Tripredacus Council

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:''The Tripredacus Council is a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:TripredacusCouncil1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"So then it is agreed: half pepperoni, half green peppers."]]
The '''Tripredacus Council''' is one of the many ruling bodies of the fractured [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Predacon Alliance|Alliance]]. They meet in secret in undisclosed locations, and plot the return of the Predacons to glory, though under their terms. They choose to wait and grow strong before attacking...

Many Predacons are impatient, and their strategy has led to some rogue behavior among the Predacon ranks. To neutralise the rogues and (in public) keep the [[Pax Cybertronia]], the Council uses the [[Predacon Secret Police]] and its [[Ravage (G1)|Covert]] [[Onyx Primal|Agents]].

One of their agents, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], suggests that, like himself and unlike the rest of the Predacons, the Tripredacus Council are not descended from the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] trapped on [[Earth]]. Instead, they may have extradimensional origins, be linked to the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], or may be, in fact, creations of [[Unicron]] himself...

The three members of the Tripredacus Council are:

*[[Ram Horn|General Ram Horn]]
*[[Sea Clamp|General Sea Clamp]]
*[[Cicadacon|General Cicadacon]]

They can combine to form [[Tripredacus]].

Their known affiliates and agents include:

*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]
*[[Magmatron]]
*[[Onyx Primal]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]

==Fiction==
===The Razor's Edge===
After a Predacon insurrection led by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] in the guise of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arose in the [[J'kozian sector]], the Tripredacus Council discussed it and decided to leak the insurrection's presence on [[Nibari]] to the [[Maximal]]s so they would take care of the Council's renegade problem. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

===Descent into Evil===
The Tripredacus Council employed Flamewar to check on [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s operation on [[Ceti Alpha Seven]]. As Flamewar reported on the apparent success of Deathsaurus's [[Virulent Clone]]s, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] hacked in the feed and informed everyone of the impeding failure built into the Clones. To rid themselves of an exposed agent, the Tripredacus Council remotely exploded Flamewar's ship with her in it. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}

===Dawn of Future's Past===
The Tripredacus Council killed [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to seize control of the Predacons from him. {{storylink|Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw's ''Timelines'' toy bio}}

{{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
Renegades like Megatron sneer at the Council for kowtowing to the [[Maximal Elder]]s. The Council actually has been using this as cover for their slow, secret rearming, but we don't know if Megatron is aware of this.

The Council placed Lt. Tarantulas of the [[Predacon Secret Police]], a direct agent of theirs, in Megatron's organisation as a spy. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} They were aware of his plan to go back into prehistory and intended for Tarantulas ''hijack'' it, so he could completely destroy the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and its inhabitants. As they did not have Autobot or Decepticon origins, the Council would be spared the resulting [[timestorm]] and would take control of an altered Cybertron. Their own goal was galactic conquest. (''Of course!'') {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Unfortunately for them, Megatron escaped Cybertron in the ''[[Darksyde]]'' anyway, and caused [[Axalon (BW)|a Maximal craft]] to go MIA in the process. The Council suffered diplomatic repercussions over this.

Later, the [[transwarp wavefront]] caused by the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]] eventually reached Cybertronian space in the [[Beast Era]], hitting [[Predacon Command Outpost One]], causing a severe power outage. The council apparently convened on the station immediately afterward, where they noted that the transwarp wave's signature matched that of the ''Darksyde'', thus meaning that Megatron still functioned and was still carrying out his agenda. In order to prevent the Maximals from discovering this, they detonated a satellite somewhere near Cybertron, dispersing the wave before it reached the planet. They then dispatched Covert Agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in a prototype [[transwarp cruiser]] to track the wave to its point of origin and terminate Megatron "with extreme prejudice". {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

When pressed by Megatron, Ravage admitted he was also meant to kill all the Maximals in the Beast Wars, as the Council wanted nobody coming back to Cybertron and embarrassing it. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[Image:Tripredacuscouncilidw.jpg|right|250px|thumb|They watch lots of TV.]]

General Cicadacon, who was suspected of being so old he dated back to the Decepticons, was the Councillor who drafted the Council's long-term strategy of secretly rearming, under the noses of the Maximals. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

The council summoned [[Magmatron]] to [[Tripredacus Council's tower|their tower]] and ordered him to ensure that the [[Maximal]]s did not have knowledge of the transwarp wave. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}} They believed that the Predacons must wait for the appropriate moment to strike. Many Predacons, however, tired of this strategy. A short time later, after the failure of their first agent, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], the council sent Magmatron to capture [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}
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==Games==
====''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals''====
In one timeline, they hired [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] as a double agent.

In another, Tarantulas returned to them and informed them of the discovery of the ''Ark'' on Earth. They promoted him and gave him command of a hundred-strong battle fleet, tasked to go back to the Beast Wars and carry out their grand scheme... {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals}}

==Notes==
*The names of the Tripredacus Council members are taken from the script of "[[The Agenda (Part 1)]]", which used to be hosted on [[Ben Yee]]'s (now dead) website.
* [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Bob Forward]] never got round to thinking up the "different origin" of the Council. They may have gone with them being descendants of the [[Cybertronian Empire]].<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/f06828ec523295c1?dmode=source&output=gplain Larry DiTillio's take on Tarantulas origins! at alt.toys.transformers]</ref> Other creators have taken Megatron's insult of "[[Unicron's Spawn|Unicron's spawn]]" at Tarantulas as literal.
*The members of the Tripredacus Council bare a slight resemblance to Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Trypticon Hyōgikai''' (トリプティコン評議会 ''Toriputikon Hyōgikai'', "Trypticon Council")

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