Starscream (SG)
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- Starscream is a heroic Decepticon from the "Shattered Glass" continuity family.
Starscream is an intelligent and personable scientist who acts as Megatron's main science guy and second-in-command, and constantly peppers his sentences with (genuine and effusive) admiration for his great leader.
It's all rather creepy to be honest.
Fiction
Shattered Expectations
Working for the Quintesson Federation, the just and fair-minded Starscream attempted to arrest Goldbug and his comrades. Tracking them to a secret bunker containing ancient Pretender technology, he declared their plot was over "before it even begins!" and requested they surrender. When they resisted, he called in the might of the Mayhem Suppression Squad. Shattered Expectations
Shattered Glass
Starscream graduated from the Crystal City College as the most ingenious 'bot on all of Cybertron. Then the war broke out. When Optimus Prime tried to draft the genius, he refused, and, as punishment, the Autobots demolished Crystal City before Starscream's very eyes. Fleeing underground, Starscream joined the Decepticon resistance headed by Megatron. Starscream threw himself into his work, hoping that, one day, his scientific acumen could be used for peaceful purposes. He got a chance to pursue that ideology, even if by somewhat violent means, when an alternate version of Cliffjumper accidentally crossed over from a universe in which the Autobots were good into Starscream's world. With Cliffjumper's help, Starscream created "glass gas" bombs to use on the Ark's launching platform to destroy it. He then participated in the attack that followed, leading the initial attack run. Shattered Glass
Sometime later, Starscream was part of the defense of the Arch-Ayr fuel dump that the Decepticons had recently rediscovered. When Megatron was injured enough to be taken out of the fight, Starscream fussed over and helped repair him. He also helped provide cover fire for the Mayhem Suppression Squad's assault after they were called in by Soundwave.
After the Autobots were beaten back into hiding behind cover, he was as surprised as everyone else by the appearance of the Dinobots, and their disruption of the fight that caused the Autobots to retreat fully back to Iacon. As the Decepticons then discussed the now running-loose Dinobots, Starscream agreed with Dirge's suggestion that they attempt to capture some of them to bolster their own forces. He especially looked forward to being able to recover the AI matrix he had developed that Wheeljack had stolen to make the Dinobots. Megatron ordered Starscream to gather a small force of their best mechs and have them commence the "Dinobot Hunt".
After the hunt was successful in recovering eight of the Dinobots (now Dinocons), Starscream successfully upgraded the Dinocons' brain modules and ensured they were comfortably housed, fed, and otherwise cared for. Until Grimlock took them on a little trip, that is... Dungeons & Dinobots
Several cycles later, Starscream discovered that the Dinocons had somehow gained embers and the ability to transform. Despite this sudden revelation, the Decepticons moved forward with their plan to follow the Autobots into space.
Later on, Starscream was present when Ricochet called the Decepticons to demand a ransom for the return of Megatron. Starscream insisted that the safe retrieval of Megatron was the highest priority. Cliffjumper was able to convince the panicked Starscream that Megatron would want them all to proceed with the readying of the Nemesis, and Starscream reluctantly agreed.
Finally, the Ark lifted off, and the Nemesis followed. Starscream presided over the bridge of the Decepticon ship as it jumped into transwarp towards Earth. Upon their arrival, the two ships engaged in battle, with the Decepticons taking the upper hand and managing to shoot the Ark out of the sky and send it crashing down to Earth. The humans, however, would prove to be a more successful threat. A fusion bomb detonated near the Nemesis, severely disrupting the ship. Starscream remained on board as the rest of the crew escaped in pods, guiding it away from population centers with the help of Cliffjumper. Do Over
Starscream and Cliffjumper both survived the ship's crash-landing while ensconced in the crash compartments. When Heatwave and Soundwave finally discovered them with several humans in tow, Starscream helped explain their situation to the humans. After Starscream finished his explanation by saying he felt the Ark was taken care of and their priority was gathering their crew and returning home, Cliffjumper disagreed and said they should make certain that the Autobots were indeed out of commission. Starscream mulled this over and decided Cliffjumper was correct, and ordered them to go out and work on finding the escape pods of their crew while he remained behind, as his altmode would be too conspicuous.
When Rodimus broadcast a message about holding Earth hostage with the military base and Global Orbiting Defense Satellites he had taken control of, Starscream overheard it and ordered the others (who had since located Crasher) back to the Nemesis. They discussed the situation, and after Heatwave was able to locate the base the Autobots were holed up in, Starscream ordered them to assault it while he remained behind to serve as "mission control". The mission was ultimately successful. Eye in the Sky
Stuck on Earth, Starscream and his men busied themselves helping out the humans, such as when they thwarted Arachnolord. When Blitzwing was augmented with an oPod, Starscream realised that as it was broadcasting on an Autobot frequency, Blitzwing would render any Autobot near him helpless. He tested the theory by taking Blitzwing and Slugslinger with him to stop Swoop and Star Saber from attacking a restaurant. He was impressed when it worked, however Blitzwing's new ability became uncontrollable and began broadcasting on Decepticon frequencies as well. After Blitzwing fled, Starscream blamed himself for neglecting the well-being of one of his men. To protect themselves from the broadcast, he ordered the base locked down and all of the Decepticons into emergency stasis while Soundwave, who was unaffected, searched for Blitzwing. Once Blitzwing was retrieved, Starscream helped extract the oPod and was able to help out Soundwave with some legal trouble he'd gotten himself into with Thunderwing. Blitzwing Bop
The Decepticons worked on building a stellar spanner of their own, though Starscream had to put up with Soundwave's atrocious puns while doing so. They finally contacted Cybertron, and sent up the specifications so they could build a two-way travel system. Thus Shockwave joined them on Earth. Starscream and a number of the Decepticons (and Cliffjumper) attended R.J. Blackrock's unveiling ceremony, though Starscream found the event's formality uncomfortable. The Autobots attacked the event, and when Shockwave was seriously injured protecting Sephie Beller, Starscream blamed himself for not being fast enough to help. He was disappointed when Sephie subsequently had herself augmented with Cybertronian technology, and confined her to base. He took opportunity to do a thorough scan of her, which gave the medics some pointers on how to improve their repair technology and help Shockwave.
When Sephie went out to face the Autobots on her own, Starscream modified Fistfight to act as an exosuit for Rick Ottman, and they went to try to help her. Instead, the Decepticons fell into an Autobot trap, and were overwhelmed by superior forces. The Autobots were attacked by Blackrock, using his Centurion battle suit, but the Decepticons were surprised when Blackrock revealed that he regarded all the Cybertronians as potential technology goldmines. When Sephie appeared to sacrifice herself to carry the overloading Centurion away and save everyone present, Starscream gave a heartfelt eulogy. Fortunately she still functioned. To Starscream's disappointment, Blackrock wriggled his way out of being turned over to the authorities. Back at base, Starscream offered Sephie a place on the Decepticon team, but she turned him down in favor of taking her own course. Transhuman
At the Decepticons' base on Cybertron, Reflector reported to Starscream that he had spotted Computron chasing several unknown individuals. Starscream had Reflector alert Megatron and send out Abominus to deal with Computron. Starscream then helped greet said individuals as they sought safety inside the base, and listened to them explain their situation to Megatron. Reunification: Part 4
When Megatron was killed by Cyclonus during the meeting in question, Starscream cried out in anguish and lamented over Megatron's body, wondering why it couldn't have been himself that had been hit instead of his "king". Reunification: Part 5
Later, after the visitors were revealed as really being Nexus Prime—who then revived Megatron as Galvatron—Starscream was part of the group that saw Nexus Prime off on his next interdimensional journey. Reunification: Part 6
Toys
Timelines
- Part of BotCon 2008's exclusive box set of five figures, Starscream is a redeco of Cybertron Voyager Starscream in a color scheme that homages the original Jetfire. He transforms into a Cybertronian starfighter. In both modes, plugging a Cyber Key (his is a red-plastic Earth-style key with a white border and black symbol) into his back pops out a blade-weapon from each of his wings/arms. He also has a spring-loaded missile launcher which can be hand-held, or mounted on the underside of his vehicle mode.
- Starscream was only available as part of a set of six toys, along with Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Goldbug, Autobot Jazz and Razorclaw.
