Sentinel Maximus
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- Sentinel Maximus is an Autobot from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
When Primal Prime was critically damaged in a battle with Cryotek, Apelinq made the ultimate sacrifice, allowing the ancient supercomputer Vector Sigma to merge his Spark and Primal Prime's into Sentinel Maximus. Sentinel Maximus combines Primal Prime's power, charisma, and direct link to the knowledge of the Matrix with Apelinq's strategic genius and ability to download virtual objects into reality. When a smaller, more stealthy form is preferable, the cab portion of his armored transport mode can disengage and transform into Hyperlinq. He has no known physical weaknesses.
Despite all this, he sure gets beat up a lot.
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Fiction
3H and Fun Publications comics
Deep within a newly reformatted technorganic Cybertron, the Wreckers battled Cryotek, mastermind behind and benefactor of a far-reaching plot to capture the Divine Light for himself and use its power to siphon the power of Primus himself. As Cryotek mutated himself into a gigantic entity with the abilities of a god, the empowered Predacon fired upon Apelinq, but it was Primal Prime who dove to take the shot. Instead of saving Apelinq, the two were fused together and fell, defeated.
But this was not the end for either. Apelinq and Primal Prime were merged by Primus into the mighty Sentinel Maximus.
Even still, Cryotek's powers were greater, and he and Sentinel Maximus fought a prolonged battle through the corridors of Cybertron. Their battle's path was directed according to instructions from their Quintesson guide, Al-badur, which landed both of them within a Quintesson banishment chamber. Unfortunately for Sentinel Maximus, the Quintesson activated the chamber with all three inside, trapped in front of a dimensional portal with a powerful pull. As Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek fought each other while trying to keep their distance from the portal, help arrived. Cheetor and a battle-weakened Rodimus, both Matrix Templars, used their abilities to drain power from the Divine Light which was empowering Cryotek. While this did remove power from Cryotek and shrink him to a more accommodating size, he still possessed enough power to threaten Cybertron and its inhabitants. Selflessly, Sentinel Maximus shoved Cryotek through the portal, and the two vanished through it.
Both found themselves hovering in a dark, empty dimension, but before Cryotek could reach Sentinel Maximus, the latter was taken away by Primus to do battle elsewhere in the multiverse. Wreckers: Finale Part IISentinel Maximus's profile in Club magazine #7
Via fluctuations in the fabric of the multiverse caused by the Unicron Singularity, Sentinel Maximus was pulled into the center of Aurex 405.0 Epsilon's Cybertron by the local Alpha Trion near the beginning of the search for the Cyber Planet Keys. Recruited to assist Trion and Vector Prime, they were all suddenly under attack by Unicron's minions, Ramjet and Nemesis Prime. Sentinel Maximus fought back, but his adversaries retreated after severely damaging both Alpha Trion and Vector Sigma. Balancing Act With a brief respite accorded to them, Vector Prime explained to Sentinel Maximus the specifics of their situation, and the extent of the danger they would face in preventing Nemesis Prime from unleashing his Dead Matrix upon Primus to annihilate all of reality. Balancing Act, Part 2 Deducting that their opponents' next target would likely be the Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control, Sentinel Maximus and Vector Prime preemptively traveled there to defend it. Sure enough, a mere two mega cycles after their initial confrontation against Ramjet, Sentinel Maximus and his allies were pitted against another of Unicron's pawns: Dark Scorponok. Balancing Act, Part 3
Despite the armory his Transfer Interlink gave him access to, Sentinel Maximus found himself on the losing side of this duel. Thankfully, an unseen ally armed the reserves' auto-guns system, which recognized Dark Scorponok as an outside threat, and Sentinel Prime as an ally. Scorponok was slain, and soon thereafter Vector Prime realized the this battle with the zombie had just been a diversion. Sentinel Maximus, along with Vector Prime, warped to meet Ramjet and Nemesis Prime deep within Cybertron near the chamber that held Primus's lifeforce. Balancing Act, Part 4 Vector Prime fought Ramjet, taking their battle far into Cybertron's atmosphere, while Sentinel Maximus tried to prevent Nemesis Prime from unleashing the Dead Matrix on Primus's lifeforce, which would allow Unicron to defeat Primus and consume the multiverse, ending all existence forever. Sentinel Maximus failed to catch his opponent, and Nemesis Prime sealed himself into the chamber alone, Balancing Act, Pt 5 being stopped only by the chance appearance of Viron 903.0 Beta Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. Sentinel Maximus burst into the chamber right after the two brothers had defeated Nemesis Prime. Revelations Part 1
After this battle, Vector Prime had defeated Ramjet, but was severely drained. He left the enigmatic Velocitronian Skyfall in the obviously capable hands of Sentinel Maximus, with instructions to keep him safe, for Skyfall was very important for unspecified reasons. Sentinel Maximus was also tasked with repairing Vector Sigma by Over-Run, a Mini-Con who had integrated his consciousness into the planet's systems, and joined the group in their efforts of guarding Cybertron from the Unicron Singularity. Revelations Part 2
Sentinel Maximus worked in tandem with Skyfall to repair Vector Sigma until they received a distress call from the Mini-Con Council of Sages. A violently dangerous Mini-Con civil war that had erupted on Cybertron's moons, and Sentinel Maximus's group responded swiftly to help bring an end to it, joining forces with the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons to fight back against the Decepticon-allied aggressors. Revelations Part 4 The civil war had actually been organized by the newly reborn Unicron, who wished to kill Skyfall and the likewise-important Landquake. Unicron attacked Sentinel Maximus, singling out the "Chosen of Primus," and Sentinel Maximus was unable to get the tinier Dark God off him. He cried for help from Omega Prime, who succeeded in blasting Unicron away from him. Revelations Part 5
While Sentinel Maximus was occupied, Skyfall and Landquake disappeared in a devastating explosion. Sentinel Maximus mourned Skyfall's apparent death and voiced an apology to Vector Prime. The war was ended immediately when Primus appeared in robot mode above them, causing Unicron to flee.
Months later, after the threat of the Unicron Singularity was removed and the war between the Autobots and Decepticons was ended, Sentinel Maximus and the rest of his crew met that universe's Optimus Prime and his troops. He learned of Vector Prime's death and told Override of Skyfall's demise. Revelations Part 6
Some time after the deaths of Rodimus and Magnaboss, Sentinel Maximus and King Atlas were recruited to take their place as Matrix Templars. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18
An unspecified time later, Sentinel Maximus was gathered in Axiom Nexus by its Optimus Prime, along with a roster of other Optimus Primes and their kin in a group known as the Convoy. A multiversal cataclysm in a universe seeded with Rarified Energon and an invasion by natives from the negative polarity universe had called them into action. Since Matrix bearers were never allowed into Axiom Nexus, this was a grave threat indeed! Invasion Prologue
Sentinel Maximus's name was on a list of Convoy members given by Cheetor to Andromeda. The list noted that his home reality was Primax 797.18 Epsilon. He was once again working with his old comrade "Ignition Prime" and ironically, he was also working alongside his old enemy, "Nemesis Prime". Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/21
Sentinel Maximus was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the Waruder invasion of Axiom Nexus. Cybertron's Most Wanted
Ask Vector Prime
One Sentinel Maximus hailed from Primax 698.20 Theta. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/21
Toys
Universe (2003)
- Sentinel Maximus with Ape-Linq Mini-Con (Max-Con, 2004)
- Accessories: 2 missiles
- A retool of the Armada Ultra-sized Overload toy, Universe Sentinel Maximus's main body transforms into a Cybertronic carrier truck. The trailer portion can be pulled by Ape-Linq in his alt mode, the cab mode of Armada Optimus Prime, or attached to Optimus's trailer to form a double trailer. It can also transform into a dual spring-loaded missile-firing cannon pack for Optimus Prime's super mode, and can also attach to Prime's trailer in its "base" mode. The robot-mode's shoulders also have opening panels to reveal (non-firing) multi-missile racks.
- Ape-Linq (aka Hyperlinq) is a retool of the Mini-Con Rollout, transforming into a Cybertronic armored personnel carrier capable of towing the Sentinel Maximus trailer-body, and also forming the central torso and head to Sentinel Maximus's robot mode. He also has a "gun" mode with flip-out (non-firing) rifle barrels. Both the small robot head and the larger Sentinel Maximus head were given new tooling.
- An exclusive toy for OTFCC 2004 (but not actually available at the convention, see Notes below), it also had the electronic sound gimmick from the retail versions removed in order to keep production costs down.
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Notes
- Sentinel Maximus went through several names before he saw release, the most notable being "Vector Prime". Hasbro rejected the name because they didn't want to dilute the concept of Primes, but later used it themselves for Cybertron Vector Prime anyway.
- Despite Sentinel Maximus's name change, his shipping cartons still said "Vector Prime" on them.
- Early on, Sentinel Maximus was to come with translucent redecos of the Cyberjet molds, meant to represent three sparks trapped inside the Divine Light for whom he downloaded digital bodies into reality.[1] Instead, Hasbro decided to use those molds themselves for Universe.
- Sentinel Maximus's paint mock-up featured the Wreckers faction symbol (the Autobot symbol with a hammer for its forehead) tampoed on his shoulder and the inside of his right arm (seen to the right). The production piece mistakenly had normal Autobot symbols instead. Additionally, his bigger head was originally sculpted to be much wider (also seen to the right), and feature Prime-like antenna, but these didn't fit well during transformation, so his head was narrowed to eliminate the antenna.
- Due to 3H Productions' loss of the convention license, Hasbro mailed out the Sentinel Maximus toys to their owners in November 2004, using old mailing lists that had many outdated addresses. Some buyers never got theirs at all.
- Because of 3H's then-recent dissolution, Hasbro recreated an entirely new packaging design, box art, and profile, presumably to avoid a potential legal battle. The packaging bio avoids mentioning details of 3H's Wreckers story, neglecting to note Primal Prime and Apelinq's union, and referencing Cryotek vaguely by describing an "ancient battle with a diabolical and long-forgotten entity from the southern polar regions of Cybertron." Instead, Sentinel Maximus is described as a herald of Primus who emerges from the "shadows of Time to serve as a guardian over Cybertron during its darkest hour."
- Furthermore, instead of the intended name "Hyperlinq" for the Mini-Con, "Ape-Linq" is used on Sentinel Maximus's packaging, possibly because the trademark for the former had not yet been secured. Curiously, there are no trademarks claimed, registered or otherwise, next to Sentinel Maximus's name anywhere on the box. Trademark is claimed for Sentinel Maximus on the photocopied set of instructions included inside.
- Sentinel Maximus pretty much fails at everything he attempts to do.
References
- ↑ "Back after Hasbro specifically suggested Glen use the Cyberjets as exclusives but before Hasbro said he couldn't use them because they were, the deal with them was that they were going to be new bodies that Sentinel downloaded into reality to house the sparks of some Mini-Cons who, IIRC, had been trapped inside the Divine Light. I think they were going to be translucent red somewhere along the line, too."—LV!, The Allspark (archive link)