transformers : Autobots

The Autobots are the heroes in one of the world's most successful cartoon and toy lines, The Transformers. The animated series had the Autobots created by the five-face Quintessons as consumer products, however the machines rebel from their assigned roles in indentured servitude.

The Autobots defeat the Quintessons only to be challenged by the military hardware the Quintessons also produced, the violent Decepticons

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Prowl

Prowl is one of the most intelligent Autobots, he has the ability to analyze any combat situation instantaneously. Prowl can observe 800 moving objects, compute their probable paths of movement, and determine the proper countermove in 0.05 seconds. From his shoulder cannons he can shoot wire guided incendiary missiles that reach temperatures of 12,000 degrees Centigrade upon explosion., He also carries a semi-automatic rifle that shoots pellets filled with a highly corrosive acid. Its range is 300 yards.

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Optimus Prime

The quintessential Transformer, in the cartoon's mythos Optimus Prime was originally named Orion Pax. He admired the Decepticons before becoming aware of their plans to rule with an iron fist. Just prior to the first Cybertronian Civil War, Orion was critically injured in a Decepticon attack. Transfered into a new body by Alpha Trion, he was renamed Optimus Prime. Soon afterwards, he became the trusted Autobot Leader.

Optimus Prime has existed and returned in different variations throughout the 20 plus years of The Transformers.