>>8379258Decepticon leadership is a fucky thing in Marvel G1, especially if you dip into the UK side of things
>Starts with Megatron leading the cons>Shockwave takes over after blasting all the Autobots at the end of the 4-part miniseries>Megatron takes leadership back from Shockwave>Meanwhile on Cybertron Straxus is leading the Decepticons until he gets blown up in a Space Bridge accident>Shockwave sicks the Predacons on Megatron in order to take back leadership, but Megatron gets lost in a spacebridge accident for ~30 issuesUK BULLSHIT PROCEED WITH CAUTION
>Before Shockwave has the Predacons attack Megatron, he has the Predacons attack both Megatron and Prime, and the two end up back on Cybertron for a few issues>Megatron hangs out with Straxus for a bit, who's "living" as a head in a jar>Straxus attempts to implant his mind inside the body of Megatron but this fails and Megatron crushes Straxus's head>Megatron goes back to earth just as the Predacons come back to Cybertron so Marvel UK can use the US issue they first appear in)END UK BULLSHIT FOR NOW
>Shockwave leads the Earthbound Cons for a while until Ratbat gets pissed at the cons for improperly handling energy reserves/intake and assists Shockwave>The cons launch their island base into space and Ratbat uses this opportunity to let Shockwave fall in battle against Fort Max and burn up in re-entry>Meanwhile Scorponok and his gang of Cons arrive on earth after following Fort Max's guys from Nebulos, and the two sides get into a fight over who should lead the cons>Starscream uses this meeting to his advantage and takes control of the Underbase (A dangerous Cybertronian power source lost in space for millions of years), who uses its power to destroy bots and cons alike, while Scorponok takes the opportunity to off Ratbat>Underbase Starscream is destroyed by Optimus Prime leading Starscream into the path of the remainder of the Underbase, who succumbs to the influx of energy and explodes(Cont.)
