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Optimus Prime
(Original Form)
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Allegiance: Autobot Sub-Group: None Function: Autobot Leader, Holder of the Matrix Disguise Mode: Juggernaut Motto: 'Freedom is the Right of All Sentient Beings' Nebulan Partner: None First Appearance (UK): Issue 1 First Appearance (US): Issue 1 First Appearance (Chronological): State Games (1986 Annual) Last Appearance (in this form): US #24/UK #106 Last Appearance: Generation 2 Issue 12 Tech Specs:
See also: Powermaster Prime, Action Master Prime, Generation 2 Prime |
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| Profile: If he had been on Earth, he would be a doctor, a mechanic, a scientist and a warrior. But on Cybertron there is no difference between these professions. So Optimus uses his skills to heal and repair- which are the same things to Autobots- to improve the world around him and, if necessary, to fight. Both in power and intelligence, he has no equal. He has the personality of an Abraham Lincoln. He can be immensely kind and his compassion extends to all that lives, including the creatures of Earth. Yet he will battle unceasingly to protect the weak and defend what he believes in. To accomplish this, Optimus knows that the Decepticons must be defeated for all time. |
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| Abilities: In robot mode. Optimus Prime actually splits into three components. The Optimus module is the robotic sentient being that is the storehouse of his vast knowledge and strength. He can lift 4,000,000 lbs. and a blow from his fist exerts a force of 12,000 lbs. per sq. inch. He carries a laser rifle and can burn a hole in the nosecone of a Decepticon jet fighter at a distance of 30 miles, aided by his outstanding visual acuity. His Prime module, also known as Roller, is a small cart-shaped device that he uses to unobtrusively slip behind enemy lines. He can maintain radio control over it at distances up to 1200 miles. Having Roller present somewhere is like being there himself. He can operate by remote-control his Combat Deck module up to a distance of 1500 feet. The Auto-Launcher mounted on the Deck can use a variety of artillery and radiation beam weapons, including most of those used by his fellow Autobots. The Launcher also includes a highly dexterous grapple-arm which allows it to load itself and change its weaponry. The communications disk antenna mounted on the launcher provides a link between Optimus and all his fellow Autobots within a radius of 50 miles. It can be adapted to a satellite hook-up that increases its effective range 10-fold. |
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| Weaknesses: Although Optimus Prime can function as three independent modules, injury to any one of the modules is felt by the other two. Roller is particularly vulnerable, especially in the behind-the-lines situations in which he specializes. However, the Optimus module is by far the most important component of the trio. Although he could survive without the other two, they could not survive without him. Otherwise, the only weakness he could be accused of having is being too compassionate and concerned about the safety of others. He would be a more effective military commander if he were more ruthless, but then he wouldn't be Optimus Prime. |
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History: Optimus Prime was a leading member of Iacon's athletic team, and a trainee medic before the war with the Decepticons. When the war came along, Prime signed up for the Autobot Army. He quickly rose through the ranks, from Lieutenant Commander of the Fourth Computerised Division through commander of the Elite Flying Corps to commander of the Autobot Army. During the ongoing war, Prime was entrusted with the sacred Creation Matrix, capable of granting life to new Transformers. When, some time into the war, Autobot scientists reported that Cybertron had left its orbit and was passing through an asteroid belt Prime led a mission to clear a path through the asteroids. When the task had been finished, the Decepticons attacked. The weakened Autobots were no match for the Decepticons and Prime deliberately crashed the Ark into the nearby planet Earth, believed to be lifeless. Four million years later, Prime was amongst the Transformers reawakened by the Ark. He led the Autobots in their early battles against the Decepticons. After a short time, Prime was amongst the five Autobots who made a last stand against the Decepticons. They won, but - being exhausted and low on fuel, they were immediately wiped out by the arrival of the Decepticon Shockwave. Prime was then decapitated and his head shipped to the Decepticons' new base so that the Creation Matrix could be used to create new Decepticons. Fortunately, Prime was able to transfer almost all of the Matrix to the human Buster Witwicky and Shockwave was only able to create six new Decepticons. Eventually, Prime was released and reappointed Autobot leader, though he had a brief crisis of confidence. At one point, Prime was transported to a limbo dimension by the arrival of the future Decepticon Galvatron in the present day. Seeing how badly the Autobots handled this crisis, and how the Decepticons were sending more troops to Earth via the Space Bridge, he decided to fake his death. Instead of remaining on Earth to destroy the Space Bridge, Prime ended up on Cybertron, where he provided a huge boost to the Autobot resistance movement. However, soon after his return to Earth, he sacrificed himself on a point of principle. Most of his mind was saved on a disc by the human Ethan Zachary. Eventually, the disc containing Optimus Prime was used to recreate him... [Prime's history continues under the entry for PowerMaster Prime] |
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