This book is a gift to humans from Alpha Trion, the mentor of Optimus Prime and one of the legendary Thirteen Primes---the first Transformers. The Covenant Of Primus reveals the origin story of the Transformers for the first time and traces the ages...
To this day I could not tell you the very beginning of our story—how Primus came to be, nor why, nor when. Though my curiosity burns me greatly, I have had to be satisfied with looking at the Covenant's hidden stories, written in codes I cannot decipher, knowing that they exist, and knowing that there was a beginning. Yes, there is a first page and prior to that there is a blank page, but that is all. Today I have set myself the task of translating and editing the Covenant of Primus so that it is meaningful for human contemplation. Since our fates are now entwined as galactic neighbors, you should have the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of who we are and where we have come from. The Covenant is our history—a full and lengthy record—of which this is only a fragment, but I hope that it proves a worthwhile and illustrative fragment that will satisfy your curiosity and allow you to develop a richer understanding of the personalities you have so lately met. For the ease of your reading pleasure, I have translated many Cybertronian proper nouns, pronouns, and phrases into English, and into Earth-normative con-cepts also. In doing this, I hope that I have not caused confusion or overstepped my authority in the use of your languages and customs. It has long been our habit to observe alien cultures and attempt to make ourselves intelligible to them in their own terms wherever we can, be it in physical form, language, or manner. Where a significant deviation from Cybertronian culture cannot be avoided, I shall make a note in the text.
— Alpha Trion
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