Council of Autobot Elders
The Council of Autobot Elders was the ruling body of Autobots on pre-war Iacon. From their from their meeting chamber located in spire of the Celestial Temple in Iacon, the decided the affairs of competing peaceful city-states, first under the theoretical oversight of the dottering Overlords, and later on their own.
As the great war began the Council of Autobot Elders authority was absolute and its control direct. This waned as the war progressed. The council ceased to become an active player in Autobot politics when it was defenestrated by the Decepticons Trannis not long after the Ark's launch. (In fairness to Trannis, the windows of the tower were awfully high up.)
Members
- Tomaandi — High Councillor
- Emirate Xaaron — Chairman
- Traachon — General
Fiction
The council was deadlocked on taking any action relating Tarn-Vos war. Though Iacon was accepting refugees, Emirate Xaaron wanted General Traachon to send a peace-keeping force to intervene in the conflict. Traachon refused to let Iacon forces be drawn into a foreign conflict that did not involve them, and further suggested that it was in Iacon's best interests that the militant Vos and Tar destroy one another. State Games
And There Shall Come...a Leader!
The Autobot scientist Flame proposed reviving Megatron's plan to convert Cybertron into a mobile spacecraft. Emirate Xaaron felt the plan was too dangerous and spoke out against it strongly. Flame was cast out of the academy and denied funds to continue his research. When he succeeded in blowing himself up in Kalis, the Council traveled there to investigate his death in person.Legion of the Lost! part 2 The council's rare trip outside of Iacon seems to imply these events took place in a relative peace before Traanis rose to power.
When the Ark was lost in space, the Council of Autobot Elders, let by High Counciler Traachon, attempted to once again take command of the disorganized Autobot army. As a result, the Decepticons conquered the rest of the planet, but were unable to breach Iacon's fortified defenses. After several thousand years of this deadlock the new Decepticon leader Trannis gave up on capturing Iacon intact, and began to bombard the city. In an emergency meeting the council decided to surrender, except Xaaron, who fled. Traanis executed them for their trouble. Cybertron: The Middle Years
