Autobot Imperium

Under the rule of the evil Optimus Prime, Cybertron and the rest of the universe will bow before the Autobot Imperium (aka Autobot Empire).

Fiction

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

Cybertron was once a venerated and peaceful world in pursuit of knowledge and harmony. However, a lowly librarian by the name of Optronix had grown dissatisfied with his mundane existence, coming to the realization that life had no meaning and the only meaningful impact one could leave was their own legacy. Coalescence Optronix then decided that he needed to reshape Cybertron in his own image through conquest and destruction, backstabbing and manipulating his way to the top of society. Preaching intolerance for Cybertron's current stale regime and a philosophy of might makes right, Optronix had amassed a large following of like-minded bots, also fed up with Cybertron's stagnant state.

Through this movement, the "Autobots" were born, considering themselves autonomous from the rest of the populace. The Autobots began upgrading themselves, reforging their bodies and manufacturing an arsenal of weaponry, the most powerful of which were reserved for Optronix himself, who had now rechristened himself as Optimus Prime. BotCon 2008 Optimus Prime profile card Without warning, the Autobot armies attacked, igniting the Second Cybertronian War. Anyone who refused to join this new empire was quickly destroyed. One day, Optimus' method of cold calculations stopped, and he became erratic and vicious, acting increasingly mad. But this did not stop the Autobots from conquering much of Cybertron, taking Iacon as the capital of the new Autobot Imperium.

After being captured by the Autobots, the Decepticon Rumble was paraded onto a plank above the smelting pool, where he was charged with several "crimes" against the Autobot Imperium. Upon being asked how he would plead, Rumble merely retorted, "Eat slag!". Shattered Glass