Peritus Maximus

The name or term "Maximus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Maximus (disambiguation).

Peritus Maximus is an Autobot from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

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Peritus Maximus is a company commander, overseeing the platoon Hot Shot served in as a young warrior on Cybertron.

He believes that new recruits require a firm structure to become seasoned officers, and emphasizes mentorship and unit obedience as a result.

Since he's the size of a normal Autobot in robot mode, Peritus Maximus transforms into the world's smallest spacecruiser, or possibly a city for Penbots.

Fiction

Armada cartoon

Voice actor: ? (English), ? (Japanese)

Peritus Maximus asked Hot Shot to assume a mentoring position for the gifted but inexperienced Autobot recruit Wheeljack.

Wheeljack was caught in a fire during battle and presumed killed. When Sentinel Minor threatened to convene a court martial against Hot Shot for disobeying orders and going back for him, Optimus Prime intervened and took Hot Shot under his direct command. Past

Notes

• Peritus Maximus was originally known by the fan-coined name "Christmas Maximus" for years, thanks to his reuse of Fortress Maximus' character model in a rather festive colour scheme. However, he was eventually given a proper name in the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime. "Peritus" is Latin for "expert"/"skilled".
• It's possible that Peritus Maximus has been deemed worthy of wielding the Matrix Cannon, a non-corporeal weapon that directly taps Primus's power to purify evil.