Dynamo has the ability to tap into a planet's energies and release them in the form of semi-directed energy blasts through his hands. He also appears to be able to use this energy to propell himself through the air.
Rapture has the ability to psionically cause her subject to enter a state similar to dreaming. During this, the victim will appear to be distracted and unresponsive, but in reality, is mentally caught up in a fantasy. The subject of the fantasy is, apparently, not of Rapture's choosing, but is based on the subject's own desires, particularly at the time. There are limits to her abilities, however. She is able to fly using a flight suit provided by Blackrock.
Thunderpunch has the ability to enlarge his hands and feet to suit the task at hand, and is also apparently endowed with superhuman strength and resistance to injury. His strength is such that it is enough to hurt a Transformer, but is not on the level of Scorponok. He is outfitted with a helmet and body armor provided by Blackrock.
See Circuit Breaker for information on her abilities.
To replace the defunct R.A.A.T., G.B. Blackrock decided to gather together several superpowered humans to fight the Decepticons. Rapture and Thunderpunch were the first to be taken in by Blackrock, and they joined up without much argument. Dynamo, however, was being pursued by both Circuit Breaker and Starscream. All three parties, it seemed, wanted Dynamo to join their forces, though it is uncertain if Starscream's offer was sincere. Dynamo eventually accepted Blackrock's offer, and after some hesitation, so did Circuit Breaker. Starscream was taken out of commission by the humans before they left.
When Shockwave and Starscream gathered together a small group of Decepticons and tried to kill Scorponok, the resulting civil war quickly got out of control and threatened to level New York in the process. In desperation, the president of the United States called Blackrock and asked for the assistance of his Neo-Knights, as he now called the group. Blackrock agreed.
Together, the Neo-Knights managed to injure Scorponok, but Circuit Breaker began to go berserk and attacked Optimus Prime and Nightbeat, who was knocked unconscious. Blackrock found himself unable to stop her, and the other Neo-Knights were unwilling to turn on one of their own. But when Blackrock recognized Shockwave amongst the Transformers, he called Circuit Breaker's attention to him. Seeing the opportunity to get revenge on the robot responsible for her crippling injuries, she immediately hit him with every last bit of energy she had stored in her suit. Shockwave was damaged and forced to crash-land, but was otherwise alright. Circuit Breaker fell into Thunderpunch's arms.
The Neo-Knights regrouped at the helicopter they came in on. However, the body of Nightbeat was in contact with the helicopter, so when Primus teleported the Transformers to Cybertron, the Neo-Knights were accidentally transported there as well. Despite the pleas from both Blackrock and Optimus, Primus seemed unconcerned that he had made such a mistake, and made no effort to correct it. Circuit Breaker, meanwhile, had gone into a psychosis caused by the nightmare of being on a planet populated entirely by the robots she both hated and feared.
Unicron attacked soon after, and the Neo-Knights were caught in the struggle. Thunderpunch attacked Unicron, but not surprisingly, was all but ignored. Dynamo had incredible difficultly tapping into the energies of Cybertron. Rapture found Unicron's mind to be too vast and powerful for her to control. And Circuit Breaker found herself unable to do anything.
Eventually, the Neo-Knights were able to distract Unicron long enough for Optimus to plunge into Unicron with the Matrix, thus destroying both of them. With Optimus dead, and Circuit Breaker practically in a coma, the Neo-Knights found themselves without any representation among the Autobots, and were treated for the most part as luggage. They were soon joined by Hi-Q, who had left Prime before his death, but was now convinced he was Optimus. Hi-Q managed to convince Blackrock to help him try to save Cybertron, which was apparently self-destructing.
With the Autobots all gone from the planet in pursuit of the Decepticons, the Neo-Knights aided Hi-Q in his search for the Last Autobot, supposedly a repository for a portion of Primus's essense. Dynamo did what he could to help by using his abilities to home in on that energy. They succeeded, and when they located the Last Autobot, he responded by reforming Hi-Q into a new body; that of Optimus Prime. He then healed Cybertron, thus stopping its self-destruction, and tranformed into a spacecraft which transported both Optimus and the Neo-Knights to the planet Klo.
On Klo, the Autobots were being decimated by the Decepticons. They arrived in time to help Grimlock and a small group of survivors launch a counterattack against Bludgeon's forces. The Neo-Knights, noteably, fought alongside Optimus in this encounter. Their present status is unknown, but it is assumed they were at least transported back to Earth.
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