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My Transformers Fancon, Part XVI

Even though the Autobot-Decepticon alliance is kaput, both parties have reached critical mass; they take a brief hit, but they're still both going strong. Meanwhile, Zeta Prime is taking a new tack WRT solving the energon crisis. He announces that the space colonization program will be expanded. In the long-run this will result in a more stable energon supply than trade alone. In the short-run, however, it requires significant investment of resources, which means more shortages. It also provides an escape valve for people who aren't happy with the way things are going on Cybertron. For this reason, it is opposed by both Megatron and Proteus, as their powerbases both rely on large numbers of angry, desperate people. Not wanting to give the impression that their agreement on this issue indicates some kind of conciliation, they both up their rhetoric considerably. As a result, the violence between their followers escalates even further. Not only are spontaneous fights happening more frequently, but organized Functionist and Decepticon paramilitary groups start forming and warring in the streets. Both Megatron and Proteus decry the violence, of course, but neither is really doing anything about it. Naturally, the Autobots start forming their own militias, albeit more self-defense oriented. Orion Pax is having none of it. Unlike Proteus and Megatron, however, he's doing something about it. He declares that anyone found engaging in criminal violence will be summarily ejected from the Autobot Alliance; if an Autobot feels he needs to do more to put an end to the violence consuming Cybertron, he should apply to join the police or the Primal Vanguard. And to drive the point home, Orion does the latter. This is a bold move, because the laws enacted by Guardian Prime bar members of the Vanguard from holding political office (asides from the Prime, of course) to ensure that organization's neutrality.