Council of Worlds
- The Council of Worlds is a polity from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
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.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Known members:
After the conclusion of the Great War and the foiling of Shockwave's attempted ascension, the newly-returned First Titan Metroplex located five other Titans; eons ago, they 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
The final colony which Metroplex located was Carcer, a spaceborne Metrotitan. 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
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 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
