Decepticon/Predacon Alliance

The Decepticon/Predacon Alliance is an organization from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family

The Decepticon/Predacon Alliance is a wartime coalition of the Decepticon and Predacon factions, formed in opposition of the united Autobots and Maximals.

Fiction

Fun Publications comics

During the Great War between the Maximals and Predacons, a Decepticon army served with the Predacons, united in their shared goal of defeating the combined Maximal/Autobot forces. The Razor's Edge The Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Deathsaurus—defeated centuries ago by the Autobot Star Saber—was resurrected to be a general in this Decepticon army. BotCon 2005 Deathsaurus toy bio

Over time, however, the Autobots and Maximals began to overwhelm the Decepticon/Predacon Alliance. BotCon 2005 Deathsaurus toy bio It seemingly fell apart when the Decepticons bowed out of the war and left the Predacons to continue the fight on their own, which ultimately led to their defeat by the Autobots and Maximals. The Razor's Edge

Notes

• This alliance was only ever mentioned by name in the BotCon 2005 toy bio for Deathsaurus, in reference to historical events that wouldn't be elaborated on until "The Razor's Edge" revealed that there had been a Great War fought between the Maximals and Predacons, in which both sides had also been supported by the Autobots and Decepticons, respectively. Deathsaurus being recreated centuries after his defeat by Star Saber (in reference to the events of the Victory episode "Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification") places these events at least two centuries after the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons.
• At first glance, the bio card for BotCon 2005 Flamewar seems to also mention this alliance, noting it as Flamewar's factional affiliation (in contrast to those of the other BotCon 2005 bio cards being labeled as "Heroic Autobot" or "Evil Decepticon"). However, Flamewar's card does not actually say "Decepticon/Predacon Alliance" (as written in the profile text for Deathsaurus's bio), but rather "Decepticon / Predacon Alliance", with spaces. This denotes that she is doubly affiliated with both the Decepticon faction and the Predacon Alliance (which is also described in her bio and shown to be the case in "Descent into Evil", wherein she serves the Tripredacus Council as one of their agents), rather than the "Decepticon/Predacon Alliance" mentioned in Deathsaurus's bio.
• If we're being completely honest, the very concept of the Decepticon/Predacon Alliance in and of itself is fairly contradictory to the intentions of the Beast Wars cartoon. In the very first episode, Optimus Primal stated, "There has been peace between the Maximals and Predacons for centuries." In the episode "Dark Designs", Blackarachnia declared the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons to have been only "three centuries ago." The Predacons forming a coalition with the Decepticons to wage war against the Maximals and Autobots really interferes with the cartoon stating that the Maximals and Predacons were at peace during all that time.