Decepticon Headquarters (Cybertron)

This article is about the building on Cybertron. For the underwater buildings on Earth, see Decepticon Headquarters.

Decepticon Headquarters is an operation center in the cartoon portion of the Generation One continuity family.

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Decepticon Headquarters is the structure that serves as the primary base of operations for the Decepticons on Cybertron.

Generation One Cartoon

The Transformers cartoon

The dome-topped building known as Decepticon Headquarters on Cybertron was where Megatron planned to ambush Optimus Prime's energy-hunting expedition four million years ago. Before leaving, he told Shockwave to get off his shelf and watch the planet in his absence. More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1

Four million years later, Shockwave was still doing just that. Transport to Oblivion

Decepticon HQ contained a tower for sending and receiving passengers and cargo via space bridge from Earth. Occasionally, it would get hijacked by the Autobots for their own purposes. Usually, this would result in some damage to the base. And pain for Shockwave. Divide and Conquer Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2

For some reason, the base contained or was connected to ventilator shafts, which could be used by smaller-sized beings to escape trap rooms connected to the base. At one point, the base held the duplicate computer used to control the hypno-chip slaves on Cybertron. The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 It also served as storage for the Decepticons' dwindling cache of energon. The Search for Alpha Trion

Note: In the original script of The Transformers: The Movie, Decepticon Headquarters, with Shockwave inside, would have been crushed by the hand of Unicron during the climactic final battle; however, this scene was never animated.