Autobot Code

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“ The Autobot Code is more than just a ten-thousand-page military manual. It's a comprehensive system of morality. A framework for living that addresses all aspects of the Cybertronian condition. It's a treatise on aspirational behavior that shows to the rest of the galaxy that maybe—we can transcend our troubled past and become beacons of liberty and enlightenment. ”
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—Ultra Magnus on the Autobot Code{{#if:How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|, How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

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Everyone's a critic.

Though its origins are unknown, as are indeed its precise contents,<ref>Topspin lists "a fully sequenced cyber-genome, the uncensored Autobot Code, or a Roadmap to Peace" among the 'holy grails' of their expedition in Last Stand of the Wreckers #4.</ref> the Autobot Code comprises a set of principles and rules that govern Autobot behavior. Its reach is not universal, however, as some Autobots have completely abandoned its tenets when they felt the situation demanded it. It allegedly advocates a policy of non-violence.

Fiction

Marvel UK Generation 1 comics

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

Optimus Prime interrupted a battle between the Dinobots and Shockwave's forces to reprimand Grimlock, claiming his violent tactics were contrary to the Autobot Code. Two Steps Back! Grimlock subsequently quit the Autobots and established the Earthforce, with Prime's blessing conditional on the promise that Grimlock would exercise restraint. Break-Away!

Later, in a speech to rally his troops, Grimlock parodied the Autobot Code's policy of avoiding violence wherever possible, pointing out that the Decepticons weren't about to give up their evil conquering ways just because of a few friendly words over a glass of oil. The Earthforce agreed with him and unanimously abandoned the Autobot Code in favour of doing things their own way. Once upon a Time...

IDW Generation 1 comics

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Article 7 of the Autobot Code states that Autobots are obliged to grant safe haven to surrendered combatants. Life After the Big Bang

In the early days of the war, moral-bound Autobots like Springer saw the Autobot Code as nothing less than an instruction book for life itself. Zero Point

Topspin sarcastically suggested that the secret goal of the Wreckers' mission on Garrus-9 could be "the uncensored version of the Autobot Code". Last Stand of the Wreckers #4

The Code appeared as a set of three small rectangular discs. According to Ultra Magnus, it is ten thousand pages long. How Ratchet Got His Hands Back

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You should be glad you were never in Ultra Magnus' class.

The AllSpark Almanac

The Autobot Code gave the Guilds Domesticus the right to direct the Autobot military, a fact which Sentinel Prime groused about. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

See also

Footnotes

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