Ask Vector Prime

2012-10-23T14:22:59Z

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{{quote|Cool? As in cold to the touch?! Heaven's no! Primus is warm and full of life! Ha!|Vector Prime "answers" a fan's question.}}

'''Ask Vector Prime''' is a feature on [[Hasbro]]'s official Transformers website, where [[Human|humans]] can submit questions about [[Transformer|Transformers]]. Based on unknown criteria, [[Vector Prime]] selects certain questions and answers them to the best of his ability.

The questions answered by Vector Prime vary widely in nature, but most concern the [[Unicron Trilogy|universe]] where the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|search for the Cyber Planet Keys]] took place, the [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|toyline]] and [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|cartoon]] in Hasbro's own universe which parallel said search, or Vector Prime himself. Unfortunately, updates are rare, and appear to have ceased entirely after Vector Prime became one with time itself. Which is fair enough.

Through the site, Vector Prime has revealed the existence of two Transformers who have not been seen in any other form: a female [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternator]], apparently from his home universe, and [[disco ball|a Mini-Con with a disco ball alternate mode]]. He has also mentioned that he has met both [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]], that, "yes, [[Override (Cybertron)|she]] is a girl," that he considers [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] his best friend, and that he is aware of (and impressed by) the story of [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]. Additionally, it was here that he stated that "I am not here to blend."

Ask Vector Prime occasionally provided important information not found anywhere else, such as the placement of the Cybertron cartoon as occurring ten years after the end of ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', and confirmation that ''Cybertron'' [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] was the same character as ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' Sideways.

Although Vector Prime seems to misunderstand questions from time to time, he has only once actually dodged a question: when asked about his weight, he simply said it depended on what planet he was on, and made no further comment on the subject.

Vector Prime is aware of ''Transformers'' as fiction and as a toy line such as in the Marvel UK letters pages, which were answered by Transformers who were even shown working in Marvel UK's office. There is [[Heinrad|precedent]] for characters from one universe being fictional characters in another, so it is unclear whether Vector Prime sees our world as another alternate timeline, or if he is simply aware of his status as a fictional character.

===Transformers ''Animated''===
Ask Vector Prime made a comeback in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' in the form of [[easter egg]]s scattered throughout the book written in [[Cybertronix]] lettering. Questions were solicited on [[Jim Sorenson]]'s [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/04/ask-vector-prime.html blog] a few months before the book came out.

==External links==
*[[Ask Vector Prime/src|Ask Vector Prime archive at the Transformers Wiki]]

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