Starscream (Armada)

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Starscream is a Decepticon and briefly Autobot from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Starscream's back, and he's a Linkin Park song.

Starscream (sometimes Ulchtar) is disillusioned by his leader Megatron. Among the most intelligent and offensively skilled of the Decepticon leader's soldiers, his stoic, even honorable exterior belies his ruthlessness towards the Autobots in battle.

It took a while for Starscream to come to grips with Megatron's faults, but now there's no turning back. Megatron doesn't respect him, doesn't appreciate him, and would casually toss Starscream's life away if it got him something he wanted. If following Megatron is the school of hard knocks, then Starscream is the valedictorian—but not without a few scars. Starscream may have once been compassionate, he may once have known what true friendship is, but all of that has been replaced, scab for scab, with the lessons of Megatron's abuse.

Unwittingly, Megatron may have created a monster even he cannot ultimately control.

Starscream's nominal Mini-Con partner is Swindle, although he often works with the Air Defense Mini-Con Team, too.

“	I tried to gain favor from you. But nothing was ever good enough. No matter how many battles I fought, you always found fault.	”
—Starscream, "Cramp"

Fiction

Toy pack-in comics

Yes, throw the flying guy off a cliff. Great plan.

Starscream, Swindle, and the Destruction Mini-Con Team were sent to destroy an Autobot satellite dish that could have helped detect Megatron. Attacking from the air, Starscream successfully destroyed the dish, then moved in to finish off Rollbar up close and personal. Rollbar's partner Scavenger didn't take kindly to this, and plowed off Starscream off the cliff into the sea. Armada Volume 2

Much later, Starscream battled Optimus Prime, Hot Shot, and Skyblast with Scorponok and Battle Ravage. Energon Volume 2

Dreamwave Armada continuity

Dreamwave Armada comic

Starscream is only really helpful when he can be a dick at the same time.

One million years ago, Cybertron's relative peace was shattered by the appearance of Megatron and his new "Decepticon" army, who captured and performed horrible experiments on the diminutive Mini-Cons so that they could interface with and draw power from the tiny 'bots. Starscream was a member of this malevolent menagerie, one of many soldiers who followed Megatron out of greed for the power the Mini-Cons could impart upon them. When the Decepticons introduced themselves to the Cybertronian public by attacking Cyber City, Starscream was there, and bested both Hot Shot and Scavenger whilst augmented with the power of his Mini-Con, Swindle. The Decepticons triumphed over Optimus Prime's Autobots, but as they were gloating, Starscream discovered that the Decepticon base had been broken into, and the Mini-Cons held captive there had escaped and fled the planet. Armada #2

After a million years of war, during which the Mini-Con empowered Decepticons steadily conquered the planet, Starscream joined Megatron, Demolishor and Cyclonus in traveling to the distant world of Earth when a Mini-Con distress beacon from the planet reached Cybertron. Armada #3 While Megatron went after a group of Mini-Cons led by Sparkplug and their newfound human friends, Starscream led the other Decepticons to a nearby military base to find suitable Earthly vehicles whose forms they could adopt. Regrouping with Megatron outside Science City, Starscream downloaded Megatron's new vehicle mode into him in characteristic fashion: by suddenly stabbing him in the back with the data injector. Just as Megatron was complimenting Starscream on his choice of vehicle, the Mini-Cons came roaring by, and Starscream and Cyclonus led the chase after them, until they were stopped by the Autobots and momentarily disabled. Armada #4

"Hey, Private Haircut! I might be taking a bit too much off...YOUR HEAD!"

In the ensuing fight, Starscream and Cyclonus tried to get the jump on Scavenger, until Hot Shot and Red Alert intervened. Starscream went up against Hot Shot, but the Decepticons were forced to retreat when the Mini-Cons all powerlinked with the Autobots and the Decepticons were unable to match their power since, as Starscream pointed out Megatron had powerlinked with all their own Mini-Cons. Armada #5

Starscream went with the Decepticons to Rapid City, South Dakota to capture the Air Defense Mini-Con Team, but chafed at Megatron's greed and began trying to think up a way to stymie his plan to forge all three Mini-Cons into a sword. Stalking the halls of their new Silver Ridge, Nebraska base as he pondered the subject, he came across Sparkplug's Mini-Con group breaking into the base to rescue to the Air Defense Team and attempted to captured them, but they brought the room's ceiling generator down on him. Armada #6 By the time he had dug himself out, Megatron had completed the forging of his new "Star Saber", and Starscream joined him in attacking Lincoln, South Dakota to lure the Autobots out of hiding. Grumbling to the other Decepticons that the Megatron's latest power trip had caused him to forget about them, he decided to give their leader a reminder of their importance by instructing Megatron's Mini-Con partner Leader-1 to disrupt his control of the Star Saber. When Megatron subsequently lost control of the blade and the Mini-Cons making it up ecaped, Starscream mocked his loss and left. Armada #7

Megatron eventually came up with the idea to mix Cybertronian technology with human anatomy to create a power source, similar to that of the Mini-Cons, and had Starscream send out Swindle into the wild to lure out some specimens. Starscream and Cyclonus surveyed the Mini-Con from overhead, and moved in once he had secured two targets: Carlos and Rad! Hot Shot, Smokescreen, and Red Alert turned up to rescue their friends, but when Megatron involved himself, the would-be-rescuers were quickly defeated. With three Autobots and two humans taken prisoner, Swindle asked Starscream to now grant him his freedom; something the Bulk had agreed to grant him for his involvement in the scheme. Starscream replied by laughing in the Mini-Con's face, mocking his gullibility. Optimus then turned up, but was defeated in turn when Starscream shot him in the back while he was dueling Megatron. Starscream boasted that, while Megatron was unable to defeat Optimus on his own, all he had required to fell the Autobot was a single blast. Megatron asked if Starscream wanted to repeat his gloat while his cannon was pointed toward the Decepticon jet. Starscream nervously declined. Having been offered friendship by the humans, Swindle turned on his master and freed the Autobots from their bonds. Though the Decepticons were forced to retreat, Starscream would have the last laugh; he activated his retrieval program to snatch Swindle back up as he flew off. Armada Free Comic Book Day

You come wide at me again, boy and I'll stick your head right up your arse!

When the Mini-Cons from both factions disappeared, Starscream tracked them to a strange obelisk in Tranquility, Kansas. Weaponry in the obelisk held Starscream back, and a battle that erupted following the Autobots' arrival distracted both sides long enough for the obelisk to blast off into space with the Mini-Cons on board. Armada #8 The Decepticons followed the obelisk to the moon, where Starscream was shot down by the defense systems protecting the Mini-Con moonbase that had been built there. Armada #9 While Megatron worked on getting around the defenses, Starscream and newcomer Thrust were sent back to their Silver Ridge headquarters to retrieve some equipment, griping at each other all the way. Coming across the unconscious body of Demolishor outside and realizing the Autobots had come a-calling, Starscream sprayed the base control with laser fire, unaware that the 'Bots in question had hidden themselves in the vents. A little later, as the pair were trying to figure out why the Autobots had broken in, Hot Shot and Red Alert suddenly burst from their hiding place and blasted Starscream into the computer behind him, to prevent the Decepticons from tracking the space bridge movements of Optimus Prime. Armada #10 Megatron did eventually succeed in capturing the creators of the moonbase, the Destructicon Team, but found he could not control their power, much to Starscream's amusement. Fire & Ice

He's smirking because he farted on Megatron's pillow.

When Megatron was about to test his newest weapon, the Solar Scalpel, Starscream alerted him to a shuttle of Autobots that would make the perfect guinea pigs. Starscream lambasted his leader for destroying only their shuttle, but Megatron retorted that he wanted the Autobots to see their doom coming. Starscream had the last laugh, however; Space Mini-Con Team member Sky Blast destroyed the Solar Scalpel, scuttling Megatron's plans. Armada #13

I'll have to bury what's left of ye in a soup can!

Lacking the skills necessary to fix the Decepticons' malfunctioning space bridge, Starscream instead went out on patrol and came upon Hot Shot and several of the Autobot Mini-Cons traveling from Big Sur National Park to San Francisco and decided to follow, unaware he himself was being followed by Thrust. Blasting the Autobots out of the sky as they arrived at the construction site, Starscream spotted an unfamiliar Mini-Con and made a bid to grab him, only to be knocked unconscious by a blow from behind delivered by the mysterious Galvatron. Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4

When Leader-1 discovered the Autobots were scanning subspace for the absent Optimus Prime, Megatron decided to strike Autobase: Earth. Starscream fired the opening shot in the battle that followed, destroying the computer console Red Alert was stationed at and felling Red himself, but was prevented from delivering a killing blow by Megatron, who wanted to finish off the Autobot himself. Fortunately for the Autobots, Galvatron attacked the Decepticons Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4 and handily defeated all of Megatron's lackeys. Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4

The Decepticons eventually retreated after Megatron bested Galvatron, but were soon contacted by the returned Optimus Prime with the proposal of an alliance against Galvatron's master, the world-eating being known as Unicron. The Decepticons agreed, and everyone returned to Cybertron to prepare for the coming battle, but when Unicron appeared in the skies over their homeworld, an incredulous Starscream refused to fight and was sure that he had seen the last of Megatron when he jetted off into the fight. As it turned out, he was right. The End

Dreamwave Energon comic

During the war on Cybertron, in the middle of a Decepticons mission to seek out entrenched Autobot bunkers, Starscream noted to Megatron that even though the Decepticon leader's plans were smarter and more practical, the action-before-thought demonstrations of the warrior Scorponok were a greater "crowd-pleaser." Starscream warned his leader that Scorponok's antics might be seen as some as a challenge. No Exit

I feel everything! I know everything!

In the wake of the unification of Autobots and Decepticons following Unicron's defeat, Starscream had tried to ingratiate himself with Tidal Wave and the rest of the remaining Decepticons. His wheedling didn't last long, though, as Scorponok showed up and promptly blasted him into an Energon ore processor, which ground his body down and smelted what remained. This Evil Reborn Contrary to appearances, however, this would not be the last of Starscream: later, during the Terrorcon attack on Earth, he returned in a new form, the bizarre circumstances of his death having somehow allowed him to transcend death as an Energon "ghost" of sorts. Investigating a blast in the processing facility, Demolishor was attacked by the spectral Starscream, who drained his energy. Multiplicity, Pt. 3

Due to Dreamwave's subsequent bankruptcy, the Energon comic ceased publication before Starscream's story could continue. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

Seeking to absorb more and more Energon, Starscream set out looking for other Transformers to drain, and came across the ever-unfortunately Dropshot being menaced by Decepticons. The 'Cons scattered at the sight of a "ghost", while Starscream drained Dropshot dry. He then targeted the Mini-Con Over-Run, having sensed his connection to the Energon-rich core of Cybertron and intending to feed on it through him. Armageddon Part 1 After having seemingly killed Over-Run, Starscream battled with the Omnicons, and proved to be more than a match for their Energon weapons, which only made him stronger. The Omnicons allowed Starscream to begin draining their energy, but as he did so, they merged their minds together and defeated him with combined force of will. Reverted into a solid form by this experience, Starscream fled. Armageddon Part 2 In reality though, Starscream had only managed to destroy Over-Run's body; the Mini-Con had managed to upload his mind into Cybertron itself to escape death. Armageddon Part 5

Starscream's murder of Over-Run would later be recounted in the cartoon-continuity Cybertron comic, as the Unicron Singularity caused the comic and cartoon continuities to intertwine; see Starscream's cartoon article for details.

More than Meets the Eye: Armada

Although supposedly set in the same universe as Dreamwave's Armada comic, the More than Meets the Eye guidebook published after the conclusion of the series contained multiple scenarios that were incompatible with the comic's story, including some points drawn from Starscream's portrayal in the Armada cartoon.

Starscream was originally revolted by the idea of powerlinking, but came to accept it when he realised the power the Mini-Cons could provide him. He doesn't entirely trust Swindle, suspecting he may just be "fattening him up for the kill", but knows they make a powerful team together.

According to Tidal Wave, Starscream botched the first mission they went on together on Cybertron, and left him for dead in the process. Tidal Wave has carried a grudge against Starscream ever since, which was only magnified when he discovered that Starscream had allegedly developed a fondness for human beings. Starscream himself confirmed this, feeling that the small creatures had opened his mind to new ways of thinking. More than Meets the Eye: Armada #3

Cartoon continuity

Starscream accompanied the Decepticons to Earth in the year 2010, but his relationship with his leader was a troubled one; where Starscream craved Megatron's respect, Megatron gave him not one ounce of it, consistently berating and even brutalizing him in some kind of twisted attempt to drive him to realize the Decepticon potential he could see within the younger 'bot. Granted control of the Star Saber but abandoned on the battlefield as part of a feint scheme, Starscream turned against his comrades and sided with the Autobots—not out of any desire to do good, but because he hoped they would help him destroy Megatron. Although he befriended the Autobots' young human allies—Alexis Thi Dang in particular—and appeared to slowly be coming around to their way of thinking, he fell victim to the manipulations of Thrust and Sideways, who tricked him into returning to the Decepticon fold. When the threat of Unicron appeared, however, Starscream could see that the only way forward was for Autobots and Decepticons to unite under Optimus Prime's leadership. Coming to a fatal decision, Starscream challenged Megatron to one last battle for respect, then attacked Unicron himself, sacrificing his life to convince his leader of the threat the chaos-bringer posed.

Ten years later, Starscream was resurrected by the alien Alpha Q using the power of Energon, sans his memories, with the intent that he destroy Optimus Prime and Megatron both. But Megatron was able to harness Unicron's power and even further mindwipe Starscream, transforming him—ironically enough—into his most loyal soldier in the war for Energon. When Megatron hurled himself into an Energon sun to entrap Unicron's spark, Starscream plunged into the star alongside his leader, and was believed dead. However, in 2030, when the sun collapsed into a black hole, Starscream and Megatron were freed, and Starscream—his mind now his own once more—had a new ambition: to take leadership of the Decepticons for himself. He opted to bide his time at first, supervising the search for the Omega Lock on Earth while Megatron sought out the Cyber Planet Keys, but when he located an army of Ancient Decepticons, he made his big move. Taking on the entire Autobot army, Starscream stole the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys, and channeled from them the power of Primus, transforming himself into a skyscraper-sized giant. In a final battle with Megatron on the planet Gigantion, Starscream disappeared in a reality-sundering discharge of energy, apparently swept away across the dimensions.

Panini Armada comic

During the war on Cybertron, Starscream participated on multiple raids on Mini-Con villages. The enraged Mini-Con Dualor sought revenge by luring the Decepticons into an attacking an Autobot outpost, planning to blow them all up; Starscream, Cyclonus and Megatron took the bait, but Dualor's plan failed thanks to interference from Sparkplug. Counter-Strike!

Although the Mini-Cons would later abandoned the planet, the war continued after their departure. In one of many battles, Starscream strafed some Autobots, but was shot down by Optimus Prime's trailer cannon despite his Mini-Con augmentation. Megatron punished him by taking Swindle away, which Starscream protested against. First Encounter! When Megatron found the Mini-Cons on Earth, he summoned Starscream, Cyclonus and Demolishor to the planet through a space bridge. After spending some time searching for Mini-Cons and shooting at Autobots, he was shot down by Red Alert. Friends and Foes! Starscream was later present when the Decepticons made a failed grab for the Autobots' Mini-Cons, after Optimus Prime had hoped to send them back to Cybertron. Ultimately, the Mini-Cons opted to stay on Earth, and though the Decepticons didn't manage to swipe any of the little runts, they did destroy the Autobots' space bridge. No Way Back!

In order to boost his own strength and overthrow Megatron, Starscream made a plan to capture the Air Defense Mini-Con Team. Knowing that the Mini-Con trio enjoyed saving humans, he arranged for a satellite to fall on Chicago to draw them out. True to their nature, the Air Defense Team showed up and diverted the satellite, letting Starscream attack and capture Jetstorm. Unfortunately, an Autobot team showed up and saved the Mini-Cons, but Starscream had still managed to plant a tracking device on Jetstorm. Devices and Desires! Following his tracker, he soon found and ambushed the Air Defense Team again, successfully capturing them, shutting off their personality chips and combining them into the powerful Star Saber. Unsatisfied with even the sword, Starscream went after the Street Action Mini-Con Team to ensure he had enough power to best Megatron. They resisted and attacked Starscream in the form of Perceptor, and he fought back with his new Star Saber. However, disengaging Air Defense Team's personalities had been a mistake — without them, the Star Saber's power soon went wild. Lightning filled the air and Starscream began panicking as he couldn't let go of the weapon, but thankfully Optimus Prime took it from him and separated it. With his plan failed, Starscream ran away. The Two-Edged Blade!

After the Decepticons built a grandiose base on Earth's moon, Starscream was shocked to hear that Megatron planned to spare the Autobots in exchange for their Mini-Cons. Megatron confirmed that of course he was just going to trick the Autobots and blow them up after he got their Mini-Cons, and Starscream even got to fire the missiles for the job. Earthshaker! After the plan failed, Starscream first reported that Cyclonus was missing, and then that he was returning with too much power inside him. It turned out that Cyclonus was powered up and under the control of the Destruction Mini-Con Team, and while the other Decepticons attacked the "traitor", Starscream had an idea. He used a sonic destabiliser to safely separate the Destruction Team from Cyclonus, and after they escaped, he contacted them and offered them a deal... Dawn of Destruction!

The cancellation of the Panini Armada comic meant that Starscream's schemes never reached fruition.

Starscream's Hate Mail

After cleaning out his circuits, Starscream took a look at another batch of fan art sent in by his readers. He threatened to track down all those who submitted sub-par drawings and attack them in their homes. Starscream also reminisced fondly about bashing Perceptor upon seeing a drawing of the Mini-Con, accused one of the artists to have traced the artwork he had sent in, and tried to browbeat another human into telling him the location of Mirage and Downshift. Furthermore, Starscream was amused by what he mistook as a black-eye on a rendering of Megatron, and suggested the artist join forces with him against the Decepticon leader.

When a reader suggested that Starscream should simply give up trying to overthrow Megatron, Starscream threatened to reduce the puny human to a jammy residue, spread his remains on a piece of toast, and eat it. Starscream's Hate Mail #?

Reader's Digest Armada novels

Starscream was one of the Decepticons teleported to Earth by the warp gate within the remains of a Mini-Con ship. Despite the radical change in scenery, Starscream continued to do battle against the Autobots who had been teleported alongside them. The fighting came to an end, temporarily, thanks to the efforts of Perceptor. The Decepticons retreated to the Earth's moon, where they begun reinforcement partial remains of the Mini-Cons' ship into a base of operations. The Battle Begins

Megatron tasked Starscream with scanning all of the Earth's vehicles to find suitable alternate modes for the Decepticons. Once the task was completed, Starscream offered Megatron first-pick of alternate mode, hoping to charm the Decepticon leader. But Megatron was aware of Starscream's scheming nature, and was unmoved by his second-in-command's sycophancy. After Megatron selected a "super-tank" as his choice of alternate mode, Starscream elected to adopt a fighter jet as his disguise. Once the other two members of Megatron's inner-circle, Demolishor and Cyclonus, had also taken on new alternate modes, Megatron led his troops in an attack on the Autobots' base. The Decepticons blasted the mountain concealing the Autobots' base until the Autobots' human allies, Carlos, Alexis and Rad, approached the war-zone with their companion Mini-Cons. Megatron demanded that the children hand over their Mini-Cons, but the Autobots soon caught up to their allies and launched a counter-attack against the Decepticons.

Though they managed to get a few hits on Optimus, Starscream and Cyclonus were forced to double back to Megatron's side when the Autobot leader assumed his “Super Optimus Prime” mode and swatted the Decepticon fliers out of the air. Megatron, having recently acquired a Mini-Con partner, proved to be of minimal help on the battlefield, as he had difficulty controlling his newfound power. Starscream helped Megatron right himself after the recoil of one of his shots sent him reeling, only for his leader to bark at him to deal with Optimus Prime instead. The hope that Optimus would destroy Megatron swelled in Starscream's mind as he, Demolishor and Cyclonus rushed the Autobot leader. Optimus easily swatted Starscream out of the air once more. Recognizing that the Decepticons were outmatched, Megatron called for a retreat.

Back on the Moon, the Decepticons began to squabble between themselves over their defeat. The kerfuffle was interrupted by Cyclonus, who had lingered behind as the others had teleported away. As it turns out, the Autobots' human allies had uncovered more dormant Mini-Cons during the fight, and Cyclonus had managed to snatch away two panels before fleeing. Starscream tried to grab one of the Mini-Cons for himself, but Megatron denied him the opportunity to amass more power. Since Cyclonus was the one who stole the Mini-Cons, Megatron allowed him to keep one of them. The other Mini-Con was given to Demolishor. Upset at this turn of events, Starscream claimed that as second-in-command, he deserved his own Mini-Con. Megatron replied that, as second-in-command, Starscream should be capable of acquiring a Mini-Con on his own. Race for the Mini-Con Robots

The Balance of Power

During the war on Cybertron, the Autobots and Decepticons met in battle while searching for a mysterious relic that could allegedly reveal what had become of the Mini-Cons who had long ago vanished from the planet. While Cyclonus and an army of Decepticlones kept the Autobots busy, Starscream snuck away from the combat and managed to unearth the relic, which turned out to be a Data-Con. The device contained a recording left by the Mini-Cons that provided a flight plan and tracking codes for their vessel, which Starscream intended to keep for himself. However, just as he was attempting to perform a deep-space probe to locate the craft's current resting place, either by coincidence or consequence, a Mini-Con distress beacon screamed to life, alerting all the other combatants to the Mini-Cons' current location. Starscream and the Decepticons took off through a space bridge, tracking the signal back to the source, and the Autobots pursued... The Balance of Power

This comic was written as a tie-in to the Armada video game, but its details differ from the introduction seen in the game itself. See below for Starscream's role in the game.

Galaxy Force manga

After the Autobots relocated to Earth to escape the gigantic black hole that was threatening Cybertron, Starscream and Thundercracker tracked them down. Optimus Prime and Jetfire intercepted the Decepticon pair before they could discover the location of their base, but in the mid-air combat that ensued, the villains' Cyber Key powers allowed them to gain the upper hand. Impaling Optimus Prime through the shoulder with his Cyber Key swords, Starscream broke off the battle and retraced the Autobots' flight path, looking for their base, evening managing to shoot Prime down when he attempted to pursue. Fortunately for the Autobots, their human ally Coby Hansen was able to get the base's shielding up in time to hide it from Starscream's prying eyes, and the Decepticon was then taken down by an unexpected blast from Optimus Prime's Cyber Key-powered cannons. The Devil's Dogfight! Coby's Courage

Following Megatron's disappearance in the explosion of the starship Atlantis, Starscream took control of what small Decepticon force was currently active, and dispatched Thundercracker to Velocitron to obtain that world's Cyber Planet Key. Unsurprisingly, the Autobots defeated him and took the key for themselves. Fastest Dream! Hot Shot's Run

They also later obtained the key from Jungle Planet, where Starscream watched their victory from afar. Galaxy Force Mission.7

With two keys and their focusing device the Omega Lock now gathered in one place, Starscream was able to send his newest recruit Sideways to steal them all from the Autobots at once, then rejoined with him at the location of the third Cyber Planet Key, hidden on Earth itself. Optimus Prime and Vector Prime had followed Sideways, however, and a battle over the key broke out; although a blast from Optimus took off nearly half of Starscream's face, he still triumphed over the two Autobots, wrested the Earth key from its pedestal and added it to the Omega Lock. The combined energy of the three keys flowed into Starscream, transforming him into a skyscraper-sized giant. As if this were not enough, the activation of the Earth key also awoke an army of ancient Decepticons slumbering on Earth, who began laying siege to the planet at Starscream's command. Galaxy Force Mission.8 The Autobots proved no match for Starscream's new powers, as he took Optimus down with his new Cyber Key blaster, blowing his chest open and exposing the Matrix of Leadership. When the Autobot aerial ace Wing Saber arrived with news that Primus had awoken, however, the bolstered Prime rose, protected from Starscream's blasts by the Matrix, and merged with Wing Saber into his "Sonic Wing" mode. The combined Autobots tore into Starscream, and the titanic Decepticon was vanquished in a huge explosion. Galaxy Force Mission.9

Cyber Key Code content

Years ago, Starscream was responsible for slicing off Red Alert's hand with his sword during a battle on Cybertron. Red has held a grudge against Starscream ever since.

In addition to Thundercracker, Starscream had another soldier under his command during his time on Earth in the first stage of the black hole crisis: the bumbling Skywarp. To ensure that this fool did not ruin his plans, Starscream assigned him the time-wasting task of faking alien activity by creating crop circles and stealing livestock.

The AllSpark Almanac

The Ulchtar of Aurex 603.0 Kappa broke into Primax 388.0 Gamma Zone's Satellite Penitentiary. There, he retrieved the personality components of renegade Autobots Screechwing, Spiketail, Nightprowler, Albitron, and Leatherhide, forming the Combatibots who could combine into Toxitron. The AllSpark Almanac II

Kre-O online manga

"I look like.... Thundercracker."

Starscream was present at the unveiling of another Starscream's statue along with another Starscream and Slipstrike. When Galvatron entered the room and promptly destroyed the statue with his arm-mounted cannon, this Starscream had the great misfortune of being caught in the blast. Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!

Ask Vector Prime

In Aurex 1006.0 Beta, Megatron, having been abducted by Unicron to the Cauldron during the Universe War, did not doubt the existence of Unicron when Unicron appeared in his own reality. Thus Starscream had no need to sacrifice himself to convince Megatron of the threat of Unicron, and after Megatron's apparent demise, Starscream took command of the Decepticons. This led to a stronger Autobot/Decepticon alliance, one that partially survived the coming of the Terrorcons, the return and death again of Megatron, the Unicron Singularity crisis, and beyond. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/19

Spacewarp's Log

Spacewarp claimed to know Ulchtar. According to her, Ulchtar was Megatron's right hand 'bot. He defected to the Autobots for a time, returned to the Decepticons, died while attacking "El Giant Planeto", was resurrected by Alpha Q without memories, died again, was resurrected again, betrayed Megatron once again, turned into a giant, and then vanished into a giant energy rift. Spacewarp's Log (2), 2015/11/11

SD SG

When Shattered Glass Optimus Prime complained about being turned good, he said they would never have done that to a Megatron or a Starscream. His subordinates provided counter-examples to his chagrin. SD SG #1

Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic

Starscream was one of many spectators for the Speedia 500 race on Velocitron. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2 He remained to watch the second week of the race. Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

Games

The Energon Within

Megatron ordered Ulchtar to secure 100 energon cubes from an Autobot mine. He did so successfully, though many Decepticon troops were destroyed in the process. And he got a verbal drubbing from Megatron anyway. The Energon Within

In the game, there are many generic Decepticon "Jet" units that are visually identical to Ulchtar.

Transformers

Voice actor: Matt Hetherington (English), Arturo López (Castilian Spanish), Marco Balzarotti (Italian)

Estuans interius / Ira vehementi
Estuans interius / Ira vehementi
Sephiroth!

Starscream was stationed in Antarctica, overseeing Decepticlone operations in recovering the Mini-Con storage panels found in the area, using a human research center they overran as his base of operations. When the Autobots ventured too close to the base, Starscream attacked (blowing up the hangar he was holed up in first), using his superior speed and sword skills as well as aerial attacks. Eventually the Autobots defeated him before returning to the Amazon to face Cyclonus leaving Starscream for dead, though unbeknownst to them Starscream had survived his injuries and retreated soon after they left.

Hey, look! Prime's a THROTTLED-bot! Get it? Throttle? Like choking? I'll be here all week. Tip your server.

When the Autobots arrived in Alaska Starscream attack to kill them all by colliding his starship into a mountain, but the Autobots escaped unscathed. This also gave them the chance to infiltrate the downed ship and free the captive Mini-Con Aftershock from the control room. As they were leaving Starscream surprised them and briefly fought them in the control room. He attempted to use his null laser cannons at full power in an attempt to finish off his foes, but only succeeded in cutting the rock face below the ship, which collapsed and sent the precariously balanced ship plunging into the valley below. The impact of the crash buried the bow deep into the earth, forcing the Autobots to climb their way up and out to the surface. When the Autobots pulled free from the buried ship and got back to ground-level, Starscream attacked again even stronger than in their previous encounter. But this battle too ultimately ended in defeat, leading Optimus Prime to interrogate him as to the whereabouts of Megatron. When Starscream refused (hinting a desire to kill him as well) he attempted to fire his null ray at point-blank range, Optimus knocked him unconscious with a well-aimed punch. He then ordered Red Alert to hack the treacherous Decepticon's warp transponder, which led them to Megatron's Pacific Island base. Transformers

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Finally! I can beat up Megatron and hang out with Windblade!

I hope.

Starscream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:

• Armada Starscream — This Uncommon character could be recruited by collecting 120 units of Cybermetal, and 56 units of Transmetal.
• Energon Starscream — This Epic character first appeared in the "Christmas Breaker" event, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character.

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Transformers: Earth Wars

"Legacy Voyager Armada Starscream" is available as an alternate skin for Starscream's Cybertron body in Earth Wars.

"Armada Starscream Super Mode" is available as an alternate skin for Starscream's Earth body in Earth Wars.

Notes

• According to the Armada video game's instruction booklet, Starscream (in his Armada-era body) has the following statistics:

  Height: 19' 7" (15' 1" vehicle mode length)

  Weight: 22,050 lbs

  Thrust: 28,000 lbs

  Vehicle Top Speed: Mach 2.7

• Ulchtar was a preliminary name for Generation 1 Starscream.
• Ulchtar's exploit in The AllSpark Almanac is a reference to the Generation 1 cartoon episode "Starscream's Brigade", in which Starscream travels to Cybertron to retrieve the personality components of the 'bots who would become the Combaticons.
• Though Ulchtar did not appear in The AllSpark Almanac II other than as text, art by Bill Forster—resembling an Animated-style Armada Starscream—was used on the ALTernity Today tie-in website; however, it was never approved by Hasbro, and as such is unofficial. Ask Vector Prime and Spacewarp's Log would later confirm author Jim Sorenson's intent in that Ulchtar is his universe's counterpart to Starscream.
• As with all the non-toy Transformer Kreons in the Kre-O comic, Starscream uses existing toy parts. Unsurprisingly, he uses the helmet of the original Starscream Kreon figure. His color scheme matches the second set of colors that he received in the Armada cartoon.

Foreign names

Armada

• Japanese: Starscream (スタースクリーム Sutāsukurīmu), Starscream Super Mode (スタースクリームS Sutāsukurīmu Sūpā Mōdo)
• Hungarian: Csillagsikoly ("Starscream")
• Korean: Scream (스크림 Seukeurim)
• Mandarin: Hóng Zhīzhū (红蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
• Polish: Krzykotron ("Screamtron")
• Russian: Skandalist (second dub, "Troublemaker")

Energon

• Japanese: Nightscream (ナイトスクリーム Naitosukurīmu) Nightscream Reverse (ナイトスクリームR (リバース) Naitosukurīmu Ribāsu)
• Hungarian: Surranó (First dub, "Sneaker"), Üstökös (Second dub, "Comet")

Cybertron

• Japanese: Starscream (スタースクリーム Sutāsukurīmu), Super Starscream (スーパースタースクリーム Sūpā Sutāsukurīmu)
• Hungarian: Üstökös ("Comet")
• Korean: Starscream (스타스크림 Seutaseukeurim), Supreme Starscream (서프림 스타스크림 Seopeurim Seutaseukeurim)