Tyrest Accord
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The Tyrest Accord is an agreement between the Autobots and the Decepticons; it originally governed the control of Transformer technology, forbidding it from passing into the hands of alien species, but eventually evolved into full-blown military law. Roving freelance officers such as Ultra Magnus track down violators of the Accord, bringing them back to the High Justice counsel of their respective faction.
It may be related to the Code of Interplanetary Conflict, and was drafted by Chief Justice Tyrest.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
The Tyrest Accord was brokered early in the war as a result of Tyrest's attempts at organizing peace talks between Optimus Prime and Megatron. While the peace talks failed, the Accord–which, among other things, banned the export of Cybertronian technology to other races–was a success and led to Tyrest being declared Chief Justice. House of Ambus
The Tyrest Accord was detailed in an appendix of the Autobot Code. Paragraph four of subsection 80 of section 19, or 19 (80) 4, was added to the Accord in anticipation of "thought warfare", a type of warfare that never came to be. How Ratchet Got His Hands Back
Ultra Magnus was personally tasked by Tyrest with apprehending violators of the Accord, be they 'bot or 'con. He brought in Swindle, but ultimately let him go in exchange for information on one of the Accord's worst violators, Scorponok. Spotlight: Ultra Magnus
As is his wont, Magnus cited the Accord as he attacked and apprehended Arcee at the Stellar Cartography Archive, Spotlight: Arcee and again when he confronted Bumblebee's Autobot squad on earth after Optimus Prime's resignation and surrender to the humans. New Arrivals, Old Encounters
According to Kup, Prowl had an encyclopedic knowledge of the Tyrest Accord, to the point that he could recite the exact passages of a crime to its perpetrator. Apparently, this drove one criminal to commit suicide after two and a half days of listening to Prowl's application of the Accord to his crimes. Bullets
Some parts of the Tyrest Accord could be seen as "ambiguous" on the matter of unnecessary cruelty. The Wreckers liked deliberately misreading those parts. Zero Point
At some point after his disappearance, Tyrest constructed Legislators to help enforce the Accord. If the law was broken in their presence, the Legislators would respond with overwhelming (and often lethal) force against the responsible party.
Tyrest possessed a Repository that contained the text of the Tyrest Accord in full. With it, the Chief Justice can edit the Accord at will, adding new sections or rewriting old ones in response to changing situations. One such addition was Section 90, Subsection 16, or preemptive execution. 90 (16) gave Tyrest the power to kill anyone who intended to take action against him. The Divided Self
Disappointed in Ultra Magnus, Tyrest relieved him of his position as enforcer of the Tyrest Accord and installed Star Saber in his place. The Divided Self Following the defeat of Tyrest and Star Saber, however, Magnus himself passed the title onto Fortress Maximus instead. The Sound of Breaking Glass
When Optimus Prime discovered that the Earth Defense Command was reverse-engineering Cybertronian technology to produce anti-Transformer weapons, he told the President of the United States that such weaponry was a violation of the Tyrest Accord, and could lead to consequences if Earth did not join the Council of Worlds. To Walk Among the Chosen This came up at a Council meeting when Prime asked permission to give tech to the Junkions. Starscream virulently rejected the idea of either Earth or the Junkions getting it, pointing out that under the new, post-war state of Cybertron, keeping their tech away from aliens was about protecting the Transformers from aliens rather than the traditional vice versa. Any such sharing would be considered treason. Behind My Bleeding Back
Animated cartoon
The Tyrest Accord was the agreement which ended the Great War. It granted the Decepticons amnesty for their actions during the war, in exchange for their acceptance of exile from Cybertron. The AllSpark Almanac II
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Foreign names
- Japanese: Tyrest Accord (ティレスト協定 Tiresuto Kyōtei)
