Editing Decepticon Justice Division

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:''The Decepticon Justice Division is a group from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Mtmte7 djd.jpg|thumb|upright=2.8|So it's just "Or Death" then?]]

The '''Decepticon Justice Division''' is a division that handles justice. And by justice, we mean "unmarked graves". Traitors and deserters to the [[Decepticon]] cause are targeted by these feared enforcers of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron's]] will. If the rumors are to be believed they ''always'' find their quarry and execute them in the messiest fashion possible to make an example of them. Some Decepticons would rather go offline than end up on their [[The List|hit list]]. Their usual killing fields are in the proximity of the planet [[Messatine]], and they pursue targets in their spaceship the ''[[Peaceful Tyranny]]''. The group's lineup changes, but its five members always use the same five code-names: those of the [[Fall of the First Five Cities|the first five cities]] to fall to the Decepticons. Many members are known to have [[alternate mode|altmode]]s which incorporate torture devices.

Known members include:
*[[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]
*[[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]]
*[[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] (leader)
*[[Tesarus (DJD)|Tesarus]]
*[[Vos (DJD)|Vos]]

{{quote|A free-roaming '''kill squad''': five '''professional sadists''' who like nothing more than to hack, stab and shoot Decepticons who step out of line. But hey, don't worry, because they just '''''love''''' to kill Autobots too.|[[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] on the Decepticon Justice Division|"[[slaughterhouse]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
The late and unlamented [[Crosscut (Decepticon)|Crosscut]] was often mistaken for a Justice Division man, which he used to his advantage. {{storylink|The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Crosscut's Squadron X profile}}

[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] once saw the Justice Division doing its dirty work. The shock rendered him speechless for six months, which was quite a feat for him. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}

One of the previous members of the D.J.D. had hooks for hands and feet. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}

Unknown to the Decepticons, the [[Autobot]]s had a [[Agent 113|mole]] within the Justice Division who leaked information to them. Usually this information would be the turncoats and traitors that the Division was hunting down, whom the Autobots could protect from [[death|justice]] in return for information. It was this agent that informed [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and the [[Wrecker]]s that any attempt to get near [[Garrus-9]] was blown out of the sky with extreme prejudice. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1}} {{storylink|Bullets}}

In order to ensure the safety of the Autobot medical facility of [[Delphi]] on the planet [[Messatine]], deep within D.J.D. territory, the facility's chief medical officer [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] entered into a deal with the Division's leader. In return for their leaving Delphi be, Pharma would provide the leader with a constant supply of fresh [[transformation cog]]s from Delphi's dead, in order to feed his addiction to changing shape that caused him to constantly burn through cogs. With the monthly quota of cogs constantly rising, Pharma was forced into drastic action, seeking to escape the deal by shutting down the facility without implicating himself. To this end, he hired Decepticon nobodies [[Sonic (G1)|Sonic]] and [[Boom]] to pose as [[Militant Monoform Movement|Monoformers]] and seek asylum at Delphi, professing to be on the run from the D.J.D. Once inside, they detonated a viral soundbomb that infected Delphi with a corrosive plague that would be blamed on D.J.D. chemical warfare. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

The D.J.D. caught up with [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and brutally tortured him to death after he sold his services to the Autobots. Despite popular conceptions, Tarn declared the war wasn't over until Megatron personally ''said'' it was over. Kaon then alerted Tarn to a signal on the planet Clemency from the undetonated [[K-Class]] named [[Fulcrum (G1)|Fulcrum]]. When they arrived Tarn gave Fulcrum's companions fifteen minutes to give him up and watch him die, or be killed themselves. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}}

The so-called [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] chose to fight, turning an incidental captive [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] against Tarn and the others. The initial surprise wore off, though, and the Scavengers got brutalized. Tesarus ground up [[Flywheels]] in his chest compartment, while Vos made [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] "wear his face". Even a [[Cybernought]] barely helped improve their odds. The remaining hapless Decepticons only survived because Kaon detected [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s spark signature. Tarn ordered the D.J.D. off to hunt for bigger fish, but not before warning the surviving Scavengers that their names had all been added to the List. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

{{spoiler|slaughterhouse|September 26th}}
The D.J.D. would later catch up with an alternate Lost Light in their search for Overlord and made short work of the crew before reaching the rogue Phase Sixer in his slow cell beneath the ship and sawing off his head. The group, however, failed to kill one member of the crew — [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}
[[File:Slaughterhouse mtmte -32 djd attack.jpg|thumb|220px|center|And the fandom collectively wept. Whether it was because they had [[spark|souls]] or because they loved watching the DJD kill people has yet to be determined.]]‎
==Trivia==
*In an early plan for "[[Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory]]", the D.J.D. were going to attack.<ref>[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/t14540/ Moonbase2's second interview with James Roberts - 01:33:27 to 01:35:00]</ref>
*[[James Roberts]] elaborated that when a D.J.D. member dies, his replacement takes his name.<ref>[http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12651&start=15 IDW Forums James Roberts Q&A]</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 subgroups]]
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