Origin Matrix

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The Origin Matrix is an ancient and powerful artifact. More than that, it forms part of the even more powerful Star Saber. When the sword was shattered into five pieces, the Origin Matrix was hidden somewhere in the Multiverse.

Fiction

Fun Publications

To keep Prima's powerful Star Saber out of the hands of the evil Megatronus, Solus Prime used her forge to shatter the blade into five pieces, one of which was the Origin Matrix. The Origin Matrix was then hidden on prehistoric Earth of Primax -408.24 Epsilon, after which Vector Prime placed a time lock on the local spacetime so that no one could access the Matrix. The Vok, already conducting one of their experiments there, were entrusted with guarding the Matrix. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18

When two ships were detected passing into the Primax -408.24 Epsilon universal stream during a particular time period, it was of particular concern to the TransTechs, as it happened to be the location in which the Origin Matrix was hidden. Depth Charge was recruited to travel there and locate the Matrix before it fell into the wrong hands. Invasion: Epilogue

Arriving on prehistoric Earth, Depth Charge joined up with a small group of Autobots who had originated in the Primax 207.0 Epsilon universal stream and persuaded them to help him search for the Origin Matrix. Their sensors eventually detected the Matrix's unique energy signature. Shattered Hope Depth Charge went to retrieve it alone, only to find it was heavily defended by alien security systems. He was soon joined by the other Autobots, now calling themselves Maximals, and Ultra Magnus was able to find and claim the Origin Matrix. After using it to scare off some bats, the Maximals were confronted by Megatron in brand-spanking new Gigastorm Armor. Shattered Balance By inserting the Origin Matrix into his gun, Magnus created a dimensional gateway to the future and took the Origin Matrix through with him. Shattered Destiny He emerged on modern-day Cybertron, rendezvousing with Aquarius and the local heroic Decepticons, Transformers I.Q. trivia bonus #12 and it was decided that he would hold onto the Matrix until Nexus Prime could arrive. Falling into Place

Magnus and his team subsequently traveled via stellar spanner to the dimensionally-displaced positive polarity Earth, whereupon his team joined Treadshot's fight against evil Ultra Magnus. Negative polarity Ultra Magnus tried to stab his positive polarity counterpart in the spark, but then the Terminus Blade suddenly reacted with the Origin Matrix. Distant Fissures As the fellow Artifacts of the Primes refused to harm each other, the Matrix merely recharged the Blade. Evil Magnus took advantage of this distraction to get the jump on his counterpart, knocking the Origin Matrix out of his chest. Just as evil Magnus was about to deliver a finishing blow, however, the constituents of Nexus Prime arrived, used the Matrix to reform the Star Saber, and summarily defeated evil Magnus. Restoration

Toys

Timelines

  • TFSS1 number: 6
The Ultra Mammoth toy includes a removable Matrix toy accessory in vacuum-metalized sliver with a transparent blue center, a redeco of the Energon Matrix accessory included with Big Convoy. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes, or stored in Ultra Mammoth's chest behind a flip-down panel. The instructions refer to the space in his chest as a "Dead Matrix annex," but the Matrix within is referred to as the Reconfiguration Matrix in packaging and was ultimately depicted by tie-in fiction as the Origin Matrix.
Ultra Mammoth is one of the first six Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive figures to be offered via the Figure Subscription Service in 2013.


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Beast Wars

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Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy's Energon Matrix was errornously repurposed as the Origin Matrix in Shattered Balance.
Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy's Matrix is a separately molded piece that can be stored in his chest. It is a red orb with a gold, vacuum-metalized shell, and it can be held with its 5mm handles. Notably, this is the first removable "Matrix" accessory.


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Age of the Primes

Age of the Primes Prima Prime includes an accessory in a deco based on the Origin Matrix as it appeared in Another Light, Part Four, though it is referred to as the Matrix of Leadership in the figure's product description (and was even referred to as the Creation Matrix by designers<ref name=AOTPreveal/>). It shares CAD data with the Matrix accessory included with Earthrise Optimus Prime, though it is a new tooling that is ever-so-slightly smaller than others that use the same model. Much like the Origin Matrix or the Aligned continuity Matrix of Leadership, this Matrix can attach to the hilt of the included Star Saber accessory or store inside an opening chest compartment on Prima himself via 5mm pegs.

Notes

  • The concept of the Origin Matrix evolved out of the backstory the creatives at HasLab developed for Prima and his Star Saber circa 2009. As detailed in the Binder of Revelation, the original idea was that the jewel on the hilt on the Saber became the Matrix of Leadership after the sword was shattered. But that was fundamentally incompatible with the idea of Prima and his sword being multiversal singularities (since there are infinite different Matrices of Leadership across the multiverse, not just one), so in 2012, Fun Publications retroactively created the "Origin Matrix" to fulfil the role of "the Matrix from the Saber's hilt" for the "singularity version" of Prima. The original idea of the Matrix of Leadership being the gem from the sword, meanwhile, was fulfilled in the Aligned continuity family, and from there, proliferated to other stories, like the 2005 IDW continuity.
  • The Origin Matrix's exact appearance is fairly inconsistent. The Matrix accessory included with Ultra Mammoth is simply a redeco of Big Convoy's Energon Matrix in silver with a blue core. However, when it made its fictional debut in Invasion: Epilogue, the Origin Matrix was depicted as having silver handles, a blue casing, and a white core. When it next showed up in Shattered Balance, it was instead depicted as gold with a red core like Big Convoy's original Energon Matrix. In Distant Fissures, the Matrix visible inside Ultra Mammoth's chest was now in toy-accurate colors. Finally, Restoration would depict it with an entirely different design closer to the original Generation 1 Matrix of Leadership but keeping the silver deco and blue core, with the very next panel further stylizing the shape of the Matrix.
  • While the Matrix accessory included with Age of the Primes Prima is clearly inspired by the Origin Matrix as it appeared in Restoration, it appears to specifically be based on a panel on page 9, as the silver paint on the Matrix casing has a blue tinge to it, which seems to represent the blue glow that the Matrix has in that panel.
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