Name: Li Contact:sojourney | Sphinx#5619 Current Characters: New Player
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Name: Starscream Canon: Transformers: Prime Canon Point: End of Predacons Rising, right as he cornered by Predaking atop of Darkmount's throne. CRAU Timeline/Game(s): N/A - Canon fresh
Personality: Starscream more like Starscheme. He's a plotter, clever, an absolute dramaqueen, arrogant and an opportunist, ready to seize power at the slightest hint of weakness. Manipulative and willing to stab anyone's back, Starscream only looks out for himself, though sometimes his ego leads him to do incredibly stupid or short-sighted things. He believes that he should be the one leading the Decepticons, and he's been willing to attempt offlining Megatron whenever the opportunity presents itself. Every move he makes has one of two aims: protecting himself, and strengthening his position for an eventual move to seize power.
Ironically when Megatron isn't around, he actually demonstrates competent leadership skills. This isn't to say he's necessarily a good leader - like Megatron, he enforces obedience through fear and power rather than genuine respect - but he does get the job done. While Megatron is off supposedly gathering an army for three years, Starscream manages the Nemesis and its mining operations on Earth with such control and discretion that the Autobots aren't even sure the Decepticons are around anymore. Starscream does his best work when Megatron is absent, when he has a clear goal and an explicit hierarchy of authority.
His shortcomings, however, are many. He's an absolute coward, and his loyalty only extends as far as it takes to secure him some kind of advantage. He has a volatile temper and is prone to lashing out at slights both real or imagined, such as when he killed Cliffjumper for mocking him and asking where Megatron was. Starscream's arrogance and ego know nearly no bounds, only reined in when its under threat of life and limb (usually at Megatron's hand) where he'll switch from grandoise and boastful to cowering and pleading for mercy at a second's notice. Megatron's method of enforcing his second in command's behaviour through physical violence is pronounced in the series, and its effects leave Starscream all the more bitter and cruel for it, which he subsequently takes out on those around him.
Even his allies are not immune to his capricious loyalties. While he seems to get along superficially with other officers on the Nemesis like Knock Out, he also is perfectly willing to throw them under the bus at the slightest provocation, such as when he blamed the Terrorcon incident on the medic at the first chance he got. When he temporarily aligns himself with the organization MECH after fleeing the Decepticons, he tries to establish an alliance to give them both benefit, only to be betrayed by the humans and have his T-cog stolen.
Despite a mostly craven personality, he's a capable commander and agile fighter, both in the air and on the ground. A surprisingly resilient and scrappy survivor when it comes right down to it, he holds his own against Arcee while being partially restrained, and defeats the powerful Vehicon Fearstorm using his wits and superior agility when the two are pitted in a timed death match by Megatron.
Running oddly parallel to a distinct ruthless streak such as torturing humans and Autobots alike, Starscream (very) occasionally displays something approaching morals. He frees Arcee from Airachnid's webbing as "repayment" for her sparing him previously, and he goes against Megatron's direct orders to rescue Breakdown from the human's machinations when the latter is captured by MECH. While these both have ulterior motives - he outright tells Breakdown it's so that he'll think about siding with Starscream when he finally challenges Megatron - he also displays an uncharacteristic anguish when Megatron is killed by Bumblebee, until he's hauled off by Shockwave.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities: Transformation. The ability to shift between his root mode and his alt mode, and also configure his arms into null-ray blasters in addition to his missiles.
Inventory: One energon ration cube in his subspace.
Anything Else? Per coordination with the mods, Starscream will be retaining his full scale size of 25' tall.
Starscream | Transformers Prime | Reserved
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Current Characters: New Player
Name: Starscream
Canon: Transformers: Prime
Canon Point: End of Predacons Rising, right as he cornered by Predaking atop of Darkmount's throne.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): N/A - Canon fresh
World Description: TFP Summary
Character History: Starscream @ TFP Wiki | Starscream @ TFWiki
CRAU History: N/A
Personality: Starscream more like Starscheme. He's a plotter, clever, an absolute dramaqueen, arrogant and an opportunist, ready to seize power at the slightest hint of weakness. Manipulative and willing to stab anyone's back, Starscream only looks out for himself, though sometimes his ego leads him to do incredibly stupid or short-sighted things. He believes that he should be the one leading the Decepticons, and he's been willing to attempt offlining Megatron whenever the opportunity presents itself. Every move he makes has one of two aims: protecting himself, and strengthening his position for an eventual move to seize power.
Ironically when Megatron isn't around, he actually demonstrates competent leadership skills. This isn't to say he's necessarily a good leader - like Megatron, he enforces obedience through fear and power rather than genuine respect - but he does get the job done. While Megatron is off supposedly gathering an army for three years, Starscream manages the Nemesis and its mining operations on Earth with such control and discretion that the Autobots aren't even sure the Decepticons are around anymore. Starscream does his best work when Megatron is absent, when he has a clear goal and an explicit hierarchy of authority.
His shortcomings, however, are many. He's an absolute coward, and his loyalty only extends as far as it takes to secure him some kind of advantage. He has a volatile temper and is prone to lashing out at slights both real or imagined, such as when he killed Cliffjumper for mocking him and asking where Megatron was. Starscream's arrogance and ego know nearly no bounds, only reined in when its under threat of life and limb (usually at Megatron's hand) where he'll switch from grandoise and boastful to cowering and pleading for mercy at a second's notice. Megatron's method of enforcing his second in command's behaviour through physical violence is pronounced in the series, and its effects leave Starscream all the more bitter and cruel for it, which he subsequently takes out on those around him.
Even his allies are not immune to his capricious loyalties. While he seems to get along superficially with other officers on the Nemesis like Knock Out, he also is perfectly willing to throw them under the bus at the slightest provocation, such as when he blamed the Terrorcon incident on the medic at the first chance he got. When he temporarily aligns himself with the organization MECH after fleeing the Decepticons, he tries to establish an alliance to give them both benefit, only to be betrayed by the humans and have his T-cog stolen.
Despite a mostly craven personality, he's a capable commander and agile fighter, both in the air and on the ground. A surprisingly resilient and scrappy survivor when it comes right down to it, he holds his own against Arcee while being partially restrained, and defeats the powerful Vehicon Fearstorm using his wits and superior agility when the two are pitted in a timed death match by Megatron.
Running oddly parallel to a distinct ruthless streak such as torturing humans and Autobots alike, Starscream (very) occasionally displays something approaching morals. He frees Arcee from Airachnid's webbing as "repayment" for her sparing him previously, and he goes against Megatron's direct orders to rescue Breakdown from the human's machinations when the latter is captured by MECH. While these both have ulterior motives - he outright tells Breakdown it's so that he'll think about siding with Starscream when he finally challenges Megatron - he also displays an uncharacteristic anguish when Megatron is killed by Bumblebee, until he's hauled off by Shockwave.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities: Transformation. The ability to shift between his root mode and his alt mode, and also configure his arms into null-ray blasters in addition to his missiles.
Inventory: One energon ration cube in his subspace.
Anything Else? Per coordination with the mods, Starscream will be retaining his full scale size of 25' tall.
Prose/Brackets Sample: TDM