


Obsessed with the Hand's prophecy that " all shall be one", he intended to enslave all other lifeforms in order to "free" them from their individual wills and make them part of something greater-Nova's empire. Soon, Nova's ambition grew and he secretly began planning the Expansion, the Cybertronian conquest of the universe. Omega joined Nova's crew and they worked to bring about the legendary Golden Age. Nova found the Hand's old home: Crystal City, with its guardian Omega Supreme. The Crucible With the war over, he and his closest friends and advisors Galvatron, Jhiaxus, Cyclonus, and Dai Atlas went on a quest in Cybertron's underground, hoping to rediscover the lost principles of their gods, the Guiding Hand. With Trion's blessing, Nova took the mantle of Prime. "I, Nova Prime, stand ready to use my homage powers to enforce a pleasing metafictionality!" Omega Supreme, " Spotlight: Optimus Prime" He had a certain moral.ambiguity about the Cybertronian ideal. Nova was forever seeking, forever testing the limits of science and faith. And it is for this reason he fears to face his successor. It is for this reason he must eliminate Optimus Prime. He feels he has earned this power, and isn't willing to see it follow its natural path. The fear that the Darkness has more in common with the Matrix than Nemesis is comfortable with. The powerful Galvatron sees the Darkness as his rightful inheritance. Nemesis may seem to hold sway over both his troops and the Darkness, but nothing could be further from the truth. He now sees it as his mission to fulfil the Darkness' imperative by expanding the Dead Universe's hold into the living realm. Upon merging, Nova was reborn as the sinister and extremely powerful Nemesis Prime. An expansionist and a supremacist, Nova Prime believed that Transformers were the greatest among all life forms and that they should bring their glory to the myriad of lesser races throughout the universe.Īfter being sucked into the Dead Universe, Nova was chosen to be the host for the Darkness, an otherworldly counterpart of the Matrix of Leadership which worked by transforming the inhabitants of the Dead Universe into undead wielders of anti-life. Once the elite soldier Nova Major, he led the unification of a divided Cybertron, ascending to leadership of his people. Nova Prime was the predecessor to Nominus Prime. Ahead, hovering, like some vast, predatory bird.
