Convoy Council
Tens of thousands of years into the future, the Convoy Council (コンボイ評議会 Konboi Hyōgikai) is the ruling organization of the Maximals on Cybertron. They commune with the mega-computer Vector Sigma and carry out its will, handing down orders to generals of a Convoy ranking. The foremost member of the council is Great Convoy.
They've got some snazzy robes.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Legends comic
The Convoy Council was made up of Maximals based on Optimus Primal. One such Maximal, Blue Big Convoy, disliked that being created as a Convoy Type meant you were a ruler of Cybertron by birthright and refused to attend the council. Bonus Edition Vol. EX
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
The Convoy Council assigned Big Convoy with the task of training a fresh batch of new recruits. Big Convoy was notoriously anti-social and a bit of a psycho. The Convoy Council believed that by surrounding him with rowdy youngsters, Big Convoy might learn how to make friends. Big Convoy, Move Out
During an adventure on the planet Godbless, the power of an Angolmois Capsule caused whoever approached it to see the god of their choice. The Maximals began to hallucinate seeing a gigantic member of the Convoy Council, calling itself the "god of the Maximals", which (manipulated by the Predacon Saberback) warded them away. They eventually overcame their fear, defeated the vision and secured the capsule. Chase the Mysterious Capsule
When Unicron was reborn, he made his way back to Cybertron to settle an old score with the planet. Great Convoy led a Maximal armada of hundreds of warships against the Chaos God. However, they were all instantly destroyed by Unicron's fiery serpent-mode and Great Convoy was killed in the battle. The fate of the other Convoy Councillors is unknown. Unicron's Ambition
Ask Vector Prime
Reverse Convoy was an Autobot vassal of the Convoy Council. His peers included Lio Convoy, Fire Convoy, and Galaxy Convoy. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/14
The Convoy Council assigned Fire Convoy to lead the Dimensional Patrol to pursue the Destrongers to the year 2000. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/10
Lio Convoy, now a high-ranking member of the Council, left his home reality, traveling through Gargent 984.08 Alpha and eventually becoming a member of the Convoy in Nexus 208.0 Epsilon before arriving in a Uniend universe to assist the local Autobots against Unicron. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14
Beast Wars II manga
Beast Wars: Uprising
In the 34th century C.E., the Convoy Council were in charge of the Commandrons, the successors to the Maximals.
It was the council who declared no Cybertronian would ever leave the Milky Way Galaxy after the disastrous encounter with the Ammonites, to avoid attracting the attention of "lions, tigers and bears" (oh my!), as Megalo Convoy put it. When the stolen ship Terrastar left the Milky Way Galaxy in contravention of this, the council unanimously ordered Astral Knight to take his colony ship, the Hyperborea, after it. The Inexorable March
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Notes
- The Convoy Council was never actually referred to by name in the Beast Wars Neo cartoon.
- The Beast Wars Neo Convoy Council was initially believed in the West to be the Maximal Elders, the ruling body of the Maximals who went unseen in western fiction. This was a consequence of the original belief that Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo took place in the same time period that the characters of Beast Wars originated from.
