Protector
- Protectors are a sub-group in the Alternity portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Though not hyper-dimensional beings themselves, the agents known as Protectors serve the ascendant Alternity in situations too sensitive to allow dispatching an auto-avatar. These agents safeguard timelines, particularly Primax 903.0 Beta, where their patrons originated. Protectors are often equipped with the means to generate a Timaeus powertrack, to facilitate travel between universes. For many this is an internal device, but if this is not possible due to the form of the Protector, an external vehicle may be provided with a Timaeus drive.
Known members include:
Fiction
Binaltech
Optimus Primal was sent by the Alternity to prevent the destruction of the timeline that birthed their species. Possessing a lifeless Binaltech body created by Doctor Arkeville, Primal successfully stabilized the universal stream as a splinter timeline, in spite of the efforts of many agents provocateurs. Once his task completed, Primal's spark was ejected from the body, but even in his disembodied state, he guided the Autobots to initiate the Timaeus Project, ensuring the origin of the Alternity. In the midst of a test of the Timaeus system, however, the Decepticons under the command of Nemesis Prime attacked and captured Primal's spark. The Autobots then tracked the Decepticons to Australia, and during the battle that ensued, Primal's spark was liberated by Arcee. In order to give Optimus Prime the power he needed to defeated Nemesis Prime, Primal fused his spark with that of his ancestor. Prime recalled the similar experience the two had shared millennia beforehand, and used Primal's added power to finally destroy Nemesis Prime.
Alternity
Later on, in an unknown timeline, a different Protector designated "E-7" was assigned to monitor the maverick of the Convoy Corps, Nemesis Prime. Arch-Nemesis!