Chris Metzen teamed with author Flint Dille and artist Livio Ramondelli to create the 12-part, bi-weekly digital comic series "Transformers: Autocracy". "Autocracy" was published by IDW Publishing in 2012. The series focused on the days just before the Great War. It is set after "Megatron Origin", and presents the Decepticons as an established force, sowing dissent across Cybertron primarily through terrorist actions. The series focuses on Orion Pax, an Autobot commander charged with rooting out these cells. "Transformers: Autocracy" was released as a collected Trade Paperback in July 2012 with a bonus forward authored by Metzen. "Autocracy" was followed by "Transformers: Monstrosity" in 2013 and "Transformers: Primacy" in 2014.