Optimus Prime

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**Optimus Prime** is the leader of the Autobots.

## Biography

### The Great War

During the war, Prime clashed with Grimlock after a raid the Dynobots conducted on the energon silo in Sub-Sector-Nine was foiled by Shockwave. Prime ordered Grimlock to forget it and not attempt to get revenge on the Decepticon. Grimlock refused to let it go, however.

### The Thunderwing Crisis

Thunderwing, having seen the impending environmental crisis coming to Cybertron, attempted to use an experimental procedure in order to survive the coming disaster. The procedure warped Thunderwing and turned him into a monster.

With Thunderwing rampaging across Cybertron, Optimus Prime and Megatron united their armies to face the adversary. Prime was injured during the fighting as Thunderwing breached the siege wall. Megatron encouraged Prime to get up and fight, telling him that he didn't get off that easy. Prime and Megatron led their forces, including Trypticon and Omega Supreme, into battle. It took everything the two armies had to halt Thunderwing's advance, and in the end it appeared that Cybertron itself stepped in and swallowed Thunderwing whole.

After the battle, Prime and Megatron stood over Thunderhead Pass and argued over the next steps. Megatron, believing that there was a very good chance that Thunderwing was not dead, suggested nuking the planet to be certain of Thunderwing's demise. Prime refused, and told Megatron that he would oppose any such action and would step in to stop Megatron if he tried. Megatron relented, but told Prime that the consequences were on his head.

### Thunderwing's Re-emergence

Optimus was aboard the Autobot Orbital Command Hub over Opulus when he received a pulsewave sent by Ironhide from Earth. The message informed him that the Decepticon infiltration unit on the planet had moved into Siege Mode ahead of schedule.

Optimus later received a report from Searchlight that a distress call had been received from the Science/Survey Vessel *Calabi-Yau* over Cybertron. Return hails had not been answered, and the content of the report stated that an energy reading had been detected near Thunderhead Pass, along with missiles launched from the same area. Given the situation, Prime recalled the Wreckers from Varas Centralus and ordered them to rendezvous with him near Cybertron. Prime took the *Ark-27*, and intended to meet with the battlecruiser *Xantium* on the dark side of Luna Two.

Optimus and the Wreckers made planetfall, and Springer ordered Twin Twist and Scoop to bore a storm tunnel to breach Bludgeon's base. Optimus joined the Wreckers on the front line, despite Springer asking if he would consider letting the commandos take the lead. Optimus led the assault alongside Springer, assaulting the base alongside Roadbuster, Topspin, Twin Twist, and Broadside. Heading for Bludgeon, Optimus found him encased in a polydermal exo-shell, trapped by his own creation. Optimus comforted Iguanus as he died from wounds suffered at the hands of Bludgeon. Roadbuster and Whirl brought Jetfire to Optimus, who recommended destruction of the axis cradle in an effort to stop Thunderwing. It was not enough, as Broadside found that Thunderwing was returning to Cybertron. As his forces, engaged the entity, Prime listened to the battle, knowing that whatever they threw at Thunderwing would not be enough. Eventually, Jetfire, with the help of the Technobots, found that the Ultra-Energon itself was feeding on itself meaning that the greater the effort expended, the faster the fuel was consumed. With Jetfire's recommendation, Prime led a force of reprogrammed Centurion Drones into battle against Thunderwing to make him burn through his energy reserves. The firepower activated a secondary ultra mode, but Prime managed to fight Thunderwing to a standstill as he consumed all his energon reserves.

In the aftermath of the battle, Jetfire relayed information to Prime on the *Ark-27* that Bludgeon had found out about a cosmic seeding initiative named Regenesis and the trail led to Earth. Having earlier received the pulsewave from Prowl's unit on the planet about the local Decepticon infiltration squad going into Siege Mode early, Prime ordered a course set for Earth. On route, Prime contacted Nightbeat and ordered him to rendezvous with the *Ark-32* for onward transit to the planet Earth, where Prime had need of Nightbeat's skills.

Arriving on Earth, Prime headed for Prowl's headquarters on the *Ark-19*. He reformatted to adopt an Earthern alt-mode, and was waiting for the tactical response unit when they returned from facing Megatron and the Decepticon unit.

## Appearances

* *The Transformers: Spotlight – Shockwave* (Appears in flashback(s))
* *The Transformers: Infiltration #3* (First mentioned)
* *The Transformers: Stormbringer #1*
* *The Transformers: Stormbringer #2*
* *The Transformers: Stormbringer #3*
* *The Transformers: Stormbringer #4*
* *The Transformers: Spotlight – Nightbeat*
* *The Transformers: Infiltration #6* (First appearance)
* *Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude*
* *Revolution #1*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Transformers: Infiltration #3*
2. ↑ *The Transformers: Spotlight – Shockwave*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 *The Transformers: Stormbringer #1*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *The Transformers: Stormbringer #2*
5. ↑ *The Transformers: Stormbringer #3*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *The Transformers: Stormbringer #4*
7. ↑ *The Transformers: Spotlight – Nightbeat*
8. ↑ *The Transformers: Infiltration #6*