Primacron

Primacron is a fish-monkey an alien from the Generation 1, Unicron Trilogy, and Animated continuity families.

There are some things man just wasn't meant to know!

Primacron is an absolutely ancient scientist. He's supposedly hyper-intelligent with an infinity of intricate plans nested within plans, but he sometimes over-thinks things to the point of coming off as rather dim.

His major claim to fame is being responsible for building Unicron near the beginning of the galaxy. Thanks for nothing.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Philip L. Clarke (English), Keiichi Nanba (Japanese), Peter Musäus (German)

Primacron's assistant claims that they built some of the "primitive" Transformers way back then. As he grew more ambitious, Primacron eventually constructed Unicron, who rebelled against him. Unicron's attack appeared to destroy the assistant and badly injured Primacron.

Primacron was down but not out. Not to be undone by a giant planet-devouring robotic monster, Primacron returned millions of years later to try the whole conquest again. This time, he created the giant energy-siphoning monster Tornedron. The same thing proceeded to happen again and Primacron would have been dead, if not for Grimlock's simple instincts (which somehow told him to reverse the polarity). Grimlock then proceeded to wreck his lab. Call of the Primitives

Controverse

After the unleashing of Tornedron out into the cosmos, Primacron was put on trial for his crimes against the universe. Restrained by mechanical shackles and guarded by both Quintesson Bailiffs and Sharkticons, Primacron was presented before the judge Adveraros for his sentencing. Primacron freely admitted to creating both Tornedron and Unicron, but added that the latter was the prototype for all mechanical life in the universe, and considering his current entourage, this could hardly be considered a crime. After silencing the defendant, Adveraros stated that acts of Unicron had been classified as "natural disasters" long ago, and due to that the lack of evidence found after the destruction of Primacron's lab, he could not be readily tied to Tornedron's creation either. Primacron's own admissions held little weight as he was considered to be legally insane. Primacron was acquitted, but Adveraros ruled that he would be sent to Doruka III for his own safety.

Wise to the Quintessons' plans to harvest Primacron's brain on the asylum planet, the Autobots moved in to rescue him, only for the Decepticons to rush the courtroom as well. In the ensuing chaos, Primacron managed to remove his shackles, and rebuilt them into a high-tech whistle. With this device, he took control of all nearby "Primitive" robots, and used them to subdue Adveraros. Primacron asked if the Quintesson still refused to believe that he was the progenitor off mechanical life, in light of this feat. Adveraros was steadfast in his denials, even after Primacron informed him that he had once created bacterial machines that were likely Quintesson ancestors.

The Autobots finally managed to reach Primacron and took him into protective custody. Optimus and his soldiers informed Primacron that he would be sent to another Universe, but Primacron was unfazed by this; having attained "mythical" status in his home universe, he would no longer have been able to operate freely anyways. Before being sent away, Primacron was asked one final question by Wheeljack; the Autobot was concerned over the nature of his kind's inception, and wondered if Primacron would have been able to create the Cybertronians' souls. Primacron chose to answer enigmatically with an analogy, stating that a being may know how to build a fire... but that being did not create fire, merely brought into being something that is part of nature. Controverse

Subsequently, Primacron explored and researched other dimensions wherein robotic life was created by Primus. Concluding that such a prospect was cosmic madness, he began to attack them with a terrible weapon capable of deleting universes with ease. Detecting his experiment, Optimus Primal and the Protectors rushed to stop him, but Primacron, tired of having others fight for him, personally engaged the Protectors with Solduron, a nigh-invincible armor. With Solduron, Primacron beat back the Protectors, destroying Primal's body, but Primal had experience with noncorporeality and persevered as just a spark. Amazingly, primal's wisdom convinced Primacron of the futility of his actions, and the scientist withdrew from Newtonian space for an indeterminate period of time. Ask Vector Prime, 30/9/2015

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Scoop used the phrase "Primacron knows". After being captured by a maniac and learning of his plans with Thunderwing, Jetfire said, "Primacron protect us!" Stormbringer #2

Animated cartoon

On his stellar cartography map, Swindle noted Primacron's lab on Protos. The AllSpark Almanac II

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime clarified that any Unicron created by a Primacron was not the multiversal singularity Unicron. Ask Vector Prime, 22/5/2015 He also noted that Primacron was not immune to fashion trends, wearing a yellow helmet because it was "all the rage" in Primax 984.17 Alpha. Ask Vector Prime, 13/9/2015

In Aurex 304.0 Epsilon, the mad genius Primacron unleashed Mini-Cons on the cosmos. He also created Tornedron, which drained the entire universe dry of life and energy; Primacron did not survive his ultimate creation's exponential growth. Ask Vector Prime, 11/8/2015

Notes

• When first telling their story, the assistant calls him "the being we will refer to as Primacron" and later calls himself "the Primacron's assistant". These seem to suggest that "Primacron" may actually be some sort of title and not this creature's actual name.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Primacron (プリマクロン Purimakuron)
• Mandarin: Zhìzūn Tàijūn (China, 至尊太君, "Supreme Great Lord")