Primes (rank)

A Prime (プライム, Puraimu) is a rank of highest distinction. Typically, it is used as the identification for the leader of the Autobots. It is retroactively been derived from Primus, the creator of life.

With the retcon that Primus is one singular entity that exists (and must exist) threaded through all Transformer continuities, the term Prime is likewise given one singular origin. It was, first of all, the designation granted by Primus to the Dynasty of Primes he allied with, at the dawn of the physical universe to crew planet Cybertron.

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Notable Primes

 * Maximus Prime (original founder)
 * Megatronus Prime/The Fallen (betrayed; first Decepticon Leader)
 * Micronus Prime
 * Vector Prime
 * Optimus Prime
 * Sentinel Prime
 * Zeta Prime
 * Rodimus Prime
 * Longarm Prime (betrayed; Decepticon Double Agent)