloves with large, sock-like cuffs fastened with a dark gray hoop made of metal, black sneakers with white and yellow stripe accented, reinforced by durable gray rubber soles, white socks, small beige goggles with clear lenses, a necklace of obvious tribal design of some sort that is consisted of two strings of brown thread made of material and three pieces of gray metal strung on both threads and a neon pink ring-like object on one of his fingers that allows him to manipulate gravity.

Powers and Abilities
Storm is the strongest member of the Babylon Rogues. He, like the rest of his team, is a specialist at using Extreme Gear, and often uses his brute strength to knock down other racers.

Attacks
Hand Clap: Storm claps both of his huge, gloved hands in his opponents' faces in order to shock an opponent, stall them and inflict damage.

Hand Slap: Storm punches opponents away from him, knocking them off balance and inflicting damage and slowdown.

Hammer Punch: Storm follows through with a powerful punch upon unsuspecting opponents, stunning them and causing damage and considerable slow-down.

Archie Comics
In the Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and spin-offs, Storm was a member of the Battle Bird Armada, but was put in brig for beating up a superior officer. He was eventually freed by Jet the Hawk, alongside Wave the Swallow and together they formed the Babylon Rogues and intended to obtain glory by finding the fable Babylon Garden before the Battle Bird Armada.

After deflecting from the Battle Bird Armada, Storm and his team were employed by Dr. Eggman to defeat Sonic the Hedgehog, but failed. Following that, Storm and his team attempted to steal one of the Sol Emeralds when it showed up on Mobius, but were forced to retreat by Wave. Eventually, Storm and his team discovered the means of finding Babylon Garden, but were forced to rejoin the Battle Bird Armada. After finding Babylon Garden, Storm and his allies were stopped in their efforts by Sonic, who destroyed Babylon Garden.

Jet the Hawk
Storm greatly respects his leader, Jet and refers to him as "Boss". He will do anything to serve him and will always try to accomplish any mission given by him. In the Sonic Channel bio, it is mentioned that Jet is one of his favorite things.

Wave the Swallow
The two seem to get into small arguments, in Sonic Riders. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Storm was making fun of Wave as she was wishing upon a shooting star as he thought that it was childish to think that a shooting star can grant a wish. In Sonic Free Riders, Wave insulted Storm's skills in Extreme Gear, this disheartened Storm, and after that, the two have not talked to each other.

Knuckles the Echidna
When Storm and Knuckles met, Knuckles punched Storm really hard, which caused Storm to fall from his board. Apparently, this was because Storm was stealing at the time. Ever since then, the two have been rivaled for who's a stronger man. When Storm lost against Knuckles in the World Grand Prix, he falsely accused him of having cheated. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity the two showed a spark of anger when they saw each other again. Knuckles thinks of him as a "meathead" and Storm wants to settle the score causing great tension between the two.

Friends/Allies

 * Jet the Hawk
 * Wave the Swallow

Rivals

 * Knuckles the Echidna (Arch-rival)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Amy Rose
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Cream the Rabbit
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Silver the Hedgehog

Sonic Riders

 * " Well, uh, egg-head, egg-salad... no..." When Storm is informing Jet that Dr. Eggman would like to talk to him.
 * "He told me he has an interesting proposition for you." Storm continuing to inform about Eggman wanting to talk to Jet.
 * "I hope your ready for this!"* Before starting a race in.
 * "Uh-uh! If you get your greasy little hands on this, you'll probably use it in some crazy experiment of yours." Storm snatching the Jet's cube out of Wave's reach when she tried to grab for it.
 * "You always say you ONLY want this or that! Remember the teachings of our ancestors: 'Be careful what you ask for. Ultimately you'll only get three true wishes.'" When Wave tries to examine Jet's cube.
 * "Boss...T-the red dude beat me in a race..." Storm telling Jet that he lost against Knuckles in a race.
 * "Boss.. It wasn't my fault! H-he must have cheated. That's it. He must've used some special type of Gear!" Storm implying that Knuckles rode a special Gear to beat Storm.
 * "Su-Suck?!" When Wave was telling Storm his skills on an Extreme Gear 'sucks' .
 * "Ah man, I guess it's not a gem after all." Storm realizing that Eggman tricked the Babylon Rogues that the treasure of Babylon Garden was a gem.
 * "Ha ha ha, victory is mine!"*-  After winning a race.
 * "Hey, I wanted to say that!" Storm when Wave suggested to split away from Team Heroes.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

 * "Oops, can't let you by until you hand over that stone, little lady!" Storm telling Amy to hand over the Ark of the Cosmos that she grabbed from their hands.
 * "We're here to settle the score from last time!" After meeting up with Sonic and the others in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "See ya!" Storm in attack mode in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "C-crystal clear, ma'am, sir!" After Amy ordered him to help her find the way back after he chased her through Aquatic Capital in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.!"
 * "Let's go!" Before doing a Gravity Dive in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Sorry, boss!" - Storm hurrying to Jet.

Sonic Free Riders

 * "It's finally time we settle this food! Er, I mean 'fued'?... Yeah, that."-Storm in Team Heroes story mode in Sonic Free Riders before the first race in Forgotten Tomb.
 * "Well it ain't the boss's fault! If he says he lost 'cause of you, it's 'cause of you!" Storm jumping into the conclusion of accusing Wave's fault for losing the second race in Team Heroes' story mode.
 * "Jet the Hawk, leader of the Babylon Rouges, is at the top of his game every day of the week!"- Storm in response to Omochao when he interviewed them before the race.
 * "I'll smash anyone who talks down to the boss!"- Storm in response to Rouge claiming that Team Babylon's first win was a fluke.
 * "You were pretty tough out there, too! (...) Hey, I'm bein' nice here! Least you could do is say something"-Storm trying to compliment E-10000B after winning the first race.
 * "You mockin' me?! You're askin' for it, robot!"- Storm believing that E-10000B is attempting to make fun of him.
 * "Hah, hah, hah! This guy's so broke he's gotta race to make ends meet!"- Storm in response to Vector wanting the cash prize.
 * "And I'm gonna teach that red guy some manners!"-Storm in rivalry with Knuckles.
 * "The boss doesn't need dirty tricks to win this. He's got it in the bag!"- Storm in agreement with Jet that he wants to win fair.
 * "Hey, nobody talks thrash about the boss' wins! That was SKILL, not luck!"- Storm in response to Sonic saying that Jet was lucky to have won their race.
 * "Woo hoo! Go Team Babylon!" - Storm cheering for his team when they win the Grand Prix.
 * "A challenge'd be nice!"- Storm in response to Knuckles regarding a different outcome should the two teams race again.
 * "I bet they're here to collect the prize of "Participation"."- Storm taunting Team Dark in their story mode.
 * "Hey, she's making fun of us!"- Storm in response to Rouge's comment regarding the Babylon Rouges expectations of high level racing.
 * "Who asked you?! (Bang!) Gaah-ha-ha! His head's like a brick." Storm being attacked by E-10000B in Team Dark's story mode.
 * "The biggest kid in kindergarten!"- Storm taunting Team Rose in their story.
 * "Time to show 'em what the Babylon Rouges can really do!" Storm motivating the rest of the Babylon Rouges before the next race against Team Rose in their story mode.
 * "That, or maybe they had GOOD luck." Storm either in agreement of Wave's statement of the Babylon Rouges loss was misfortune against Team Rose or the latter had the inverse.

Trivia

 * He has a cameo as Bocoe's stuffed doll on the cover of Sonic X issue 15.
 * Despite being said to be very strong, Storm appears to be a great infiltrator, as he was able to steal Eggman's diary in Sonic Riders.
 * A running joke used a few times throughout Sonic Riders is that Storm tends to accidentally startle others. For instance, when he runs into Jet's office without warning, Jet, in a comical fashion, accidentally falls from his chair in surprise.
 * Storm appears as a cameo in Speed Highway in Sonic Generations.
 * Storm's 2D art shows him with nostrils, but his 3D art doesn't.