I have always been facinated by robots and they’re effect on humanity. None more so than the most famous robots, the Transformers. They were my role models for a long time and still is! They are one reason why I am into the whole computer and technology scene.
Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, has many different stories under his belt. He wasn’t always the leader of the Autobots, “before the Great War broke out on Cybertron, the robot who would be Optimus Prime, before he received the Matrix of Leadership from Sentinel Prime, was a Transformer of note, displaying his skills in the Infraformers Sharpshooting Competition. When the war began, Prime quickly made a name for himself as a combat leader of the Autobots.” (Wiki) The war has made Optimus into a charismatic and honorable soldier in the “Great War.” Optimus is also aided against his enemies by his fellow Autobots; “Roller, Hi-Q, Ironhide, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Jazz, Wheeljack, Prowl, Elita-1, Marissa Faireborn, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, Barrelroller, Apex Bomber, and Ginrai” (Wiki) serve as the Autobots.
The Autobots are the good guys (mostly) of the Transformer series. As a generally heroic, honorable group, they tend to be dedicated to peace, and feel a need to protect other races from the Decepticons. As a result, they are usually Transformers who change into non-combat oriented alternate modes such as domestic vehicles, cars, trucks, or rescue vehicles. This is not always the case, however, as their ranks certainly contain ne’er-do-wells, malcontents, and unsavory types, and the necessities of war have led many to adopt more combat-oriented alternate forms. While the Autobots have usually found themselves outnumbered by the Decepticons, the Autobots have always had home-field advantage, having not only the humans’ military support, but also having more places on Earth to fall back on, while the Decepticons are entirely unwelcome on Earth.
Against them are the Decepticons, led by and Cybertronian by the name of Megatron. Instead of their counterparts the Autobots, the Decepticons are ruled just by who ever is the strongest and are considered the evil side. They stop at nothing to get what they want but they still wish to protect their homeland. The Decepticons emerged from the gladiatorial State Games, which caused Megatron‘s rise to public prominence – in the aftermath of the destructive Vos-Tarn War, Megatron was able to use his fame and charisma to unite both the survivors and the planet’s malcontents into a new army. His plan was to turn Cybertron into a mobile cosmic dreadnought and conquer the galaxy. The Decepticons developed new technology to allow them to transform into attack vehicles and weaponry, launching a devastating attack that killed billions and shook the planet from its orbit before Optimus Prime turned the tide.
Megatron, Shockwave and others were lost on Earth for four million years; as Optimus was too, the Autobots swiftly lost ground to Decepticon leaders Trannis and Straxus. Cybertron was devastated and conquered, causing the cream of the Decepticons to leave the burnt-out planet to form a Cybertronian Empire out in the stars, while Straxus threw all those he considered weak into the Smelting pool. The Empire would go on to slaughter and Cyberform planet after planet, their actions unknown on Cybertron.
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