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[AeroShake]

Emperor of Destruction IS #1, yeah.

I tend to follow more to the Japanese trilogy, which is pretty much any Decepticon (ahem, Destron) given a title, HAS that title for a reason. Anybody else, was pretty much a mook.

So, basically:

1-Megatron
2-Soundwave, Starscream, Shockwave
3-Everyone else

..continuing onto Headmasters..

1-Galvatron (Scorponok later)
2-Soundblaster, Sixshot, Scorponok
3-Everyone else

onto Masterforce..

1-Devil Z (BlackZarak later)
2-Overlord
3-Everyone else

onto Victory..

1-Deathsaurus
2-Liokaiser
3-Everyone else

..following with Zone, and OC, and Battlestars..

1-BACK TO MEGATRON
2-Like, no one.
3-everyone else

To put it simply.. If you're not the Big Bad, you're a nobody. Even several of the 2's (some I didn't mention) get demoted to 3's later on in their respective series.

In a more North American point of view.. Decepticons are more like a pack ruled by the strongest and smartest. After all, it's difficult to run a hierarchy when everyone is of equal status, 90% of the Decepticons are all warriors.

Decepticons don't really have a structure, they're an everchanging, "transforming" group where the leader and it's members are constantly being replaced by stronger more capable bots.

To quote Starscream from All Hail Megatron.
~"Leadership of the Decepticons must be taken, Prime. Not magically offered up by chance. Something your kind will never understand."