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2015-12-03T23:36:09Z

Acro Magnus: /* Fiction */

{{disambig2|the Primus from the Aligned continuity family|the Primus in most continuity families|Primus}}
{{disambig3.5|the core of Cybertron from the aligned continuity family|the core of Cybertron from ''Beast Machines''|organic core|Core}}

[[File:WFC Cybertron's core.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The core looks like a mini planet of some sort. It is possible that the core has [[:File:Cybertron_Primus_toy.jpg|a robot mode]], but that'd just be plain silly.]]
Primus, the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s, is an ancient and ethereal being whose origins date back to the beginnings of the universe itself. He is the ultimate force for good and he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, [[Unicron]] the Chaos-Bringer. Primus eventually transformed himself into the '''Core''' of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and through the [[Well of AllSparks]], his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Primus is located at the centre of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and considered sacred ground by the Cybertronians as it produced vast quantities of [[energon]] that is essential to the continued existence of the [[Transformer]] race. Resembling a massive spherical construct and protected by a [[shell program]], the Core possesses its own consciousness and mind allowing it to speak as well as act.

{{quote|These are sacred grounds, Ironhide. The Core provides Energon and life to all of Cybertron. It pains me to see it defiled this way.|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] going religious on us|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Vector Sigma]] existed near the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
[[File:Endgame3 reformatting the core.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
For countless eons, Cybertron has existed as a world of metal. It was not always so. Long before [[Primus]] imbued [[spark|life]] into the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] (or the [[Quintesson]]s arrived, your pick), Cybertron was a world of the organic, with animal lifeforms that roamed its surface. That is gone now, but the past remains in the '''organic core''' of Cybertron. And the seeds of the future lie buried in the past.

When the [[Maximal]]s were trying to set up an organic orchard in the [[fossil cave]], they eventually struck paydirt when they reached part of the organic core. Upon hitting the core, [[organic goo]] seeped out, causing trees to emerge. {{storylink|The Key}}

Later, after [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had absorbed the sparks of the [[Transformer]]s, he attempted to use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to convert the organic core into technomatter. However, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] caused both Megatron and himself to fall into the organic core. Hitting the core caused them both to die, but also allowed the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to initiate the [[Great Reformatting]], causing Cybertron to become a [[Technorganic]] world. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
The organic core of Cybertron was due to the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] who had fled [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] and brought life to a barren planet, making it lush and green. The Oracle was later enslaved by the Quintessons, who transformed the planet into a mechanical world and the Oracle itself into Vector Sigma.

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Primus eng.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primus mistakes Kicker for a Japanese schoolgirl.]]
Primus was the living energy core of Cybertron, as well as the originator of the precious and ancient fuel, [[energon]]. Transformers of this universe believed the stories of Unicron, Primus, and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to be only myth and legend until the existence of Unicron was revealed in "[[the Unicron Battles]]" of 2010. With Cybertron left in a disastrous state after the chaos-bringer's attack, large amounts of energon were required to repair the planet, and to search for and acquire the mineral, the united Autobot-Decepticon forces entered into an alliance with the [[Earth Federation]] government. Primus entered into the equation when the project's head scientist, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], brought his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], to Cybertron. Terrified of the giant robots surrounding him, Kicker fled, only to find himself tumbling through tunnels into a hidden chamber deep beneath Cybertron's surface.

Primus awoke and saved Kicker from what would have been a fatal fall, and for his own reasons, imbued the child with a special gift—the ability to detect energon throughout the [[universe (universe)|universe]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently discovered Kicker in Primus's chamber, and the god chose to work with the Transformers quite directly, imbuing them with the [[Spark of Combination]], which would allow the Autobots to [[Powerlinx]] and increase their powers. Primus went on to advise Optimus Prime on his actions in order to prepare for the future, including the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion, the return of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and the next battle with Unicron; although vague at times, he would offer just enough information to allow his children to survive the threats they faced. Primus was often very weak due to the damage done to the planet's surface, and spent most of his time in a mode of stasis to preserve his energy and keep Cybertron's energy grid online. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

===Aligned novels===
Primus is generally accepted to exist though his 13 children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the Core produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma energy]] Chamber. The dying [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] ordered [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to go to the Core and remove its infection. Optimus was accompanied by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and began descending the [[Underworld]] through the empty [[Well of All Sparks]]. Horrified by the infestation, Bumblebee tore out the corruption spikes on the Core, allowing Optimus to remove the poisonous [[Plasma Energy Chamber]].

A voice that only Optimus could hear then told him he was too late, but it imbued his body with the Matrix, truly making him a Prime. It told him to [[Ark (WFC)|leave]] Cybertron, but to also return one day, when the Matrix and the Core would act in concert to restore the planet. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the Core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe [[Unicron]] to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated, within inches of the Core, when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}
[[File:Coreprecorruption.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Get your icky tentacles away from me!]]
In the closing stages of the Great War, the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] learnt of the existence of a powerful corruptive energy source known as [[Dark Energon]] located at an orbital station. After acquiring the station and manufacturing it through the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], Megatron decided to corrupt the Core of Cybertron itself in order to win his war against the Autobots. To accomplish this feat, he first needed the Omega Key and thus laid siege to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] itself and journeyed into the [[Vaults]] where he battled [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] for the relic. It was only after the battle did he learn of Omega Supreme being the key to the Core and battled the gigantic Autobot as well as defeating him. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron forced the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and took his Decepticons to the Core. There, he used Corruptors to infuse the Core with Dark Energon which began to manifest all over the planet Cybertron and threatening its survival.

With the defeat of Zeta Prime, the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Elders]] promoted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in order to lead the Autobots. Seeing the continued corruption of Dark Energon spreading across Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided to journey deep into the planet and purge the infestation at its source. Taking [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] with him, they learnt that [[Space slug]]s were fighting a losing battle in cleansing the Core of Dark Energon. [[File:CybertronCoreRestored-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The core of Cybertron talks! It's must be lonely being the core of Cybertron.]] Furthermore, the trio of Autobots had to fight against a garrison of Decepticons left behind by Megatron to ensure that the Core remained corrupted. Despite their resistance, Optimus Prime and his team managed to reach the centre of Cybertron and kill a corrupted space slug, thus freeing the Core. There, the Core spoke to Optimus Prime and revealed that the corruption of Dark Energon had been too extensive and in order to conserve itself - the Core had to shut down and purge itself in a process that would take millions of years where it would no longer be able to produce large quantities of Energon.

This meant that the planet Cybertron would be barren as a result and insufficient energy would be present for those that remained on the surface. Despite claiming that the line of Primes had failed in their mission, the Core decided to impart the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime stating that so long as it functioned; its own [[Spark]] would continue. With that done, Optimus Prime returned to the surface and began the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertron, leaving only a small number of them behind who vowed to continue to fight Megatron's tyrannical rule. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*Cybertron is shown to exist before Primus "became one" with it's core, implying the planet predates him in ''Prime'' continuity and is not his body as in other continuities.
*Whilst not stated in the game, the Core is likely the shell that houses [[Primus]] himself. In ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', the core refers to Primus separately, so it is probably a [[Oracle (BM)|shell program]].
*However, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Episode 24]] of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] confirmed that Primus became one with the Core and the Core of Cybertron is referred to as "Primus" in the ''Prime'' cartoon and various related media from there on in.

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Prime locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron locations]]

Talk:Core

2015-12-03T23:34:32Z

Acro Magnus: Acro Magnus moved page Talk:Core to Talk:Cybertron's Core: Better page title

If we're going to treat this as Primus-but-not-named-as-such-so-we-put-it-in-another-article, are there any other appearances or mentions of the core in other continuities? Beast Machines sorta comes to mind. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 07:00, 25 July 2010 (EDT)
**Actually, it's probably a reference to Energon, where The Core meant Primus half the time and his chamber the other half.

Core

2015-12-03T23:34:32Z

Acro Magnus: Acro Magnus moved page Core to Cybertron's Core: Better page title

{{disambig2|the Primus from the Aligned continuity family|the Primus in most continuity families|Primus}}
{{disambig3.5|the core of Cybertron from the aligned continuity family|the core of Cybertron from ''Beast Machines''|organic core|Core}}

[[File:WFC Cybertron's core.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The core looks like a mini planet of some sort. It is possible that the core has [[:File:Cybertron_Primus_toy.jpg|a robot mode]], but that'd just be plain silly.]]
Primus, the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s, is an ancient and ethereal being whose origins date back to the beginnings of the universe itself. He is the ultimate force for good and he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, [[Unicron]] the Chaos-Bringer. Primus eventually transformed himself into the '''Core''' of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and through the [[Well of AllSparks]], his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Primus is located at the centre of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and considered sacred ground by the Cybertronians as it produced vast quantities of [[energon]] that is essential to the continued existence of the [[Transformer]] race. Resembling a massive spherical construct and protected by a [[shell program]], the Core possesses its own consciousness and mind allowing it to speak as well as act.

{{quote|These are sacred grounds, Ironhide. The Core provides Energon and life to all of Cybertron. It pains me to see it defiled this way.|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] going religious on us|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Vector Sigma]] existed near the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
The organic core of Cybertron was due to the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] who had fled [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] and brought life to a barren planet, making it lush and green. The Oracle was later enslaved by the Quintessons, who transformed the planet into a mechanical world and the Oracle itself into Vector Sigma.

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[File:Endgame3 reformatting the core.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
For countless eons, Cybertron has existed as a world of metal. It was not always so. Long before [[Primus]] imbued [[spark|life]] into the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] (or the [[Quintesson]]s arrived, your pick), Cybertron was a world of the organic, with animal lifeforms that roamed its surface. That is gone now, but the past remains in the '''organic core''' of Cybertron. And the seeds of the future lie buried in the past.

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
When the [[Maximal]]s were trying to set up an organic orchard in the [[fossil cave]], they eventually struck paydirt when they reached part of the organic core. Upon hitting the core, [[organic goo]] seeped out, causing trees to emerge. {{storylink|The Key}}

Later, after [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had absorbed the sparks of the [[Transformer]]s, he attempted to use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to convert the organic core into technomatter. However, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] caused both Megatron and himself to fall into the organic core. Hitting the core caused them both to die, but also allowed the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to initiate the [[Great Reformatting]], causing Cybertron to become a [[Technorganic]] world. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Primus eng.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primus mistakes Kicker for a Japanese schoolgirl.]]
Primus was the living energy core of Cybertron, as well as the originator of the precious and ancient fuel, [[energon]]. Transformers of this universe believed the stories of Unicron, Primus, and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to be only myth and legend until the existence of Unicron was revealed in "[[the Unicron Battles]]" of 2010. With Cybertron left in a disastrous state after the chaos-bringer's attack, large amounts of energon were required to repair the planet, and to search for and acquire the mineral, the united Autobot-Decepticon forces entered into an alliance with the [[Earth Federation]] government. Primus entered into the equation when the project's head scientist, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], brought his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], to Cybertron. Terrified of the giant robots surrounding him, Kicker fled, only to find himself tumbling through tunnels into a hidden chamber deep beneath Cybertron's surface.

Primus awoke and saved Kicker from what would have been a fatal fall, and for his own reasons, imbued the child with a special gift—the ability to detect energon throughout the [[universe (universe)|universe]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently discovered Kicker in Primus's chamber, and the god chose to work with the Transformers quite directly, imbuing them with the [[Spark of Combination]], which would allow the Autobots to [[Powerlinx]] and increase their powers. Primus went on to advise Optimus Prime on his actions in order to prepare for the future, including the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion, the return of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and the next battle with Unicron; although vague at times, he would offer just enough information to allow his children to survive the threats they faced. Primus was often very weak due to the damage done to the planet's surface, and spent most of his time in a mode of stasis to preserve his energy and keep Cybertron's energy grid online. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

===Aligned continuity===
{{note|"Anything you know from past generations of the brand may or may not be factual in the new continuity."}}

====''The Covenant of Primus''====
While not much is known of Primus's origins, he created the Thirteen before fading away into hyper sleep to turn the tide of his war against Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
Primus is generally accepted to exist though his 13 children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the Core produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma energy]] Chamber. The dying [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] ordered [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to go to the Core and remove its infection. Optimus was accompanied by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and began descending the [[Underworld]] through the empty [[Well of All Sparks]]. Horrified by the infestation, Bumblebee tore out the corruption spikes on the Core, allowing Optimus to remove the poisonous [[Plasma Energy Chamber]].

A voice that only Optimus could hear then told him he was too late, but it imbued his body with the Matrix, truly making him a Prime. It told him to [[Ark (WFC)|leave]] Cybertron, but to also return one day, when the Matrix and the Core would act in concert to restore the planet. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the Core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe [[Unicron]] to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated, within inches of the Core, when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}
[[File:Coreprecorruption.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Get your icky tentacles away from me!]]
In the closing stages of the Great War, the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] learnt of the existence of a powerful corruptive energy source known as [[Dark Energon]] located at an orbital station. After acquiring the station and manufacturing it through the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], Megatron decided to corrupt the Core of Cybertron itself in order to win his war against the Autobots. To accomplish this feat, he first needed the Omega Key and thus laid siege to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] itself and journeyed into the [[Vaults]] where he battled [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] for the relic. It was only after the battle did he learn of Omega Supreme being the key to the Core and battled the gigantic Autobot as well as defeating him. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron forced the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and took his Decepticons to the Core. There, he used Corruptors to infuse the Core with Dark Energon which began to manifest all over the planet Cybertron and threatening its survival.

With the defeat of Zeta Prime, the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Elders]] promoted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in order to lead the Autobots. Seeing the continued corruption of Dark Energon spreading across Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided to journey deep into the planet and purge the infestation at its source. Taking [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] with him, they learnt that [[Space slug]]s were fighting a losing battle in cleansing the Core of Dark Energon. [[File:CybertronCoreRestored-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The core of Cybertron talks! It's must be lonely being the core of Cybertron.]] Furthermore, the trio of Autobots had to fight against a garrison of Decepticons left behind by Megatron to ensure that the Core remained corrupted. Despite their resistance, Optimus Prime and his team managed to reach the centre of Cybertron and kill a corrupted space slug, thus freeing the Core. There, the Core spoke to Optimus Prime and revealed that the corruption of Dark Energon had been too extensive and in order to conserve itself - the Core had to shut down and purge itself in a process that would take millions of years where it would no longer be able to produce large quantities of Energon.

This meant that the planet Cybertron would be barren as a result and insufficient energy would be present for those that remained on the surface. Despite claiming that the line of Primes had failed in their mission, the Core decided to impart the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime stating that so long as it functioned; its own [[Spark]] would continue. With that done, Optimus Prime returned to the surface and began the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertron, leaving only a small number of them behind who vowed to continue to fight Megatron's tyrannical rule. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*Cybertron is shown to exist before Primus "became one" with it's core, implying the planet predates him in ''Prime'' continuity and is not his body as in other continuities.
*Whilst not stated in the game, the Core is likely the shell that houses [[Primus]] himself. In ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', the core refers to Primus separately, so it is probably a [[Oracle (BM)|shell program]].
*However, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Episode 24]] of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] confirmed that Primus became one with the Core and the Core of Cybertron is referred to as "Primus" in the ''Prime'' cartoon and various related media from there on in.

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Prime locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron locations]]

Core

2015-12-03T23:33:53Z

Acro Magnus:

{{disambig2|the Primus from the Aligned continuity family|the Primus in most continuity families|Primus}}
{{disambig3.5|the core of Cybertron from the aligned continuity family|the core of Cybertron from ''Beast Machines''|organic core|Core}}

[[File:WFC Cybertron's core.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The core looks like a mini planet of some sort. It is possible that the core has [[:File:Cybertron_Primus_toy.jpg|a robot mode]], but that'd just be plain silly.]]
Primus, the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s, is an ancient and ethereal being whose origins date back to the beginnings of the universe itself. He is the ultimate force for good and he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, [[Unicron]] the Chaos-Bringer. Primus eventually transformed himself into the '''Core''' of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and through the [[Well of AllSparks]], his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Primus is located at the centre of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and considered sacred ground by the Cybertronians as it produced vast quantities of [[energon]] that is essential to the continued existence of the [[Transformer]] race. Resembling a massive spherical construct and protected by a [[shell program]], the Core possesses its own consciousness and mind allowing it to speak as well as act.

{{quote|These are sacred grounds, Ironhide. The Core provides Energon and life to all of Cybertron. It pains me to see it defiled this way.|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] going religious on us|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Vector Sigma]] existed near the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
The organic core of Cybertron was due to the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] who had fled [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] and brought life to a barren planet, making it lush and green. The Oracle was later enslaved by the Quintessons, who transformed the planet into a mechanical world and the Oracle itself into Vector Sigma.

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[File:Endgame3 reformatting the core.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
For countless eons, Cybertron has existed as a world of metal. It was not always so. Long before [[Primus]] imbued [[spark|life]] into the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] (or the [[Quintesson]]s arrived, your pick), Cybertron was a world of the organic, with animal lifeforms that roamed its surface. That is gone now, but the past remains in the '''organic core''' of Cybertron. And the seeds of the future lie buried in the past.

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
When the [[Maximal]]s were trying to set up an organic orchard in the [[fossil cave]], they eventually struck paydirt when they reached part of the organic core. Upon hitting the core, [[organic goo]] seeped out, causing trees to emerge. {{storylink|The Key}}

Later, after [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had absorbed the sparks of the [[Transformer]]s, he attempted to use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to convert the organic core into technomatter. However, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] caused both Megatron and himself to fall into the organic core. Hitting the core caused them both to die, but also allowed the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to initiate the [[Great Reformatting]], causing Cybertron to become a [[Technorganic]] world. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Primus eng.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primus mistakes Kicker for a Japanese schoolgirl.]]
Primus was the living energy core of Cybertron, as well as the originator of the precious and ancient fuel, [[energon]]. Transformers of this universe believed the stories of Unicron, Primus, and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to be only myth and legend until the existence of Unicron was revealed in "[[the Unicron Battles]]" of 2010. With Cybertron left in a disastrous state after the chaos-bringer's attack, large amounts of energon were required to repair the planet, and to search for and acquire the mineral, the united Autobot-Decepticon forces entered into an alliance with the [[Earth Federation]] government. Primus entered into the equation when the project's head scientist, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], brought his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], to Cybertron. Terrified of the giant robots surrounding him, Kicker fled, only to find himself tumbling through tunnels into a hidden chamber deep beneath Cybertron's surface.

Primus awoke and saved Kicker from what would have been a fatal fall, and for his own reasons, imbued the child with a special gift—the ability to detect energon throughout the [[universe (universe)|universe]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently discovered Kicker in Primus's chamber, and the god chose to work with the Transformers quite directly, imbuing them with the [[Spark of Combination]], which would allow the Autobots to [[Powerlinx]] and increase their powers. Primus went on to advise Optimus Prime on his actions in order to prepare for the future, including the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion, the return of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and the next battle with Unicron; although vague at times, he would offer just enough information to allow his children to survive the threats they faced. Primus was often very weak due to the damage done to the planet's surface, and spent most of his time in a mode of stasis to preserve his energy and keep Cybertron's energy grid online. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

===Aligned continuity===
{{note|"Anything you know from past generations of the brand may or may not be factual in the new continuity."}}

====''The Covenant of Primus''====
While not much is known of Primus's origins, he created the Thirteen before fading away into hyper sleep to turn the tide of his war against Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
Primus is generally accepted to exist though his 13 children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the Core produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma energy]] Chamber. The dying [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] ordered [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to go to the Core and remove its infection. Optimus was accompanied by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and began descending the [[Underworld]] through the empty [[Well of All Sparks]]. Horrified by the infestation, Bumblebee tore out the corruption spikes on the Core, allowing Optimus to remove the poisonous [[Plasma Energy Chamber]].

A voice that only Optimus could hear then told him he was too late, but it imbued his body with the Matrix, truly making him a Prime. It told him to [[Ark (WFC)|leave]] Cybertron, but to also return one day, when the Matrix and the Core would act in concert to restore the planet. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the Core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe [[Unicron]] to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated, within inches of the Core, when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}
[[File:Coreprecorruption.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Get your icky tentacles away from me!]]
In the closing stages of the Great War, the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] learnt of the existence of a powerful corruptive energy source known as [[Dark Energon]] located at an orbital station. After acquiring the station and manufacturing it through the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], Megatron decided to corrupt the Core of Cybertron itself in order to win his war against the Autobots. To accomplish this feat, he first needed the Omega Key and thus laid siege to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] itself and journeyed into the [[Vaults]] where he battled [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] for the relic. It was only after the battle did he learn of Omega Supreme being the key to the Core and battled the gigantic Autobot as well as defeating him. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron forced the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and took his Decepticons to the Core. There, he used Corruptors to infuse the Core with Dark Energon which began to manifest all over the planet Cybertron and threatening its survival.

With the defeat of Zeta Prime, the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Elders]] promoted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in order to lead the Autobots. Seeing the continued corruption of Dark Energon spreading across Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided to journey deep into the planet and purge the infestation at its source. Taking [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] with him, they learnt that [[Space slug]]s were fighting a losing battle in cleansing the Core of Dark Energon. [[File:CybertronCoreRestored-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The core of Cybertron talks! It's must be lonely being the core of Cybertron.]] Furthermore, the trio of Autobots had to fight against a garrison of Decepticons left behind by Megatron to ensure that the Core remained corrupted. Despite their resistance, Optimus Prime and his team managed to reach the centre of Cybertron and kill a corrupted space slug, thus freeing the Core. There, the Core spoke to Optimus Prime and revealed that the corruption of Dark Energon had been too extensive and in order to conserve itself - the Core had to shut down and purge itself in a process that would take millions of years where it would no longer be able to produce large quantities of Energon.

This meant that the planet Cybertron would be barren as a result and insufficient energy would be present for those that remained on the surface. Despite claiming that the line of Primes had failed in their mission, the Core decided to impart the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime stating that so long as it functioned; its own [[Spark]] would continue. With that done, Optimus Prime returned to the surface and began the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertron, leaving only a small number of them behind who vowed to continue to fight Megatron's tyrannical rule. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*Cybertron is shown to exist before Primus "became one" with it's core, implying the planet predates him in ''Prime'' continuity and is not his body as in other continuities.
*Whilst not stated in the game, the Core is likely the shell that houses [[Primus]] himself. In ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', the core refers to Primus separately, so it is probably a [[Oracle (BM)|shell program]].
*However, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Episode 24]] of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] confirmed that Primus became one with the Core and the Core of Cybertron is referred to as "Primus" in the ''Prime'' cartoon and various related media from there on in.

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Prime locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron locations]]

Core

2015-12-03T23:32:23Z

Acro Magnus: /* Beast Wars cartoon continuity */

{{disambig2|the Primus from the Aligned continuity family|the Primus in most continuity families|Primus}}
{{disambig3.5|the core of Cybertron from the aligned continuity family|the core of Cybertron from ''Beast Machines''|organic core|Core}}
:''Primus is the creator of the [[Transformers]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]]. His physical form is the Core of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].''

[[File:WFC Cybertron's core.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The core looks like a mini planet of some sort. It is possible that the core has [[:File:Cybertron_Primus_toy.jpg|a robot mode]], but that'd just be plain silly.]]
'''Primus''' is the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s. An ancient and ethereal being whose origins (possibly) date back to the beginnings of the universe itself, Primus is the ultimate force for good and he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, [[Unicron]] the Chaos-Bringer. Primus eventually transformed himself into the '''Core''' of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and through the [[Well of AllSparks]], his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Primus is located at the centre of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and considered sacred ground by the Cybertronians as it produced vast quantities of [[energon]] that is essential to the continued existence of the [[Transformer]] race. Resembling a massive spherical construct and protected by a [[shell program]], the Core possesses its own consciousness and mind allowing it to speak as well as act.

{{quote|These are sacred grounds, Ironhide. The Core provides Energon and life to all of Cybertron. It pains me to see it defiled this way.|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] going religious on us|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Vector Sigma]] existed near the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
The organic core of Cybertron was due to the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] who had fled [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] and brought life to a barren planet, making it lush and green. The Oracle was later enslaved by the Quintessons, who transformed the planet into a mechanical world and the Oracle itself into Vector Sigma.

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[File:Endgame3 reformatting the core.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
For countless eons, Cybertron has existed as a world of metal. It was not always so. Long before [[Primus]] imbued [[spark|life]] into the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] (or the [[Quintesson]]s arrived, your pick), Cybertron was a world of the organic, with animal lifeforms that roamed its surface. That is gone now, but the past remains in the '''organic core''' of Cybertron. And the seeds of the future lie buried in the past.

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
When the [[Maximal]]s were trying to set up an organic orchard in the [[fossil cave]], they eventually struck paydirt when they reached part of the organic core. Upon hitting the core, [[organic goo]] seeped out, causing trees to emerge. {{storylink|The Key}}

Later, after [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had absorbed the sparks of the [[Transformer]]s, he attempted to use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to convert the organic core into technomatter. However, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] caused both Megatron and himself to fall into the organic core. Hitting the core caused them both to die, but also allowed the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to initiate the [[Great Reformatting]], causing Cybertron to become a [[Technorganic]] world. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Primus eng.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primus mistakes Kicker for a Japanese schoolgirl.]]
Primus was the living energy core of Cybertron, as well as the originator of the precious and ancient fuel, [[energon]]. Transformers of this universe believed the stories of Unicron, Primus, and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to be only myth and legend until the existence of Unicron was revealed in "[[the Unicron Battles]]" of 2010. With Cybertron left in a disastrous state after the chaos-bringer's attack, large amounts of energon were required to repair the planet, and to search for and acquire the mineral, the united Autobot-Decepticon forces entered into an alliance with the [[Earth Federation]] government. Primus entered into the equation when the project's head scientist, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], brought his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], to Cybertron. Terrified of the giant robots surrounding him, Kicker fled, only to find himself tumbling through tunnels into a hidden chamber deep beneath Cybertron's surface.

Primus awoke and saved Kicker from what would have been a fatal fall, and for his own reasons, imbued the child with a special gift—the ability to detect energon throughout the [[universe (universe)|universe]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently discovered Kicker in Primus's chamber, and the god chose to work with the Transformers quite directly, imbuing them with the [[Spark of Combination]], which would allow the Autobots to [[Powerlinx]] and increase their powers. Primus went on to advise Optimus Prime on his actions in order to prepare for the future, including the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion, the return of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and the next battle with Unicron; although vague at times, he would offer just enough information to allow his children to survive the threats they faced. Primus was often very weak due to the damage done to the planet's surface, and spent most of his time in a mode of stasis to preserve his energy and keep Cybertron's energy grid online. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

===Aligned continuity===
{{note|"Anything you know from past generations of the brand may or may not be factual in the new continuity."}}

====''The Covenant of Primus''====
While not much is known of Primus's origins, he created the Thirteen before fading away into hyper sleep to turn the tide of his war against Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
Primus is generally accepted to exist though his 13 children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the Core produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma energy]] Chamber. The dying [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] ordered [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to go to the Core and remove its infection. Optimus was accompanied by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and began descending the [[Underworld]] through the empty [[Well of All Sparks]]. Horrified by the infestation, Bumblebee tore out the corruption spikes on the Core, allowing Optimus to remove the poisonous [[Plasma Energy Chamber]].

A voice that only Optimus could hear then told him he was too late, but it imbued his body with the Matrix, truly making him a Prime. It told him to [[Ark (WFC)|leave]] Cybertron, but to also return one day, when the Matrix and the Core would act in concert to restore the planet. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the Core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe [[Unicron]] to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated, within inches of the Core, when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}
[[File:Coreprecorruption.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Get your icky tentacles away from me!]]
In the closing stages of the Great War, the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] learnt of the existence of a powerful corruptive energy source known as [[Dark Energon]] located at an orbital station. After acquiring the station and manufacturing it through the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], Megatron decided to corrupt the Core of Cybertron itself in order to win his war against the Autobots. To accomplish this feat, he first needed the Omega Key and thus laid siege to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] itself and journeyed into the [[Vaults]] where he battled [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] for the relic. It was only after the battle did he learn of Omega Supreme being the key to the Core and battled the gigantic Autobot as well as defeating him. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron forced the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and took his Decepticons to the Core. There, he used Corruptors to infuse the Core with Dark Energon which began to manifest all over the planet Cybertron and threatening its survival.

With the defeat of Zeta Prime, the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Elders]] promoted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in order to lead the Autobots. Seeing the continued corruption of Dark Energon spreading across Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided to journey deep into the planet and purge the infestation at its source. Taking [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] with him, they learnt that [[Space slug]]s were fighting a losing battle in cleansing the Core of Dark Energon. [[File:CybertronCoreRestored-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The core of Cybertron talks! It's must be lonely being the core of Cybertron.]] Furthermore, the trio of Autobots had to fight against a garrison of Decepticons left behind by Megatron to ensure that the Core remained corrupted. Despite their resistance, Optimus Prime and his team managed to reach the centre of Cybertron and kill a corrupted space slug, thus freeing the Core. There, the Core spoke to Optimus Prime and revealed that the corruption of Dark Energon had been too extensive and in order to conserve itself - the Core had to shut down and purge itself in a process that would take millions of years where it would no longer be able to produce large quantities of Energon.

This meant that the planet Cybertron would be barren as a result and insufficient energy would be present for those that remained on the surface. Despite claiming that the line of Primes had failed in their mission, the Core decided to impart the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime stating that so long as it functioned; its own [[Spark]] would continue. With that done, Optimus Prime returned to the surface and began the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertron, leaving only a small number of them behind who vowed to continue to fight Megatron's tyrannical rule. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*Cybertron is shown to exist before Primus "became one" with it's core, implying the planet predates him in ''Prime'' continuity and is not his body as in other continuities.
*Whilst not stated in the game, the Core is likely the shell that houses [[Primus]] himself. In ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', the core refers to Primus separately, so it is probably a [[Oracle (BM)|shell program]].
*However, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Episode 24]] of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] confirmed that Primus became one with the Core and the Core of Cybertron is referred to as "Primus" in the ''Prime'' cartoon and various related media from there on in.

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Prime locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron locations]]

Core

2015-12-03T23:31:34Z

Acro Magnus: /* Fiction */

{{disambig2|the Primus from the Aligned continuity family|the Primus in most continuity families|Primus}}
{{disambig3.5|the core of Cybertron from the aligned continuity family|the core of Cybertron from ''Beast Machines''|organic core|Core}}
:''Primus is the creator of the [[Transformers]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]]. His physical form is the Core of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].''

[[File:WFC Cybertron's core.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The core looks like a mini planet of some sort. It is possible that the core has [[:File:Cybertron_Primus_toy.jpg|a robot mode]], but that'd just be plain silly.]]
'''Primus''' is the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s. An ancient and ethereal being whose origins (possibly) date back to the beginnings of the universe itself, Primus is the ultimate force for good and he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, [[Unicron]] the Chaos-Bringer. Primus eventually transformed himself into the '''Core''' of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and through the [[Well of AllSparks]], his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Primus is located at the centre of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and considered sacred ground by the Cybertronians as it produced vast quantities of [[energon]] that is essential to the continued existence of the [[Transformer]] race. Resembling a massive spherical construct and protected by a [[shell program]], the Core possesses its own consciousness and mind allowing it to speak as well as act.

{{quote|These are sacred grounds, Ironhide. The Core provides Energon and life to all of Cybertron. It pains me to see it defiled this way.|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] going religious on us|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Vector Sigma]] existed near the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
The organic core of Cybertron was due to the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] who had fled [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] and brought life to a barren planet, making it lush and green. The Oracle was later enslaved by the Quintessons, who transformed the planet into a mechanical world and the Oracle itself into Vector Sigma.

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[File:Endgame3 reformatting the core.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
For countless eons, Cybertron has existed as a world of metal. It was not always so. Long before [[Primus]] imbued [[spark|life]] into the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] (or the [[Quintesson]]s arrived, your pick), Cybertron was a world of the organic, with animal lifeforms that roamed its surface. That is gone now, but the past remains in the '''organic core''' of Cybertron. And the seeds of the future lie buried in the past.

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
When the [[Maximal]]s were trying to set up an organic orchard in the [[fossil cave]], they eventually struck paydirt when they reached part of the organic core. Upon hitting the core, [[organic goo]] seeped out, causing trees to emerge. {{storylink|The Key}}

Later, after [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had absorbed the sparks of the [[Transformer]]s, he attempted to use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to convert the organic core into technomatter. However, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] caused both Megatron and himself to fall into the organic core. Hitting the core caused them both to die, but also allowed the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to initiate the [[Great Reformatting]], causing Cybertron to become a [[Technorganic]] world. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Primus eng.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primus mistakes Kicker for a Japanese schoolgirl.]]
Primus was the living energy core of Cybertron, as well as the originator of the precious and ancient fuel, [[energon]]. Transformers of this universe believed the stories of Unicron, Primus, and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to be only myth and legend until the existence of Unicron was revealed in "[[the Unicron Battles]]" of 2010. With Cybertron left in a disastrous state after the chaos-bringer's attack, large amounts of energon were required to repair the planet, and to search for and acquire the mineral, the united Autobot-Decepticon forces entered into an alliance with the [[Earth Federation]] government. Primus entered into the equation when the project's head scientist, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], brought his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], to Cybertron. Terrified of the giant robots surrounding him, Kicker fled, only to find himself tumbling through tunnels into a hidden chamber deep beneath Cybertron's surface.

Primus awoke and saved Kicker from what would have been a fatal fall, and for his own reasons, imbued the child with a special gift—the ability to detect energon throughout the [[universe (universe)|universe]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently discovered Kicker in Primus's chamber, and the god chose to work with the Transformers quite directly, imbuing them with the [[Spark of Combination]], which would allow the Autobots to [[Powerlinx]] and increase their powers. Primus went on to advise Optimus Prime on his actions in order to prepare for the future, including the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion, the return of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and the next battle with Unicron; although vague at times, he would offer just enough information to allow his children to survive the threats they faced. Primus was often very weak due to the damage done to the planet's surface, and spent most of his time in a mode of stasis to preserve his energy and keep Cybertron's energy grid online. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

===Aligned continuity===
{{note|"Anything you know from past generations of the brand may or may not be factual in the new continuity."}}

====''The Covenant of Primus''====
While not much is known of Primus's origins, he created the Thirteen before fading away into hyper sleep to turn the tide of his war against Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
Primus is generally accepted to exist though his 13 children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the Core produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma energy]] Chamber. The dying [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] ordered [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to go to the Core and remove its infection. Optimus was accompanied by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and began descending the [[Underworld]] through the empty [[Well of All Sparks]]. Horrified by the infestation, Bumblebee tore out the corruption spikes on the Core, allowing Optimus to remove the poisonous [[Plasma Energy Chamber]].

A voice that only Optimus could hear then told him he was too late, but it imbued his body with the Matrix, truly making him a Prime. It told him to [[Ark (WFC)|leave]] Cybertron, but to also return one day, when the Matrix and the Core would act in concert to restore the planet. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the Core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe [[Unicron]] to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated, within inches of the Core, when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}
[[File:Coreprecorruption.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Get your icky tentacles away from me!]]
In the closing stages of the Great War, the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] learnt of the existence of a powerful corruptive energy source known as [[Dark Energon]] located at an orbital station. After acquiring the station and manufacturing it through the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], Megatron decided to corrupt the Core of Cybertron itself in order to win his war against the Autobots. To accomplish this feat, he first needed the Omega Key and thus laid siege to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] itself and journeyed into the [[Vaults]] where he battled [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] for the relic. It was only after the battle did he learn of Omega Supreme being the key to the Core and battled the gigantic Autobot as well as defeating him. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron forced the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and took his Decepticons to the Core. There, he used Corruptors to infuse the Core with Dark Energon which began to manifest all over the planet Cybertron and threatening its survival.

With the defeat of Zeta Prime, the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Elders]] promoted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in order to lead the Autobots. Seeing the continued corruption of Dark Energon spreading across Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided to journey deep into the planet and purge the infestation at its source. Taking [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] with him, they learnt that [[Space slug]]s were fighting a losing battle in cleansing the Core of Dark Energon. [[File:CybertronCoreRestored-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The core of Cybertron talks! It's must be lonely being the core of Cybertron.]] Furthermore, the trio of Autobots had to fight against a garrison of Decepticons left behind by Megatron to ensure that the Core remained corrupted. Despite their resistance, Optimus Prime and his team managed to reach the centre of Cybertron and kill a corrupted space slug, thus freeing the Core. There, the Core spoke to Optimus Prime and revealed that the corruption of Dark Energon had been too extensive and in order to conserve itself - the Core had to shut down and purge itself in a process that would take millions of years where it would no longer be able to produce large quantities of Energon.

This meant that the planet Cybertron would be barren as a result and insufficient energy would be present for those that remained on the surface. Despite claiming that the line of Primes had failed in their mission, the Core decided to impart the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime stating that so long as it functioned; its own [[Spark]] would continue. With that done, Optimus Prime returned to the surface and began the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertron, leaving only a small number of them behind who vowed to continue to fight Megatron's tyrannical rule. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*Cybertron is shown to exist before Primus "became one" with it's core, implying the planet predates him in ''Prime'' continuity and is not his body as in other continuities.
*Whilst not stated in the game, the Core is likely the shell that houses [[Primus]] himself. In ''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'', the core refers to Primus separately, so it is probably a [[Oracle (BM)|shell program]].
*However, [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|Episode 24]] of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] confirmed that Primus became one with the Core and the Core of Cybertron is referred to as "Primus" in the ''Prime'' cartoon and various related media from there on in.

[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Prime locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron locations]]

Nemesis Prime (Universe)

2015-11-27T19:27:36Z

Acro Magnus: /* Cybertron comic */

{{factions|decepticon|unicron|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{disambig3|Black Convoy}}
:''Nemesis Prime is a [[Unicron]]-aligned [[Decepticon]] and later [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe series]]. His base materials originate from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]. ''
[[File:Nemesisprimetfu.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|WOOLLY BULLAAAY. Woolly bully.]]

A [[Herald of Unicron]], '''Nemesis Prime''' is a dark clone of an [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from a dimension who was left for dead by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] to rot on the shores of the [[Rust Sea]].<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Nemesis Prime's ''Universe'' profile]]</ref>

The Prime was cloned by [[Unicron]] and awoke slowly to the dark god's torture. Completely broken, this Prime is an eternal servant and begs for the consuming nothing of Unicron's victory over the multiverse. Anything is preferable to the flood of infinite suffering that is his existence.

His only weakness is what tiny, rotten portion is left of his honor. He carries the [[Dead Matrix]] within him, possibly the only thing that can kill Unicron's enemy, [[Primus]].

He later takes the name '''Black Convoy'''.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Nemesisprimetfuclone.jpg|left|thumb|A Habitrail, right through your twisted spark!]]
Nemesis Prime's template came from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Nemesis Prime and [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] arrived via dimensional portal over an abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] threatened by the [[Unicron Singularity]]. Quickly, they attempted to amass followers to aid them in their attempt to unleash Nemesis Prime's [[Dead Matrix]] on [[Primus]]'s essence, allowing their master [[Unicron]] a posthumous victory.

Their first stop was [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where they found a pair of Decepticons, [[Jackhammer (Cybertron)|Jackhammer]] and [[Crush Groove]]. When the pair were unwilling to join them, Nemesis and Ramjet quickly dispatched them. Nemesis realized what was left of Cybertron's inhabitants were useless to them, and so Ramjet suggested they pay a visit to [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]] themselves.

Alpha Trion, deep within Cybertron with [[Vector Sigma]], was flanked by [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]] and [[Sentinel Maximus]]. Ramjet kept Vector Prime busy, and Sentinel Maximus was unable to prevent Nemesis Prime from grabbing Alpha Trion by the head and slamming him into Vector Sigma. After a blast from Ramjet, Alpha Trion and Vector Sigma both lay in ruins, and the two servants of Unicron made their escape. {{storylink|Balancing Act}}

[[File:Sentinelmaximusnemesis.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Don't worry, Nemesis. He never succeeds at anything.]]

Standing on the corpses of more destroyed Transformers, Nemesis Prime and Ramjet enlisted [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] drones to interface with the planet's computer systems to find Primus' spark core chamber. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} After Ramjet enlisted the [[Velocitron]]ian, [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], with promises of telling of him about his forgotten past, {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} Nemesis Prime's search for the location of Primus' essence was finally complete. They found [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] guarding it, and Nemesis pinned him to the wall with one of his hip-harpoons. But Downshift had alerted Vector Prime and Sentinel Maximus, and the two Autobots arrived quickly to prevent them from reaching Primus' spark. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}}

[[File:Deadmatrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Now darken our brightest hour!]]

Nemesis Prime found himself facing Sentinel Maximus again, and they battled each other while traveling down the [[Spark Core Access Tunnels|hallways]] leading to the spark core chamber. Unfortunately for Sentinel, Nemesis was able to blast the tunnel behind him, leaving Sentinel alone with Primus' spark core. Wasting no time, Nemesis Prime revealed the Dark Matrix from his chest compartment, and its evil energies began filling the room. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}}

However, Nemesis Prime was suddenly taken down by [[Viron]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], who had been teleported by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to this Cybertron en route from the end of the [[Universe War]]. Nemesis Prime suffered heavy damage at the hands of Ultra Magnus and was sealed away inside an energon damping cell, while the Dead Matrix was locked away in the Archives. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
{{-}}

===''Alternity''===
[[File:Alternity nemesis vs megatron.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb]]

Nine hundred thousand years after Nemesis Prime was defeated in battle by the Autobots, he was inducted into the [[Alternity]], a race of highly evolved Transformers who can travel the [[multiverse]] at will, healing his damaged mind with the enlightenment that this new state of being conferred. His "Vector - 704" [[Auto-avatar]], a black Nissan GT-R, allowed him to blend in on modern-day Earth, where he aided the Alternity in their mission. He secretly wished to take his revenge against Unicron, but he knows his current mission against the greater threat of the [[Hytherion]] was more pressing. Because of his past, he was more ruthless in battle than his peers.<ref>''Alternity'' Convoy Super Black toy [[bio]]</ref>

After [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Megatron]] gained powers equal to those of the Alternity by bonding himself to the hyper-dimensional beast known as the Hytherion, Nemesis Prime battled the auto-avatar of the [[Megatron Aggregate]]'s leader in a barren, burning landscape. Exploiting Megatron's unfamiliarity with higher-dimensional combat, Nemesis Prime easily trapped the Decepticon within a closed time-loop, where he was repeatedly struck by the same laser blast over and over again, until he was reduced to scrap. Following the battle, Nemesis Prime was approached by [[Protector]] [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]], who had been observing the fight and took issue with Prime's brutal methods. When she addressed him as a "deity", he told her to call him "Knight of Darkness" instead. {{storylink|Arch-Nemesis!}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Alternation}}}}
{{--}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:BlackConvoygroupmeet-CMW.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Some time later, Nemesis Prime, now going by the personal name '''Black Convoy''', became a member of the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]], a group of thirteen Optimus Primes and their kin assembled in [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] to address dire changes to the stability of the multiverse. His name was on a list of Convoy members given to [[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]] by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]], which noted that he also went by the moniker "Nemesis Prime". Ironically, he was now working alongside his old enemies, the [[Sentinel Maximus]] of [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]] and the [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] of [[Viron 903.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}

Nemesis Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the [[Waruder]] invasion of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Universe (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-NemesisPrime.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb]]
* '''Nemesis Prime''' (Ultra, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles, 2 "scythe" missiles, [[Dead Matrix#Universe|Dead Matrix]]

: ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Nemesis Prime is a [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]], transforming into a woolly mammoth. His [[beast mode]] has no leg articulation, but has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head. In addition, the his tusks can be moved by pulling back either of his ears.

:In [[robot mode]], Nemesis Prime is absolutely chock-full of weapons and [[gimmick]]s:
:#His spring-loaded cannon, formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via [[5mm post]] and can be stored on his back, though doing so may cause some stability problems owing to its weight.
:#His shoulders can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods.
:#He has flip-out [[wikipedia:tonfa|tonfa]] melee weapons in his forearms.
:#The two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his hook-shaped projectiles.
:#His chest panel flips down, revealing the Dead Matrix, painted black with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.

:Nemesis Prime also technically has a third mode, known as the "Devastation Mode", in which his cannon is folded out in mammoth mode, and the spring-loaded missile launchers on the mammoth's side panels are deployed.

: Nemesis Prime is a renowned [[shellformer]], as practically all of his beast mode [[kibble]] are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. Not helping matters, his [[instructions]] show you how to transform him from mammoth to robot... despite the fact that he is packaged in robot mode. This, along with the fact that several parts were turned backwards to better fit into the [[Packaging|box]], makes him rather difficult to correctly transform.

: His two "scythe" missiles and the leg panels his launchers are on have been slightly retooled from the original version of this mold, with the missiles no longer being able to be inserted as deeply as before, and the panels being remolded to accommodate them. Unfortunately, this tooling change actually prevents the panels from attaching securely in mammoth mode, meaning the missiles have to be removed for transformation. Additionally, the tonfa compartments on his forearms are now removable, with their joints being detachable plastic hinges instead of fixed pin hinges.

: Nemesis Prime was released in Japan as a "[[USA Edition]]" toy, and was sold exclusively at [[JUSCO]] stores starting on [[August 5]], 2004.

: This mold was also used to make ''Beast Wars Neo'' [[Black Big Convoy]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]].

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''

{{-}}

===Alternity===
[[File:Alternitytoy-ConvoySuperBlack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Once I wasn't just every-evil-Optimus-Prime's colors.]]
* '''Convoy Super Black''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-01'''

:A redeco of the mold already used to created ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternity|"Convoy Ultimate Silver" and "Convoy Vibrant Red"]], Convoy Super Black transforms into a 1:32 scale Nissan GT-R, featuring die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. This complex figure stands at 6.5" tall, and is armed with a pair of blasters on each arm.

:The mold suffers from a [[Design flaw|minor design oversight]], wherein the rear Nissan badge collides with his left leg strut when the left foot is hinged over and pegged into a clear plastic socket during transformation, with the results being that the connection is slightly crooked, isn't very secure, and sometimes pops off, and that the crooked pegging often causes the socket to crack.

:This mold was also used to make [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Alternity|Ultra Magnus]] and ''Alternity'' [[Dai Atlas (Zone)#Alternity|Dai Atlas]].
{{-}}

==Notes==
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|''Alternators'' Nemesis Prime]]'s bio makes vague reference to that character's life force coming from an "extra-spatial power source of unheard of proportions." According to [[Forest Lee|the author]] of the bio, the power source was related to Unicron, and when [[Doctor Arkeville]] accessed it to animate his creation, he received a spark fragment from the cloning experiments that created ''this'' Nemesis Prime.{{fact}}
* Nemesis Prime and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]] seemed to recognize one another on their first encounter. Nemesis probably recognized Optimus as a version of his former self, and Optimus probably mistook Nemesis as [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]. Alternate universes are fun!

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/vsd/character/nemesis-prime/3038 ''Universe'' Nemesis Prime's profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]

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Nemesis Prime (Universe)

2015-11-27T19:24:56Z

Acro Magnus: /* Fiction */

{{factions|decepticon|unicron|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{disambig3|Black Convoy}}
:''Nemesis Prime is a [[Unicron]]-aligned [[Decepticon]] and later [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe series]]. His base materials originate from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]. ''
[[File:Nemesisprimetfu.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|WOOLLY BULLAAAY. Woolly bully.]]

A [[Herald of Unicron]], '''Nemesis Prime''' is a dark clone of an [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from a dimension who was left for dead by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] to rot on the shores of the [[Rust Sea]].<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Nemesis Prime's ''Universe'' profile]]</ref>

The Prime was cloned by [[Unicron]] and awoke slowly to the dark god's torture. Completely broken, this Prime is an eternal servant and begs for the consuming nothing of Unicron's victory over the multiverse. Anything is preferable to the flood of infinite suffering that is his existence.

His only weakness is what tiny, rotten portion is left of his honor. He carries the [[Dead Matrix]] within him, possibly the only thing that can kill Unicron's enemy, [[Primus]].

He later takes the name '''Black Convoy'''.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Nemesisprimetfuclone.jpg|left|thumb|A Habitrail, right through your twisted spark!]]
''Nemesis Prime's template came from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Nemesis Prime and [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] arrived via dimensional portal over an abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] threatened by the [[Unicron Singularity]]. Quickly, they attempted to amass followers to aid them in their attempt to unleash Nemesis Prime's [[Dead Matrix]] on [[Primus]]'s essence, allowing their master [[Unicron]] a posthumous victory.

Their first stop was [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where they found a pair of Decepticons, [[Jackhammer (Cybertron)|Jackhammer]] and [[Crush Groove]]. When the pair were unwilling to join them, Nemesis and Ramjet quickly dispatched them. Nemesis realized what was left of Cybertron's inhabitants were useless to them, and so Ramjet suggested they pay a visit to [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]] themselves.

Alpha Trion, deep within Cybertron with [[Vector Sigma]], was flanked by [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]] and [[Sentinel Maximus]]. Ramjet kept Vector Prime busy, and Sentinel Maximus was unable to prevent Nemesis Prime from grabbing Alpha Trion by the head and slamming him into Vector Sigma. After a blast from Ramjet, Alpha Trion and Vector Sigma both lay in ruins, and the two servants of Unicron made their escape. {{storylink|Balancing Act}}

[[File:Sentinelmaximusnemesis.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Don't worry, Nemesis. He never succeeds at anything.]]

Standing on the corpses of more destroyed Transformers, Nemesis Prime and Ramjet enlisted [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] drones to interface with the planet's computer systems to find Primus' spark core chamber. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} After Ramjet enlisted the [[Velocitron]]ian, [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], with promises of telling of him about his forgotten past, {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} Nemesis Prime's search for the location of Primus' essence was finally complete. They found [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] guarding it, and Nemesis pinned him to the wall with one of his hip-harpoons. But Downshift had alerted Vector Prime and Sentinel Maximus, and the two Autobots arrived quickly to prevent them from reaching Primus' spark. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}}

[[File:Deadmatrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Now darken our brightest hour!]]

Nemesis Prime found himself facing Sentinel Maximus again, and they battled each other while traveling down the [[Spark Core Access Tunnels|hallways]] leading to the spark core chamber. Unfortunately for Sentinel, Nemesis was able to blast the tunnel behind him, leaving Sentinel alone with Primus' spark core. Wasting no time, Nemesis Prime revealed the Dark Matrix from his chest compartment, and its evil energies began filling the room. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}}

However, Nemesis Prime was suddenly taken down by [[Viron]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], who had been teleported by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to this Cybertron en route from the end of the [[Universe War]]. Nemesis Prime suffered heavy damage at the hands of Ultra Magnus and was sealed away inside an energon damping cell, while the Dead Matrix was locked away in the Archives. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
{{-}}

===''Alternity''===
[[File:Alternity nemesis vs megatron.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb]]

Nine hundred thousand years after Nemesis Prime was defeated in battle by the Autobots, he was inducted into the [[Alternity]], a race of highly evolved Transformers who can travel the [[multiverse]] at will, healing his damaged mind with the enlightenment that this new state of being conferred. His "Vector - 704" [[Auto-avatar]], a black Nissan GT-R, allowed him to blend in on modern-day Earth, where he aided the Alternity in their mission. He secretly wished to take his revenge against Unicron, but he knows his current mission against the greater threat of the [[Hytherion]] was more pressing. Because of his past, he was more ruthless in battle than his peers.<ref>''Alternity'' Convoy Super Black toy [[bio]]</ref>

After [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Megatron]] gained powers equal to those of the Alternity by bonding himself to the hyper-dimensional beast known as the Hytherion, Nemesis Prime battled the auto-avatar of the [[Megatron Aggregate]]'s leader in a barren, burning landscape. Exploiting Megatron's unfamiliarity with higher-dimensional combat, Nemesis Prime easily trapped the Decepticon within a closed time-loop, where he was repeatedly struck by the same laser blast over and over again, until he was reduced to scrap. Following the battle, Nemesis Prime was approached by [[Protector]] [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]], who had been observing the fight and took issue with Prime's brutal methods. When she addressed him as a "deity", he told her to call him "Knight of Darkness" instead. {{storylink|Arch-Nemesis!}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Alternation}}}}
{{--}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:BlackConvoygroupmeet-CMW.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Some time later, Nemesis Prime, now going by the personal name '''Black Convoy''', became a member of the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]], a group of thirteen Optimus Primes and their kin assembled in [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] to address dire changes to the stability of the multiverse. His name was on a list of Convoy members given to [[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]] by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]], which noted that he also went by the moniker "Nemesis Prime". Ironically, he was now working alongside his old enemies, the [[Sentinel Maximus]] of [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]] and the [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] of [[Viron 903.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}

Nemesis Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the [[Waruder]] invasion of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Universe (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-NemesisPrime.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb]]
* '''Nemesis Prime''' (Ultra, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles, 2 "scythe" missiles, [[Dead Matrix#Universe|Dead Matrix]]

: ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Nemesis Prime is a [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Big Convoy (BWN)|Big Convoy]], transforming into a woolly mammoth. His [[beast mode]] has no leg articulation, but has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head. In addition, the his tusks can be moved by pulling back either of his ears.

:In [[robot mode]], Nemesis Prime is absolutely chock-full of weapons and [[gimmick]]s:
:#His spring-loaded cannon, formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via [[5mm post]] and can be stored on his back, though doing so may cause some stability problems owing to its weight.
:#His shoulders can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods.
:#He has flip-out [[wikipedia:tonfa|tonfa]] melee weapons in his forearms.
:#The two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his hook-shaped projectiles.
:#His chest panel flips down, revealing the Dead Matrix, painted black with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.

:Nemesis Prime also technically has a third mode, known as the "Devastation Mode", in which his cannon is folded out in mammoth mode, and the spring-loaded missile launchers on the mammoth's side panels are deployed.

: Nemesis Prime is a renowned [[shellformer]], as practically all of his beast mode [[kibble]] are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. Not helping matters, his [[instructions]] show you how to transform him from mammoth to robot... despite the fact that he is packaged in robot mode. This, along with the fact that several parts were turned backwards to better fit into the [[Packaging|box]], makes him rather difficult to correctly transform.

: His two "scythe" missiles and the leg panels his launchers are on have been slightly retooled from the original version of this mold, with the missiles no longer being able to be inserted as deeply as before, and the panels being remolded to accommodate them. Unfortunately, this tooling change actually prevents the panels from attaching securely in mammoth mode, meaning the missiles have to be removed for transformation. Additionally, the tonfa compartments on his forearms are now removable, with their joints being detachable plastic hinges instead of fixed pin hinges.

: Nemesis Prime was released in Japan as a "[[USA Edition]]" toy, and was sold exclusively at [[JUSCO]] stores starting on [[August 5]], 2004.

: This mold was also used to make ''Beast Wars Neo'' [[Black Big Convoy]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]].

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''

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===Alternity===
[[File:Alternitytoy-ConvoySuperBlack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Once I wasn't just every-evil-Optimus-Prime's colors.]]
* '''Convoy Super Black''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-01'''

:A redeco of the mold already used to created ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternity|"Convoy Ultimate Silver" and "Convoy Vibrant Red"]], Convoy Super Black transforms into a 1:32 scale Nissan GT-R, featuring die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. This complex figure stands at 6.5" tall, and is armed with a pair of blasters on each arm.

:The mold suffers from a [[Design flaw|minor design oversight]], wherein the rear Nissan badge collides with his left leg strut when the left foot is hinged over and pegged into a clear plastic socket during transformation, with the results being that the connection is slightly crooked, isn't very secure, and sometimes pops off, and that the crooked pegging often causes the socket to crack.

:This mold was also used to make [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Alternity|Ultra Magnus]] and ''Alternity'' [[Dai Atlas (Zone)#Alternity|Dai Atlas]].
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==Notes==
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|''Alternators'' Nemesis Prime]]'s bio makes vague reference to that character's life force coming from an "extra-spatial power source of unheard of proportions." According to [[Forest Lee|the author]] of the bio, the power source was related to Unicron, and when [[Doctor Arkeville]] accessed it to animate his creation, he received a spark fragment from the cloning experiments that created ''this'' Nemesis Prime.{{fact}}
* Nemesis Prime and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]] seemed to recognize one another on their first encounter. Nemesis probably recognized Optimus as a version of his former self, and Optimus probably mistook Nemesis as [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]. Alternate universes are fun!

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/vsd/character/nemesis-prime/3038 ''Universe'' Nemesis Prime's profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]

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Primus

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[[File:PrimusG1.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|''[[Hasbro|They]] call him Gee-Oh-Dee<br>And he the [[Big Daddy (G1)|big daddy]]<br>He look like [[Hot Rod|me]]<br>But he more [[Facial hair|beardie]]'']]

'''Primus''' is the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s. An ancient and ethereal being whose origins date back to the beginnings of the universe itself, Primus is a multiversal force for good, his life force existing across multiple realities and infinite alternate universes. In each one, he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, [[Unicron]] the Chaos-Bringer.

Primus eventually transformed himself into the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]; from its surface, his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Within the depths of Cybertron, the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] serves as his internal mainframe, and a gateway for select Transformers to access his power. A portion of his lifeforce resides within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], which often determines the [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s. Prophecies of a war to come were written down in his [[Covenant of Primus|holy covenant]] as well. The [[spark]] of each Transformer is a small piece of Primus's essence, and together they form his lifeforce, the [[Allspark]].

Though wise and powerful beyond measure, Primus is neither infallible nor without weakness. At times he has [[Out of Time!|been deceived by mere mortals]], has made [[The Sun|miscalculations]] which [[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act|jeopardized all of existence]], and has been betrayed by one of his [[The Fallen|earliest creations]]. Indeed, even the intended agents of his grand plan, the Transformers, have all too frequently become mired in endless civil war. Still, in [[Withered Hope|most realities]] he has [[Wreckers: Finale Part II|managed to hold the line]] against Unicron and other threats, either directly or through his innumerable children, the Transformers.

{{quote|[['Til all are one|Until all are one!]]|Primus to his children|"[[Trap]]"}}

==In the beginning==
[[File:Primus original.jpg|left|thumb|Hold the sword and say, "I am the Protector of the Universe!"]]
Before the dawn of time, Order and Chaos existed within an extradimensional entity known as [[The One]]. To explore the fledgling universe, he created the astral being known as [[Unicron]], and then subdivided him, creating his twin, Primus. Both brothers were [[Multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]], unique in all realities, but whereas Unicron could only exist in one dimension at a time, moving between them at will, Primus existed simultaneously in all realities at once. It is suggested, in fact, that the two brothers embody the basic concepts of reality—good and evil, order and chaos—and that their continued existence is necessary for the stability of the multiverse.

[[File:Primusoriginal.jpg|thumb|"No, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] is [[FIRRIB|''blue''!"]]]]
As Unicron and Primus went about their appointed task, venturing through the cosmos, it became apparent to Primus that Unicron was a corrupt being, and he took it upon himself to stop the threat posed to all of existence by his sibling. In combat, Primus was no match for Unicron. In cunning, however, he proved himself his brother's superior when he shifted their battle to the astral plane, then back to the physical world once more, only to have both their essences manifest within metallic planetoids, leaving them both trapped. It was with this act of sacrifice that Primus hoped to contain Unicron's evil forever.

Unfortunately for him, over time, Unicron learned to psionically shape his prison into a giant metallic planet, and Primus followed suit, becoming the mechanical world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When Unicron then learned to transform his planetary form even further, into a gigantic robot form, Primus adapted the idea to suit his own ends—rather than transforming his own body, he would create small beings that would be able to change their shape, like Unicron. After performing a "test run" on the moon of [[Protos]], where he successfully created [[Covenant|twelve transforming robotic beings]], {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Covenant}} he birthed from his own body a group of thirteen robots that possessed the ability to change shape, like Unicron. These were the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]], each one infused with a fragment of Primus's life essence known as a [[spark]].

The Thirteen were Primus's soldiers in his war with Unicron, which came to its seeming end during a climactic battle in which one of the Thirteen, who would forever afterwards be known as the [[The Fallen|Fallen]], betrayed Primus and became an acolyte of Unicron. The battle ended when the Fallen and Unicron were sucked into a black hole and disappeared from reality. With Unicron gone for now, Primus entered an eons-long slumber, his self-imposed sleep preventing Unicron from detecting him through the mental link the brothers shared. The Transformer race grew, and Primus fell into the realm of legend, with a portion of his power, the [[Matrix of Leadership]], handed down through the generations, serving as the Transformers' ever-present link to their creator.

===Evolution of the Primus/Unicron myth===
''The Primus/Unicron backstory has evolved and been rewritten a good number of times since it first originated in the [[Marvel Comics]] series. The version recounted above is the current iteration, which has slowly solidified across a wide swath of media (beginning around the time of [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]). Before the Primus/Unicron mythos reached its present form it went through several distinct versions in the Marvel G1 comics and elsewhere.''

====Unicron's story====
''The first time we ever heard the Primus/Unicron backstory was in the UK comic continuity, from Unicron himself, in the story "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]", when he recounted it to [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]]. Per Unicron's telling of events, he was a primal force of evil at the dawn of the universe who led an army of [[Dark God]]s against his mortal foe, Primus, Lord of the [[Light God]]s (note the plural). Events proceeded to play out basically as described above, though the role of the Light and Dark Gods would diminish with each subsequent retelling of the story, until the current version, in which Primus and Unicron are alone and have a unique origin. (Only one of the other gods was ever named—the [[Chronarchitect]]. How exactly he factors into the current iteration of the myth is unknown.)''

====The Keeper's story====
''The second time the story was told was in the US book by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]], an ancient mechanoid who guarded Primus's head at the center of Cybertron. This telling is effectively the same as the previous UK story, but mentions that their battle was towards the end of the era of gods, that Primus and Unicron were the last of their respective pantheons, and Primus had to defeat Unicron before he could take his place with the other gods in the "[[Omniversal Matrix]]".''

====Primus's story====
''The third time the story was told was also in the US Marvel series, this time by Primus, when he gathered all his children together to prepare for Unicron's coming. It was with this telling that we learned that Unicron predated the [[universe (universe)|current universe]], and had destroyed the [[old realms|previous universe]] which existed before the current one. He had slept peacefully, alone in the [[void]] of uncreation that remained, until fragments of the old universe that he had overlooked reacted, causing the Big Bang and birthing the current universe. The [[The One|"sentient core"]] of this new universe recognized the threat that Unicron posed, and so created Primus to counter his evil and be guardian of the new creation.''

====Fleer and DK====
[[File:WarWithinPrimus.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|I feel prickly...]]
''The first modern retelling of the origins of Primus and Unicron did not come from G1-oriented media, but from a set of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' trading cards released by Fleer. It was the backstory printed on Unicron's card which introduced the concept of the two being brothers created to explore the new universe by an extradimensional entity, here named the "[[Allspark]]."''

''This was subsequently expanded on and combined with aspects of the various Marvel Comics stories in [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]], published by Dorling Kindersley and written by [[Simon Furman]], who had written all three prior tellings in the first place. Here, the entity Fleer had called the "Allspark" was redubbed "[[The One]]," and the modern iteration of the myth detailed above was firmly established, and went on to form the backbone of subsequent fiction such as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' and [[Fun Publications]]' ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' comics.''

''It was also at this point that it was established that Primus could transform from Cybertron into a [[robot mode]] like Unicron, but preferred not to, choosing to remain connected to the universe on a planetary level.''
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==Generation 1 continuity family==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Primalscream.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|[[wikipedia:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|KHHHHHAAAAANNNNN]]!]]
Eventually, millions of years later, in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|one universe]] located in the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Primax cluster]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] found themselves transported to the center of Cybertron, where they discovered the sleeping form of Primus {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} and were told the tale of his and the Transformers' origins by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. Subsequently, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Pretender]]s attacked, and during the battle, a laser blast ricocheted off Grimlock and struck the essence of the sleeping Primus, causing a universe-shaking "Primal Scream" that alerted Unicron (who was located "outside the fringes of known space") to Primus's location. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} Primus himself immediately slipped back into his sleep, but it was too late. Unicron was coming. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}}

{{note|Later, in "[[Vector Prime: In the Beginning]]", this event would be presented in a greater context, with the Primal Scream being heard multiversally, and awakening Unicron from his own slumber as well.}}

[[File:OutofTime-wakePrimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Have you tried crashing cymbals together?]]

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] sent teams of Autobots to retrieve the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], the container of Primus' essence that could destroy Unicron, he communed with the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s [[:File:Arkaltar.jpg|Altar to Primus]]. Reaching out his mind to the Creation Matrix, the altar gave him a vision of a Matrix that had been tainted by evil. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}}

Unicron dispatched a group of [[Hook, Line, and Sinker|heralds]] to attack Cybertron and pave the way for his coming, including a [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] plucked from an [[Rhythms of Darkness!|alternate future]]. Galvatron, however, was not content to serve under Unicron, and instead captured Autobot leader [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], forcing him to fully awaken Primus, who possessed Xaaron's body and summoned Transformers from all across the universe back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Here, Primus spoke through Xaaron, telling the Transformers of his history with Unicron. Additionally, Primus chose Optimus Prime to lead both factions, united, against the Chaos Bringer. Primus knew this would draw out the [[Unicron cultist]]s among them, and Autobot and Decepticon were able to put aside their differences to defeat them. When Optimus Prime learned of Primus' ruse, his suspicions regarding his Creator's motives began to grow. Optimus wondered if the Transformers meant anything to Primus beyond being a means to an end. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:OntheEdgeofExtinction-Primus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Now you're like me.]]

Though their battle against the Unicron cultists did temporarily unite both factions, this facade shattered once the Planet-Eater arrived. Sheer terror prevented them from carrying out his desire, and the Transformers fled despite Primus' pleas. Primus instead made a stand himself, attempting to dupe Unicron into believing he still retained his full power, but Unicron saw through the deception, and destroyed Xaaron's body. Optimus Prime came to a realization, following Primus' destruction and his retrieval of the lost and contaminated Creation Matrix, that Primus did not mean only for the Transformers to fight his battles for him, but to carry on after he was gone. Flying into space with the Matrix, Prime unleashed the full measure of Primus's power, destroying Unicron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Though the Transformers were technically victorious, this victory came with a price. With Primus dead, and with the grievous wounds inflicted on Cybertron itself, the planet threatened to come apart. The Transformers made plans to flee it. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Ultimately, this was averted by the [[Last Autobot]], who put into motion the planet's recovery, allowing the Autobots, who had finally won the civil war, to return to their home. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

{{note|As originally written, it is quite clear that the story intends for Primus to have died after his battle with Unicron. As the current retcon makes it clear that this cannot possibly be, one must assume that Prime was wrong in his analysis that Primus had died. Notably, even in the original comics themselves, the Matrix—the life-force of Primus—is shown to still exist and is functioning fine in the G2 Marvel Comics series that follows his supposed death.}}
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====''Classics''====
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The Last Autobot created a race of tiny beings, [[Mini-Con]]s, to rebuild and restore Cybertron so that it would be ready for the Autobots' return. Part of the Mini-Cons' job was to excise certain evolutionary throwbacks, remnants of Primus' earlier experiments, such as the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]]s, and this alarmed one Mini-Con. He suspected that one day that Primus would consider the Mini-Cons surplus to requirements as well, and he instigated an insurgency against their Creator and his followers. {{storylink|The New World}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|Primus did not exist in the American [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] as it was originally written, since it was produced long before the [[retcon]] which established him to be a multiversal singularity. Precisely how Primus should then fit into the framework of the cartoon has not been explicitly established, although the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic]] offered one attempt for its continuity (see "Beast Era", below). Primus was, however, explicitly and thoroughly retconned into being part of the expanded universe of the ''Japanese'' cartoon continuity by the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] fiction of 2007, as part of a complicated process that folded various animated concepts—[[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]], [[Vector Sigma]] and the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]]—into the Primus myth.}}
[[File:TGGPrimus.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Now you need to get this toy.]]

Formerly the assistant to the Primacron, the ancient genius who created the giant mechanoid Unicron, the robotic being known as the Oracle was badly damaged when Unicron rebelled against his creator. His essence fled to a dead world at the centre of the galaxy, which he used his powers to transform into a verdant, green planet. However, the Oracle could sense that in the future, Primacron would go on to create another universal danger in the form of Tornedron, and so summoned a group of [[Primitive]] Transformers back through time from the year 2010 to his planet, where he instructed them in how to destroy the threat. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}/{{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Kiss Players timeline}}

[[File:TGGPrimus2.jpg|100px|thumb|Primus = Oracle = Vector Sigma = Primacron's Assistant = aaaargh.]]

Later in his life, the Oracle also reached through time when he discovered that the evil [[Sparkbot]]s were attempted to recreate Unicron following the planet-eater's destruction in the year 2005. By this stage calling himself "Primus", the Oracle attempted to stop the villains and their unwitting pawns, the human [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]], appearing as a giant golden hand to snatch away the fragments of Unicron's lifeforce each time the Kiss Players recovered them. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #45-46}} Unfortunately, this merely led the Kiss Players to pursue him through the timestream and resulted in them crashing into the "[[Wall of Time]]" and becoming scattered throughout the multiverse. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #47}} Knowing that the Kiss Players were innocent in this whole affair, having been duped by the Sparkbots, the benevolent Primus rescued them from the different regions of time and space they had wound up in, and properly introduced himself, explaining the Sparkbots' treachery. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} He then took them back in time to prehistoric Earth, arriving just in time to witness the Sparkbots' successful restoration of Unicron to life. Primus transformed once more and unleashed the power of his mobile cannon platform, destroying Unicron's energy and sealing it and the Sparkbots deep within the planet. To ensure that Unicron would never be freed again, he created a mighty guardian, [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], who would watch over it and the Earth. With the battle over, Shaoshao asked about the Kiss Players' future, but Primus did not reply. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}} After sending the Kiss Players back to their home time, Primus transformed into the golden sphere of Vector Sigma and returned to his world to sleep. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #48-51}}

Unfortunately for Primus, as he slumbered, his world was eventually discovered by the alien Quintessons, who shackled his powers and used them to both transform the planet into the metallic Cybertron, and to create the races of robots that would eventually become the Transformers. Additionally, the aliens acquired the shell that had held his essence, which became, through unknown means, the talisman that would be known to the Transformers as the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Kiss Players timeline}}
{{note|For further information, see [[Vector Sigma]] and [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]].}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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While investigating the killing of a delegation from the [[Twin Star]] Continuum, [[Apelinq]] had a vision of the word "[[Shokaract|Hunter]]" on a wall and pointed it out. [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] did not believe him and scoffed that if Apelinq squinted hard, then he could see the face of Primus.

Apelinq also thought, "Primus help us." when the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s were called in for a mandatory meditation session with [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

===Beast Era===
====''Tales From the Beast Wars''====
[[File:Terminus-Primus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Great, now he's going to become the Smoke Monster.]]

Before Primus became Cybertron, he plotted to create robotic life that would ultimately defeat Unicron, but first he needed to do a test run. He created twelve beings, the [[Covenant]], on a small moon named [[Protos]]. These twelve would watch the Transformers from afar and only intervene when necessary. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Covenant}}

Their intervention would become necessary when [[Shokaract]] used Unicron's essence, the [[Matrix of Conquest|Decepticon Matrix of Conquest]], to conquer the future, threatening the end of all things at an important historical crossroads dubbed Point Omega. Though the Covenant's ranks were halved in the battle against Shokaract on prehistoric Earth during the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], they were ultimately able to discover a way to defeat Shokaract and his Unicron-fueled power. The remaining Covenant members returned to their original Primus-spawned energy forms and entered Shokaract's Matrix of Conquest. Reconstituting as an astral form of Primus, they severed Unicron's link with Shokaract, leaving him vulnerable to attack. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}
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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
In addition to its occasional invocation in prayer or in righteous anger by the Beast Warriors {{storylink|Bad Spark}}, Primus's name was also lent to a set of prophetical datatrax, known as the [[Covenant of Primus]]. From this document, the [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] of this era took his name (as did, presumably, the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]), and the scriptures foretold the events which completed the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====3H comics====
{{Note|The [[3H Productions]] ''Wreckers'' comic was the first attempt by official fiction to detail how the Quintesson-born origin of the Generation 1 cartoon could be reconciled with the Primus creation myth from the comic books. Set concurrently with the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon, it only ''strictly'' applies to the continuity of the Beast Era, which is not explicitly the same universe as the Generation 1 cartoon itself.}}

Dispatched to an ice world in the far reaches of the galaxy by the orders of the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], [[Primal Prime]]'s [[Wrecker]]s encountered the exiled [[Quintesson]] known as [[Al-Badur]], who revealed to them the full extent of his race's connection to Cybertron and Primus. Al-Badur explained that, millions of years ago, the Quintessons sought to exploit the power of Primus for profit, and to that end, invaded Cybertron and set up numerous barriers to separate Primus from the Transformers. Their first attempt, the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], met with failure; next, the Quintessons targeted Vector Sigma itself, surrounding it with a shell program that acted as a barrier between the Transformers and the power and guidance of Primus. {{storylink|Disclosure}} Realizing that the Oracle itself was the Quintessons' shell program, Primal Prime began to fear that all that had come about as a result of its guidance—including [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s mission to restore a techno-organic balance to Cybertron—was all part of a Quintesson plot, but [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] assured him that Primus worked in mysterious ways.

The Wreckers soon returned to Cybertron, discovering that in their absence, Optimus Primal had achieved his goal of recreating the planet as a technorganic world. In the wake of this overwhelming transformation, the Quintessons had invaded the planet, but they were not the only threat to Cybertron's safety: The Wreckers were also faced with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], who had used the legendary [[Divine Light]] to tap into the power of Primus and transform himself into a living god. During the course of the battle that ensued, Primal Prime and [[Apelinq]] were struck by a blast of Primus's power by Cryotek, which wound up merging them into [[Sentinel Maximus]]. At Al-Badur's direction, Sentinel Maximus steered the battle to an interdimensional portal chamber far below the planet's surface, where [[Matrix Templar]]s [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] began draining Primus's power out of Cryotek. To stop them, Cryotek shattered the Divine Light and absorbed Primus's energies directly into himself, where they could not drain it, but as he grappled with Sentinel Maximus, the fused Autobot forced them both through the portal, into a [[transwarp|shapeless interdimensional void]]. Although unable to drain Primus's power any further, Cryotek was sustained in the void by the power he had absorbed, and he was ready to carry on the battle until Primus himself—now unshackled thanks to the destruction of the Oracle in the final stages of Optimus Primal's quest—took an active hand, spiriting Sentinel Maximus away to partake in [[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act|another battle]] elsewhere in the multiverse.

While all of this was happening on Cybertron, elsewhere in the universe, on [[New Quintessa]], Primus briefly possessed the body of [[Icebird]] so that he could address the Quintesson leader [[Heirodyus|Judge Heirodyus]]. Primus shocked the Quintesson by revealing that he had allowed all that had transpired to occur, and he "thanked" Heirodyus for his race's role in the scheme, promising to call upon them again if he ever needed an "evolutionary crisis" to drive his children forward. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[File:TFUPrimus.jpg|thumb|Alpha, Rita's escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!]]
In the wake of the repulsion of the Quintesson invasion, [[Unicron]] began gathering Transformers from across the multiverse, forcing them to fight and harvesting the [[spark]]s of the losers to restore his power. With each spark devoured, Primus was weakened, and so, communing with Alpha Trion, he chose to summon Optimus Primal back from the Allspark, restoring the Maximal commander to life. {{storylink|Abduction}} Primal was charged with re-securing the battling captives from the Pit of Unicron and leading a team of multiversal warriors to put a stop to this soul-stealing scheme before it could cause the Allspark to collapse. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

Primus allowed Optimus Primal to choose any Transformer who ever existed—living or dead—for his army. This required considerable amounts of Primus's power, so Primal was told to choose sparingly. Primal chose his departed former troops [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}} Ultimately, however, Unicron's defeat came not as a result of their efforts, but as a consequence of another battle, happening in another corner of the Transformers multiverse. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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===''Universe'' CD-ROM comic===
[[File:UniverseCDROM-Primus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|In the future, Primals will travel on beams of light!]]

In a strange variant universe where [[Optimus Primal]] leads the [[Autobot]]s and [[Reptilion]] leads the [[Decepticon]]s, a ship arrives once a year, when the Transformers' civil war reaches a fever pitch. The ship abducts every Decepticon it can find and promptly leaves.

These Decepticons are brought to Unicron, who is preparing them for an eventual, ultimate battle for the universe. But unknown to even Unicron, Primus, the sentient core of Cybertron, is amassing an army of Autobots that rivals Unicron's army of Decepticons. Can Primus meet Unicron's challenge, or is the universe doomed? {{storylink|Universe CD-ROM}}
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===''Beast Wars Reborn''===
When he sensed a strange temple somewhere in time and space, Primus dispatched [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]] to see what was up. {{storylink|The Mysterious Temple in Space}}

===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroes primus and matrix.jpg|thumb|Screw continuity, I don't see YOU with a Matrix!]]

Primus, considered to be the very first Transformer, created the Matrix of Leadership and personally gave it to Optimus! Wait WHAT? {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MTMTEannual2012 primus.jpg|thumb|alt=Primus Creates the God Hand.|The Great Creation Myth.]]
According to [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], in the beginning, Primus, the giant warrior-god, emerged from the planet Cybertron; a reaction to the creation of something opposite to him, although it's not made quite clear who or what that something was. One day he felt something stirring within him, and his body split into five separate entities—Primus the life-giver, [[Mortilus]] the death-bringer, [[Epistemus]] the embodiment of knowledge, [[Solomus]] the embodiment of wisdom, and [[Adaptus]] who represented change.

These five beings were known as The [[Guiding Hand]], and it was they who brought forth the Cybertronian race to inhabit the planet of Cybertron. Primus believed that every Cybertronian had an obligation to do his part in society, thus blessing each one with a second form that best suited his environment and surroundings. However, Mortilus eventually rebelled because he wished the Hand and its children to strike out at the rest of the universe, while the other members of the Guiding Hand were against unnecessary war. Primus eventually destroyed the death god, but nearly died himself in doing so. He retreated to the heart of Cybertron from whence he came, reformatting himself into the life-giving supercomputer known as [[Vector Sigma]].

[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] said he hadn't heard "this version" of the story, implying there were other, similar stories about Primus. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Before the war, in a discussion with the religious [[Springarm]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] said he wasn't convinced Primus, Mortilus, and Adaptus actually existed. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Unicron Trilogy continuity family==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
A "unique digital entity" came to exist eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was on a planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ron Halder]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Johan Hedenberg]] (Swedish)}}

[[File:Primus eng.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primus mistakes Kicker for a Japanese schoolgirl.]]
Primus was the living energy core of Cybertron, as well as the originator of the precious and ancient fuel, [[energon]]. Transformers of this universe believed the stories of Unicron, Primus, and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to be only myth and legend until the existence of Unicron was revealed in "[[the Unicron Battles]]" of 2010. With Cybertron left in a disastrous state after the chaos-bringer's attack, large amounts of energon were required to repair the planet, and to search for and acquire the mineral, the united Autobot-Decepticon forces entered into an alliance with the [[Earth Federation]] government.

Primus entered into the equation when the project's head scientist, [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], brought his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], to Cybertron. Terrified of the giant robots surrounding him, Kicker fled, only to find himself tumbling through tunnels into a hidden chamber deep beneath Cybertron's surface. Primus awoke and saved Kicker from what would have been a fatal fall, and for his own reasons, imbued the child with a special gift—the ability to detect energon throughout the [[universe (universe)|universe]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently discovered Kicker in Primus's chamber, and the god chose to work with the Transformers quite directly, imbuing them with the [[Spark of Combination]], which would allow the Autobots to [[Powerlinx]] and increase their powers. Primus went on to advise Optimus Prime on his actions in order to prepare for the future, including the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion, the return of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and the next battle with Unicron; although vague at times, he would offer just enough information to allow his children to survive the threats they faced. Primus was often very weak due to the damage done to the planet's surface, and spent most of his time in a mode of stasis to preserve his energy and keep Cybertron's energy grid online.

When Megatron succeeded in reanimating Unicron, most of the Autobot army was critically wounded in the ensuing battle. This prompted the sleeping Primus to awaken and infuse their armor with his power, upgrading them into new forms, and allowing Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme to combine into a gigantic form and defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}} Unicron's spark survived, however, and Primus sought to contain it by trapping it at the heart of a new sun that he created from a reservoir of "super energon" hidden within Cybertron. {{storylink|The Sun}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} {{storylink|Energon Stars}} {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} {{storylink|Ambition}} {{storylink|Galvatron!}} {{storylink|The Omega Train}} {{storylink|Ironhide Team}} {{storylink|Formidable}} {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}}}

===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Donovan]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)

[[File:Cyb ep31 cybertron breakup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], "[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]." [[wikipedia:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo|Cybertron Cybertron Cybertron Cybertron Cybertron.]]]]

{{bigquote|He who charted the universe when it was new! He who battled Unicron at the dawn of time! He whose spark formed the basis of all life on Cybertron, and Velocitron, and all the other Transformer colonized homeworlds! It can be no other! This... is... Primus!|[[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]]|[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]}}

[[File:Cyb ep32 balance.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|This looks [[Xaaron|familiar]].]]

Primus's plan to contain Unicron's essence in the center of the sun failed when the star collapsed into a massive [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] which threatened not only Cybertron and the universe, but the entire multiverse itself. His energy drained to the point that he had once again been rendered dormant, Primus could now only be awakened and restored to full power by the four ancient [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, lost to the far reaches of the galaxy in a failed [[space bridge]] experiment eons ago. The magnitude of the threat posed to the multiverse was enough to summon [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]]—one of the original thirteen Transformers, who had been following Unicron through the multiverse and repairing the damage he had done—back to Cybertron to aid the Autobots in the quest for the keys.

After a while, the Autobots were able to find the focusing device, the [[Omega Lock]], and the keys from [[Velocitron]] and [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]. Bringing all three together caused the group to be drawn into the consciousness of Primus, who spoke through the three Mini-Cons and told his children to "maintain the balance". {{storylink|Trap}}

[[File:Cyb ep48 starships.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I can see my house from here!]]

Eventually, despite continued attempts by both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] to steal the power of the Cyber Planet Keys, the Autobots were able to gather the keys from [[Velocitron]], the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] and [[Earth]], and brought them and their focusing device, the [[Omega Lock]], back to Cybertron. Coupling these three keys with the power of the Matrix, Optimus Prime was able to initiate Primus's transformation from [[alternate mode|planet mode]] to [[robot mode]]. Communicating with the Autobots through the [[Mini-Con]], [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Primus explained that the destruction of Unicron, the embodiment of the force of evil, had unbalanced the universe, and that only he could seal the black hole and restore order—but to do that, the fourth Cyber Planet Key, from [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, was required to reconnect Primus's spark with his body and restore his full power. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

[[File:Cybertron Ark Homecoming.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Eat this, in remembrance of Me.]]

Attempting to retrieve the Omega Lock, [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] made a rather pointless attack on Primus, only to be smacked down hard. {{storylink|Balance}} Shortly thereafter, when Primus was in the process of channelling some of his power into holding back the ever-growing black hole, Starscream tried again, plunging into the energy beam and absorbing some of Primus's power into himself. Starscream expanded in size until he was as large as Primus himself, but Primus did not take this slight lightly, as he converted Cybertron's moons into a pair of mace weapons and relentlessly pounded Starscream into submission. {{storylink|Titans}}

[[File:Cyb ep49 primus smiles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He's pretty happy so long as you don't wake him up while he's napping.]]

Eventually, the Autobots were able to acquire the final key, as well as to reactivate the four ancient ships which had carried the keys to the respective worlds ages ago—the [[Atlantis]], the [[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]], the [[Hyperborea]] and the [[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]. Primus fused the four ships together to form the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], and with his powers subsequently restored by all four keys, he channelled all of his power through the Ark as a beam, straight into the heart of the black hole. With a massive blast, the black hole was finally sealed, and Primus transformed back into Cybertron—not Cybertron as it had been, but a new Cybertron, infused with the differing aspects of Velocitron, Jungle Planet, Earth and Gigantion, a true paradise for Transformers and humans alike. {{storylink|End}}
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===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Revelations6-Primus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|pudding]]
While the Autobots were occupied with the quest for the Cyber Planet Keys, Unicron's heralds [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived on Cybertron, {{storylink|Balancing Act}} intent on unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]]—as the Matrix was the antithesis of Unicron, so too would the Dead Matrix ensure the destruction of Primus, thereby totally destabilizing the multiverse and reducing it to a sea of entropic chaos. For the first time, it would be possible for Unicron to strike at Primus in all realities simultaneously, ending their cosmic feud once and for all. {{Storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} Ramjet and Nemesis Prime were ultimately stopped by Vector Prime and allies [[Sentinel Maximus]] and [[Omega Prime]], plucked from the midst of the Universe conflict by the multiverse-warping energies of the black hole. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}

The Dead Matrix, however, was cast into the heart of the black hole by Unicron's servant [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], freeing Unicron's spark and allowing it to adopt a new, diminutive physical form. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} Unicron participated in the escalating Mini-Con civil war on Cybertron's moons, {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} but when the planet transformed into Primus's robot mode, Unicron fled. His whereabouts are unknown. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

{{note|The events in the second paragraph happen concurrently with Primus' transformation in the ''Cybertron'' cartoon, detailed in the section prior.}}

===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 006.0 Kappa]], Vector Prime came to Primus's assistance while Primus was trying to block the [[Dark Matter]] emitting from the Unicron Singularity though Vector Prime was waylaid by the Decepticon [[Spacewarp]] and her Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==''Shattered Glass''==
After being transported to prehistoric Earth of this reality by [[Invasion (issue)|the destruction of their home reality]], the Autobots/Maximals led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]] raced the Decepticons/Predacons to find the legendary artifact known as the [[Origin Matrix]]. While his teammates occupied a rogue security system in the Matrix's underground hiding place, Ultra Mammoth entered the Matrix's chamber. Upon doing so, a hologram of Primus appeared and declared that the Origin Matrix would decide if he was worthy or not. Apparently the Matrix did as Ultra Mammoth claimed it and used it to neutralize the security system. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}}

In the modern era, the idea of Primus, the benevolent Creator, was unknown to the heroic Decepticons until [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], a visitor from the Positive Polarity universes, told them about Him. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}} Before long, Cliffjumper's "beliefs" were a subject of derision, especially among the evil Autobots. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Cliffjumper was eventually vindicated, however, when the [[Nexus Prime (Classics)|Nexus Prime]] gestalt members attempted to resurrect a recently assassinated [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]. As they applied their powers to the body, they were transported to Primus's presence. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}} There they chose for Primus to rebirth them as their original self, with Nexus returning to the battlefield and declaring himself to his enemies as being the "mighty fist of the lord of light". {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

Megatron, meanwhile, received a vision from the other side of the Allspark of a healed Cybertron, before being reborn himself as Galvatron, with Nexus investing him with some of Primus's power by proxy. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30|Galvatron's TFCC bio}}

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==Live-action film series==
The location on Cybertron that is named after Primus is surrounded by the [[Rad Zone]] and [[Uraya]]. {{storylink|Risk: Cybertron War Edition|Risk}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
Legend has it that the original seven Transformers are creations of Primus, though they themselves don't think this. It is not said who started the legend. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}}

===IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
The [[Dynasty of Primes|Primes]] ''do'' think they're "children of Primus". {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4}}

===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
According to legend, when the [[AllSpark]] cube crashed into Cybertron, it gave life to Primus and his descendents, the Primes. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2}} Primus was known as the first Cybertronian and, after the [[Dynasty of Primes]] was ended due to [[The Fallen]]'s treachery, left behind his only legacy in [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel]] and, revealed much later, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1}}
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==''Animated'' continuity family==
There are no Primuses in the [[Malgus]] cluster itself. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==''GoBots''==
In [[universal stream|some parts of the multiverse]], Primus created organic worlds around himself, with the inhabitants eventually becoming robotic lifeforms: [[Gobotron]] is one such world. The inhabitants seem unaware of his existence.

Unicron created [[Unicron#G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|a body for himself]] in at least one of the Gobotron timelines. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Aligned continuity family==
{{note|"Anything you know from past generations of the brand may or may not be factual in the new continuity."}}

{{Main|Core}}

===''The Covenant of Primus''===
While not much is known of Primus's origins, he created the Thirteen before fading away into hyper sleep to turn the tide of his war against Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===
Primus is generally accepted to exist though his 13 children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the [[Core]] produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma energy]] Chamber. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] removed the Chamber, but the damage was done, and the Core had to shut down and reboot to survive. But before leaving, Optimus was bestowed Primus' essence in the form of the Matrix. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe [[Unicron]] to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

{{note|Cybertron is shown to exist before Primus "became one" with it, implying the planet predates him in ''Prime'' continuity.}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Cybertron: Primus Unleashed''===
Faced with the growing threat of the black hole, Primus attempted to obliterate the dark matter before it spread further into the universe. {{storylink|Transformers Cybertron: Primus Unleashed}}

===''War for Cybertron''===
[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] exclaimed Primus's name when he realized the orbital station was a living Cybertronian. Afterwards, Optimus thanked Primus when he managed to defeat [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Before he became Cybertron, Primus battled his evil brother Unicron, their blows against one another shaking the very foundation of the cosmos. A group of Transformers from the future then appeared, and joined in the struggle. Rodimus and his Autobots came to Primus's aid while the mad Galvatron ordered his troops to help Unicron. Primus eventually prevailed, and sent his brother into a retreat. Knowing that Rodimus and the others did not belong in the present, Primus sent them back to their proper place in the timeline. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

==Retconning the retcon?==
It's no secret that, after the Unicron Trilogy, ''Universe'' and the Unicron-heavy [[Dreamwave Productions]] comic books, the [[fandom]] at large was generally quite sick of stories revolving around Unicron and Primus. It is likely no coincidence, then, that the major new universes created in western media between then and [[2010]]—those of the [[IDW Publishing]] comic books, the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] and the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' cartoon—all eschewed use of the Primus creation myth. But what does this mean for the status of the retcon that states Primus exists in all universes?

The world of the live-action film series initially presented the Transformers as creations of the enigmatic [[AllSpark]], with no explicit connection drawn between it and Primus. However, connections soon began to emerge. First, Takara's [[World of the Transformers]] website listed the AllSpark as a [[sacred implement]] alongside other Primus-related talismans such as the Matrix and Vector Sigma. Then, the UK's ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' magazine introduced Unicron in [[Transformers Comic issue 18|its eighteenth issue]], and then in [[Transformers Comic issue 20|#20]], had the Transformers discover huge versions of their own interior workings deep inside Cybertron, in a clear reference to Cybertron being the transforming body of Primus. Primus was first referred to by name in a profile for The Fallen printed by Titan, which noted that legend claimed he was the creator of the first Transformers, and then again in IDW's ''[[Transformers: Tales of the Fallen|Tales of the Fallen]]'' mini-series. At this point, it is clear that Primus does exist in the movie universe, and that the AllSpark is merely the object through which he acts. In 2010, the new ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' continuity family lent further credence to this reading of events by incorporating it into its own storyline.

Much like the movieverse, the world of ''Transformers Animated'' also depicts the source of Transformer life as a mysterious talisman known as the [[AllSpark]], for which no origin has been given. As far as [[authorial intent]] goes, series art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] stated more than once his opinion that Primus does not exist in the ''Animated'' universe [http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1759990650]. The [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|''AllSpark Almanac II'']] treads lightly on the matter in seeming honor of Wyatt's wishes, never revealing Cybertron's origins. It does, however, mention a "battle between primordial titans" as one possible origin for the planet, in an obvious allusion to the Unicron/Primus creation story, and repeatedly brings up Primus and many of the concepts associated with him by name when discussing ''other'' universes.

The ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' universe was full of characters who were largely ignorant of Primus until a [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper from another universe]] mentioned him and found the concept rather silly. However, it turned out Primus did exist there after all.

The IDW universe is the confusing one. Writer [[Simon Furman]] outright said that the IDW universe would have "no Primus. No Unicron". In accordance with this, the Furman-penned ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', rather than have Transformers swear by Primus, instead had them swear by [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]], but a monkeywrench was thrown into the works when Primus's name was heard being taken in vain in [[Eric Holmes]]'s [[Megatron Origin issue 4|''Megatron Origin'' #4]]. Furman attempted to justify this on his blog by claiming that this was not ''the'' Primus, but simply "something or someone" called Primus that had existed some point. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/all-this-and-devastation-4/]

With Furman's removal as the primary architect of the IDW universe, things got changed: "[[Chaos Theory Part 2]]" by [[James Roberts]] refers to a Primus. However, he is not only referred to as a being that Optimus doesn't believe in, he's mentioned in conjunction with two ''other'' gods, [[Mortilus]] and [[Adaptus]], that Optimus also didn't believe in. This then led to a whole ''new'' version of the Primus creation myth in [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|the 2012 ''More Than Meets The Eye'' annual]]: Primus was once again one of several gods and he had taken the form of [[Vector Sigma]] after a vicious battle against Mortilus. There is no explicit reference to the [[Thirteen]], who have been inserted into the origin story since 2005, but later fiction mentions "thirteen tribes" in the time of Galvatron and Nova Prime. What relation this has to the multiversal Thirteen is unknown, but the significance of the number is obvious.

==Toys==
===''Generations Deluxe''===
[[File:GodPrimus2.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The rod god.]]
*'''God Primus''' (2004)
**''Accessories:'' Photon Eliminator, spoiler, 2 gun shields
[[File:GodPrimus1.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|Popemobile, meet Godebago.]]

:Unbeknownst to many Western fans, the first Primus figure was a "[[Lucky Draw figure]]" in Japan, a [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] gold chrome recolored [[Hot Rod/toys|Rodimus Prime]] that was given away as a contest prize from the collector book, ''[[Transformers Generations|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]''. Supposedly, only 100 pieces of these lucky draw figures were manufactured.

:As a [[redeco]] of a Rodimus (no doubt inspired by the resemblance of his astral form to Rodimus in the UK comics), "God Primus" transforms into a futuristic truck resembling nothing so much as a Winnebago. Following the trend started by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|the original Optimus Prime toy]], his trailer splits down the middle to transform into a battle station with an extending double-barrelled cannon. The figure comes with a large, hand-held blaster, and two blast-shield accessories that plug into the sides of his battle station cannon.
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===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|CybG1}}
[[File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imag— You know what, just forget it. It's not like we have rules for a reason.]]
*'''Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''00'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Generation 1|Omega Lock]], two [[missile]]s, silver Cybertron planet-type [[Cyber Key]]

:Primus was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron/Galaxy Force'' toylines]], but was released in Japan in the Generation 1 ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' line a few months after ''Galaxy Force'' had ended its run. This release can be considered a pre-release of the ''Cybertron'' toy because it features Hasbro's [[Cyber Key Codes]] that the ''Galaxy Force'' line lacked.

:Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers' creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In [[alternate mode|planet mode]], he is considerably more detailed than [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'']] [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], with visible cities, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], based upon its appearance in the [[DK Publishing]] book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], specifically [[Kolkular]], as seen in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. On the "bottom" of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

:Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a [[Powermaster]], in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top" of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons" swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

: In [[robot mode]], Primus resembles both the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Unicron prototype as well as [[Don Figueroa]]'s Primus concept, created for ''The War Within'' and used in ''The Ultimate Guide''. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable [[Articulation|articulated]] "manipulator arms".

:Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station" mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact. It looks kinda like The Starship Enterprise... backwards.

:In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code '''sp8u''' [[tampograph]]ed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con [[5mm post|5mm]] [[powerlinx]] posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.
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===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010''===
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[[File:Primus 2010.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Oh. Your. God.]]
*'''Creator Primus''' (Supreme, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#2010|Omega Lock]], two missiles, clear Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:To celebrate the year 2010, Takara [[redeco]]ed the Supreme Class Primus toy and released him with [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (toyline)|''Transformers 2010'' toyline]] branding, being packaged in a special box that is meant to go with the [[Unicron/toys#2010Takara|Unicron]] toy released the same year. "Creator Primus" is primarily metallic gunmetal in planet mode, with metallic blue robot parts, and a large number of black paint washes here and there. His Omega Lock is now blue.

:Primus comes with a [[retool]]ed Cybertron-style Cyber Key which was originally available with both [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron 2|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolisher]]. This Cyber Key features a "smooth" central area with no molded [[insignia]], and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from the [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol at the center.

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===Cybertron===
[[File:CybertronPrimusPackagingComparison.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|This was an expensive time for completists.]]
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Cybertron|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key, [[Unicron/toys#PrimusUnicronHead|Unicron head]] (second wave only)

:''Cybertron'' Cybertron Primus is the North American version of Supreme Class Primus, released a few months after the Japanese version. The toys are identical.

:In North America, Cybertron Primus was initially released in the second wave of ''Cybertron'' Supreme Class toys. This version came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" Unicron head based upon his Armada appearance, whereas the following wave did not come with the Unicron head. Unusually, both waves ended up shipping simultaneously.

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*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Walmart|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:A later version of Supreme Class Cybertron Primus was [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] as a [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] 2006 special, and included four Mini-Cons: [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]], and [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]].
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==Notes==
* The original form of Primus in Marvel Comic continuity is similar to [[Hot Rod|Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime]]. Rather creepily, this is suggested to be down to deliberate action on Primus' part in [[Salvage!|#160's Grim Grams]].
* The myth of Primus and Unicron is similar to the duality concepts present in numerous real-world religions, such as [[wikipedia:Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrianism]].
*The idea of Primus transforming bears some resemblance to an [[The Secret of Cybertron|early script]] for [[The Transformers: The Movie|the original movie]], in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] merges with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and transforms into a super robot to defeat Unicron.
*The "unique digital entity" mentioned in "[[First Encounter]]" is confirmed to be Primus in an edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.
*According to the same source, [[Gobotron]], home planet of the [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]], is also an aspect of Primus, just from a very distant part of the [[Multiverse]].
*''Energon'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20041207164548/www.tfpulp.com/archive/energonprod/energonprod.html pre-production notes] detail early ideas the cartoon had for Primus's origin. Presumably non-canon, given that they are not particularly in-line with the "multiversal singularity" origin of the character, they present Primus as an entity consisting purely of energon. Energon, the notes state, is the product of the "genetic material" of the sun interacting with planetary bodies—this, then, appears to be a very literal interpretation of Primus's role as "[[Transformers: The Facts|the lord of light]]", presenting him as an actual product of the light of the sun.
*His ''Cybertron'' toy was designed by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]], which is ironic, considering his dislike for the religious aspects of the ''Transformers'' mythos.
*The word "Primus" is Latin for "First."

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Primus''' (プライマス ''Puraimasu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Prímusz''', '''Az Elem''' (first ''Energon'' dub, "The Element")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Primus''' (Taiwan, 普萊瑪斯 ''Pǔláimǎssū''), '''Yuánshǐtiānzūn''' (元始天尊, "Ancestor of all Spirits")

==See also==
*[[Allspark]]
*[[Vector Sigma]]

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Primus/Primus/primus.htm Primus at TFU.info]

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