Starscream

Starscream's History

Starscream is a sinister, conniving Decepticon warrior in Michael Bay's Transformers film series. While he originally believed in Megatron's ideas of aggressive expansion of Cybertron's empire, over time he saw the Decepticon leader's methods as flawed. Over the centuries, as Megatron began pursuing power for its own sake, Starscream became convinced that Cybertron required new leadership for the sake of the Cybertronian species' survival. Sadly, as time went on, Starscream's scheming and subterfuge would corrupt him just as much as Megatron.

As Cybertron descended into civil war, Starscream would find himself rallying behind Megatron. However, while Megatron was focused on conquest, his second-in-command took the road less travelled, attempting to garner support against Optimus Prime via public relations. Over time, Starscream became more and more convinced that he could change Cybertron for the better if he assumed leadership, but as the war raged and more Cybertronians took sides and joined the fight, Starscream found himself sorely lacking in allies. He turned his focus toward the Decepticon ranks, hoping to persuade them to turn away from Megatron and accept him as their new leader, but the majority of the Decepticons were fiercely loyal to Megatron and were not convinced.

After the AllSpark was launched into the cosmos, Megatron went in search of it and left Starscream in command of the Decepticon forces remaining on Cybertron. This was a token promotion at best as Starscream still had no real authority, with the Decepticon army operating on Megatron's last orders before his departure. Centuries later, Megatron would transmit his coordinates to Cybertron, alerting his followers. Starscream led a Decepticon task force to Earth where they infiltrated human society as they searched for Megatron and the AllSpark. Starscream would have liked nothing more than to just reacquire the AllSpark and leave Megatron for dead, but the other Decepticons would not stand for it.

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While on Earth, Starscream infiltrated the United States Air Force by taking on the form of an F-22 Raptor fighter jet. The time came when his covert agent Frenzy discovered both the AllSpark and the inert Megatron, contained within the headquarters of Sector Seven located beneath Hoover Dam. Begrudgingly, Starscream rallied the other Decepticons to liberate their leader. When Starscream arrived at Hoover Dam, he saw that the Autobots were fleeing along with several human vehicles, taking the Cube with them. Megatron then emerged and met with his old lieutenant, berating him for failing to retrieve the Cube.

The Decepticons followed the Autobots to Mission City where a furious battle erupted for possession of the AllSpark. During the battle, Starscream attacked several human aircraft that attempted to intervene and destroyed a Blackhawk chopper that sought to pick up the AllSpark. Despite Starscream's aerial superiority, the battle ended with the death of most of the Decepticons - including Megatron - and the apparent destruction of the AllSpark. With his allies lost, Starscream transformed and took to the stars, heading for parts unknown.