Silas

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Silas is a human from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.

You wanna know how I got these scars?

Silas, real name Leland Bishop, is the stone-faced leader<ref>Raf's Notes, entry #13</ref> of MECH, whose lethal obsession with Cybertronian biology would border on insanity, if his iron-mask of absolute control didn't obscure the sinister conspiracy percolating within.

Proclaiming the desire for a new world order, Silas and his supporters systematically usurp Decepticon and Autobot agenda alike in the name of research and experimentation to further Project Chimera, the product of their horrific campaign.

Expenditures be damned, Silas and the soldiers of MECH will exploit every crack in Cybertronian armor to insure their promise of chaos and terror...

There's a war brewing, between the new world order and the newest. The victor will be the side armed with the most innovative technology.{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:SilasConvoy|Silas{{#if:Convoy|, Convoy|}}|}}

Fiction

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Clancy Brown (English), Unshō Ishizuka (Japanese){{#if: Oliviero Corbetta (Italian), Axel Lutter (German), Humberto Solórzano (Latin American Spanish), Hamilton Ricardo (Brazilian Portuguese), Rafael Calvo (Spain-Spanish)|, Oliviero Corbetta (Italian), Axel Lutter (German), Humberto Solórzano (Latin American Spanish), Hamilton Ricardo (Brazilian Portuguese), Rafael Calvo (Spain-Spanish)}}

Colonel Leland Bishop was once a member of Special Operations of the United States military. Nemesis Prime Part of "special tactics", he was the architect of Project Damocles, which ultimately caused his discharge from the armed forces. After leaving the military, he went rogue, adopting the codename Silas and becoming part of MECH. Grill

From his helicopter, Silas shot down William Fowler's plane transporting the Dynamic Nuclear Generation System. Soon, Fowler was transporting the device aboard a civilian trailer truck. Fowler evaded Silas's men, and when they attempted to open the trailer door, a motorcycle driver drove onto one of their cars, causing it to flip over and explode. The convoy passed through a train tunnel, and as it emerged, mysterious purple planes fired on the trailer. Since there was no radiation emanating from the explosion, Silas realized Fowler must've transferred the device onto the train. Then Silas witnessed the civilian convoy and planes transform into robots, and a fight ensued. Silas was pleased to confirm the rumors of living technology on Earth, but flew off to retrieve the DNGS.

A hacker caused the train to diverge onto a forked track, but Silas's pilot cut the connection. Silas prepared to land on the train as his men finished cutting open the appropriate car's roof, but retreated when he saw the truck robot on the move. He wasn't going to let the enemy leave with his prize, and so fired on the train tracks to cause a crash. The truck robot managed to stop the train, and from the safety of his helicopter, Silas watched his new enemy stare back. He privately congratulated the alien visitor, but noted MECH had the home advantage and vowed to level the playing field, even if it meant dissecting the robot. Silas then flew off. Convoy

Blue and orange morality, blue and orange decor.

Silas had his men capture Breakdown during a battle on the Kamchatka Peninsula, taking the captive 'Con to a makeshift base in a deserted railway tunnel so they could dismantle him in peace. He had one of Breakdown's eyes removed and converted into a two-way transmitter, leaving it somewhere obvious, so he could talk to Breakdown's rescuers, and was surprised when Optimus Prime came looking for the Decepticon. Though a bomb waylaid Prime's team, Bulkhead broke into the tunnel and Silas retired to his helicopter outside, where he directed the MECH forces in an attempt to stop Bulkhead and Breakdown from escaping. He was forced to order a retreat when Starscream arrived with Vehicons, however they had gained enough information from their examination of Breakdown that Silas could initiate Project Chimera. Operation: Breakdown

What a cute human... shame about the scars.

When MECH detected a Decepticon distress signal, Silas took a team to try to secure the Decepticon for MECH's use. Unfortunately it was bait, and Airachnid was the trap. Airachnid bargained with Silas — find Jack Darby and she would allow them to keep Arcee after she was done with her. Silas used MECH technology and the web to find information on Jack and had his mother June Darby kidnapped. Arcee and Jack were lured to a temporary MECH base in a factory. While Airachnid played with Jack, Silas, not believing the Decepticon would keep her part of the deal, ordered his men to extract Arcee's heart. Though the Autobot escaped before they could extract the part and Jack stole Silas's radio to contact Fowler, Silas at least got to witness Airachnid scanning a new alternate mode. Crisscross

A MECH team led by Silas successfully lured in Bumblebee, who was stunned by their equipment. While Silas kept an eye out for Bumblebee's partner, the MECH Surgeon procured a T-cog from the subject, and Silas called a retreat. They installed it into the robot they'd built as part of Project Chimera, but to Silas's disappointment, it failed to work. Starscream, who had followed them to their base, pointed out that they required Energon to power anything Cybertronian. Starscream proposed an alliance to allow them to find Energon for them to share, which Silas accepted on the condition that there be enough for the army they intended to build. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1

After securing a supply of energon, they made another attempt to activate the robot, only for Bumblebee to attack the MECH base. Silas was knocked over during Bumblebee's assault, and instructed Starscream to collect the T-cog and meet them outside. When Starscream arrived without the cog, Silas had the MECH troopers ambush him and take his. Operation Bumblebee, Part 2

MECH found the remains of Breakdown and reported their find to Silas. Crossfire

He thought of ten good reasons to never let go of a dime.

With the completion of Nemesis Prime, Silas attempted to use their experiment to bump off Agent Fowler. When this failed, he instead used it to attack Alden Military Base to turn the military against the Autobots. This inevitably drew the Autobots to their base, and Silas used Nemesis Prime to deal with them, but while he was using Nemesis to fight Optimus, Fowler infiltrated the base and attacked him. While Silas was distracted, Optimus defeated Nemesis Prime, the mech falling through the roof on top of Silas. Gravely injured, Silas was spirited away by MECH and hooked up to life support. While the Surgeon stated that nothing could be done for his body, Breakdown's body provided an alternative. Nemesis Prime

Titan Magazines Prime comics

Right in the mean bean machine.

Soon after the bungled operation in which MECH teamed with Airachnid, Silas set out to get his revenge on Jack, directing his men to blow up schools. This eventually succeeded in drawing out the boy and Silas encountered Jack while blowing up Franklin High School. Trapping him in flames, Silas headed for the roof to evacuate by helicopter, only for Jack to follow him via the fire escape and deliver a kick to his nether regions. After taking a moment to recover, Silas took advantage of the helicopter to leave Jack on the roof of the burning building. School Is... Out!

Silas was pleased when Agent Novo discovered a neuron refractor in China and retrieved the schematics. As a reward, Silas gave Novo the privilege of being the one to have their mind transferred into the results of Project Mechanoid, but as the refractor was in danger of overload, Silas's callous disregard for Novo's life resulted in his subordinate rebelling. Despite Silas's attempt to regain control of the situation, he had to retreat and the facility was destroyed. The Novo Incident

Toys

Prime

Next we demand Sierra.

• Bumblebee vs. Starscream (2012)

Another release of Deluxe "First Edition" Bumblebee and Starscream comes with figurines of Silas and a MECH soldier, both armed with non-removable assault rifles. Although sculpted in the same style and scale as the previous Entertainment Pack figures of Jack, Miko and Raf, unlike the three kids Silas has neither an articulated head nor is his figure stand removable. Silas' distinctive facial scars are not represented by either sculpting or paint operations.

Notes

• Silas is voiced by Clancy Brown, is essentially a supervillain, and opposes an alien being clad in red and blue whom he creates an evil clone of. Where have we heard this before?

References

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