Nova Prime




 * Nova Prime is an Autobot in the IDW Publishing portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Nova Prime was the predecessor to Sentinel Prime. An expansionist and a supremacist, Nova Prime believed that the Transformers were the greatest among all life forms, and thought they should bring their glory to the myriad of lesser races throughout the universe. Sounds familiar.

IDW comics continuity
Long ago in Cybertron's past, before the war, Nova Prime ordered the construction of the first Ark. Despite Omega Supreme's objections, Nova deceived the Cybertronian populace into believing that the Ark was intended for exploration, rather than its true mission of conquest. Nova Prime disappeared along with the rest of the Ark's crew into an anomaly in the Benzuli Expanse, and is presumed dead. Despite his aggressive intentions, these never came to light, and the Transformers honored Nova Prime's memory with a statue.

However, countless years later, when Optimus Prime downloaded himself into infraspace to survive an attack from Megatron, he sensed the presence of Nova Prime... And was filled with an incredible sense of dread. These feelings led Optimus Prime to seek information from Omega Supreme, who told Optimus of Nova's story.

Trivia





 * According to Nova Prime's design sketches by Don Figueroa seen in the back of Spotlight: Optimus Prime, the form seen in the story is Nova Prime's winged cab/trailer super robot. He also has a smaller robot mode consisting of only the cab.
 * Though they didn't know it, all kitbashers in the last two decades of Transfandom were Waiting. For. This. Moment.