Optimus Prime (Aligned)

This version of Optimus Prime comes from from the Aligned Continuity ( Uniend 812.21 Kappa ), and follows his original journey through the continuity until Episode 13 Of Transformers Prime's third season, being transported during the battle of the Omega Lock, in Deadlock.

## Optimus Prime

"His waist looking that way serves no other purpose except to allow for him to be easily snatched by other men." - Sbeve, 2023

## Character Info

### Aliases

Orion Pax, The Last Of The Primes, The 13th Prime

## Real-World Info

### History

Optimus arrived to the Axiom not long after the Nexus first began transporting people, those of note who arrived before him are as follows; Megatron, Arcee, Shockwave, Long Haul, Synth, Fullbright, and a few others, he quickly assumed the post of co-leader during the Autobot and Decepticon truce, the upgraded body which he was granted by a surplus of energy from the Forge Of Solus Prime being taken from him when he passed through the Nexus portal

### Left in the dark

Despite being the Autobot leader, Optimus was left in the dark regarding the plan formulated by Shockwave, Arcee, and the other Autobots had made, though before they had the chance to inform him, he was dispatched by Megatron, being placed in critical condition in an abandoned Energon Mine deep within the Sea Of Rust. Thankfully, not long after the Nemesis Starship crashed, his Autobot allies found and saved him, The Forge Of Solus Prime being used to repair him, draining it of its energy, though once again, the surplus energy gifted from the Forge to create his new body was almost instantly taken away, and he was returned to his normal body.

### The Tower

After being healed, he and Synth journeyed to the wreckage of The Nemesis Starship, where they learned of Megatron's survival, and Shockwave's death, salvaging anything they could from the Nemesis, and taking their leave, burying Shockwave's body at the Tower in the Sea Of Rust, rallying the Autobot troops with a speech, The Rust Tower serving as their base of operations, Ratchet fortifying it so that it may be properly defended from any attack, the wreckers taking the nearby abandoned Energon Mine as a base rather than staying at the tower, Prime giving advice to Fullbright regarding leadership, and recounting the tale of the day he became 'Optimus'

### Capture

After Ratchet detects an Iacon locator beacon, Optimus, Synth, and Fullbright deploy in order to investigate, finding the Star Saber, and the Decepticons guarding it, Fullbright and Synth distracting Megatron, Slipstream, and Killbison long enough for Optimus to retrieve the legendary sword and send their foes into retreat with its immense power, however, the blade is within the Rust Tower and out of reach when the wreckers are attacked by Tarn, Overlord, and Killbison at their Energon mine, Optimus rushing to the scene from the Energon reserve in an attempt to aid them, battling Tarn, though unfortunately, the leader of the DJD proves to be too much for Optimus, and he is captured, and brought back to Tidal Wave as prisoner. Managing to trick his rather idiotic guards into temporarily breaking his cell, Optimus contacts the Autobots at the Rust Tower, who prepare an operation to free him, intending to use the Spark Extractor to temporarily shut down Tidal Wave's systems, at the same time, the Decepticons prepare a siege on the Rust Tower

### Battle in the Tower Of Rust

During the battle, Fullbright successfully frees Optimus, in addition to delivering the Saber to Optimus, allowing for him and Megatron to battle equally on the flight deck of Tidal Wave, Megatron creating a row of Dark Energon constructs to prevent intervention from his allies, as the Autobots at the tower continue to fend off the Decepticons, Optimus is able to blast Megatron away with the Saber, escaping Tidal Wave alongside his Autobot allies via groundbridge, though not without severe damage, the Autobots using the Nemesis Starship as their base as Optimus had begun preparing to move the Operations of the Wreckers there before his capture, though due to the damage the Tower sustained during the Battle, it instead becomes the main Autobot base / outpost.

### The Nemesis

After his repairs are complete, Optimus takes the time to decode any and all pieces of Decepticon information which Megatron could not purge from the Nemesis, being able to hear various audio logs from the gladiator. In addition, he also meets with the IDW Megatron variant, whom is a redeemed Autobot, giving Optimus some much needed validation regarding his ideals, and the belief that any and every sentient being possesses the capacity for change. Though his time of happiness is short-lived as he deploys to investigate a mysterious floating island alongside the wreckers, meeting Predacon Idracus and dueling him, losing the battle, in addition to Autobot commander Depth Drive, and witnessing his set of problems- that being a massive army of Decepticlone soldiers knocking on his door, Optimus swearing to send aid, though it would not come for some time, as Optimus finds him occupied due to the battle of the Nemesis, a raid spearheaded by Megatron himself, Optimus using the Star Saber to battle him, and damage Tidal Wave's systems ordering Goldfire to evacuate any and all Autobots, so that they may avoid Decepticon capture, Optimus using the Star Saber to destroy the Nemesis Starship so that the Decepticons cannot access the groundbridge log, being heavily damaged in the process and presumed dead

### Light our darkest hour

While injured and dying of Energon loss, Optimus is found by Predacon / Decepticon Idracus, impressed with his determination, and believing his survival to be part of a grand plan of fate which he should not intrude in, he aids Optimus, bringing him to his Autobot allies under the condition that the moment Idracus calls, Optimus emerge from whatever base the Autobots have, and battle him, a condition Optimus has no choice but to accept, and thus the dragon brings him to his allies, Ratchet repairing him, as he then deploys with Rodimus deep within the Sea Of Rust, due to Matrix seemingly reacting to something within there, leading them to an enormous mountain, with a tunnel which allows them inside, the Matrix guiding them as Optimus recognizes what was truly going on, activating the titan Metroplex, and asking him to serve as the Autobots base, which he obliges too, and so the Autobots gain a new home.

### The possibility of peace

While still recovering from his wounds during the battle of the Nemesis, Depth Drive once again contacts Prime, requesting backup, and so it is that Optimus himself goes, destroying the massive deployment of Decepticon troopers alongside his Autobot allies, sealing them off, and returning to the Command Center to come up with a plan to stop the Decepticlone troops- once and for all. Gathering a small deployment of Autobot troops, he planned to take back the Nerve Center, fighting through the Decepticlone lines, losing troops along the way but persevering nonetheless, being successful in his goal, albeit the center console was booby trapped, triggering an explosion and killing the troops he was with, more Autobot troops soon arrive, and they formulate a plan, Optimus moving to flank the Decepticons, ending up behind the Steel Gate and meeting a Decepticon Command Unit by the name of 'Smolder', who, albeit limited in the manner which he could articulate himself, made it clear that he wished for peace, he and his troops / allies having been abandoned by their creator 'Magmatron', Optimus realizing that more bloodshed may not be necessary, as the Decepticlones breach the command center, Optimus swiftly arriving, opening a groundbridge to Metroplex City and swiftly returning with the Star Saber, dispatching a large portion of the Decepticlones, and to Autobot / Shattered Glass Strika's surprise, giving them a choice, to leave, or face their demise, Smolder once again appearing from the crowd and claiming the Autobots to be their jailors, Optimus apologizing for any wrongdoings from the Autobots, and extending peace to him... and so it was... that the conflict between Autobot and Decepticon was- albeit only to a much smaller scale - resolved... peacefully... giving Optimus hope.

### Nemesis Prime

After Synth and Grimlock are attacked by an unknown sniper, Optimus ventures to Grimlock's junkyard alongside Cyclonus, who hypothesizes this being to be of equal strength to Optimus and Megatron combined, Optimus is frightened by the fact that the Matrix itself seems to react to this being, blinking off and back on again, as he is hit by a blast from the opponents Ion Rifle, slowing him as Cyclonus pursues, learning his identity to be Nemesis Prime, Optimus arriving to aid Cyclonus too late, for the battle is already over, and Cyclonus has lost, Optimus calling in an emergency groundbridge and summoning Fullbright to the military stronghold, who names their foe as Nemesis, saying she knows of him more in concept than anything else, warning Optimus that he was supposedly made specifically to bring down Optimus- though despite these warnings, he assembles the remaining wreckers and Airstrike and goes hunting, tracing Nemesis' Dark Energon signal to an Energon mine which he attacked, Megatron having deployed Idracus to dispatch the intruder, the Autobots watching their battle before intervening, battling Nemesis within the forest outside the mine, Optimus facing his might and being damaged, though luckily for the Autobots, IDW Megatron arrives, battling Nemesis, who retreats due to having sustained heavy damage. Once they return to Metroplex City, Megatron, Optimus, the wreckers, and Ratchet discuss this new foe, and the supposed anti-Matrix which he wields, Optimus being advised not to venture out against this foe, and to simply stay in Metroplex City and recover.

### Chicago

Worried about the fact that the Autobots in Chicago had not reported in for some time, Optimus and Kestrel deploy to Chicago, Kestrel encountering his worlds Shockwave and Optimus learning of MECH's operations in Chicago, the wreckers being attacked by Megatron after having reclaimed the Knight Ship, Kestrel is able to bring Optimus up to the ship, where he and the Wreckers battled Megatron for a short time before forcing him into retreat, ending the winning streak of the gladiator.

### Brothers- Once.

After having recovered, Optimus and a few other Autobots venture to the newly appeared Tyran Cybertron, meeting Quintessa, who claims to be their creator, and Nova Prime, Optimus arguing otherwise and Quintessa forcing the Autobots to leave, and so they do, he and the others returning to primary world of the Axiom shortly after, though Optimus is called upon by the newly reformatted Tyran Megatron, whom seeks to claim his Matrix of Leadership, the two battling in the ruins of Kaon, Optimus defeating him and launching him into the deep dark pit within the citystate, lamenting that it didn't have to end this way, after-which, he follows a power surge which leads him to where he met Quintessa, this time met with Flamewar, Slipstream, and Deathsaurus, offering them peace, and the opportunity to join the Autobots, and though Slipstream does take his communications link, she, along with Deathsaurus and Flamewar, denies the offer, and so he returns to Metroplex City empty-handed.

### Copy Convoy

After discovering that Metroplex is low on Energon, Optimus ventures to an Energon mine, but is ambushed by Scourge and the newly arrived Dreadwing, though he attempts to convince them to stray from Megatron's path, his words are wasted on them as the battle continues, Optimus defeating the pair, though the Energon is lost in the process, and so he returns back to Metroplex City, surprised by the arrival of Alpha Trion, though his time with his mentor is short lived as he once again deploys with Airstrike to retrieve Energon for Metroplex City, battling Nemesis once more when he does, though they spot stubs on his back, like those on the back of a seeker to connect their wings to their body, bringing them one step closer to discovering his identity as Nova Prime.

### Abominus Falls

In a ploy by Megatron and Shockwave, Soundwave creates a false Iacon locator beacon, luring the Autobots out of Metroplex City, Optimus spearheading the mission to retrieve the relic alongside Airstrike ( Horizon ), Twinsteel, and Landmine, as they are met by Decepticon combiner Abominus, Optimus, Twinsteel, Airstrike, and Twinsteel's newly arrived squadmates arriving and battling Abominus as Landmine scouts ahead to retrieve the relic, being met with, quickly defeated, and captured by Soundwave, the Decepticons dumping him to the approximate location of Scourge and Nemesis, Optimus deploying with the Star Saber, The Demolishers ( Twinsteel's squad ), Bumblebee, Jazz, and Ratchet to battle them and rescue Landmine, Optimus trading blows with Nemesis and Scourge before Abominus is deployed by Shockwave, and instantly brought down by Scourge, the Autobots retreating on Prime's order after the combiner goes down.

### The true power of a Prime

Trypticon Station looms overhead, Optimus and the other Autobots coming up with a plan to bring the station down before its guns are turned against them, unaware that it is Trypticon, as Optimus and Ratchet deploy on a mission to learn more about Nemesis by looking through the area of their previous battle with him, and retrieve The Forge Of Solus Prime, in hopes that they could use it to forge something capable of bringing down Trypticon Station in the event the current plan fails, the pair are ambushed by Nemesis, Optimus battling him, though Ratchet is dealt heavy damage as he contacts Metroplex City for aid, Slammer arriving from the city to aid them, and being quickly dispatched by Nemesis- Optimus, seemingly having lost one of his Autobot allies and his closest and oldest friend, snaps, pummeling Nemesis to an absurd degree, Nemesis commenting on this- saying he had begun to question whether he truly was Orion Pax, as he lacked Orion's temper, Optimus loudly retorting with his current name and identity- Optimus Prime, as he struck Nemesis with all his might, the blow able to stagger him for long enough that the Autobots escaped with the Forge.

### The Matrix Of Leadership

Now back at Metroplex City with the Forge, Optimus plans to use Rodimus' and his Matrix of Leadership in order to repower the Forge Of Solus Prime, in hopes that with the relic, they could forge equipment which could tip the balance of power back into their favor.

### Notes

* Optimus transforms into a modified early 2000s Freightliner FLD 132 XL
* His weaponry include two Ion Cannons which either of his arms can convert into, and two Energon blades which can be activated the same way, and currently- The Star Saber as well
* Aligned Optimus has only smiled four times in the Axiom Nexus

1. ↑ https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deadlock\_(episode)