Editing Convoy (rank)

'''Convoy''' is an [[Autobot]] and [[Maximal]] rank of leadership throughout many Japanese series.  It is similar in many ways to the American rank of "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]".  The rank was named in honor of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]] (the Japanese name for Optimus Prime).

In the [[Generation 1]] continuity, an Autobot did not have to achieve a Convoy rank to be the [[Supreme Commander]].  The structured ranking of Convoys was not established until the era of the [[Beast Wars]].

Unlike those in the American fiction with a rank of "Prime", a Convoy isn't the Supreme Commander of the [[Maximal]]s as a whole (that job belongs to the [[Maximal Elder|Convoy Council]]).  Virtually any high ranking Maximal General is a Convoy, and they are instead the Supreme Commander of a crew of Maximals. They typically possess their own Matrix, most often an [[Energon Matrix]].

Whether it's a requirement of the rank or just bizarre coincidence, many Convoys share quite a few common design elements, generally based on the original Optimus Prime/Convoy.

==Known Convoys==

===Generation 1/2===

*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy/Star Convoy/G2 Convoy/Battle Convoy]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Convoy]]

===Robot Masters===
*[[Reverse Convoy]]

===Beast Wars===

*[[Optimus Primal|Convoy/Covobat/Burning Convoy/Metals Convoy/Powered Convoy/Beast Convoy]]
*[[Lio Convoy|Convoy/Lio Convoy/Flash Lio convoy]]
*[[Big Convoy]]
*[[Great Convoy]]
*[[Crow Convoy]]

===Car Robots===
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]]/[[Omega Prime|God Fire Convoy]]
*[[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] <!--Note: Not Autobot nor Autobot commander.-->

===Micron Legend/Super Link===
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Convoy/Jet Convoy/Magna Convoy/Magna Jet Convoy]]/[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Grand Convoy/Wing Convoy/Omega Convoy]]
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus Convoy]]

===Galaxy Force===
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Galaxy Convoy/Liger Convoy/Sonic Convoy]]
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Nitro Convoy]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Flame Convoy]]
*[[Evac|Live Convoy]]
*[[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Megalo Convoy]]

==See also==
*[[Supreme Commander]]
*[[Prime (rank)]]

==Note==
The name "Convoy" derives from "Battle Convoy", the Japanese name of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in [[Diaclone]] toyline, because the name "Optimus Prime" is difficult for Japanese kids to remember and pronounce. <ref>'''Figure-Oh''' No. 114</ref>

==Reference==
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