Onyx Primal
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[edit] Beast Wars
| Transformers character | |
 Botcon Box Art |
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| Onyx Primal | |
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| Affiliation | Predacon Maximal |
| Function | Infiltrator/Assassin |
| Motto | "The closest of allies is often the greatest of threats." |
| Alternate Modes | Bat |
| Series | Transformers: Wreackers Comics |
Botcon Bio & Tech Specs:
Profile: Onyx Primal considers himself a pilgrim in an unholy land. Before being rehabilitated as a Maximal after a falling-out with his commanders, he was an up-and-coming agent in the Tripredacus Council's assassination corps. He keeps these details of his Predacon history well hidden from his present Maximal compatriots, while maintaining an air of superiority that has won him few friends among their ranks. Stubborn, quick to claim credit and slow to take blame, Onyx Primal is a less than ideal Maximal soldier. Unfortunately, he feels his clandestine past has left him with few other options for survival. As distasteful as he finds his current Maximal existence, Onyx Primal realizes that it may be his only hope to escape termination at the hands of his former employers.
Abilities: Onyx Primal's training as a covert agent has made him an unerringly effective spy. He is capable of near soundless movement; that is, whenever he isn't loudly complaining about his Maximal companions! In robot mode, he wields two electron-scimitars that are capable of slicing through reinforced steel like a hot knife through butter. In bat mode, he assumes a "stealth cloak" capable of shielding him from a variety of Cybertronian scanning technologies.
Weaknesses: Onyx Primal's greatest weakness is his inability to function cohesively within the Maximal chain of command. His fugitive status with the Tripredacus Council causes him to suffer frequent bouts of paranoia, limiting his overall effectiveness.
[edit] History
Onyx Primal has an interesting history. Originally a black recolor of bat Optimus Primal. The toy was used as the exclusive for Men In Black convention: Transcon II in 1997 in a fourth package variation.
Onyx Primal was meant to be an "Evil Prime" or more specifically an "Evil Primal". The name, "Onyx", was used instead of the more traditional Nemesis presumably in order to keep the initials the same O.P., (Optimal Primal / Onyx Primal) and also to denoted the black coloring the toy came in.
Secondly, despite the unexplained "Primal" at the end of his name, Onyx Primal is not usually depicted as a clone of Optimus Primal but as a Predacon that has joined the Maximals, similar to Dinobot.
In the third season toy line of Beast Wars Onyx Primal was cloned by Megatron, creating the Transmetal 2 bat: Sonar.
