About Me
I'm the leader of the Autobots, a faction of heroic robots from the planet Cybertron who wage our battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons, for control of our homeworld, and by extension, peace in the universe. Immensely kind and compassionate, I put all my talent to use to improve the world around me, and have dedicated myself to the protection of all life, particularly the inhabitants of Earth. I will battle my foes with unyielding resolve to uphold this belief. In power and intelligence, I have no equal.
I began my life as a robot named Orion Pax, a dock worker during the Golden Age of Cybertron nine million years ago, with my girlfriend named Ariel, and a best friend named Dion. At the time, a new breed of robot had recently appeared on the planet with new flight capabilities in robot mode that made me idolize them. Unfortunately for me, when Megatron, the leader of these robots, approached me with inquiries about using one of the dock warehouses, I was swayed by Megatron. Myself and Ariel were severely wounded when Megatron and his forces then attacked in order to claim the energy stored there. Searching for someone to help un, the time-displaced Aerialbots took me and Ariel to the ancient Autobot, Alpha Trion, who used us as the first subjects for the new reconstruction process he had developed - rebuilding our frail Autobot frames into battle-hardy configurations. With this reconstruction, I became Optimus Prime, the first of the Autobot warriors, who took the mantle of leadership as the civil war against the Decepticons erupted, and would remain in that position for the next four million years. Ariel was rebuilt into Elita One, the commander of the Autobot resistance on Cybertron.
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As leader of the Autobots, I headed up the Autobots' mission to search out new worlds with new sources of energy to revitalise the depleted Cybertron. I vowed to Elita that I would return from my mission for her, but just before the launch of the Ark, I was mistakenly lead to believe Elita was killed. Shortly after its launch, my craft was attacked by the Decepticons' space cruiser, and boarded by Megatron and the Decepticons. In the ensuing struggle, the G-forces of a nearby planet pulled both craft down, and my ship crashed into a volcano, thrusting all the occupants into emergency stasis. Four million years later, in the Earth year A.D. 1984, a volcanic eruption jarred the ship's computer, Teletraan I back to life, and it reactivated the Decepticons, programming them with new Earth-based disguise modes. As a petty parting gesture, Starscream fired upon my ship, creating a landslide that knocked me into the path of the computer's restoration beam, restoring me to life, and beginning the war anew on Earth.
