Protoform

====''Prime''====
[[Image:Prime-starscream-s02e10-protoforms.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Protoforms on the ''Harbinger'' discovered by Starscream.]]

After arriving at the remains of the ''[[Harbinger]]'', Starscream found an intact laboratory with 5 unused Protoforms. Starscream then created 5 exact duplicates of himself out of them by implanting some of his own [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] into them; however, the 5 contain functioning [[transformation cog]]s, where as Starscream does not.
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The Starscreamicons were then sent to the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' to exterminate [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. They managed to board the ship, but 1 was killed by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], who also somehow wound up on the ship. It was at this point that Starscream learned that he could feel the pain and suffering his creations felt, implying that Energon extracted from another Cybertronian and used by the Protoform to influence its creation establishes a wireless link between the Cybertronian and the Protoform.

Later, the remaining 4 were able to nearly kill Megatron, but were interrupted by the arrival of swarms of [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]], controlled by [[Airachnid]] from afar. During the confusion caused by their attacking the ship, Megatron was able to kill 3 of the 4; the last was able to escape Megatron and later the ship after its power core was destroyed by Bulkhead.

This clone then returned to Starscream, where it not only reported its failure but also tried to kill him. However, Starscream had been aware of the treachery and was able to kill it before it could do the same to him, thus feeling extreme pain.{{Storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}