Council of Worlds

The Council of Worlds is a polity from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Let's hope they don't need any more delegates later! They'll need a new table!

The Council of Worlds, not to be confused with the Galactic Council, is a body where Cybertron and its scattered Transformer colonies can come together, governing their interaction and integration for the good of all members.

It's not going too well, but somehow it's managed to keep together.

Members

• High Chancellor Starscream—head
• Rattrap—delegate for Cybertron
• Windblade (Mistress of Flame as substitute)—delegate for Caminus
• Knock Out and Moonracer—delegates for Velocitron
• Vanquish and Fireshot—delegates for Devisiun
• Airazor and Tigatron—delegates for Eukaris
• Strika and Obsidian—delegates for Carcer

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Does this make Optimus Prime Mace Windu and Starscream Palpatine?

After the conclusion of the Great War and the foiling of Shockwave's attempted ascension, the newly-returned First Titan Metroplex located five of his siblings; eons ago, these thirteen Titans had departed Cybertron and founded colonies. While merged with Metroplex's mind, Camien cityspeaker Windblade caught glimpses of these scattered colonies, some of whom had diverged wildly from ancestral Cybertronian stock during their isolation. Windblade vol. 1 #4

After Windblade and Wheeljack repaired Metroplex's space bridge, Republic of Cybertron High Chancellor Starscream's government began preparing to make "first contact" with the colonies, starting with the impoverished Caminus.

When it was clear that Starscream planned to annex Caminus into a new empire, Optimus Prime began to push him to form a council of representatives from each colony. Starscream ignored this First Contact until Optimus cannily said how Starscream was so gonna do it and it was his own idea right in front of the cameras. The disgruntled High Chancellor agreed. The Possible Light

The first problem was to work out how the Council would work when Windblade and Starscream were the only two representatives so far. The suggestion of Optimus as a tiebreaker was seen as unacceptable because Camiens viewed him as a living god, giving him two votes and allowing him to run the body; Starscream's demand that Cybertron had "a final say in all things" was equally unacceptable to Windblade. A decision was, however, reached over Prowl's Devastator attack. Prowl would be imprisoned on Caminus before facing trial for crimes under both planets' laws. Mistakes and Mayhem

In the end, political wrangling ensured Rattrap was the representative of Cybertron and Starscream was the head. This was meant to give Starscream de facto control but he was unaware that Rattrap, having been working for Prowl, was secretly working for Optimus now. All That Remains Windblade vol. 2 #4 Prowl continued to argue that this was only leading to a reborn Decepticon Empire under Starscream (while Rattrap schemed to knock out Starscream before his dealings were exposed). Arcee, however, believed it would eventually force Cybertron to write up a constitution for itself. Now and On Earth

Caminus and Cybertron opened their borders and enjoyed cultural, economic, and personal gain as a result. It was also noticed that a number of former Decepticons were emigrating to Caminus to escape the prejudice they suffered on Cybertron, even as Camiens moved to Cybertron. Now and On Earth Velocitron, however, rejected membership in the Council (or even diplomatic relations) as it felt there was nothing to gain. Windblade schmoozed their diplomats and took a team through behind Starscream's back to ensure union. Windblade vol. 2 #4 A bit of cheating and showmanship convinced Velocitron to join the Council after all. Race Against the Light

While Windblade was doing all of this, Starscream went off with Superion to explore the planet Devisiun. The inhabitants of Devisiun were quite impressed by Starscream's combiner and happily joined the Council, sending Vanquish and Fireshot as their ambassadors. Tired of the back-and-forth power plays, Windblade confronted Starscream about his deception; the two agreed to travel to Eukaris, the next colony world, together. The inhabitants of Eukaris proved supremely distrustful of vehicular Transformers from Cybertron, although Windblade's status as a Camien permitted her to argue her case to the assembled tribal leaders. After the two offworlders helped to put down the berserk Titan Chela, Eukaris also agreed to join the Council, sending the outcasts Airazor and Tigatron as delegates. Windblade vol. 2 #6

Let's hope it turns out better than that other council of worlds.

The final colony which Metroplex located was Carcer, a spaceborne Titan. Starscream and Windblade tried to parley favour with the Titan's captain, Elita One. Although Starscream's brash remarks quickly turned Elita hostile, Windblade persuaded them to join the Council to counter Starscream's political influence. Two weeks later, Strika and Obsidian joined the council, with the scene being broadcast on Cybertron's news service. The Will of the Few

As the council took shape, a Justice Committee was established for legal issues between two colonies. 07:00:00

In a desperate attempt to force the Transformers' war off Earth, Optimus (after hearing a lot about his Prime state from believers like Victorion and Aileron) decided to unilaterally declare Earth a member of the Council. Perihelion

This naturally upset Starscream, who held an emergency meeting with the other members of the Council. Windblade was willing to give Optimus the benefit of the doubt, although she agreed with Starscream's refusal to grant Optimus or Earth a seat on the Council, maintaining that the Council should only govern interactions between Transformer-populated planets. New Worlds Order

The Council convened for a Justice Committee session in response to a series of mnemosurgical attacks on Cybertronian Decepticons, including a part supplier for Carcer: this foreign connection was the thin end of the wedge that Obsidian used to claim it was council business and not internal Cybertronian. Despite Starscream's reluctance to cede any authority to investigate a crime on Cybertron, the Council moved to have Ironhide investigate the crime spree. 07:00:00 Airazor and Obsidian would grouse that this matter showed Cybertronian politics was a mess, but Obsidian noted they had no choice but to solve it. As further police violence sparked counter-violence across Iacon, the delegates thought little of Starscream's plans to stamp on it and instead gave the final pressure for Starscream to put Ironhide in control of the Cybertronian Security Forces, with a mandate to reform it and expand the membership outside of Starscream's control (not that he could complain about that!). Applicable Skills

The Council convened to meet with Optimus and hear him out. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, Starscream brought up the long history of other Primes who had abused their power and privilege, arguing that Optimus was just the latest in a long lineage of morally dubious Primes. Ultimately, the Council voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. The Medium and the Message

When news footage came in of Optimus raising a bloody Titan on Earth, and the MIA Metrotitan at that, an emergency meeting was held. Starscream endured it in anger, as the Titan seemed to prove Earth was a genuine colony planet and Optimus's ability to raise it apparently authenticated the divine rightness of his actions as a "true" Prime. No Fair Fights

When Sentinel Prime returned to life, he was infuriated by the news of the Council's formation, and the sight of "malformed" colonists mingling with Autobots and Decepticons was one that he considered disgusting. The Last Autobot While he was killed, it wasn't before he'd sicced an army of undead Titans through space to conquer Cybertron. After Carcer picked this up, Obsidian called an impromptu meeting, revealed the threat, and asked for a declaration of war. After initial panic (especially from Knock Out) and discussion about evacuations (especially from Knock Out), Starscream snapped it back into shape and organised Cybertron on a war footing, with aid from any offworlders remaining and Carcer's orbiting firepower, while the most vulnerable were evacuated to Caminus. Councillors Strika, Airazor, and Tigatron joined the battle.

Why do we keep redecorating?

The invasion proved unstoppable though and Starscream requested Carcer was deployed in Titan form: a request that was refused. Ping Starscream recalled all the councillors from combat to discuss other measures. While Cybertron was ordered to evacuate, Windblade proposed leading a team (including Airazor, Tigatron, and Fireshot) to raid Carcer and force it into battle. Unknown at the Spire, Obsidian was advocating that Elita-1 explained why they couldn't use Carcer but to no avail. Desperate Times

When Optimus discovered an Earth Defense Command weapon that had been reverse engineered from Cybertronian technology, he warned the President that this would prompt a response from the Council. To Walk Among the Chosen He later went to the Council to advocate handing tech to both Earth and the newly arrived Junkion race, to a severe pushback from Starscream and sneaky, passive-aggressive aid from the Mistress of Flame. Starscream refused to budge: the Tyrest Accord, to him, was a crucial way of stopping potentially hostile aliens from using Cybertron's tech to attack the weakened planet and any violation by Optimus was treason. When it came to Earth, there was still no mechanism to vote the planet on and it still lacked a representative. Optimus departed, seeing in Starscream's words a path to get Earth a seat. Behind My Bleeding Back

Combiner Wars cartoon

The Council, consisting of Starscream, Rodimus Prime, and the Mistress of Flame, ruled over post-war Cybertron and Caminus. Following a battle between Computron and Menasor on Caminus, the Council debated using the Enigma of Combination to create their own combiner army. Rodimus favored using the Enigma while Starscream was more resistant to the idea. Before a decision could be made, a failed attempt to destroy the Enigma by Windblade resulted in Starscream being injured and the police force being put on high alert. The Council Optimus, Windblade and Megatron later attacked the Council's chambers together in order to destroy the Enigma and were engaged by their automated defenses, but they were interrupted by the surprise appearence by Devastator, who tore off Rodimus's arm. Homecoming