STARSCREAM’S
SELF-SERVING SCHEMING
The fickle and self-serving nature of occasionally rogue
Decepticons like Starscream or Airachnid can sometimes
be difficult for a Game Master to wrangle into a narrative
campaign arc. With the information provided in this
supplement, a GM can present interesting interactions
with Starscream or another of these infamous mavericks.
These plot hooks can be used as written or provide
inspiration for a GM looking to spice up a game session.
Using this game supplement is easy. First, roll a 1d4 to
determine Starscream’s overall mentality for the unfolding
plot. Then, roll a 1d6 and consult the table that matches
that result to determine his exact scheme. Alternatively,
the GM can choose a plot hook of their liking. In mere
moments, a GM can generate a brand-new storyline!
TRANSFORMERS ROLEPLAYING GAME – THE HATE PLAGUE
STARSCREAM’S MENTALITY
D4 MENTALITY
1 Desperate: Starscream is at the end of his proverbial
rope, and he is willing to do anything— even get the
help of some Autobots—to reach an outcome that is
positive for him.
2 Greedy: Starscream has a scheme unfolding that will
add to his personal power base and no one else’s.
His idea is born in avarice and selfishness.
3 Malevolent: This is bad. Real bad. Starscream
has a mean streak a mile wide and far more than
hull deep… and he needs to involve the Autobots
somehow. The sparks and Energon are sure to fly!
4 Mysterious: Whatever Starscream is plotting here, his
scheme is not what it seems. Wheels-within-wheels
are turning here, and there isn’t going to be an easy
way to understand his goals until it is too late.
DESPERATE SCHEMES
D6 PLOT HOOK
1 Starscream comes blazing into a scene… on fire…
and crash lands a few dozen feet from the Autobots.
His last words before going into a power-saving
coma are “They’re coming…”
2 It seems that Starscream has pushed Megatron too
far one too many times, and is seeking sanctuary
amongst the Autobots before the Decepticon
warlord comes for him.
3 Starscream is in deep debt to a burly Junkion loan
shark, and thinks the Autobots might be able to use
any potential connections they might have to the
Junkion leader Wreck-Gar to help avoid “getting his
wings clipped.”
4 The team discovers a Cybertronian distress signal,
following it to find a nearly dead Starscream
crumpled at the bottom of a ravine, his Spark
flickering on the edge of going out…
5 A full-speed Alt Mode collision between Starscream
and one of the Autobots has somehow caused their
personalities to switch bodies. Now the leader of the
Seekers is willing to do anything to get back into his
own chassis!
6 A mysterious invitation brings the team to a hidden
site, far out on the frontier, where Starscream is
waiting in darkness—and where he begs the Autobots
to help him cure his growing cosmic rust infection!
GREEDY SCHEMES
D6 PLOT HOOK
1 A group of Insecticons are hoarding a sizable Energon
stash that Starscream wants access to. It is time to
manipulate some do-gooders to open the way for him.
2 Starscream was recently shoved aside by Shockwave
for Ramjet as a member of an important mission, so
it is time to sell out the hardheaded Seeker to show
everyone that he should have been chosen!
3 Some Earthlings have come up with a seemingly
harmless device that could really give Starscream an
edge over his rivals, but they would never allow him
to fly in and take it… making him willing to meet
with the Autobots and trade Decepticon secrets for it.
4 The Autobots have captured one of Soundwave’s
Mini-Cons and Starscream needs to somehow get
the minion’s master to owe him one. What might the
Autobots want from him to orchestrate Frenzy’s release?
5 Even if Cybertronian currency isn’t all that useful on
Earth, it can still be used on Cybertron. Starscream
looks to hopefully invite some gullible Autobots to
his gambling night on neutral turf.
6 Starscream has a lead on a powerful Cybertronian
artifact. Megatron can’t know he is getting his hands
on it, and he is willing to promise the Autobots
almost anything if they would retrieve it (so that he
can steal it from them later).
MYSTERIOUS SCHEMES
D6 PLOT HOOK
1 Out of nowhere, the Autobots receive an invite to
a secluded location, where they find Starscream
sitting on an ancient throne, asking them, “I need
your talents, bots, and your discretion. Megatron
nor Prime can know about this. Agree, and we can
change the galaxy.”
2 The team receives a series of coordinates that will
lead them to where Starscream is hiding—or rather
being held captive by his own imperfect clone! The
clone wants the Autobots to help him figure out
what to do with the real Starscream. But can the
double be trusted?
3 Starscream swoops in during a battle the Autobots
are losing, blasting some Decepticon drones to
smithereens. After the dust clears, he puts his
weapons away and throws up his hands. “I need
you to take me prisoner. Take me to the Ark. I have
something to tell Prime important to us all.”
4 Starscream offers the Autobots a list of top-secret
Decepticon patrol routes, but a little digging reveals
them to all be the transit paths for the troublesome
Stunticons. He must be up to something, but being
able to avoid their combined form of Menasor
would be very useful!
5 Nothing says “possible trap” than a gilded invitation
of promised neutrality to Starscream’s… wedding?
Who is he marrying? What could this mean?

MALEVOLENT SCHEMES 6 Starscream claims that he is defecting from

the Decepticons and wants to join up with the
D6 PLOT HOOK Aerialbots. He asks the team to set up a meeting.
1 Starscream is leading a training mission for a few
of his up-and-coming Seekers, pointing out the
Autobot team as a “good series of moving targets for
shooting practice!”
Airachnid’s
Aspirations,
2 Having gotten his clutches on a single super-
condensed Energon cube, Starscream wants to get the

Counterpunch’s
Autobots to somehow bring it to the Ark’s Energon
stores… where its primal core will infect the rest.
3 Having been exposed some outer-space contagion,
Starscream is on a rampage, and Earthling camera Conspiracies…
crews are already reporting on the situation!
The Decepticon faction has quite a few
4 Starscream has caught wind of Slipstream trying to
take his place as leader of the Seekers, and that just
examples of those with questionable
will not do. The Autobots will make perfect patsies loyalties in their ranks. If a GM wishes
for the ambush he will be flying her into soon to use a different maverick in place of
enough, only if they trust his anonymous tips. Starscream—perhaps he has just been too
5 Some unscrupulous human scientists have captured much of a recurring villain in their ongoing
one of Starscream’s Seekers and are performing narrative—they can use the preceding plot
unmentionable experiments on them. Luring the hooks with just a few adjustments.
Autobots to the location might be enough to ensure
the collateral damage sufficiently punishes the
scientists. Nobody tortures his bots but him!
6 Megatron’s newest plot is too costly in Decepticon
lives even for Starscream, so he is ready to arrange
with the Autobots for the deepest of betrayals.

TRANSFORMERS ROLEPLAYING GAME – STARSCREAM’S SELF-SERVING SCHEMING