The World leaders listened to the threatening message:
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"Defenders of Earth: My name is Sentinel Prime, the true leader of the Autobots. For millennia our home planet was ravaged by a tragic, meaningless civil war. But now that war has come here, and our armies stand as one. We come from a damaged planet, which must be rebuilt. What we need are the natural resources your world has in abundance. Precious metals, iron, steel... labor. I will use my space bridge technology to transport an equitable share of your people to our ravaged planet. And then we will leave your planet in peace.
However, for such peace to exist, you must renounce resistance. You must immediately exile from this planet the Autobot rebels you have harbored, or we will deem it your hostile intent, and, through my space bridge, will come more battalions. And you will know our righteous strength.
We want no war with you. Only our planet's reconstruction. Long live Cybertron. Long live Earth. Renounce the rebels. This is your only warning."
The secretary-general slowly rose from his chair to let the whole world in on what was possibly the most cataclysmic decision in the history of the species and one that they would most certainly screw up since fear historically dictated the wrong response to any situation. With a quiet dignity, in words so plain and firm as to command their assent, he began his speech.
"For over sixty-five years, it has been our charter to defend refugees from all war-torn nations. Today we are asked whether we shall do for those facing an alien war. To stand wth them as they have with us. Whatever danger it may bring to the citizens of Earth, I now ask all representatives who are in favor of allowing the Autobots to stay to stand."
The delegates began to stand.
Unbeknownst them, approximately 40,286 ft in the sky, the Decepticon Flagship Trypticon hovered over the U.N.
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In later days, many delegates would claim to be the first to have gotten to their feet, and historians would devote thousands of hours to studying tapes from all angles—the Zapruder film received less scrutiny—before finally concluding that it was inconclusive. But everyone could agree on one thing: It started slowly but gained in speed and momentum as a vast majority of representatives got to their feet.
