Tarn (G1)
| This article is about the leader of the Decepticon Justice Division. For the Cybertronian city, see Tarn (city). |
- Tarn is a Decepticon from the IDW continuity portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Tarn is an eloquent Decepticon. He enjoys nothing more than playing beautiful music as he waxes poetic quoting "Towards Peace" and other philosophical works by Megatron. He tends to indulge these pleasures at the same time he's using his specially modulated vocal processor to cause the Decepticon Justice Division's latest transgressor's spark to self-destruct. The current leader of the DJD, Tarn epitomises the mentality of the team. He is beyond zealous in his devotion to Megatron's cause, going so far as to emboss the Decepticon insignia onto his own faceplate. No traitor, no coward is capable of escaping his team. But like many leaders, the pressures of his job has led him to fallback on addiction. Developing an obssession with transformation, he changes form constantly, to the point where he burnt through his original transformation cog long ago. Now he uses either the victims of the DJD, or cogs acquired through less direct means to acquire replacment cogs, feeding his addiction and ensuring he can continue putting the fear into those who would dare abandon the path
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 comics
Tarn brokered a deal with Pharma for an ever-increasing supply of transformation cogs from the deceased patients of Delphi, in exchange for the hospital being unmolested by the Justice Division. As his demands grew greater, Pharma looked into rather unorthodox means of escaping this arrangement. How Ratchet Got His Hands Back
 Plot details for Rules of Disengagement follow. |
After Black Shadow was captured by the DJD, Tarn mused on the tendency of Phase Sixers to rebel. He paused when he realised Black Shadow was still alive. Playing his music, he discussed his views on the so-called end of the war, noting that as far as he was concerned, the war would end only when Megatron said so. He then began modulatinig his voice to Black Shadow's spark frequency, causing him to explode. He then ordered the DJD to move onto their next target. He contacted their said target on Clemency, warning his comrades that if they handed him over, they could live to watch. Rules of Disengagement
