Silas
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- Silas is a human from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Leland "Silas" Bishop<ref>Bumblebee vs. Starscream Entertainment Pack packaging.</ref> is the leader<ref>Raf's Notes, entry #13</ref> of the MECH organization, bent on enforcing a newer world order.
Fiction
Prime cartoon
- Voice actor: Clancy Brown (English), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian), Axel Lutter (German), Humberto Solórzano (Latin American Spanish)
From his helicopter, Silas shot down William Fowler's plane transporting the Dynamic Nuclear Generation System. Soon, Fowler was transporting the device aboard a civilian trailer truck. Fowler evaded Silas's men, and when they attempted to open the trailer door, a motorcycle driver drove onto one of their cars, causing it to flip over and explode. The convoy passed through a train tunnel, and as it emerged, mysterious purple planes fired on the trailer. Since there was no radiation emanating from the explosion, Silas realized Fowler must've transferred the device onto the train. Then Silas witnessed the civilian convoy and planes transform into robots, and a fight ensued. Silas was pleased to confirm the rumors of living technology on Earth, but flew off to retrieve the DNGS.
A hacker caused the train to diverge onto a forked track, but Silas's pilot cut the connection. Silas prepared to land on the train as his men finished cutting open the appropriate car's roof, but retreated when he saw the truck robot on the move. He wasn't going to let the enemy leave with his prize, and so fired on the train tracks to cause a crash. The truck robot managed to stop the train, and from the safety of his helicopter, Silas watched his new enemy stare back. He privately congratulated the alien visitor, but noted MECH had the home advantage and vowed to level the playing field, even if it meant dissecting the robot. Silas then flew off. Convoy
Silas had his men capture Breakdown during a battle on the Kamchatka Peninsula, taking the captive 'Con to a makeshift base in a deserted railway tunnel so they could dismantle him in peace. He had one of Breakdown's eyes removed and converted into a two-way transmitter, leaving it somewhere obvious, so he could talk to Breakdown's rescuers, and was surprised when Optimus Prime came looking for the Decepticon. Though a bomb waylaid Prime's team, Bulkhead broke into the tunnel and Silas retired to his helicopter outside, where he directed the MECH forces in an attempt to stop Bulkhead and Breakdown from escaping. He was forced to order a retreat when Starscream arrived with Vehicons, however they had gained enough information from their examination of Breakdown that Silas could initiate Project Chimera. Operation: Breakdown
When MECH detected a Decepticon distress signal, Silas took a team to try to secure the Decepticon for MECH's use. Unfortunately it was bait, and Airachnid was the trap. Airachnid bargained with Silas — find Jack Darby and she would allow them to keep Arcee after she was done with her. Silas used MECH technology and the web to find information on Jack and had his mother June Darby kidnapped. Arcee and Jack were lured to a temporary MECH base in a factory. While Airachnid played with Jack, Silas, not believing the Decepticon would keep her part of the deal, ordered his men to extract Arcee's heart. Though the Autobot escaped before they could extract the part and Jack stole Silas's radio to contact Fowler, Silas at least got to witness Airachnid scanning a new alternate mode. Crisscross
A MECH team led by Silas successfully lured in Bumblebee, who was stunned by their equipment. While Silas kept an eye out for Bumblebee's partner, the MECH Surgeon procured a T-cog from the subject, and Silas called a retreat. They installed it into the robot they'd built as part of Project Chimera, but to Silas's disappointment, it failed to work. Starscream, who had followed them to their base, pointed out that they required Energon to power anything Cybertronian. Starscream proposed an alliance to allow them to find Energon for them to share, which Silas accepted on the condition that there be enough for the army they intended to build. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
After securing a supply of energon, they made another attempt to activate the robot, only for Bumblebee to attack the MECH base. Silas was knocked over during Bumblebee's assault, and instructed Starscream to collect the T-cog and meet them outside. When Starscream arrived without the cog, Silas had the MECH troopers ambush him and take his. Operation Bumblebee, Part 2
Titan Magazines Prime comics
Soon after the bungled operation in which MECH teamed with Airachnid, Silas set out to get his own back on Jack, directing his men to blow up schools. This eventually succeeded and Silas encountered Jack while blowing up Franklin High School. Trapping the boy in flames, Silas headed for the roof to evacuate by helicopter, only for Jack to follow him via the fire escape and deliver a kick to his nether regions. After taking a moment to recover, Silas took advantage of the helicopter to leave Jack on the roof of the burning building. School Is... Out!
Toys
Prime
- Bumblebee vs. Starscream (2012)
- Another release of Deluxe "First Edition" Bumblebee and Starscream comes with figurines of Silas and a MECH soldier, both armed with non-removable assault rifles. Although sculpted in the same style and scale as the previous Entertainment Pack figures of Jack, Miko and Raf, unlike the three kids Silas has neither an articulated head nor is his figure stand removable. Silas' distinctive facial scars are not represented by either sculpting or paint operations.
Notes
- Silas is voiced by Clancy Brown, is essentially a supervillain, and opposes an alien being clad in red and blue. Where have we heard this before?
