Tripredacus Council
- The Tripredacus Council is a group of Predacons from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Tripredacus Council is one of the many ruling bodies of the fractured Predacon Alliance. They meet in secret in undisclosed locations, and plot the return of the Predacons to glory, though under their terms. They choose to wait and grow strong before attacking, but many Predacons are impatient. This has led to some rogue behavior among the Predacon ranks.
One of their agents, Tarantulas of the Predacon Secret Police, suggests that, like himself and unlike the rest of the Predacons, the Tripredacus Council are not descended from the Decepticons trapped on Earth. Instead, they may have extradimensional origins, be linked to the Cybertronian Empire, or may be, in fact, creations of Unicron himself...
The three members of the Tripredacus Council are:
They can combine to form Tripredacus.
Their known affiliates and agents include:
- Japanese name: Trypticon Council
Fiction
Descent into Evil
Dawn of Future's Past
They killed Razorclaw to seize control of the Predacons from him! Boo hiss! (Why they surrendered when the Predacons were doing well is not said) [1]
Beast Wars cartoon
Renegades like Megatron sneer at the Council for kowtowing to the Maximal Elders.
The Council placed Lt. Tarantulas of the Predacon Secret Police, a direct agent of theirs, in Megatron's organisation as a spy. The Agenda (Part 2) They were aware of his plan to go back into prehistory and intended for Tarantulas hijack it, so he could completely destroy the Ark and its inhabitants. As they did not have Autobot or Decepticon origins, the Council would be spared the resulting timestorm and would take control of an altered Cybertron. Their own goal was galactic conquest. (Of course!) Other Victories
Unfortunately for them, Megatron escaped Cybertron in the Darksyde anyway, and caused a Maximal craft to go MIA in the process. The Council suffered diplomatic repercussions over this.
Later, the transwarp wavefront caused by the destruction of the Planet Buster eventually reached Cybertronian space in the Beast Era, hitting Predacon Command Outpost One, causing a severe power outage. The council apparently convened on the station immediately afterward, where they noted that the transwarp wave's signature matched that of the Darksyde, thus meaning that Megatron still functioned and was still carrying out his agenda. In order to prevent the Maximals from discovering this, they detonated a satellite somewhere near Cybertron, dispersing the wave before it reached the planet. They then dispatched Covert Agent Ravage in a prototype transwarp cruiser to track the wave to its point of origin and terminate Megatron "with extreme prejudice". The Agenda (Part 1)
When pressed by Megatron, Ravage admitted he was also meant to kill all the Maximals in the Beast Wars, as the Council wanted nobody coming back to Cybertron and embarrassing it. The Agenda (Part 2)
IDW Beast Wars comics
General Cicadacon, who was suspected of being so old he dated back to the Decepticons, was the Councillor who drafted the Council's long-term strategy of secretly rearming, under the noses of the Maximals. Beast Wars Sourcebook
The council ordered Magmatron to ensure that the Maximals did not have knowledge of the transwarp wave. The Gathering issue 1 They believed that the Predacons must wait for the appropriate moment to strike. Many Predacons, however, tired of this strategy. A short time later, after the failure of their first agent, Ravage, the council sent Magmatron to capture Megatron. The Gathering issue 2
Notes
- The names of the Tripredacus Council members are taken from "The Agenda (Part 1)"'s original script.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Timelines Razorclaw's bio card
