Vector Prime

**Vector Prime** is Primus's appointed guardian of time and space. He left Cybertron to guard space and time, a lonely job which isolated him from Cybertronian culture for tens of millions of years. Though he has rejoined the timestream on occasion to protect it from large-scale dangers, his extraordinary exile has left him emotionally, culturally, and politically disconnected from his race. He speaks in archaic terminology steeped in chivalry from an age long past, which has led some to believe him to be little more than a doddering relic (a front he admittedly finds useful at times). Despite this disconnect, Vector Prime never forgets that these strange modern creatures are the reason he guards space and time so fiercely. It is the miracle of time that allows these precious lives to continue and flourish across the multiverse.

## Biography

Stern, serious, Vector Prime considered himself a force of order and balance in the universe, a mere extension of his creator Primus. His powers over time and space allowed him to create and prevent temporal paradoxes to suit his needs, and even distort reality as he saw fit. His personal artifact of power was the Blades of Time, which he could use to travel through other dimensions. He also had a badge, seemingly for decoration.

The second of the Thirteen Primes to be created, Vector was a warrior Prime, joining Prima, Vector, Amalgamous and Megatronus in the groupings among the Thirteen. After Optimus had caused Unicron to fall into stasis, Vector Prime created a time loop around the inert form of the Chaos Bringer ensuring he would never awaken. Like the others however, Vector Prime was tainted by a touch of Unicron's darkness, which would mark the downfall of the Thirteen.

In the aftermath, Vector joined with Prima and Alpha Trion to create rules and order for a new community and the upcoming birth of the Cybertronian species, thought their rules were found restrictive by the other Primes. Along with Trion and Prima, Vector was greatly confused by the romance between Solus and Megatronus. Despite this however, Vector commissioned a new mandala from Solus.

The end of the Thirteen came after Prima discovered that Megatronus, Quintus Prime, and Liege Maximo had worked on a secret "farm" of robotic creatures, which Alchemist found troubling. Suspecting a sinister motive, Prima forced the rest of the Thirteen into a vote on the matter, and Vector voted against letting the project continue. Furious with the results of the debate, Megatronus inadvertently killed Solus in a dispute that Liege Maximo had orchestrated. Drawn by the commotion, the rest of the Thirteen arrived in time to see Solus's body return to the Core, its passage creating the Well of All Sparks.

Even after Megatronus offered his side of the story, accusations began to fly. The investigation degenerated into a free-for-all brawl between the remaining twelve siblings, which ended with Maximo getting killed by the Requiem Blaster through uncertain means.

The survivors buried Liege Maximo's remains in a chasm and held a memorial to Solus Prime in deep space. Hoping to put their ugly past behind them, the Primes then turned their attention to Cybertron and their plans for the future. They decided to use **Vector Prime**'s Triptych Mask to create a new race of robotic beings, as Primus had created them, with Vector, Micronus, and Optimus travelling into the Well resulting in the creation of a new wave of Cybertronian creatures which the surviving Primes oversaw. Vector Prime's faith in his siblings however had long since been shattered and he quietly retreated to another dimension when no one was looking.

## Notes

* His favorite human authors were Peter David and Alan Dean Foster, though he seldom had time to read.
* He was a fan of the Dinobots.
* His favorite planet was Cybertron, and his favorite city there was Apophenia.
* He held several misconceptions about humans, such as how long we could survive decapitation, and whether or not they enjoyed molten boron.
* He cherished his relationship with each of his fellow Thirteen original Primes, though he acknowledged that some of them had gone bad.
* He enjoyed Energon Z and Stanixian energon wine, but did not care for Red Energon.
* The large glowing hole in his chest was a Critias Gateway.
* He answered to many names, including **Vec-Tor**, **Vector Convoy**, **Vector Maximus**, **Vector Maximo**, and **Vector Prima-Vectorum**.

## References

1. ↑ Vector Prime: In the Beginning
2. ↑ *Transformers: The Covenant of Primus*