Editing Nominus Prime

:''Nominus Prime is a [[Transformer]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:NominusPrime CharacterModel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]|"Primes turn into trucks? What sort of lowborn commoner do you think I am?"]]
'''Nominus Prime''' is a little-known figure. Unfortunately, what we know includes that he was a douche.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Lastknownnominus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Nominus Prime assumed office sometime after the disappearance of [[Nova Prime]] into the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. Under his rule, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was a planet full of corruption, social apartheid, and general oppression: a Cybertronian citizen's role in life was determined by the body he was built in, and the handful of elites (particularly the military) would step down on that citizen's face... ''forever''.

A young, idealistic [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] wrote a political tract advocating non-violent resistance: ''[[After the Ark: Nominus Prime and the Illusion of Progress]]''. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} Meanwhile, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Senator Shockwave]] disapproved of Nominus Prime's hold on the status quo and made plans to create a new Prime who could change Cybertron, fashioning [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] and [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta]] into viable candidates. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} A short time later, Nominus was attacked and seriously injured by a suicide bomber during the [[Primal Procession]], leaving him in a critical condition. It was revealed afterward by Shockwave to Orion Pax that the organization responsible for sending the bomber was actually affiliated with the Cybertronian [[Senate]] itself. The corrupt Senate's intent was to obtain a valid excuse to give themselves "unfettered" access to the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and also to become even more controlling and implement the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2|Chaos Theory #2}} While they told the public that Nominus had gone into hiding, the Senate actually kept the comatose Prime around so that their head of security [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]] could tap into the power of the Matrix in his chest. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} His attempts exposed a well-kept secret: Nominus Prime's "Matrix" was merely a fake. With this revelation, the Senate saw no more use in keeping Nominus around and had him killed, releasing a cover story claiming he passed away from a [[rust]] infection in his [[spark]] casing. They would go on to manipulate events so that Sentinel would succeed him as the next Prime. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

As the body of Nominus lay in state at the [[Primal Basilica]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] tipped off Orion Pax about a planned bombing that would be blamed on the nascent Decepticon movement. Deducing that the bomb must be the fake Matrix that Nominus carried, Pax assembled a team of [[Outlier|specialists]] to carry out the most audacious heist in Cybertronian history—to steal the Matrix! {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} Despite the Primal Basilica's security measures, the [[Triorian Guard]] and the fact that the fake Matrix was wired into Nominus' chest like a 440 tamper-proof fuel pump, Pax was able to retrieve it thanks to help from [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Damus|Glitch]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Nominus Prime was the namesake of the [[Nominus Prize for Medicine]]. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}

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==Notes==
*Just like poor [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], Nominus wasn't included in the lineage of Primes depicted in "[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]". In real life, this is because he was created after "Spotlight: Optimus Prime" had been published. In that ''Spotlight'', we hear that the Primes are ideals that embody the ages they reign in, which is probably an in-story reason for why Optimus doesn't want to visualize the bastard...
*Nominus was injured when Orion Pax gave his speech to the Senate where he first self-identified as an "Autobot" and he was killed soon after, so his reign predated the common usage of the term.
*The thinking by [[James Roberts]] is that by Nominus’ time, the Primes had become  a less powerful force absorbed into the Senate, rather like the British Royal Family.<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/03/transmissions-episode-94-james-roberts-mtmte-elegant-chaos-interview/ TransMissions Episode 94 – James Roberts MTMTE Elegant Chaos Interview] 1:09:06 to 1:09:50</ref>
*Nominus' altmode being an aircraft was a deliberate decision by Alex Milne, who expressed a desire to break the previous trend of IDWverse Primes having land-based altmodes.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://markerguru.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d46wxhr Colored concept art of Nominus Prime at Alex Milne's DeviantArt]


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