Orion Pax|Human

Film

Before he was known as "Optimus Prime", Orion Pax was a humble Energon miner along with his close friend and brother-in-arms D-16. But he would feel that; he was meant for much more. He would often sneak into the Cybertron archives to watch historical recordings. He would then get the idea to enter himself and D-16 into the Iacon 5000, much to the chagrin of D-16. The duo would come close to winning the race but would ultimately lose. While their stunt got the attention of Sentinel Prime, they ultimately ended up working in a smelting area where they would meet B-127. The three then came across a message from Alpha Trion as well as a map to his location. Thinking this could lead them to the lost Matrix of Leadership, Orion would convince D-16, B-127, and eventually Elita-1 (someone Pax already knew before the events of the movie), to join him on this quest. The four would then find and reactivate Alpha Trion, who revealed via recording that Sentinel had betrayed the Primes to gain favor from the Quintessons. While D-16 wanted to kill Sentinel for this, Orion insisted they bring the recording back to Iacon so that Sentinel would face justice for his crimes.

Appearance as human

Orion Pax is a young guy with a height of 1 m 74 cm. He has fair skin, blue eyes, short disheveled blue hair, and is wearing a white and gray T-shirt, dark gray trousers, gray and white long boots, and a red unbuttoned sweatshirt.

Personality

Orion Pax was free spirited, laid back, selfless and adventurous. While he was dedicated to his task as a miner, he would try to find any opportunity to engage in activities beyond his limited caste to prove that he could be "more than meets the eye", always convincing his fellow miner and best friend D-16 to accompany him, who would do so begrudgingly, enjoying the adventure, yet being remorseful afterwards, which Orion would try to argue away. He tended to be short-sighted, in that he found the appeal of challenging the status quo but failed to consider the potential risks and consequences. Despite his playful attitude, Orion wasn't irresponsible, as should an accident or danger arise, he would be first to put himself in danger to rescue anyone caught by it. Orion hates Darkwing for his abusive behavior towards him and the miners, willing to go as far as flipping him off, though D-16 intervened before he could. When he return to Iacon after learning the truth, Orion punched Darkwing for all the suffering that he and the miners had been put through. Orion, like all in Iacon, held high respect for Sentinel Prime, but would break the rules for the opportunity to impress him instead of keeping his head down to avoid trouble like D-16 preferred. Upon learning the truth of how Sentinel had betrayed the Primes and their whole race in a deal with the Quintessons, Orion had quickly matured but also had developed doubts that he never had when certain about his world. Even as an aloof bot, Orion was a natural leader, but did not desire the station due to not believing that he was good enough to be in charge. Orion became increasingly concerned during D-16's escalating mental breakdown due to Sentinel's deception, but he did not know how to help his friend beyond his usual attempts to bond with him and alleviate his fears, although less successfully. His previous optimism, instincts and friendliness inspired most of his travelling party, as fruits of his own actions caused