Optimus (faction)
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The Optimus are a faction of good guys—just how "good" they are depends on the universe they appear in and who's in charge.
Fiction
Beast Wars: Uprising
The Optimus was a triumvirate of elite Cyberdroids who ruled the planet Rebirth until the 21st century. Apex, Hi-Q, and Diac couldn't be further from their namesake if they tried—they were thoroughly corrupt and prone to cracking down on any kind of dissent, no matter how peaceful. When a group of rebels aiming to topple the oligarchy arose, the Optimus branded their rivals the "Malignus" and forcefully drove them underground.
When Galvatron and his Decepticons arrived, he joined forces with the Malignus and had the Optimus imprisoned. They got their own back when the Autobots showed up in force and liberated the three, binary bonding with Optimus Prime Derailment to form "Triple-Threat Prime". Not even this power boost was able to help, and in the end the Autobots were driven offworld, A Brush With Infamy–Prologue and Diac killed by Galvatron. Derailment
By the time of the Grand Uprising, three hundred years later, Hi-Q and Apex had also died as well. Trigger Warnings
Toys
The Optimus were part of Estrela's Brazilian version of the Generation 1 toyline, along with the Malignus faction, and consisted of Mini-Bot redecos.
