Proteus (G1)

Proteus is a Senator from the IDW comics portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Proteus is a member of the corrupt Senate on pre-war Cybertron.

Fiction

IDW comics continuity

Following an assassination attempt on Nominus Prime, Proteus held a speech at the Grand Imperium, calling for a Clampdown which would place severe restrictions on Cybertron's inhabitants in order to weed out terrorists. Senator Ratbat agreed with him, adding that they could use this opportunity to shut down some government-critical groups, even if it would forego "some of the freedoms" of the general populace. The speech was then suddenly interrupted by Orion Pax, who burst into the chamber to offer his own views on the Senate's selfish ways. After the intruder had gone on for a while, Proteus ordered Sentinel to have him removed, but forgot to note his name.

Another Senator later revealed to Orion Pax that the attack on Nominus Prime had been orchestrated by a faction within the Senate so that they could get their hands on the Matrix of Leadership, and thus even more power. Chaos Theory Part 2 It's possible Proteus was a part of this conspiracy, or perhaps he just took advantage of the situation, but regardless of the fact his Clampdown was implemented soon afterwards. Chaos Theory Part 1

During the Clampdown, he made an unspecified political promise. Quark believed it would be fulfilled and would show whether he or Nightbeat were right about the state of Cybertron, but Nightbeat didn't believe "Proteus' Promise" would ever happen. Post Hoc A public information film called "Proteus' Promise" was made at the time. Who's Afraid of the DJD?

Proteus was executed by Starscream during the Decepticon uprising. The Chaos of Warm Things