Worldsweeper

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Taking patriotism to the nth level.

The D-Class Worldsweeper, P-6 model is a famous model of Decepticon warship mimicking the Decepticon insignia, earning them the informal name of Symbol Ships. Their distinctive design was used to represent Decepticon power and dominance as they cruised the skies of conquered worlds. These sizable vessels typically carry a complement of Cybernoughts.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

The Worldsweepers saw action during the height of the Decepticon offensive, and were associated with the heyday of the Decepticon Empire. The Decepticons stationed at least one Worldsweeper over every planet in the Constellate. Noted Decepticons like Shockwave and Sixshot have commanded their own Worldsweepers in the past. Who's Afraid of the DJD?

During the war, a fleet of Worldsweepers known as the "Phantom Fleet" went missing in the Dark Nebula. Anomie

Worldsweepers were favored by the Grand Architect, using them to conduct experiments and move his forces around. Their speed left something to be desired, though. Animals An Axe to Break the Ice One such Worldsweeper crashed on the planet Clemency, full of horrors such as deformed protoforms, a ceiling covered with brain modules, and organic flesh that had been bled into the ship's fuel supply, polluting it. Also, there was a non-functional robot made entirely of wood. A band of Decepticon Scavengers led by Krok later found the ship and went aboard where they discovered a stasis-locked Grimlock. Rules of Disengagement Under threat from the Decepticon Justice Division, the Scavengers staged an ambush near the Worldsweeper using the circuit speeder-spiked Grimlock as bait. During the ensuing battle, Crankcase took control of one of the ship's Cybernoughts, but when the D.J.D. left the field of conflict to pursue bigger fish, the Scavengers abandoned the Worldsweeper and left Clemency in the Weak Anthropic Principle. Who's Afraid of the DJD?

Just before annexing Earth into the Council of Worlds, Optimus Prime had a series of visions, including the scene of a Worldsweeper crashed near the White House. Once Upon a Time on Earth

After the war on Necroworld, Drift had a vision of the Phantom Fleet being led by Pharma along with several sparkeaters bearing down on him, Rodimus and Grimlock. Some Other Cybertron. He later confessed this to Ratchet when Team Rodimus passed a building-sized statue of Primus in the Functionist Universe. Anomie

Working in the Grand Architect's service, Scorponok and his bots tracked down Anode and Wipe-Out on Troja Major using a Worldsweeper. An Axe to Break the Ice One of them, Flame, led a team to the planet's surface and retrieved the Magnificence on Scorponok's orders. Chasing the Infinite Its prize secured, the ship later landed on Confluence and deployed an army of "Treecons" to guard it. When the Scavengers bumbled into it, hunting down the Magnificence themselves for the Curator, they were captured and imprisoned aboard. The Ties That Bind

Notes

• The Worldsweeper bears an obvious resemblance to the temporary Decepticon base from "Enter the Nightbird" as well as the more obscure Destron Mark from Transformers: Mystery of Convoy.