Star Saber (Thirteen)
| The name or term "Star Saber" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Star Saber (disambiguation). |
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Prima's Star Saber sword was a weapon unlike any other. Though several other swords throughout the multiverse share its name, only one could snuff out stars and crumble the stuff of planets into dust. Due to unknown circumstances, long before recorded time began, the sword was shattered. So as to keep it from falling into the wrong hands, Nexus Prime decided to use his very body to conceal it. Vector Prime and Alpha Trion used the quantum edge of the blade (still functioning despite the sword's sad state) to carve Nexus Prime into five pieces. These pieces became their own individuals and, each with hidden knowledge of the location of a piece of the sword, were scattered across the cosmos.
Now that Nexus Prime has been reassembled from his components, he must rediscover the memories hidden within himself and find the shards of the Star Saber sword.
Fiction
Wings of Honor
Nexus Prime told his traveling companion Aquarius about his quest to find a powerful artifact, one that could cause the entire multiversal stack to collapse in on itself if it ever fell into evil hands. Unfortunately, Nexus's memory was scattered enough that he could no longer remember what the artifact was, what its pieces looked like, or where exactly they were. He did, however, feel that the Cybertron Elite Guard symbol he spotted on a box was somehow a clue, one that finally got him started on the right track. The Coming Storm: Part 1
"Aligned" novels
The Star Saber was one of the greatest weapons created by Solus Prime. Many myths exist about it, so no single Cybertronian can possibly know the full truth. One of those those myths is that it was created out of three bots and wielded itself, another claims it was built and then integrated into the chassis of one of the Thirteen, and still another would have you believe that Solus forged it from the core of a star, using its own heat as her furnace. Exiles
The Matrix of Leadership once adorned the Star Saber's hilt. Exodus
According to Alpha Trion, the Star Saber was shattered into five pieces after the defeat of Liege Maximo. Nexus Prime gathered the pieces, broke himself into five bots, hid the pieces inside each bot, and spread his component bots across the universe in order to keep the Star Saber away from the Fallen.
The Matrix led Optimus Prime around finding pieces of a shiny artifact. Optimus Prime mistakenly thought they were pieces of the Star Saber, but they were actually the Blades of Time. Exiles
Prime cartoon
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the Thirteen. One of them, Prima, used the Star Saber. One Shall Rise, Part 1
The Star Saber was held in the Iacon vaults near the end of the war, and ejected into space with the rest of the items stored there. It found its way to Earth where it became entombed in rock. When Megatron uncovered it, he found that its energy rendered the rock around it indestructible and he was unable to extract it. The Decepticons attempted to lift the whole rock face with the Nemesis, but Optimus Prime was able to pull it from the stone. With it, he split the entire mountain in half and unleashed a wave of energy that struck the Nemesis. Alpha Trion later sent Optimus Prime a message using the sword. Legacy
Desperate to match Optimus' newfound power, Megatron transplanted the arm of a dead Prime onto himself, which allowed him to use the Forge of Solus Prime to forge the Dark Star Saber. He challenged Optimus to a battle for the latest relic, and though their swords seemed to be equal when it came to flinging energy waves around, the original Star Saber proved to be less durable when Megatron managed to shatter it with his own blade. The shards from the blade dissolved into dust, and Optimus took the hilt back to base with him. Alpha/Omega
After regaining the Forge of Solus Prime, Optimus used it to reforge the Star Saber and took it with him to Cybertron. He used it in battle with Megatron, matching the Dark Star Saber, and keeping his opposite busy while the other Autobots reclaimed the Omega Keys. Once they'd succeeded, he used the sword to knock Megatron flying so the Autobots could retreat. Regeneration
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With the Decepticons threatening the kids, Optimus had no choice but to throw down the Star Saber. When it turned out Megatron intended to destroy Earth, he picked up the sword again, using it to slice off Megatron's right arm and destroy the Omega Lock. He later used it to destroy the GroundBridge controls so the Decepticons couldn't work out where the Autobots had retreated to, though as moments later the Decepticons destroyed the base with Optimus and the sword still in it, the act was rendered moot. Darkest Hour
Notes
- At Botcon 2010, Fun Publications said that Hasbro has, in effect, taken custody of the character of Nexus Prime due to their plans for the 13. Because of this, Fun Pub will not be continuing his story. Thus, whether or not we will ever find out the fate of his quest to reunite the Star Saber remains in doubt. The appearance of the Star Saber in "Legacy" shows that someone else has found it for him.
References
- The introductory information is from Nexus Prime's profile in Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 30.
