Chapter 8: Nominations and Speeches

Ultra Magnus, with Prowl at his side, is giving a speech that is being broadcasted across Cybertron. Ultra Magnus says, "For the last year, Cybertron has been under Autobot occupation. A lot of you refugee neutrals and good Decepticons despised that. We promised to give free elections, and so we are. Starting today, nomination for political positions across Cybertron will begin. There are nomination stations where you can nominate up to 1 bot for City Governer and State Senator. The 4 bots with the most nomination votes will be the candidates for City Governer and State Senator. The nominating will begin in two week. Any Questions?" then a bot raises his hand and stands up saying "Hi, I'm Journal of CNN and I would like to ask, will there be voting for Ruler of Cybertron? And will the Autobots name be used by anyone or anything after the election?" Ultra Magnus responds, saying "The voting for Ruler of Cybertron will be this: One candidate for the Neutral Party, the Autobot Party and the Decepticon Party. They will be chosen by the leader of each Party and once party will have two candidates to fit four. As for your question about the Autobot brand, no. Both the Autobot and Decepticon brand will be exterminated from Cybertron, as agreed upon by the good Decepticon leader, Soundwave. A few minutes later Ultra Magnus has finished answering questions.

3 weeks later, the results are in and Ultra Magnus is back on the podium and is now speaking. He says, "The results are in for the nominations, but since there are over 100 states and over 3000 cities I will not be stating all 4 of the candidates of each state and city. Instead, I am here today to announce the three candidates for Ruler of Cybertron. For the Neutral Party, we have Shockblock, for the Decepticon Party, Ratbat, and Soundwave, and finally, for the Autobot Party, me. And another reporter from CNN says, "Hi, Hacklash here and when will the elections be?" and Ultra Magnus responds saying that they will be next month and a few hours later the press conference ends.

2 weeks later, the Ruler of Cybertron debate is happening and Ultra Magnus, Shockblock, Ratbat and Soundwave are all about to give their speeches. The interviewer says "Hello folks around Cybertron, it is I, Silverback and today our civilization is going to have it's first ever Ruler of Cybertron debate. I will now begin asking the questions." and Ratbat goes up on the podium to the microphone. Silverback says "Hello Mr. Ratbat" and Ratbat says hello. Silverback says "Ok Ratbat, time for the questions. What can you do for Cybertron? Why should you be our leader? Why do you think you are a better candidate than the others? For question 3 you can state the opponent candidate's disadvantages and your advantages." and Ratbat responds, saying "I will make sure to give equal amounts of supplies to every Cybertronian on our planet. I should be the leader because of my experience as an ex-senator. I think I am a better candidate than the others because Shockblock is a random cargo captain, Soundwave was a communications officer and Ultra Magnus is a high-ranked military commander in time of war and today is a day of our hopefully long-lasting peace." and Ratbat leaves the podium. Silverback says "And up next is good Decepticon, Soundwave. Answer the same questions Ratbat did please." and Soundwave says "For Cybertron, I will give peace and equality to all citizens. That includes beastformers and those with "useless" alt modes. I should be leader due to my experience and the fact that I am a well-rounded bot. I am a better candidate because of the same reasons Ratbat said about the others, and that Ratbat is corrupt. He will bring back corruption to Cybertron and ignite a new war." 3 minutes later, Ultra Magnus is up and says "I will do the same things Soundwave and Ratbat said they would do and I will enforce the law to the letter. I should be the leader due to my experience as a commander. Yes, it was in war and it is peace now but that does not mean I would not be a good leader still. I think I am a better candidate because Shockblock doesn't know what it means to lead, and neither do Soundwave and Ratbat." and a few minutes later Shockblock gives his speech, saying "I will do everything they said and I should be leader because…because….well I don't really know. I am a better candidate because these guys are factionist! I lead the Exodus of Neutrals from Cybertron back then because of these factionists! And Ratbat screams "Oh please you're speech is terrible" and a few hours later the debate ends.