Nominus Edict

Named after, possibly even passed by, Nominus Prime, the Nominus Edict is designed to ensure peace and stability for Cybertron and its people. In practice however, it seems more to stifle their potential and ambitions.

Fiction

IDW 2019 continuity

According to Megatron, the passing of the Nominus Edict caused "hundreds" to be exiled while weapons were either destroyed or sealed away. In the name of preserving energon, not only was the precious substance hoarded to reduce the risk of shortages, but forgings were limited. The Edict also affected Cybertron's interstellar policies, restricting the development of new colonies so as to not antagonize alien races. The World In Your Eyes Part Five

At a rally in Tarn, Megatron heavily criticized the Edict, languishing that it had led to their kind constricting their own multi-faceted nature and wasting Primus's gifts. The World In Your Eyes Part Two After an aborted lesson in alternate modes, Windblade explained to Rubble how rare a newborn was ever since the Edict had been passed, noting that such a law would only change if the Ascenticons got their way. The World In Your Eyes Part Three So rare had forgings become that Bumblebee could not recall the last time that two had happened within a hundred cycles of one another. The World In Your Eyes Part Four

Megatron gave another speech criticizing the Nominus Edict, opining it had caused a cascading effect that served only to limit their species, both at home and in space. The World In Your Eyes Part Five