Tyrest Accord
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The Tyrest Accord is an agreement between the Autobots and the Decepticons; it governs the control of Transformer technology, forbidding it from passing into the hands of alien species. Roving free-lance 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 likely drafted by Chief Justice Tyrest.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 comics
Ultra Magnus was tasked 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
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
