| “ | I tried to gain favour from you. But nothing was ever good enough. No matter how many battles I fought, you always found fault. | „ |
| ~ Starscream, Cramp |
Starscream is Megatron's younger second in command, and a secondary antagonist in Armada. However, unlike other incarnations of Starscream, this version is far more anti heroic.
History[]
Armada[]
Starscream mentioned by have been created in the Iacon chamber, but was drafted into the Decepticons from the moment of his creation.
Searching for Mini-Cons[]
In Metamorphosis, Starscream was among the first group of Decepticons to arrive on Earth in 2010, the others being Megatron, Demolishor and Cyclonus. They were followed by a group of Autobots led by Optimus Prime. To avoid drawing the attention of the planet's natives, the Autobots and Decepticons adopted vehicular modes, allowing them to hide in plain sight. Starscream took the form of a fighter jet, making him one of only two transformers in the early series capable of flying, the other being fellow Decepticon, Cyclonus.
Starscream was the last Decepticon to acquire a Minicon partner, a fact which greatly annoyed him. He finally achieved his goal in Jungle where a Mini-Con panel was found resting on the branch of a giant tree. Whilst the other Transformers engage one another, Starscream, fed up with being denied a partner, used the distraction to bond with the Mini-Con, dubbing him Swindle. With the new null laser cannons Swindle granted him, Starscream sent the Autobots packing, and gave Megatron cause for concern.
The Star Saber[]
In Swoop, the Decepticons invaded the Autobot base to capture the Mini-Cons that together formed the Star Saber, but in the course of the attack, Starscream was lured into a hall of mirrors by Red Alert and fell down a shaft. He tried to fly back up it in jet mode, but Red shut a series of panels on top of him.
The Star Saber wound up in Autobot hands, and Starscream felt the blade's power for himself in Overmatch, when Hot Shot unleashed it against him during their next meeting. Furious over the defeat and with his anger only stoked by insults from Scavenger, Starscream challenged Hot Shot to one-on-one combat. Starscream gave a better account of himself in the rematch, but he was defeated when the Star Saber cleaved his own sword in two. In Credulous Starscream got another chance against Hot Shot when the Autobot and his new teammate Sideways were warped to the moon. Starscream was nearly defeated until Sideways switched sides and knocked the sword to Starscream.
In Conspiracy, now having the Star Saber, Starscream's arrogance grew. To remedy this, Megatron had Leader-1 fire on Starscream during combat with the Autobots in a fog-shrouded forest. The lack of visibility caused Starscream to mistakenly believe Demolishor was an Autobot shooting at him, and would have killed him with the Star Saber if Megatron had not blocked the strike. With the weight of his teammates opinion regarding his ability to wield the blade against him, Starscream was forced to hand the Star Saber over to Megatron.
Doubting Megatron[]
In Rebellion, after the Decepticons were defeated once again, Megatron blamed Starscream and began brutalising him at base. The abuse only ended when Demolishor and Sideways stopped Megatron from killing their comrade. Sideways manipulated Starscream into challenging Megatron to a duel. The resultant duel, despite Starscream fighting well, led to Megatron winning. Unwilling to beg for his life, Starscream urged Megatron to finish him, but his leader spared him, observing he was a good soldier who might someday have the strength to best him.
Following another confrontation with the Autobots in Tactician, the Decepticons were joined by tactician Thrust, whose prowess was well-known to Starscream. Thrust was likewise impressed with Starscream's abilities and enlisted him as his second for his first battle plan against the Autobots, which involved trapping them in a canyon and strafing them from the air. The plan was foiled by the arriving Jetfire, who blew Starscream out of the sky. In Detection, growing suspicious of Sideways after recent events, Starscream joined the Decepticons effort to root him out, discovering that he was an agent of a mysterious greater power. In Sacrifice, Starscream was granted control of the Star Saber to fight the Autobots in a jungle, as per Thrust's plan to gain the Requiem Blaster, however, after the Decepticons discovered the Blaster's true location, he was abandoned on the battlefield.
Joining the Autobots[]
In Regeneration Starscream returned the long way around, and attacked Thrust for abandoning him. Megatron ordered him to stand down and get repaired. He tried to unwind with an energy bath, but his anger boiled over when he was ordered to return the Star Saber to Megatron, and overheard his leader and Thrust mocking him. He went on a rampage through the base, turning the Saber on his fellows and clashing with Megatron and the Requiem Blaster. Seeking asylum with the Autobots, he flew to Earth. At the Star Saber Mini-Cons' behest, Optimus used the Saber to protect Starscream, and gave him the benefit of the doubt when he claimed he wanted to join the Autobots to help them take down Megatron. To prove his good faith, Starscream provided them with the contents of his databanks to decode, but Hot Shot was not so easily swayed, and he and Starscream began fighting. Their face-off was interrupted by Smokescreen, who stopped their brawl.
In Rescue, using Starscream's information, the Autobots invaded the Decepticons' moonbase. Optimus instructed Starscream to hold back and use his knowledge of the base's layout to help find and free the Decepticons' Mini-Cons. But Starscream was too hungry for payback against Megatron to comply, and Hot Shot had to take over his mission. When Hot Shot was in dire straits battling Megatron, Starscream came to his aid, and the pair defeated the Decepticon leader. Starscream was eager to end Megatron's life, but upon the successful evacuation of the Mini-Cons, Optimus called for retreat, forcing Starscream to choose between his hew alliance and his desire for revenge. In the end, he returned to Earth with the Autobots, but was left feeling that he did not truly belong with them either.
In Mars, both his Mini-Con partners and Alexis attempted to console him, but he was too consumed by his own self-doubt. Soon after, Starscream's flight capabilities saw him drafted to join Jetfire on a mission to Mars to recover a Mini-Con, during which he was shot down by Tidal Wave. By the time Jetfire had located him, Starscream was so wrapped up in self-pity that he refused to do as his Autobot superior ordered, forcing Jetfire to handcuff him and charge him with dereliction of duty. On the return trip to Earth, the pair discovered the Mini-Con on an asteroid, but were then attacked by Tidal Wave once again; speaking with passion for the Autobot cause, Starscream was able to talk the Mini-Con, Firebot, into turning on the giant Decepticon. The pair were confronted by Megatron wielding the Requiem Blaster. The blaster, the Star Saber and the Skyboom (wielded by Jetfire) resonated with one another, causing a huge flare of energy that covered Jetfire and Starscream's escape. Back on Earth, Alexis thanked Starscream for his efforts and told him she was sure the Autobots were right, and while he seemed to brush her words off, she soon discovered that he had brought back a bejewelled rock from Mars as a souvenir for her and the other kids.
In Crack, uninterested in helping the Autobots build a spaceship to return to Cybertron, Starscream stalked off to his quarters where he was shocked to find Alexis and the other kids throwing him a surprise party to thank him for the Martian rock, gifting him with a handmade chamois. Later, detecting a curious signal, Starscream ventured out to investigate and was confronted by Thrust, who (secretly working with Sideways) suggested he return to the Decepticons and help him take Megatron down from within. Thrust suggested that he steal the Skyboom shield to "prove" to Megatron his desire to rejoin him, but Starscream refused. Billy and Fred overhead their conversation and raced off to tell the Autobots, who were quick to turn on Starscream when he returned to the base after they could not find the Skyboom Mini-Cons anywhere. Unbeknownst to anyone, the kids had merely taken the Mini-Cons out for a walk, but the Autobots' deep-seated distrust of Starscream was evident. Confronting Thrust in battle again a short time later, Starscream found himself swayed by the Decepticon, and swooped into the battlefield below, snatching up the Skyboom and departing alongside Thrust, back in the Decepticon fold again, but vowed never to forget his new human friends.
The Hydra Cannon[]
In Threaten, with all three Mini-Con weapons now in Decepticon hands, Starscream forced Thrust to tell him his plan for them: they would be combined to the planet destroying Hydra Cannon. When completed and mounted on the Decepticons' new spacecraft, Megatron placed Starscream at the cannon's controls and charged him with firing the shot that would destroy Earth. In Crisis, unwilling to kill his human friends, Starscream struggled with the test Megatron had laid before him, but Optimus Prime and Jetfire attacked the cannon before he had to fire. Ordered out into battle to stop them, Starscream allowed Jetfire to hurl him into Tidal Wave, knocking over the titanic Decepticon and sparing Prime his assault. Starscream's efforts saved Earth, but Prime died stopping the Hydra Cannon. In Remorse, while regretting Prime's death, Starscream joined the Decepticons in heading back to Cybertron.
The Unicron Battles[]
In Depart, Starscream detected the Autobots giving the Decepticons chase, though Megatron remained unconcerned. In Miracle, during the battle, Starscream and Hot Shot revived their rivalry, but fighting soon ceased when the Mini-Cons combined their powers to resurrect Optimus Prime. In Puppet, Hot Shot and Red Alert were sucked through a worm hole to a barren planet; Starscream, Megatron, and Demolishor followed, Megatron intending to destroy their foes despite Starscream suggesting that they used them as hostages. Attacked by Nemesis Prime, they were badly damaged, but were upgraded by their partner Mini-Cons. Observing his new blue colour scheme, Starscream commented he looked like Thundercracker.
In Uprising, upon returning to Cybertron, Starscream aided taking control with the Mini-Con weapons, though his concern over Megatron (now "Galvatron") methods grew, as did his suspicions regarding Thrust due to his reaction to a black hole appearing over Cybertron. In Dash, Starscream called Thrust out on his scheming. Thrust revealed that he worked for Unicron, stealing the Requiem Blaster and Skyboom shield, and fled, with Starscream in hot pursuit. In Drift, He caught up to Thrust, but just after he turned down the traitor's offer to work together, Starscream was shocked to see Alexis, the other kids and their Mini-Cons. When Thrust threatened them, Starscream lunged for him and was struck by the Requiem Blaster. The Mini-Con High Wire used his powers to rewind time a few moments and threw Thrust's aim off, saving Starscream. Thrust escaped while Starscream shielded the kids from falling rubble caused by the blast, and continued his pursuit.
In Portent, the chase led through a warp gate that brought Starscream to a cavern, where he was beset by bot-spiders for refusing to join Thrust and Sideways. Hot Shot, Wheeljack and the kids arrived to help, but he told them to go on ahead; after defeating the spiders, Starscream was amazed to see that Alexis wanted to make sure he was okay. Starscream carried Alexis to safety, but the girl's necklace fell off. Alexis insisted on going back for it, forcing Starscream to fend off attacking tentacles and leaving him shocked that the necklace was important to her because it was made from the Martian rock he had given her. They escaped the caverns and discovered that they had been inside Cybertron's moon, Unicron himself. Alexis pleaded with Starscream to join them in fighting Unicron, and even Hot Shot agreed, but Starscream refused, unsure of where he belonged and afraid he would betray his friends again.
In Cramp, realising that only by uniting the Autobots and the Decepticons could Unicron be defeated, Starscream resolved to prove the reality of his threat to Galvatron, who refused to acknowledge it and considered it an Autobot trick. To do so, Starscream realised that he would have to sacrifice himself, and interrupted a battle between Galvatron and Optimus to challenge Galvatron to one last duel. In the course of the fight, Starscream proved to Galvatron how far he had come, but at the final moment, allowed Galvatron to run him through with the Star Saber. With the last of his strength, Starscream opened fire on Unicron, and the planet-eater retaliated with a lightning-blast that disintergrated Starscream. With this action, Starscream proved that the threat of Unicron was real, and Megatron agreed to ally with Optimus against him.
Energon[]
Ten years later, an amnesiac recreation of Starscream would be created by Alpha Quintession, and tread a much darker path than the original.
Trivia[]
- Starscream is much more evil in the Dreamwave comics.
- Starscream's super mode colors in the Unicron Battles is based on G1 Thundercracker's color scheme.
- Normally, Starscream would trust no one and would betray them to become a leader. However, this one has a caring heart, as he not only had feelings for the humans, he once told Galvatron to work with Optimus, and sacrificed himself to show that Optimus had the right idea after all. So it’s safe to say that this Starscream was the most caring out of all his incarnations.
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