Starscream

Autobots

Team Rodimus

Starscream is a main character in Transformers Loud. He's one of the main antagonists of the series, starting out as a member of the Destron Seeker air force and being assigned to a smaller unit commanded by Krok before staking out on his own, eventually becoming the founder/leader of his own third party he calls the Predacons.

## Personality

No one on Cybertron took Starscream seriously. Everyone just thought he was another mook who had these stupid ideas of grandeur. So, his superiors all put him down whatever radical opinion he makes, and was nothing more than a glory-seeking, over-confident fool.

Oh, how wrong they are. In truth, Starscream is nothing short of a strategic genius. Thanks to his background as a scientist, he knows how to use his resources and tries to come up with as many alternative pathways to a solution as he can think of. He also understands that wars aren't won by working alone. However, unlike Krok, he tries to apply this through force, putting as much pressure and resources as he can into achieving his goal.

His downfall, though, comes from his monstrous ego. He often believes that his schemes are so brilliant, that he feels they are all airtight, with no room for flaws (they almost always do). As much as he doesn't like to admit it, he *craves* attention, so he always tries to find for an audience to see his genius. And again, he'll put all of his resources into one immediate point, which always comes back to bite him in the tailpipe when it (often literally) blows up in his face.

## History

### Boot Camp

Starscream was one of the millions of Seekers that was constructed cold. But unlike the other Seekers that stayed in line, Starscream found himself being very ambitious seeing himself as one day rising to the top ranks of the Destron army, maybe even becoming the next Prime.

However, this ambitiousness of his only got into trouble. Repeatedly. Every other training mission, he would try to usurp command from his assigned commanding officer, leading to the entire squad being "killed in action" on more than one occasion. This earned him the ire of all his fellow trainees and especially his drill instructor, who punished severely for his ego. But this only fueled Starscream's ambition, motivating him to take what he *knew* was rightfully his, if for no other reason than to prove it to all those that doubted him. He even took up an interest into researching old technology used by the Decepticons during the Great War, in hopes that they might be able to help him reach his goals quicker. Eventually, his instructor did pass him... if for no other reason than to get him out of his metaphorical hair, and simply slapped him with one of the lesser scouting teams. It was here that Starscream would remain, stuck in the far reaches of space with only a gaggle of idiots for company, for the next ten Solar Cycles.

## Abilities & Equipment

* Transformation

Like all Seekers, Starscream is able to transform into a jet fighter (a Tetrajet on Cybertron, and a F-15 fighter jet on Earth).

* Arm Cannons

Like all Seekers, Starscream has two rifles, one on each of his forearms, that function either as standard lasers or Null Rays to paralyze most technology, including other Cybertronians. He's also able to detach them from his arms and hold them like a standard rifle.

* Cerebro Shell Gun

Based off of old Decepticon technology, Starscream is able to set his Null Ray to fire Cerebro Shells, small devices with the power to control the minds of Transformers if injected into their brains, usually leaving a small hole in the victim's head.

## Relationships

### Seekers

Starscream sees his Seeker "brothers" as nothing more than steppingstones to his path to greatness, using them as his pawns to achieve his goals.

#### Krok

Starscream sees Krok not as a commanding officer he should follow into battle, but as the biggest obstacle in his way to the top. He often criticizes him for his failures (which he usually causes) and will take any dig at him he can.

### Rodimus & Team Rodimus

Unlike Krok who respects Rodimus and his team on some level, Starscream shows no signs of lenience towards Team Rodimus, only viewing them as lower-class scum.

## Notes

This version of Starscream goes much harder on his scheming nature, making him a lot more subtle in his plots to take command before his big breakout scheme in the Season 1 finale while taking influence from some of his more plotting & ruthless incarnations like his Animated and Cyberverse counterparts. He's also made to be a lot more tyrannical and merciless towards both humans and the Autobots to give him a little more of an edge.

Starscream's Cerebro Shells are, of course, the same ones used by the Insecticon Bombshell in the original series, and the "old Decepticon technology" he mentions is obviously referring to him.