Team Prime
- Team Prime is an Autobot group from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Team Prime are the Autobots stationed in Outpost Omega One, led by none other than Optimus Prime himself.
Members
- Optimus Prime (leader)
- Ratchet
- Arcee
- Bumblebee
- Bulkhead
- Cliffjumper (offline)
- Wheeljack (honorary member)
- Smokescreen
Fiction
Prime comic
Team Prime, then consisting of Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, were already based in the missile silo when Arcee and Cliffjumper answered Optimus's call and arrived on Earth. Optimus and Bumblebee used the GroundBridge to rescue the two from Starscream and Breakdown. Prime
Prime cartoon
At some point, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Ratchet travelled to the planet Earth. They were appointed William Fowler as an official human-Cybertronian liaison and given an abandoned missile silo as housing, which was eventually converted into Autobot Outpost Omega One. Some time afterwards, Team Prime received reinforcements in the shape of Arcee and Cliffjumper, who had commandeered a Decepticon space bridge in order to reach Optimus Prime's current location. After landing on Earth, they obtained Earth vehicle forms and joined the team. Out of the Past Prime comic After three years of little Decepticon activity, Cliffjumper was killed by Starscream. Darkness Rising, Part 1 Some time afterwards, Wheeljack briefly arrived on Earth, but eventually left to continue travelling the stars. Con Job. Team Prime continued to cope with a number of threats, including Scraplets, Scrapheap MECH, Convoy attempted infiltration by the Decepticons, Con Job Bulkhead's mind almost being overwritten, T.M.I. Ratchet's drug problems, Stronger, Faster and even Megatron himself possessing Bumblebee's mind. Out of His Head
While they struggled to stop the Decepticons getting components to build a new space bridge, One Shall Fall it became clear that there was a larger menace in play—Unicron. One Shall Rise, Part 1 Such was this threat that it required Team Prime to join with Megatron and venture into Earth's core One Shall Rise, Part 2 where they vanquished Unicron, albeit at the cost of Optimus Prime's memories. Believing himself to be simple Orion Pax, he left with Megatron, leaving Team Prime without a leader. One Shall Rise, Part 3 The rest of Team Prime endeavored to restore Optimus's memories, leading to Jack and Arcee undertaking a trip to Cybertron to visit Vector Sigma and successfully bringing Prime back to them. Orion Pax, Part 3
While Team Prime dealt with the repercussions of Optimus's temporary defection, Wheeljack returned to Earth and became an honorary member of Team Prime, although he spent much of his time away from base. Loose Cannons. The Autobots found themselves in an arms race with the Decepticons to recover Cybertronian relics previously launched into space from Iacon during the final days of the war. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1 Flying Mind Bulkhead was later critically injured by the Insecticon Hardshell, leaving him gravely injured and unable to fight. Toxicity However, a new Autobot named Smokescreen landed on Earth, and became the newest member of the team. New Recruit Bulkhead eventually recovered.Legacy
 Plot details for Darkest Hour (episode) follow. |
When the Decepticons built New Kaon outside Jasper and launched an attack on the base, Optimus had the team split up while he stayed behind to destroy the GroundBridge. The Decepticons destroyed the base with Optimus still inside.Darkest Hour (episode)
Titan Magazines Prime comics
Ratchet constructed the Safe, a training room on one of the lower levels of the base. In the process of testing it, the Autobots uncovered a live nuclear bomb. The warhead, which should have been taken away when the base was originally stripped, almost led to the discovery of the base by Vehicons. Luckily Raf was able to keep the bomb busy until Fowler arrived with some scientists to defuse it. The Safe and the Failsafe
The Autobots decorated their base for Christmas, however when Fowler told them the Decepticons had taken over a nuclear-powered ship, Optimus left Bulkhead and Arcee behind to work on their differences. On Raf's suggestion, the pair tried to find a common like, and eventually settled on ice skating. Then they turned the base into an indoor ice rink, which Ratchet didn't seem too enthusiastic about. Ice Breaker
When Raf became hypnotised by a video game and activated the GroundBridge, hordes of Vehicons started pouring into the base. Ratchet activated the base's defenses, providing pop-up metal shields as cover while the Autobots fought back. Raf was eventually snapped out of his trance and turned the GroundBridge into a vacuum that sucking the Vehicons back out, though there were a few loose parts left behind. Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!
