"All sentient beings are free to follow me.  Refusal means destruction."

Affiliation: Evil Autobots

Function: Emperor of Destruction

First cartoon appearance: none

First Comic Appearance: Botcon 2008 Exclusive, Convention Comic

Character description from "tech spec:
During Cybertron's Golden age of peace, an elite few served as the guardians of Cybertron's accumulated knowledge.  Among these data clerks was Optronix.  A low-level operator who sought to replace those above him, Optronix turned his research skills to finding methods of manipulation.  Eventually, he rose to prominence; however, when his activities were uncovered, he was removed from service and left purposeless.  Deep in his ember though, Optronix believed he was best fit to lead Cybertron.  He hungered for power and through his studies, he determined that military might was the only way to achieve his goals.  Preaching a philosophy of destruction and conquest, he eventually began re-engineering his body as well as taking on a new name: Optimus Prime.  He then began refashioning the bodies of his followers into weapons as well.  Armed with weapons and a uniting philosophy, he declared his warriors autonomous from the rest of Cybertron and thus named them the Autobots.

Bibliography of significant appearances: All characters of the Botcon 2008, "Shattered Universe" are personas existing in an alternate reality.  Their story was featured in the 2008 convention comic, several of the Transformers Collector Club comics and a few prose-only stories including "Dungeons & Dinobots." 

Other appearances:

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