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	The ruling body on Cybertron before the Great War, the Senate was a heavily corrupt body, oppressing the lower classes of society. Ambitious Senator [[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]] steadily gained more control over the body, even creating the Autobots as his own secret police. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}} To build his power, Pax sought out the services of [[Ultra Magnus (SG)\|Ultra Magnus]], eventually assigning the lawman to take command of a new security unit that would later be dubbed the [[Wreckers]]. At Pax's orders, Magnus lead the Wreckers to launch a terrorist attack on the Senate, abducting Senator [[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]] for the [[empurata]] procedure. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass II issue 1\|Shattered Glass II #1}}		The ruling body on Cybertron before the Great War, the Senate was a heavily corrupt body, oppressing the lower classes of society. Ambitious Senator [[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]] steadily gained more control over the body, even creating the Autobots as his own secret police. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}} To build his power, Pax sought out the services of [[Ultra Magnus (SG)\|Ultra Magnus]], eventually assigning the lawman to take command of a new security unit that would later be dubbed the [[Wreckers]]. At Pax's orders, Magnus lead the Wreckers to launch a terrorist attack on the Senate, abducting Senator [[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]] for the [[empurata]] procedure. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass II issue 1\|Shattered Glass II #1}}

	By the time of the Great War, the Senate presumably collapsed. By the post-war era, Cybertron had balkanized into three warring regions led by Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]], and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}		By the time of the Great War, the Senate had presumably collapsed. By the post-war era, Cybertron had balkanized into three warring regions led by Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]], and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}

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Locoman: /* IDW Shattered Glass continuity */

2024-07-18T19:21:20Z

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	The ruling body on Cybertron before the Great War, the Senate was a heavily corrupt body, oppressing the lower classes of society. Ambitious Senator [[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]] steadily gained more control over the body, even creating the Autobots as his own secret police. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}} To build his power, Pax sought out the services of [[Ultra Magnus (SG)\|Ultra Magnus]], eventually assigning the lawman to take command of a new security unit that would later be dubbed the [[Wreckers]]. At Pax's orders, Magnus lead the Wreckers to launch a terrorist attack on the Senate, abducting Senator [[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]] for the [[empurata]] procedure. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass II issue 1\|Shattered Glass II #1}}		The ruling body on Cybertron before the Great War, the Senate was a heavily corrupt body, oppressing the lower classes of society. Ambitious Senator [[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]] steadily gained more control over the body, even creating the Autobots as his own secret police. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}} To build his power, Pax sought out the services of [[Ultra Magnus (SG)\|Ultra Magnus]], eventually assigning the lawman to take command of a new security unit that would later be dubbed the [[Wreckers]]. At Pax's orders, Magnus lead the Wreckers to launch a terrorist attack on the Senate, abducting Senator [[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]] for the [[empurata]] procedure. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass II issue 1\|Shattered Glass II #1}}

	~~When war broke out~~, ~~Pax renamed himself as "Optimus Prime" and~~ the Senate ~~was dissolved~~, Cybertron ~~being divided~~ into Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]] and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]~~'s kingdoms~~. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}		By the time of the Great War, the Senate presumably collapsed. By the post-war era, Cybertron had balkanized into three warring regions led by Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]], and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}

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	*[[Crosscut (SG)\|Crosscut]]		*[[Crosscut (SG)\|Crosscut]]

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	[[File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|This symbol denotes official Senate dealings on documents and also adorns many buildings and members of Senators' personal staff. Basically, if someone has this, then they're better than you. And will act like it.]]		[[File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|This symbol denotes official Senate dealings on documents and also adorns many buildings and members of Senators' personal staff. Basically, if someone has this, then they're better than you. And will act like it.]]
	The '''Senate''' is the legislative body of pre-war Cybertron. While the [[Prime (rank)\|Prime]] and the [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Security Services\|Security Services]] may hold military and police powers, the Senate creates the laws they enforce. It was briefly replaced by the '''New Senate''' and when ''that'' didn't wash, was done away with and replaced with the [[Grand Convocation]].		The '''Senate''' is the legislative body of pre-war [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. While the [[Prime (rank)\|Prime]] and the [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Security Services\|Security Services]] may hold military and police powers, the Senate creates the laws they enforce. It was briefly replaced by the '''New Senate''' and when ''that'' didn't wash, was done away with and replaced with the [[Grand Convocation]].

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Generation 1 continuity family===		===Generation 1 continuity family===
	====2005 IDW continuity====		====2005 IDW continuity====
	The esteemed members of the Senate were held to be the honorable descendants of the ~~progenitors~~ and custodians of the sacred Primal lineage. By the time of [[Nominus Prime]], however, the Senate had become grossly corrupt and oppressive, overseeing a caste-ridden dictatorship with themselves on top. A few honest Senators remained but kept quiet.		The esteemed members of the Senate were held to be the honorable descendants of the [[progenitor]]s and custodians of the sacred [[Prime (rank)\|Primal]] lineage. By the time of [[Nominus Prime]], however, the Senate had become grossly corrupt and oppressive, overseeing a [[Functionism\|caste-ridden dictatorship]] with themselves on top. A few honest Senators remained but kept quiet.

	In Cybertron's early age, the 113th Cybertronian Senate went into a private session at the [[Grand Imperium]] in order to address the matter of Nominus Prime's attempted assassination by terrorists. They decided that the head of security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)\|Sentinel]], was to find the perpetrators of this attack and decided to forgo the rights of the citizens by initiating a [[Clampdown (event)\|Clampdown]]. Their session was interrupted by the arrival of a security officer known as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] who spoke out against the corruption, but the outraged Senate had Sentinel place the officer under arrest and remove him from the Grand Imperium. Senator Shockwave, however, prevented Pax from being sent to prison and confessed to him that a faction ''within'' the Senate was responsible for the assassination, as they were seeking to discover how the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] created life for their own motivations. {{storylink\|Chaos Theory Part 2\|Chaos Theory #2}} Once they found that Nominus's Matrix was fake, they had him killed and released cover stories claiming he died from [[rust]] and that their very own Sentinel was suddenly showing signs of being a Prime. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc\|Post Hoc}}		In Cybertron's early age, the 113th Cybertronian Senate went into a private session at the [[Grand Imperium]] in order to address the matter of Nominus Prime's attempted assassination by terrorists. They decided that the head of security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)\|Sentinel]], was to find the perpetrators of this attack and decided to forgo the rights of the citizens by initiating a [[Clampdown (event)\|Clampdown]]. Their session was interrupted by the arrival of a security officer known as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] who spoke out against the corruption, but the outraged Senate had Sentinel place the officer under arrest and remove him from the Grand Imperium. Senator Shockwave, however, prevented Pax from being sent to prison and confessed to him that a faction ''within'' the Senate was responsible for the assassination, as they were seeking to discover how the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] created life for their own motivations. {{storylink\|Chaos Theory Part 2\|Chaos Theory #2}} Once they found that Nominus's Matrix was fake, they had him killed and released cover stories claiming he died from [[rust]] and that their very own Sentinel was suddenly showing signs of being a Prime. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc\|Post Hoc}}

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	Finally, after a brutal terrorist attack that saw the [[Tether]] destroyed, Sentinel Prime announced that he had no intentions of working with the increasingly emboldened Ascenticon movement and announced his intentions to outlaw the party and convene the Senate without them. During this controversial meeting, however, Megatron pushed through the crowds into the Senate hall itself, forcibly took the floor from Sentinel, and made his own speech—one that ended with members of the newly renamed "Decepticons" storming the building, removing Sentinel from power, and taking everyone inside hostage. {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You\|We Have Deceived You}} The Senators were imprisoned in their own building and forced under threat of death to endorse Megatron's rule. [[Ironhide (G1)\|Ironhide]] led a team to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, but the ensuing shootout led to Sentinel's own death. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In the aftermath, Megatron ordered [[Strika (BM)\|Strika]] to keep the other Senators imprisoned until they accepted him as their leader, while Megatron relocated his seat of power to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)\|Decepticon Headquarters]]. {{storylink\|War World: Awakenings\|Awakenings}}		Finally, after a brutal terrorist attack that saw the [[Tether]] destroyed, Sentinel Prime announced that he had no intentions of working with the increasingly emboldened Ascenticon movement and announced his intentions to outlaw the party and convene the Senate without them. During this controversial meeting, however, Megatron pushed through the crowds into the Senate hall itself, forcibly took the floor from Sentinel, and made his own speech—one that ended with members of the newly renamed "Decepticons" storming the building, removing Sentinel from power, and taking everyone inside hostage. {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You\|We Have Deceived You}} The Senators were imprisoned in their own building and forced under threat of death to endorse Megatron's rule. [[Ironhide (G1)\|Ironhide]] led a team to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, but the ensuing shootout led to Sentinel's own death. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In the aftermath, Megatron ordered [[Strika (BM)\|Strika]] to keep the other Senators imprisoned until they accepted him as their leader, while Megatron relocated his seat of power to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)\|Decepticon Headquarters]]. {{storylink\|War World: Awakenings\|Awakenings}}

			[[Velocitron]] had its own Senate but, unlike other Cybertronian worlds, their First Senator was the winner of the [[Speedia 500]] rather than any democratic process. The previous winner, [[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]], had abdicated his position and left [[Road Rocket (G2)\|Road Rocket]] to rule the planet. {{storylink\|Tread & Circuits Part 1}} To conquer Velocitron, the Decepticons entered [[Knock Out (G1)\|Knock Out]] in the race, arranging events for him to become Velocitron's First Senator and make the planet a Decepticon world. {{storylink\|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

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	A new Senate was very quickly established by the rising [[Zeta Prime (G1)\|Zeta Prime]] (who would literally call it the New Senate because Zeta loved calling everything "new") and their first acts were to organize Sentinel's funeral, oversee the passing of the Matrix to Zeta, and generally reassure the planet that they had this "Decepticon" thing in hand. As with the old Senate, the New Senate knew that the "Matrix" held by Zeta Prime was a fake. {{storylink\|The Last Autobot}} Understandably, the new body had a lot to prove to make up for the old one. {{storylink\|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink\|Remembrance Day}}		A new Senate was very quickly established by the rising [[Zeta Prime (G1)\|Zeta Prime]] (who would literally call it the New Senate because Zeta loved calling everything "new") and their first acts were to organize Sentinel's funeral, oversee the passing of the Matrix to Zeta, and generally reassure the planet that they had this "Decepticon" thing in hand. As with the old Senate, the New Senate knew that the "Matrix" held by Zeta Prime was a fake. {{storylink\|The Last Autobot}} Understandably, the new body had a lot to prove to make up for the old one. {{storylink\|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink\|Remembrance Day}}

	At some point during the Senate or New Senate, [[Crosscut (~~Autobot~~)\|Crosscut]] became famous as a senator who took a stand and liberated [[Petrex]] "with wise words and a shovel". {{storylink\|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7\|The Dead Are Not Enough}}		At some point during the Senate or New Senate, [[Crosscut (G1)\|Crosscut]] became famous as a senator who took a stand and liberated [[Petrex]] "with wise words and a shovel". {{storylink\|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7\|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

	The New Senate were apparently a ''bit'' more sensible than the old one, as they thought Zeta's plan to use [[vamparc ribbon]]s on civilians was a bit nutty. One of the more vocal senators was even adamant that they and the Prime were meant to serve the people, not oppress them. Unfortunately, Zeta Prime didn't give a monkey's, knowing that nobody trusted even the New Senate. Around this time, Starscream was considered a "delegate" to the Senate and not known to be a Decepticon. {{storylink\|Parasites}} In spite of their misgivings, the Senate still helped Zeta stockpile outlawed weapons. {{storylink\|Endgame}} Zeta was assuring the worried Senate that his tactics were working, at the exact moment when Orion Pax and a squad of Autobots violently turned on him. {{storylink\|Overthrown}}		The New Senate were apparently a ''bit'' more sensible than the old one, as they thought Zeta's plan to use [[vamparc ribbon]]s on civilians was a bit nutty. One of the more vocal senators was even adamant that they and the Prime were meant to serve the people, not oppress them. Unfortunately, Zeta Prime didn't give a monkey's, knowing that nobody trusted even the New Senate. Around this time, Starscream was considered a "delegate" to the Senate and not known to be a Decepticon. {{storylink\|Parasites}} In spite of their misgivings, the Senate still helped Zeta stockpile outlawed weapons. {{storylink\|Endgame}} Zeta was assuring the worried Senate that his tactics were working, at the exact moment when Orion Pax and a squad of Autobots violently turned on him. {{storylink\|Overthrown}}
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	*[[Crosscut (~~Autobot~~)\|Crosscut]]		*[[Crosscut (G1)\|Crosscut]]
	*[[Dai Atlas (G1)\|Dai Atlas]]		*[[Dai Atlas (G1)\|Dai Atlas]]
	*[[Decimus (G1)\|Decimus]]		*[[Decimus (G1)\|Decimus]]
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	During one of the Senate's final meetings together it was Orion Pax, taking the lead while Sentinel Prime was offworld, who suggested that the Senate come together to denounce the actions of the emboldened Ascenticons, implicated in the murders of [[Rubble]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)\|Brainstorm]]. Megatron refused, pointing out that the Autobots had long since ''enforced'' cooperation rather than ''encouraging'' it, and took his premature leave from the meeting. {{storylink\|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Following Sentinel Prime's return to Cybertron, the bullish leader pushed back against The Rise as hard as he could, leading to a series of brutal Senate-enforced crackdowns across Cybertron despite mounting protests for a new unity government to handle the crisis. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}		During one of the Senate's final meetings together it was Orion Pax, taking the lead while Sentinel Prime was offworld, who suggested that the Senate come together to denounce the actions of the emboldened Ascenticons, implicated in the murders of [[Rubble]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)\|Brainstorm]]. Megatron refused, pointing out that the Autobots had long since ''enforced'' cooperation rather than ''encouraging'' it, and took his premature leave from the meeting. {{storylink\|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Following Sentinel Prime's return to Cybertron, the bullish leader pushed back against The Rise as hard as he could, leading to a series of brutal Senate-enforced crackdowns across Cybertron despite mounting protests for a new unity government to handle the crisis. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

	Finally, after a brutal terrorist attack that saw the [[Tether]] destroyed, Sentinel Prime announced that he had no intentions of working with the increasingly emboldened Ascenticon movement and announced his intentions to outlaw the party and convene the Senate without them. During this controversial meeting, however, Megatron pushed through the crowds into the Senate hall itself, forcibly took the floor from Sentinel, and made his own speech—one that ended with members of the newly-renamed "Decepticons" storming the building, removing Sentinel from power, and taking everyone inside hostage. {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You\|We Have Deceived You}} The Senators were imprisoned in their own building and forced under threat of death to endorse Megatron's rule. [[Ironhide (G1)\|Ironhide]] led a team to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, but the ensuing shootout led to Sentinel's own death. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In the aftermath, Megatron ordered [[Strika (BM)\|Strika]] to keep the other Senators imprisoned until they accepted him as their leader, while Megatron relocated his seat of power to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)\|Decepticon Headquarters]]. {{storylink\|War World: Awakenings\|Awakenings}}		Finally, after a brutal terrorist attack that saw the [[Tether]] destroyed, Sentinel Prime announced that he had no intentions of working with the increasingly emboldened Ascenticon movement and announced his intentions to outlaw the party and convene the Senate without them. During this controversial meeting, however, Megatron pushed through the crowds into the Senate hall itself, forcibly took the floor from Sentinel, and made his own speech—one that ended with members of the newly renamed "Decepticons" storming the building, removing Sentinel from power, and taking everyone inside hostage. {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You\|We Have Deceived You}} The Senators were imprisoned in their own building and forced under threat of death to endorse Megatron's rule. [[Ironhide (G1)\|Ironhide]] led a team to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, but the ensuing shootout led to Sentinel's own death. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In the aftermath, Megatron ordered [[Strika (BM)\|Strika]] to keep the other Senators imprisoned until they accepted him as their leader, while Megatron relocated his seat of power to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)\|Decepticon Headquarters]]. {{storylink\|War World: Awakenings\|Awakenings}}

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Usfmm at 10:50, 20 December 2022

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Khajidha: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

2022-12-04T01:44:32Z

2005 IDW continuity

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	In Cybertron's early age, the 113th Cybertronian Senate went into a private session at the [[Grand Imperium]] in order to address the matter of Nominus Prime's attempted assassination by terrorists. They decided that the head of security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)\|Sentinel]], was to find the perpetrators of this attack and decided to forgo the rights of the citizens by initiating a [[Clampdown (event)\|Clampdown]]. Their session was interrupted by the arrival of a security officer known as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] who spoke out against the corruption, but the outraged Senate had Sentinel place the officer under arrest and remove him from the Grand Imperium. Senator Shockwave, however, prevented Pax from being sent to prison and confessed to him that a faction ''within'' the Senate was responsible for the assassination, as they were seeking to discover how the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] created life for their own motivations. {{storylink\|Chaos Theory Part 2\|Chaos Theory #2}} Once they found that Nominus's Matrix was fake, they had him killed and released cover stories claiming he died from [[rust]] and that their very own Sentinel was suddenly showing signs of being a Prime. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc\|Post Hoc}}		In Cybertron's early age, the 113th Cybertronian Senate went into a private session at the [[Grand Imperium]] in order to address the matter of Nominus Prime's attempted assassination by terrorists. They decided that the head of security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)\|Sentinel]], was to find the perpetrators of this attack and decided to forgo the rights of the citizens by initiating a [[Clampdown (event)\|Clampdown]]. Their session was interrupted by the arrival of a security officer known as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] who spoke out against the corruption, but the outraged Senate had Sentinel place the officer under arrest and remove him from the Grand Imperium. Senator Shockwave, however, prevented Pax from being sent to prison and confessed to him that a faction ''within'' the Senate was responsible for the assassination, as they were seeking to discover how the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] created life for their own motivations. {{storylink\|Chaos Theory Part 2\|Chaos Theory #2}} Once they found that Nominus's Matrix was fake, they had him killed and released cover stories claiming he died from [[rust]] and that their very own Sentinel was suddenly showing signs of being a Prime. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc\|Post Hoc}}

	The Clampdown only served to increase discontent among Cybertronian citizens, causing the newly emerged [[Decepticon]] movement to grow in popularity. Seeking to put stop to this growing threat to the Senate's stability, Senator Proteus instated a [[Decepticon Registration Act]] along with a false [[Proteus's Promise\|promise]] that if 10,000 Decepticons registered the Senate would be recognize them as legitimate political party. In fact, he and Sentinel were only collecting names of Decepticons so that they could send them all to the [[Institute]] to be "cured" of their rebellious nature. As part of this plan, agents were hired to assassinate Senators Sherma and Momus, themselves Decepticon sympathizers, so that Proteus could subsequently display how he wasn't biased against Decepticons by proving them innocent of the senators' murders. This would lead to an increase in registrations, followed by an arranged bombing that would be blamed on the Decepticons as proof of their "true colors" and the rounding up of all registrants. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism\|Patternism}} However, this plan was sabotaged by Shockwave and Orion Pax (with a tip-off from [[Whirl (G1)\|Whirl]]), who secretly removed the bomb.		The Clampdown only served to increase discontent among Cybertronian citizens, causing the newly emerged [[Decepticon]] movement to grow in popularity. Seeking to put stop to this growing threat to the Senate's stability, Senator Proteus instated a [[Decepticon Registration Act]] along with a false [[Proteus's Promise\|promise]] that if 10,000 Decepticons registered the Senate would recognize them as legitimate political party. In fact, he and Sentinel were only collecting names of Decepticons so that they could send them all to the [[Institute]] to be "cured" of their rebellious nature. As part of this plan, agents were hired to assassinate Senators Sherma and Momus, themselves Decepticon sympathizers, so that Proteus could subsequently display how he wasn't biased against Decepticons by proving them innocent of the senators' murders. This would lead to an increase in registrations, followed by an arranged bombing that would be blamed on the Decepticons as proof of their "true colors" and the rounding up of all registrants. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism\|Patternism}} However, this plan was sabotaged by Shockwave and Orion Pax (with a tip-off from [[Whirl (G1)\|Whirl]]), who secretly removed the bomb.

	The senate was quite ''unhappy'' with Shockwave, who had been using the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] to shelter [[Outlier (group)\|outliers]] from persecution by the [[Functionism\|functionists]]. As a result, the academy was burnt by 'accident', and Shockwave was sent to the Institute. {{storylink\|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|An Intimate Beheading}}		The senate was quite ''unhappy'' with Shockwave, who had been using the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] to shelter [[Outlier (group)\|outliers]] from persecution by the [[Functionism\|functionists]]. As a result, the academy was burnt by 'accident', and Shockwave was sent to the Institute. {{storylink\|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|An Intimate Beheading}}

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	*[[Decimus (SG)\|Decimus]]		*[[Decimus (SG)\|Decimus]]
	*[[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]]		*[[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]]
			*[[Proteus (SG)\|Proteus]]
			*[[Ratbat (SG)\|Ratbat]]
	*[[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]]		*[[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]]
	*[[Tomaandi (SG)\|Tomaandi]]		*[[Tomaandi (SG)\|Tomaandi]]

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2022-12-04T01:01:04Z

IDW Shattered Glass continuity

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			*[[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]]
	*[[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]]		*[[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]]
	*[[Tomaandi (SG)\|Tomaandi]]		*[[Tomaandi (SG)\|Tomaandi]]

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	When war broke out, Pax renamed himself as "Optimus Prime" and the Senate was dissolved, Cybertron being divided into Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]] and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]'s kingdoms. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}		When war broke out, Pax renamed himself as "Optimus Prime" and the Senate was dissolved, Cybertron being divided into Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]] and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]'s kingdoms. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}

			{{collist\|3\|
			*[[Crosscut (SG)\|Crosscut]]
			*[[Decimus (SG)\|Decimus]]
			*[[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]]
			*[[Tomaandi (SG)\|Tomaandi]]
			}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	The ruling body on Cybertron before the Great War, the Senate was a heavily corrupt body, oppressing the lower classes of society. Ambitious Senator [[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]] steadily gained more control over the body, even creating the Autobots as his own secret police. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}} To build his power, Pax sought out the services of [[Ultra Magnus (SG)\|Ultra Magnus]], eventually assigning the lawman to take command of a new security unit that would later be dubbed the [[Wreckers]]. At Pax's orders, Magnus lead the Wreckers to launch a terrorist attack on the Senate, abducting Senator [[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]] for the [[empurata]] procedure. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass II issue 1\|Shattered Glass II #1}}		The ruling body on Cybertron before the Great War, the Senate was a heavily corrupt body, oppressing the lower classes of society. Ambitious Senator [[Optimus Prime (SG)\|Orion Pax]] steadily gained more control over the body, even creating the Autobots as his own secret police. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}} To build his power, Pax sought out the services of [[Ultra Magnus (SG)\|Ultra Magnus]], eventually assigning the lawman to take command of a new security unit that would later be dubbed the [[Wreckers]]. At Pax's orders, Magnus lead the Wreckers to launch a terrorist attack on the Senate, abducting Senator [[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]] for the [[empurata]] procedure. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass II issue 1\|Shattered Glass II #1}}

	~~When war broke out~~, ~~Pax renamed himself as "Optimus Prime" and~~ the Senate ~~was dissolved~~, Cybertron ~~being divided~~ into Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]] and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]~~'s kingdoms~~. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}		By the time of the Great War, the Senate presumably collapsed. By the post-war era, Cybertron had balkanized into three warring regions led by Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (SG)\|Prowl]], and [[Goldbug (SG)\|Goldbug]]. {{storylink\|Shattered Glass issue 2\|Shattered Glass #2}}

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	*[[Crosscut (SG)\|Crosscut]]		*[[Crosscut (SG)\|Crosscut]]

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	A new Senate was very quickly established by the rising [[Zeta Prime (G1)\|Zeta Prime]] (who would literally call it the New Senate because Zeta loved calling everything "new") and their first acts were to organize Sentinel's funeral, oversee the passing of the Matrix to Zeta, and generally reassure the planet that they had this "Decepticon" thing in hand. As with the old Senate, the New Senate knew that the "Matrix" held by Zeta Prime was a fake. {{storylink\|The Last Autobot}} Understandably, the new body had a lot to prove to make up for the old one. {{storylink\|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink\|Remembrance Day}}		A new Senate was very quickly established by the rising [[Zeta Prime (G1)\|Zeta Prime]] (who would literally call it the New Senate because Zeta loved calling everything "new") and their first acts were to organize Sentinel's funeral, oversee the passing of the Matrix to Zeta, and generally reassure the planet that they had this "Decepticon" thing in hand. As with the old Senate, the New Senate knew that the "Matrix" held by Zeta Prime was a fake. {{storylink\|The Last Autobot}} Understandably, the new body had a lot to prove to make up for the old one. {{storylink\|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink\|Remembrance Day}}

	At some point during the Senate or New Senate, [[Crosscut (~~Autobot~~)\|Crosscut]] became famous as a senator who took a stand and liberated [[Petrex]] "with wise words and a shovel". {{storylink\|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7\|The Dead Are Not Enough}}		At some point during the Senate or New Senate, [[Crosscut (G1)\|Crosscut]] became famous as a senator who took a stand and liberated [[Petrex]] "with wise words and a shovel". {{storylink\|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7\|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

	The New Senate were apparently a ''bit'' more sensible than the old one, as they thought Zeta's plan to use [[vamparc ribbon]]s on civilians was a bit nutty. One of the more vocal senators was even adamant that they and the Prime were meant to serve the people, not oppress them. Unfortunately, Zeta Prime didn't give a monkey's, knowing that nobody trusted even the New Senate. Around this time, Starscream was considered a "delegate" to the Senate and not known to be a Decepticon. {{storylink\|Parasites}} In spite of their misgivings, the Senate still helped Zeta stockpile outlawed weapons. {{storylink\|Endgame}} Zeta was assuring the worried Senate that his tactics were working, at the exact moment when Orion Pax and a squad of Autobots violently turned on him. {{storylink\|Overthrown}}		The New Senate were apparently a ''bit'' more sensible than the old one, as they thought Zeta's plan to use [[vamparc ribbon]]s on civilians was a bit nutty. One of the more vocal senators was even adamant that they and the Prime were meant to serve the people, not oppress them. Unfortunately, Zeta Prime didn't give a monkey's, knowing that nobody trusted even the New Senate. Around this time, Starscream was considered a "delegate" to the Senate and not known to be a Decepticon. {{storylink\|Parasites}} In spite of their misgivings, the Senate still helped Zeta stockpile outlawed weapons. {{storylink\|Endgame}} Zeta was assuring the worried Senate that his tactics were working, at the exact moment when Orion Pax and a squad of Autobots violently turned on him. {{storylink\|Overthrown}}
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	*[[Crosscut (~~Autobot~~)\|Crosscut]]		*[[Crosscut (G1)\|Crosscut]]
	*[[Dai Atlas (G1)\|Dai Atlas]]		*[[Dai Atlas (G1)\|Dai Atlas]]
	*[[Decimus (G1)\|Decimus]]		*[[Decimus (G1)\|Decimus]]
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	During one of the Senate's final meetings together it was Orion Pax, taking the lead while Sentinel Prime was offworld, who suggested that the Senate come together to denounce the actions of the emboldened Ascenticons, implicated in the murders of [[Rubble]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)\|Brainstorm]]. Megatron refused, pointing out that the Autobots had long since ''enforced'' cooperation rather than ''encouraging'' it, and took his premature leave from the meeting. {{storylink\|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Following Sentinel Prime's return to Cybertron, the bullish leader pushed back against The Rise as hard as he could, leading to a series of brutal Senate-enforced crackdowns across Cybertron despite mounting protests for a new unity government to handle the crisis. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}		During one of the Senate's final meetings together it was Orion Pax, taking the lead while Sentinel Prime was offworld, who suggested that the Senate come together to denounce the actions of the emboldened Ascenticons, implicated in the murders of [[Rubble]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)\|Brainstorm]]. Megatron refused, pointing out that the Autobots had long since ''enforced'' cooperation rather than ''encouraging'' it, and took his premature leave from the meeting. {{storylink\|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Following Sentinel Prime's return to Cybertron, the bullish leader pushed back against The Rise as hard as he could, leading to a series of brutal Senate-enforced crackdowns across Cybertron despite mounting protests for a new unity government to handle the crisis. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

	Finally, after a brutal terrorist attack that saw the [[Tether]] destroyed, Sentinel Prime announced that he had no intentions of working with the increasingly emboldened Ascenticon movement and announced his intentions to outlaw the party and convene the Senate without them. During this controversial meeting, however, Megatron pushed through the crowds into the Senate hall itself, forcibly took the floor from Sentinel, and made his own speech—one that ended with members of the newly-renamed "Decepticons" storming the building, removing Sentinel from power, and taking everyone inside hostage. {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You\|We Have Deceived You}} The Senators were imprisoned in their own building and forced under threat of death to endorse Megatron's rule. [[Ironhide (G1)\|Ironhide]] led a team to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, but the ensuing shootout led to Sentinel's own death. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In the aftermath, Megatron ordered [[Strika (BM)\|Strika]] to keep the other Senators imprisoned until they accepted him as their leader, while Megatron relocated his seat of power to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)\|Decepticon Headquarters]]. {{storylink\|War World: Awakenings\|Awakenings}}		Finally, after a brutal terrorist attack that saw the [[Tether]] destroyed, Sentinel Prime announced that he had no intentions of working with the increasingly emboldened Ascenticon movement and announced his intentions to outlaw the party and convene the Senate without them. During this controversial meeting, however, Megatron pushed through the crowds into the Senate hall itself, forcibly took the floor from Sentinel, and made his own speech—one that ended with members of the newly renamed "Decepticons" storming the building, removing Sentinel from power, and taking everyone inside hostage. {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You\|We Have Deceived You}} The Senators were imprisoned in their own building and forced under threat of death to endorse Megatron's rule. [[Ironhide (G1)\|Ironhide]] led a team to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, but the ensuing shootout led to Sentinel's own death. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In the aftermath, Megatron ordered [[Strika (BM)\|Strika]] to keep the other Senators imprisoned until they accepted him as their leader, while Megatron relocated his seat of power to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)\|Decepticon Headquarters]]. {{storylink\|War World: Awakenings\|Awakenings}}

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	In Cybertron's early age, the 113th Cybertronian Senate went into a private session at the [[Grand Imperium]] in order to address the matter of Nominus Prime's attempted assassination by terrorists. They decided that the head of security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)\|Sentinel]], was to find the perpetrators of this attack and decided to forgo the rights of the citizens by initiating a [[Clampdown (event)\|Clampdown]]. Their session was interrupted by the arrival of a security officer known as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] who spoke out against the corruption, but the outraged Senate had Sentinel place the officer under arrest and remove him from the Grand Imperium. Senator Shockwave, however, prevented Pax from being sent to prison and confessed to him that a faction ''within'' the Senate was responsible for the assassination, as they were seeking to discover how the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] created life for their own motivations. {{storylink\|Chaos Theory Part 2\|Chaos Theory #2}} Once they found that Nominus's Matrix was fake, they had him killed and released cover stories claiming he died from [[rust]] and that their very own Sentinel was suddenly showing signs of being a Prime. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc\|Post Hoc}}		In Cybertron's early age, the 113th Cybertronian Senate went into a private session at the [[Grand Imperium]] in order to address the matter of Nominus Prime's attempted assassination by terrorists. They decided that the head of security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)\|Sentinel]], was to find the perpetrators of this attack and decided to forgo the rights of the citizens by initiating a [[Clampdown (event)\|Clampdown]]. Their session was interrupted by the arrival of a security officer known as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] who spoke out against the corruption, but the outraged Senate had Sentinel place the officer under arrest and remove him from the Grand Imperium. Senator Shockwave, however, prevented Pax from being sent to prison and confessed to him that a faction ''within'' the Senate was responsible for the assassination, as they were seeking to discover how the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] created life for their own motivations. {{storylink\|Chaos Theory Part 2\|Chaos Theory #2}} Once they found that Nominus's Matrix was fake, they had him killed and released cover stories claiming he died from [[rust]] and that their very own Sentinel was suddenly showing signs of being a Prime. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc\|Post Hoc}}

	The Clampdown only served to increase discontent among Cybertronian citizens, causing the newly emerged [[Decepticon]] movement to grow in popularity. Seeking to put stop to this growing threat to the Senate's stability, Senator Proteus instated a [[Decepticon Registration Act]] along with a false [[Proteus's Promise\|promise]] that if 10,000 Decepticons registered the Senate would be recognize them as legitimate political party. In fact, he and Sentinel were only collecting names of Decepticons so that they could send them all to the [[Institute]] to be "cured" of their rebellious nature. As part of this plan, agents were hired to assassinate Senators Sherma and Momus, themselves Decepticon sympathizers, so that Proteus could subsequently display how he wasn't biased against Decepticons by proving them innocent of the senators' murders. This would lead to an increase in registrations, followed by an arranged bombing that would be blamed on the Decepticons as proof of their "true colors" and the rounding up of all registrants. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism\|Patternism}} However, this plan was sabotaged by Shockwave and Orion Pax (with a tip-off from [[Whirl (G1)\|Whirl]]), who secretly removed the bomb.		The Clampdown only served to increase discontent among Cybertronian citizens, causing the newly emerged [[Decepticon]] movement to grow in popularity. Seeking to put stop to this growing threat to the Senate's stability, Senator Proteus instated a [[Decepticon Registration Act]] along with a false [[Proteus's Promise\|promise]] that if 10,000 Decepticons registered the Senate would recognize them as legitimate political party. In fact, he and Sentinel were only collecting names of Decepticons so that they could send them all to the [[Institute]] to be "cured" of their rebellious nature. As part of this plan, agents were hired to assassinate Senators Sherma and Momus, themselves Decepticon sympathizers, so that Proteus could subsequently display how he wasn't biased against Decepticons by proving them innocent of the senators' murders. This would lead to an increase in registrations, followed by an arranged bombing that would be blamed on the Decepticons as proof of their "true colors" and the rounding up of all registrants. {{storylink\|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism\|Patternism}} However, this plan was sabotaged by Shockwave and Orion Pax (with a tip-off from [[Whirl (G1)\|Whirl]]), who secretly removed the bomb.

	The senate was quite ''unhappy'' with Shockwave, who had been using the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] to shelter [[Outlier (group)\|outliers]] from persecution by the [[Functionism\|functionists]]. As a result, the academy was burnt by 'accident', and Shockwave was sent to the Institute. {{storylink\|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|An Intimate Beheading}}		The senate was quite ''unhappy'' with Shockwave, who had been using the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] to shelter [[Outlier (group)\|outliers]] from persecution by the [[Functionism\|functionists]]. As a result, the academy was burnt by 'accident', and Shockwave was sent to the Institute. {{storylink\|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading\|An Intimate Beheading}}

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			*[[Proteus (SG)\|Proteus]]
			*[[Ratbat (SG)\|Ratbat]]
	*[[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]]		*[[Shockwave (SG)\|Shockwave]]
	*[[Tomaandi (SG)\|Tomaandi]]		*[[Tomaandi (SG)\|Tomaandi]]

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	[[File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|This symbol denotes official Senate dealings on documents and also adorns many buildings and members of Senators' personal staff. Basically, if someone has this, then they're better than you. And will act like it.]]		[[File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|This symbol denotes official Senate dealings on documents and also adorns many buildings and members of Senators' personal staff. Basically, if someone has this, then they're better than you. And will act like it.]]
	The '''Senate''' is the legislative body of pre-war Cybertron. While the [[Prime (rank)\|Prime]] and the [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Security Services\|Security Services]] may hold military and police powers, the Senate creates the laws they enforce. It was briefly replaced by the '''New Senate''' and when ''that'' didn't wash, was done away with and replaced with the [[Grand Convocation]].		The '''Senate''' is the legislative body of pre-war Cybertron. While the [[Prime (rank)\|Prime]] and the [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Security Services\|Security Services]] may hold military and police powers, the Senate creates the laws they enforce. It was briefly replaced by the '''New Senate''' and when ''that'' didn't wash, was done away with and replaced with the [[Grand Convocation]].

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
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	When a great number of Decepticons were captured in [[Kaon (polity)\|Kaon]], including their founder [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Megatron]], Kaon's Senator Ratbat called for an emergency session to discuss what should be done about them.		When a great number of Decepticons were captured in [[Kaon (polity)\|Kaon]], including their founder [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Megatron]], Kaon's Senator Ratbat called for an emergency session to discuss what should be done about them.
	{{storylink\|Soundwaves (issue)\|Soundwaves}} However, this was all part of Megatron's master plan: once the Senate was all gathered in one place, [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]] claimed to be snitching on Megatron and was allowed access to the council chamber, where he and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Soundwave]] outright murdered the entire Senate. {{storylink\|Megatron Origin issue 4\|Megatron Origin #4}} The only Senators to survive were Shockwave, who had already defected to the Decepticons; Dai Atlas, who couldn't attend the emergency session; {{storylink\|Shockwaves}} and Ratbat, who was ''forced'' to defect to the Decepticons. {{storylink\|Megatron Origin issue 4\|Megatron Origin #4}} Because of Soundwave's ability to block out communications the perpetrators of the crime would remain unknown, {{storylink\|Soundwaves (issue)\|Soundwaves}} though his own involvement became known (or at least strongly suspected) by the police. {{storylink\|The Hunt for Soundwave}}		{{storylink\|Soundwaves (issue)\|Soundwaves}} However, this was all part of Megatron's master plan: once the Senate was all gathered in one place, [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]] claimed to be snitching on Megatron and was allowed access to the council chamber, where he and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Soundwave]] outright murdered the entire Senate. {{storylink\|Megatron Origin issue 4\|Megatron Origin #4}} The only Senators to survive were Shockwave, who had already defected to the Decepticons; Dai Atlas, who couldn't attend the emergency session; {{storylink\|Shockwaves}} and Ratbat, who was ''forced'' to defect to the Decepticons. {{storylink\|Megatron Origin issue 4\|Megatron Origin #4}} Because of Soundwave's ability to block out communications the perpetrators of the crime would remain unknown, {{storylink\|Soundwaves (issue)\|Soundwaves}} though his own involvement became known (or at least strongly suspected) by the police. {{storylink\|The Hunt for Soundwave}}

	A new Senate was very quickly established by the rising [[Zeta Prime (G1)\|Zeta Prime]] (who would literally call it the New Senate because Zeta loved calling everything "new") and their first acts were to organize Sentinel's funeral, oversee the passing of the Matrix to Zeta, and generally reassure the planet that they had this "Decepticon" thing in hand. As with the old Senate, the New Senate knew that the "Matrix" held by Zeta Prime was a fake. {{storylink\|The Last Autobot}} Understandably, the new body had a lot to prove to make up for the old one. {{storylink\|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink\|Remembrance Day}}		A new Senate was very quickly established by the rising [[Zeta Prime (G1)\|Zeta Prime]] (who would literally call it the New Senate because Zeta loved calling everything "new") and their first acts were to organize Sentinel's funeral, oversee the passing of the Matrix to Zeta, and generally reassure the planet that they had this "Decepticon" thing in hand. As with the old Senate, the New Senate knew that the "Matrix" held by Zeta Prime was a fake. {{storylink\|The Last Autobot}} Understandably, the new body had a lot to prove to make up for the old one. {{storylink\|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink\|Remembrance Day}}
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	====2019 IDW continuity====		====2019 IDW continuity====
	The original Senate convened in the city of [[Tarn (polity)\|Tarn]]. By [[Nominus Prime]]'s era, the institution had relocated to [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], and although the Iaconian Senate building was destroyed in the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], it was rebuilt at some point afterward. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In this era, First Senator Nominus Prime passed the historic legislation known as the [[Nominus Edict]]. Under this edict, new [[Cybertronian colonies\|colonies]] could only be established by a unanimous agreement of the Senate. The Senate also had the power to define a frequency of forgings and [[energon]] distribution in keeping that there be enough energon stockpiled to last ten kilocycles. {{storylink\|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}		The original Senate convened in the city of [[Tarn (polity)\|Tarn]]. By [[Nominus Prime]]'s era, the institution had relocated to [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], and although the Iaconian Senate building was destroyed in the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], it was rebuilt at some point afterward. {{storylink\|War World: Prime\|Prime}} In this era, First Senator Nominus Prime passed the historic legislation known as the [[Nominus Edict]]. Under this edict, new [[Cybertronian colonies\|colonies]] could only be established by a unanimous agreement of the Senate. The Senate also had the power to define a frequency of forgings and [[energon]] distribution in keeping that there be enough energon stockpiled to last ten kilocycles. {{storylink\|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

	[[File:TheCracksBeneathYourFeetPartFour-Senate.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|You're on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Prime.]]		[[File:TheCracksBeneathYourFeetPartFour-Senate.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|You're on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Prime.]]
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	* As ''Megatron Origin'' was based on the decline of the {{w\|Roman Empire}}, the Senate was most likely based on the {{w\|Roman Senate}}. Unlike that Senate, according to Optimus, they're not made up of {{w\|Roman Magistrate\|former magistrates}} but of the descendants of the [[Progenitor]]s, i.e. they inherit their seats. Although ''how'' exactly inheritance works considering how Cybertronians in this universe are [[reproduction#2005 IDW continuity\|made]] is anyone's guess.		* As ''Megatron Origin'' was based on the decline of the {{w\|Roman Empire}}, the Senate was most likely based on the {{w\|Roman Senate}}. Unlike that Senate, according to Optimus, they're not made up of {{w\|Roman Magistrate\|former magistrates}} but of the descendants of the [[Progenitor]]s, i.e. they inherit their seats. Although ''how'' exactly inheritance works considering how Cybertronians in this universe are [[reproduction#2005 IDW continuity\|made]] is anyone's guess.
	* ''Origin'' presented the Senate as meeting in Kaon, and in the same bloody ''prison building'' the Decepticons are in.		* ''Origin'' presented the Senate as meeting in Kaon, and in the same bloody ''prison building'' the Decepticons are in.
	* The thinking by [[James Roberts]] is that by Nominus Prime's time, the Primes had become a less powerful force absorbed into the Senate, rather like the [[British monarchy\|British Royal Family]].<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:09:06 to 1:09:50</ref> The Senate itself, as partly established in flashback stories, is increasingly factionalised body with groups fighting each other out and shifting their allegiances. (AKA, a senate) <ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:13:11 to 1:14:00</ref>		* The thinking by [[James Roberts]] is that by Nominus Prime's time, the Primes had become a less powerful force absorbed into the Senate, rather like the [[British monarchy\|British Royal Family]].<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:09:06 to 1:09:50</ref> The Senate itself, as partly established in flashback stories, is increasingly factionalised body with groups fighting each other out and shifting their allegiances. (AKA, a senate) <ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:13:11 to 1:14:00</ref>
	* [[Chris Metzen]]'s intention was that nobody knew precisely who killed the old Senate as the Decepticons had suppressed the footage and Starscream wasn't known to ''be'' a Decepticon, hence him appearing as a delegate.<ref>[http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/idw-transformers-autocracy-3-blizzplanet-interviews-chris-metzen-and-flint-dille Blizz Planet interview with Metzen and Dille for ''Autocracy'' issue 3]</ref> This was proven even further in [[New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back\|''Optimus Prime'' #3]] when Soundwave noted that there existed no recorded evidence to prove exactly who was responsible for the Senate's death.		* [[Chris Metzen]]'s intention was that nobody knew precisely who killed the old Senate as the Decepticons had suppressed the footage and Starscream wasn't known to ''be'' a Decepticon, hence him appearing as a delegate.<ref>[http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/idw-transformers-autocracy-3-blizzplanet-interviews-chris-metzen-and-flint-dille Blizz Planet interview with Metzen and Dille for ''Autocracy'' issue 3]</ref> This was proven even further in [[New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back\|''Optimus Prime'' #3]] when Soundwave noted that there existed no recorded evidence to prove exactly who was responsible for the Senate's death.