Traachon

Traachon is anAutobotfrom theGeneration 1continuity family.

High CouncillorTraachon(formerly General Traachon) manages tofailat everything he's ever tried to do. Scarily, the Autobots made him their political leader, anyway.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

MarvelThe Transformerscomics

General Traachon was the commander ofIacon's military forces. DespiteEmirateXaaron's wishes, Traachon refused to send peacekeeping forces to theVos/Tarnconflict, and believed it'd be good for Iacon if both city-states destroyed each other.State Games

Later, with Iacon about to be overrun by thewarrior remnants of those two states(whoops!), Traachon was High Councillor of the rulingCouncil of Autobot Elders;as High Councillor, he wielded veto power. Xaaron petitioned him to give control of the military toOptimus Primeinstead of keeping it under Council control. Traachon agreed.And There Shall Come...a Leader!

According toSoundwave,Traachon used to bear theCreation Matrixbefore it was passed to Optimus.^[1]

When theArkwas lost, Traachon attempted to once again take command of the disorganized Autobot army. As a result, the Decepticons conquered everything except Iacon, andthatdeadlock ended when new leaderTrannissimply decided tobombthe city. In an emergency meeting, the Council (except Xaaron) decided to surrender. The instant they did, Trannis killed Traachon and the rest.Cybertron: The Middle Years!

Transformers '84

TheHigh Councilmet withOptimus Primeto discuss Cybertron's errant course towards the dangerousStellae Cimeterium.Traachon, speaking for the Council, opined that the Cimeterium represented a greater threat to Cybertron than "the upstartMegatron."Not only did Optimus disagree, providing a well-thought out counterargument, but he noted that the Cimeterium could be avoided entirely if Cybertron's speed were to be slowed to the point whereUrsa Majorcould pick it up. Open to such an idea, Traachon asked why resources were still being wasted on the Ark only to receive no answer from thePrime.'84 #0

Wings Universe

Traachon was raided byDeathsaurus's forces.Oilfrom Traachon's personal cellar was among the spoils and theDecepticonwarlord enjoyed it so much that he askedLyzackto put it among the best oil he had.Flames of Yesterday

2005 IDW continuity

Traachon was one of theneutralfaction leaders who attendedOptimus Prime'sGrand Convocationin the early stages of the war.Derelicts

Beast Wars: Uprising

On post-war Cybertron, Traachon was on theBuilder Assembly.At one Assembly meeting, Traachon forwarded a motion regarding the regulation of hover-capable bots which newly-minted councilorDouble Punchseconded.Identity Politics

Ejectthought unfavorably of Traachon and his fellow assemblymen.Broken Windshields

Traachon relied on mathematics to make his decisions in the Assembly. WhenLio Convoy's forces marched on Iacon on four separate fronts, Traachon concluded a 10% chance they were fully successful, but a 57% that at leastonefront fell before the Resistance. Shuddering at the idea of the Resistance in Iacon, he voted to rescindGeneral Order 66.As a result, he and the other members of the Builder Assembly soon fell before theVehicon Apocalypse,and their own hubris.Derailment

Notes

Almost famous.

• "State Games" came out after "And There Shall Come… a Leader!", and retroactively has it that Traachonwasa (former) military leader when Xaaron was arguing that generals and not politicians should be running the army. It's possible Traachon was just a very crap general.
• Sadly for Traachon,Simon Furmandidn't remember he'd said inissue #56'sletters pageyears ago that Traachon possessed the Creation Matrix prior to Optimus Prime, and thusSentinel Primewas created.

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