Editing Decepticon Directive

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''Decepticon Directive''
|prev=Field Guide to Action and Adventure
|next=The Enigma of Combination
|image= Decepticon Directive Rulebook Coverart.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[Renegade Game Studios]]
|written by= [[Bryan C.P. Steele]]
|date=[[September 12]], [[2023]]
|pagecount=200
|price=$45.00 USD<br/>
|ISBN=ISBN 978-1-957311-15-9<br/>
}}

'''''Decepticon Directive''''' is an expansion sourcebook for the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]]. It was released digitally on [[September 12]], [[2023]], followed by a physical release on [[September 26]].

The book contains rules for players to create Decepticon characters, a plethora of new faction-specific weapons and equipment, and a collection full of potential new enemies. It also contains the introductory adventure "[[The Great Energon Robbery]]".

==Contents==
===Chapter 1: The Decepticon Movement===
{{collist|2|}}
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] Says "Rise"

===Chapter 2: Decepticon Characters===
{{collist|2|
* Making a Might-Makes-Right Character Willing to Do Whatever It Takes
* Influences
* Origins
* Role Options
* New Role: Raider
* General Perks
}}

===Chapter 3: Equipment===
{{collist|2|}}
* Decepticon Equipment Protocols
* New Equipment Options
* Energon Strains

===Chapter 4: Decepticon Campaigns===
{{collist|2|}}
* Accessing Your Dark Spark
* Dissecting Your Decepticons
* Decepticon Locations

===Chapter 5: Threats===
{{collist|2|
*Cybertronian Features
}}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Specific Autobots'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (G1)|Bulkhead]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
<ul class="iconlist">

{{Bp-a1|[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Eject (G1)|Eject]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]}}
</ul>

|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Alien Life Forms'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
*[[Catharsian]]
*[[Collective Brute]]
*[[Eurythman]]
*[[Gorlamite]]
*[[Nebulan]]
*[[Probat (species)|Probat]]
{{Bp-qu|[[Quintesson]]}}
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] Drone
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Cybertronian Civilians'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
*Cybertronian Bureaucrat
*Cybertronian Courier
*Cybertronian Laborer
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Autobot Drones'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
*Autobot Infiltrator
*Autobot Racer
*Autobot Rescue Agent
*Autobot Soldier
</ul>
|}

===Chapter 6: Adventure In Disguise===
*[[The Great Energon Robbery]]
*Top Secret: For GM Eyes Only
*Summary
*Overview
*Part 1: We're Not on the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] Anymore
*Part 2: Finding the Right Place for Their Wrong Time
*Part 3: Stick 'Em Up!
*Part 4: Last Stop... Calamity and Chaos

==Notes==
===Errors===
* Material describing the [[Assembly Forge]] notes that [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] is the largest of [[Jupiter]]'s moons—in real life, Titan orbits [[Saturn]], and Jupiter's largest satellite is {{w|Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede}}.
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] is listed as a Decepticon Analyst.
* Iconoclast is mentioned as an Influence in that section's first page, but does not appear as one of the available options and is not mentioned again. May have possibly been a working name for Extremist.
* When [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl’s]] artwork is displayed again, he is listed as “Whirl Wind”.

===Transformers references===
* The governing body of the Decepticons is the [[Conclave]], from IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity|first continuity]].
* Deathsaurus occasionally goes by the title "Emperor of Destruction", the usual title for Decepticon leaders in Japanese Transformers works. He's also known for his [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]].
* Most of the Decepticon combiner groups are listed as playable; the Constructicons, Combaticons, [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]], and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Outside of ''Generation One'' come the Commandos, from the ''Robots in Disguise'' anime.
* The Constructicon profile mentions that in addition to the regular six, they also sometimes include [[Gravedigger]], from the ''[[Find Your Fate Junior]]'' books, [[Hauler]], Hightower, the trademark-friendly fill-in for Hook from ''Classics'', Erector, and Scoop, who filled in for a dead Scrapper in IDW's comics.
* The description of [[Ceti Alpha Seven|Ceti Alpha VII]] and events are based on the Fun Publications comic "[[Descent into Evil]]".
* The planet [[Lucifer]] comes from the ''Battlestars'' manga. Its depiction as a brutal hellhole run by Straxus, meanwhile, is taken from [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II]].
* [[LV-117]] was introduced in ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]''. Its profile makes mention of being an attempted Quintesson colony which never took off. That the planet had some kind of connection to the Quintessons was a plot thread the comics never followed up on. Its temporal weirdness comes from later on, in the ''Robots in Disguise'' issue "[[Syndromica (2)]]", as does the suggested plot of it having a connection to [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]].
* One of the potential plot threads for Quintessa is mysterious goings on related to [[Mirdane]], one of the Quintessons cited by Rewind as being banished by his kin in the ''Transformers'' episode "[[Madman's Paradise]]".
* The Decepticon prison facility [[Styx]] was introduced in ''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]''. Gutcruncher is cited as one of the typically nasty 'cons working there, as was shown in that same issue.
* [[Bulkhead (G1)|Bulkhead]] is described as having a bitter rivalry with [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], a nod to their history in [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Transformers: Prime'']]. However his design is based on his ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' toy, which came out in 2022.
* [[Primal Energon|Primal Energon's]] properties of awakening "bestial" instincts in Cybertronians seem to make it an adaptation of the energon known as the "blood" of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon's]] as it appeared in the 2005 IDW continuity, particularly the ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity]]'' series.

===Trivia===
* Despite the September release, attendees at GenCon 2023 were able to get their hands on a physical copy of the book over a month early. Players who pre-ordered the physical edition also received the PDF copy for free.
* Bryan binged almost 70 hours of assorted Transformers media during writing this book.

[[Category:Generation 1 books]]
[[Category:Reference texts]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game]]