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>prehistory
>war of the primes has ended
>the surviving primes give up their divinity to bring a new generation into existence
>for each now mortal prime millions are born
>each takes a place in the new world to safeguard it
>Alpha retreats to his towers and libraries
>Prima takes to the stars to pursue the enemy
>Vector watched over the stream of time
>Alchemist choses to live amongst the population
>Autonomous enters a vigil, guarding the planet core
>Nexus Prime however takes it a bit further
>ever since his creation he has been obsessed with his father’s peculiar saying
>Till all are one
>he is the Prime of Combination, it must be his duty to bring about this great, final combination
>he nearly drove himself mad in his endless calculations and experiments
>even the Enigma, his life’s work isn’t strong enough to bring about their father’s “dream”
>he decides that he must be divided, if his pieces find their way back together then maybe the change comes about…… naturally?
>he has used the Engima like this before, forcibly turning Quintessa into five horrific creatures
>this time would be different
>he tasks his closest friend, Omega Supreme to watch over his components and to hide the Engima
>division
>Nexus Prime becomes six bots, their minds blank and unknowing of their origin
>the six bots are carefully watched and later befriended by the giant
>they gravitate towards engineering and reformat themselves to suite their professions
>they are not combining
>they name themselves, Hook, Longhaul, Scrapper, Mixmaster, Bonecrusher and Scavenger
>Omega becomes….. proud in a way, the once prideful, intelligent and sometimes self-absorbed Nexus has become six blue-collar workers who gather for drinks every night and watch the Pit Fights
>still not combining
>then it happens, Megatron unleashed a program throughout Cybertron’s civilian caste, code-named “Robo-Smasher”
>their walled-off systems are unlocked