Nominus Prime

Nominus Prime is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

You can't see me!

_{This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.}

Nominus Prime is a little-known figure.

Fiction

IDW Comics continuity

Nominus Prime assumed office sometime after the disappearance of Nova Prime into the Benzuli Expanse. Under his rule, Cybertron was a planet full of corruption, social apartheid, and general oppression: a Transformer's role in life was determined by the body he was built in, and the handful of elites (particularly the military) would step down on that Transformer's face... forever.

A young, idealistic Megatron wrote a political tract advocating non-violent resistance: After the Ark: Nominus Prime and the Illusion of Progress. This happened shortly before, in Optimus's words, "all that Nominus Prime business. Before the "Clampdown". Chaos Theory Part 1 Optimus was most likely referring to the incident where Nominus Prime was attacked and seriously injured by a suicide bomber. Although he was not killed, he was in critical condition following the attack. It is revealed at the end of Issue 23 of Transformers Ongoing that the organization that sent the bomber was actually affiliated with the Cybertronian Senate itself. The corrupt Senate's intent was to obtain an excuse to send Nominus into hiding, and give themselves "unfettered" access to the life-giving Matrix. Can't forget it would also give them a good excuse to become even more controlling, initiating the "Clampdown".Sentinel Prime would took office not long after. Megatron Origin #1

Notes

• The presence of another Prime this close to Megatron Origin indicates that Sentinel did not last long in his job.
• Just like poor Zeta Prime, Nominus wasn't included in the lineage of Primes depicted in "Spotlight: Optimus Prime". In real life, this is because he was created after "Spotlight: Optimus Prime" had been published. In that Spotlight, we hear that the Primes are ideals that embody the ages they reign in, which is probably an in-story reason for why Optimus doesn't want to visualize the bastard...