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Sector Seven

2009-05-04T00:47:49Z

Turkishproverb: monor grammar/spelling error

{{disambig2|the Sector Seven organization itself|the alternate reality game based on it|Sector Seven (game)}}
:''Sector Seven is a [[Human|human]] organization in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]]. It doesn't run on "feelings."''

[[Image:Sector7logo.png|right|270px|thumb|"You guys have heard of Area 51? Well this is 50!"]]

{{quote|We're the government. Sector Seven.}}
{{quote|Never heard of it.|}}
{{quote|Never will.|Agent Simmons and Ron Witwicky}}

'''Sector Seven''' is a secret [[United States of America|American]] government agency, which deals with extraterrestrial technology and threats. It has been around for quite some time, but how long ''exactly'' depends on who you ask (see Trivia for more).

It is so secret, it has its own [http://www.sectorseven.org/ secret website].

''Sector Seven sometimes operates through the front companies '''S7 Industries'''. and '''[[Sectors Even|Sectors Even]]'''.''

==Fiction==
===sectorseven.org===
Sector Seven was founded over 100 years ago by a group of seven men:

*Stanford Julius Morehouse
*Edgar Thibedeau Westfield
*Neville Octavian Brewster
*Percy Emerson Whitting
*Wallace Wilson Clairmont
*Alistair Jennings Crowther
*Vance Milhaus Lawson

They are known as "The First Seven," and are said to have "hid the past to protect the future,"<ref>Names originally revealed via Agent X's website. Page mirrored [http://ebucehtdnif.wikibruce.com/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/317526-AE0/ here.]</ref> whatever that means. Their portraits adorn a wall in the lobby of the present day Sector Seven headquarters, as a [[B11-9981|local pizza boy]] can attest.

In 2007, after the detection of a "blip" that matched their "threat profile," Agent [[Alexander Powers|Alexander Powers]] informed the organization that war might be imminent and that they were humanity's only hope. He and research scientist [[Rebecca Howard|Rebecca Howard]], ex-lovers, clashed several times over her desire to go public with information about the [[N.B.E.|N.B.E.]] threat and seek assistance from other nations. This escalated with the detection of "N.B.E. Two," with whom Dr. Howard argued in favor of making contact.

Meanwhile, the mysterious [[Agent X|Agent X]] began hacking into the Sector Seven network and leaking information to the public. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven ARG}}

=== IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics ===
*Apparently, Sector Seven has been around for a very long time; certainly, an existing group has been around since before Sam Witwicky's Great-Great-Grandfather encountered the [[Megatron (Movie)|''Mega-Man'']] underneath the arctic ice. Upon hearing his story Sector Seven immediately went into action to seize his find and discredit the story. {{storylink|Transformers Movie Prequel|Transformers Movie Prequel}}

*Interestingly, even this older version of Sector Seven has a number of interesting artifacts in their collection. These include pictures and a skull from a "triclops" life form of some kind, a severed bestial arm in a jar (possibly from a version of the Beast Wars, although the sketch is difficult to make out and mechanics may not be incorporated) and what could possibly be a fragment of a [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]]. Most intriguing indeed.

=== ''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel ===
*'''1969''' - Sector Seven (headed by [[Walter Simmons|Walter Simmons]], known internally as "The Old Man"), attempted the first test flight of an [[Megatron (Movie)|Ice Man]]-derived spacecraft ([[Ghost 1|Ghost 1]]) using the Apollo 11 moon launch as cover. Unexpected complications occurred following contact with [[NBE|NBEs]]. At the same time the first attempt was made to relocate the Ice Man himself from the Arctic to southern Nevada to be better studied alongside a likewise mysterious [[All Spark|"alien cube"]]. Signs seemed to point to Sector Seven beginning to shift from being a secret U.S. military protocol to a non-military "black ops" program. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday}}

{{note|The story also indicated that "Simmons and his family had been involved in Sector Seven work from its inception". However, no clue was revealed regarding the relationships between "the first seven" and "Simmons family".}}

=== Capture the Cube ===
In 2007, preceding the main Transformer conflict, a [[Dewbot|lone operative]] of a [[Mountain Dew Robot|third Transformer faction]] was able to infiltrate [[Area 52 (Movie)|the Hoover Dam base]] and almost obtain the "cube", simply by ''changing shape'' when people were coming. If it had reached the "cube", the results [[Dew City|would have been horrific]]. {{storylink|Capture the Cube|Capture the Cube}}

=== ''Transformers'' (2007) film ===
[[Image:Movie Autobots Sector Seven.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Being cars, the Autobots take fender benders very seriously.]]
According to [[Tom Banachek|Tom Banachek]], Sector Seven was convened 80 years ago under President Hoover. (Banachek later also states that the First Seven found the [[All Spark|All Spark]] cube in 1913, but that might have been before Sector Seven was formally created.)

A Sector Seven field team under Director [[Reggie Simmons|Reggie Simmons]] headed to the [[Witwicky|Witwicky]] residence upon learning of [[Sam Witwicky|Samuel James Witwicky]]'s [[Bumblebee (Movie)|living car]]. Taking Witwicky and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela Banes]] into custody, Simmons began to interrogate Sam and Mikaela aggressively, until the field unit's convoy was ambushed by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]...who ripped off the roof of their SUV. Although they attempted to resist the [[Autobot|Autobots]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] alone had more weapons than all of them, and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] soon disarmed them. A backup team arrived to capture any of the Autobots they could, but were only successful in capturing Bumblebee and the two teens.

Taken to [[Area 52 (Movie)|the Hoover Dam base]], Simmons and Tom Banachek showed the teens, an army ranger unit, and [[John Keller|Defense Secretary Keller]] the frozen N.B.E.-01, who Sam Witwicky identified as Megatron, leader of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. However, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] arrived and destroyed their external power lines, while [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] sabotaged Megatron's stasis controls. With Megatron minutes away from thawing, Sam tried to convince Simmons to release Bumblebee, but Simmons was only convinced by [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] and his men...who pointed dangerous objects at everyone. However, Bumblebee, who was constantly being doused with cryoblasts, nearly lashed out at Sector Seven, before Sam calmed him and took him to the All Spark. Beyond providing a small amount of soldiers to assist the ranger unit under Lennox, Sector Seven played no serious role in the Battle of [[Mission City|Mission City]], which was mostly decided by the Autobots.

Sector Seven's time had come—and they had done nothing but make the situation worse, all their secret weapons being ineffective against the Decepticons, and having alienated the Autobots. Sector Seven was terminated in an effort to better cover up the existence of the [[Transformer|Transformers]], but it may have been influenced by their loss of control over the situation. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}

===Toy bios===

Sector Seven managed to remain in operation, seemingly by buddying up to the Autobots ''very quickly''; Ironhide appears to have been bribed with free experimental weaponry. {{storylink|#Voyager Class toys|Premium Ironhide}} What they don't know is that the Autobots have a secret agent, [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]], spying on them. {{storylink|Landmine (Movie)|Landmine toy bio}} Worryingly, [[Hardtop (Movie)|several]] [[Storm Surge|Decepticons]] appear to be doing the same thing.

A [[Strongarm (Movie)|surprisingly]] [[Signal Flare (Movie)|large]] [[Crosshairs (Movie)|number]] [[Air Raid (Movie)|of]] Autobots bear Sector Seven markings after the Mission City conflict, possibly indicating an exchange program between Sector Seven and the Autobots.

Sector Seven later shared intelligence with Optimus regarding Decepticon activity on [[Mars]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Fast Action Brawlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}}

=== IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics ===
{{stub}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{note|The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.}}
Sector Seven had made the situation so bad that, in an alternate timeline, a single second's difference by Sam at Mission City led to the conquest & Decepticon occupation of the United States and the gradual transformation of Earth into a new Cybertron, with their Hoover Dam base being used by Megatron to store Optimus Prime's frozen body. Nice one, guys. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

The only member of the organization seen so far fighting the Decepticons was [[Tom Banachek|Tom Banachek]]. His knowledge of the Hoover Dam base proved invaluable, as did his knowledge of (and probable involvement in) a nanovirus that targeted All Spark operational frequencies: a weapon Sector Seven created in case they lost control of the All Spark and needed to destroy it. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}} Why they hadn't used it when Megatron gained the All Spark at Mission City? Because they suck.

Sector Seven was later reformed under [[President of the United States|President]] [[Theodore F. Allen|Allen]], and Tom Banachek was placed in charge of it. Their mandate was to stop everyone on Earth from realizing that Megatron's aforementioned gradual transformation of their world had not stopped completely, and that the planet was facing techno-organic armageddon. {{storylink|Dark Spark|Dark Spark}} Being Sector Seven, they crapped this up.

==Equipment==
As an exceptionally well-funded secret government organisation, Sector Seven is at the cutting edge of human (or alien-derived) technology in their quest to better understand the Ice Man, the Cube, and to seek other N.B.E.s on Earth.

====Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit====
[[Image:Sectorsevenmobilecommandunit.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Nothing to see here. Move along.]]
To counter public suspicion and the information about the N.B.E.s leaked by Agent X, Sector Seven employed a [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit|mass disinformation program in the form of a road tour]] at various cinemas across America. Black Peterbilt cabover trucks pull large, armoured trailers containing sophisticated communications and scanning equipment, as well as a small cage for containing any [[Frenzy (Movie)|captured N.B.E.s]] assigned agents happen to find. However, the communications equipment aboard these trailers are frequently susceptible to displaying emergency communiques from Sector Seven Command showing a very well-edited and scored satellite video feed of an [[Scorponok (Movie)|alien robot attack]] in [[Qatar|Qatar]], usually in the presence of ordinary civilians.

{{main|Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit}}
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====M9-2 Harpoon Gun====
[[Image:M9-2 Harpoon Gun.jpg|left|250px|thumb|After this, let's go shoot some baby seals.]]
The M9-2 Harpoon Gun is a weapon developed by Sector Seven, under the direction of [[Rebecca Howard|Rebecca Howard]]. The intial protoype was completed in 2003. Featuring an armor-piercing projectile that weighs 21.2 kilograms, the weapon has a range of 55 meters with a muzzle velocity of 324 meters per second. Primitive by N.B.E. standards, the weapon is nevertheless effective at subduing non-hostile [[Bumblebee (Movie)|aliens]] and contain them for cryo-freezing.

In 2003, Sector Seven first used the harpoon gun against Bumblebee outside of [[Baton Rogue|Baton Rogue]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], mounted on their pursuit vans. Bumblebee defeated them by dragging the vans into each other. {{storylink|Interlude|Interlude}} Four years later, Sector Seven had better luck with these harpoons when Bumblebee was cornered trying to protect his human friends, Sam and Mikaela. Three helicopters mounted with harpoons entangled Bumblebee, allowing soldiers to move in and freeze the helpless Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}

{{main|M9-2 Harpoon Gun}}
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====Pursuit van====
[[Image:Movie SectorSeven van.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Who took the doughnuts?]]
Once an N.B.E. has been located within range of Sector Seven field units, Mobile teams are sent out in pursuit vans to intercept and capture them (alive if possible). Equipped with the standard array of sophisticated communications equipment one comes to expect from Sector Seven, the vans are armed with a passenger-side M9-2 harpoon gun and generally carry a squad of troops armed with portable cryo-freezing units.

Outside of Baton Rogue, these vans, carrying Sector Seven troopers, tried to corral Bumblebee with their harpoons and totally failed. {{storylink|Interlude|Interlude}}
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====AH-64 Apache attack helicopter====
[[Image:Movie SectorSeven Apache.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Airwolf in action.]]
Sector Seven uses modified [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|AH-64 Apache helicopters]] fitted with cryo-stasis rocket pods to capture N.B.E.s

Outside of [[Denver|Denver]], [[Colorado|Colorado]], Bumblebee was attacked by one of these modified Apaches. It tried to hem him in with machine gun fire, but failed to hit the Autobot with its cryo-stasis pods. {{storylink|Interlude|Interlude}} Soon afterwards, in [[New Mexico|New Mexico]], several similar Apaches awaited Bumblebee in a trap set by Agent Simmons. However, the Decepticons turned up, complicating matters. Two Apaches attempted to cryo-freeze [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], but were destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}
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====SUV====
[[Image:Movie SectorSevenSUV smash.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Damn this gas guzzler. Which I as an American have a right to own.]]
For operations within urban/suburban zones or for human targets, Sector Seven agents travel in custom black GMC Yukons. They do not hold up well to being lifted by their roofs by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|large N.B.E.s]], nor can they withstand [[Electromagnetic pulse|electromagnetic pulses]].

Agent Simmons and other Sector Seven personnel arrived at the [[Witwicky|Witwicky]] house in these GMC Yukons. After arresting the Witwickys and Mikeala Banes, Optimus Prime stopped several of these vehicles with his legs, then lifted the SUV containing Simmons, Sam and Mikeala by the roof, breaking it off and freeing his human friends. Reinforcement Yukons were easily defeated by an EMP blast from [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide's]] cannon. After Sam and Mikeala were rearrested, they were transported to and from an airfield in [[Nevada|Nevada]] to Hoover Dam. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}

{{note|These SUVs also appear in [[Transformers The Game|the console version of the Transformers movie game]]. Although, they resemble Lincoln Navigators.}}
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====Assault buggy====
[[Image:Movie Sector7Buggy.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Not Beachcomber.]]
Based upon the Chenowth Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) formerly used by the [[United States Military|United States Military]], this all-purpose, high-speed recon and attack vehicle can be fitted with Sector Seven's specially-developed weapons, ranging from cryo-freezing cannons (though this requires cryo-tanks to be installed in the rear compartment) to belt-fed automatic grenade launchers capable of firing armor-piercing [[wikipedia:sabot|sabot]] rounds.

After Sam Witwicky, Captain Lennox's soldiers and the Autobots came to an agreement with Sector Seven, the human soldiers mounted up on the assault buggies to escort [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and the All Spark cube to Mission City. They fared poorly against the attacking Decepticon forces, with many wrecks strewn about the city streets. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}

During the battle of Mission City, of these buggies was imbued with power from the All Spark and became the [[Autobot|Autobot]] [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]].

{{note|These buggies also appear in [[Transformers The Game|the console version of the Transformers movie game.]] They also appear in the two Nintendo DS games.}}
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====L.M.-1 drones====
[[Image:Alliance2 LM1 Landmines.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
L.M.-1 drones are Sector Seven's crowning technological achievement: their own transforming mechanoids.

With the assistance of the captured Decepticon [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]], Agent [[Salazar|Salazar]] and [[Professor Vine|Professor Vine]] were able to develop the [[Landmine (Movie)|L.M.-1]] units using Sector Seven's own assault buggy as a vehicle template at their [[Nevada|Nevada]] desert base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance issue 2}} However, they failed to function once Wreckage was hit by an EMP weapon and shut down. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream issue 2}} Later, when the All Spark sliver reactivated Wreckage, it also activated the L.M.-1s. Though they were armed with automatic grenade launchers and shoulder mounted missiles, they fared poorly against the rampaging Decepticon. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance issue 2}}
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====Sector Seven Drone====
These large treaded robots patrol the interior of [[Hoover Dam|Hoover Dam]] serving as security patrols. They are also found at certain military installations seemingly not in association with the secret agency. They are equipped with two powerful cannons.

{{note|The Sector Seven Drones only appear in [[Transformers The Game|the console version of the Transformers movie game]].}}

{{note|A far different kind of Sector Seven Drone, a white, Decepticon-like legged robot, appears very infrequently in the Antarctic level of ''Transformers: Autobots'' in only one mission. One can later be seen running around on a glacier, and is the only source of non-mission EXP in this particular map.}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Capture of Bumblebee''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-04'''

[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles Sector7figures.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Simmons: "I'm gonna count to five."Lennox: "Well I'm gonna count to three!"Middleman: "Um, guys, can ya let me out of the way first?"]]
: This ''Screen Battles'' pack comes a redecoed Camaro Concept Deluxe class Bumblebee featuring a more accurate grey colour scheme for his robot mode parts and a silver painted face and toes. The pack also comes with non-posable figurines of Sector Seven agent [[Reggie Simmons|Reggie Simmons]], a helmeted Sector Seven soldier, and what appears to be a figurine of [[Lennox|Lennox]] painted like a Sector Seven soldier.

:This set comes in a special window box featuring a diorama background of the scene where Bumblebee is captured by Sector Seven forces.

*'''Other toys'''

:A number of other Transformers from the Movie toyline are robots in disguise as Sector Seven vehicles, some straight from the screen, others straight from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradius ''Gradius'']. These include:

:*[[Air Raid (Movie)|Air Raid]]
:*[[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]]
:*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]]
:*[[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]]
:*[[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]
:*[[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]]
:*[[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]
:*[[Storm Surge|Storm Surge]]
:*[[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]]
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==Trivia==
===Contradictory founding date===
Various movie-related media have offered contradictory information regarding when Sector Seven was originally founded:

*In the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]] itself (which is, for all intents and purposes, the "primary" media), [[Tom Banachek|Tom Banachek]] tells [[John Keller|John Keller]] that Sector Seven was "convened 80 years ago under President Hoover". This would place the founding date of Sector Seven somewhere around 1927 (assuming the main events of the movie do indeed take place in 2007). Ignoring the historical error (Herbert Hoover didn't suceed Calvin Coolidge as president until 1929), Banachek later also tells Keller and everyone else given a tour of the S7 headquarters inside Hoover Dam that the First Seven had found the [[All Spark|All Spark]] cube in 1913, but he doesn't explicitly state that Sector Seven had already been established by then, so the discovery of the cube might have in fact been one of the factors that had later led to the formation of the organization.
*Meanwhile, information revealed as part of the [[Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven Alternate Reality Game]] establishes that the First Seven had founded Sector Seven "over 100 years ago" (that is, before 1907).
*[[Prime Directive (IDW) issue 2|Issue 2]] of [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[Movie Prequel (2007)|Movie Prequel]]'' mini-series implies that Sector Seven had already been established and operating for quite some time before [[Archibald Witwicky|Archibald Witwicky]] found [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in 1897 (they are shown to have a headquarters with quite a number of [[#IDW_Movie_Prequel_comic|interesting artifacts]] displayed in trophy cases by 1898). To topple things off, Sector Seven is shown to discover the All Spark cube as early as 1902.

Of course it's ''possible'' that all this is simply part of the mystery surrounding such a shady group... but then again, why should Banachek lie to the United States' Secretary of Defense about the founding date of his organization?

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://www.sectorseven.org/ Sector Seven's SECRET WEBSITE - Current password: Deceptibot]

*[http://sector7.wikibruce.com/Home Sector 7 - Wiki]

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Decepticon

2009-04-27T01:38:09Z

Turkishproverb: small grammar issue

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{{disambig2|the Transformers faction|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|The Decepticons}}
[[Image:Symbol decept reg.jpg|right|236px|thumb|Get a tattoo of this and all you'll need will be a black trenchcoat and a long ponytail. Then people will love you.]]

{{quote|'''''Decepticon''' (di-sep-ti-con ) A member of a subversive sect or society. From the noun — 'decepticon'; one who deceives.|the New Cybertronic Dictograph<ref>The letters page of Marvel UK#33</ref>}}

The '''Decepticons''' are one of the primary factions in the ''[[Transformer]]s'' mythos. They are typically concerned with such things as galactic conquest, defeating the [[Autobot]]s, amassing large quantities of [[Energon (G1)|energon]], developing powerful weaponry, and beating people up. Not necessarily in that order.

Unlike the Autobots, whose leader is a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] bearing a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], the Decepticons are led by the [[Decepticon leader|most powerful]] of their ranks. This tends to cause some conflict, given how everyone thinks that they're the most powerful. Also, the Decepticons are not exactly the most compassionate beings in the universe, but not all fight for greed. More than a few have a sense of honor, while others believe that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] would be better protected by [[Decepticon Empire|aggressive expansion]]. Ultimately, the Decepticons desire to protect their homeworld, even if it is at the expense of others. [[Shattered Glass|Usually]].

{{quote|The Decepticons are a malevolent race of robot warriors, brutal and merciless. The Decepticons are led by a single undeviating goal: total domination of the universe.|Narrator|[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]}}

:''Japanese name'': '''Destron''' (デストロン, ''de-su-to-ro-n'')
:''French name (France, G1 cartoon)'': '''Decepticans'''
:''Hungarian name (Marvel comic)'': '''Álcák''' ("Disguises")
:''Hungarian name (toy commercial)'': '''Decepticonok'''
:''Hungarian name (''Energon/Cybertron'')'': '''Robotikák''' ("Roboticas")
:''Hungarian name (Movie, first dub)'': '''Varangyok''' ("Toads")
:''Hungarian name (Movie, second dub)'': '''Decepticonok'''
:''Italian name'': '''Distructors'''
:''Polish name'': '''Deceptikony''' (full name); '''Decepci''' (as a short)
:''Polish name (Movie, first dub)'': '''Decepcjokony''' (Deceptiocons? What the?)
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comic):'' '''Decépticos'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Malignus'''
:''Serbian name'': '''Deseptikoni'''
:''Swedish name (Marvel comic)'': '''Bedragarna'''

==Generation 1==
{{cleanup|July 2007|}}

===Marvel Comics===
[[Image:Introdump decepticons marvelus01.jpg|left|250px|thumb|All right. We all know our names, abilities, and attitudes, so we're good to go.]]
The Decepticons emerged from the gladiatorial [[State Games]], which caused [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rise to public prominence - in the aftermath of the destructive Vos-Tarn War, Megatron was able to use his fame and charisma to unite both the survivors and the planet's malcontents into a new army. His plan was to turn Cybertron into a mobile cosmic dreadnought and conquer the galaxy. The Decepticons developed new technology to allow them to transform into attack vehicles and weaponry, launching a devastating attack that killed billions and shook the planet from its orbit before [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] turned the tide.

Megatron, Shockwave and others were lost on Earth for four million years; as Optimus was too, the Autobots swiftly lost ground to Decepticon leaders [[Trannis]] and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. Cybertron was devastated and conquered, causing the cream of the Decepticons to leave the burnt-out planet to form a [[Cybertronian Empire]] out in the stars, while Straxus threw all those he considered weak into the [[Smelting pool]]. The Empire would go on to slaughter and Cyberform planet after planet, their actions unknown on Cybertron.

Eventually the Earth-bound Decepticons would awaken in 1984, sparking off a new front in the war. After the presumed suicide of Megatron, an escalation in fighting would see Decepticon leadership fragment and change hands rapidly, with frequent clashes, plots and counter-plots between the primary leadership, namely [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], until most of them were killed in the [[Underbase]] conflict, leaving Scorponok the only surviving commander. A brief truce with the Autobots was held when [[Unicron]] attacked in 1991, but Scorponok was killed in the following conflict. Immediately after this, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] came to power. Charismatic and driven, Bludgeon turned the beaten Decepticons into a new army; after a defeat on [[Klo]], they regrouped and reorganised. ([[Another Time and Place|In one reality, they were immediately massacred afterward.]])

====Earthforce====
In the side-continuity of [[Earthforce]], while Unicron continued on to Cybertron, Megatron and Shockwave continued a Decepticon civil war on Earth with a small handful of troops - wasting most of their time trying to take each other out. Eventually Soundwave and Starscream overthrew them, uniting both factions into a stronger Decepticon force. The two former leaders attempted to regain their position but never appeared to succeed.

====Generation 2====
Bludgeon invaded Earth with the intention of capturing the Matrix and making a new generation of Decepticons, but Megatron returned, killed Bludgeon in one-on-one combat, and stole this plan. However, the threat of the Cybertronian Empire forced an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons again.

====Classics====
===Cartoon===
====Season 1 & 2====
In the various continuities descending from [[Generation 1]], the Decepticons and the [[Autobot]]s are the two great powers in the Transformer population. The factions, however, are not a complete set -- there are Transformers who are unaffiliated / neutral, or even members of smaller or splinter factions.

Many G1 timelines actually credit [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as the founder of the Decepticons, not merely its most recent leader. In contrast, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is almost always depicted as only the latest in a long line of [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] or [[Matrix Bearer]]s.

Eventually, the Decepticons managed to take control of all of Cybertron, forcing the Autobots to operate on Cybertron's two moons, but [[Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] was viewed as the greater threat. The Decepticons overtook a supply shuttle and launched an [[Battle of Autobot City|attack]], with disastrous consequences for the Autobots. The battle saw one of the Decepticons' long held dreams achieved in the death of Optimus Prime, but Megatron was damaged, and left to rot in deep space. [[Unicron]] reformatted him into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and Galvatron attempted to enslave Unicron with the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. When Unicron attacked Cybertron, most of the Decepticon forces on the planet were wiped out, allowing the Autobots to retake control of the planet.

====Season 3 & 4====
{{quote|Once the Decepticons held the quadrant through terror, now we scrap like [[Slaarg]]s over a few [[energon cube]]s.|[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]|[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]}}

Times would turn harsh for the Decepticons who were forced to abandon their homeworld of Cybertron and were exiled to the burnt out planet of [[Chaar]]. There they would face constant energy shortages and engage in constant inter-fighting, as well as suffer from a lack of leadership. From this chaos came [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep]]s, who hatched a plan of finding Galvatron who would lead the Decepticons once more.

Eventually, the Autobots, led by a resurrected Optimus Prime, managed to finally defeat the Decepticons.

===Dreamwave===
[[Image:DeceptLitho.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]
The Decepticons arose out of the [[Gladiatorial combat|underground fights]] that Megatron once partook in. After discovering certain secrets about Cybertron's origin, including massive [[planetary engine]]s, Megatron began using the games to recruit combatants. For nearly half a million years, they grew in numbers and trained, until they rebelled against the [[Council of Ancients]] and took [[Kaon]] by force.

While the war raged on, the Constructicons repaired the engines and introduced a mecha-forming process, but what they really needed was a power source. Megatron became convinced that he could find one powerful enough within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], which was in the possession of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. However, when Megatron finally killed the Prime, he discovered that it was not within him. Soon after, Optronix became Optimus Prime, and Megatron initiated a plan: an assassination team under Communications Officer [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] would elimate the Prime and claim the Matrix, while Military Operations Commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] would lay siege to Iacon, preventing the Autobots from coming to Prime's rescue.

However, Megatron made two mistakes: he informed Air Commander [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] of his intentions, and he underestimated Optimus Prime. The Prime managed to erase some of Megatron's memories of what he discovered, while Starscream activated the mechaforming process using energy from the planetary engines. The engines were destroyed before the process was complete, ruining both. {{storylink|The War Within}}

After Megatron disappeared with Optimus Prime in a space bridge test, Shockwave became Decepticon leader, though Starscream and High Auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] broke off with their own splinter factions shortly afterwards. The Decepticons allied with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s Autobots and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] (an Autobot splinter group), to stop the machinations of the [[The Fallen|Fallen]]. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}} Several thousand years later, Shockwave was prepared to sign a peace treaty with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], who had become Autobot leader, the LSC, and Ratbat's [[Ultracon]]. However, Megatron returned with the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], an army of [[Quintesson]] created [[Seeker]] drones, whose abilities allowed the Decepticons to fully conquer Cybertron and enslave the Autobots. The Decepticons' control over Cybertron was ended when Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron and the Air Warriors were defeated. {{storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

When Megatron disappeared along with the ''Nemesis'' crew, Shockwave again emerged as Decepticon leader, this time as head of a triumvirate including Ratbat and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. With [[Energon (G1)|energon]] becoming scarce, Shockwave agreed to work with Ultra Magnus and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in the creation of the [[Micromaster]]s, Transformers who were downsized for better fuel efficiency. Shockwave suffered a rebellion when [[Skystalker]] overthrew him, using Shockwave's severed head as a tool. {{storylink|Micromasters}} However, all Transformers on Cybertron entered [[stasis lock]] when the [[Great Shutdown]] occurred.

Around 1,000 B.C.E., Shockwave was reactivated by Scourge, and then defeated the Unicronian Transformer. Studying Scourge and discovering some of the secrets Megatron had learned, Shockwave made peace with the Autobots, installing himself as Head of State with an [[Autobot High Council]] as a legislature, while Ultra Magnus became his senior security officer. However, the High Councillors were unsuited for peace time government, and gradually gave Shockwave more and more power... which is exactly what he had planned.

On Earth, the ''Nemesis'' crew was reawakened in 1984. Cut off from Cybertron, the Decepticons concluded that they had no other choice but to conquer the planet. Megatron soon learned that others had come looking for them, including [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. The Decepticons captured Jetfire and the Dinobots except Grimlock, and used the hostage situation to force Grimlock to serve the Decepticons. Additionally, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] located Earth and served under Megatron. In 1998, the Autobots allied with humanity to defeat the Decepticons. They were to be returned to Cybertron in the ''[[Ark II]]'', but Shockwave, through a human intermediary, sabotaged the ''Ark II'', causing the ship to crash and send the Transformers aboard into stasis lock.

Renegade members of the [[United States Military]] managed to capture the Decepticons and a number of Autobots, intending to use them as instruments of war, but [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]] later stole them and set himself up as an arms dealer. Unfortunately, Megatron overwhelmed the programming that kept him a prisoner, and freed the other Decepticons. Megatron then intended to unleash a technovirus on Earth, but the Autobots defeated him. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

A year later, Shockwave arrived to tie up loose ends, quickly capturing Megatron and the ''Nemesis'' crew. Starscream ejected Megatron out of the ship carrying them to Cybertron, leaving him to die in space. The ''Nemesis'' crew were granted amnesty, but Starscream quickly recruited them into going back to Earth to conquer the planet, taking the [[Combaticon]]s with them. Shockwave was finally overthrown when Optimus Prime united the Autobot resistance groups, but he escaped with a small number of troops. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

Meanwhile, Megatron was rescued by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], who repaired his memory loss. Using some recovered Air Warriors, Megatron located the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who were used to take control of Shockwave's small army. On Earth, Starscream's failures during [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]'s rampage were reason enough to convince the ''Nemesis'' crew to mutiny against Starscream in Megatron's favor. With two combiner teams, an army of seekers, Soundwave's cassettes, and knowledge of Earth's connection to Cybertron, Megatron prepared to lead the Decepticons on the conquests of Earth and Cybertron {{storylink|Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|G1 ongoing}}...

{{note|...At which point Dreamwave went bankrupt. Damn.}}

===IDW===
{{ongoing}}
The Decepticons appear to have been formed out of the uprising in Kaon that Megatron spearheaded in {{storylink|Megatron: Origin}}. They also may have completely abandoned Cybertron, and have bases set up on the worlds they've captured or space stations as seen in {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}.

===Aftermath===
Both sides signed the [[Pax Cybertronia]], which eventually led to peace, but left the Decepticons in a second class position.

==Beast Era==
In ''Beast Wars'' continuity, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were the descendants of the Decepticons and fought with the same aggression and ideas of conquest. They faced the [[Maximal]]s in the same way their ancestors had fought the [[Autobot]]s.

==Robots in Disguise==
In the [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], the Decepticons were a brand new faction that came into being during the events of the story. Because there were so few Decepticons (only six or seven), and because they were a subset of the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] antagonists, they can almost be viewed as a [[subgroup]] rather than a proper faction. The RiD Decepticons were created on Earth when [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s forces captured a set of [[stasis pod]]s from an ancient Transformer spaceship that had been found on [[Earth]], leading to the birth of the [[Commando]]s and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]. The toy version of [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] was also labeled as a Decepticon, although this "change" in the character's faction was only mentioned once in the cartoon series.

In the Japanese version of RiD, ''[[Car Robots]]'', the Decepticons were known as Combatrons. This is the same name by which the [[Combaticon|G1 Combaticons]] were called in Japan.

For the [[Hasbro]] toy line, several other non-show Decepticons were added to the ranks to help fill out the line. It is unknown how most of these actually fit into the story, though one of them, [[Axer]], is actually a dimension-hopper who arrived from the [[Generation 1]] universe.

==Unicron Trilogy==
===Animated continuity===
====Armada====
The ''exact'' origins of the Decepticon faction are a bit muddled. It is widely assumed, though never directly confirmed, that the movement was founded by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. Also, the enslavement of the power-enhancing [[Mini-Con]]s is considered to be the impetus to the Decepticons' rise to a massive multi-planet-spanning army, though at what point in the war this occurred is unclear; it's possible the Mini-Cons' arrival was what gave Megatron the opportunity to rise to power, or that they arrived after the war had already begun.

Either way, the Mini-Cons fueled the war machine for centuries, and the war with the [[Autobot]]s soon spread from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to other worlds. The self-imposed exile of the Mini-Cons to an unknown destination was seen as a major setback for the Decepticons (and something of a pyrrhic victory for the Autobots), but despite this, the war continued, as both sides had amassed a large enough power base to continue on without the little buggers.

The Autobots and Decepticons seemed to fight to a stalemate, neither able to gain a distinct advantage over the other. When a signal reached Cybertron centuries later that the Mini-Cons had landed on [[Earth]], it seemed neither side was capable of sending a full force to retrieve them, despite the power they contained. Though the Decepticon force sent to Earth was small in numbers, it was far from insignificant; Megatron himself led the squad, backed by some of his most trusted warriors.

When Megatron returned to Cybertron, the overwhelming majority of the Mini-Cons were in the protective custody of the Autobots, but Megatron was unfazed; he had assembled the Mini-Cons required to make the three legendary weapons: the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster]]. Bolstered by this new power and the apparent death of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], Megatron attempted to take Cybertron once and for all.

But Megatron's return to Cybertron was the beginning of the end of the Decepticon army. When [[Unicron]] revealed himself as a threat to both armies, fueled by the negative psychic energies from centuries of death and destruction, the two sides eventually joined together to beat back the planet-eater. Despite the truce, Megatron and Prime engaged in a brutal duel on the surface of the weakened Unicron after the three legendary weapons had been removed from his core. Realizing their battle was keeping Unicron active, Megatron sacrificed himself, and both Unicron and Megatron disappeared into nothingness.

====Energon====
[[Image:169942-150x500.jpg|left|127px|thumb|Now available with added purple!]]
Megatron's final orders to his troops still stood: work ''with'' the Autobots. The Decepticons maintained a degree of autonomy, still wearing the faction sigil and often taking military/defensive positions in the growing number of [[Energon (Energon)|energon]]-mining colonies, but they were ultimately answerable to Optimus Prime and the Autobots. There were, of course, dissenters, most of whom were captured and imprisoned. For a decade, Autobot and Decepticon worked side-by-side in a somewhat stable truce.

Both sides found themselves the target of attacks from Unicron again; hordes of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon drones]], sent by [[Alpha Quintesson]] to steal energon ore with which to revive the now-shattered husk of Unicron. What the alien did not count on was that Megatron's [[spark]] had survived within the remains, and was siphoning energon from Unicron's body. Soon the Decepticon leader revived himself in a new form, drove off Alpha Quintesson, and along with an elite cadre of soldiers and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of mindless Terrorcon drones, began his ''new'' plans for conquest.

When news of Megatron's return reached Cybertron, hundreds of Decepticons rose up and rebelled, eager to get back to conquering. But having been joined to Unicron for so long apparently had given Megatron a taste of godhood; he had no more interest in amassing a galaxy-spanning army of troops. Countless Decepticons died in the resulting battles, with Megatron more than willing to sacrifice them without a thought to attain ultimate power for himself. As the "[[Powerlinx Battles]]" -as they came to be called- came to their climax, Megatron found that his actions and thoughts were being influenced and controlled by the dark spark of Unicron. Unwilling to let Unicron stand in his way, Megatron ultimately sacrificed himself (again) and seemingly destroyed Unicron's spark by plunging himself into a newly-formed energon sun created by [[Primus]].

====Cybertron====
What little remained of the once-mighty Decepticon army after [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron's]] loss was at best a loose association of criminals, thugs, and lunatics, with no real political or military power to speak of. For a decade, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was once again at peace, with the population overwhelmingly [[Autobot]] or neutral. The Transformers had withdrawn from [[Earth]] and its other colonies to focus on revitalizing their homeworld after the devastation of the Powerlinx Battles. However, two great catastrophes shattered this peace; the energon sun collapsed in on itself, forming the powerful black hole known as the [[Unicron Singularity]], which threatened to devour Cybertron and, if left unchecked, the entire universe... and the return yet once again of Megatron, who had absorbed much of what remained of Unicron's power.

Megatron's goal of attaining godhood was now at hand. By obtaining the legendary [[Omega Lock]] and the four [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, Megatron intended to accelerate the growth of the black hole, consuming the universe in a vast sea of nothingness that only he would survive, then use his powers to re-create the universe in his image.

To this end, he had no need of an army. He gathered a small group of allies and lackeys to seek the items he needed, but they were nothing more than pawns to him, to be used and discarded at a whim.

The Decepticons briefly regained their status as a mass army of individuals when [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who had long suffered at Megatron's hands since the beginning of the Decepticons, made his own bid for ultimate power with the help of the [[Planet X]] agent [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Having sealed Megatron and his troops in a trap, Starscream freed hundreds of criminal Transformers who had been locked up on [[Earth]] for millennia, and formed his own globe-spanning army. The Decepticon "Monsters" were tasked with finding the Omega Lock and Earth's Cyber Planet Key, which they eventually brought to their leader. However, numerous Decepticons were killed in the battles with the Autobots, and it soon became apparent that Starscream, like Megatron before him, didn't care. Most of these criminals soon abandoned Starscream and went into hiding.

As for Megatron, he too had deserters among his own considerably-small ranks. Most notably, the powerful [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], leader of the [[Jungle Planet]] and the colossal [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] from [[Gigantion]], both of whom eventually joined forces with their former enemies the Autobots.

This was not seen as a concern for Megatron, however, as by this time Starscream and his allies were seemingly destroyed on Gigantion, and Megatron (now calling himself "Galvatron" again) had the Omega Lock and all four Keys. What few Decepticons remained loyal to him were too stupid to see what Galvatron had planned, and made perfect distractions as he set his final plan in motion. If they weren't strong enough to survive the coming cataclysm, then so be it.

[[Image:NewDecepticonArmy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The yutz, the ditz, the klutz, and the putz.]]
Ultimately, Galvatron's plan failed, and the Unicron Singularity was sealed. His remaining Decepticons quickly left him, realizing what was likely to have happened to them, and eventually joined the Autobots. After Galvatron's seemingly-final defeat and death in a one-on-one duel with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] moon, the Decepticons, not knowing when to quit, rose again, albeit in a rather pathetic fashion. Having cobbled together a rather rickety rocket, [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] shanghaied the reluctant [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], who was ''really'' keen on being on the winning side for once, and flew off to parts unknown as the "[[New Decepticon Army]]".

They made it to [[Mars]] before the rocket crash-landed.

Meanwhile, the Autobot [[Wing Saber]] reported form a deep-space recon mission that he thought he had picked up traces of Starscream, seemingly backed up by Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]. [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and the former Decepticon [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] raced off to join Wing Saber and investigate...

===Comics continuity===
====Armada====
Founded by Megatron, the exact number of the original Decepticons is unknown. Using the Mini-Cons as weapons, they were able to conquer Cybertron and force the Autobots underground. Eventually they were beaten due to the arrival of Unicron: his heralds slaughtered the entire Decepticon base on Cybertron, and the Chaos-Bringer's arrival forced them to join forces with the Autobots. With Megatron shot dead during the Unicron battle, the peace held for a period of years.

==Transformers (2007) movie==

[[Image:Titan23_decepticonsmassing.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Company photo day.]]

The Decepticons are the Transformers who sided with [[Megatron (Movie)|Lord High Protector Megatron]] and attempted to seize the [[All Spark]]. Their numbers ranged from the [[Starscream (Movie)|treacherous]], the [[Blackout (Movie)|fanatical]], the [[Brawl (Movie)|violent]], and the [[Frenzy (Movie)|spastic]], to the [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|treacherous fanatically violent spazzes]]. The Decepticons overwhelmed the valiant yet peaceful Autobots, and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] made the desperate decision to launch the All Spark into deep space. Megatron obsessively followed after it, and disappeared. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] took over leadership, and began a search for Megatron and the All Spark. After a while, Starscream began to focus more on the All Spark, hoping Megatron would remain lost, something the other Decepticons began to suspect.

The Decepticons are, in general, less human in appearance than the Autobots in the movie, resembling carnivorous mammals, birds, insects or the Decepticon insignia itself (possibly to frighten the [[Human|insects]]). The comics show that the Decepticons are overstretched on Cybertron: they use drone units to bolster their forces {{storylink|Prelude: Optimus Prime}} and many of their outposts are mostly automated. {{storylink|Lost In Space 3: Ironhide}}

In a departure from previous Transformers incarnations, Japan used the name "Decepticons" for this franchise, rather than "Destrons"<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/movie/decepticons.html Movie Decepticons toy listing on Takaratomy.com]</ref>.

What is also most noticeable about the Decepticons in the movie franchise is that they've actually been designed to resemble the insignia of their faction, most notably Megatron, Blackout, and Barricade.

==Animated==
{{ongoing}}
4 million stellar cycles ago, the Autobots and Decepticons battled each other in what is now known as The Great War. The Autobots pulled a victory only due to their exclusive access to [[space bridge]]s and their decision to send the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] into deep space. Defeated, the Decepticons dispersed, and, according to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], the only sight of them would be an occasional scout ship. In fact, they had been missing for so long, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] believed a Decepticon presence was a thing of the past. This was quickly reassessed upon encountering [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] crew.

The Decepticons in ''Transformers Animated'' are fought by the Autobots a lot less than in previous continuities, instead staying mostly in the background, thus making it more momentous whenever they do appear. To go with this plan, the Decepticons are, for the most part, stronger than the Autobots in this series.

==Shattered Glass==
[[Image:Decepticon Shattered Glass.png|right|180px|thumb|Decepticons wage their battles to destroy...]]
The Decepticons are a resistance group, intended to overthrow Autobot tyranny and their dastardly leader, [[Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)|Optimus Prime]]. Led by the heroic [[Megatron (Shattered Glass)|Megatron]], the 'Cons want to liberate Cybertron and preserve freedom and life across the galaxy, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|no matter the cost]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Decepticon Screencleaner.jpg|right|105px|thumb|]]
*'''Decepticon''' (2008)
:Released by Tomy Yujin on January <ref>[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref>, this dangler is a [[Insignia|faction logo]]-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Decepticon insignia printed on the other side.
{{-}}

==References==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise]]
[[Category:Unicron Trilogy]]

Servo (Armada)

2009-04-26T21:40:42Z

Turkishproverb: minor grammar edit

{{factions|minicon}}

:''Servo is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Servo-bra.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is one damn lucky Mini-Con.]]

Where his teammates are quite serious-minded, '''Servo''' is a
happy-go-lucky sort. He's a bit of a doof and occasionally oblivious to
what's going on around him, but his technical skills are
unquestionable. His cheerful outlook keeps his teammates from ever
getting too down, even if he does occasionally do some pretty stupid
things.

[[Primus]] only knows what trouble he'd have gotten himself into without the supervision of his teammates [[Redline]] and [[Flat-Out]].

==Fiction==
===[[Linkage (comic)|Legends of the Microns: Linkage]]===

Servo and his teammates escaped from the crashing ''[[Exodus]]''
in an escape pod that landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of
Washington. They lay dormant for centuries until the Mini-Cons were
reactivated due to the actions of [[Rad White]] and [[Carlos Lopez]]. Upon reactivation, the trio crawled onto the shore and took new
alternate forms suited to the environment. They were suddenly pursued
by a pair of [[Fixer Bug|Fixer Bugs]] and escaped into a parking garage. Servo used his scanning ability to prepare a car for conversion into a Turbo Cannon, which was used to destroy their pursuers. However, the car's owner, [[Stella Holley]], saw all this. {{storylink|Linkage Part 1}} The trio formed a mental link with Stella and explained their plight to her, and she agreed to help them. {{storylink|Linkage Part 2}}

The Super Stunt Team, Stella, and the newly-awakened [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] ventured to the Deccan Plateau in [[India]], having discovered the presence of a newly-landed shuttle from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], hoping that it was an Autobot who would allow them to use the shuttle, or at least some of its technology, for their plans of refuge. However, they were attacked by the [[Speed Chaser Mini-Con Team]] {{storylink|Linkage Part 3}} and Servo was hit by [[Tailslide]]'s [[transfixation]] beam, locking him in vehicle mode, upended to boot. Stella managed to keep the Fixer Bugs away from Servo for a time, but it was the arrival of [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] that truly saved them all. {{storylink|Linkage Part 4}}

After acquiring the shuttle, Servo was out scouting through Seattle when he met [[Falcia]], and brought her back to their base. He helped Flat-Out kinda-sorta explain her "relationship" with Redline to Stella. {{storylink|Linkage Part 5}} Shortly afterward, he helped set up the machinery used to retrieve [[Twirl]]'s soul from the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]] after her [[Mini-Con storage panel]] was damaged in a battle with the Speed Chaser team. {{storylink|Linkage Part 7}}

Servo, Falcia and Twirl then met with [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and Rollbar outside the Autobots' base at [[Mount Astrogate]], discussing both teams' plans for the immediate future. Servo told the two of Redline's plans to find the [[Master Key]] and unlock their peoples' true potential, plus free them from their bonds to their creator [[Unicron]]. He also found himself between Falcia and Twirl when the former got miffed over a "family" remark made by the latter. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}}

The Super Stunt and [[Sonic Assault Team]] then set up the equipment to unlock the Master Key, granting Redline and [[Combusta]] incredible power, but before the others could unlock their potential, the group was attacked by [[Ravenus]], the Speed chaser Team's last-ditch weapon. {{storylink|Linkage Part 9}} The monster's enhanced abilities attacked the [[servility program]] ingrained in the Mini-Cons; Servo and Twirl, unable to resist, leapt to the beast and [[Powerlinx]]ed with him, giving the monster (and the [[Doomstone]] he carried within him) the access needed to destroy the Linkage and erase the Mini-Cons' individual minds and free will. Flat-Out and Falcia resisted enough to Powerlinx with Stella's car, turning it into a fighting mech and dislodging Servo. {{storylink|Linkage Part 10}}Freed and upgraded, Servo helped put out the call to all Mini-Cons via the Linkage {{storylink|Linkage Part 11}}, which ultimately resulted in Twirl's rescue, the capture and reformatting of Ravenus, and the sealing of the Doomstone. With their task on Earth complete and the threat of Unicron looming over their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Servo and the others said their goodbyes to Stella, promising to meet again someday. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}

Servo joined his teammates in fighting against Unicron's forces while the bulk of the Mini-Cons formed the [[Unicron of Light]] to battle their creator directly. The Super Stunt Team rushed in to face the Speed Chaser Team for one final battle...

...a year later, a group of Mini-Cons led by the Super Stunt and
Sonic Assult Teams had begun construction of a city of their own on
Earth, and were waiting to reunite with their human friend. {{storylink|Linkage Part 13}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Servo-toy.jpg|right|175px|thumb|I'm the wind, baby.]]
*'''Super Stunt Mini-Con Team''' (DVD release, 2003)

: Servo is a [[redeco]] of the Armada [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] member [[Spiral]], transforming into a Mercedes C-class luxury car. It was only available with its teammates Flat-Out and Redline with the first volume of the ''Legends of the Microns'' DVD series in Japan, the only volume to contain more than a single Mini-Con.

: The same mold is used by ''Armada'' [[Skid-Z (Armada)|Skid-Z]], while a [[retool]]ed version of the mold is used by ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' [[Jack (Cybertron)|Jack]]. The mold was slated to be released as [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] in ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', but was ultimately canceled.

==Trivia==
* Servo's coloration was going to be applied to the unreleased ''Energon'' Mini-Con [[Override (Energon)|Override]]. That whole team was a "one-off" of the Super Stunt Team, shuffling the colors from each member onto different molds.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/Servo/servo.htm Servo at TFU.info]

*[http://members.fortunecity.com/msipher/transform/linkage/linkage.html "Official" Linkage mini-comic translations]

[[Category: Armada characters]]
[[Category: Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Mini-Cons]]

User:Turkishproverb

2009-04-26T21:23:25Z

Turkishproverb:

Hello.

Working on Japanese TF related pages. Feel free to talk.

Shunji ÅŒga

2009-04-26T21:21:39Z

Turkishproverb:

'''Shunji Oga''' (大賀俊二 ''Ôga Shunji'') is a japanese animation professional, usually a director. Notable works he has involved himself with include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgo_13#Anime Goglo 13] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlock_Saga Harlock Saga].

Oga's Transformers Credits include several Transformers Animated episodes, including many worked on by [[Ben Jones]].

===Transformers Animated===
==Season 1==
* [[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]
* [[The Thrill of the Hunt]]
* [[Nanosec]]
* [[Sound and Fury]]
* [[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]
* [[Nature Calls]]
* [[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]
==Season 2==
* [[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]
* [[Rise of the Constructicons]]
* [[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]
* [[Autoboot Camp]]
* [[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]

==External links==
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5770 Shunji ÔGA] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Directors|Oga, Shunji]]

Shunji ÅŒga

2009-04-26T21:19:40Z

Turkishproverb:

Shunji ÅŒga

2009-04-26T21:18:57Z

Turkishproverb: Creating Page with basics.

'''Shunji Oga''' (大賀俊二 ''Ôga Shunji'') is a japanese animation professional, usually a director. Notable works he has involved himself with include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgo_13#Anime Goglo 13] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlock_Saga Harlock Saga].

Oga's Transformers Credits include several Transformers Animated episodes, including many worked on by [[Ben Jones]].

===Transformers Animated===
==Season 1==
* [[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]
* [[The Thrill of the Hunt]]
* [[Nanosec]]
* [[Sound and Fury]]
* [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_(episode) Headmaster]]
* [[Nature Calls]]
* [[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]
==Season 2==
* [[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]
* [[Rise of the Constructicons]]
* [[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]
* [[Autoboot Camp]]
* [[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]

==External links==
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5770 Shunji ÔGA] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese Directors|Oga, Shunji]]

User talk:Turkishproverb

2009-04-26T06:59:53Z

Turkishproverb:

{{captionbastard}} --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 02:27, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

::Interesting. Sorry, forgot that you guys just assume based on ISP I had never been here before. I've edited a few things here and there, mostly minor grammar stuff.

::Your behavior, and the -at best snarky- design of the box, is hardly friendly, regardless of what's in the caption. Still, if you don't want me editing captions, fine. To be clear, should I go check that any I did before are no longer the caption I had at the time?
:::Just made an official account. I'll try to remember to get my work credited to me from now on.[[User:Turkishproverb|Turkishproverb]]
:The caption you put was a Dictor Who reference that linked to the wikipedia article. The caption you replaced was a Doctor Who reference that linked to the Transformer who transforms into a Dalek. Your joke isn't funnier. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 02:52, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::Wasn't my point related to your edit, actually. Either way, that was not the reason you implied you it, according to the little box up there ;). Don't worry, I'm not going to edit war over this (If I were, I doubt I'd have signed up for a membership to do so) Funny is somewhat subjective, and Octus ''is'' more on topic. Just letting you guys know I had indeed been here before.[[User:Turkishproverb|Turkishproverb]]

User talk:Turkishproverb

2009-04-26T06:59:39Z

Turkishproverb:

User talk:FortMax

2009-04-26T06:47:23Z

Turkishproverb:

==Downshift (UT) move==

Hey man, I hate to be a pain, but doesn't the [[Style Guide]] say to abbreviate Energon, Armada, and Cybertron as (UT)? He's not a Cybertron character, apparently, but we could mark on the page that he's from the Energon portion of the Unicon Trilogy continuity. - [[User:Doogles|Doogles]] 21:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

:Hi, Doogles - The style guide is undergoing revision, see note on the community portal. It could probably be better marked. We had a long discussion on the Community Portal's talk page about it and eventually decided to use the franchise of origin for characters if and only if they needed disambiguation. So, no more "UT" suffixes. Sometime after Comic Con and the academic conference I'm going to right after that, I will update all the wiki's help pages. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

=="series Character"==
No. I thought it was necessary after seeing how absurdly bloated the Generation 1 category was and thought it would make things much more organized. I'm only doing it for series that have a significant amount of articles that aren't characters; I'm not doing pointless ones like "Operation Combination characters", as only one article in "Operation Combination" isn't a character page. Same goes for stuff like Robot Masters and Victory.

My interpretation of the Generation 1 category differs from yours, evidently. I take "Generation 1" to be the catch-all category of the continuity family, which includes stuff like the Beast Era and Robot Masters. Obviously, this includes Classics. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 17:18, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

:I agree that the Generation 1 category was bloated and I think having a "Generation 1 characters" category to address that is a good thing. I also think that this sort of significant reshuffling of how we categorize things could probably have stood to have been thoroughly discussed somewhere, like the Community Portal's talk page, prior to implementation. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

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==David Kaye==

I'm not sure about the word "regularly". In this context, it means Kaye has voiced both characters multiple times, and yeah, there are multiple episodes of Animated, but Animated should be taken as a whole. It's the only ''one'' series in which Kaye has voiced Optimus. "Regularly", used like this, I would expect to convey the same role across multiple series.

At the same time, G1 Megatron's speaking role in BW was so *small*... --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 18:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

:By your definition, Frank Welker's Galvatron wasn't a regular role, as he only voiced him for one full season + three episodes, where Kaye voiced Galvatron for three series.
:For Animated, Prime is a regular role for Kaye. He was hired to voice the main protaginest for the entire series. This isn't like the VA for Sixshot, who was hired to voice one character in a single episode, Wally Burr who would fill in to voice a recurring character if the main VA was unavailiable, or the various regular VAs who would also voice the one line for "Guard #1" --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:17, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

::I see what you're saying. For the record, I was going along the line of thought that "regular role" and "voiced regularly" were two seperate (though similar) uses of the word "regular". Apparently that line of thought isn't a common one, nor the one by which the word is used.
::I still don't think the word needs to be there; the sentence makes perfect sense and is still noteable without it, unless I'm forgetting something. King Starscream, at least, seems to have used the same thought process I did, so the note as-is may again be considered inaccurate by others. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 20:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
[[User:Lordhighannoyingstarscream|Lordhighannoyingstarscream]] 21:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC) I am a new user here and I am also sorry for the caption thing, but i just discovered that someone took away all the humourous captions and sarcasm in [[Vector Sigma]]'s info page. he is a somwhat important character so I think somebody should look into that. I also had an idea for the [[Unicron Trilogy]] so if yoyu wanna fix anything i put a basic theme there as well as some content and images.

==Edit conflict==
My apologies about that. Believe me, I know what that's like. And it was on my own talk page. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

==Comic dates==
Why did you add dates to to original miniseries, then make them "unknown"? The month for original publication of The Transformers was right, if nothing - I got it from an old issue of Marvel Age. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 15:35, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
:crazysteve had made a [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/371bda38dd8ae979?hl=en#08a422e4fbc2a95c post] on a.t.t where he was trying to figure out the actual release dated for the original miniseries. the dated for issues 3 and 4 come from Marvel Age issues 21 and 24. He then deduced issue two came out on July 31 and issue 1 came out on may 29th. However, there was a review of issue 1 posted on net.comics at midnight on may 21, so I then removed the release dated for issues 1 and 2. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 15:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
::... oh. Apparently I am a liar, as I not only did not add the month for issue #1, but - having dug out my copy of Marvel Age #17 - the original publication date for issue #1 was sometime in April. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

== Spoilers in profiles ==

For fuck's sake, stop putting spoilers in the character profiles! Those go in the Fiction sections, and always with the <nowiki>{{spoiler}}</nowiki> template. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 01:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
:Er, was there more than just the one? Because I was only aware of the one in Nanosec that got edited, and am not exactly sure how I merit a "for fuck's sake stop doing ____" notice.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

== Note ==

Do not revert me, I have been instructed by staff to remove all edits by this user. --[[User:Charitwo|Charitwo]] 23:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

:"Evidence" is present in the article history, btw, but you need not worry, this is being handled. --[[User:Charitwo|Charitwo]] 23:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

::If you have problems, please talk to [[w:User talk:Catherine Munro|Catherine]], I am following her instructions. --[[User:Charitwo|Charitwo]] 23:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

== Charitwo ==

Yeah, I just spotted who he was and apologized on his Talk page while you were messaging me.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

==Western Governors University==

Hi -- I just responded to [[w:Forum:Issues_with_adds|your post on Central]] about the audio ads. Thanks for spotting that ad -- you're right, it's not cool, and we killed it. It wasn't something that somebody at Wikia saw and approved... We get our ads from ad servers, and once in a while, they try to slip something through that crosses the line.

Unfortunately, that means that we only know about a bad ad when we see it, and sometimes, the users will see it before we do. I'm usually the person who notices them -- I'm on the wikis a lot, and I have a very low tolerance for distracting ads.

So if you see an ad like that again, please let me know -- you can leave me a message on my talk page here, and I'll make sure it's taken care of. It's important to me that we don't have ads on the site that drive users away.

Also, let me know if there's anything else I can help with. My thing is the Entertainment sites, and Teletraan I is one of the biggest and best. So I'm always available, if there's something you need. Talk to you later! -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 22:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

:Hmmm, I just came back to check and I saw the WGU ad again. I'll see if I can figure out why it's still running, and get it turned off for good. If you see it again, please let me know... -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 00:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

::I was just making some edits, and I don't see the WGU ad coming up again. I'll come back later and check again. Let me know if you see it again. The code that you copied was perfect; if you spot it again, give me that code. Thanks! -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 18:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

:::Okay, I just saw it again... I'm sorry it's taking so long to get these shut off; I know how annoying they are. I'm trying to pin down the guy who works on the ads, and make sure he shuts it off. I'll let you know when it's done. -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 20:57, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

::::All right, this time for real -- it's turned off. I'm sorry that it took so long! -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 01:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

== SciFi Wiki ==

Hey, I was wondering if you could come help out on the [http://scifi.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page SciFi Wiki] because we have no articles on Transformers (or if you could ask some other users on here to help, or suggest a way to ask more). Thanks!!!--[[User:UESPArules|UESPA]] 03:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
:Wouldn't that effort be redundant with what's going on here? --[[User:GrantB|GrantB]] 03:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

==Elita One==
So, I'm a little confused as to what you want to do with that article? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I was seing if using the undo function to a version before there was anything becides a redirect would allow the Elita One article to be moved back.--[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 02:01, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

==Image sizes==
Regarding the Road Caesar image you uploaded - take care with image sizes/quality. The wiki software should have warned you if you went over 150KB or something like. In an effort to keep image loading times reasonable and to save on the wiki's server space, when we have big images, we should use photoshop to adjust the image size and quality down to a reasonable file size. Thanks. Thanks for finding the new image too - I was bothered by the fact it had text and the component guys covering him. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
:Odd, it gave me a warning, but that was for replacing an existing image. Also, I don't have Photoshop, and Paintbrush is horrible for, well, everything.

== Blocking IP ranges ==

Sadly, I don't even have access to what his IP address is. Given that accounts are universal across Wikia and all that, I assume it's only the Wikia staff who can see it. I don't know if it'd do much good anyway; it's SUPPOSED to ban his IP address each time, so unless he just has a dynamic IP (which isn't really that likely nowadays), he's probably using proxies.

It sort of sucks. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 07:25, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

==You are no fun at all.==
Seriously. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 21:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

==SOR-EEE!!!==
my bro has hacked in2 my user. i will change my password now. he made arcee 4 me and i have been usin that same password ever since. [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 13:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

== What do you mean? ==

What you mean how cute? Are you insulting me?

== Oh ok ==

Yah I was just showing my brother the floro Dery article and I felt like makin a little joke aboot how he always says he isnt him. I mean yah noones gonna actually think Im Floro dery ,Its just a little......joke ,kinda like ,IDK Im not Floro.[[User:Imnotflorodery|Imnotflorodery]] 00:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

== Destro oy ==

Do you remember a user called destro oy? If so that was me. I forgot my password so I made a new acount.[[User:Imnotflorodery|Imnotflorodery]] 00:35, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

== The Doctor ==
Any particular reason for the revert? You didn't cite one.
:He put a caption bastard tag on your talk page, that should tell you what you did wrong.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 02:34, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::Yea, it would be, except for the fact that nothing in Wiki: caption seemed to argue against it. I've edited here before, under varying ISP's, and to assume otherwise is bad faith. If nothing else, it hardly behooved me to know you guys had taken such thigns to mean "signed up members only." [[Special:Contributions/198.146.55.145|198.146.55.145]]
:::Just made an official account. I'll try to remember to get my work credited to me from now on. Whole thing still reeks of bad faith at best. Still, its vaguely similar to policy, so I can't entirely blame FortMax.[[User:Turkishproverb|Turkishproverb]]

User:Turkishproverb

2009-04-26T06:42:57Z

Turkishproverb: New page: Hello.

Hello.

User talk:Turkishproverb

2009-04-26T06:42:32Z

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