Decanus

Decanus is a Transformer from the Marvel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"That boy is our last hope."

As part of a "Brain Trust" that meets at Nova Cronum to share their wisdom with one another, Decanus is helping to create a vast reserve of knowledge called the Underbase.

Fiction

Regeneration One

Millions of years before the war broke out, Decanus met with Rokan, Tallus, Boltax, and Tribune Jhiaxus at Nova Cronum, only to discover Jhiaxus had betrayed them. Once they were mentally linked within the Underbase he "killed" Decanus and the others, then plundered its secrets and deleted any trace he had ever existed. Less Than Zero

When Jhiaxus returned to Cybertron millions of years later, the residual Underbase energy within Starscream immediately recognised him as "one of the five". The War to End All Wars, Part 2 Following Rodimus Prime's Autobot fleet to the Hub Network aboard the Ark, The War to End All Wars, Part 3 the Underbase, now fully possessing Starscream's body, confronted Jhiaxus and revealed itself to be the shared consciousnesses of Decanus, Rokan, Boltax, and Tallus. Eager to be whole again, the entity sucked Jhiaxus's life force from the "physical shell" of his body and absorbed it into itself, becoming five minds once more. The War to End All Wars, Part 4

Notes

• "Decanus" is a Latin word meaning "chief of ten"; it is the ultimate etymon of the English word 'dean'.