Though his resemblance as drawn in Megatron: Origin is less distinctly similar due to artistic interpretation and the helmet Milne draws him wearing. Note: The original IDW Sentinel Prime sketch included in Spotlight: Optimus Prime was clearly based on his first (and otherwise only) appearance in the Marvel comics panel shown above. Optimus destroyed the duplicate of Sentinel Prime, having largely overcome his own doubts about his fitness to be Autobot leader. Though possessing all of Sentinel Prime's considerable abilities, Optimus eventually realized that the duplicate had been created from his own memories of Sentinel Prime, and was incapable of doing anything new. The Keepers subsequently created a robotic duplicate of Sentinel Prime to confuse Optimus and undermine his confidence. Megatron's alleged influence over the Prime selection process was never substantiated. The Matrix used a vision of Sentinel Prime to strengthen Optimus Prime's resolve during a battle with Megatron by confronting him with the claim that Megatron had chosen Optimus to be Prime, knowing that he was weak. Megatron was chagrined to discover that Sentinel Prime (suspecting he might be killed) had not brought the Matrix with him into battle. He failed and was tortured and destroyed by Megatron. "Marley was dead to begin with." The War Within Ĩ.2 million years ago, Sentinel Prime went to reason with Megatron, seeking to reach him with sermon and doctrine. To minimize that risk, he swivels the cannons to his back except when about to fire. A direct hit down their barrel could cause the ammunition inside to explode, causing catastrophic damage. Sentinel Prime's only physical weakness was his shoulder-cannons. Because using direct attacks would reveal which image was the real Sentinel Prime, he must limit himself to indirect weapons like shrapnel shells when using it. When interrupted, electro-disrupter images de-rez, leaving a visible path back to the real projector. Sentinel Prime used an electro-disrupter, a device capable of projecting several copies of his image, to disorient his opponents in battle. (Disruptive warheads which foul an opponent's systems.) He was also armed with a solar-energy rifle and an energon-charged sword. Sentinel Prime's primary weapons were his swiveling shoulder cannons, capable of firing a variety of specialized payloads including concussive and shrapnel-needle shells, and gyro-inhibiting and magnetic inducer shells. More physically massive than Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime's armor was made of trithyllium alloy impregnated with irradiated carbon fibers, unbreakable short of a precisely-aimed point-blank shot. Sentinel Prime was Autobot leader for the first 500,000 years of the Great War. His successor, Optimus Prime, leads with his heart, backed by his fists- a much more suitable combination. American cartoon continuity For further information, see: Sentinel Prime (G1)/The Transformers cartoon Dreamwave comics continuity Sentinel Prime's biggest shortcoming is that he leads with his head, a peacetime leader in a time of war. However, as he is unnamed, the only way we can presume this being is Sentinel Prime is because, as we are told later, Sentinel Prime was the leader before Optimus. Note: The retelling of Unicron's origin in the UK comics included a brief glimpse of a dying Matrix bearer passing the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime.
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