This process reached a pre-programmed end, and Primus's progeny lost both their ability to bud, and all memory of the process. The first few generations of Cybertronians could replicate themselves through a process known as ' budding.' However, the method of reproduction diluted Primus's essence with each generation. Upon Prima's first emergence from primordial Cybertron, he didn't need to use the Matrix's power to bring forth new Transformers. It is not known what Prima's fate was, but Prime Nova is recorded as the next Matrix bearer. Prima was given the Genetic Matrix, a powerful artifact endowed with Primus's own life essence, which would allow Prima to create further generations of Transformers. Prima and his fellow Transformers were given the gift of transformation, an ability that mirrored Unicron's own powers, so that one day they would be able to unite against him and defeat him. From the material of this world was born the first Transformer, Prima. Marvel Comics continuity Marvel The Transformers comicsĪfter Primus had imprisoned his and Unicron's astral forms in asteroids, he reshaped his new body into the planet Cybertron.

When Rodimus Prime journeyed inside the Matrix, Prima was the second guide he encountered, and told him the story of the Quintessons' gladiatorial matches. He was succeeded as Matrix-bearer by Prime Nova. He was blasted out of the air, and fell to the ground in a smoking wreck, apparently deceased. He found the endless fighting repellent, and, after a battle with Sentinel Major, decided to strike back at his masters, leaping at the group of Quintessons that had been watching the match. Prima was unusual amongst his consumer goods brethren in that he was equipped for combat, and was made to battle in the Quintessons' gladiatorial pits. The robot was instantly smelted down and reformed into Prima, who, through unknown circumstances, became the second documented bearer of the Matrix of Leadership. Prima was created from the corpse of another robot which the Quintessons deactivated for its underperformance in its tasks. An edition of Ask Vector Prime in The AllSpark Almanac II retroactively dubbed this character Prima. The Generation 1 cartoon incarnation of Prima was never named on-screen, and was identified only with the descriptor of ' Powerful Robot' in the dialogue script for 'Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4'.

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