Editing Proteus (G1)

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:''Decimus is an [[Senate|Senator]] from the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Proteus''' is a member of the corrupt [[Senate]] on pre-war [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
Following an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]], Proteus held a speech at the [[Grand Imperium]], calling for a [[Clampdown]] which would place severe restrictions on Cybertron's inhabitants in order to weed out terrorists. Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] agreed with him, adding that they could use this opportunity to shut down some government-critical groups, even if it would forego "some of the freedoms" of the general populace. The speech was then suddenly interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]], who burst into the chamber to offer his own views on the Senate's selfish ways. After the intruder had gone on for a while, Proteus ordered [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]] to have him removed, but forgot to note his name.

Another Senator later revealed to Orion Pax that the attack on Nominus Prime had been orchestrated by a faction within the Senate so that they could get their hands on the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and thus even more power. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} It's possible Proteus was a part of this conspiracy, or perhaps he just took advantage of the situation, but regardless of the fact his Clampdown was implemented soon afterwards. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

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