Senate

Senate

### Enemies

V, Evey Hammond, Victory V Resistance, The Elite, Willoughby Kipling, Clarice Sackville, Dora Leigh, Ladytron, Knight, Squire

## History

##### Members

* Crosscut
* Dai Atlas
* Decimus
* Momus
* Proteus
* Ratbat
* Sherma
* Shockwave
* Starscream

#### 2019 IDW continuity

The original Senate convened in the city of Tarn. By Nominus Prime's era, the institution had relocated to Iacon, and although the Iaconian Senate building was destroyed in the War of the Threefold Spark, it was rebuilt at some point afterward. Template:Storylink In this era, First Senator Nominus Prime passed the historic legislation known as the Nominus Edict. Under this edict, new colonies could only be established by a unanimous agreement of the Senate. The Senate also had the power to define a frequency of forgings and energon distribution in keeping that there be enough energon stockpiled to last ten kilocycles. Template:Storylink

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With vast swathes of Cybertron ravaged by the destructive conflict, the Senate helped to organize the rebuilding of Iacon, Template:Storylink but soon became worried about Bombshell, Skrapnel, and Kickback. The new regime was involved in exiling the three 'bots to the distant world of Mayalx, where they could put their mutant matter-processing abilities to good use. Template:Storylink After Iacon was rebuilt, Nominus Prime oversaw a ceremony that commemorated the Constructicons for their role in the rebuilding efforts, along with the many other 'bots who had helped make it possible. However, Nominus Prime harbored concerns about the destructive power that they could pose to an energy-depleted Cybertron; after a prior meeting with Wheeljack and Termagax, he also banished the Constructicons to Mayalx under the pretense of having them build a new energon refinery. Template:Storylink

In the years leading up to the Great War, Nominus Prime had been replaced by the Autobot Sentinel Prime, a headstrong leader who controlled an Autobot majority government Template:Storylink and sought to uphold the legislation passed by his predecessor. The Senate encompassed multiple political parties, including Sentinel Prime's Autobots—represented by Sentinel's second-in-command Orion Pax, Megatron, Strika, Ratbat, and Soundwave as representatives for Termagax's Ascenticon faction, Template:Storylink Template:Storylink the Reversionists, led by Heretech, Template:Storylink and minor political parties such as the Primals. Template:Storylink Darkmount's Senator Straxxus ran his city-state as an independent polity, and didn't convene with the rest of Senate. Template:Storylink Other nonpartisan divisions included Xenorelations, led by Nautica, Colonial Security, headed by Hound, Starscream's Intelligence division, Template:Storylink and Chromia's Security Operations. Template:Storylink

In this turbulent era, the increasingly volatile rallies of the Ascenticons—and in particular, the actions of the violent splinter group known as "The Rise"—were of concern to other members of the Senate, Template:Storylink while the overly restrictive policies of the Autobots and their effort to uphold the terms of the Nominus Edict led to large segments of the population holding resentment towards the Autobot-controlled Senate. Template:Storylink

During one of the Senate's final meetings together it was Orion Pax, taking the lead while Sentinel Prime was offworld, who suggested that the Senate come together to denounce the actions of the emboldened Ascenticons, implicated in the murders of Rubble and Brainstorm. Megatron refused, pointing out that the Autobots had long since *enforced* cooperation rather than *encouraging* it, and took his premature leave from the meeting. Template:Storylink Following Sentinel Prime's return to Cybertron, the bullish leader pushed back against The Rise as hard as he could, leading to a series of brutal Senate-enforced crackdowns across Cybertron despite mounting protests for a new unity government to handle the crisis. Template:Storylink

Finally, after a brutal terrorist attack that saw the Tether destroyed, Sentinel Prime announced that he had no intentions of working with the increasingly emboldened Ascenticon movement and announced his intentions to outlaw the party and convene the Senate without them. During this controversial meeting, however, Megatron pushed through the crowds into the Senate hall itself, forcibly took the floor from Sentinel, and made his own speech—one that ended with members of the newly-renamed "Decepticons" storming the building, removing Sentinel from power, and taking everyone inside hostage. Template:Storylink The Senators were imprisoned in their own building and forced under threat of death to endorse Megatron's rule. Ironhide led a team to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, but the ensuing shootout led to Sentinel's own death. Template:Storylink In the aftermath, Megatron ordered Strika to keep the other Senators imprisoned until they accepted him as their leader, while Megatron relocated his seat of power to Decepticon Headquarters. Template:Storylink

##### Members

* First Senator Nominus Prime (former leader, Autobots)
* First Senator Sentinel Prime (incumbent leader, Autobots)
* Crisscross (unspecified party)
* Heretech (leader, Reversionists)
* Megatron (leader, Ascenticons)
* Orion Pax (deputy, Autobots)
* Soundwave (Ascenticons)
* Ratbat (Ascenticon)
* Strika (Ascenticon)
* Straxxus (independent)

### *Cyberverse* cartoon

The Senate met in the Grand Imperium. After the launching of the AllSpark had caused Cybertron's condition to deteriorate, Optimus Prime took Bumblebee to the Grand Imperium to reflect on the bygone age of peace and the damage the Great War had done to Cybertron. Template:Storylink

The ruling body on Cybertron before the Great War, the Senate was a heavily corrupt body, oppressing the lower classes of society. Ambitious Senator Orion Pax steadily gained more control over the body, even creating the Autobots as his own secret police. When war broke out, Pax renamed himself as "Optimus Prime" and the Senate was dissolved, Cybertron being divided into Prime, Prowl and Goldbug's kingdoms. Template:Storylink

## Links and References

* Appearances of the Senate
* Organization Gallery: Senate
* Membership of the Senate