Sentinel Prime (TransTech)

Sentinel Prime is a Transcendent Technomorph from the TransTech continuity.

The late Sentinel Prime is a tragic figure.

Fiction

TransTech

Elected to the office of High Chancellor of Cybertron, Sentinel Prime seemed to be an effective leader who cared about all his constituents' sparks. Ask Vector Prime In the aftermath of the Liege Maximo incident, Megatron convinced Sentinel Prime to spare war criminal Shockwave from the smelting pits, arguing that the scientist's brilliant mind could be put to better use under his supervision. TransTech Shockwave profile However, Megatron and his fellow rising star Optimus then uncovered Sentinel Prime's government's scandalous ties to the Liege Maximo, TransTech Optimus Prime profile including the amoral experiments of leading Maximo supporter Jhiaxus, to which Sentinel Prime had secretly diverted funding to. Ask Vector Prime This revelation was so severe that it nearly brought Cybertron into civil war, and in its aftermath numerous officials were tried, convicted, and imprisoned. TransTech Optimus Prime profile Sentinel resigned rather than face impeachment. At the time, Vector Prime believed that Sentinel was not fully aware of the magnitude of the horrors Liege was playing with.

Some time after leaving office, Sentinel expressed concern that he was not doing everything he possibly could to aid the TransTechs' evolution. Wary of asking others to participate in dangerous experimentation after the Liege Maximo incident, he began a series of cutting-edge experiments to bridge the gap between the physical robot form and the energy-based spark, using his own body. During his final experiment, Sentinel disappeared, leaving behind only a smoldering body. However, an autopsy found no carbon scoring in his laser core. It remains unknown if he died or if he successfully evolved into another plane of existence. Ask Vector Prime